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February 11, 1948

The Hockey News February 11, 1948

<div class="byline">By DAVE FARRELL</div><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>OSTON&mdash;The recurrence of Milt Schmidt&rsquo;s knee injury has dampened Boston&rsquo;s playoff hopes. Schmidt, who was injured in a game with the Mapie Leafs on November 30th, returned to the Bruins lineup on January 14th and was just beginning to regain his early season form when Murph Chamberlain slashed him across the knee and aggravated the old injury&hellip;Instead of going to Tulsa as was first anticipated, Syl Bettio, former left wing of the Boston Olympics who was suspended by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for signing with an Ontario team at the start of the season, has signed a professional contract with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League and is now playing with them.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13244/8231082-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="315" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim McFadden</b></figcaption></div><p>If Jimmy McFadden wins the Calder Memorial trophy, he will be the first Detroit player ever accorded that honor&hellip;There&rsquo;s a strong movement on for Jack Stewart to win the Hart Trophy. It would be a nice tribute to the veteran defenceman whose brilliant all-round play has sparked the youthful Red Wings in their drive for the league championship&hellip;The shipping of Leo Gravelle to the Houston Huskies of the United States Hockey League is a puzzle to many hockey fans. It&rsquo;s difficult to conceive a player el Gravelle&rsquo;s speed and hustle not making the grade., Jimmy Peters moxie and fine play have established him as one of the most popular players with the Hub fans.</p><p>Boston fans gave Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard quite a going over in his last appearance at the Garden. It will be a long time before they forget his temperamental tantrums three weeks ago when he broke two hockey sticks and pushed a linesman in vehement protest of a slashing penalty&hellip;Fernie Flaman is rapidly gaining a reputation as a fighter. Within the short space of two weeks, the aggressive defenceman has been involved in three fights, one each with Jack Stewart, Ken Mosdell. and Red Kelly. The fight with Kelly, incidentally, probably cost the latter his chance of winning the Lady Byng Trophy. Red had only a single minor penalty before he and Flaman tangled two weeks ago.</p><p><b>STATISTICS:</b> Since he joined the Maple Leafs, Max Bentley has figured in the winning goal of five Toronto victories. On three occasions he has scored the clincher while twice he has set up the deciding goal&hellip;Bill Durnan was immense in the Montreal net ten days ago making 27 saves as he blanked the Bruins&hellip;Local fans witnessed a rare spectacle in that same game. Maurice Richard had four complete breakaways on Frankie Brimsek and failed to score&hellip;Coach Hap Day finally captured his first victory on Boston ice in three years. The Leafs who hadn&rsquo;t won a game in Boston since March 6, 1945, finally broke their jinx by beating the Bruins 4-2 a week ago How&rsquo;s this for stamina? In the second period of the 1 to 1 tie with Montreal on January 18 th, Pat Egan played 10 minutes and 13 seconds without a break&hellip;The Black Hawks have had unusual success against Frankie Brimsek this season. In eight games with the Bruins, the Hawks have rifled 35 goals past Brimmy for an average of 4.375 per game<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Sniping From the Hub

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-011619/8229663-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL DURNAN</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>here are not many words in the book that could be used to sum up the greatness of Bill Durnan, burly 6-foot goaltender of the Montreal Canadiens and winner of the coveted Vezina Trophy for the last four seasons. His superb goaling and great sportsmanship not only made him one of the most respected men in his field but also helped to carry his team to four consecutive National League championships, a truly wonderful record in itself.</p><p>As fast and effective as he is, Bill is not too fussy about seeing the Bentley brothers. Porky Du-mart, Milt Schmidt or Syl Apps in front of his nets. &ldquo;There are only six or seven ways to score a goal,&rdquo; said Bill, &ldquo;and those five guys know every one of them. Dumart isn&rsquo;t as fast as he used to be but he is still a pretty cagey man around those nets, so are Schmidt and the Bentley boys. Syl Apps always carries the puck on his far Bide when he is cutting in on goal and a guy doesn&rsquo;t have much chance to get at it so you just have to try and outguess him.</p><p>&ldquo;Goaling has a certain amount of luck to it,&rdquo; Bill went on, &ldquo;Often a guy will flop down on a puck, it looks like a great save and he draws an ovation from the crowd. Actually the puck just comes to him and he falls on it, it&rsquo;s just a simple rolling puck and an easy save.</p><h2><b>A Fluke Tally</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Take the case of our game In Detroit Jan. 25 when we were beaten 1-0. It was a fluke goal, the puck took a couple of bad bounces. This may be second guessing, but ringt now I can see many ways I might have been able to stop that puck but it took me by surprise and I didn&rsquo;t fall fast enough.&rdquo;</p><p>The present plight of Les Canadiens seemed to work its way into the conversation and Bill not only hastened to take the side of Dick Irvin but also took pains to explain some of the reasons why the Habs were not holding down the number one slot.</p><p>&ldquo;As everybody knows, our rookies didn&rsquo;t show as well as we expected,&rdquo; said Bill. &ldquo;Of course, we must give them time. &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo; Richard was the same when he started, he played for a season and a half before he began to move. Up until then he was just another National, League player and the Canadiens couldn&rsquo;t even give him away, Who knows which one of the new men might turn out exactly the same way.</p><h2><b>Started Poor</b></h2><p>&ldquo;We got off to a bad start,&rdquo; Bill stated. &ldquo;I think that if we had taken a few more points at the beginning of the season, especially from the Rangers, we might be coasting up near the top just like always. When we dropped all those points some of the rookies began to get nervous and the veterans started to worry about it and consequently it began to show in their game.</p><p>&ldquo;Everybody seems to be panning Dick Irvin because we are losing, like that guy who threatened to burn down the Forum&mdash;that&rsquo;s the very reason we wore those red fire hats in Toronto&mdash;it wasn&rsquo;t only as a joke, it was to show that guy that we had confidence in Dick and were behind him a hundred per cent. He can&rsquo;t do any more than show us what we are doing wrong and then if we don&rsquo;t goout there and do it right that&rsquo;s not his fault.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s always been said that coaches are just gate swingers and if they are given good players they are bound to have a good team, so they don&rsquo;t give them any credit for moulding players into a smooth team or for winning championships and cups. Then the first time those good players start losing, the guy they jump on is the coach. I don&rsquo;t get it,&rdquo; he finished.</p><h2><i><b>Habitant Hawk-Eye</b></i></h2><h2><b>Credits Teammates</b></h2><p>We remarked that for the first time in four seasons Bill had contenders for the Vezina Trophy which has been Durnan&rsquo;s exclusive property for those past seasons. He was emphatic in his reply that he didn&rsquo;t intend to give it up without a battle.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not out of the race by any means,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I give the players more credit than anything else for the fact that I have had the cup for the last four seasons. Whenever anybody got close Jo the boys would score maybe eight or 10 goals and I&rsquo;d pull up into a nice fat lead again. That has already happened once this season. I was about four or five behind Lumley and Broda, then we went out and beat the Leafs 8-4 and the same night Lumley let in four and we were all tied up. You can&rsquo;t tell in a close race like this until the last few games of the season.&rdquo;</p><p>Once again we started discussing rookies and why so many of them don&rsquo;t make the grade.</p><p>&ldquo;An awful lot of kids make up their mind to be hockey players when they are about nine or 10 years old,&rdquo; Bill explained, &ldquo;and they battle all the way up the ladder. They play their hearts out in junior so that they can step up to senior and they keep right on battling until they finally land a pro contract. They get into the league and score a few points and before you know it they are saying to themselves, &lsquo;I made it, I&rsquo;ve attained my life ambition, I made the National Hockey League.&rsquo;</p><p>&ldquo;He soon finds out that it isn&rsquo;t like that and he is packing his bag and is on his way right out of the league, but he can&rsquo;t imagine why. I&rsquo;m not saying that they&rsquo;re all like that; look at all the rookies that are playing today who didn&rsquo;t stop fighting when they made pro.</p><p>&ldquo;No sir,&rdquo; Bill went on, &ldquo;there isn&rsquo;t any substitute for hard work. Unless, of course, you are lucky enough to have a rich uncle, and even those guys are few and far between. A good example of hard work&rsquo; is that guy who broke leg a few weeks ago. He very select made a pretty play, he can&rsquo;t skate worth a darn. He never had a hard shot yet he has won every trophy and had every honor that a man could possibly have in the game. He&rsquo;s had to work for every goal.&rdquo;</p><p>There was no need for us to think who that man is, for it is the great Toe Blake.</p><p>&ldquo;Kenny Reardon is another good example of hard work,&rdquo; said the Habs, netminder. &ldquo;He runs on his skates and he has a slap shot that he never knows where&rsquo; it&rsquo;s going. You can stand 10 feet away from him and he will pass you the puck 10 times and only seven of them will be good ones, that&rsquo;s bad passing at a distance like that. Yet he is rated as one of the best defencemen in the league and was picked for the All-Star team last season.</p><p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t get anything for nothing in this world, it&rsquo;s all hard work,&rdquo; Bill finished.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hard Work Is Only Remedy For Success Claims Durnan

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0448/8231627-1-eng-US/c0004-042.jpg" title="C0004-04" width="601" height="282"></div><p>February 11 to February 17</p><p>14&mdash;Murph Chamberlain, Candiens, left wing, 1915.</p><p>15&mdash;Mel Hill. Pittsburgh, right wing, 1914; Chuck Scherza, Providence, centre, 1923; Harvey</p><p>Teno, Hershey, goaler, 1915.</p><p>16&mdash;Nick Metz, Toronto, left wing, 1914.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday To You

<div class="byline">By ARNIE JONES</div><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>ecause the Boston fans rate Milt Schmidt the greatest Bruin of all time, with the possible exception of Eddie Shore, they really hit the roof when Canadiens Murph Chamberlain cracked his hickory over the great Milt&rsquo;s leg. The Beantowners think&mdash;now that Schmidt is out for the season, as was reported early in the week, the club&rsquo;s chances of landing in the playoffs are slim. However, it seems rather exagerated that he will be shelved until next year. There have been many different stories about the rhubarb, but here is the one Dave Farrell sends along and he was close by when it all happened.</p><p>Writes the Boston scribe: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty hard to determine whether or not Chamberlain deliberately tried to injure Schmidt. Apparently Milt himself is of the opinion that Murph was deliberate because after he was helped to the ice, Schmidt went over to the penalty box where Chamberlain was sitting and threw a punch at him. The two players wrestled for a short while and then the teams broke it up. As I said, it was difficult to determine whether or not Chamberlain was deliberate. Schmidt was leading a rush across the Canadien Blueline when Chamberlain came up and slashed Milt on his bad knee. Milt has stated that it was the slash by Chamberlain&rsquo;s stick and not the ensuing crash into the backboards that reinjured his knee.&rdquo; Farrell was an eye witness but you can take his statement for what it is worth.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1782/8230720-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="280" height="397"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>H. Chamberlain</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Jones&rsquo; Jottings</b></h2><p>Two former Rangers, Ott Heller and Charlie &ldquo;The Prince&rdquo; Rayner are stealing the spotlight in New Haven&hellip;. The Hergesheimer-Narduzzi-Stefaniw line accounted for six goals and seven assists for 13 points when Philadelphia beat Washington 8-6 on January 31&hellip;The Bruins have recalled Paul Ronty from Hershey and signed two Halifax junior stars of the St. Mary&rsquo;s College team. They are Elmer MacGillivary and Hugh Campbell. Scout Frank Penny landed the young boys and they will report to Hershey next fall., Says the evervescent Tommy Gorman, &ldquo;The Allan Cup is our goal this year.&rdquo; T. P. has a strong Ottawa club this year but that&rsquo;s nothing new. The Senators, however, have always faded in the playoffs.</p><p>At the moment the Port Arthur Bruins look like top Memorial Cup candidates They have been undefeated in league play and in 17 exhibition starts they have won 13 against Western junior and senior clubs&hellip;Despite the rumors that the Calgary Stampeders are reputedly falling apart, out of condition, breaking training and bickering among themselves, some Calgary fans still think the Stamps will end up on top. Frank Currie&rsquo;s Edmonton Flyers are presently setting a hot pace in that loop&hellip;From Chicago it is learned that Johnny Mariucci, Red Hamill, Adam Brown and probably Emile Francis will get the axe next season. The way &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; has been playing recently that&rsquo;s hard to take&hellip;A Boston writer asked Pat Egan why he didn&rsquo;t drop his stick in a tussle with Detroit&rsquo;s Sid Abel. Replied Pat, &ldquo;I never drop my stick unless I&rsquo;m dead sure I can lick the other boy&rdquo;&hellip;The C.A.H.A. has ordered Ray Ceresino to return to Oshawa Generals from the Port Arthur Bruins&hellip;The Western Canada Senior League playoffs will get under way on March 5 or 6, all depending on how the clubs finish in the standings&hellip;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Here and Ther

<p>PROVIDENCE, R.L&mdash;</p><p>The star of this season&rsquo;s Providence Reds, the veteran and former National Hockey League star Carl Liscombe, is threatening to set a new all-time American League scoring record. Setting a blazing pace with Terry Reardon&rsquo;s Eastern Division leaders, Liscombe is leading the A.H.L. scoring race</p><p>He has already scored a total of 80 points in 50 games with the Reds and is now 19 points away from the record set by Wally Kilrea in 1942-43 with Hershey Bears. That season Kilrea racked up a total of 99 points.</p><h2><i><b>Hot On Tran!</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-011013/8231665-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="540" height="1013"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CARL LISCOMBE</b></figcaption></div><p>Liscombe&rsquo;s total last week stood at 80 and during the week he added four to his total. One of the top-ranking left wingers in the Amercian League this season, Carl has been leading the point parade for the greater part of the schedule.</p><p>Playing his 13th year in professional hockey, Liscombe was a member of Detroit Red Wings for six straight seasons before he joined the Reds this year, He started as a pro in 19 35-36 with the Detroit Olympics of the International League.</p><p>Liscombe was born in Perth, Ontario, on May 17, 1915, and played his last amateur hockey with Hamilton Tigers of the Ontario Hockey Association.</p><h2><i><b>Far From Parlor Play</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02534/8231658-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1713" height="1387"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ACTION IS TOUGH in this United States Hockey league game between Kansas City Pla-Mors and Minneapolis Millers in Minneapolis recently. The Millers&rsquo; speedy right winger, Walter &ldquo;Ants&rdquo; Atanas is on the left covering-up from an attack by Frank Ashworth of the Pla-Mors and Larry Silvestri who is coming in on the right. Defenceman Fritz Fraser comes to Atanas&rsquo; rescue</b></figcaption></div><p>He had his best year with Detroit in 1943-44 when in 50 games he bagged 36 goals and 37 assists was 13 more than the Flyers.</p><p>In dropping the Swiss players 3-0 on Sunday the Canadians were forced to surmount the handicaps of slushy ice and partisan refereeing. The team which few in Canada gave much of a chance to succeed gave the Dominion its second Olympic championship. The name of the Flyers was written alongside that of Barbara Ann Scott, ladies&rsquo; figure skating champion.</p><p>During the last game the fans threw snowballs at the Canadian players and Cpl. George McFaul, R.C.A.F. trainer, stated after the game, &ldquo;We played against eight men&mdash;the Swiss players and the referees, and still we beat &lsquo;em.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>A Picture Goal</b></h2><p>Halder&rsquo;s goal, scored less than five minutes after the game began, was the neatest of the tournament.</p><p>He literally ran over the slushy ice, travelling the length of the rink to fire a low corner shot which the Swiss goalkeeper managed to kick out. Three Swiss jostled him but he grabbed the rebound and fired again, The net minder deflected the puck behind the net and Schroeter returned it to Halder, who though still hemmed in by three rivals banged it in.</p><p>The victory celebration was hilarious. After posing for a group photograph in the middle of the ice with George Dudley of Midland, Ont., secretary-manager of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, the players clambered over the boards, yelling and whooping it up.</p><p>With Mara as team captain standing on thetopstep of the rosstrum, they were presented with gold medals by Marcel Heninger, chairman of the Swiss Olympic Committee.</p><p>Other members of Canada&rsquo;s Olympic team grabbed them as they scooted for the stadium dressing room. They blew kisses to the crowd, gave the thumbs-up sign and yelled excitedly: &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve done it, boys.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Providence Vet Threatens Point Record In A.H.L

<p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>T. MORITZ SWITZERLAND&mdash;Canada&rsquo;s under-rated Olympia hockey entry, the Royal Canadian Air Force Flyers, climaxed a Cinderella trip overseas by beating Switzerland 3-0 and regained for Canada the Olympic hockey crown it lost at Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany in 1936.</p><p>The Canadian team ended the nine-country round robin puck tournament in a first-place tie with Czechoslovakia but the superior goal average hoisted the Maple Leaf to the top of the flagpole as the Fifth Winter Olympics drew to a close on Sunday.</p><p>Canada remained undefeated ia eight games scoring 69 goals with but five against the sensational Murray Dowey. A 22-year-old native of Toronto, the blond-haired Dowey scored his fifth shutout in eight games by blanking the Switzerland club on the final day 3-0. Another Toronto player, Wally Halder, former star with the University of Toronto Varsity team, was the other outstanding Canadian player. He scored 21 goals and eight assists to be the club&rsquo;s top scorer and on Sunday scored the goal that proved to be the winner.</p><p>Czechoslovakia finished it&rsquo;s Olympic schedule by edging the United States 4-3 and ended up la a first place tie with the Canucks. In eight games the Czechs scored 80 goals, 11 more than Canada, but had 18 scored against, which for 73 points. He sparked the Wings to the Stanley Cup in 194243 by scoring six goals with eight assists in the playoff series and won the scoring record with his 14 points.</p><p>He first came to the Red Wings in 1937-38 but was sent to Pittsburgh for further seasoning. He then spent a year and a half with Detroit before he was sent to Indianapolis. He rejoined Jack Adams in 1940-41 and remained there until this year when he landed with the Reardon-coached club.</p><h2><b>OLYMPIC HOCKEY</b></h2><p><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0496/8231727-1-eng-US/cover-042.jpg" title="Cover-04" width="544" height="267"></div><p>Hockey was declared part of the official Olympic program except for the U.S, Amateur Hockey Association team.</p><p><b>TUESDAY</b></p><p>Canada 21 Italy 1; United States 5, Sweden 2.</p><p><b>WEDNESDAY</b></p><p>Switzerland 12, Britain 3; Czechoslovakia 17, Austria 3; Poland 13, Italy 7.</p><p><b>THURSDAY</b></p><p>Canada 12, United States 3; Swit. zerland 8, Sweden <i>2;</i> Austria 16, Italy 5.</p><p><b>FRIDAY</b></p><p>Canada 0, Chechoslovakia 0; United States 13, Austria 2; Switzerland 14, Poland 0; Sweden 4, Britain 3.</p><p><b>SATURDAY</b></p><p>Canada 12, Austria 0; Czechoslovakia 7, Switzerland 1; United States 4, Britain 3; Sweden 23, Italy 0.</p><p><b>SUNDAY</b></p><p>Canada 3, Switzerland 0; Czechoslovakia 4, United States 3; Britain 14; Italy 7; Sweden 13, Poland 2.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Halder, Dowey Are Kingpins Of RCAF Club

<p>BOSTON</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>n a surprise move that is hoped will add a spark of much needed strength to Boston&rsquo;s sagging hockey forces, the Bruins announced late last week that Billy &ldquo;The Kid&rdquo; Taylor had been traded to New York Rangers for Winger Grant &ldquo;Nobby&rdquo; Warwick.</p><p>The one-time &ldquo;wonder boy&rdquo; of the Toronto Maple Leafs and rated as Canada&rsquo;s best junior player when he led the Oshawa Generals to the Memorial Cup in 1939, now joins his fourth N.H.L. club since entering hockey&rsquo;s &ldquo;big time&rdquo; back in 1939-40 with the Leafs.</p><p>In Warwick the Bruins get one of the scrappiest forwards in the league and his play this season on Rangers&rsquo; newly-formed WOW Line with Buddy O&rsquo;Connor and the veteran Phil Watson has been brilliant. Born in Regina, Sask., 26 years ago. Nobby was Rangers&rsquo; second leading scorer on February 1 with 17 goals and 12 assists in 39 games. Winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie in 1941-42, Warwick was in his seventh year with New York and appeared headed for his best season with the Blueshirts.</p><p>For Taylor it was the third trade in two N.H.L. campaigns. After scoring 41 points in 48 games with Toronto in 1945-46, he was swapped to Detroit Red Wings last year for Harry Watson-He enjoyed his best year since joining the league with the Wings last year. He finished the season in third place in the scoring race with 17 goals and 46 assists for 63 points and was nine points behind the winner, Max Bentley. Taylor bagged the most assists with 46.</p><p>Before the season started, the Red Wings shunted him to Boston in a straight player deal for Bep-Guidolin. However his performance with Boston this year had been disappointing. He tallied only four goals and 16 assists in 39 games and just last week he left the Bruins for his home in Oshawa. Weston Adams, Bruin president, stated last week that Taylor would not rejoin the team.</p><h2><i><b>A Bruin Now</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03253/8231696-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="519" height="877"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GRANT WARWICK</b></figcaption></div><p>Taylor signed his first professional contract in 1939 with Toronto and was sent to Pittsburgh for further seasoning. In 17 games in the American League he scored 28 points and won the playoff scoring race while with the Hornets that season with 12 points in nine Calder Cup games. As a regular with the Leafs in 1940-41 he registered 35 points. His best season in the Queen City was two years later (1942-43) when in 50 league games his total was 18 goals, 42 assists for 68 points.</p><p>A smooth-skating centre player, Billy scored 41 more points in 1945-46, his last season in Toronto, and when he hooked-up with Wings last winter he set the league on fire working on a line with Roy Conacher, whom the Wings obtained from Boston but who is now with Chicago.</p><p>He was never able to return to his old form as a member of the Bruins this season, secured to add more scoring power and strength to the centre position on the Boston lineup, Taylor never lived up to expectations. His failure to produce coupled with the costly injuries to Milt Schmidt was one of the reasons for Boston&rsquo;s weak display to date.</p><p>Warwick has always been a colorful player and one of the Rangers&rsquo; best attackers. In his freshman year in the N.H.L. he scored 16 goals in 17 games to win the rookie award and the following year he bettered his 1941-42 point output by two points. For the past four years Nobby was one of the club&rsquo;s leading pointgetters and last year he scored 20 goals for the second time in his career.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Peppy Grant Warwick May Help Faltering Bruin Six

<p><b>A.H.L. TEAM RECORDS</b></p><p><b>Most times in playoff finals&mdash;(5)&mdash;</b></p><p>Cleveland Barons in 1938-39, 1940-41, 1943-44, 1944-45 and 1946-47.</p><p><b>Most playoffs won&mdash;(8)&mdash;</b></p><p>Cleveland Barons and Buffalo Bisons</p><p><b>Most playoffs won in succession&mdash;(2)&mdash;</b></p><p>Set by Buffalo Bisons in 1942-43 and 1943-44,</p><p><b>Most playoff games won all time&mdash;(38)&mdash;</b></p><p>Set by Hershey Bears.</p><p><b>Most playoff games lost of all time&mdash;(32)&mdash;</b></p><p>Set by Hershey Bears.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Who Holds That Record?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-021365/8229732-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg"></div><h2><b>GERALD SHIELDS OF DUGALD, MAN., <i>ignores own safety to aid injured</i></b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>hields was working on an automobile engine when he heard the train. The Minaki Special was approaching Dugald. The transcontinental waited for the special to pass. But it never did. There was a roar as it ploughed into the stationary train. In seconds coaches were ablaze. Shields rushed towards the wreck.</p><h2><b>ENTERS BLAZING COACH FIVE TIMES</b></h2><p>A child sat dazed in the flames. Shields dashed in and carried her out. When he came back he saw a woman shocked into helplessness. He lifted her out and took her to where he had left the child. Face down in the debris there was another woman. Shields dragged her to safety, and then went to rescue a man who was badly injured. Back again he went. A man was pinned by the legs in the fire. Shields released him and carried him clear. He then attempted a sixth rescue. But the flames made it impossible to enter the coaches, so he turned his attention to the persons he had saved, although his hand was gashed and bleeding, his arm swollen with blisters. He finally found a truck and rushed the five injured to hospital.</p><p>We are proud to pay tribute to Gerald Shields of Dugal, Manitoba, through the presentation of The Dow Award.</p><p>THE DOW AWARD is a citation <i>for</i> outstanding heroism and includes, as a tangible expression <i>of appreciation, a $100</i> Canada Savings Bond. Winners are selected <i>by the Dow</i> Award <i>Committee, a</i> (roup <i>of editort of</i> leading Canadian daily newspapers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-031015/8229725-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="573" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerald Shields leaped over his back fence, and waded through a ditch knee-deep in water as he rushed to help the injured passengers.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04768/8229718-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="575" height="475"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Not only did Shields make five gallant rescues, he also got a truck to drive the injured to hospital.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Eye-Witness Saves Five In Holiday Train Smash-Up WINS DOW AWARD

<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 thrilling 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. Detroit Red Wings tallied the most goals ever scored in a single game on January 23, 1944, when they held New York Rangers scoreless while sinking high many goals themselves?</p><p>(a) nine; (b) 12; (c) 15; (d) 19.</p><p>2. In what season did Goalie Frank Brimsek of Boston Bruins make his N.H.L. debut?</p><p>(a) 1938; (b) 1941; (c) 1936; (d) 1937.</p><p>3. Hockey is a sport usually associated with the northern latitudes; but what city which is farther south than Jacksonville, Florida, is represented in the United States Hockey League?</p><p>(a) Dallas; (b) Fort Worth; (c) New Orleans; (d) Houston.</p><p>4. What former N.H.L. star is now the guiding hand behind three professional and amateur sextets in the United States.</p><p>(a) Tiny Thompson; (b) Bun Cook; (c) Eddie Shore; (d) Clint Smith.</p><p>5. Who was the first goalie to win the Vezina Trophy?</p><p>(a) Roy Worters; (b) Chuck Gardiner; (c) George Hainsworth; (d) Clint Benedict.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

HOCKEY QUIZ

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-011933/8229770-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HAPPY DAY, coach of Toronto Maple Leafs, gives Myril Calhoun a few pointers on how to hold his stick. Looking on interestedly are two of Myril&rsquo;s teammates on the Weston Midget N.H.L. Maple Leafs, Neil Chappell, left, and Ralph McCormick.</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>eston Ontario, a thriving community of 8,000 inhabitants situated four miles west of Toronto, is the proud possessor of a hockey organization unique in the annals of puckdom.</p><p>Currently in its third season, the Western Midget N.H.L. complete with its own three-league farm team system and employing the same names as Its senior counterparts, is not only developing future hockey stars for the coming years but is doing something even greater&mdash;moulding a better type of citizen for the world of tomorrow Founded by Gordon Alcott, Director of Recreation in Weston and sponsored by the Weston Lions Club, this league provides hockey for 324 youths ranging in age from eight to 15 years. Some of the younger players are barely able to stand on their skates; but that&rsquo;s all right, for no matter how poorly a boy may skate, if he wants to play hockey he is given the opportunity to do so.</p><h2><b>Work Way Up</b></h2><p>When a boy is eight years old he joins the Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; League and plays for one of the six teams which have the same names as those sextets in the O.H.A. Junior A&rsquo; campaign, namely, Marlboros, Barrie, Windsor, Oshawa, Guelph and St. Catharines. After a two-year spell in Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; and at 10 years of age a player moves up to Senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; and will line up with one of the following clubs, Marlboros, Stratford, Kitchener, Owen Sound, Brantford or Hamilton.</p><p>When he reaches the ripe old age of 12 he moves into the American League, where such clubs as Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Hershey, New Haven, Providence and Cleveland hold forth. The boys are really advancing up the hockey ladder at this point and when they turn 14 they step into the major where, will perform for either-Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks or New York Rangers, As long as a boy is under 16 as of October 31st each year he is eligible to play in the Midget N.H.L.</p><p>The farm team system has numerous advantages and a boy unless traded to another team will follow a set sequence during the eight years he is in the Weston Midget N.H.L. As a boy improves or grows older he is graduated to one of his parent teams. This gives him the Incentive of always trying to improve his play so that he may move up. Also, a coach of a parent team helps in the coaching of the farm teams. The boys may play together as a unit for the entire time they are in the Midget N.H.L-</p><p>Alcott believes that by using the names of actual teams and actual leagues it adds a great deal more authenticity to the project and maintains a keeper interest among the hero-worshipping puck embryos.</p><h2><b>Cup Playoffs, Too!</b></h2><p>Each league operates for six weeks commencing the first week in January and ending the middle of February. The four loops function on the same basis, with each team playing a five game schedule. The top four teams in each league at the completion of the regular schedule move into the playoffs. The first and fourth and second and third place clubs clashing in a two game total goals series. The winner of the N.H.L. is awarded the Stanley Cup while the most valuable players in each of the four leagues are presented with trophies.</p><p>In order to give each team as much hockey as possible, several round robin consolation series are played with the ultimate winners being presented with crests at the annual banquet held each Spring.</p><p>All games are played on outdoor rinks, with the Junior and Senior Leagues strutting their stuff on school rinks while the older boys performing in the A.H.L. and N.H.L. display their hockey talents on the spacious rink of the Weston Recreation Centre. This rink with an ice surface measuring 200 feet by 85 feet and outfitted with a p.a. system, is reputed to be equipped with the best floodlighting system of any outdoor hockey rink. Alongside the rink is a clubhouse containing four heated dressing rooms with showers. Seats erected around the rink will accommodate 2,000 spectators.</p><h2><b>Sign Contracts</b></h2><p>Every boy signs a player&rsquo;s contract at the start of the season and as a member of the Weston Midget N.H.L. promises &ldquo;to refrain from smoking, not to neglect his school work, to get plenty of sleep, to always be on time for practices and games, to play hard and clean, to be a good winner or loser and to work in harmony with the team and coach.&rdquo; The signature of the player&rsquo;s parent also accompanies his signature on the contract.</p><p>If a player violates any of his promises he is penalized. The penalty is that he will sit out one game but will have to report to the referee before and after the game. &ldquo;This form of punishment hits the lads pretty hard,&rdquo; Alcott related. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had some boys come to me and say, &lsquo;You can fine me $1 or even $2, but please Mr. Alcott don&rsquo;t make me miss a game,&rsquo; and you know that I have yet to penalize <i>a</i> player a second time,&rdquo; Alcott added.</p><h2><b>Schools Co-operate</b></h2><p>The league works in close harmony with the schools in Weston and the Elementary Schools Athletic Association approves the schedule. The schedule is drawn up so that school work and athletics will mix. &ldquo;The teachers watch the boys&rsquo; marks very closely and as soon as a player starts to fall behind in his classes I am advised,&rdquo; reported Alcott. &ldquo;I have a talk with the youngster and tell him that he will be unable to play unless he improves his marks. And do you know the players study harder than ever and it has been found that the boys playing in the Weston Midget N.H.L have better marks than those not taking part,&rdquo; Alcott beamed.</p><p>Every Wednesday throughout the season he sends, out weekly standings and scoring statistics. These are sent to the different schools and the players pick them up there.</p><p>Alcott, the founder and director of the league, organized similar groups in Georgetown and Copper Cliff, Ontario. Bob Goldham, ace defenceman of the Chicago Black Hawks is an alumnus of the Georgetown league and Alcott&rsquo;s proudest graduate. Tod Sloan of the Pittsburgh Hornets is a former member of a Midget N.H.L. organization in Falconbridge. Ont.</p><p>Married, the 34-year-old Alcott&hellip;has no children of his own. However, he still plays &ldquo;Daddy&rdquo; to 324 boys for six weeks every year.</p><p>The Weston Midget N.H.L. does not believe in spoiling the boys or making things too easy for them. Once or twice a season the boys are taken to Maple Leaf Gardens to see their namesakes play, but for this they must earn their own money through the sale of booster tickets. Each-player has to sell at least five of these booster tickets before he has earned enough to pay for the outing at the Gardens.</p><h2><b>Supply Own Equipment</b></h2><p>The only equipment supplied la to the goalkeepers. The boys supply all other equipment such as sticks, skates, pads, etc. Sweaters and stockings are loaned to the boys at the start of the season but these must be returned at the end of the year. It is the duty of each boy to keep his sweater and stockings clean and free of holes etc. Last year $450 worth of uniforms were returned for use this season. This is approximately 9 6 per cent of the sweaters and stockings doled out a year ago that were put in use again this season.</p><p>In every phase of their operations the league tries to bring out the foremost qualities of the boys and to instil into them characteristics that will help make better citizens of them in their journey through life.</p><p>The Weston Midget N.H.L. uses the slogan &ldquo;Builder of Little Champions&rdquo; and judging from its past and present record it is doing just that. If communities everywhere developed similar setups, there would be no such term as &ldquo;juvenile delinquency&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>HOW THEY LINE UP</b></h2><p>Following is the team sequence used in the Farm System:</p><p>N.H.L.&mdash;Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Bruins, Red Wings, Black Hawks, Rangers.</p><p>A.H.L.&mdash;Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Hershey, New Haven, Providence, Cleveland.</p><p>Senior &lsquo;A&rsquo;&mdash;Marlboros, Stratford, Kitchener, Owen Sound, Brantford, Hamilton.</p><p>Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo;&mdash;Marlboros, Barrie, St. Catharines, Windsor, Oshawa, Guelph.</p><h2><b>LIONS RAISE FUNDS</b></h2><p>The ambitious Weston Lions Club are launching a campaign this week to raise funds to build an indoor arena with an ice surface comparable to Maple Leaf Gardens and with a seating capacity of 3,000. Land has already been purchased and the Lions Club hope to commence building in the Spring.</p><h2><i><b>Hap Shows &lsquo;em How</b></i></h2><h2><i><b>Briahteyed Bantam Bears</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-021543/8229763-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1165" height="1558"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ALL SET TO GO as they perch on the rails at an open air rink these three youngsters who wear Hershey Bears sweaters as members of that squad in the Weston &ldquo;little professional&rdquo; hockey organization. Left to right are Ron Schofield, Jack Lawson and Peter Armstrong.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Ontario Boasts Unique Midget Loop

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he way the pivotmen have been burning up the National League this winter, selecting the centre ice johnny for THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star team rates as about the toughest chore of the lot. Five of the league&rsquo;s centres, reversing the usual procedure, have been right in the forefront of the league scoring race all season, while their high-powered wingmates who are supposed to do all the point-collecting have been lagging behind.</p><p>Centre ice ranks as a strong spot on most of the clubs, with Toronto Maple Leafs being especially favored&mdash;they have two of the top playmakers on their squad in Syl Apps and ex-Chicago Black Hawk Max Bentley both going great guns for the Queen City squad.</p><h2><b>Apps Hits Hot Pace</b></h2><p>Although Apps is on the injured list at present, the lanky veteran and captain of the Smythe men rates lots of consideration when the time comes for passing out the kudoes.</p><p>Milt Schmidt, the reliable old &ldquo;Mreman&rdquo; of Boston Bruins who took the centre ice spot on last season&rsquo;s All-Star Team Is another who can&rsquo;t be ignored by fans selecting their own crew of AllStars.</p><p>Among other top candidates are plucky Elmer Lacho of Montreal Canadiens, making a gallant comeback this season after his unfortunate injury of last year, veteran Sid Abel, the old smoothie of Detroit Red Wings now in his eighth season of pro hockey&mdash;with a break of two years in the armed forces thrown in for good measure&mdash;and slick Buddy O&rsquo;Connor of New York Rangers, who has been making Canadiens&rsquo; fans tear their hair by his sparkling play since he was traded by the Habitants last summer.</p><h2><b>Wing Pivots Strong</b></h2><p>Like the Leafs, Detroit also is favored with a strong centre ice brigade, as 27-year-old rookie Jim McFadden has been burning up the Campbell circuit in his first full season as a pro.</p><p>Five of those playmaking middlemen, O&rsquo;Connor, Apps, Bentley, McFadden and Lach, have been showing the league how to rack up points all season. And Abel hasn&rsquo;t been too far behind. Two weeks ago the first five were holding down the top spots in the scoring race&mdash;from one to five&mdash;and still are notching the tallies and helpings regularly.</p><p>Chicago Black Hawks get in the running with Doug Bentley, an N.H.L. All-Star at left wing last year who has been shifted to centre this season while George Gee has been playing consistent hockey at the pivot position as the Windy City six under Charlie Conacher have been handling out surprises in the last few weeks.</p><h2><b>Schmidt&rsquo;s Tough Luck</b></h2><p>Schmidt so far this season has proved to be the backbone of the Bruins. When injured earlier in the season, the Bostonians promptly slumped from their previous high position in the race, until they found themselves fighting with Canadiens for fourth place. Another injury a week ago put the veteran out of commission again, and the bean-eaters felt the effects Immediately.</p><p>Other centres around the loop who are contending for the middle spot on THE HOCKEY NEWS team&mdash;the first ever selected by popular vote of the fans&mdash;are little Billy Reay of Canadiens, rookie Eddio Sandford of Boston, Teeter Kennedy of Toronto, Edgar Laprade of Rangers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-011883/8229860-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="279" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Max Bentley Toronto</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-031284/8229853-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="311" height="477"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Milt Schmidt Boston</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05847/8229846-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="279" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Elmer Lach Canadiens</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-021581/8229839-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="281" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Syl Apps Toronto</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-041042/8229832-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="299" height="474"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Buddy O&rsquo;Connor Rangers</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06505/8229825-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="259" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Abel Detroit</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>THE RULES</b></h2><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 will run until February 25; A.H.L. ballots to March 3 inclusive; and U.S.H.L. ballots to 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. Use ballots appearing in paper, or reasonable facsimiles or tracings if you wish to keep your HOCKEY NEWS intact.</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>

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All Clubs Have Plenty Of Class At Centre Spot

<div class="byline">By ED FITKIN</div><p>&ldquo;TORONTO&mdash;Conn Smythe, ruddy-complexioned from a month in Florida and looking for all the world like our fictitious newspaper pal, Brown from The Sun, returned to the hockey scene last week with three convictions (1) that his golf ain&rsquo;t what it used to be; (2) the Leafs aren&rsquo;t as lethargic as he had been hearing via the Ameche, the printed word and air mail; and (3) Max Bentley is the most colourful piece of hockey machinery currently rampant.</p><p>The boss of the defending world champions caught up with the Maple Leafs in Boston and it wasn&rsquo;t mere coincidence that the re-appearance of his familiar white fedora coincided with the first Toronto victory on Beantown ice since March 5, 1945&mdash;a span of 16 games.</p><p><b>Watching the Leafs, Mr. Smythe couldn&rsquo;t, understand what all his Toronto correspondents had been hollering about for the past three weeks. Even without Apps, who is sidelined with a skate wound in the thigh, the Leafs were much too good for the Bruins, mainly through the puck-manipulating artistry of Muscular Max Bentley. Smythe couldn&rsquo;t stop talking about Max on the long train ride home.</b></p><p>&ldquo;THEY SAY there are no super stars in modern hockey,&rdquo; he scoffed. &ldquo;If Bentley isn&rsquo;t a super star, I&rsquo;ve never seen one. He can do more things with a puck than anyone I&rsquo;ve watched. It&rsquo;s worth the price of admission alone to see a player like that in action&mdash;and if that was a bad deal I made in getting him from the Hawks, I hope I make a few more like it before I retire. He&rsquo;s wonderful. We had him. on our third line&mdash;and he&rsquo;s still up there among the leading scorers, that ought to automatically classify him as a super star.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Never one to let any hockey ice crack under his feet, Smythe said that he had been looking to the future when he traded five members of his last year&rsquo;s champions to Chicago for Max Bentley and Cy Thomas. &ldquo;Syl Apps has been threatening to retire for a couple of years and we needed someone to carry on in his place,&rdquo; Smythe said. &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ve got that man in Max. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re trying him on the first line now with Watson and Ezinic-ki. And what I saw those two do in Boston lias me convinced Bentley looks like good insurance for the future.&rdquo;</b></p><p>This naturally, perked up the combined reportorial ears to a new high. Do you mean to bench Apps? Play him on the third line? Sacrl bleu! Mais non! Arretez! C&rsquo;est soir (That&rsquo;s all the French we know.) &ldquo;Well, no, not exactly,&rdquo; Smythe went on, &ldquo;What I plan to do is leave Max on the first line if he&rsquo;s going well and let Syl take his time getting back into tip-top shape. He&rsquo;s 33, don&rsquo;t forget and it takes time to get back into shape. We&rsquo;ll use Apps in a relief role, chiefly or ganging attacks or penalty killing, let him regain his stride at his, own pace. By doing this he should be fresh for the playoffs and the we can revise our lines.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t run away with the mistaken Impression that Sprightly Sylvanus is out of condition. His chief trouble, or was until he sustained the injury that sidelined him, emanated from overwork, on and off the ice. Ever since the Leafs hit training camp last Sept. 15, Appe has been busier than a bottle opener at an Irish wake, what with league games, exhibition games, personal appearances all over Ontario and his job as provincial athletics commissioner.</p><p>Moving Bentley to the first line by the same token, gives Smythe an opportunity to experiment with a revised third line. He can use Nick Metz at centre and get results. Nick has been employed sparingly this season, should be ready to fly with extra work. For left-wing patrol the Leafs have Duke Klukay and Sid Smith. Handyman Klukay can play either right or left. Smitty will take a fling at right wing until Don Metz is able to return and bring up a youngster like Fleming Mackell or Tod Sloan.</p><p><b>SHORT SHOTS</b> in all directions&hellip;All the best to our old pal and roomie, Billy The Kid Taylor&hellip;hopethelittle guy can click with the Rangers&hellip;It&rsquo;s ironical that Billy, who always wanted to play for Boston, found it was anything but a bed of roses&hellip;Frank Boucher likes Buddy O&rsquo;Connor as theNo. 1 candidate for three top achievements&mdash;the scoring title, the Byng Trophy, and the Hart Trophy&hellip;Correction&mdash;four&hellip;The all-star centre berth&hellip;The Montreal Irishman has certainly been kicking up a lot of stardust this season and they say it couldn&rsquo;t happen to a nicer guy&hellip;Phighting Phil Watson, playing left-wing for the first time in his career and makingit look like taking candy from children, credits O&rsquo;Connor with his resurgence&hellip;&ldquo;That Buddy&rsquo;s made me young again,&rdquo; Phiery Phil declares&hellip;</p><p>Another remarkable sharpshooter this semester is easygoing Bud Poile, the hardest sniper currently extant&hellip;Polie, who looked like he was Pittsburgh-bound until the Leafs traded him to Chicago, is making a robust bid for the scoring championship&hellip;a fact that should enable Charlie Conacher to take a bow&hellip;Big Chas has Bud in the best condition he&rsquo;s been able to attain since he returned from overseas service with the Canadian Army&hellip;He weighs 182, the lightest he&rsquo;s been in four years, and with less avoirdupois, is skating faster&hellip;Conacher has spent considerable time coaching Poile, especially in shooting&hellip;Charlie and Babe Dye are credited with having the two hardest shots in hockey history, so Bud has had the benefit of sound advice&hellip;He uses a low lie stick&mdash;a No. 4&mdash;becalse this type of stick tends tok eep the shot down and add extra speed&hellip;. Stan Saplin, Ranger publicity chief, had six New York newspapermen along with him for the recent swing through Detroit, Toronto and Chicago&hellip;Kerr Petrie, Toney Bettes, Gene Ward, Jim Burenard, Herb Goren and Charlie Order were those who helped harmonize in the sing-songs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

FOOTLOOSE WITH FITKIN

<div class="byline">By GORDIE MOORE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-011886/8229915-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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THE TIMID SOUL…

<div class="byline">By GLEN GARRY</div><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>INNEAPOLIS, MINN.&mdash;Our little guy is a Caspar Milquetoast type of fellow who has worked at the same white collar job since leaving school. His company is a tough one and believes in getting the last possible ounce of work out of its employees. The department head under whom he works believes in pushing our little guy&rsquo;s nose on the grindstone the moment he arrives, and as the day progresses instead of easing up he increases the speed at which the stone is turned. Our, little guy&rsquo;s nose is red and raw, as though he had been cross-checked on It, by the time the day is over.</p><p>If our little guy is five minutes late for work or takes an extra minute at lunch the department head doesn&rsquo;t say much but he gives him the silent treatment for a week, which to our little guy is even worse than a &ldquo;bawling out&rdquo;.</p><p>When our little guy gets home at night he has to face the wife, and some times the mother-in-law is there, too. This is comparable to trying to go through Sprague Cleghorn and Eddie Shore when they teamed up on the Boston defence years ago. The wife is one of those who believes that while a husband is supposed to be master of his own home, that saying is strictly for the birds. She runs the house and our little guy and she takes up at home where the department head leaves off at the office.</p><h2><b>Weekly Outing</b></h2><p>She permits our little guy one night out a week, and some times spoils that by going with him. Our little guy takes In a hockey game on his night out and once he has placed his buck on the line and grabbed that ticket he is a changed man.</p><p>As the teams skate out on the ice he is on his feet cheering for the home boys, and heaping abuse on the visitors. But when the announcer names the officials for the night&rsquo;s game, then our little guy is really in his element.</p><p>Here at last is his meat. Hockey officials, boy, oh boy, how he can take those guys apart. They are quite a distance from him and have thick skins anyway, so he knows he is quite safe. They are in truth his &ldquo;special dish&rdquo; Now he can vent that pent up anger which has been bubbling over inside of him and threatening to explode for the past week. All those &ldquo;I should a told him this&rdquo;, and &ldquo;I should a told her that&rdquo; now come to the fore as the men handling the game move up and down the ice.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Ya Bum, Ya&rdquo;</b></h2><p>&ldquo;You dirty, crooked, lousy bum! You apple-head, you bird-brain.&rdquo; our guy hollers, as an obvious offside by the home club is very properly called. &ldquo;Why, you blind bat, you must have been paid off for calling that one,&rdquo; he shrieks. The officials cock an eye at him but carry on. They figure they may make as much per game as he does per week and they only have to &ldquo;take it&rdquo; for a couple of hours on the ice while they know the little guys all around the circuit take it every hour they are awake.</p><p>A minute later two players go into the boards. The home player is massaging the head of the visitor vigorously with a stick, crosschecking him to a fare-thee-well. Our guy is on his feet cheering his man on. The mixup develops into a fight with both players getting in a few solid belts. Our guy is on his feet now screaming: &ldquo;You moron, you louse, can&rsquo;t you see what he is doing to our man? Boy, what I would do if I could get my hands on you.&rdquo; The referee then gives the home lad a minor for cross-checking AND a major for fighting, and the visitor a major for fighting.</p><p>Immediately our little guy is on his feet screaming invective until his voice breaks. He is speechless at last and can only settle back and mumble. He is going to write the president of the league about the lousy officials as soon as he gets home. He has seen enough hockey to know how the game should be handled. He&rsquo;ll show them!</p><p>The game is over and our little guy leaves the rink, pausing at the nearest bar for one small beer on the dime he held out from last week&rsquo;s pay check. He then scurries home where friend wife greets him at the door.</p><p>&ldquo;Late again, eh?&rdquo; she bellows as he meekly enters. &ldquo;And reeking of liquor, too! Always drinking and carousing. I should listened to my mother when she told me about you. All right, you&rsquo;ve had your fun so get in there and get those dishes done.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Of course, darling,&rdquo; our little guy hoarsely murmurs as he wraps an apron around him, his mind still on the game and the lousy officials.</p><p>&ldquo;Boy, what I wouldn&rsquo;t do to get my hands on those two blind nen. Referees my eye, I could call them better with one eye closed,&rdquo; he mumbles as he plunges his hand into the water to wash a greasy dish.</p><p>But God bless our little guy, because he is the laddie who makes the turnstiles click all over the world&hellip;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Life Is Miserable For Mr. Gus Fan But Revenge Is Sweet At Rinkside

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;SPIFF&#x201D; EVANS</div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>lthough Horace Greeley said &ldquo;Go West Young Man&rdquo; to men in search of riches and success, take a look over the names of the top hockey players and you&rsquo;ll find that many who were born in the west spurned the advice of Horace and came east to seek fame and fortune as they whirled around the ice lanes. One of these young men who turned his eyes eastward is a youngster named Johnny McCormack.</p><p>An outstanding centre star, with Joe Primeau&rsquo;s Marlboro Duke Seniors. Toronto entry in the Senior O.H.A. league, he made his N.H.L. debut last weekend with the champion Toronto Maple Leafs replacing captain Syl Apps, out for at least 10 days with a deep cut in his leg.</p><p>Although he went back to the Dukes after the three-game trial allowed him in pro ranks, McCormack showed so much stuff he&rsquo;s almost a sure bet to be back up with Leafs probably next season 1&rsquo;, Apps carries out his frequent threat to retire and take it easy.</p><p>Johnny was born in Edmonton, Alberta, just <i>22</i> years ago, which makes the &ldquo;old-timer&rdquo; the second oldest player on his team&mdash;the youngest crew ever to set out for senior honors.</p><h2><b>Colville His Idol</b></h2><p>Stick, puck and skates have been a part of Johnny&rsquo;s life since childhood&mdash;he played with minor teams in his native city for a number of years and practiced hard to emulate the success of his idol, Neil Colville, captain and defence star of New York Rangers&mdash;also a product of Edmonton.</p><p>Travelling east in &rsquo;43 John became a member of St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors and met up with one Gus Mortson, Leaf defence artist. Gus and Johnny became fast friends and this deep friendship continues this day even though Gus is a full-fledged big league player while John is still attempting to scale the lofty heights of N.H.L. stardom.</p><p>Both boys were members of the 1944-45 St. Mike&rsquo;s club that won the famed Memorial Cup&mdash;this team had such players as Leafs&rsquo; Jim Thomson, Canadiens&rsquo; Leo Gravelle, Bob Paul, now a Marlboro Duke, and Les Costello and Tod Sloan of Pittsburgh Hornets. Johnny enjoyed a great season&mdash;he was runner-up to Doug McMurdy for the Red Tilson Memorial Trophy, awarded to the most valuable player in the league-Pals Reunited</p><p>The Leaf training camp in St. Catharines was Johnny&rsquo;s next stop in the fall of 19 45 but bad luck was his lot as he had to undergo an appendix operation. However, he got back on his feet very soon and caught up to pal Gus down in Tulsa where the two lads performed for the Oilers&mdash;and wound up leading the playoff scorers with a mark of four goals and 12 assists in 13 games.</p><h2><i><b>Leaf Newcomer</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-021336/8229970-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="578" height="893"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHNNY McCORMACK</b></figcaption></div><p>Returning to Leaf training quarters the following fall the likeable Johnny suddenly retired from the ice game&mdash;the idea of being a priest appealed to him and thus he went into the seminary.</p><p>But last September saw him back in hockey togs at the Leaf school&mdash;he had decided that he wanted, above all in life, to be a great hockey star. John was assigned to Marlboro Seniors at the conclusion of the school and since that time he has been an important cog in the success of the Young Men of Primeau. Playing between wingers Leo Curik and Ike Hildebrand the line has become the highest scoring unit in the O. H. A. senior group and Johnny himself leads the entire league with his present record reading 21 goals and 37 assists. In addition to this, he is a very capable assistant to Captain Alex Davidson.</p><p>Gus and Johnny are back together again and operate a North Toronto apartment with the highest degree of efficiency&mdash;both taking turns on the cooking and housekeeping chores. A very eligible bachelor standing six feet and weighing 184 lbs., he is one of the most popular players in his league. Very clean in his play and a plugger at all times, he has made many friends amongst the fans and fanettes.</p><p>His friend Gus, along with many other Leaf players coaches hockey teams in their spare time but Johnny has them all beaten by a mile in this respect&mdash;he coaches a girls team, no less! The girls on the St. Mike&rsquo;s (U of T) team think he&rsquo;s quite the boy and he must be the only coach in hockey history who can&rsquo;t give a pre-game pep talk before his players give him permission to enter the dressing room after they have finished dressing. Mac also looks after coaching duties for Leaside Lions Bantams.</p><p>His many friends wish him success in his travels along the highway and hope he realizes his ambition in hockey&mdash;a regular spot with Toronto Maple Leafs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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McCormack Took Greeley’s Word But Came East For Hockey Fame

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p>Founded October 1, 1947</p><p>Published by</p><p>Hockey News Company, 803 Dominion Square Building, Montreal, Que.</p><p>Subscription Price $2 tor 30 Issues in Canada-$3 in U.S.A.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.</p><p>VOL. 1 FEBRUARY 11, 1948 No. 20</p><h2><b>WELL DONE, FLYERS!</b></h2><p>Canada&rsquo;s Olympic puckchasers, gathered amid strife and bickering over the rules of amateurism, belittled by the experts who considered them little more than an intermediate team, deserve credit for the way they fashioned themselves into a smooth-working squad that brought home the Olympic bacon to Canada.</p><p>Credit goes also to that member of a great Canadian hockey family&mdash;George &ldquo;Buck&rdquo; Boucher, who chose the players&mdash;and to his son Frank who took them overseas and brought the Olympic title back to Canada again for the fourth time since hockey was added to the Winter Games program in 1924. Canada won that year, and again in 1928 and 1932. The Dominion&rsquo;s only loss came in 1936, when England won a surprise victory in the last Olympics before war caused a 12year gap.</p><p>Conceded no chance whatsoever, especially after their humiliating defeats in exhibition games before the team was reorganized and strengthened&mdash;this comer admits harboring the same thoughts&mdash;Flyers came through with flying colors. Thanks to a last minute reversal of a previous ruling by the International Olympic Committee, the hockey round robin stands officially as an Olympic event&mdash;and the honor is Canada&rsquo;s.</p><p>So we say, &ldquo;Well done, R.C.A.F. Flyers and 1948 Olympic Champions!&rdquo;</p><h2><b>BUILDERS OF TALENT</b></h2><p>Backstage moulders of hockey&rsquo;s future&mdash;those are the men who in their quiet, unobtrusive fashion have been working for years helping the youngsters get a chance to play the great winter game, guiding them along the road to fame and glory.</p><p>Men like those are the backbone of the game. They&rsquo;re found everywhere across Canada, and in towns and hamlets of the United States where weather conditions are suitable and ice obtainable. They&rsquo;re the public-spirited citizens behind the Pee-Wee leagues, the bantam organizations and the supporters of minor hockey like those in Weston, Ontario, featured in this issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>Giving of their time, their energies and their advice, these sportsman have done much in places like Weston, in Toronto, in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary and a dozen and one other towns and cities across Canada. Youngsters who otherwise might never get beyond the frozen pond or the backyard rink get the advantage of organized play in regular leagues. They get competent instructors, referees and training in the rules of hockey and the even more important rules of sportmanship.</p><p>Other underpriviledged tykes who perhaps never would play the game at all because they couldn&rsquo;t afford to buy skates and sticks, get a break from bighearted individuals or service organizations which put them on the blades and watch over them as they start their climb up the ladder.</p><p>Anyone who doubts the value of the work being done&mdash;invariably just for the love of the game&mdash;by these far-seeing citizens, need only look at the impressive list of big-time puck stars who have started up the ladder from just such small beginnings. Listen, too, how they praise the men behind it all who have contributed so much to their success.</p><p>It wouldn&rsquo;t be fair to mention any names of these moulders of talent, since there are so many some would invariably be slighted. What is being done at Weston is a typical example&mdash;though perhaps on a more lavish and elaborate scale than most&mdash;but still typical of what is being done more and more by men who perhaps never played big-time hockey themselves, but whose hearts are in the game. Their one desire is to help the kids along, give them a boost and a chance to make good.</p><p>It&rsquo;s reward enough for them when one of &ldquo;their boys&rdquo; achieves stardom. They don&rsquo;t even expect praise, let alone money for their efforts, which is why so often they go unheralded and unknown.</p><p>Without them there still would be hockey, undoubtedly, but the game wouldn&rsquo;t be the same. There wouldn&rsquo;t be the same spirit of camaraderie, of unselfishness and sportsmanship that makes hockey the great sport it is. Don&rsquo;t be misled by the brawls and fights that mar hockey games. They&rsquo;re regrettable but not permanently harmful except in the few cases where serious injuries result.</p><p>They&rsquo;re usually quickly forgotten, and the real hockey player doesn&rsquo;t hold a vicious grudge very long, although in the heat of the battle he may seem bent on mayhem. But all in all, there&rsquo;s more genuine sportsmanship, more unselfish team play and regard for the other fellow in hockey than in most sports&mdash;certainly in games with as much hard bodily contact as in the pastime of skates and sticks.</p><p>THE HOCKEY NEWS is proud to salute the moulders of hockey talent, the friends of the stars of tomorrow, wherever they may be found. Good luck to them all.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen the Brantford junior team which competes in the O.H.A. started to slip recently, the backers of the club went out to the farm of Leo Reise Sr., father of the Detroit Red Wings defenceman, and asked him to take over the coaching reins. Although he had been away from the game for some time the senior Reise agreed and moved into town.</p><p>He looked over the rink with all the red lines, face-off circles and dots which had been added to the ice surface in the years since he started for New York Americans, Pittsburgh and Hamilton in the National Hockey League.</p><p>&ldquo;We want these boys to eat, sleep and breathe hockey&mdash;to think of nothing but hockey 24 hours a day,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So I suggest that the first thing you do is take those curling marks off the ice.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Phiery Phil&rdquo; Watson, veteran New York Ranger forward must be either getting old or else there must have been something very attractive keeping his attention, as he stayed in the penalty box seven seconds too long the last time the Rangers played in Montreal. He was banished for interference at the 11.13 mark of the first period and when Elmer Lach scored for Canadiens at 13.20, Watson was still in the penalty coop. Maybe he was enjoying the game so much he forgot about everything.</p><p>Neil Colville, silver-haired defenceman of the New York Rangers has scored 99 goals in N.H.L. competition. He has one more to go before gaining admittance into the select 100 Goal Club. Teammate Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, N.H.L. scoring leader has tallied 98 counters in League play&hellip;Moe Roberts, former star goaltender of the Cleveland Barons is now living in Muncie, Indiana where he owns and coaches the Muncie Chiefs, currently leading the OSL Hockey League.</p><p>One of hockey&rsquo;s outstanding statisticians is Tom Martin of Montreal. Martin has numerous ways of breaking down hockey figures, and many of these are original. He is an accountant by trade but spends every available spare moment pouring over hockey statistics&hellip;Reg Noble, the former N.H.L. great, is presently living in Alliston, Ont. where he is coaching the local team. Noble played 15 years in the National loop&hellip;Buzz Boll, the wheat farmer from Filmore, Sask., who played outstanding hockey for such clubs as Syracuse, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Americans and Boston Bruins is rated one of the top curlers in Saskatchewan. He has added considerable weight but still looks as hearty as ever.</p><p>Norman &ldquo;Pinky&rdquo; Lewis, coach of the Hamilton Aerovox team incurred the wrath of everyone in the Kitchener Arena recently when he refused to allow his team to dress, complaining that the dressing rooms were not clean. The game was held up an hour due to his protest. Lewis is a well-known sports figure around the Ambitious City and has been responsible for many players finding their way into the N.H.L. and A.H.L&hellip;Len Porteous, who has been mixed up in Montreal hockey circles since 1914 is now living with his son at &ldquo;Domville Ont.&hellip;Trent Frayne, a frequent contributor to THE HOCKEY NEWS is freelancing full time now. Last month he had hockey stories in two major publications.</p><p>In answer to letters from readers asking if voting in THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Teams must be on ballots provided in the paper, and if a voter must be a subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS. Anyone can take part in the voting of THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Teams, whether they are a subscriber or not. Voters may send in their selections on any type of paper just as long as it is legible and is accompanied by their name and address.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Round the Rinks

<h2><b>POWERHOUSE OF OLD</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>How about a story on one of the great hockey lines. I am speaking of the famous &ldquo;powerhouse&rdquo; line which consisted of Phil Watson, Bryan Hextall and Lynn Patrick of the Rangers.</p><p>Richard Silverstein <br>Brooklyn, N.Y.</p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Congratulations on your very fine paper, THE HOCKEY NEWS. Would you kindly give me the playing and scoring records of Frank Nighbor and Joe Primeau.</p><p>Wilf Keen <br>Billimun, Sask.</p><p>(Nighbor&rsquo;s lifetime record was 203 goals and 73 assists. Primeau scored 60 goals and 177 assists in eight years with Toronto.)</p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Congratulations on publishing such a fine paper. I look forward to reading it every week. Would it be possible to publish some pictures taken in some of the dressing rooms of any N. H. L. team. I think something like this would be very interesting. Are Sid Smith and Kenny Smith any relation?</p><p>Ilene Elke <br>Amaronth, Man.</p><p>(The two Smith boys are not related and we will try to get a few dressing room shots in future editions.)</p><h2><b>LUMLEY, NOT O&rsquo;CONNOR</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I and a great many of my friends think Harry Lumley should have been the &ldquo;Player Of The Week&rdquo; in the January 7 issue instead of Buddy O&rsquo;Connor. Even though he did get six points. Lumley won four in a row when the edition came out and he had nine consecutive shutout periods, two shutouts with only three goals scored against him in those four games. From now on please be a little more careful in picking the &ldquo;Player Of The Week&rdquo;.</p><p>Al Schecter <br>Detroit, Mich,</p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am an ardent hockey fan and a follower of the Indianapolis Capitols of the American Hockey League. Reading your January 7 issue I noticed Cliff Simpson&rdquo;s name as one of the leading A.H.L. scorers.</p><p>He seems to me to be the only player holding up the Caps hockey club. I knew Cliff when he played with the Army team in Toronto, and became interested in him then. Last year Cliff finished within the first five in the A.H.L. scoring and this year he is one of the league&rsquo;s leading scorers again. How about a little boost for Cliff and the Indianapolis Hockey Club in THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>Ronald Ryan <br>Toronto, Ont.</p><h2><b>SOLUTION WANTED</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Why doesn&rsquo;t someone settle the overtime situation &lsquo;once and for all. I for one am getting tired of seeing tie games. Especially when some of the teams seem to be satisfied with a tie. As long as the league officials are against overtime, I would like to offer my own solution.</p><p>For example, Boston and Detroit play to a 3-3 tie in Boston, why not have the teams continue the contest the next time they meet and have the decision at the end of the contest count as four points in the league standings. If the second contest ends in a draw then give each team two points.</p><p>Len Calinoff <br>Brooklyn, N.Y.</p><h2><b>HUMOR&mdash;COMING UP!</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>With reference to my letter of December 24, it is quite possible that this letter was too flowery to be printed in the Hockey Fans Forum; however, I do wish you would concede your mistake as noted in this letter.</p><p>You stated in the Wager Win ners box that Maurice Richard of Montreal Canadiens received more penalties in one season than anyother right winger in the history of the National Hockey League He incurred 69 minutes last season, you stated. Well, if you look at your October 8 issue in which you had last year&rsquo;s N.H.L. scoring statistics you will notice that Bill Ezinicki of the Toronto Maple Leafs incurred 93 minutes.</p><p>For some reason known only perhaps to yourself, you have refrained from placing my letters in the Hockey Fans&rsquo; Forum which are at all on the personal or humorous side. Personally I think you should put in the occasional humorous letter, also a few more critical letters. Let&rsquo;s have a little more color in the Hockey Fans&rsquo; Forum. What say?</p><p>Alan Tavroges <br>Montreal, Que.</p><p>(We surrender and concede our miscue. Ezinicki had 93 minutes. Be assured your humor will be given every chance. We also like to get our wrists slapped occasionnally?)</p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you tell me whether Pete Horeck who now plays for Detroit is John Hocreck&rsquo;s brother, who is on the Dallas team?</p><p>Mrs. Gordon <br>Crawther Dallas, Texas-</p><p>(Pete and Johnny are brothers. They hail from Capreol, Ontario.)</p><h2><b>NEWFOUNLDAND NEWS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have always wanted to have a weekly hockey paper that showed the scores from the National, American and United States Leagues so I could always keep track of my favourite players. It is too bad, that THE HOCKEY NEWS was not around in the old days of the Cooks, Conachers, etc then our hockey knowledge would be more complete and up-to-date.</p><p>It is nice to see the write-ups on the past greats of hockey and I do look forward to each issue to see the biographies of the great stars of yesteryear. Please keep it up.</p><p>During the war years several professional hockey stars visited these shores whilst members of the Services. Phil Hergesheimer of Philadelphia Rockets, Joe Bell of Buffalo, and Nelson &ldquo;Freckles&rdquo; Little of Tulsa played here at the old St. Bon&rsquo;s Forum. Other players who were here but did not play hockey were &ldquo;Chuck&rdquo; Rayner, John Holota and Bill Shill, and also Bob Drainville. The late Dudley &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Garrett was also a visitor here. No doubt there were others as well.</p><p>E. Robert Hamlyn <br>St. John&rsquo;s, Newfoundland.</p><h2><b>FANS&rsquo; FAVORITE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have enjoyed reading THE HOCKEY NEWS, especially the stories on the individual players. How about running a story about Syl Apps in your next issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>Keep up the good work and let&rsquo;s see more action shots. I remain a loyal Toronto Maple Leaf fan.</p><p>Leonard Delaney <br>New Carlisle, Que.</p><p>(Next week you and the many others will have your wish. A king-sized feature on Apps is coming up.)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hockey Fans’ Forum

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-09125/8230195-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="291" height="439"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ames Meldrum Peters becomes the first member of the Boston Bruins to oe named as THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; Player-Of-The-Week and he also becomes the first National League player to win a MORGAN HAT.</p><p>Since he was traded to the Bruins for Joe Carveth in midDecember, Jim has been playing an improved brand of hockey and his play on right wing has greatly aided the Injury-riddled Bruins to hold on to their fourth place position.</p><p>Peters had one of his best weeks of the N.H.L. season last week and in Boston&rsquo;s two scheduled games he registered three valuable goals. On Wednesday in Boston when the Bruins bowed to Toronto 4-2, Peters scored both tallies and in Detroit Sunday he accounted for the game-winning goal as Bruins won out 3-1 over the Wings.</p><p>To show how Peters&rsquo; play has improved since he moved to the Hub, when he was with Canadiens during the early part of the schedule he had only one goal and four assists but now that ne has hooked-up with Boston his total stands at seven goals and seven assists.</p><p>Peters played tor two seasons with Montreal and in 1945-46 he scored 30 points in 47 games. Born in Verdun, Quebec, on October 2, 1922, Jim broke into the professional ranks in 1941 with Philadelphia and although his contract was owned by Springfield he played a greater part of the A.H.L. season in Philly. He later was recalled by Eddie Shore. owner of the Springfield club, and finished the season there.</p><p>Following that 1941-42 season in the American League, Peters enlisted in the Canadian Army he was out of professional hockey for three years. Before being sent overseas, Jim played for the Kingston Army club.</p><p>Standing five feet 11 inches, he weighs 165 pounds and shoots right.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK

<h2><b>Goldham Shelved</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Black Hawks&rsquo; playoff hopes were dealt a severe blow last week when the club&rsquo;s star defenceman, Bob Goldham, suffered a fractured arm in a game against Canadiens in Montreal. Goldhain injured his arm late last season while with Toronto,</p><h2><b>High And Low</b></h2><p>The Chicago Black Hawks may be the low men on the National League totem pole but Conacher&rsquo;s club are the second highest in the league in the goals-scored department. Detroit leads the field with 150 goals scored with the Hawks in second place with 142.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED., A.M., FEB. 11</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-011899/8230164-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="608" height="193"></div><p><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></p><p>February 3&mdash;Detroit 2, Chicago 1. February 4&mdash;Toronto 4, Boston 2; Rangers 4, Detroit 4,</p><p>February 5&mdash;Chicago 7, Canadiens 2.</p><p>February 7&mdash;Toronto 8, Rangers 0; Detroit o, Canadiens 3.</p><p>February 8&mdash;Boston 3, Detroit 1; Chicago 2, Rangers 2.</p><p><b>Games of Coming Week</b></p><p>February 11&mdash;Chicago at Boston. February 14&mdash;Canadiens at Toronto; Rangers at Boston.</p><p>February 15&mdash;Detroit at Boston; Toronto at Rangers; Canadiens at Chicago.</p><p>Detroit&rsquo;s smooth running Red Wing hockey machine garnered five out of eight points last week and as a result maintained their three-point lead over the Maple Leafs of Toronto in the running for top spot in the National Hockey League championship race. The Wings&rsquo; total now stands at 69 points to Toronto&rsquo;s 5 6.</p><p>Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s crew started the week off by edging Chicago 2-1 on Tuesday and then the following evening they tied Rangers 4-4. After beating Canadiens 5-3 in Montreal Saturday the Wings were upset by the Boston Bruins on Olympia ice 3-1.</p><h2><b>Broda Takes Over</b></h2><p>One bright spot on the Leafs&rsquo; play last week was that the veteran goaler Turk Broda moved into first place in the fight for the Vezina Trophy. His 3-0 shut-out over Rangers Saturday in Toronto helped him to pass Detroit&rsquo;s Harry Lumley. Broda now has 107 against him while Lumley trails with 109 pucks shot into his bastille.</p><p>With only two games scheduled last week, Toronto won both and Broda was scored upon twiee. They whipped Boston Wednesday in Boson 4-2 to end their winless streak on Boston ice and at home Saturday the Stanley Cup holders blanked Rangers.</p><h2><b>Rangers In Third</b></h2><p>The Rangers still hold a comfortable lead in third place with 4 4 points made-up of 17 wins, 17 losses and 10 ties. They lead Boston by five points. Canadiens lost a chance last week to draw even with the Bruins when they were toppled by Chicago 7-2 on home ice after Clapper&rsquo;s club bowed to Toronto the night before. Holding a game-in hand over Les Habitants Boston have 39 points, two better than the Montrealers.</p><p>Charlie Conacher&rsquo;s improved Black Hawks have been gaining ground at a steady clip and they are now only six points out of fifth place. The Hawks are the second highest scoring club in the circuit with 142 goals-scored in 45 games.</p><h2><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3</b></h2><p>CHICAGO&mdash;Detroit Red Wings increased their first place lead over the idle Toronto Leafs by defeating the last place Chicago Black Hawks 4-1 before 16,112 Cans. It was Detroit&rsquo;s ninth win in 10 games against the Hawks.</p><p>Jimmy Conacher starred for the winners by scoring two goals coming in the first and second periods. Jim McFadden and Sid Abel scored the other two markers. Red Hamill was the Ione Hawk scorer.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal. Lumley; defence, J. Stewart and Quackenbush; centre, Abel; wings, Lindsay and Howe; subs, Reise, Gauthier, Sullivan, Guidolin, McFadden, D. Morrison, J. Conacher, Pavelich, Kelly and R. Morrison.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal, Francis; defence, Goldham and Dickens; centre, Bodnar; wings, G. Stewart and Poile; subs, Mariucel, Prystai, Bentley, R. Conacher. Gee, Moaienko, Hamill. Gadsby and Nattrass.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Frank Clancy; linesmen, George Hayes and Sam Babcock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-021259/8230157-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="598" height="265"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03778/8230150-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="598" height="292"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4</b></h2><p>DETROIT&mdash;in a thriming finish that saw Goaler Harry Lumley yanked from his cage, Detroit Red Wings scored with 30 seconds left to play to deadlock the Rangers 4-4 before 12,842 Garden spectators. Cap-tain Sid Abel notched the tying marker at 19:30.</p><p>Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, league leading scorer paced the Naw Yorkers with two goals while Don Raleigh and Ed Laprade sunk the others Ted Lindsay scored his 24th and 25th goals with Red Kelly providing the other Wing tally.</p><p>New York: Goal, Henry; defence, Colville, Moe; centre, Laprade; wings, Kullm-an, Leswick; subs.: Eddolls, Trudell, O&rsquo;Connor, Watson, Warwick, Raleigh, Hextall, Lamirande, Gardner, Juzda.</p><p>Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence. Quackenbush, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Howe. Lindsay; Subs.: R. Morrison D. Morrison Kelly. Paveilch, Conacher, McFadden Guidolin, Gauthier Rise.</p><p>Referee, George Gravel; linesmen George Hayes and Sammy Babcock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04501/8230143-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="598" height="605"></div><p>BOSTON&mdash;Trailing 2-0 in the second period, Toronto Maple Leafs remained within striking distance of the leading Detroit club by scoring four goals in the middle frame to defeat Boston Bruine 4-2. Jimmy Peters gave the Bruins their two-goal lead.</p><p>Tallies by Howie Meeker and Bill Ezinickl within three minutes tied the count and at 15:13 Max Bentley scored the winner. Ted Kennedy fooled Frank Brimsek again to clinch the game at 18:36.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal, Broda; defence. Thomson, Mortson; centre, Kennedy; wings, Meeker, Lynn. 3ubs: M, Bentley. Watson, Ezinickl, Barilko, Boesch, Stanowski, S. Smith, McCormack, Klu&rsquo;kay, Metz.</p><p>Boston&mdash;Goal, Brimsek; defence, Flaman, Egan; centre, Gallinger; wings. Wilson, Baband-o.&rsquo; Subs: Sandford, Peters. Dumart, Crawford, Martin, Henderson, K. Smith, Pierson, Harrison.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Bill Chadwick; linesmen; Ray Getiliffe and Stan McCabe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05345/8230136-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="591" height="461"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5</b></h2><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Roy Conacher scored three goals and Gaye Stewart two as Chicago Black Hawks trampled Montreal Canadiens 7-2 before a Forum crowd of 10,993. The fast-improving Hawks were ahead all during the game and the win brought them within seven points of the Habs.</p><p>Doug Bentley scared one goal and figured in three more while Bud Poile notched the seventh Hawk tally. For Canadiens the goalgetters were Joe Carveth and Norm Dussault. Leading 4-2 near the end of the game, Chicago rattled three goals past Bill Durnan in the last two minutes of play.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal, Francis; defence, Goldham, Dickens; centre, Bodnar; wings, Poile, Stewart. Subs, Mariucel, Prystai, Bentley, Conacher, Gee, Mosienko, Hamill, Gadsby, Nattrass.</p><p>Canadiens&mdash;Goal. Durnan; defence, Reardon. Harmon; centre, Reay; wings. Carveth, Chamberlain. Subs.: Bouchard, Leger, Lach, Richard, Fillion, Mosdell, Curry, Locas Dussault, Riopalle.</p><p>Referee: Butch Keeling. Linesmen: George Hayes and Stan McCabe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-06268/8230129-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="594" height="515"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7</b></h2><p>TORONTO&mdash;The Maple Leafs overpowered New York Rangers 8-0 before 14,574 spectators to remain within striking distance of the front-running Detroit Red Wings. It was Turk Broda&rsquo;s fourth shutout of the season.</p><p>Max Bentley opened the scoring at 16.19 of the first period and then after a scoreless second frame, the Leafs shot two more goals past Sugar Jim Henry. Gus Mortson and Ted Kennedy added the last two markers.</p><p>New York&mdash;Goal, Henry; defence, Colville. Juzda; centra Laprade; wings, Kullman, Leswick: subs.: Eddolls, Lamirande, Trudell, O&rsquo;Connor, P. Watson, Raleigh. Hextail, Gardner, Taylor, Siowinski.</p><p>Toronto; Goal, Broda; defence, Thompson, Mortson; centre, Kennedy; wings, Meeker, Lynn; subs.: Boesch, Barilko, Stanowski, Bentley. Ezinickl, H. Watson, N. Metz, Smith. Klukay.</p><p>Referee&mdash;George Gravel; linesmen, Sibby Mundey and Ray Getliffe</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-07206/8230122-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="599" height="372"></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Canadiens pulled Bill Durnan from his goal in the last stages of the game and the move backfired as: Sid Abel drove a long shot into the open net as Detroit Red Wings downer the Habs 5-3. Canadiens were trailing 4-3 and threatening when Abel scored the clincher.</p><p>The other four Detroit goals were divided among Rod Morrison, Bep Guidolin, Jim McFadden and Leo Reise. Rookie Jacques Locas was the Hab sparkplug with two goals and Elmer Lach provided the other.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal, Lumley; defence, Quackenbush, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings. Howe, Lindsay; subs.; Reise., Gauthier, Guldolin, McFadden, R. Morrison. Conacher, Pavelich, Kelly, D. Morrison.</p><p>Canadiens&mdash;Goal, Durnan; defence, Reardon, Bouchard; centre, Lach; wings, Richard, Fillion; subs: Harmon, Leger, Reay, Carveth, Chamberlain. Mosdell, Dussault, Locas, Curry, Riopelle.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Referee, King Clancy; linesmen, George Hayes and Sam Babcock</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-08164/8230115-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="600" height="506"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8</b></h2><p>DETROIT&mdash;Little Grant &ldquo;Nobby&rdquo; Warwick playing his first game in a Boston uniform since his trade for Billy Taylor last week was the big gun for his new club as the Bruins pulled an upset by downing Detroit Red Wings 3-1.</p><p>Warwick drew an assist on Boston&rsquo;s the third period he potted the clincher first counter by Pete Babando and in at 2.44 from Don Gallinger and Babando. Jim Peters scored the second Bruin goal. Jim Conacher was the only Wing to beat Frank Brimsek.</p><p>Boston&mdash;Goal. Brimsek; defence, Martin., Henderson; centre, Sandford; wings, Peters, Dumart; subs: Egan, Crawford, Flaman. Gallinger, Smith. Wilson, Pierson, Babando, Warwick Rorny.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal. Lumley; defence, Quackenbush, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Howe, Lindsay; subs: R. Morrison, D. Morrison. Kelly, Pavelich, Conacher, McFadden, Guldolin, Gauthier, Reise.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Frank Clancy, linesmen: Mush March and Joe Springer,</p><p>1&mdash;Boston, Babando</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11324/8230108-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="598" height="341"></div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;New York&rsquo;s Blueshirts were forcer to launch a determined rally in the third period in order to gain a 2-2 N.H.L. deadlock with Chicago. It was Bill Juzda&rsquo;s goal at 6.09 of the finale that earned the tie.</p><p>Buddy O&rsquo;Connor opened the scoring for Rangers but exactly four minutes later Doug Bentley tied it up. The Hawks took a 2-1 lead in the second on a goal by Metro Prystal. The Hawks held a wide mar gin of play outshooting Rangers 37 to 28.</p><p>New York&mdash;Goal, Henry: defence, Colville, Moe; centre, Laprade; wings, Kullman, Leswick; subs.: Eddoils Trudell, O&rsquo;Connor, Watson, Raleigh, Hextall, ardner, Juzda, Slowinski, Lamirande.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal. Francis; defence; Nattrass, Gadsby; centre, Bodnar: wings, Poile, Stewart; subs: Mariucci, Dickens, Prystai, Bentley, Conacher, Gee Mosienko, Hamill.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Butch Keeling; linesmen, Ed Mpeham and Jim Primeau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12284/8230101-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="600" height="349"></div><h2><b>LOOK-NO HANDS!</b></h2><p>Doug Bentley of the Chicago Black Hawks received an assist on a goal by Roy Conacher on February 5 without even having a stick in his hands. Although Bentley had lost his stick, he still was able to kick the puck over to Conacher and therefore was credited with an assist by the official scorer.</p><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(includes games of Sunday, Feb. 8;)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1099/8230094-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="611" height="2609"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1348/8230087-1-eng-US/f0010-132.jpg" title="f0010-13" width="602" height="772"></div><h2><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1437/8230080-1-eng-US/f0010-142.jpg" title="f0010-14" width="616" height="813"></div><h2><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1533/8230073-1-eng-US/f0010-152.jpg" title="f0010-15" width="489" height="166"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>eft wingers of the American League get their chance this week for a place on the All-Star bandwagon, as THE HOCKEY NEWS balloting in this loop moves into its third week, after goaltenders and defencemen had their turns the past two issues.</p><p>Four of the candidates for the port side berth of the fans&rsquo; own team are shown here, but there are a dozen or more other classy wingers around the circuit who bear watching as the season swings into the home stretch drive in the 11-club organization. Cast your ballots for the players of your choice, and see how your judgment compares with that of the other fans, and of the sports writers and broadcasters who will select the official sextet in the Podo-loff circuit at the close of the season.</p><p>Prominent among the left wingers in the running for the coveted spot on the fans&rsquo; team is oldtimer Carl Liscombe of Providence Reds, the 32-year-old veteran of nine campaigns with the Detroit Red Wings, who has led the A.H.L. scoring parade for most of the season.</p><p>Liscombe has stiff competition from a pair of classy portsiders in Paul Gladu of the St. Louis Flyers and Eldie Kobussen of the Springfield Indians, both of whom have been well up in the scoring parade this season, and showing lots of class.</p><p>Joe Bell of Buffalo Bisons and Johnny &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; O&rsquo;Flaherty of Pittsburgh Hornets are rated as two more portside performers whose work stands up under close scrutiny.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-031042/8230247-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="265" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Carl Liscombe Providence</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04541/8230240-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="291" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Paul Gladu St. Louis</b></figcaption></div><p>Balloting for the left wing spot on the A.H.L. All-Star team starts this week, but fans have their choice of sending in their votes now on the official ballot on this page, or waiting until later in the season if they wish to get a line on the over-all play of each man <b>o</b> veralonger stretch of time. Send in your choice now, or hold it until later, the only stipulation being that all ballots&mdash;for every position on the A.H.L. team&mdash;must be mailed and postmarked not later than midnight March 11.</p><p>Other candidates who stand a good chance in the left wing voting include performers like Normie Tustin and Al Kuntz of New Haven; Hec Pozzo and Russ Brayshaw of St. Louis; Mike Narduzzi and Gaston Gauthier of Philadelphia Rockets; Bob Solinger and Bobby Carse of Cleveland Barons; Nels Podolsky of Indianapolis Capitols; Gordie Bruce and the veteran Herbie Cain of Hershey Bears.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-011984/8230233-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="287" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John., O&rsquo;Flaherty Pittsburgh</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-021484/8230226-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="281" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Joe Bell Buffalo</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH&rsquo;S FANS REMEMBER EX-COACH</b></h2><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;Pittsburgh fans remember a &ldquo;right guy&rdquo; even though he moves on to other fields. One fellow everyone agrees is a &ldquo;right guy&rdquo; is Max Kaminsky, former coach of the Hornets and now business manager of the Philadelphia Rockets&hellip;</p><p>While Kaminsky was in Pittsburgh he made a host of friends, all of whom have been asking when he would be coming to Pittsburgh with the Rockets. Finally Max made arrangements to come here January 28, and immediately plans were set up to honor the popular ex-coach.</p><p>More than 600 members of B&rsquo;nai B&rsquo;rith Lodge No. 44 were on hand to honor him and they brought along a big group of underprivileged children who were treated to their first hockey game.</p><p>Kaminsky was presented with a custom-made onyx electric clock with a figure of a hockey player set in the base. Following the game, Max was guest of honor at a supper at Webster Hall Hotel.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-03

Veterans and Youngsters Vie For Left Wing Berth

<div class="byline">By LES STEARNS</div><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>PRINGFIELD, MASS.&mdash;Apparently most of the trials and tribulations for American Hockey League coaches this season can be laid at the door of an inadequate defence.</p><p>There seems to be a curious unanimity of opinion where the trouble lies for teams that are not doing as well as expected.</p><p>All these complaints indicate that either the goalie is below par or else the defencemen are not measuring up to the required standard.</p><p>In other words so much attention has been paid to perfecting the offence that the defence has been left behind.</p><p>You get the same thing in baseball where in some seasons the hitters dominate the pitchers and then fall off and permit the throwers to take command.</p><p>Also there are seasons in football where the offence as represented by the forward passers, line plungers and scatbacks can riddle opposing defences so successfully that spectators sometimes wonder what the boys out there are doing to stop them.</p><p>If they have good memories they also recall the time when the scoring of a single touchdown in 60 minutes of play was considered quite a feat.</p><h2><b>Wolf Howls</b></h2><p>Out in St. Louis the wolves are howling for the. scalp of goalie Hec Highton. While most capable observers insist he is doing as good a job in the nets as anybody can ask for, nevertheless he is being blamed for the defensive lapses of his mates.</p><p>All those losing hockey games the Flyers have been playing this season can&rsquo;t be blamed on Highton, but the customers, who are supposed to be always right, are placing these defeats at his door.</p><p>Floyd Perras of the Indians went through a somewhat similar experience here last season but he weathered the storm and now the fans are willing to credit him with being one of the most capable workers in front of the net to be found in the league.</p><p>As is the case with Highton, the booing was an expression of the fans&rsquo; impatience with the club&rsquo;s inabiltiy to climb in the hockey race. They were not parti-cularly concerned with finding out the real trouble and based their arguments solely on results.</p><p>There never was a time in the history of the league when good defencemen have been in such great demand.</p><p>When the Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs put through their recent big deal, defencemen were largely concerned, even though the forwards got the headlines.</p><p>Defencemen of outstanding caliber can make a hockey club look good even in defeat. A club that is all offence and lacks capable defenders never gets very far.</p><p>Highton, in the estimation of many hockey officials, could be the greatest goalie in the business&mdash;with proper help.</p><p>Ebbie Goodfellow, his coach, who performed in front of some excellent netminders in Detroit, has been high on Hec since the first time he saw him perform.</p><p>One thing that probably hurt him was turning professional too soon. When he came up to the Black Hawks five years ago he was weak on shots around the ankles.</p><p>This was something that probably could have been corrected with another good year in a strong senior amateur league. But Highton has managed to somewhat correct this himself.</p><h2><i><b>Hard Worker</b></i></h2><p>One of the hardest working forwards in the U.S.H.L. is Doug McMurdy of the Tulsa Oilers. A product of the Toronto Maple Leafs farm system, Doug was sold to the Oilers at the start of the present campaign and is having the finest season of his career.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Cheers And Boos Of Fans Can Make Or Break Goaler

<h2><b>Puck Punchy</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>G</span>oaler Harvey Jesslman had a rough time when the Philadelphia Rockets played the Bears in Hershey on February 3 and lost 11-3. In the second period McAtee, Gronsdahl and Ronty scored three goals past the bewildered Rocket net minder in two minutes and 12 seconds flat.</p><h2><b>Good and Bad</b></h2><p>In the latest penalty statistics released the Philadelphia Rockets have been thnmbed to the penalty bench for a total of 495 minutes. Leading the A.H.L. for the least number of penalties is Washington Lions. The Lions players have been given 216 minutes in penalties.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON TUES. AM., FEB. 10</b></p><h3><b>Eastern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-011824/8230463-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="596" height="196"></div><h3><b>Western Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-021251/8230456-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="601" height="167"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>February 3&mdash;Hershey 11, Philadelphia 3.</p><p>February 4&mdash;Buffalo 2, New Haven 1: Pittsburgh 2, Cleveland 2; Philadelphia 7, Washington 6.</p><p>February 5&mdash;&mdash;New Haven 3, Indianapolis 2.</p><p>February 6&mdash;Philadelphia 6, Washington 2.</p><p>February 7&mdash;Hershey 5, Buffalo 1; Indianapolis 1, Springfield 1; Cleveland 3. St. Louis 1; Providence 6, Philadelphia 4; New Haven 1, Pittsburgh 1.</p><p>February 8&mdash;Providence 6, Springfield 4; Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 1; New Haven 4, St. Louis 1; Indianapolis 4, Cleveland 4.</p><h2><b>Games of Coming Week</b></h2><p>February 10&mdash;Springfield at St. Louis; Pittsburgh at Washington.</p><p>February 11&mdash;Hershey at Buffalo; 1 Springfield at Cleveland; Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.</p><p>February 12&mdash;Springfield at Indianapolis; Hershey at New Haven.</p><p>February 13&mdash;Pittsburgh at Washington.</p><p>February 14&mdash;Hershey at Cleveland; Providence at Philadelphia; Washington at Pittsburgh; Indianapolis at St. Louis; New Haven at Springfield.</p><p>February 15&mdash;Springfield at Buffalo; Hershey at Indianapolis; Cleveland at New Haven; Philadelphia at Providence.</p><p>Things ran according to schedule in the American League in the past week with Providence Reds still maintaining a healthy lead cut from three points to two. The Cleveland Barons managed to hold them to a 2-2 stalemate and New Haven did likewise with 1-1 draw. The Ione win of the weeks as a much needed one over the Bisons who are right on the heels of the Hornets. However the Pittsburgh squad has two games in hand over the Bisons and should increase that lead by the end of the week.</p><p>In the Eastern Division, the Reds had their lead chopped by one point but also hold a game in hand. New Haven strengthened their second place hold by one point despite a loss to Buffalo and a tie with Pittsburgh. The Hershey Rears who are challenging the Ramblers at this stage of the race had an impressive week with an 11-2 win over the Philadelphia Rockets and a close 3-1 verdict over Buffalo.</p><p>St. Louis Flyers went through the week without a win to remain well down in the cellar. The Flyers lost a 3-1 count to the Barons then dropped a 4-1 decision to New Haven. Springfield&rsquo;s 1-1 tie with the Capitols put them four points ahead of the cellar dwelling Washington Lions who went winless throughout the week.</p><p>Thursday&rsquo;s game between Hershey and New Haven should be the highlight of the coming week with second place in the Eastern Division at stake.</p><h3><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1</b></h3><p>ST. LOUIS.&mdash;Cleveland Barons continued their jinx over St. Louis Flyers as they had an easy time downing the</p><p>Flyers 4-1 before 11.500 fans. It was Cleveland&rsquo;s fifth win over St. Louis this season and the second in as many nights. Thurier, Holota, Buller and Carse scored for the Barons while Billy McComb was St. Louis&rsquo; scorer.</p><p>Cleveland: Goal. Bower; defence, Wares, Allen: centre, Holota; wings.</p><p>Carse, Leswick; subs.: Davidson, chuk, DeMarco. Lavoie, Thurier, Russell, Salinger, Kelly. Brennan, Buller.</p><p>St. Louis Goal, Highton; defence, Grigg, Kampman; centre, Grosso; wings, Gladu, Tustin; subs. Shewchuk, Lund, Wilson, Trigg, Black. Olson, McComb, Pozzo. Backer. Milligen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05431/8230449-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="589" height="342"></div><p>PROVIDENCE.&mdash;Carl Liscombe and Johnny Chad each fired a pair of goals to lead the league leading Providence Reds to a 7-5 win over Washington Lions. The Reds netted five goals in the opener and added the remaining pair in the middle heat. Lovett was Washington&rsquo;s big scorer with three tallies.</p><p>Providence: Goal. Bennett; defence, Michalnk, Church; centre, Fraser; wings, Bedard, Liscombe; subs. Taylor, Scherza, Chad. Arcand, Stanley, Prokop, LaPlante. Kapusta, Reardon, Collings.</p><p>Washington: Goal, Bell; defence, Hunchuk, Portland; centre, Schultz: wings. Carr-Harris, Mousseau; subs. Archambault, Babey, F. Porteous, D. Portions, Slater, Mair, Walton, Culman, Foley, Lovett, Bittner.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06363/8230442-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="577" height="471"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07315/8230435-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="591" height="264"></div><p>INDIANAPOLIS.&mdash;Murdo McKay was the outstanding star of the game as he singlehandedly beat Indianapolis Capitols by scoring three goals as Buffalo Bisons downed the Caps 4-2. McKay caged two in the first period and completed his &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; in the finale. Bell accounted for the other Bison tally.</p><p>Buffalo: Goal, Bibeault; defence, Jackson, Harvey; centre, McKay; wings, Mundrick, Brown; subs.: Field, Lessard, Douglas, Cooper, Bell, Hickey, Lewis, Halderson, Pargeter, Hunt.</p><p>Indianapolis: Goal, Almas; defence, Nicholson, Simon; centre, Lundy; wings, Sullivan, Podolsky, subs, Summers, Miller, Couture, Simpson, Doran, Bruneteai. Licari, Sclisizzi, Fogolin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08286/8230428-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="587" height="363"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3</b></h3><p>HERSHEY&mdash;Hershey Bears moved into a second place in the Eastern Division with New Haven by trampling Philadelphia Rockets 11-3. A crowd of 5,062 saw the Bears return to championship form as they squared their season series with the Rockets at threeall. The Bears scored four in the first and second frames and three more in the last period.</p><p>Hershey&mdash;Goal, Henry; defence, Schertzl, Pratt; centre, Ronty; wings, Lund, Marquess, subs-Slobodian. Branigan, Mario, Gronsdahl, Bruce, McAtee, Bettio, Cooper, McLenahan.</p><p>Philadelphia&mdash;Goal, Jessiman; defence, Bush, Motter; centre, Stefaniw; wing, Hergesheimer, Narduzzi. Subs.-Waldriff, Kilrea, Mahaffy, DeFelice, Hnatiuk. Kraiger, Shewchuk, Herchen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09273/8230421-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="596" height="738"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10251/8230414-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="564" height="63"></div><p>WASHINGTON&mdash;The crippled Washington Lions suffered their 31st defeat of the A.H.L. season when they were humbled by Buffalo&rsquo;s high-flying Bisons 8-3. The Bisons moved within three points of Pittsburgh Hornets, leaders of the Western Division. Halderson and Hickey were the big scorers with two goals apiece.</p><p>Buffalo&mdash;Goal, Bibeault; defeice, Field, Lessard; centre, McKay; wings, Brown, Mundrick; Subs. Harvey, Jackson, Douglas, Cooper, J. Bell, Hickey, Lewis, Halderson, Pargeter, McMahon.</p><p>Washington&mdash;Goal, G. Bell, defence, Portland Hunchuk; centre, D. Porteous; wings, Slater, F. Porteous. Subs. Archambault, Mair, Walton, Ciuman, Babey. Carr-Harris, Foley, Mousseau. Lovett, Riley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11219/8230407-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="585" height="497"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4</b></h3><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;A pair of last P&laquo;r0&rdquo; goals by Hamilton and Kemp gave Pittsburgh Hornets a 2-2 tie with Cleveland Barons. Before a throng of 11,398, bolinger and Thurier gave the Barons a 2-0 lead but the Hornets rallied in the third frame and Kemp&rsquo;s tying goal from Mackell came at 10:26.</p><p>Cleveland&mdash;Goal, Bower; defence, Allen Wares; centre, Holota; wings, Carse&rsquo;, Leswick. Subs: Sawchuk, Buller, Thurier, Russell, Lavoie, Davidson, DeMarco, Brennan, Solinger, Kelly.</p><p>Pittsburgh&mdash;Goal, Bastien; defence, Bac-kor, Kemp; centre, Langel&rsquo;e; wings, Sloan, Thomas. Subs: Samis, Morris. Hamilton, Benson, Hill, Dawes, Costello, Mackell, Lemieux.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12180/8230400-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="579" height="326"></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Mike Narduzzi scored three goals as Philadelphia Rockets came from behind on two occasions to defeat Washington Lions 7-6 in an A.H.L. game played before 1,000 fans. Trailing 6-5 going into the last period, DeFelice and Narduzzi each bagged a single to tie and win the game.</p><p>Philadelphia&mdash;Goal, Courteau; defence, Sawchuck, Waldriff; centre, Stefaniw; wings Hergensheimer, Narduzzi. Subs: Bush, Motter, Wochy, Mahaffy, Jamieson, DeFelice, Hnatuik, Kraiger, Herchanratter Bangay.</p><p>Washington&mdash;Goal, Bittner; defence, Hunchuk, Borland; centre, Walton; wings, Carr-Harris, Foley. Subs: Archambault, Babey, Mair, Slater, D. Porteous, F. Porteous, Mousseau, Lovett.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-13160/8230393-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="591" height="711"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-14131/8230386-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="586" height="171"></div><p>BUFFALO&mdash;The Bisons were the first American League club to score 30 wins this season as they edged out New Haven Ramblers 2-1 despite the brilliant playing of Goaler Chuck Rayner in the Rams&rsquo; cage.</p><p>Denis gave the Ramblers a 1-0 lead a 10:30 of the initial frame, but Lewis tied it up at 5:22 of the third period. Joe Bell nicked the winner near the half-way mark of the period.</p><p>Buffalo&mdash;Goal. Bibeault; defence, Jackson, Harvey; centre, Halderson; wings; Hickey, Lewis. Subs: Field, Lessard, McMahon, Douglas, Cooper, Bell, McKay, Mundrick, Brown, Pargeter.</p><p>New Haven&mdash;Goal, Rayner; defence Lancien, Hyrmnak; centre, Daviea wings, Johnston, Webster. Subs: Helle-r. Cameron. Gordon, Juckes, Denis, Fisher Mackintosh, White, Robinson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-15104/8230379-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="593" height="356"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8</b></h2><p>INDIANAPOLIS.&mdash;Backed by the spectator netminding of Chuck Rayner, the New Haven Ramblers made their final appearance of the season on Indianapolis ice by edging out the Capitols 3-2 before 4,830 fans.</p><p>After piling up a 3-0 lead the Ramblers played a defensive game and stayed off the Caps.</p><p>New Haven: Goal, Rayner; defence, Heller, Robinson; centre, Davies; wings, Johnston, Webster; subs.: Lacien, Hrymnak, Cameron, Gordon, Juckes, Fisher, Macintosh, White, Denis Mickoski.</p><p>Indianapolis: Goal, Almas; defence, Nicholson, Simon; centre, Simpson; wings, Couture, Scllsizzi; subs.: Summers, Millar, Lundy, Doran, Sullivan, Bruneteau, Podolsky, Licari, McKay, Fogolin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05432/8230372-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="601" height="356"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6</b></h2><p>WASHINGTON.&mdash;Philadelphia Rockets drubbed the Washington Lions 6-2 on their home ice before 1,232 fans here at Uline Stadium.</p><p>The Rockets piled up an early five goal lead and were led in the scoring department by Mike Narduzzi and Phil Hergeshelmer with two goals apiece.</p><p>Philadelphia: Goal, Courteau; defence. Bush, Motter; centre. Mahaffy; wings, Wocky, Defelice; subs.: Waldriff, Hergesheimer, Jamieson, Narduzzi, Stefaniw, Hnatiuk, Kraiger, Shewchuck, Hercheratter, Bangay.</p><p>Washington: Goal, Bittner; defence, Hunchuck, Portland; centre, F. Porteous-wings. Slater, D. Porteous; subs.: Archambault, Mair, Walton, Ciuman, CarrHarris, Babey, Foley, Mousseau, Lovett Riley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06328/8230365-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="604" height="584"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7</b></h2><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;Chick Webster fired homo the tying goal at the 10.30 mark of the second period to give New Haven Ramblers a 1-1 tie with the league leading Pittsburgh Hornets. The Hornets. lead 1-0 on Les Costello&rsquo;s goal in the opener and the last frame was scoreless</p><p>New Haven-Goal, Rayner: defence, Heller. Robinson; centre, Davies; wings Johnston, Webster; alternates, Lancien Hrymnak, Bell Cameron, Juckes, Fisher&rsquo; Mickoski, White Denis, Macintosh. Pittsburgh&mdash;Goal, Bastien; defence, Kemp, Backor: centre, Langelle; wings, Sloan Thomas; alternates. Samis, Morris Hamilton, Benson, Hill, Dawes, Costello, Mackell, Lemieux Mair.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Waldo Russell and Bernie Maitre.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07235/8230358-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="598" height="311"></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Providence Reds put on a stirring third period that didn&rsquo;t end until they had scored fow goals to defeat the Rockets 6-4. Trailng 4-2 the Rods beat Goaler Courteau four times on goals by Liscombe, Prokop, Scherza. and Bedard. The Rocket scorers were Narduzzi, DeFelice, Bush and Hergesh Hergeshelmer.</p><p>Providence&mdash;Goal, Bennett; defence Stanley, Arcand; centre, Taylor, Chwch Laplanta Bedard, Liscombe, Prokop Collings, Kapusta, Michaluk.</p><p>Philadelphia&mdash;Goal, Courteau; defence Bush, Motter; centre, Mahaffywings&rsquo; Defelice, Wochy; alternates, Waldriff&rsquo; Hergesheimer, Jamieson, Narduzzi Stefaniw, Hnatiuk, Shewchuk, Herchenratter Bangay.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Patsy Callighen and Joe Patrick</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-08179/8230351-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="594" height="628"></div><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;The Barons had an easy time in downing the visiting St. Louis Flyers as they won out 3-1. Buller and Solinger shot the Barons into the lead in the first period and Leswick added another in the second at 9:45. Paul Gladu broke Johnny Bower&rsquo;s bid for a shutout at 9:06 of the last period on a play with Bill McComb.</p><p>St. Louis&mdash;Goal, Highton; defence Milligan, Shewchuk; centre, Grosso; wings, Tustin, Gladu; alternates, Kampman, Lund, McComb, Pozzo, Olson, Backor, Black, Wilson, Trigg.</p><p>Cleveland&mdash;Goal, Bower; defence. Wares, Allen; centre. _ Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; alternates, Davidson, Sprout, Brennan, Buller, Thurier, Lavoie, Russell, Demarco, Solinger, Kelly.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Allan Shields and Des Smith.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-09135/8230344-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="607" height="295"></div><p>HERSHEY&mdash;Buffalo Bisons were never able to find their scoring range as Don Penniston&rsquo;s Bears whipped the Herd in fine style 5-1. Joe Cooper and McAtee hit the strings after the scoreless first frame and Lund and Marquess uped the count to 4-0 before Joe Bell scored Buffalo&rsquo;s lone tally. Bettio added the final Hershey goal at 8.40.</p><p>Buffalo&mdash;Goal, Bibaulk; defence Field, Lessard; centre, Douglas; wings, T. Cooper, Bell; alternates, Harvey, Jackson, McKay, Hickey, Brown, Lewis Halderson, Pargeter, Mundrick, McMahon.</p><p>Hershey-Goal, Henry; defenoe. Schertzl Pratt; centre, Mario; wings Marquess, Lund; alternates, Slobodian, Branigan, McGill, Bruce, McAtee, Cain, J. Cooper, Bettio, McLenahan.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Ted Graham and Bob McCully.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-10112/8230337-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="609" height="420"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;With all the scoring coming in the last period, the Indianapolis Capitols scored a goal at the 16.50 mark to earn a 1-1 deadlock with Springfield Indians. After Kobussen scored for the Tribe at 15 seconds Bruneteau tied it up from Heart and Miller.</p><p>Indiannapolis&mdash;Goal, Almas; defence Simon, Nicholson; centre. Simpson; wings Couture, Sclisizzi; alternates. Summers, Millar, Lundy, Sullivan, Bruneteau, Podolsky. Licart, Mackay, Fogolin.</p><p>Springfield&mdash;Goal, Perras; defence, Lamoureux, Allen; centre, Kobussen; wings Jones, Kuntz; alternates-Johnstone, Tottle, Courteau, Unger, Hosking. Summerhill, Hayden, Frost, Gooden, Cupolo.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Hugh McLean and Norm Locking.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1190/8230330-1-eng-US/f0010-112.jpg" title="f0010-11" width="603" height="111"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1269/8230323-1-eng-US/f0010-122.jpg" title="f0010-12" width="616" height="304"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>including Games of Sunday, Feb. 8</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1673/8230316-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="595" height="715"></div><h2><b>THE TRADERS</b></h2><p><b>Goals&mdash;</b>C. Liscombe, Providence (39).</p><p><b>Assists&mdash;</b>W. Stefaniw, Phil (48).</p><p><b>Penalties&mdash;</b>sP. Samis, Pitts (125).</p><h2><b>Three Goals in One Game</b></h2><p><b>H. Fraser and C. Liscombe, Prov. (3).</b></p><h2><b>Leading Goaler</b></h2><p><b>B. Bastien, Pittsburgh .. 49 123 2 2:51</b></p><h2><b>Shutouts</b></h2><p>B. Bastien, Pittsburgh, F. Perras Springfield (2).</p><h2><b>Most Penalties by Team</b></h2><p><b>Philadelphia (529)</b></p><h2><b>A.H.L TEAM TOTALS</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games ot Sunday, February 1)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03756/8230309-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1206" height="389"></div><h2><b><i>Two Wasp Stingers</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04577/8230302-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1164" height="1063"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BURLY BLOCKERS&mdash;Poised and ready for all on-coming attackers are these two huskies of the league leading Pittsburgh Hornets. They Are Stan Kemp on the left and Pete Backor and they form one of the best defence teams in the American League, Kemp</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><span>R</span>earguards are to the fore this week as balloting for the United States League All-Star Team, now in its second week, gives fans the chance to select their defencemen for the dream team of the booming league in the American mid-West.</p><p>There are candidates aplenty in the eight-club circuit, which includes many players who have seen action in the senior professional circuits&mdash;the National and American Leagues&mdash;as well as several promising youngsters.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-011955/8230515-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="301" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Shero St. Paul</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-021417/8230508-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="303" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Allum Minneapolis</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03880/8230501-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="295" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lu Finkbeiner Dallas</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04597/8230494-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="306" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Baldwin Kansas City</b></figcaption></div><p>Four of the leading contenders for the defence posts on THE HOCKEY NEWS team are shown here&mdash;bouncing Bill Allum of Minneapolis Millers, Doug Baldwin of Kansas City Pla-Mors, Free Shero of St. Paul Saints and Lloyd Finkbeiner of Dallas Texans.</p><p>While these players are among the top-ranking defencemen of the loop, THE HOCKEY NEWS does not endorse them for position: on the team, so fans shouldn&rsquo;t feel obligated to vote for them. If you like some other players better, vote for them. The only thing to remember is, that whether you send your ballots in now or hold them until later, they must be mailed and postmarked BEFORE MIDNIGHT, MARCH 18, to be eligible.</p><p>Baldwin, who played a few games with Toronto of the N.H.L. in 1945-4 6 and with Detroit last season, won a defence post on the U.S.H.L. official All-Star team last season, along with Bob Dill of St. Paul, who is still playing heads-up hockey with the Saints this season.</p><p>Making the grade for the Second Team in 1946-47 was another St. Paul blueline guarder, Alex Sandalack, and Tom &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Williams of Minneapolis, both of whom are still playing with those clubs this winter.</p><p>Other candidates in the running for a spot on THE HOCKEY NEWS team are Thain Simon and Johnny Forbes of Omaha Knights; Vic Lofvendahl and John Baby of Fort Worth Rangers; Hugh Currie and Doug Maher of Houston Huskies; Clare Dillon and Harry Dick of Tulsa Oilers; Norm McKay and Jake Milford of Dallas Texans; Lloyd Ailsby and Bob Dill of the speedy St. Paul squad; and Joe Conn and Jack Jackson of Kansas City.</p><p>Dick is currently the bad man of the loop, leading all-comers with a healthy total of 134 minutes spent languishing in the box. A bumping, bruising type of player, Dick has had lots of practice stopping opposing forwards this season, as the cellar-dwelling Oilers have had lots of rubber thrown their way.</p><h2><i><b>Three In Row?</b></i></h2><p>If Max Bentley, high-scoring centre of the Toronto Maple Leafs wins the N.H.L. scoring title this season, he will be the first player to ever win the scoring championship for three consecutive seasons. Bentley finished the 1945-46 and 194647 season at the top of the scoring parade.</p><h2><b>KNOW THE RULES OF</b></h2><p><b>HOCKEY</b></p><p>National Hockey League fans can obtain copies of the Official Rule Book by writing to Dept. HN, National Hockey League. 603 Sun Life Building, Montreal, and enclosing ten cents to cover the cost of mailing.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0010-01

Rearguards In Race For U.S.H.L. Sextet

<h2><b>Friendly Fine</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Omaha hockey club has a rule this season that any Knight player who foils to wear a necktie on one of the team&rsquo;s road trips is fined one dollar. The money goes into the players&rsquo; kitty. George Senick was the latest victim.</p><h2><b>War Hero</b></h2><p>Young Jack McGill who Is having a great season In goal for St. Paul Saints was a tail gunner in the Koyal Canadian Air Force during the war. A native of Saskatoon, Sask., McGill was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in action.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON SUNDAY A.M., FEB. 8</b></p><h3><b>Northern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-011733/8230665-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="604" height="137"></div><h3><b>Southern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-021239/8230658-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="599" height="109"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>February 1&mdash;St. Paul 4, Kansas City 2</p><p>February 3&mdash;Houston 7, Omaha 5.</p><p>February 4&mdash;Minneapolis 3, St. Paul 1; Kansas City 9, Dallas 4.</p><p>February 5&mdash;Omaha 7, Kansas Ciyt 0.</p><p>February 7&mdash;Fort Worth 2, Tulsa 2; Minneapolis 8, Houston 0; Omaha 7, Dallas 4.</p><h2><b>Games of Coming Week</b></h2><p>February 11&mdash;Dallas at Tulsa; Minneapolis at St. Paul; Fort Worth at Omaha.</p><p>February 14&mdash;Omaha at Dallas; Houston at Tulsa; Fort Worth at Minneapolis.</p><p>February 15&mdash;Fort Worth at St. Paul; Tulsa at Kansas City.</p><p>Minneapolis Millers, rated the strongest team in the league, are now in front of the Northern Division pack by four points in the United States Hockey League fight for the championship. The Millers hold a good lead over St. Paul Saints while in the Southern Division Fort Worth Rangers lead by three points over Houston.</p><p>The Rangers have won 23 games against 22 losses and four deadlocks for 50 points to Houston&rsquo;s 47. The Huskies, now coached by Toe Blake, have dropped off their early season pace these last few weeks and they now have a record of 23 wins, 23 losses and one tie for 47 points.</p><p>The Dallas Texans have been moving along the U.S.H.L. trail at a fairly steady clip and trail the Huskies by five points. They have come out on top in 18 tussles while dropping 23 and tying six. The Oilers of Tulsa are still bogged down in last place with 38 points and their playoff hopes are becoming dimmer as the schedule grows older. They have lost 21 out of 44 starts and lead the league in tie games with eight.</p><p>With Minneapolis and St. Paul holding sway in the Northern section, Kansas City Pla-Mors hold down third position with 48. In 47 outings up to February 7, the Chicago farmhands won 22 against 21 defeats and four ties. However their playoff position is far from secure at this date with Omaha fighting to get into third place. Bruneteau&rsquo;s Knights are five points behind Kansas City with 43 points.</p><h3><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 29</b></h3><p>OMAHA.&mdash;Omaha Knights scored four goals in the last period to defeat the strong Houston Huskies 8-4 as Winky Smith paced Mud Bruneteau&rsquo;s club with three goals. His linemate, Max McNab and bagged two.</p><p>Omaha: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Forbes, Bak; centre, McNab; wings, Boyce W. Smith; subs.: Strongman, Kennedy, Senick, Weist, Glover, McLean, Lavitt, Dewsbury. Lannarelli, Wiseman.</p><p>Houston: Goal, Gauthier; defence, Melong, Currie; centre, Macey; wings, Giesbreht, McKenzie; subs.: Maher, Blake, Brown, Gravelle, Agar, McArthur, Skinner, Eisenzoph.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03823/8230651-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="598" height="678"></div><p>ST. PAUL.&mdash;A St. Paul rally in the third period that netted three goals in less than two minutes fell short as Fort Worth Rangers toppled the home club 7-5. The Rangers took a 3-1 lead in the initial period and increased it to 5-2 in the second.</p><p>Fort Worth: Goal, McAtte; defence, Kane, Lofvendahl; centre, Fowler; wings, Ritson, Thorpe; subs.: Brodeur, Drainvllle. Baby, Mutcheson, Kaiser, Schmidt, Bedard, Hewson.</p><p>St. Paul: Goal. McGill; defence, Ailsby, Shero; centre. Read; wings, Shack, Dowling; subs.: Sandalack, Dill Trainor, Pechet, Brown, Bend, Smith, DelMonte, Levandowski, Rozzinl.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04634/8230644-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="590" height="698"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 31</b></h3><p>OMAHA.&mdash;The starry Max McNab came through with the tying goal at the 16.26 mark of the last period to give Omaha Knights a 3-3 U.S.H.L. deadlock with the visiting St. Paul Saints. McNab figured in on all three Omaha goals assisting on the first by Forbes and scoring tire second himself at 14.34 of the middle period.</p><p>Omaha: Goal, Sawchuk, defence, Forbes, Bak; centre, McNab; wings, Wiseman, W. Smith; subs.: Lavitt, Dewsbury, Strongman, Kennedy, Senick, Weist, Glover, McLean, Lannarelli.</p><p>St. Paul: Goal, McGill; defence, Shero, Lambrecht: centre. Rozzinl; wings, Brown, Bend; subs.: Dill, Pechet, Schwartz, Read, Shack, Levandowski, Sandalack, DelMonte, Ailsby, Toole.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05497/8230637-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="591" height="495"></div><p>DALLAS.&mdash;Going into the last period on the the short end of a 2-1 count. Ballas Texans opened up and scored three goals to defeat Houston Huskies 4-2. Gagnon, Homenuke and Poitras scored the three winning goals before 3,500 spectators.</p><p>Dallas: Goal, Pidsodny; defence, Finkbeiner, McKay; centre, Petrie; wings. Homenuke, Poitras; subs.: Peterson, Gagnon, Bellemarre, Shill, Allen, Horeck, Milford, Hockey.</p><p>Houston: Goal, Ceryance; defence. Blake, Maher; centre, Agar, wings, Gravelle, McArthur; subs.: Melong, McKenzie. Macey, Giesbrecht, Skinner, Brown, Eisenzoph.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06428/8230630-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="591" height="346"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07382/8230623-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="588" height="87"></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS.&mdash;The Rangers overcame a three-goal lead in the. third period to register a 5-5 tie with Minneapolis Millers. It was a battle between the two division leaders. The Millers were up 5-2 when Bob Drainville, Rudy Brodeur and Otto Schmidt scored for Fort Worth.</p><p>Fort Worth: Goal, McAtee; defence, Baby, Brodeur; centre, Hewson; wings, Mutcheson, Schmidt: subs.: Drainville, Lofvendahl, Kane, Ritson, Kaiser, Bedard, Fowler, Thorpe.</p><p>Minneapolis: Goal, McQueston; defence, Allum, Williams: centre, Smith; wings, Wycherley, Bartholome; subs.: Sherritt, Fraser, Milne, Burns, Buckovich, Melnyk, Forgie, Strobel. At anas, Tomiuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08348/8230616-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="588" height="725"></div><p>TULSA.&mdash;Ching Dheere&rsquo;s goal with but 38 seconds left in the game gave Tulsa a 2-2 with Kansas City Pla-Mors. Blade and Olmstead were the Pla-Mors scorers while Brayshaw scored the first Tulsa tally.</p><p>Kansas City: Goal D. Jackson; defence, J. Jackson, Mitchell; centre, Ashworth; wings, Groves, Butler; subs.: Baldwin, Conn, Powell, Harms, Miller, Blade, Silvestri, Olmstead, Tarala, Wilson.</p><p>Tulsa: Goal, Little; defence, Dillon, Dick; centre, Schnurr; wings, Brayshaw, Chakowski; subs.: Young, Matthews, Smith, Ubriaco, McMurdy, Webster, Knott, McAtee, Thomson, Dheere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09329/8230609-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="589" height="370"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1</b></h3><p>KANSAS CITY.&mdash;St. Paul Saints drew within one point of the Minneapolis Millers, leaders of the Northern Division, as they whipped Kansas City Pla-Mors 4-2. The Saints led 3-2 in the last minute of the game when the Pla-Mors pulled Doug Jackson out of the cage. Mel Read grabbed a loose puck to score into the open net to clinch the game at 19.27.</p><p>Kansas City; Goal, D. Jackson; defence, Mitchell, J. Jackson; centre, Blade; wings, Silvestri. Olmstead; subs.: Tarala, Baldwin, Conn, Powell, Harms, Miller, Ashworth, Groves, Butler, Wilson.</p><p>St. Paul: Goal. McGill; defence, Lambrecht, Shero; centre, Rozzini; wings, Brown, Bend; subs.: Sandalack, Ailsby, Dill, Read, Levandowski, Shack, Toole, Pechet, Schwarty, DelMonte.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10299/8230602-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="586" height="86"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11269/8230595-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="592" height="315"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY</b></h3><p>OMAHA&mdash;Houston Huskies grabbed a 7-5 verdict over the Omaha Knights today before 4,000 fans at the Coliseum. The scoring was evenly divided. A last minute gamble by coach Mud Bruneteau backfired, when he hoisted goalie Terry Sawchuck. Ken McKenzie shook loose to hit the unprotected net.</p><p>Omaha&mdash;Goal, Sawchuck; defence, Forbes, Bak; centre, McNab; wings, Wiseman, W. Smith. Subs: Lavitt, Dewsbury, Strongman, Kennedy, Seinick, Wiest, Glover, McLear, Iannarelli.</p><p>Houston&mdash;Goal, Ceryance; defende, Maper, Blake: centre, Macey; wings, Giesbrecht. McKenzie. Subs: Melong, Currie, McArthur, Gravelle, Agar, Brown, Skinner, Eisenzoph.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Arnott, Orncst.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12240/8230588-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="593" height="622"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4</b></h3><p>KANSAS CITY&mdash;Kansas City Pla-Mors tightened their hold on third place in the Northern Division by trouncing Dallas Texans 9-4 Before 2,710 fans, Ray Powell and Doug Baldwin each scored three goals for the winners while Johnny Harms potted two goals.</p><p>Kansas City&mdash;Goal, D. Jackson; defence, Conn, Baldwin; centre, Powell; wings, Harms, Miller. Subs. J. Jackson. Mitchell, Tarala, Ashworth, Groves, Btuler, Blade, Silvestri, Olmstead, Wilson.</p><p>Dallas&mdash;Goal Pidsodny; defence, McKay, Finkbeiner; centre, Petrie; wings, Poitras, Homenuke. Subs. Milford, Peterson, Bellemare, Gagnon, Shill, Allen Horeck, Modynski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13188/8230581-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="596" height="662"></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;A capacity crowd watched Minneapolis&rsquo; league leading Millets stretch their Northern Division lead by defeating St. Paul Saints 3-1. It was The Millers&rsquo; sixth win in nine games over the Saints. Two of the games were tied and St. Paul won the other. Tomiuk Wycherly and Smith scored for the winners and Pechet for St. Paul.</p><p>Minneapolis&mdash;Goal, McQueston: defence, Allum, Williams; centre, S. Smith; wings Wycherly, Bartholome. subs: Sherritt, Fraser, Milne Kaiser, Burns, Tomiuk, Forgie, Meinyk, Str obel, Atanas.</p><p>St. Paul&mdash;Goal, McGill; defence, Allsby, Sandalack; centre, Toole; wings, Schwartz, Pechet. subs. Dill Lambrecht, Rozzini, Brown, Read, Bend, Levandowski, Dowling, Shack, Shero.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-14146/8230574-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="594" height="374"></div><h2><i><b>Dallas Dandy</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-15118/8230567-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="562" height="1180"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BUS GAGNON</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including Games of February 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1691/8230560-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="595" height="501"></div><h2><b>GOALTENDER&rsquo;S RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1775/8230553-1-eng-US/f0011-172.jpg" title="f0011-17" width="586" height="284"></div><h2><b>THE LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Most points:</b> Agar, Houston, 69</p><p><b>Most goals:</b> Brown, St. Paul, 32</p><p><b>Most assists:</b> Rozzini, St. Paul. 4 5</p><p><b>Most shutouts:</b> McAtee, Ft. Worth, and Jackson, Kas City.</p><p><b>Most penalties:</b> Dick, Tulsa, 141 mins</p><h2><b>PENALTY TOTALS (Minnies)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1861/8230546-1-eng-US/f0011-182.jpg" title="f0011-18" width="596" height="229"></div><p><i><b>HOCKEY PHOTOS</b></i></p><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.</p><p>National Sports Photos, Inc. 145 West 45 St. New York 19, N.Y.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BILL SHERRILL</div><p>DALLAS&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>us Gagnon, the Dallas Texans&rsquo; sparkling rookie wingman, is sold on professional hockey&mdash;and Dallas along with it. The property of Montreal&rsquo;s Canadiens, Gagnon came to the United States Hockey League club with the season more than a month old, but already has proven one of the circuit&rsquo;s best young prospects for big-time hockey. His stickwork has been excellent all along, and recently he has been banging the twine at a clip that has sparked his line into the best performances exhibited by any of the Texan forward combinations.</p><p>&ldquo;A common Canadian amateur conception is that the U.S. League players travel by bus, have Inadequate accommodations, etc.,&rdquo; Gagnon asserts. &ldquo;Nothing could be further from the truth. Both traveling (by train) and living facilities are excellent, equalling the fine climate and hospitality. And the hockey is plenty tough, too.&rdquo;</p><p>Gagnon is the Texans&rsquo; youngest player having just turned 21 a couple of months ago. He performed three seasons as a wing and centre with the Young Rangers of Toronto, and also played senior hockey with a commercial team there at the same time. Last season he was a standout with Shawinigan Falls of the crack Quebec Senior League from which he was signed by the Canadiens.</p><p>A native of Toronto, Gagnon is six feet tall and weighs 185 pounds. He is unmarried and plays baseball and works in the off season. For three years he was a member of the Toronto police force.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bus Gagnon, Shifty Dallas Forward, One Of Circuits Best Young Rookies

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>Standing on Wed. A.M. Feb. 11</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1871/8230814-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="598" height="215"></div><h2><b>Last week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>Februaiy 3&mdash;Valleyfield 2, New York 1.</p><p>February 4&mdash;Ottawa 5, New York 3.</p><p>February 5&mdash;New York 5, Shawinigan 3; Valleyfield 4, Boston 2.</p><p>February 7&mdash;Ottawa 4, Quebec 0.</p><p>February 8&mdash;Shawinigan 5, Quebec 1; Montreal 5, Boston 3; Ottawa 8, Valleyfield 5.</p><p>Ottawa Senators have come through of late with a burst of power and have leaped into first place in the-Quebec Senior League standings. Buck Boucher&rsquo;s club hold a fat seven-point lead over their nearest rivals, Shawinigan Falls Cataracts. Both clubs have played 40 games with the Senators winning 28 against 10 losses and one tie.</p><p>The Montreal Royals hold down third place seven points up on the slipping Quebec Aces. The Royals, holders of the Allan Cup, have won 24 games in 36 for 48 points and hold four games-in-hand over both Shawinigan and Ottawa.</p><p>In the lower brackets of the seven-team international loop. Valleyfield Braves hold a sevenpoint margin over Boston Olympics while the New York Rovers are lodged in the basement with 19 points. The Rovers have dropped 25 of their 35 starts and have tied one. The Ice &lsquo;Pics head thei American rivals by a single marker.</p><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4</b></h3><p>New York 3, at Ottawa 5 First Period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1961/8230807-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="600" height="572"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3</b></h3><p><b>New York 1, at Valleyfield 2.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2057/8230800-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg" title="f0012-20" width="590" height="368"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8</b></h3><p><b>Shawinigan, at Quebec 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2142/8230793-1-eng-US/f0012-212.jpg" title="f0012-21" width="596" height="410"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2228/8230786-1-eng-US/f0012-222.jpg" title="f0012-22" width="562" height="62"></div><h3><b>Montreal 5, at Boston 8</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2323/8230779-1-eng-US/f0012-232.jpg" title="f0012-23" width="592" height="520"></div><h3><b>Ottawa 8, at Valley field 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2418/8230772-1-eng-US/f0012-242.jpg" title="f0012-24" width="597" height="733"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, FBBRUARY 7</b></h3><p><b>Quebec 0, at Ottawa 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2517/8230765-1-eng-US/f0012-252.jpg" title="f0012-25" width="590" height="331"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>Including Games of February 1</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2616/8230758-1-eng-US/f0012-262.jpg" title="f0012-26" width="608" height="760"></div><h2><b>Goalkeepers Records</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2716/8230751-1-eng-US/f0012-272.jpg" title="f0012-27" width="600" height="315"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE

<p>(Including Games of February 1)</p><h2><b>FT. WORTH RANGERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-011906/8230950-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="608" height="713"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-021498/8230943-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="608" height="147"></div><h2><b>HOUSTON HUSKIES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03973/8230936-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="599" height="625"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04577/8230929-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="599" height="144"></div><h2><b>TULSA OILERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05414/8230922-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="605" height="707"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06336/8230915-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="595" height="88"></div><h2><b>DALLAS TEXANS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07283/8230908-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="598" height="460"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08239/8230901-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="594" height="58"></div><h2><b>MINNEAPOLIS MILLERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09195/8230894-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="598" height="519"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10176/8230887-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="582" height="80"></div><h2><b>ST. PAUL SAINTS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11162/8230880-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="598" height="544"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-12140/8230873-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="582" height="83"></div><h2><b>KANSAS CITY PLA-MORS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-13126/8230866-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="591" height="520"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-14117/8230859-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="590" height="81"></div><h2><b>OMAHA KNIGHTS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-15109/8230852-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="595" height="543"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1699/8230845-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="578" height="131"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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U.S.H.L. MONTHLY RECORDS

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON MONDAY A.M. FEB.9</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-011738/8231051-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="602" height="213"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>February 2&mdash;Brantford 6, Hamilton Pats0.</p><p>February 8&mdash;Kitchener <i>4,</i> Owen Sound</p><p>February 4&mdash;Hamilton Tigersl, Marlboros 0.</p><p>February 5&mdash;Owen Sound 8, Hamilton Fats 5; Hamilton Tigers 2, Kitchener 0. Stratford 3, Marl boros 2.</p><p>February <i>7&mdash;</i>Hamilton Tigers 7, Brantford 2; Owen Sound 9, Hamilton Pats 6.</p><h2><b>Games of Coming Week</b></h2><p>February 11&mdash;Hamilton Pats at Hamilton Tigers.</p><p>February 13&mdash;Hamilton Pats at Marlboros; Stratford at Hamilton Tigers: Brantford at Kitchener.</p><p>February 14&mdash;Hamilton Pats at Stratford; Hamilton Tigers at Owen Sound.</p><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 31</b></h3><p><b>Marlboros 4, at Owen Sound 1.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-021219/8231044-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="599" height="436"></div><h3><b>Kitchener 14, at Brantford 5.</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03891/8231037-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="606" height="943"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2</b></h3><p><b>Brantford at Ham. Pats 0.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04738/8231030-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="594" height="351"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8.</b></h3><p><b>Kitchener 4, at Owen Sound 8</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05581/8231023-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="599" height="512"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 4</b></h3><p><b>Marlboros 0. at Ham. Tigers 1.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06486/8231016-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="584" height="244"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6</b></h3><p><b>Ham. Pats 5. Oxven Sound 8</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07442/8231009-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="581" height="336"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08410/8231002-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="601" height="399"></div><h2><b>Marlboros 2, at Stratford 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09378/8230995-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="594" height="387"></div><h2><b>Ham. Tigers 2, at Kitchener 0.</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10355/8230988-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="596" height="309"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including Games of January 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15175/8230981-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="602" height="770"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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O.H.A. SENIOR “A”

<p><i><b>Views the</b></i>&nbsp;<b>Ontario Scene</b></p><p>OSHAWA GENERALS maintained their &ldquo;jinx&rdquo; over Windsor Spitfires in the O.H.A. Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series pennant race with their third straight win over the Border City lads. While this particular game put Oshawa back in first place by a two-point margin, Windsor waited until the following Wednesday for their chance to get back on even terms when they trounced Toronto&rsquo;s St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors 9-3 on their home ice in Windsor. Windsor and Oshawa were again tied for the lead, but Oshawa had a chance to forge ahead again as they played two games with Barrie over the week-end, while Windsor&rsquo;s lone effort was a Saturday afternoon visit to Maple Leaf Gardens in the Queen City against St. Michael&rsquo;s.</p><p>After the week-end Windsor will have but one game in hand over Oshawa; however, by the end of the coming week, Oshawa will be on even terms with their first-place rivals in the matter of total games played as the postponed affair with Marlboros from January 6th, has been slated as part of a double-header with a senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; game at the Gardens on Friday, Feb. 13, of all nights.</p><p>All the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; excitement is not confined to the two clubs. At the latest reading, in time for THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; deadline, Barrie Flyers have company in their third spot with Stratford Kroehlers moving in to share that particular berth. On top of running a special hockey night in tribute to D. Pinkney, Stratford&rsquo;s Mr. Hockey, the Kroehlers are also happy in having Jim Loader back in the line-up, after a six-week&rsquo;s enforced absence. The former Hamilton junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; performer ran into an arm fracture halfway through December at a time when he was displaying his best junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey form for the Stratford cause. His absence caused considerable re-organization to the Kroehlers front-line attack, but&mdash;now that he is back, they are set for the dash to the playoffs.</p><p>Of course, Stratford is still missing the effective Frank McArdle, out with a shoulder separation and it looks as though the lad will be on the sidelines for the remainder of the season. And the club officials are paging the O.H. A. executive committee for a replacement, but so-far they have not been very successful.</p><p>Although they still have a chance, it looks pretty certain that Toronto Marlboros are going to be nosed out of the sixth and final play-off spot. Losing three games in a row to Windsor, Galt and Stratford, during the past week hurt their cause considerably.</p><p>Adding to their pro-line, Kitchener also have three former professionals as defence players in Lloyd Roubell, formerly of Cleveland, Dick Behling, also with Cleveland, and Jerry Olinski, who saw service in the American and United States leagues. They also have &ldquo;Sparky&rdquo; Weiler as additional front line strength, and he also had a whirl in minor professional company.</p><p>Ace Bailey&rsquo;s University of Toronto Blues are holding their lead in the Intercollegiate senior hockey group with eight wins and one defeat in nine games for a total of 16 points. McGill is second with six wins and three defeats for 12 points. Well down is University of Montreal with only two wins and Queen&rsquo;s have brought little joy to their loyal fans in Kingston with two wins in nine games.</p><h2><i><b>Back On Blades</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14210/8231113-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="553" height="914"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOBBY BAUER, former Boston Bruins star who retired at the close of last season, now is playing with Kitchener-Waterloo&rsquo;s Flying Dutchmen in the Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; O.H.A. race.</b></figcaption></div><p>Kitchener&rsquo;s Flying Dutchmen took on new interest with the addition of Bobby Bauer, former Boston Bruins N.H.L. all-star who retired from the professional game after last season. With Bauer on hand, the Kitchener club has no less than three hockey playing members of the Bauer family on their lineup. There is also Don Bauer, playing his first year in senior company, and Ray Bauer who has been around the intermediate and senior ranks for the past few years.</p><p>Getting Bobby Bauer was a real t.onic for the Kitchener followers. Such&rsquo; a move made possible the formation of an all former professional line with &ldquo;Dutch&rdquo; Hiller at centre, Bobby Bauer on right wing and Art Herchenratter on. left wing. Hiller played professional with Canadiens and Pittsburgh and for the present doubles in brass as coach of the Stratford Kroehlers. Herchenratter served for many seasons in the American League with Providence and Buffalo.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bunny Morganson

<p><b>(Standing on Monday A.M., Feb. 9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-011886/8231235-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="591" height="131"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>February 2&mdash;Truro 6, Halifax 2; Moncton 4, Saint John 4 (tie).</p><p>February 5&mdash;Moncton 5, Halifax 4.</p><p>February 7&mdash;Saint John 9, Moncton 5.</p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><p><b>(Includes games of Jan. 31)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-021433/8231228-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="599" height="368"></div><h2><b>CAPE BRETON SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standing on Friday A.M., Feb. 6)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03994/8231221-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="596" height="110"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>January 31&mdash;Sydney 4, Glace Bay 4 (tie).</p><p>February 2&mdash;Sydney 4, North Sydney</p><p>February 3&mdash;Glace Bay 4, Sydney 0.</p><p>February 5&mdash;Sydney 6, Glace Bay 6 (tie).</p><h2><b>UEBEC PROVINCIAL SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standing on Tuesday A.M., Feb. 10)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04689/8231214-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="593" height="133"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>February 4&mdash;Victoriaville 2, St. Hyacinthe 2 (tie).</p><p>February 5&mdash;Sherbrooke 10, Lachine 3; St. Hyacinthe 7, Victoriaville 4.</p><p>2</p><p>February 7&mdash;Sherbrooke 4, Victoriaville</p><p>Febiuary 8&mdash;Lachine 8, St. Hyacinthe 5; Victoriaville 3, Sherbrooke 2.</p><h2><b>INTERCOLLEGIATE SENIOR (CAN.)</b></h2><p><b>(Standing on Wed. A.M., Feb. 11)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05466/8231207-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="593" height="136"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>Feb. 6&mdash;U. Ot Toronto 8, McGill 0:</p><p>Queen&rsquo;s 9, U. ot Montreal 5.&hellip;</p><h2><b>Coming Games</b></h2><p>Feb. 13&mdash;Toronto at Queen&rsquo;s.</p><p>Feb. 14&mdash;McGill at U. ot Montreal.</p><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standing on Tuesday A.M., Feb. 10)</b></p><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06367/8231200-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="599" height="155"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07287/8231193-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="598" height="140"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standing on Saturday A.M., Feb. 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08235/8231186-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="590" height="128"></div><h2><b>Leading Scorers</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Wed., Feb. 4)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09206/8231179-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="593" height="279"></div><h2><b>EASTERN U.S. SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>Standing on Wed. A.M. Feb. 4.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10185/8231172-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="593" height="138"></div><h2><b>Leading Scorers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-11162/8231165-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="587" height="248"></div><h2><b>O.H.A. JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>Standing on Monday A.M. Feb. 9</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-12148/8231158-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="590" height="354"></div><p>Toronto clubs playing 82 games; others play 36.</p><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>February 3&mdash;Guelph 4 Galt 2.</p><p>February 4&mdash;Windsor 9, St. Michael&rsquo;s 3; Stratford 6. Marlboros 2.</p><p>February 6&mdash;Oshawa 5, Barrie4; St. Catharines 4. Galt 3.</p><p>February 7&mdash;Windsor 7, St. Michael&rsquo;s 1; Stratford 7. Young Rangers 1; Barrie 4, Oshawa 3; Galt 11 St. Catharines 3.</p><h2><b>Games of Coming Week</b></h2><p>February 11&mdash;Barrie at Marlobros; Guelph at St. Michael&rsquo;s: Young Rangers at Stratford: Galt at Windsor.</p><p>February 12&mdash;St. Michael&rsquo;s at Guelph.</p><p>February 13&mdash;Young Rangers at Barrie; Windsor at St. Catharines; Oshawa at Marlboros.</p><p>February 14&mdash;Windsor at Marloros; Barrie at Young Rangers: Stratford at Oshawa: Guelph at St. Catharines; St. Michael&rsquo;s at Galt.</p><h2><b>Leading Scorers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-13127/8231151-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="573" height="165"></div><h2><b>SOUTHERN ALBERTA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Standing on Monday A.M. Feb. ft</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-14105/8231144-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="593" height="142"></div><p>(Calgary games count four points)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0014-01

Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>All eyes in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, from Vancouver, B.C., to San Diego, are turned towards Seattle where the two divisional leaders&mdash;Los Angeles in the south and Seattle in the north&mdash;will do battle February 11 in what easily might be a preview of this season&rsquo;s league finals.</p><p>Both section leaders lengthened their leads the past week, L. A. winning two of three games, boosted their point total to 61, which is 10 points more than second place San Francisco, who have 51 points This, incidentally, is the largest advantage any club has enjoyed this season in the Southern Division.</p><p>Seattle, winning three out of four games last week, upped their lead to 15 points over second-place Tacoma. Seattle, with 33 wins, 13 losses and two ties in 48 games, leads in most games won and fewest defeats at this time.</p><p>With Los Angeles and Seattle practically assured of finishing on top in their respective divisions, the fight for the remaining playoff berths is terrific, especially in the So. section.</p><p>In the hotly-contested southern group only a mere eight points separate second-place San Francisco and cellar-dwelling Oakland, with Fresno and San Diego in between. With less than 20 games remaining for each of the four aforementioned clubs, the stretch should prove one of the highlights in this season&rsquo;s league play with some of the best-hockey of the year predominating.</p><p>In the Northern Division the five sextets have been quite consistent all season long with next to no jockeying for positions.</p><p>Little, if any, changes in the present standings are expected when the curtain on the league play is rung down March 14.</p><p>Seattle is practically a cinch for first spot. Tacoma, in second with a comfortable six point advantage over third-place Vancouver, seems fairly certain of the runner-up position unless the Canucks can shake themselves loose to an extended winning streak.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., FEB. 5</b></p><h3><b>Southern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1595/8231378-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="595" height="159"></div><h3><b>Northern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1682/8231371-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="593" height="134"></div><h2><b>Games Ending February 4</b></h2><p>January 29&mdash;Fresno 5, Portland 4.</p><p>January 30&mdash;Fresno 4, Vancouver 5;</p><p>San Francisue 4, Oakland 4.</p><p>January 31&mdash;San Diego 5, Los Angeles 4; Oakland 3, San Francisco 2; Fresno 3. New Western 6; Seattle 5, Tacoma 4.</p><p>February 1 Los Angeles 9, San Diego 3; Taconia 4, Portland 4; Fresno 1, Seattle 2.</p><p>February 3&mdash;Fresno 3, Tacoma 2; Seattle 4, Vancouver 5.</p><p>February 4&mdash;Oakland 2, San Diego 4; Los Angeles 5, San Francisco 1; New Westminster 4, Seattle 7.</p><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28</b></h2><p><b>Oakland 0, at Los Angeles 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1779/8231364-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="591" height="357"></div><h2><b>San Diego 3, at San Francisco 5.</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1860/8231357-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="591" height="512"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 30</b></h2><p><b>Fresno 4, at Vancouver 5.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1955/8231350-1-eng-US/f0014-192.jpg" title="f0014-19" width="594" height="463"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 31</b></h2><p><b>Oakland 3, at San Francisco 2.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2053/8231343-1-eng-US/f0014-202.jpg" title="f0014-20" width="585" height="351"></div><h2><b>Fresno 3, at Westminster 6.</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2147/8231336-1-eng-US/f0014-212.jpg" title="f0014-21" width="593" height="539"></div><p><b>Seattle 5, at TRcorna 4.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2244/8231329-1-eng-US/f0014-222.jpg" title="f0014-22" width="588" height="548"></div><h2><b>San Diego 5, at Los Angeles 4.</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2338/8231322-1-eng-US/f0014-232.jpg" title="f0014-23" width="595" height="548"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1</b></h2><p><b>Los Angeles 9, at Son Diego 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2434/8231315-1-eng-US/f0014-242.jpg" title="f0014-24" width="591" height="636"></div><h2><b>Tacoma 4, at Portland 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2529/8231308-1-eng-US/f0014-252.jpg" title="f0014-25" width="588" height="536"></div><h2><b>Fresno 1. at Seattle 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2629/8231301-1-eng-US/f0014-262.jpg" title="f0014-26" width="583" height="134"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2728/8231294-1-eng-US/f0014-272.jpg" title="f0014-27" width="595" height="289"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>Including; Games of February 1</p><p><b>Southern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2828/8231287-1-eng-US/f0014-282.jpg" title="f0014-28" width="606" height="1184"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2926/8231280-1-eng-US/f0014-292.jpg" title="f0014-29" width="602" height="212"></div><h2><b>THE LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Maurice-Vaillancourt, SD 30</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Ray Chaisson, LA 34</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> Duff McDermid, SF 4</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against:</b></p><p>Vic Polish, LA 5</p><p>Bill Brennan, Fres&hellip;. 5</p><p><b>Most Shots Saved:</b></p><p>Duff McDermid, SF&hellip;. 1385</p><p>Most Winning Goals Scored:</p><p>Stan Warecki, SD&hellip;&hellip;7</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Joe Desson, SD 44 130</p><h2><b>Northern Division</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-3024/8231273-1-eng-US/f0014-302.jpg" title="f0014-30" width="598" height="1026"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-3121/8231266-1-eng-US/f0014-312.jpg" title="f0014-31" width="596" height="263"></div><h2><b>THE LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Pat Desbiens, Port&hellip;42</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Ken Ullyot, NW&hellip;45</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> Dinny McManus, NW&hellip;1</p><p>Les Colvin, Vane 1</p><p>Jerry Cotnoir, Tac&hellip;1</p><p>Ron Pickell, Sea 1</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against:</b> Dinny McManus, NW&hellip;9</p><p>Jerry Cotnoir, Tac 9</p><p><b>Most Shots Saved:</b> Jerry Cotnoir, Tac 1298</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals Scored:</b> Cy Rouse, Sea 5</p><p>Dutch Evers, Sea 5</p><p>Gordon Fashonway, NW 5</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Pete Taillifer<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HEC MacLEAN</div><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON MONDAY A.M., FEB.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-011720/8231472-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="594" height="159"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>January 30&mdash;Lethbridge 4, Edmonlon 3; Calgary 4, Saskatoon 8.</p><p>January 31&mdash;Lethbridge 6, Saskatoon 3.</p><p>February 2&mdash;Edmonton 7, Saskatoon f.</p><p>February 4&mdash;Regina 4, Lethbridge 0.</p><p>Februiry 6&mdash;Lethbridge 4, Saskatoon</p><p>February 6&mdash;Regina 4, Calgary 8.</p><p>February 7&mdash;Calgary 8, Lethbridge 4; Regina 7, Edmonton 4.</p><p>CALGARY&mdash;</p><p>The schedule of the Western Canada Hockey League has less than a month to go and from here on in the five sextets will be gunning for all-important victories-Right now the race is so close that a couple of losses and a club drops two places in the league standings.</p><p>Regina, Calgary and Edmonton continue to wage a back and forth struggle for top place with the leadership often being shared by two of the three sextets. Meanwhile Lethbridge Maple Leafs and Saskatoon Quakers battle for fourth spot.</p><h2><b>A Royal Battle</b></h2><p>It looks like the fight for the fourth playoff spot will be just as interesting as the struggle to see which club finishes in top place. Heading the loop this year is a definite advantage as that extra home game if necessary is considered a big asset. Clubs have been winning at home with good deal more consistency than visiting sextets.</p><p>An indication that Calgary Stampeders are expecting quite a few of their present pucksters to retire after this term was given when Manager Dave Duchak traveiled to winnipeg recently looking &ldquo;or talent for the 194 8-49 campaign.</p><p>Duchak wouldn&rsquo;t disclose any details of the trip, but the way hockey players are these days this writer doubts if Calgary lined up anything very promising.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 27</b></h3><p><b>Edmonton 1, at Saskatoon 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-021232/8231465-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="600" height="370"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28</b></h3><p><b>Edmonton 2, at Regina 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03864/8231458-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="596" height="552"></div><h2><b>Calgary 5, at Lethbridge 8</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04634/8231451-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="595" height="636"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05441/8231444-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="598" height="140"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 30</b></h3><p><b>Edmonton 3, at Lethbridge 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06352/8231437-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="592" height="419"></div><h2><b>Saskatoon 3, at Lethbridge 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07295/8231430-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="592" height="464"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 31</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 3, at Lethbridge 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08259/8231423-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="591" height="515"></div><h3><b>MONDAY. FEBRUARY&rsquo; 2</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 2, at Edmonton 7</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09235/8231416-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="594" height="619"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including Games of February 8</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10209/8231409-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="593" height="764"></div><h2><i><b>One To Go</b></i></h2><p>On February 7 Neil Colville, New York Rangers&rsquo; silver-haired defenceman, had scored 99 goals in N.H.L. competition. He has one more to go before he gains admittance into the select 100 Goal Club.</p><h2><b>THIS WEEK&rsquo;S QUIZ ANSWERS</b></h2><p>1. (c) 15 goals.</p><p>2. (a) 193S.</p><p>3. (d) Houston.</p><p>4. (c) Eddie Shore.</p><p>5. (c) George Hainsworth.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0015-01

WESTERN CANADA SENIOR

<div class="byline">By LLOYD SAUNDERS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11187/8231503-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOBBY KIRK</b></figcaption></div><p>REGINA, SASK.&mdash;</p><p>It isn&rsquo;t very often that a coach of a hockey team can go through the entire season without looking a wee bit on the disgruntled side. With hockey the game it is today, men in the masterminding profession are often heroes one moment and goats the next. If a club isn&rsquo;t riding the crest of a winning streak the critics on the daily coffee rows soon start talking. However, we known a coach in the Western Canada Hockey League who seems to be always in a cheerful mood. If he is any different at other times we wouldn&rsquo;t know, Any time we&rsquo;ve had the opportunity of speaking with him, even when the chips were down, Robert &ldquo;Bobby&rdquo; Kirk always has a ready cheerful smile. It&rsquo;s easy to see why hockey pals and newspaper writers tab Bobby &ldquo;The Smilin&rsquo; Irishman&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>Born In Ireland</b></h2><p>Bobby Kirk was born in Dough Grange, County, Antrim, Ireland. That&rsquo;s where the Irish tag comes from, we gather. After a few years in the country of the green Bobby came to Canada with his family and settled in Winnipeg. It was in the Manitoba capital that Kirk decided that hockey was his favorite sport. Bobby received his high school education at Centennial Collegiate in Winnipeg, and performed for three seasons with the Elmwood Millionaires-one as a juvenile and two as a junior.</p><p>In the 1929 season Kirk was on the Millionaire squad that lost out in the Memorial Cup finals to the Toronto Marlboros in a hectic series. From the Marlies Bobby made the big jump from junior to pro and played his first year in the monied ranks with the St. Louis Flyers. After a successful debut in professional ranks Kirk joined the Regina Cap entry in the old Western Canada Pro League, when it was opened in 1933-Then in the middle of the year Kirk moved on to Vancouver, where he lined up with the Vancouver Lions of the Pacific Coast Hockey League.</p><p>After two years with the Lions Kirk again moved east and lined up with the Philadelphia Ramblers of the American League. This season was Bobby&rsquo;s best&hellip;as he led the entire loop in scoring racking up no less than 62 points. Kirk remained with the Ramblers squad for two more years, before he was brought up to the parent New York Rangers by manager Lester Patrick, where he performed in the garb of the Broadway Blueshirts for the 19 37-38 season. The next year Kirk was in the livery of the Hershey Bears and played with them until his enlistment in the R.C.A.F. in 1942. The enlistment of Kirk also meant his retirement from the game as an active player.</p><h2><b>On Three Winners</b></h2><p>As a star hockey player Bobby Kirk had many thrilling moments, but his three years on championship squads were as exciting as any player could wish for. Kirk played with the western junior champs in 1929 as a member of the Elmwood Millionnaires, with the Vancouver Lions when they annexed the Pacific Coast crown, and then with the Philadelphia Ramblers when they were crowned American League rulers in 1936.</p><p>When THE HOCKEY NEWS asked Bob. Kirk what he thought about the present day style of hockey he was quick to answer. &ldquo;The game has changed considerably there isn&rsquo;t much doubt about that.&rdquo; He then continued &ldquo;The game is one continual thrill for the fans, with its end to end rushes, and the action around the goal enough to satisfy those fans who wish the most excitement.&rdquo; When asked about his all time hockey player, Kirk answered immediately without any hesitation whatsoever. &ldquo;Frank Boucher by all means. They just didn&rsquo;t come any better then or now.&rdquo; When asked about his opinion of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League, Kirk said in comparison with other amateur leagues it rates as tops.</p><p>Kirk is married, and makes his home at Saskatoon at the moment.</p><h2><b>Coached Royals</b></h2><p>Kirk is now coach of the Saskatoon Quakers, but this isn&rsquo;t his first year, as a mentor. Last year the Smilin&rsquo; Irishman looked after the New Westminster Royals, of the Pacific Coast Loop. The Saskatoon entry didn&rsquo;t look like much at the start of the semester but right at this moment they&rsquo;re hitting a sizzling clip, and look very much like a playoff contender. Bobby Kirk is very popular in the Hub City and all men who became associated with him in the service of the air force claim they don&rsquo;t come any better. After interviewing Bobby for THE HOCKEY NEWS we came away with the same impression. He is a smilin&rsquo; Irishman, and that isn&rsquo;t any BLARNEY.</p><h2><b>ATTENTIONREADERS</b></h2><p>A number of readers have written in complaining that they did not want to mutilate their copies of THE HOCKEY NEWS by tearing out the ballots for THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Team.</p><p>Readers do not have to destroy their copies, as it is quite pennissable to send in their selections on any type of paper as long as it is neat and legible. Remember to accompany each ballot with your name and address.</p><h2><i><b>Saskatoon&rsquo;s Smilin&rsquo; Irishman</b></i></h2><h2><i>Helping The Young</i></h2><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;</p><p>One of the firmest believers in the development of new talent for future hockey years from the younger generations, is Eddie Shore, dynamic owner and now coach of the Springfield Indians in the American Hockey League. Whenever &ldquo;his kids&rdquo; as Eddie calls them are working out in practice sessions on the Springfield ice, he can always be found watching closely and giving his expert advice on how his beloved game of hockey should be played. Shore recently took over the coaching reins of the Indians when Earl Seibert was transferred to the Shore-operated Fort Worth team while Gordon Savage is on a Canadian scouting trip.</p><h2><b>A SPECIAL PREPARATION FOR SHAVING</b></h2><p><b>For the 1 man in 7 who shaves daily</b></p><p>Modern life demands at least 1 man in 7 shave every day&mdash;yet daily shaving often causes razor scrape, irritation. To help men solve this problem,&rsquo; we perfected Glider, a rich soothing cream.</p><p>Glider protects your face while you shave. It enables the razor&rsquo;s sharp edge to glide over your skin, cutting whiskers close and clean without scraping or irritating. It&rsquo;s quick and easy to use. Needs no brush&mdash;not sticky or greasy.</p><p><b>SEND FOR GUEST-SIZE TUBI</b></p><p>Get Glider at your regular dealer&rsquo;s. Or send us your name and address&mdash;and we&rsquo;ll mail you a guest-size tune, enough for three full weeks. The J. B. Williams Co., (Canada) Limited, Dept. HN 10&frac12;, LaSalle, Montreal.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bobby Kirk, SaskatoonHeadman, Called “The Smiling’ Irishman “

<div class="byline">By ARNIE JONES</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-01261/8231548-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="260" height="298"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-02150/8231541-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="263" height="308"></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>n an effort to bolster the slipping Montreal Canadiens, Frank Selke announced last weekend that the club has recalled a defenceman from the Buffalo Pisons of the American League and in return Les Canadiens sent two players back to the Herd.</p><p>Rookie rearguard Doug Harvey was recalled to Montreal by Coach Dick Irvin and Mr. Selke and the two players who returned to the American League club were Defenceman Hal Laycoe and Forward Tod Campeau. Both players will remain with the Bisons for the rest of the season.</p><p>Harvey failed to report in time to dress for last Saturday&rsquo;s game against Detroit as the befuddled Canadiens gird themselves for the stretch drive that is hoped will carry them into the Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>Selke put in a good word for Campeau, the former member of the Montreal senior Royals, who had been playing gamely despite a large brace over his shoulder that had been dislocated twice.</p><p>The Habitants have now trimmed their playing, roster to the points where they can test-out several of the more promising young players now playing with the Royals of the Q.S.H.L. Providing the Royal executives are agreeable, the Canadiens will probably call upon a few of the amateur players on the lend-lease arrangements.</p><p>The recent moves were made without delay as the deadline for recalling players from minor league affiliates was February 10.</p><p>&ldquo;We want to finish in the playoffs, but we are also mindful of next year in making this move.&rdquo; Frank Selke told the hockey writers. &ldquo;At least one of the players who will go to Buffalo isn&rsquo;t helping us much right now, but the experience he will get in Buffalo is the kind he requires to make a real hockey player out of him.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>RAPID FIRE</b></h2><p>TRURO, N.S.&mdash;BobbyNewton, of Montreal playing with Saint John Beavers, was believed to have established a record last week when he scored two goals within two seconds in a Maritime Senior Hockey League game against Truro Bearcats.</p><p>The scores came at 18:58 and 19:00 in the second period. Saint John won the game 9-8.</p><h2><i><b>Five Merry Wingmen</b></i></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0386/8231534-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="C0004-03" width="1801" height="1229"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>VICTORY SMILES&mdash;These five Detroit Red Wing players go through a little after-game celebrations in the Montreal Forum dressing room after the Red Wings whipped Canadiens 5-3. The players are left to right, Rod Morrison, Jimmy McFadden, Sid Abel, Wing captain, Bep Guidolin and Leo Reise. All five players notched a goal for the Detroit cause.</b> <span class="photo-credit">((Photo by St, Jean))</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Canucks Recall Rookie Harvey From Herd Farm

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p>MONTREAL</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen Gaye Stewart of Chicago Black Hawks scored the final goal of the Chicago-Canadiens game on Thursday, February 5, it marked his 100th N.H.L. goal, and brought the number of active National Leaguers who have scored 100 or more goals to 18.</p><p>Ted Kennedy of Toronto scored his 100th N.H.L goal on January 2 5, and he and Stewart are the only players to reach the century mark this season.</p><p>Topping the list of goal scorers among players campaigning in the League this season is the veteran Toe Blake of Montreal Canadiens, who has scored a total of 235 goals. Although Blake is presently on the sidelines with a broken leg, he is still classed with the active players and added the last nine goals of his total prior to his unfortunate injury-</p><h2><b>APPS NEAR 200</b></h2><p>Another veteran who is also on the injury shelf, but is expected back in action very soon is Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; Syl Apps, who ranks second among the productive goal getters in the loop with 192. Apps is bent on crashing the charmed circle of players who have scored 200 or more goals In N.H.L. competition. If he continues to display the same brand of hockey he exhibited before his recent injury he should reach the 200 goal mark with ease.</p><p>The player who rates the third slot among the present scorers is Bryan Hextall of New York Rangers who has been responsible for flashing the red light on 18 6 occasions. Maurice Richard of Montreal Canadiens bulged the twine 173 times and holds down the fourth spot in the N.H.L. Century Club.</p><p>Following Richard is the elder of the buzzing Bentleys, Doug of Chicago, who has notched 157 goals in hockey&rsquo;s big tent. Back of Bentley is Woody Dumart, one-third of Boston&rsquo;s famed Kraut Line of yesterseason. The left winger of the Schmidt-Bauer-Dumart trio has tallied 145 goals, four more than peppery Phil Watson of New York Rangers, who has netted the rubber 141 times.</p><p>Chicago Black Hawks forward line has racked up 139 goals and rates eighth in the National League scoring derby.</p><p>A pair of Toronto Maple Leaf forwards are grouped in the next position with 128 goals. They are reliable Nick Metz, perennial Han-Roy Conacher, youngest member of hockey&rsquo;s illustrious Conacher Clan, who is currently rifling them in from his left wing post on the dy Andy of the Leafs, and Max Bentley, the scoring champion for the past two seasons.</p><p>Milt Schmidt of Boston Bruins is three goals back of Metz and Bentley with 125, while Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; scrappy centre, Elmer Lach, is next with a cluster of 124 counters.</p><p>Billy Mosienko, Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; wasp-sized right wing, and Joe Carveth of Canadiens are next in line with 120 goals scored, and are trailed by Chicago&rsquo;s Red Hamill who has illuminated the scoreboard 111 times.</p><p>That bustling right-winger, late of New York Rangers and now with Boston Bruins is member of the Century Club with 117 goals scored. Warwick gained admission into the 100 Goal Club in the last game of the 1946-47 season.</p><p>Kennedy with 101 goals and Stewart with his even 100 round out the membership in the National Hockey League&rsquo;s exclusive Century Club.</p><p>Of the 18 members of the Century Club, the Chicago Black Hawks have the greatest representation. The Hawks have five players in the 100 goals or more category. Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs are next with four players each. Boston Bruins have three members. New York Rangers have two, but the high-flying Detroit Red Wings do not have one player as a member of the Century Club.</p><h2><i><b>Two Hat Tricks</b></i></h2><p>When Elmer Lach of Montreal Canadiens scored all his team&rsquo;s goals as Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins 3-0 recently, he became the first player in the N.H.L. to score two &ldquo;hat tricks&rdquo; this season. Other players to garner three goals in one game so far this season are Roy Conacher, Chicago; Maurice Richard, Canadiens; Harry Watson, Toronto; Max Bentley, Toronto; Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, New York; Phil Watson, New York; Jim McFadden, Detroit; and Doug Bentley, Chicago.</p><h2><i><b>Having Best Season</b></i></h2><p>Inspired by the fine fighting leadership and close harmony instilled by Coach Terry Reardon in his first season at the helm, the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League have many players enjoying their best seasons in the professional ranks. Leading scorer Carl Liscombe and his high scoring teammates Ray LaPlante, Roger Bedard, Ed Prokop and other Red snipers have already scored more points this season at the two-third mark than in any previous complete season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Century Club Boasts 18 Members Active In N.H.L. Current Season

<div class="byline">By DAVE FARRELL</div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>ith Milt Schmidt out of the lineup for an additional three weeks, the Boston Bruins playoff hopes have taken a turn for the worse. And with a long road trip in prospect for the latter half of this month, the Bruins&rsquo; only hope for a playoff bid is a prolonged slump on the part of the Canadiens.</p><p>That unfortunate injury to Schmidt has given rise to considerable bad publicity for Murph Chamberlain. Many of the local fans felt that Murph deliberately injured Milt, but Weston Adams, the Bruins Boss, doesn&rsquo;t think that &ldquo;Hardrock&rdquo; was malicious in his intent.</p><p>&ldquo;Schmidt had just given Chamberlain a beautiful bodycheck before he was injured,&rdquo; explained Adams. &ldquo;Murph naturally was riled and wanted to get back at Schmidt. When Milt crossed the Canadien blue line, Chamberlain slashed him across the bad knee with his stick. I doubt very much that he intended to injure Schmidle because hockey players aren&rsquo;t like that.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>QUARTERS SHIFTED</b></h2><p>The wild excitement and commotion which followed have caused the Bruins&rsquo; management to shift the visiting team&rsquo;s dressing room to the West end of the Garden. Since 1929, the road clube have been using a room in the East end of the Garden, adjacent to the Bruins&rsquo; dressing room Thus when the games were over both teams would file through the East end of the rink through the crowd to their respective rooms This situation has always produced a great deal of congestion and the possibility of the fans tangling with the players is always present</p><p>The games with the Black Hawke and the Canadiens the weekend before last convinced the Bruins front office of the wisdom of changing the visiting team&rsquo;s dressing room. Just after the final bell had sounded in the Hawki game, Pete Babando and Metro Prystai tangled as they were leaving the ice. Adam Brown joined in briefly but the fracas was broken up before it could develop any further.</p><h2><b>CROWDS ARE HOSTILE</b></h2><p>The following night against the Canadiens, Schmidt was injured and the crowd was very hostile to Chamberlain. Jack Crawford and Murph came near to blows as the teams left the ice but players from both sides curbed that. A few more irate fans threatened Chamberlainand some waited for him to leave the dressing room. To avoid the angry mob, the Canadiens used a freight elevator and went back to the Manger Hotel unnoticed.</p><p>To prevent any recurrence of these situations, the dressing rooms for the road teams will be at the West end of the Garden while that of the Bruins will remain at the East end.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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