IN THE EAST

QUEBEC SENIOR SEMI-FINALS (Best-of-five) SATURDAY, MARCH 19 Valleyfield 2, Ottawa 3 Sherbrooke 5. at Quebec 2 SUNDAY, MARCH 20 Shawinigan 2, at Royals 4 Ottawa 3, at Valleyfield 2 Quebec 4, at Sherbrooke ft TUESDAY, MARCH 22 Royals 3, at Shawinigan 3 THURSDAY, MARCH 24 Shawinigait 2, at Royals 7 SATURDAY, MARCH 26 SUNDAY, MARCH 27 O. H. A. SENIOR FINAL SERIES THURSDAY. MARCH 17 Marlboros 2, at Waterloo 7 SATURDAY, MARCH 19 Kitchener 1, at Toronto 3 QUARTER-FINAL OTTAWA DI STRICT-MARITIMES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 Pembroke 4. at Sydney 2 ALL-ONTARIO SENIOR FINALS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 North Bay 1, at Marlboros 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 25 Marlboros 4, at North Bay 8…

LEAFS, HABS GIVE FOES GRIEF

MONTREAL, Que.— Capping a race that provided thrills and close finishes, this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs are promising to become the most exciting in years. Thus far, of the six games played three have been overtime battles, and all except one have been decided by the slim margin of one goal. That’s how closely-matched the teams have been. Canadiens lead Wings two games to one, with, Leafs edging Bruins by the same margin. Most bitterly contested have been the Detroit Bed Wings-Montreal Canadiens set-tos. Two of them went into extra time, the first one lasting not quite 45 minutes of overtime before it was decided. ROOKIES’ YEAR Boston and Toronto have played one overtime contest, as Bruins surged back in Toronto Saturday night to get back into contention after Leafs delivered a body blow…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

First Overtime Scorer Honor of winning the first overtime battle in this season’s Calder Cup playoffs went to Frank Porte-ous of Cleveland Barons, a former Washington I.ion. Porteons sank the winner after 1:38 of extra play Thursday night. Find Caps Easy Hershey Bears find Indianapolis Capitals much to their liking as playoff opponents. In 12 post-season meetings, including this year’s. Bears have taken eight wins against four by the Hoosier State players. HOW THE RACE GOES STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., MAR. 29 Series A (Best-of-seven) (Providence leads 2-1) Tuesday, March 22—st. Louis 2, at Providence 7. Thursday. March 24—st. Louis 0 at Providence 2. Sunday, March 27—Providence 1 at St. Louis 2 (overtime). Series B (Best - of-seven) (Hershey wins 2-0) Tuesday, March 22—Indianapolis 0 at Hershey 5. Thusrday, March 24—Hershey 4 at Indianapolis 3. Series C (Best-of-seven) (Cleveland wins 2-1) Tuesday, March 22—Cleveland 4, at Springfield 8. Thursday, March 24—Springfield…

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