Hockey Squad Six Goals Tops N.H.L
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1940 i»AGE TEN THE LETHBK1DGE HEKALD MAPLE LEAFS ENTERTAIN STAMPEDERS WEDNESDAY GRIM-FACED LOCAL CREW GEARED Culley Sets Alberta League Scoring Pace CALGARY WILL FOR SUPREME EFFORT AGAINST ICE STRONGEST HAS TOTAL SID HOWS POSSIBLE CLUB STRONG CALGARY HOCKEY SQUAD SIX GOALS TOPS N.H.L. Sprout, Mclntyre, Smith Coach Frank Coulson Drives Club Through Strenuous ONE ASSIST MARKSMEN Only Changes in Allan T'S THE acitl test for Maple Loafs Two-Hour Drill—Hope to Maintain Unbeaten Cup Finalists I tomorrow night when Calgary's Record Against Calgary on Own Ice—Anticipate highly-touted Stampeders move in Kaleta Tied in Second Place Detroit Veteran Snipes Sell-Out Crowd. By IIARRV SCOTT on the south for their first league Three Goals in Past (Calgary Alnertnn Sports Editor.) engagement on Lethbridge ice this With Duchak, Cairns EARED for a supreme effort against the vaunted ALGARY, Nov. 26. —Seven season. and O'Keefe Week to Snap Tie C forwards, four dcfenccmcn This is the one city and district G hockey might of Calgary Stampeders, a grim-faced and one goal-kccpcr will make fans want their tram to win Any group of Maple Leafs whirled through their final workout MONTREAL, Nov. 26.—(C) — Sic up the lineup that Marty Burke game in which the Leak battle CALGARY, Nov. 2(5.—(CP.) — at the Arena today. Coach Frank Coulson drove his team Howe, veteran Detroit Red Wings will slack against Frank C'oiil- Calgnry is "crucial" to Lethbridge Don Culley, fleet left winger or son's Maple Leafs at the Leth forward, holds first place alone supporters, whether or not there is for two hours without a pause as he sought to correct the Lethbridge Maple Leafs, is bridge arena Wednesday night. among National Hockey league in anything at stake. faults which were apparent in Saturday's game against setting the point-scoring pace That means the Calgary Stam dividual point-getters after sniping Rivalry between the two teams with seven points, made up of peders' roarh will be depending Edmonton. three goals during the past week to has been high ever since Leafs en six goals and one assist in the upon his array of experienced break oui, of a three-way tie for tered tho Alberta senior league Leafs, sfill smarting under the sting of the S-3 set comparatively young Alberta players and will not take a the lead. three years ago. In the past two sea back they absorbed at the hands of Stampeders in the Senior Hockey league race, ae- chance on enabling .lack Quig Statistics released Monday by sons the clubs have tangled on 12 opening game last week, have their hearts set on revers coi ding to official statistics ley, Albert McDougall or Bob President Frank Calder show Howe occasions, with Leafs winning eight, released last; night! by league Koch three youthful recruits, to ing the story tomorrow night. pacing the race with four goals and tying two and losing two. Stumped- President .T. Cameron. get into action. ers, have never won or tied a game Orders for seats have been pour- a six assists. Txo Chicago Black If these early figures are any in Quigley, Calgary; McDougall, Med on Lethbridge ice. ing in to the box office at Mcrris | Hawks, George Allen and Harold 1 dication, the point-scoring race is and Barrett's Hardware store since (Mush) March, fell from a first- icine Hat, and Koch, Strathmore, going to be a close one right to the will lit into Stampeders' hockey ma Mister, that's si record of Monday and the teams will probably ZIVIC vs. place tie with Kowe to a thlrd-piaco finish, fov no less thun four players chine, but not at this stage of the which Lethbridge supporters are play before the season's first sell- | deadlock when they were held out crowd. Ducats went on sale of- are tagging right belvnd the pace schedule, and particularly when op undeniably proud. Above all else pointless. setter with six points. They are | posing a team of the calibre of the they want it maintained. All of ficially at 9 o'clock this morning. BEAUDIN Centre Syl Apps of Toronto Leafs City and district fans are solidly Dave Duchak, flashy Ca.gary Maple Leafs, whom Coach Burke fig which undeniably places the slipped into second place by in back of the Leafs in their effort to centre; Alex Kaleta, greatly im ures will be really hot on Wednes current Lcafiau model on the creasing his point-total to eight hand Stampeders their second de proved play-maker of the Leafs; day. spot. TONIGHT with a pair of goals. Tied with feat of the sencon, a feat which Dou;r Cairns, centre of Turner Val Allen and March one point behind The Calgary lineup will be exactly could boost them back into a first- ley's ace line, and Eddie O'Keefe. None will deny that Leafs face Apps is another Toronto player, the same that defeated Leafs 8-3 place tie, providing Turner Valley French-Canadian Who Once player-coach of the Edmonton Fly and Oilers 4-1 here and dropped a their toughest hurdle of the young Gordie Drillon. succeeds in downing Eddie O'Keefe's ers, who won tne title last year with 2-1 decision to Flyers in Edmonton. season when they tee off against Jack Egan, rookie New York rampant Flyers in Wednesday's Performed Here Gets 51 points. Marty Burke's talented team, which Americans defenceman, is officially Stampeders will present only three other game. Besides being up near the top of changes since a year ago, when they is admittedly greatly strengthened Big Chance the most-penalized player with 15 the scoring list, Duchak is making lost out in the Allan Cup final to over last year's club. And while there PLENTY OF PRECEDENT minutes. Southern Aio&rta enthusiasts are a strong Lid for "bad man" honors. Ta ,or Kirkland Lake Blue Devils. One of were, and are. mixed opinions ns to BUFFALO, N.Y.. Nov. 2G.—(/P) CLOSE CALL FOR BRIMSEK: > background, SCORING STATISTICS used to seeing Leafs dominate their —Welterweight champion Fritzie He is tied with Gordon Sherritt, of the newcomers is none other than the calibre of last winter's Stam passed to Don Metz (18) G A P Pen peders, there is no denying the fact games with Calgarv clubs, tor dur Zivic of Pittsburgh meets Ron Edmonton, at the top of the list Dan Sprout, former Coleman Cana for what looked like a sure Toronto score in the second period of Howe, Detroit 4 6 10 2 they were good enough to win a ing the past rwo seasons Stu nperi- nie (Frcnchy) Bcaudin of Van with 14 minutes in the pena ty box. dian defence ace, who has, been con their game with Boston Bruins at Boston, but with Johnny Shew- Apps, Toronto 4 4 8 western title and gain a berth in ers have always been beaten in their couver and Montreal, Western Both received misconduct penalties verted into a right-winger. The Allen. Chicago 5 2 7 the Allan cup final. appearances here. But fans realize Canada titlcholder, tonight in a their last time out. chuk (12) to help him, Bruin Goalie Frank Brimsck deflected the other two are Johnnv Mclntyre, for 7 hat m this year's team, Calgary has 10-round, non-title bout in Buf SCORING STATISTICS puck off the ice and above the cage. Toronto went on to win, 4-1. March, Chicago 3 4 merly of Sudbury Tigers, and "Biff" -:•=• Drillon, Toronto 3 4 7 its strongest representation in falo's new Memorial auditorium. G A PPen Smith, formerly of Yorkton Terriers. N DEFENCE, the point at which Motter. Detroit 4 2 6 years. Some observers are of the Although no odds were quot Culley, Lethbridge ... 6 1 7 7 Both arc defencemen and have bol Stomps were weakest last sea 6 O opinion that the Stampeders are the ed, local sportswriters gave Hextall, Rangers 3 3 stered a department of Stampeders son, they have been bolstered with Duchak, Calgary 4 2 finest senior hockey team ever as Zivic an edge over Bcaudin and Demers, Canadiens ... 5 0 5 that was rather shaky whenever the addition of "Biff" Smith of Kaleta, Lethbridge ... 3 3 ADMITS FAILURE TO sembled in the Cow Town. r.dvancc. ticket sales indicated a Conacher. Boston 4 1 5 Millman and Dewar were being rest Yorkton and Johnny Mclntyre, who Cairns. Tur. al 3 3 Just how tough is the Lethbridge crowd of 10,000. Goldup. Toronto 3 2 5 ed last winter. Smith is a brother has played in Regina. Toronto and O'Keefe. Edmonton .. 3 3 task may be realized when it is re Metx., N.. Toronto 2 3 5 of Clint Smith, pivot star of New Sudbury. Holdovers from last year Fritzie. youngest of the five fight Burke. Calgary 3 1 ARRANGE EAST-WEST tailed that last year's Calgary team Stanowski, Toronto- ... 2 3 5 York Rangers. are Chuck Millman, the big blonde- ing Zivic brothers, has shown him Atkinson. Turner Val. 1 3 battled its way to the Allan cup fin self to be a flashy, two-fisted lighter 3 5 FAMILIAR FACES haired lad who was so popular here Sprout. Calgary 0 4 Trudel. Canadiens 2 als at Toronto. since he began training here Sat 3 5 last year, and fast-breaking Tom Desmarais. Calgary .. 2 1 GRIDIRON BATTLE Langelle. Toronto 2 Players retained from last year's STILL EXPERIMENTING 3 5 my Dewar.