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PAGE TWELVE THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1937 BRIQUETTES WHIP LEAFS 4-3 BUT LOSE ROUND 7-4 BATTLING BRIQUETTES STAGE 3RD Leafs Await Word of Playoff Dates 'ERIOD RALLY TO TRIUMPH IN 2ND With apparently no foundation for the rumors thai Bed Deer would default the second game of its Morgan cup semi-final series against Vegrevilie Rangers, slated for Red Deer Saturday, the man OF MORGAN CUP SEMI-FINALS agement of Lethbridge Maple Leafs is awaiting word in connection with dates for the final series. Nothing but tentative arrangements Ram Home Three Goals Without a Reply in Terrific will be made until the result of Saturday's game is known although Rangers are conceded to be "in" on the strength of their 12-1 victory Offensive But Unable to Overcome Four-Goal in the first of the total-goal series played Wednesday. While not Lead Piled Up by Leafs in First Game—Leth settled yet, it is expected Maple Leafs will play the first game of the final away on cither Monday or Tuesday, with the second game here. bridge Club Cracks After Playing Smart Hockey It is not known yet whether the series will be total-goal, or best-of- for Two-Thirds of Game. three. TAGING a terrific third period uprising, Canmore j Briquettes defeated Lethbridge Maple Leafs 4 to 3 last Snight at the Arena in the second game of their total-goal Morgan cup semi-final series. Outside of the satisfaction LEAFS, BRUINS AND RANGERS WIN IN N.H.L. they gained from humbling the high-flying Leafs, the win benefitted the Canmore club not at all, Leafs advancing to the final on the strength of their -1-0 victory Tuesday night which gave them the round by a 7-4 count. TRIUMPH Briquettes, who include five junior and two juvenile Renew Olympic Rivalry With Windsor Fords players in their ranks, uncovered a burst o' speed in the BY 3-1, 2-1, third period that had Leafs on the run. In that final rally the young Bow Valley champions rammed in three THEY STILL straight goals to pull the game out of the fire, Tomorrow In International Basketball Series 2-1 SCORES PACK A PUNCH Playing on a hard sheet of ice Le:hbridge"s Anderson-McDowell - Vegrevilie Rangers have appar the Canmore kids set a fast pace Christensen line burned up the ice Humble Detroit Red Wings, ently lost none of the all-around from the outset, but were outplayed inside the Canmore blueline as the hockey ability that gave them ;i for the best pan of the first two centre period commenced, and Lady Montreal Maroons and Western Canada intermediate periods. Luck was goaltending for Kaziniar championship. They must have Chicago Black Hawks Briquettes opened the scoring in on two occasions as he beat the really poured it on to that Red Deer the initial stanza, with Kalita bulg rap. Ainsworth-Ticklc - Spotswood club when they kicked the boys By A. E. FULFORD ing the twine. Two beautiful solo kept up the pressure, but on a sud around to the tune of a 12-1 score. (Canadian Press Staff Writer) goals by Ken Stewart put the Leafs den dash to the other end. Roberts Incidentally Red Deer was suppos On the theory that nothing; i* in the lead again before the period was forced to save a red hot shot ed to have a strong team this year. safe in the National Hockey ended however, and Alex Tickle from Mike Gilowski's stick, the puck league but Montreal Canadiens' There are in our midst several made the count 3-1 for the Leafs dropping in front of the line. Rob lead, Jack Adams might be well gentlemen who have witnessed the when he scored the only goal of erts pulled off another beautiful advised to look around today for Vegrevilie outfit going to town . the sandwich session. stop as he came out of his nets to the weak spots in his Detroit They're plenty good according to re Going into the final heat Bri rob Shellion. Red Wing machine and tighten ports. In fact they're so good, quettes kept five forwards on the Christensen blazed his way down up a few bolts for the stretch states one of the boys, that he's ice for a large part of the time and drive. the ice and whizzed past the Can- willing to bet history will repeat it gradually stepped up the pace until more defence, only to have his stick There is very little doubt that self when Rangers and Leafs clash. they had the Leafs on the dead run. In,other words that Vegrevilie will snapped off by a charging defence- Wings will finish on top of th« Before the spray kicked up by their American division and meet Ca trim the local sextet. man as he was about to shoot. flying skates had settled, the ram nadiens for the N.H.L. title but paging Canmoreites had shot home Sandrelli soloed through but his shot was weak. The Gilowski bro Boston Bruins and New York three goals and won the game. j Rangers threaten to make it in MY MONEY JS thers and Shellion forced Leafs-to Their fighting display had Leth- ] teresting for the world cham ON THE LEAFS shoot tip the ice to relieve pressure bridge fans cheering them on as; pions. Personally I differ sharply in they strove desperately to dig into as they battled furiously to cut Both Bruins and Rangers, tied this opinion, although Bangers the four-goal lead established by down Leafs' lonst lead. will probably put up a terrific TICKLE' SCORES for second place, were victorious the locals in the initial game. last night while Detroit were los battle before admitting defeat. OVER-CONFIDENCE Both teams "were maintaining the Vegrevilie will find the current ing their third game in four. It Over-confdience. a by-product of fast clip set in the first period, but brought the Bostonians and New Leaf edition a much tougher nut their decisive victory and the fact strenuous back-checking combined to crack than the team of 1934- Yorkers within five points of Wings. that they were at one time six goals with some heavy defencework kept This band of husky athletes Is the Los Angeles Universals, crack compete in the series. They defeated Windsor Fords in the Olympic 35. And (hey found the '34-35 There was an obvious slackening up on the series, probably had as the score sheet clean until Alex. west coast basketball squad which will oppose Windsor Fords. Can finals in Berlin last year. Left to right, the players are: Duane of the Detroit pace last night when f squad ho push-over. much as anything to do with the Tickle picked up a roving puck be adian senior men's champions, in an international series in Windsor, Swanson, Wayne Nix, Jack Hupp, Frank Lubin, Carl Knowles and Sylvanus Apps led Toronto Maple By the way, talking of that Lethbridge downfall. hind the mt and banked a shot into February 20, 22 and possibly 23. The Jacob France trophy, em Carl Shy. Jack Pierce, their manager, is in front of the group. Leafs to a 3-1 victory over the Wings 1934-35 series reminds me that blematic of international supremacy, will be at stake and Universals Leafs played smart hockey for the twine off the back of Goalie Pierce is head makeup man at Universal Film studios in Hollywood. at Toronto. And. no slackening at I committed a fox's paw in have been given sanction of the United States governing body to two-thiras ox" the game, then care Kazimer's leg. The marker came —Central Press Canadian photo. all in the Bruin rush as they picked Wednesday's column, stating less lapses provided Briquettes with up their fourth successive victory with 40 seconds of the canto re WINDSOR, Ont., Feb. 19.—'(f)— that after eliminating Leafs, golden opportunities and before maining. mer. The Americans won the game With a capacity crowd of close final—the teams will meet again on by 2-1 over Maroons at Montreal. Vegrevilie defeated Lloydmin- Loaded with cream of the United they knew it the locals were fight - 19-8 in a driving rain on an out- to 3,000 assured for each game — Rangers handed Chicago Black Lanky "Slim ' Anderson broke into States basketball crop—and a tall Monday. If a third game is neces ster to lift the western title. ing to protect their series lead. door court. many more than saw their Berlin Hawks their 20th loss in 36 games the clear but over-skated as he crop at that—Los Angeles All Stars sary, it will be played Tuesday. The A skinny crowd of less than 800 by winning 2-1 in overtime at New tried to shift the rubber to his will prance out here on Saturday United States team rule favorite. THESE THINGS saw the movie finish to a game that York. "shooting side." The Canmore club against Windsor Fords in the first The eight invaders, every one WILL HAPPEN was packed with action from bell shot five men up the ice as they game of a best-of-three series for more than six feet tall, arrive here The amazing Apps looked better Yesterday I did a little cogitating to belL struggled to cut into the Lethbridge the Jacob France Trophy, symbolic today. than ever as he scored two goals and remembered something about a Kalita, left forward of the vis CANADA AND ENGLAND lead.