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PAGE EIGHT A THE-DAILY -TIMES:GAZETTE TUESDAY," OCTOBER 5, 1948 BY Geo. H. Campbell | NAPSHOTS | Oshawa GM-Colts, a team that re-orgahized at the start of the season for the sole purpose of making an Oshawa league possible, instead of having only two teams operating this summer, concluded their 1048 and likely their final season, last night at St. Catharines, and they went out with their colors flying very high, despite the 2-0 defeat. At the conclusion of the game, the crowd gave both pitchers and both teams a great ovation for their splendid playoff performance. It was a 0-0 game until the last half of the sixth inning when "Soup" Cromb banged a clean homer into left-centre, a line-drive smash over the shortstop's head that rolled far into the darkness. The homesters .added another earned run in the seventh, on a walk, safe bunt and a rousing single through the infield. '"Preem" Whiteley pitched another great game for the Colts, fanning 11 batters and issuing only six hits. At that, he was topped by "Rusty" Tufford, St. Catharines' sling-shot ace, who has a blazing fast ball, delivered American-style. He struck out 19 batters and gave up only four safe hits, Colts threatened twice. They had two on with one out and Tufford fanned the next two batters. 'Next time, they had a man on second with none out but interference with the fielder handling a ground ball wiped out that good chance. * * * ¥t was a brilliant playoff battle, a fitting climax to a season's bid for a championship. Naturally, the St. Catharines Legion team was jubilant over their victory. Tufford, their mound ace, with 19 strikeouts, turned in a great game and was full value for his win. His mates fielded well behind him and they are worthy champions. GM-Colts need have no regrets whatever. They started a season in search of a little fun and recreation and for the chief purpose of "keeping .interest in the local "major league" at top level, They were sful on all ts. Local softball crowds were the biggest they've been in the past five years, interest was especially keen and Oshawa's softball qualities have been further proven, with five teams reaching the Ontario championship finals. Colts went to the Senior "B" championship finals, a tough chore and indicating the calibre of ball the veteran team could still produce in playoff com- petition. Several of them will now hang up their spikes and likely + turn their attenti to hing minor t and otherwise boost- ing the game in which they've enjoyed the enviable reputation of heing the best for the longest reign of any one club in the province. +* * LJ Oshawa Legion faces the acid test this afternoon at Kew Gardens in Toronto, scene of the Beaches Leagues games, when they meet Ham- ilton "Niagara Paint" in the third and deciding game for the Ontario Intermediate "AA" championship. Oshawa Legion won at home 5-4 in the first game of the finals and lost in Hamilton on Saturday 7-6. There appears to. be little to choose between the two clubs and hitting will be the big factor, with errors likely deciding the championship. The pitching seems to oo Jgirly even, with Zakarow likely to get the call for Legion this afternoon. SES LJ * * Mills Motors Sales will get their chance to bring an Ontario - softball ch ionship to Osh , tomorrow afternoon at Wood- lands Park, in Hamilton, when they play the third and deciding game of the series with the Guelph Juveniles. It'll be another pitcher's battle between Bunny Maeson and Don Haennel of Guelph and should be a real struggle. Mills can win the title if theyll get into the hitting stride they displayed early in the playdowns but they'll have to come up with one of their best games, if they are to win tomorrow afternoon, + * * Oshawa Pedlars can bring an Ontario championship home today also. They travel to Hamilton this afternoon, to play the second game of the OASA Intermediate "A" finals, with Hamilton Pee-Gees, this afternoon at Victoria Park, at 3:30 p.m. After that 13-0 victory over Pee-Gees here on Saturday, we look for Pedlars to sweep the series in two-straight, although they tell us that Storm, crack hurler for the Pee-Gees, has been saved for this game and may make things a lot ' tougher for.the Oshawa club, He'll have to be good to stop the Pedlars' hitting power and we fall to see where Pee-Gees will get too many runs either, * * * And now we're ready for the World Series to get under way. They've got to give Lou Boudreau all the credit for putting the Indians in there. He was on the spot from the start of the season, some of his business deals and trades were criticized but "Satchel" Paige proved his worth and now the veteran Negro hurler is likely to appear in the World Series. Joe McCarthy had to settle for 50 per cent satisfaction this He's been in the "Serious" a dozen times or so but at least he did outlast the Yankees in this year's American League pennant race. If his club had won yesterday, it would have been an all-Boston series. Now Clevegjand is in there, the gates will be bigger and the player's shares (on the first four games only) will be a little larger too. * Ld 3 SPORTS SHORTS--Listening to the. pennant playoff yesterday, a thing which quite a few of you must have done too, brought out the fact that Lou Boudreau is quite a player, as well as manager. His act of putting Gene Bearden in to pitch, was mumbled around as being a bad choice. "That guy hasn't had any rest," they said. Maybe not, but he won 8-3 , . . Boudreau also managed his team into the first pennant it has had in 28 years, a feat worthy of note in itself, but to add the finishing touch, he claimed two home runs, a brace of singles and a walk in five trips to the plate. That, my friend, is batting .1000 in the best way in any league . , :. Since Boudreau did throw Bearden, that leaves him with Satchel Paige, Bob Lemon and Bob Feller, all well rested for the coming World Series opener against the Braves. Who said that man isn't a ball player? . ., Conu Smythe settled the hash of Armstrong in very quick order. "You play in the Leaf organization or not at all!" quoth he and that means that George will not be at Stratford , . . Fritzie Zivic outpointed Hehry Armstrong in a thrilling 15-rounder for the world's welterweight boxing title at New York eight years ago today. Solving Armstrong's buzz-saw style, by backing away and dancing beautifully, the colorful Pittsburgher closed the Negro's eye early in the fight, * +» * SCISSORED SPORT-- (By The Canadian Press)--Chances are Cal- gary Stampeders will be coming east for the Grey Cup final this year. They wrapped the Western Conference up last night by trouncing Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 26-6--their eighth straight victory. As the bruising Stampeder line continually harassed the Winnipeg backfield, quarterback Keith Spaith scored one touchdown and threw touchdown passes. Spaith kicked two singles while Fred Wilmot booted two field goals. The loss brightened playoff hopes for Saskatchewan Roughriders, cellar club who have only one victory. It was Winnipeg's fifth loss in eight games . . . Arnold (Lefty) Cooper last night pitched the second no-hit, no-run game in the Northern Ontario baseball championship playoffs. He tossed a 2-0 win over Sudbury all-stars to give Kirkland Lake Greyhounds a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. He matched the performance of southpaw Johnny Barbeau of Sudbury who won the series opener 9-0 , . . Stan (The Man) Musial joined manager Eddie Dyer Monday in reaching a two-year agreement with the St. Louis Cardinals. Stan signed the contract, which calls for "a substantial increase," after a 15-minute talk with Redbird president Robert E. Hanegan, Neither Musial nor Hanegan would say what salary the new terms call for, but most sources estimated it would bring the slugging Cardinal outfielder around $50,000 a year. Dyer signed his two-year contract as manager last week . . . Representatives of nine Western Ontario Canadian. Legion branches conferred at Preston Sun- day to draft this year's indoor sports program. Four sports on the schedule are bowling, cribbage, darts and billiards. Legion branches represented were Paris, Galt, Stratford, Brantford, Kitchener, Guelph, Hespeley, Waterloo and Preston , . . Wagering through the pari-mutuels at Polo Park, Winnipeg, during 28 days of thoroughbred racing this year totalled $4,216,707--$100,000 more than last year--it was announced Monday. The average betting was slightly above $150,000 daily, with bets per race averaging about $22,000 . . . After leading for four legs in the second race, Angus Rawlston's Mosquito fouled a weather mark and retired from the International dinghy championships at Hamilton, Bermuda, Monday. Rawlston, from the Royal Canadina Yacht Club, Toronto, tried to veer windward of an opponent, but light winds failed him | . . Lanky Fred Haas, Jr. of New Orleans won the three-way play-off for the Portland open golf tournament Monday, defeating Ben Hogan and Johnny Palmer of Badin, N.C. at Portland, Ore. 'Haas gilded i 70 to beat out Hogan, with a 71. Palmer finished with a 175. . y : : ! This is thf second of a Canadian Press series pre-season prospects of the NHL. clubs. Today's story covers 'Montreal Canadiens, To- morrow: New York Rangers. By BERT ALLEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Montreal, Oct. 5--(CP)--Montreal Canadiens will start the season with a goaltender and a defence second to none in the National Hockey League, two of the highest scoring forwards in Elmer Lach and Maur- ice Richard, and a flock of ques- tion-mark veteran and rookie for- wards. To Coach Dick Irvin, the wily Hab mentor who missed the play- offs last year for the first time.in 19 years of handling" NH.L. teams, the club everyone "has to look out for is the only one Canadiens fin- ished ahead of last campaign-<the Chicago Black Hawks. What about the Toronto power- house Dick? No Worry There! "Worried about the Maple Leafs? Hah! (Toronto M4nager) Conny Smythe was scared to death of us all last season and it'll even be worse this year. The club to beat? Well, I think that the team that's going to surprise everyone is Chi- cago." The Montreal coach thinks goalie big Bill Durnan, four-time Vezina Trophy winner, 'is in for a great season. 2 "Durnan 'has never looked better and is 'fully recovered from his knee injury that bothered him last year. He knows now that his knee will stand up and he hasn't a thing to worry -about in. that re- spect." Irvin. will open the 'season with the same defence that finished the schidule, ast year. Swe of Topulat spots of Kenny on, e (Butoh) Buchara, Doug Harvey and Glen Harmon. Either Roger Leger or Hal Laycoe will be held in re- serve, -and. the other probably will be. farmed out .for Buffalo of the American League. x Who: Gets Spot? Up front, the choice of a left- winger to take Toe Blake's old spot on the punch line with Lach and Richard has created a lot of speculation. Right now, Irvin is using rookie George Robertson, a Winnipeg-born speedster up Irom the Quebec Senior League Montreal Royals on the left flank. The Hab coach intends to keep experimenting until Canadiens re- turn from their western tour to open the N.HL. in Montreal Oct. 14 against New York Rangers. But whoever gets the nod for the coveted spot, should get himself a bundle of scoring points. Eddie Dorohoy, 19 - year - old "HABITANTS" HAVE DURNAN AND THATS ENOUGH FOR ANY CLUB speedster who played with Leth- bridge Native Sons juniors last season, impressed while playing with Lach and Richard in early practices, but now Irvin has shifted him to another line. Robertson and Dorohoy are two rookies pretty sure to stick. Lines Not Settled The other aiiacking units are far from set. Billy Reay centres Joe Carveth and Norm Dussault on one trio, while veteran Murph Cham- berlain has been playing left wing on two lines, with Dorohoy and Bobby Fillion and with Kenny Mosdell and Fillion. Howard (Rip) Riopelle and Tod Campeau are the other forwards. ST. KITTS LEGION WIN SENIOR "B" TITLE & A 4 Eke Out 2-0 Win Over GM-Colts In 2nd Game of Final Series As Tufford Wins Mound Duel "Rusty" Tufford Allows Only 4 Hits and Fans 19 Batters to Blank Colts in Crucial Game -- "Preem" Whiteley Fans 11 and Gives Up Only 6 Hits, One a Homer -- Crom Paces Winners St. Catharines Legion captured the 0.AS.A, Senior "B" champion- ship for 1948 last night, at the T-P Stadium, when they nosed out Osh- awa GM-Colts 2-0 in a thrilling softball pattle, to take the title ser- ies th two-straight games. Played in bitterly cold weather, the game proved a sensational pit. cher's battle, with "Rusty" Tufford of 'St. Kitts coming up with his best performance of the playoff season, as he turned back she Oshawa Colts with only four hits and chalked up 19 strikeouts in registering the shut- out. "Prem" Whiteley on the mound for Oshawa, also hurled a great game, as he allowed only six hits, one of them a homer, and struck out 11 batters. Deadlocked Until 6th With both hurlers blazing 'em by the rival balters at a terrific clip, neither team broke the 0-0 dead- lock unti] "Soup" Cromb, first bat- ter for St. Kitts in the last half of the 6th inning, smacked a line-drive homer to left-centre. The ball land- ed between Little and McLaughlin and rolled fast, for a sure circuit. Prior to this, St. Kitts had got a runner to 3rd in the first inning and again in the 5th, when Pickard walked and Marrack singled with two out, but in each case, Whiteley fanned the next batter to blot out the threat, Tufford walked with one man out in the 7th inning and a safe bunt by Marrack, followed by Cromb's se- cond hit of the game, a vicious sin. gle through the infield, scored Tuf- ford, with the 2nd and last run of the game, on and Marrack each had two safeties in St. Kitt's Legion total of six hits. : Oshawa Lost Big Chance with 'Tufford hurling 19 strike- outs and not issuing a single walk in the entire game, Oaws had nly two good scoring chances. i Their first came in the 5th inning, when "Dib" Little collected Osh- awa's first hit and Barker . came through with a single to put Little on 2nd, but Tufford fanned Bidgood and Whiteley in succession, to end that inning. ; In the 7th, Nelson opened with a safe bunt and moved to 2nd on a passed ball, with none out, It was here that Oshawa's best scoring chance blew up, when Jubenville hit a grounder to shortstop, that might have turned out to be an infield hit, since it was fairly slow but Nelson, on the way to 3rd, bumped the shortstop and was called out for interference. Little then grounded to 1st base and Storin fell fielding the bal} but he recovered It and made a reach for Little, with the umpire calling it a 'tag" and ruling Little out. . In the 9th, pinch-hitter "Wib' Hall beat out an infield bunt when Storin juggled the fast throw but Tufford "bore down" to fan Nelson and Jubenville and end the season. Both teams came up with some sparkling fielding plays, ih "Wart" Barker at shortstop, Pri at 3rd shining for Colts while catch- er George Greenlaw was the stand- out for St. Kitts, as Tufford's effec- tive battery-mate. OSHAWA .. .. 000 000 000--0 4 2 ST. KITTS .. 000 001 10x--2 6 2 GM-COLTS--Stark, rf; Price, 3b; Nelson, ¢; Jubenville, 2b; Little, 1f; Barker, ss; Bidgood, 1b; Whiteley, p; V, McLaughlin, cf; Hall, batted in oth for Price; Barnes, ran for Hall, in 9th, ST. CATHARINES LEGION-- Marrack, ss; Vidiean, 3b; Oroni, cf; Pupo, If; G. Greenlaw, c; , 1b; F. Greenlaw, rf; Pickard, 2; Tufford, p. . Umpires--Reg, Fair, of Oshawa, at plate; and "Lefty" St. Louis, of St. Catharines, on bases. ee ---------- R.C.M.P. RIDE AGAIN New York, Oct. 5 -- (CP)--The famed musical ride of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will again feature the National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden here, open- ing Nov. 12, after a 12-year lapse, it was announced Monday night. Sport Shorts From Britain London, Oct. 5.--(CP)--Most p= and coming boxing promoter in Britain is 28.year-old Ben Smith, who staged his first show at the age of 15 and realized about $80 for 'school funds. His latest effor{, at London's Olympia, cost 10,000 fans £14,000 ($56,000). And, before he's through, he's determined to succeed pro- moter Jack Solomons as Britain's "Mr, Boxing." Born Benjamin Bodner-Schmidt of Polish parents in Frankfurt, Smith fled to England as a political refugee in 1939. He piled up a small fortune in the textile business before turn to match-making, Now, with natty taste in Sa- vile Row tailoring and handmade snoes, he sits behind a glass-topped desk in a walnut-panelled Lon- don office and plots ways and means of turning his small fortune into' a large one. ' Last summer he moved in on Solomon's territory by bidding £17,- 500 for Gus Lesnevich to fight on this side of the Atlantic. But Jack raised the ante to £20,000, staged the .Mills-Lesnevich scrap himself and gave Smith his first major set-back in some years. Smith still thinks he can de. throne the part-time fish pedlar as No. 1 London promoter. "I am going to be the biggest boxing pro- moter in the country," says Ben, "I am in the business in a big way and I am going to get bigger." Cricket Tip: Most hold the bat with its handle run- ning across the palm of the right hand and resting against the ball of the right thumb. But the great Don Bradman is different. He turns the hand over so that the handle presses against the thumb: as the grip tightens to play a shot, pressure becomes more intense. The left wrist is turned behind the handle. This means that whether attack- ing or defending against a rising ball, danger to the fingers and back of the hands is reduced to a min- It also leaves the bat sloping at an angle of ut 45 degrees to the ground, and so keeps the bal down, ensuring in both hook and cut that the blade is turned over the ball, Barnsley's Jackdaw: Play in a recent Division II soccer match be- tween Nottingham Forest and Barnsley was twice halted by the referee because a jackdaw persisted in fluttering about the players' legs. Finally the bird perched on the Barnsley goal. "That's the safest place for you," jeered one of the fans. Notting- ham, who lost the match 1-0, Had scored only one goal in their last five appearances. London,--(CP)--Few things could be more ironic to English cricket than the fact it appears to have waited for the discovery of the one real and unmistakable chink in the armor of Australia's batting king, Don Bradman, till his last season of big cricket. Since he burst upon the cricket world just 20 years ago Bradman has been the biggest problem bowi- ers have had to meet. Cricketers have combined their knowledge and perception to find his weakness, Now the combination of ' Alex Bedser and Len Hutton has exposed the Don's vulnerability. It has been proved to be exactly what was always regarded as his supreme strength. Like nearly all Australian bats- man scores most of his runs on tne leg aside, and more often than not he will play a ball pitched on his middle and off stumps in the di- rection of mid-on.contrary to gen- eral accepted principles. Out of this analysis came the first idea to attack him on his middle and leg stumps to a packed lig- side field including a leg trap. Result is that Bedser has claimed Don's wicket in three successive Test Innings. Backache Stiff aching back? . To get quick relief from backache torture, take Rumacaps. Not one, "Old at 40, 50,60?" -- Man, You're Crazy Forget your age! Thousands ape Depping up: with Ostrex, Contains rons for a but three pain relieving ingredients go'to work instantly to help soothe nerves and relax painful les. A fourth i dient works as a purifier to help cl the kid: and remove one of the chief causes of backache, Ask for Rumacaps at your cricketers | the Cornwall Forces * Deciding Coutest, + Edging Hamilton Cornwall, Oct. 5--(CP)--Cornwall Sen! forced a deciding game in their Eastern Canada Senfor La- crosse final with Hamilton Tigers when they upset the Ontario cham- pions 14-12 here Monday night. 'The champions . of the Quebec League showed an amazing reversal 'of form from the first game' of 'the best-of-three playoffs, which they lost' 13-4 at Lachine, Que., Satur- day night. They spurted to an 11-2 lead and then fought off Tigers closing "drive, The deciding game will be play. ed here Wednesday night. The ser- fes winners then meet the Weste:n Canada champions, New Westmin- ster Adanacs, for the Mann Cup in a best-of-five Dominion final op- ening in Toronto Oct. 11. The Cornwall goals were shared by. five players. Ronnie Jamieson racked up five to lead all scorers while King collected four, Gabe Wheeler notched three and Emer- ton and Tony Wheeler each dented the twine once. Tommy Love paced Tigers marks- men with three goals. Blain Mec- Donald, Tank Teather and Elmer Lee connected for two apiece while Welch, Grainger and Tommy Doyle each scored once, 1 The teams played a 1.all dead- lock in the first quarter but Corn- wall .opened up an 3-2 margin by halftime. The "homesters: rammed home three more goals,in the third quarter before Hamilton rallied for four straight counters'that cut the lead to.11-6. Each team scored twice in the closing minutes of the third quar- ter and the last session started with Tigers trailing 13-8, After Ji on' gave Cornwall another goal, Tigers staged a clos- ing drive t chalked up four straight godls -- two by Lee and others by Teather and Love. But Cornwall 'threw up a stou' de- fence in front of good goaiing by Desrosiers to hold their two-goal margin until: the whistle. Irvin's System Brings Records To the Rinkside By ARCH McKENZIE Regina, Oct. 5 -- (CP) -- The mastermind of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens sat on an apple box in the sun-drench- ed garden of his Regina home and topped beets. And between snips of hls topper, white-haired Dick Irvin had a few things to say about a statistics sys- tem he's used since the late 20's when he coached Chicago, and which Branch Rickey of the Na- tional Baseball Ledgue's Brooklyn Dodgers has adopted. Irvin scrutinized a large beet carefully, scraping some mud from it. He finally rejected it as too big. PH i ind last of the crop," he "And this system has grown big- ger than when I first used it. Used it at Toronto, and they still have it. Gave it to Jack Adams of De- troit Red Wings two years ago when we were out here on that exhibition fling. Now Branch Rickey"s got it." What he meant by his system was a record kept during every game of such factors as when a line or player went on the ice, and when it, or he, left. The number of goals scored by, or against a line; the number of shots taken by a player, where he shot from; shots missed, and other data as technical as an engineer's handbook all go down. Irvin, back in Regina with his Canadiens. who are staging .a series of exhibition matches in the prov- ince before starting the season next Thursday, said he likes his record system. "You know, I've seen good play- ers go for games without getting a shot. Just couldn't get. one. But sometimes I wish we kept a record of the defensive as well. "Those goals players stop from being scored are - sometimes more important than the goals they get." COACH TOMMY ANDERSON IN TROUBLE, PROBLEM IS TO PICK NEW EDITION OF 'GENERALS' FROM MANY RECRUITS . What is Oshawa's favorite gath- ering place after supper these nights? The Arena and no doubt about it. If the Arena management wanted to charge admissions to the Gen- erals' practice, they would be in quite' a few pieces of the long green. The reason for this awakening of interest in the, as yet, fledgling "Gens", is that they are a hard working team in practice, and the sessions are beginning to take on the aspect of league games, both in the matter of roughness and in picture plays. A Reducing Diet The clipping operation has re- duced the 40-odd players who started - the sessions to around 25 plus three goalies. And now the picking and choosing will get tough, for the boys that are left are all big, fast, and good shots, Up front, the one line that has been left intact for the longest period of time is that of Dusty Blair, Palmer andJankowski. These three, with ihe free-wheeling Dusty leading the way, have been very consistent performers. They are the threesome who are making most of those picture plays men- tioned above. Standing second in this depart- ment of long-standing lines is that of Ted O'Connor, Stephens, and Chapman. "Chapple" is the hard- working centre, and with two tricky and fast wingmen like "Oke" and "Red", things really happen when they are on the ice. Gamble Going Good Among the other lines, of course, Dick. Gamble stdhds out like a light. He has led the team as fast- est skater in quite a few of the races around the boards, and looks to be in top condition right now. His linemates last night were Hooper and Green. Big Gerry "The Moose" Scott, is still leading bumper on the for- ward lists, and with his wiggle- happy stick he pushes a good many rushes through to completion in goals. But before these fleet forwards can even make a move toward the "finish-around-the-nets" - depart- ment, they must do a tight-rope act along the defensive blueline, for it is in this part of the club that the Generals look the strongest. Regulars back from last year are few, Frank Sullivan being the lone holdover. But the boys who have been added are equal to or heavier than the large Mister Sully. The Toothless One Sullivan has been paired with Gord Hudson. We are thinking up a name for this joker, who will probably be the biggest kidder on the club. He stands over the six foot mark and tips the balance at more than 200 pounds. Among his minor accomplishments is that of dumping (but heavily) any and all persons coming near his blueline patrol. Don Hall and Thompson have 'been paired on another defensive line that really has what it takes in the brains department, not that they are any pantywaists either. Both boys were making themselves felt last night, and were also clear- | SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY _ O0.A.8.A. Inter. "A" Final Oshawa Pedlars vs, Hamilton Pef Gees, at Hamilton Victoria Park, 3:30 pm. (2nd game of 2-out-of-3 Ontario Inter. "A" championship). 0.A. S.A, Inter, "AA" Final Hamilton "Niagaras" vs. Oshawa Legion, at Toronto Kew Gardens, 3:30 p.m. (3rd and deciding game for Ontario Inter. "AA" champione ship). WEDNESDAY Jo-0.A.S.A, Juvenile "A" Final Guelpn vs, Oshawa Mills Motop Sales; at Hamilton Woodlands Park, 3.15 pm. (3rd and deciding game for Ontario Juvenile "A" champion ship). Big Four Jr. Rugby Oshawa Red Raiders vs. Hamilton Wildcats, at Hamilton, 8:15 p.m. PERSIANS PLAYED POLO Polo is the most ancient of games with stick and ball; earliest records of the game are Persian. ing the puck away from the goale mouth with great efficiency. For the important position be- tween the pipes, Hendry, the "Smiler" from the West, has the age on all others and also shows a marvellous aptitude with his hands and knees. He has been the most successful rubber-stopper for the past few nights and looks par- ticularly good while sprawled on the ice picking the scramble shot out of a maze of players. Youngest Netminder Bob Shropshire, last year with Young Rangers, and a very agile fellow is the youngest of the net- men, creeping past the 16-year mark with an ability which would make one think he was much older. He has the ways of a cat in the nets. Leaping from side to side he blocks "impossibles" with a neat ness and grace that is very close to feline agility. 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