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FRANK McCOOL Sharp-Pointed Skates Dictated Playing Style By BOB TRIMBEE * "CALGARY (CP)--An old pair of skates provided Frank Mc- Cool with a pointed object les- son that helped him in later years as a_ professional goal- tender in the National Hockey League. "McCool, now 45 and assistant I publisher of The Albertan, wa Biven the skates so he could jearn to skate and play goal for his high school team in nearby ee Bowness. sees "They were old Automobile gy Ds. They had sharp points on : the heels of the blades. I was § from a poor family and couldn't ga afford pads, so every time I fell a4 down or went to my. knees to zi stop a shot I was pricked by the points. "It didn't take too long for me to learn a goalie must try to stay on his feet, and that's the style I developed." McCool went on to play goal for the 1944-45 Stanley C champion Toronto Maple and was picked as rookie of the year in the NHL. In the play- offs he scored four shutouts, three in a row, both NHL plas off records. The next season he was forced to retire because of =. ulcers. Ps "McCool reflected upon his ; childhood and hockey career in Mads the plush surroundings of his newspaper office. His solemn face broke into a warm, quiet smile as he recalled the old skates and the numerous times they cut through the seat of his pants before he mastered the art of netminding GOALIE SHORTAGE "T never thought of myself as a professional goalie even after I quit hockey," he said. ie | would never have reached the NHL if I hadn't been given a medical discharge from the army before the end of the war 'and if it was not for a shortage of professional goalies." Prior to joining Leafs he re- ceived tryouts with both Chi- 'cago Black Hawks and New York Rangers. Chicago decided he needed more experience but Rangers were willing to sign him. "After seeing what the poor Ranger goalies faced in 1944-45 I was glad I didn't sign with them. "My minor hockey career jacked any indication that would point me toward a career in the big leagues. I had even given up hockey when Lorne Carr (former Toronto winger) 'got me a tryout with Toronto. j »-"I went to Toronto. They wanted me to sign. I agreed if they would pay for a $100 fur coat I had bought my wife. It was the only debt I had and I didn't like debts." Laos > ie e: i ee THIS IS THE STAND-UP STYLE THAT WCN HIM NHL FAME gary, but Mr. Bell (Max Bell, Albertan 'publisher) asked me to come back."' THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, December 4,1963 15 TORONTO (CP) -- A decision by Frank Boucher, commis- sioner of the Saskatchewan Jun- ior League, to eliminate the slap shot from his league has brought violent reaction from Hamilton coach Eddie Bush "Frankie thinks everybody should be a Lady Byng winner like him,"' scoffed Bush, the vo- ciferous coach of Hamilton Red Wings in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A League. He said Tuesday that if Bou- cher had his way, players would be penalized for having un- kempt hair, would wear bow ties and shy away in embar- rassment. from body contact. The Saskatchewan Junior League has curbed use of the slap shot by limiting its scope to inside the opponent's blue line. Use of the shot outside jto guilty player. |be ignored if the offending team was already playing short- handed. Play would be stopped and a faceoff called back in the offending team's zone + |WOULD OBJECT ! jwas doubtful would result in a minor penalty|ever be incorporated by the |NHL. However, the penalty would) Frank Boucher"s Curb On Use Of 'Slap Shot Draws Varied Views over the definition of a slap shot. Boucher, winner of the NHL's Lady Byng trophy for gentle- manly play for seven consecu- tive seasons--1927-28 to 1934-35 --hopes the new rule will speed up the game. He said it would encourage more passing and puck carry- ing over the opposition's blue line. IT'S EMPHASIZED "We are of the opinion too much emphasis is placed on this type of shot," said Bou- cher. "In developing it, young hockey players have overlooked other basic fundamentals of the game." Toronto Maple Leaf Coach George (Punch) Imlach said it the rule would "It's not a problem with us," jsaid Imlach. "If there's some- |body doing nothing but slapping the puck, he has no business being up here." The Toronto coach, however, would not condemn Boucher's Bush 'said he would object vio-|rule. lently to such a rule in the OHA} "Maybe they'have a problem Junior A circuit. He was sup-|in Saskatchewan," he said. "'If ported by Wren Blair, general|they are using it too much, this manager of Oshawa Generals of|ls one way of stopping it." the OHA Junior A | Bill Robinson, commissioner | "The referee would go nuts/of the Manitoba Junior Hockey ltrying to control it," said Blair. League, said enforcement of lsAnd it would slow the game|the slap shot rule could lead He became sports editor in \down -- just that many more 1949 and eight years later) jricties moved to his present post, Blair also expressed concern LIKES TODAY'S GAME pene: "T enjoyed writing and often . s | 1 haven ies dogs te wet'my hand) 1 WO Kiwanis Clubs| into it. I still keep close to . ' sports but have given up coach-| Lost Open Money| ing minor teams because the | job I have now just doesn't give) TORONTO (CP) -- Lack of me time. spectator interest in the Cana- "« I still enjoy hockey, even as\dian Open golf tournament last it's played today. The emphasis|July cost two Kiwanis clubs on the individual has gone and|nearly $2,000. suburban Scarbor- it's more difficult for a super-jough council was told Monday. star to develop, but it's enjoy-| Club officials said West Hill- able for fans. I'm certainly not|Highland Creek Club lost $1,000 one of the great reformers who|on operations of the parking want to go back in style." 'concession and aaah taba Ki- 7 McCool is happy|wanis lost $800 on the sale of Be Oe fans elt Roig 4! $10 admission tickets to the harsh words for many modern-|Scarborough Golf Club, day sports writers. | Council rejected a request by "The fact I had some experi-|the West _Hill-Highland Creek ence in sports certainly helped) Club that it write off the debt. me as a writer because I|~ avoided being critical of others|sire to follow a career in sports on the field. I believe I was|"and I'm leaning .over bac- better able to assess the rela-|wards trying not to push them tive ability of those competing.|into it,"" McCool said. Dan, the "Too often writers are critical] eldest and a Grade 12 student} of players or executives, They|in Calgary, hopes to enter the] have never experienced a/newspaper business. tongue-lashing from a coach,| The McGCools have one ambi- love} / playing under pressure or with|tion, to raise horses. "I injuries or crying in the locker|the sport and so does my wife. to difficulties, but. it has some merit. The rule could aid in the de- velopment of better stickhand- lers, shooters and passers, but elimination of the red centre REMEMBER WHEN? .. .| By THE CANADIAN PRESS Georges Vezina, one of hockey's all - time great goalies, was ordered to quit the game 38 years ago to- day because of his worsen- ing health. The Mont- treal Canadien netminder played his last game six days earlier despite a tem- perature of 102. Within a week he lost 30 pounds. He died the following March at Chicoutimi, Que. The Ve- zina trophy for the best goalkeeper record in the National Hockey League was first awarded to George Hainsworth of Ca- nadiens for his 1926-27 per- formance. line would accomplish more, he said. '*A lot of kids in minor hockey can't shoot," he said. "They think they can, but they can't. "The measuring stick for their shots is the sound of the puck hitting the boards, It's a false evaluation, "They resort. to the slapshot/| to cover ip the fact they have no wrist shot." Coach George Pennell of Win- nipeg Rangers, another '-MJHL club, said only about three or four players on his team are permitted to use the slap shot and then only under certain conditions. "Our club feels there are sit- uations in a game where a slap | shot is more effective than the conventional wrist shot. For ex- ample, we might use the slap| shot from the point 'on power plays." 1 General manager Bill Addi- son of Winnipeg Braves of the MJNL said his club discour-| ages the slap shot. | "Tv's another discretion call," he said, "The game officials] are drowning in these' calls! Does bringing the stick back eight inches from the puck) constitute a slap shot? Or will it be 16, 20 or 24 inches?" | | now, broken in practice are from) slap shots, although the game| percentage is lower. || Max McNab, coach of. the| Western Hockey League Van-| couver Canucks, said enforce-| ment of the slap-shot rule at the| junior level is a good idea. He said too many youngsters| think they have a good shot but it proves quite unsatisfactory in| senior company. i He agreed with Imlach that a player who can use nothing! but a slap shot does not belong' in major league hockey. | SHORGAS HEATING & APPLIANCES Industrial and Commercial The established, reliable Gos Dealer in your arec. 31 CELINA ST. 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ROCKET SET RECORD During the regular McCool was jwhen Canadiens beat us 10-3 in season|the fourth game." scored his 44th and 45th goals] outs (1-0, 2-0, to shatter the old. goal-scoring/three games. Red Wings won| room after losing a tight game." None of McCool's seven chil- |dren--they range in age from |One of my most prized posses- |sions is a picture of Four-and- Twenty, owned by Mr. Bell. It has both his signature and that a gift from BLACK'S & the netminder! The finals against Detroit Red|me in against whom Maurice Richard| Wings saw McCool score shut-/Bobby Davidson did such a) 1-0) in the first}great job of checking him. It) was the same thing in the play- regular play mark of Joe Malone. Richard|the next three, including two by|offs."" went on to score 50 goals that/shutouts, before Toronto won| McCool's entry into the news-| J The five|paper field was as a McCool's great play was ajshutouts are a Stanley Cup final|/writer before he joined Leafs. "When I left hockey I took a} upset Montreal in the semi-| "I was fortunate to be on oneijob as a night watchman in Cal- year. the deciding. game 2-1 key factor when Maple Leafs|series record "Richard sports- | |two to 18--has yet shown a de-|of jockey Johnny Longden." Goes Berserk! He's Blowing High Prices to Smithereens! 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His sinte with 22 Z | teammate Alex Delyecchio is "Both have. wiede the top 10 oak for 47th spot with three | si cht times in the last nine sea-| Toronto ace Frank Mahovlich|°°">- . | ts ted for" 14h with seven], a, victories and. tis. fr goals. Henri Richard, perennial |). 04 their lead ra 1 ninte Montreal] star, has 'missed three| tom tiie 'Monte wou a oid games. but has only three goals with 25 and Toront 4 coe and is tied for 32nd spot. tid nn aL ° wi The high-flying Black pene The Hawks still are have placed five players among) i), lease - heat roaltenditig the top eight point-getters. Glenn Hall Bie gerienir: rlenr lg E jfrom CON®STENT ACCURACY who have been getting |Denis DeJordy, Bobby Hull and Stan Mikitajscored on 45 times in 22 games are two of the four big guns} Hall has three shutouts to his maintaining their usual accur-|credit this season, and 4 tied acy. 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