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Trade tears Maple Leaf Gardens apart in a family feud
A long standing Maple Leaf Gardens power struggle ends with Stafford Smythe ousting Conn Smythe ally Hap Day and Stockholder Ballard. Harold Ballard and John Bassett gain control while Smythe and Ballard hold 40 percent. Stafford vows continued fight as court battles loom. Conn Smythe calling the deal a bad trade.
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