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New ControllingBody Formed*At C.A.H.A. MeetiABy ROBERT CLARKE, |or.irraI. April 16. iCP) —Canada and Ihe United Slates have agreed to the formation of a new organization to he known tentatively as the International Ice Hockey league, md Great Britain will be extended an inviiat.nn \o enter the alliance, i\ was announced Monday night at the Canadian Amateur Hockey as*location* annua! meeting.Prof. W. C. Jlardy, of Edmonton, president of the C.A.H.A,, made the announcement after delegates to the 2^th annual meeting met in camera u discuss the C.A.H.A. sagreement with the NationalHockey league and the question -of players under the C.A.H.A. bannerligning con tract.s.■The decision to form the new league was mauhed at a meetingvdih. of fie ia is of the AmateurHockey association of the United Slates.1 said Doctor Hardy. J‘An in vita i ion will be extended to the British Ice Hockey association tojoin us. The purpose of the new association is to promote the game of hockey nmong the three Anglo-Saxon nations,lDoctor Hardy was named’ president of the new group while Tom Lockhart, of New York, the president of the A.H.A. of U.S., will be first vice-president. Doctor Hardy said ih.it ’.he B.LH.A. would be asked to name a man to the post of second vice-president.Formation of the new association, ii was dec I a red, in no way affects ihe C.A.Ii A As postion as a member of -he TJkuc Internationale de Hockey Sur Glace, controlling body of world hockey.Agree to ContractsAfter I he closed meeting Doctor Hardy reported that delegates had agreed to allow clubs the option next season of making contracts with senior and junior players.'1 He added I hat clubs which took this step mitsi file notification with theC. A.H.A.'1Doc!or Hardy nlso said that the ^meeting was in favor of continuing :he agreement with the N.H1.”^ears. agreement with ' the IYH.L. provided that teams in the professional circuit would not sign any player ot junior age, nor would they sign any player after Jan. 1 without the consent of the amateur club.Earlier in the day, delegates from the association's nine branches decided, to change the constitution with reference to the definition of an amateur. It was decided that henceforth an amateur hockey player would be designated as one who '‘either has not engaged or is not engaged in organized professional hockey.ReaffiUatlon RefusedA motion from the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada that the C.A.H.A. rcaffiliate itself with the union was turned down for the present.” The hockey body made-thc break from the Union a few years ago over the question of reimbursement fcr amateur hockey players.Another of the major resolutions passed at the morning session provides that in the 1940-41 season teams engaged in the Allan Cup and Memorial Cup playdowns will be allowed to carry only 13 mek including the spare goal-tender. In Ihe past season teams were allowed 15 men, including the susbStitutc goalie, while in seasons before that the limit was 11 men, with the spare net minder.The resolution was introduced by George Mackintosh, of Edmontok president of the Alberta branch of the association, who said it was intended both as an economy measure and because of the fact that there is a difficulty in certain sections of western Canada for clubs to engage 15 players of senior eaiibre.At the afternoon session the C.A. H.A, decided to grant each branch $1,000 to foster hockey, particularly in the lower classifications such as junior, juvenile, midget and bantam. Delegates also passed a rule whereby any team found using oversize sticks would be penalized by forfeiture of 1he game;2Fi;lefcJT)PV, w th clt; a i B a) wm
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Apr 16, 1940
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