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TORONTO, March 22. — The story-book rise to stardom of Johnny Quilty—one of those favored with the fabled luck of the Irish—took on a further fictional tinge today as the young centre star of Montreal Canadiens was named the outstanding rookie of the National Hockey league season.Hockey writers around the N.H.L. circuit, balloting in the annual poll for the Calder trophy conducted by the Canadian Press, chose Quilty as top freshman by a narrow margin over Goalie Johnny - $ Mowers of Detroit Red Wings. Nov,.other first-year man came close to {p§||' these two in the voting.Fifteen of the aO writers asked, j ; to name their second andI--’ third choices, called Quilty as the. No. 1 rookie, while 14 picked himfor second place, leaving only one writer who failed to consider him • at nil. Mowers leceived 14 first- J’ |^Pi|| place votes, 11 seconds and three jThe Prince of Wales Cup was presented to the longue in 1026. At that time the league was divided into two sections and the Prince of Wales trophy went to the winnersof the American section. The%O’Brien trophy was the prize which went to the winners of the Canadian, or international, section. Two years ago, when the league narrowed down to seven teams, the sectional divisions were abandoned. After that, the Prince of Wales Cup went to the team placing first and the O’Brien trophy to the runners-up.^EDMONTON, March 22. — Bud Foley, 22-year-old University of Alberta student and coach of Edmonton Athletic club, winners of the Alberta Junior Hockey championship, said his squad was ir. shape for the first game of their be.st-of*five Western Canada semifinal series tonight against Saskatoon Quakers, the Saskatche*
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Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Mar 22, 1941
Page 16
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