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QuiltyPleasesCanucksT. HYACINTHE, Quebec,Oct. 22 — Young Johnny Quilty, one of the rookies training with Montreal Cana-(liens, wants to be the famous son of a famous father.And thrro's nothing that Silver Quilty, tin* Ottawa football star ol another day, would like better than to see his 19-year-old son make the grade in the National Hockey league.Dad would like to see me up there and I certainly want to play | in the N.H.L. myself,” said Quilty. I've had the ambition to play pro-fessional hockey ever since I used to watch the old Ottawa Senators play at home more than a' half-dozen years ago.”Coach Dick Irvin thinks that Quilty, a slim, dark-haired speedster. is definitely of N.H.L. stock. Fans who have watched Canadiens go through their training paces here have been impressed most by iQuilty. Ken Ileardon of Winnipeg •and Elmer Lach of Moose Jaw,; [Sask., of the half-dozen freshmen still working out with the team.Irvin says that Quilty, who plays centre, reminds him a bit of Syl Apps and Joe Primeau, the former a centre star with Toronto Maple Leafs and the latter the now-retired centre of Toronto’s famed, Kid Line” of a few years ago of Primeau, Charlie Conacher andHarvey Jackson.He’s got the same fluid skatingstyle of Primeau and lays down a► * *nice pass just like Primeau did,” '.said Irvin. And then he has a lot of Apps’ trait-', the same quickness* on his feet and speed in doing things.”If Quilty makes the jump to proranks there’s something that theopposition might like to know. Hewas light - heavyweight boxingchampion of the Ottawa valley last * •year.
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Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Oct 22, 1940
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