The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-01
HANCOCK
John RuHL TALKS ABOUT
HOCKEY WHILE IN DULUTH
President of Copper Country League
Tells Zenith City People That Cop
per Country Will Never Go Back to
Professional Hockey. Would Like
TO See Sport in Duluth.

7 w. Ruhl, OF Hancock. Mich pres
ident of the Copper Country Amateur
TIockev League. is in Duluth today,
having come from the Copper country
IN attend the Elks' dedication cere-
monies last night. says the Duluth
Herald of Saturday. Mr. Ruhl Is a
hockey fan i'm the same degree that
q Pittsburger might be expected to be
baseball fan on the last day of the
worlds series. He says the Canadian
came Is the greatest winter sport ever
devised by man. and Duluth. which
has every advantage for enjoying it,
is missing something in staying out of
the game.
Mr. Ruhl was glad TO hear that arr
engagements are being made for the
erection of rink here. Duluth is an
ideal town for hockey. i'm climate, peo-
ple and proximity to other places
where the game is played. he says.
He cannot understand why no such
move has been made in the past.
"The Copper country will never go
back to professional hockey" said Mr..
Ruh this morning at the st. Louis.
"The International league furnished
great sport. but it was expensive sport
for the people and promoters alike.
The number of men who play hockey
for living is comparatively small,
and they were able to demand eXorbi-
tant prices for their services during
the short season. The salary list of
one of the teams of the old Interna-
tional league for its season of three
months would make even the manager
of a big league baseball team gasp.
"The amateur game suits us very
well The home boys i'm the Copper
country are developing into really
great hockey players, and the interest
in the games Is as great as it was in
the professional days. The class of
hockey is almost as good, and Copper
country people who have seen the best
hockey ever played on this side of the
border-and that was as good as any
played on the other side-should know.
The big Kinks at Houghton and Calu-
met are crowded when the teams OF
the Copper Country league play. and
crowds are really the best criterion on
which to judge the popularity of the
game"
Mr.. Ruhl would like to see hockey
relations established between the Cop
per country and Duluth. He said the
league down there would welcome the
addition of n Duluth team. and he is
sure the venture would pay. for people
are quickly educated to n love for
hockey. With the Duluth, Copper
country and 500 teams in n league.
hockey would flourish more than ever
i'm this Northern country. Side games
might be played with teams from the
Twin Cities. Fort william, Port Ar
thur and Winnipeg.
Mr.. Ruhl is also an ardent indoor
baseball fan. Although the outdoor
game never drew well in the Copper
country. indoor baseball has made a
great hit. Hancock has n fraternal
league. in which there are seven teams.
Two games n week are played. and the
big auditorium in which the diamond
Is laid is always crowded. Mr.. Ruhl
says the Elks' team is one of the best
in the league. and he would like to
bring the team to Duluth for couple
of games with the militia teams, just
to show how the game is played in the
red metal region.