The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-12
HOCKEY LEAGUE CN'PLED BY
 vE WAR
(By Al Fociated Press)

hoped to have at least four clubs in the Pacific Coast Hockey league in the coming season. The workings of the draft have taken many of the star hockey players in these clubs but organized hockey is glad to make this sacrifice for the common veal.
 The players in the four clubs that made up the league this season are widely scattered. The clubs were Se- attle, Portland, Vancouver, B. G. and i Spokane. number of the players for all the clubs come from Canada and are subject to military duty with the forces of that country. The Can adian draft officials expect to wind up their work this week and the league will know exactly where it stands when this work is done.
 Bernie Morris, leading goal scorer for the league last season was grant ed exemption by a Canadian board and expects to return to his place on the Seattle team But Seattle ex. poets to be hit hard Captain Foy- ston is on a farm at Witnessing, Ont Carpenter and Walker are in the | transportation business at Port Arth. UT. Holmes is in Toronto playing la crosse. Gully Wilson is playing base. ball with Winnipeg. Morris, Hickey, Riley and Bobby Rowe may be avail able for next seasons team. However Riley, Hickey, Carpenter, Walker and Captain Foyston are the Seattle men affected by the Canadian draft.
 Murray, Johnson, Tobin, Harris, Dunderdale, Uskila and Barber of the Portland team are still in the city they represent Loughlin, Irvine and Marbles are in Winnipeg. DunderdaIe and Barbour escaped the first call in the Canadian service because they are married. Johnson has three fling CTS off his trigger hand and will prob ably draw exemption Loughlin is in the Class F division of the Canadian draft and is therefore ineligible for service.
 The Spokane squad is scattered to the four winds. Fowler, the crack goal tender is in Saskatoon. Genge is running street car in Victoria and Patrick, the teams manager, is in the same city. Mcdonald is in Vancouv CT and the Cook brothers are leading farmers living at Taber, Alta. Kerr has government job Those at present l available for this squad next season are Genge, Mallen Mcdonald, Kerr and Patrick, so Spokane's chances are not so bad after all.
 Most of the Vancouyerites are on } the ground and expect to remain in the country long enough to take part in many a game. Lehman, the goal tender and Dr. Roberts are the only absentee, Griffis says he has retired l but the old shipper will probably be l coaxed into playing one more season at least. Taylor is an inspector oi immigration. Mckay, Moines, Whaler and Frank Patrick form the balance
 of last years squad. Moines ant
 Whalen are the only two eligible fol
 present military service as the other!
 are either married or otherwise in
 capacitated for camps iii the yer, ! near future.
 ! The directors of the league ar . figuring on holding another meeting
 as soon as the draft officials hay l put aside their busy pens. They ar
 hopeful that at this meeting they cal
 form a good, strong combination | which, although many of the vetel
 ans and the fast youngsters of othe
 seasons, will give just as good an ae
 count of itself as ever
 | The league has already held tw
 meetings to discuss the situation, bu
 the final decisions have been hun | up because of the draft.
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