The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-23
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al, Les Canadiens, walloped the Q Boston Bruins so decisively in the final playoffs for the worlds pro- fessional hockey championship that no squawk from this side of the international border seems possible. Nevertheless there appears to the bewildered bystander little com petitive reason for a system where by the best team in any league can be softened up and finally knock cd eff in post-season play by a second of third place club,
 The battling Bruins spread-eagled the National Hockey League cir cult during the regular season, shattering all records by winning 38 out of A games. Then they beat the Montreal Maroons in a playcff between first place clubs of the two five-club divisions into which the N. H. L. is divided. Un- der ordinary circumstances and in most any sport this would be con- sidered convincing enough proof of superiority But then they played and lost to the Canadiens who are not even champions of Montreal, having lost the city series to the Maroons.
 The argument naturally is that the Bruins do not belong at the top unless they can beat any team in a given series but the facts were that they lost in the finals to a team they had beaten without in- terruption all during the regular season. Another inconsistency seems to be that the final series was a best two-out- -of-three games where as the first place playoffs Cor the semifinals) were on a best three out t-of five basis, better test ot team strength. Undoubtedly that hard series with the Maroons sof- tened up the Boston outfit.
 Picture the roarS that would go up if the major league baseball campaign was settled on the same basis as hockey. The worlds se- ries. as it is now known, merely would be preliminary. And the Athletics, for instance, after beat ing the rival pennant-winning team Chicago, last year would then have been forced to play the survivor of a second and third place round robin. Cleveland, which finished "A games behind the As in third place, would have had post-sea- son chance to become worlds champions-if the hockey system prevailed.
 One of the items upon which the Sh ark ey-Schmeling heavyweight championship fight" has been pred icated is the definite retirement of MT. Dempsey from further fis- tic proceedings Consequently, If the old mauler decided upon another comeback attempt, the popular in- clination will be to withhold any unqualified endorsement for the Sharkey -Schmeling affair as title bout. This would be severe blow to no one except the New York State Athletic Commission which is anxious that the trophy spon- sored by it's ancient member, Will liam Muldoon, be unveiled and pre- sented to a heavyweight champion
 In many places the notion per sists that Dempsey should have won back the heavyweight crown in the last battle with Tunney This idea can go so far that many believe Dempsey is the champion or that he should be. At any rate if Jack takes another fling (pos- sibly against Carnera) popular opinion will await the outcome be- fore bestowing honors prematurely upon Schmeling, Sharkey or anJ- one else.
 Herman Erik has thrown the six teen-pound shot new record dis tance of g feet, inches in com.
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