The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-23

, Ironically, Ward was injured laEi night at precisely the same spol
 where Bailey crashed to the ice and suffered compound skull ! fracture after a collision with Ed- die Shore, feared Bruins defense man, as the Maroons bowed. 4-3, to the Bruins in a savage battle shot through with frequent in- juries and free-for-all fighting be- tween players and spectators. But the parallel between Bailey's near-fatal injury and Wards con- cussion ends at the spot on the Garden rink where the injuries oc- cured. Uncertainty Althought Shore again was the nearest man to Ward, there was no collision. There was a differ- ence of opinion, however, among sports writers and spectators as to whether Ward and Shore collided. Some maintained Wand fell after
 he was legally body-checked by Shore.
 As the writer saw 1t, Ward, late in the first period, was skating into Shores defense zonue, lost the puck and, in attem pting to turn, lost his balance and fell backwards, the left side of his head striking the ice with terrific force. Apparently only dazed, the Mon- treal star was relieved a moment later. He skated out after inter- mission, but collapsed on the bench shortly after the second period started.
  While, for weeks, Bailey hovered between life and death and was
 saved only by surgical miracle, Ward was reported resting com. fortably at Audubon hospital, where x-rays were to be taken to- day to determine extent of injury. Slam Bang Stun IS Wards was the most serious of a series of injuries in a wide-open, free-swinging game. marked by four fist fights, in two of which spectators became involved with |. players.
 Lionel Conacher, big Maroons defenseman and "bad man" of the game, touched off the feud in the opening period when he knocked Nels stewart, Bruins spare center, to the ice with a haymaker and drew major penalty. In the second period, Conacher was banished on match penalty when, while skirmishing for the puck with Peggy O'Neil, young Bruins forward, he became tn- volved in a fight with a spectator and it developed into a free-for-ail brawl which finally was quelled by .ploice. The spectator was taken into custody. but later released when Conacher declined to bring charges.
 The match penalty brought vehement protest from Manager Tommy German of the Naroons who was ordered from the bench. Furious Finish The final fiare-up occurred at the close of the game while the players filed out to the dressing room. Shore and Dave Trottier ex- changed blows and this developed into fisticuffs between O'Neil and Bob Oracle. The fight was carried back onto the ice and spectators Joined as Oracle and O:Neil rolled around the ice, trading wallops. During the game, lesser injuries were suffered by Nels Stewart. Charlie Sands and Shore of the Bruins and Hooley Smith of the Maroons. Sands crashed head-on into the boards after falling and suffered a wrenched neck, while Smith suffered a head injury when he slid into the middle bar in the Bruins cage. All resumed play. The Game
 The Bruins settled the outcome in the opening seven minutes of play. Red Beattie scored first. Then, with the Maroons two men short, Beattie scored again and Babe Siebert followed. Herb Cain taliied the first Maroons goal III the final two minutes of the first neriod. Max Kaminsky scored the winning goal midway in the thiId period, the Maroons falling short on last minute goals by Dave Trot- tier and Earl Robinson.