Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-10

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ateur company Terry knew.
("Didja see Terry Stuart's col
umn last night? He's pickin' the
Monarchs for the Allan Cup next
year,
He finally found Evans in
Cases Smoke Shop, where the
sporting fraternity always gath
ers on off nights. Danny" he
began impressively. when he had
him cornered between the maga-
zine stand and the cash register,
what would you say If I told
you I had found a hockey player
for you"
Il would say" replied Danny
cynically, 'Lemme outta here
A wise boy. Danny.
But in the end he had to give
up.
THEY did not meet again until
November, when Danny Evans
called the Monarchs out for the
first practice of the new season.
Everyone. even newspapermen,
was excluded from the first Mon
arch workout. So Terry whose
interest in Frank Jones was very
real, waited impatiently outside.
At length the long practice was
ended, and they came trooping
back to the dressing room, Evans
ahead. When he saw Terry he
paused and mopped his brow.
This friend of yours" he began
complainingly. WHO does he
think he is?"
Yeah" said Terry. II was
afraid of that" and went in
search of Jones.
He found him sitting on a
bench behind the lockers, looking
very much detected. Well" he
demanded, how did it go?"
Jones voice was worried. Not
so good, Terry. You know, I
don't think Evans likes me-"
Terry said, Tell uncle"
Well. you know Woody Clark ?"
Terry did-Woody Clark, smart
est left winger in the East.
We'll, Clark was coming down
solo. and he was holding his stick
like this" Jones demonstrated
"a bad mistake, because l could
check him like this, see ?" He
demonstrated some more, panto-
mime. $50 I says, Look, Woody,
if you'd hold your left hand do1on
. . > Evans was standing right
there, and he says to me, Well,
Mr.. Cleghorn, when you get
through, I'd like to show you
thing or two about a hook-check.
if you feel you could learn He
sounded kind of sarcastic"
Terry felt faint. This kid, show
ing Woody Clark how to play
hockey! He asked weakly, How
did you get along with the hook
check ?"
Jones face frightened. Fine"
he said. You see, I'd been hold
ing the puck too much in front OF
me. but as soon as Evans showed
me. l caught on right away. They
won't catch me in that mistake
again. But l didn't like that
crack about Cleghorn, anyway.
Because look-don't you suppose
Clark wants to learn? OF course,
he added naively, "Cleghorn is
blame good coach
Terry sighed YEARLY. The kid
was so darn sincere.
There was almost continual
friction between Evans and Jones
in the DAYS that followed, as for
instance the memorable occasion
when Jones set the coach right
on the Interpretation Of the for
ward passing rule. It did not help
matters that Jones was right.
II was a little past mid-season
when finally the lid blew off. 1t
happened on night when the
Monarchs were playing the Fal-
cons.
When the Minutes-to-Go light
flashed at three. and the score
was tied-1-1-a Falcon defense
man drew a penalty for tripping
With the one-man advantage,
Evans promptly showed his first
string onto the ice. AS they
dropped over the boards Danny
barked final instructions in a
rapid staccato. To Jones he said.
Stay behind that blue line all
the time, understand ?"
Terry watching from the press
box, thought as he had once be-
fore, There's no stopping that
guy"
He watched Jones skate to his
position on defense, hoping that
he would have sense enough to
obey orders and stay there. And
for exactly one minute and forty
three seconds Jones did. Then he
found his chance and took 1t. He
had stopped Falcon attack near
his own blue line, stealing the
puck with an expert poke-check,
and as the Falcon forwards thun-
dered past, the back-checking
Monarchs on their heels, Jones
found himself alone with the