Evening star., 1940-11-15
Tough Olympic Team
To Test D. {. Crew
In 2-Game Set
Only Six Of New Squod
Of IA Performed for
CopituI Lost Season
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspoudent.

BOSTON. Nov. l5.-Gingerly tax
ing their initial step IN . puck
pursuing lS-week campaign to de.
termine the Eastern Amateur
Hockey League championship. the
Warrington Eagles win stack up
against the Boston Olympics here
tonight before m estimated 5000.
Fugitives from the Provincial
League, the Olympics are expected
to add considerable prestige to the
Eastern League, now boosted to six
teams with the entry Of the highly
regarded Boston outfit. Crowds Of
$4,000 or so frequently witness the
New York Rovers in action at Madi.
son Square Garden and the Olympics
confidently anticipate topping that
respectable following at Boston
Garden.
The Eagles, who will play the
Olympics here again tomorrow
night and the Orioles on Sunday
night at Baltimore, are . drastically
revised club from the team which
made o successful first-year showing
last season in finishing second to
the champion Orioles.
Only Six Vets Ut Hand.
Among the II players who per-
formed for the Eagles last season
only six have been retained, al.
though q spot has been reserved for
Wingman Hal Dewey, who still may
rejoin the team. Fiery little Paul
Courteau and Mike Germann are
the returning winemen, while Len
Burrage, Johnny McTeer and Ross
Knipfel are defensemen who are
back. Les Colvin, who replaced
Gordon Lee In the net late last sea-
son, will be one Of the two goalies
to be carried by washington.
The newcomers are Wings Cor
don Pranschke. Frank Mailley and
Jack Macbeth, while Coach Redvers
Mackenzie has obtained three new
centers in Roy Mcbride, Norman
Burns and Russ Rossignol. Jimmy
McCurry will make his debut with
the Eagles as q defenSeman, while
Gordon Hemming, . respected goalie
with the Jersey Skeeters last season.
probably will tend to most Of Wash
ingtons goal guarding.
Roy Covert, Alan Kuntz, Bill
Davies, Bunny McKillop, Ken PARTS,
Alan Foster. Lee. Bill Cairns, Les
Ramsay, Bill Lahti and perhaps
Dewey have been clipped. from the
club for reasons ranging from in
efficiency and employment in Ca
madam airplane plants to gradua-
ton to professional ranks.
Big Tests for Eagles.
The 2-game series here and SUM-
days struggle at Baltimore may pre-
sent some indications of Washing
tons pennant prospects in q league
which also includes the Atlantic
City Sea Gulls, the Jersey Skeeters
OF River Vale and the New York
Rovers. The Olympics are rated
strong contenders. with only the
Skeeters rated distinct outsiders in
the flag chase.
What to expect from the Olympics
was noted in the IL tie Boston
played Baltimore Wednesday night
at Baltimore. Five Boston players
flying to the game were fogbound
and didn't reach the rink until the
ANAL period, their presence enabling
Boston to produce the point which
locked the score. On the same night
New York cast q warning to other
league members by smothering the
Jersey Skeeters, TO.
Also demonstrated in that Balti-
more tiff was the fast the Olympics
will be willing to become as rough
as the opposition, as illustrated by
the IS penalties called in that game
Also evident was the sparkling play
of Goalie Vic Ponch. who made IA
spectacular saves in the third period
IS Baltimore ganged the net In m
effort to whip home the winning
point.
Eagles Starting Lineup.
Mackenzie will start Courteau and
Germann at wings, Rossitnol at
center, Burrage and Knipfel on de-
tense and Hemming 1T goal.
The Eastern League championship
is determined by total points scored
over the course Of the season. with
2 points being registered for . VIC
tory. l for a tie and none for q
defeat. Tonight's tilt also will count
toward the Hershey Cup, awarded to
the team producing the most points
in the first third Of the season.