Evening star., 1941-03-31
Tie With Hub Forces
Eagles Into Extra
Hockey Series
Ordered to Play Gulls
Or Concede Them U. S.
Association Crown
By BURTON HAWKINS.

The Washington Eagles are being
forced to play April Fool absurdltles
a few hours before it becomes laugh
ingly legal. Merely cancel those fond
farewells of a few days ago as the
Eagles unpack and prepare to bless
the village with more of their neat
brand of ice hockey.
There's sneaking suspicion the
Eagles still will be struggling for
some sort of title in August, but
Owner S. G. Leoff1er declares the
boys just want to play three more
games. Then, he says, they'll really
head for home and won't return un-
til mid-November.
Everything was lovely until the
Eagles lost to the OlympicS, 2-3, yes
terday at Boston. That threw Wash
ington into tie with Atlantic City
for something labeled the United
States Amateur Hockey Association
championship and complicated mat
ters horribly.
Eagles Ordered Back Here.
The Eagles, who we're slated TO dis
band in Boston and return to their
Canadian domiCiles. now have been
ordered to return here and conclude
this unfinished business if it takes all
summer, which it may.
Tom Lockhart, who is president
of the Eastern Amateur Hockey
League as we'll as the U. S. A. H. A,
says the Eagles must play the Sea
GullS in a three-game series. Other
wise, he says, he'll name the Sea
Gulls United States champions and
invite the Ontario Hockey ASSoci-
alton titleholder to meet them in a
series for the world amateur cham
pionship. That, it seems. would be
considered a calamity, so the Eagles
will play some more.
Information that the winner OF
the Atlantic Washington series
will meet the Ontario Hockey Asso-
citation champion comes under the
head of new business. That. of
course, would necessitate more
games. So, until further notice, the
Eagles still are among us.
Play Here Wednesday.
Present plans, which still aren't
completed call for the Eagles to
face the Sea Gulls here on Wednes-
day night, at Atlantic City on
Friday night and. if necessary, at
Baltimore on Sunday night.
AtSntic City won't be irked to
learn that Hal Dewey, the Eastern
Leagues hottest performer for the
past month or so. probably won't be
able to play in the series. The crack
Washington wingman undoubtedly
will be forced to return to Canada
Immediately and resume his duties
as railroad brakeman.
Boston can be blamed for pro-
longing the season. The Olympic'
locked the score in the final three
minutes of the last regular period
Both teams failed TO score in the
overtime session, so they played
what was termed a sudden death
period and the Olympics scored.
Just why that sudden death
period was necessary hasn't been ex-
/ planned. At the end of the overtime
session the game was tie. which
was enough to give Washington the
championship with three triumphs
and a tie. The boys have beer
quitting at the end of the over
time period all season, but it seems
the rules can be altered to fit the
situation.
Pos. Boston Washington
G Polich " Hemminl
W. Dumond ----------- MacBetf
L. w. Fitzgerald ------------ MAILER
/ Cen. 1900 ChaissOn ----------.- Burn!
R D. YourkewicZ ----------- Scherel
Id BaronoWski BurragC
/ Spares: Boston-Stubbs. Desrosiers. Bel.
/ land, Guibord. Sullivan, Barry, Me-. c
/ Thompson Washington-Knipfel Rossig'
mol McCurry. Courteau. Mcbride, Pran'
! Schke Dewey A Thompson.
! First-period scoring: l. Boston; Baro'
/ nowski Barry. 4:29. PenaltIes-Courteal
| Cslash), Nee thigh sticS' Burns 'hisf
second-per4od scoring: ., Washington
| A Thompson tunasSistedl. II a.. Pen
| altieS-Baronowsk Ctripping), Yourkewlc
! slash Scherer tripping).
Third-period scoring: 3, Washington
/ Burns (Mailleyl, 2:34: 4 Boston Guiborc
| l@.oS penaltleS-SCherel