Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-16
Wings Big 3
Come TO Life,
Whip Canadiens
BY LEWIS H. WALTER

BY LEWIS II. WALTER
Now the problem is where TO
put all the hockey fans who will
keep storming the Olympia doors
if the Detroit Red Wings keep on
winning.
More than 1000 were turned
away but the seasons record
crowd of 12.491 was packed in as
the Red Wings flashed past the
Montreal Canadiens, 81, last
night TO keep the National Hockey
League lead by two points. -Four
victories, tie and defeat in six
games is their record.
ALL THREE SCORE
The Three Big Guns did it. They
found the range and just in time.
Don Crosse. Capt. Sid Abel and
Eddie Wares, who led the team
and most OF the National Hockey
League last season, came out of
their slump to pump puck apiece
past goalie Paul Bibeault. They
more than neutralized the lone
Canadien score made by Gordie
Drillon, the former Maple Leaf
star. in the first minute of play.
Crosse had scored two goals,
Abel one and Wares none in the
five previous games.
But last night the Big Three
forgot about that Liniment Line
nickname and stopped lirnping.
Abel took a pass from Jack Stew
art to make long dash past Drill
Ion, defensemen Leo Lamoreaux
and Jack Portland for a picture
play goal. With a bit of master
taking he drew Bibeault 5 feet
from his cage to tie the score
halfway through the first period.
TWO IN 81 SECONDS
Crosse and Wares bagged their
shots within 81 seconds of each
other halfway through the final
period when it appeared the short
handed Montreal club was content
to halt its aggressive rushes and
settle for tie. The Wings didn't
have that idea. A furious Detroit
offensive which the Frenchmen
checked desperately a half dozen
times. With Pileups at the goal
mouth finally clicked when Alex
Motter pitched the puck from the
left side of the blue line into Wares
on the right boards. Eddie laid the
puck on Crosses stick 5 feet. out
in front of the cage and it was in
before the startled Bibeault could
do more than take a couple of fast
jig steps.
The whole line drove in for the
next score with Abel feeding
Crosse a pass on left wing and
Don drawing Bibeault over before
he passed across to Wares on the
open side of the net.
Montreal played with only II
men, three short of the regula-
ton IS because forwards Terry
Reardon. Elmer Lach and Maui
rice Richard were kept in Mon
treal by passport troubles while
defenseman Emile Bouchard is in
the hospital with an infection.
DUTCH KILLER STARS
Despite their lack OF manpower,
the Frenchmen played one Of their
best games here-as far as speed
and aggressivenesS go. with Dutch
Hitler. the former Red Wing, play
ing his outstanding game.
That was the Frenchmen's Of
fensive weakness. They were like
a football team with a brilliant
open field runner-Drillon-whom
they were always trying to shake
loose. They succeeded in that
first minute when the great right
wing took a midice pass from
.curly-haired Ray Getliffe, then
loosed his great burst of speed
to leave most Of the Wings fat
footed as he zoomed in on right
wing and lifted a shot from 20
feet out TO the far side of the
net as Mowers moved toward him.
The Canadiens paid for allow
ing Drillon TO function solely as