Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11

That belongs % The Bury Fen
hockey team o.. 1ou never
heard Of the Bury Fen boys ? 80.
WHY. they hailed from a little
village in the marShlands OF Eng
land They had a hockey team
AS early as 1913 and toward the
end Of the l9th century II was
tradition that Bury Fen had never
lost a game m q century.
They didnt play for any STAN
ley Cup. instead they played all
corners for lcgs Of mutton and
kegs Of ale 49,. Not a bad idea
either, was l'f
The boys apparently didn't tire
Of the mutton. diet and they Just
wouldnt lose o.. So along IN 1860
they were lnNtcd 10 the famed
old Crystal Palace in London 10
play picked team Two
teams showed up by mistake TO
play them 50 they beat both the
same daN
Then they toured Europe =.
Our authority for the Bury Fen
saga rs the book on hockey by
Dick Vaughan, former Princeton
hockey coach, which has a fore
word hy Lester Patrick =.
Makes those Ganadiens look like
a bunch Of Johnny Come Latelys
doesn't IT, &C.. Wonder If Maurice
Richard could make the Bury Fen
team
HOLD THOSE TEARS DEPT:
Racing Commissioner Dowling
and his staff are building up the
determination Of Mary Gould, the
commission pCrSonable little ste
nographer 10 maintain her COM
poSure when she next calls her
husband handsome young Yeo-
man &c Johnny Gould in Hawaii.
The GolIdS arranged for a four
minute cal a while back at SIS
minute 80. When Mary heard
Johnny's voice she cried with
happiness for four minutes and
never got I'M a word.
They tried another call month
later and this time Mary talked
for four minutes straight and
Johnny didn't get in a word.
Now they are trying to arrange
a call for their wedding anniver-
sary April rs. SO each will get
break and say some Of the things
they have been saving up.
UNHAPPY HAROLD SUI
FERS: Chief rib-tickler In the
comedy OF errors which marked
The Setto between an inebriated
spectator and Manager Adams al
the Red WingS-Toronto Navy
game Al Windsor appeared 10 be
tho fact that the spectator finally
mIStook Joe Burns Of the Windsor
Star for Adams and attempted 10
punch hm
To those AT the boards. how
ever, the payof came at the finish
Of the game when Adams turned
10 the abusive ono who was sit
ting behind him and replied 10
vicious sally with equally rude
language. starting you jerk"
Harold Jackson, Detroit de-
ienSeman, had Just Skated up 10
the boards before Adams and did
not notice that his boss was fac
ing the fan, AS the deluge de-
SCcndcd, Jackson bowed his head.
finally Skated mournfully to the
dressing room where he sat with
head in shardS until teammates
and Adams himself convinced him
Adams was not addressing him.
EAR TO THE UND
DEPT: Owners OF race track
at Windsor have tied up an order
OF steel for use in constructing a
If horse racing is de-
clarcd unconstitutional in Michi-
gan.
REQUIRED READING FOR
Fun: If you want TO read one Of
the most clcNcr and amusing -edi=
torialS ever 20 grace the Staid
Saturday Evening Post, turn to
page los Of the latest issue and
read Maybe We Are Liquidating
a Stabilzing Innuencem
Some sound thinking in II. too.
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enjoyment, get copy OF The
Blood Horse for Feb. 3 and get
the horSemen's reaction to the
attitude OF tho baseball nappIo