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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, September 27, 1966 < Sdokey Owes Much To Current President Campbell has jst topped off 30 Year as io peer ad hah president with election to the zame's Hall of Fame. man in the front office By AL MeNEIL MONTREAL (CP) -- Gel- ting Clarence Campbell to talk about Clarence Camp- bell is not only difficult, it's superfluous, At 61, and after 20 years as president and principal ar- chitect of the modern-day Na- tional Hockey League, he pre- fers to deal with the things still to be done rather than dwell on the past. Right now his, world is the world of league expansion, television contracts and devel- opment of good hockey and better hockey players. But there are plenty who will speak for him and the things the tall, austere execu- tive has done for the game, The accolades were summed up by his bosses, the NHL board of governors, when Campbell was elected to the "builders" section of the sport's Hall of Fame earlier this month: 'Few men in the game's en- tire history have contributed more to hockey than has Mr. Campbell. His leadership, in- tegrity and uncommon drive have been the prime causes of hockey"s growth to one of the world's most popular spectator sports. We publicly offer to:-him our deep-felt ap- preciation and congratulations and believe hockey is in his debt," PROSECUTED NAZIS When Campbell was named to the presidency on Sept. 4, 1946, a governor observed that the man for the job should have a judicial mind and be " the position of not needing e job. Pe seohed filled the require- ments. As a student he won a Rhodes scholarship. He knew hockey briefly as a player and more extensively as an ad- ministrator and referee. He had been a tank soldier dur- ing the Second World War and, as a lawyer, was one of the prosecuting attorneys at the war crimes trial of Nazi ret came ta the attention of the NHL as a ref- eree in the Western, Ameri- =! tenenes can anu NGtA0m we ce from 1929 to 1940. Says Conn Smythe, former boss of Toronto Maple Leafs: "We first noticed Campbell in amateur hockey as a ref- eree and we started him in our league. He wasn't entirely a success as he was never sure whether he was a lawyer or a judge. He also made his own rules at certain times. "] was impressed with him overseas. He was a good-look- ing; fearless soldier in front of his gun tractor, When he came back, he was made NHL president, We were impressed by his war record and felt his experience as a referee wouldn't do him any harm. He has been an outstanding executive for the NHL." ENLISTED AS PRIVATE Just as he worked his way up in hockey, Campbell climbed in the army, from a militia private in 1940 to a commission in 1941 to com- mand of the headquarters squadron of the 4th Canadian Lestat --) CLARENCE Armored Division throughout operations in northwest Eu- rope from May, 1944, to VE- Day. He was a lieutenant-colonel in 1945 when he joined the Ca- nadian war crimes unit. Art Potwer of Edmonton, a past-president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, has known Campbell since he 'was 19 when the man who was to run the big league of hockey organized the Edmon- ton District. Hockey Associa- tion and operated it as secre- tary4reasurer for eight years. Although they often have been on opposite sides of an argument, Potter says 'I think he fully deserves the Hall of Fame honor." "He has worked hard for hockey and he has done a good job for the NHL--not 'al- ways in easy circumstances." For a quiet man, Campbell has been involved in some dis- quieting moments. In 1931, he and Pete Mc- inure were refereeing & game in Trail. B.C.. when the crowd took exception to a caii ana follewed them, shouting, for the quarter mile to their hotel. "T just took the scabbards off my skates and let Pete carry the bag as I kept an eye on the crowd," he recalls, SUSPENDED ROCKET But the incident in Trail was slight 'compared with the up- roar that swirled around him more than 20 years later at the Montreal Forum. The upheaval began in Bos- ton in early March, 1955. Rocket Richard, cut on the head by Hal Laycoe's stick, bludgeoned the Bruins de- fenceman in retaliation. Lines- man Cliff Thompson tried to break it up and. Rocket slugged the official. Campbell suspended Ri- chard for the remaining games of the 1955 schedule and the entire playoffs. Friends called the action fear- less; detractors termed it "anti-Canadiens" and accused the president of "taking, or- BASEBALL SCORES, STANDINGS By THE CANADIAN PRESS National fae WL Pet. GBL Los Angeles 84 500 Pittsburgh 67.573 San Francisco 68 .564 Philadelphia 72 54 Atlanta 74 ~.529 St. Louis 77 506 Cincinnati 80 .481 Houston 88 .436 New York 92 .410 Chicago 8 99 .360 Monday's Results Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 8 Atlanta 2 Los Angeles 6 St. Louis 3 (Only games scheduled) Probable Pitchers Today Chicago (Ellsworth 7-21) at New York (Ribant 11-8) (N) Pittsburgh (Veale 15-12) at Philadelphia (Jackson 15 - 14) (N) San Francisco (Herbel 4-5) at Atlanta (Jarvis 6-1) Houston (Glusti 14-13 at Cin- cinnati (Ellis 12-18 (N Los Angeles (Drysdale 12-16 at St. Louis (Washburn 118 Wednesday's Games Chicago at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (N San Francisco at Atlanta (N DROWNING GREATER HAZARD Nearly every year in Ontario, | twice as many hunters are drowned as compared to those) killed by firearms. According to Ontario Safety League find- | ings the main causes of these} unnecessary tragedies are over- loaded boats and loaded hunt-| ers, to put it plainly, intoxi- cated. It is high time that sportsmen wake up to the fact that it takes a clear head and/ plenty of freeboard to safely) operate a boat on Ontar io} lakes and rivers during the cold) water season of fall. Houston at Cincinnati (N) Los Angeles at St. Louis (N) American League WL Pet. GBL xBaltimore 96 60 .615 Detroit 87 .554 Minnesota 85 545 Chicago $1 516 Cleveland -503 California 490 Kansas City 452 Washington 447 Boston 444 New York 436 x-clinched pennant Monday's Results Boston 5-2 Washington 0-3 Detroit 2 California 1 (Only games scheduled) Probable Pitchers Today Detroit (McLain 19-13) at Cal- ifornia (Brunet 12-12) (N) Cleveland (McDowell 8-8) at Minnesota (Perry 9-7) Boston (Stange 8-8 and. Osin- | ski 3-3) at Chi and Howard 9-5) (N) New York (Bahnsen 1-1) at Washington (Richert 14-14) (N Kansas City (Krausse 14-9 at Baltimore (MeNally 13-5) (N) Wednesday's Games Detroit at California (N) Cleveland at Minnesota New York at Washington (N) Kansas City (N) at Baltimore cago (John 14- 10! CAMPBELL ders from the other club owners," Campbell had his life threat- ened by telephone and mail, but insisted. on taking his regular seat in the crowd for the game back in Montreal 24 hours after handing down his decision. He was driven from that seat by missiles and tear gas hurled by the rabid Montreal fans and the game was for- feited to Detroit Red Wings who went on to win the NHL title and the Stanley Cup. As Campbell fled, the crowd surged outside' and a_full- scale riot erupted with cars overturned and stores looted along St. Catherine Street, the main thoroughfare of Montreal. Later, Campbell reflected on his action--he had had to discipline the volatile Rocket on previous occasions. "There was never any doubt in my mind that the normal disciplinary action obpviousiy woe The authority of the league had been chaliengea. However, his action and the consequences of it never dimmed his personal regard for the great player. Today, Campbell relaxes from his executive duties on the golf course or in the curl- ing rink, He is past-president of the new Lakeshore General Hos- pital, former president of the Beaconsfield Golf Club and former secretary of the Royal Montreal Curling. Club, He is an honorary director of the Canadian Professional Golf- ers' Association. He regards as one of his foremost achievements the es- tablishment of the NHL pen- sion fund, the richest in sport, and has assisted in the cre- ation of a similar plan for Ca- nadian golf professionals. wat he adanneata Ree wo RSSGUSS. early retirement, but that was before the NHL decided to ex- pand to a 12-team league at ie start of the 1967-68 sea- son. 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