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BLACK HAWKS VS AMERICANS Chicagos Champions to Open the Ice Hockey Season Tonight at Stadium Expect Largest Crowd Ever to See Opening OpeningGame Game to Welcome Stanley Cup CupWinners Winners and Rivals Little but speedy Mush March will lead the Chicago Black Hawks on the ice at the Chicago Stadium tonight for the opening of the hockey season Mush has been doing the same thing for the Hawks for the past nine years and Chicagos host of hockey fans always set up a big cheer when the popular little player makes his appearance Tonight he will be leading out the champions the Stanley Cup winners and judging from ad ¬ vance ticket sales an immense crowd per ¬ haps the biggest ever to see an opening game will welcome the Black Hawks and their popular manager Bill Stewart StewartThe The Black Hawks whose spectacular play ¬ ing for the hockey title and winning of the coveted Stanley Cup last spring astonished the sports world have been considerably strengthened and are reported in fine condi ¬ tion for the opening of the 19381939 season The acquisition of the forward line of North cott Robinson and Blinco from the defunct Montreal Maroons gives the Hawks a fine scoring combination and should make the team formidable throughout the season seasonThe The great scoring line of Thompson Romnes and March will have to look after their laurels as the exMaroons have estab ¬ lished a fine reputation for shooting the puck past the goalie These two lines will be augmented by a third line composed of the greatest puck handler of all marvelous Johnny Gottselig the sparkling rookie of last season Cully Dahlstrom and the new ¬ comer Joffre Desilits secured from the Les Canadiens in trade for Louie Trudell The defense will be in the hands of the sensa ¬ tional rusher Earl Seibert Art Weibe Alex Levinsky and Bill Mackenzie Mike Karakas will tend the nets and manager Stewart and his players are predicting that this will be Mikes greatest season seasonThis This year each National League team Is allowed to dress sixteen men one more than heretofore This gives them two utility Continued on thirtieth page BLACK HAWKS VS AMERICANS Continued from firstpage players Jack Shill who can play left wing or center and Roger Jenkins who can play right wing or defense Jenkins is said to be the squadThe most improved player on the squad The New York Americans who annually draw the opening game assignment in Chi ¬ cago always have been a tough team for the Hawks and a battle royal is certain tonight Manager Red Dutton has had the team in training in Winnipeg for three weeks and a practice series with the New York Rangers has shapeThe put the team in fine shape The opening line for the Americans will be Dave Schriner Art Jackson and Art Chapman with LeRoy Goldsworthy Red Beattie and Johnny Sorrell as the second line and Nelson Stewart Tommy Anderson and Eddie Wiseman to follow There isnt a rookie in any of these three lines Jack ¬ son and Goldsworthy went to the Americans from Boston in player deals during the sum ¬ mer Goldsworthy played with the Hawks in his first year of major competition
