Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...down, naughty French trick, was again produced on some of Detroit's best industrial stages. As follows...
Rugged, red-faced James Norris is a rich Chicago grain broker, noted for his smart trading. He also owns the Detroit Red Wings (major-league hockey club). Last week when the Red Wings lost their seventh game out of nine this season, it was too much for Owner Norris. Dipping into his gold-lined jeans, he persuaded the league-leading Boston Bruins to sell Goaltender Cecil ("Tiny") Thompson for $15,000 (highest price ever paid for a goalie). No less shocked than hockey fans was Tiny Thompson (so named because he is so big), who had been with the Bruins...
...Tiny Thompson philosophically packed his bags, including the lucky goalie pads he has been wearing for 14 years, pocketed the $1,000 check the Bruins gave him to soothe his injured feelings, and entrained for Detroit. There the nimble hands, quick eyes and split-second judgment that had made him the best goalie in the world behaved as well for the Red Wings as they had for the Bruins. In his first game the Red Wings trounced the top-notch Chicago Black Hawks, 4-to-1. "We'll be just as good as Boston before long," chuckled Newcomer Thompson...
United Press Dispatch--Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 0; Montreal 4, Detroit...
Foremost of the deals Terry, Manager of the New York Giants, had in mind was purchase of Zeke Bonura, first baseman for the Washington Senators. Six American League clubs had waived the $7,500 price on Bonura. The Giants' manager was expected to offer Bonura a contract if Detroit, the seventh American League club, waives its claim...