Word: midseason
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...midseason, three steamed-up teams were virtually tied for the National Hockey League lead, with a fourth within easy swatting distance. Montreal's high-flying Canadiens, minus their star goalie, Bill Durnan (broken hand), squared off last week against Toronto, and got licked 5-to-4. Potent Detroit flattened the Boston Bruins, but lost capable Syd Howe (possible fractured rib) in the business of winning...
...Degan by putting his foot in his mouth. The first day he read a highhanded riot act to the club, and Veteran Chick Hafey whispered to tobacco-chewing Jim Bot-tomley, "Don't look now, but there's a hell on the job." Southworth got fired in midseason...
...Jolly Cholly" Grimm learned the hard way to take it easy. During the '305, he won two Cubs' pennants in three years, then was banished to the minors when his '38 team began cracking in midseason. Rescued from Milwaukee last year, he had become philosophical enough to treat his adult hired-help like adults. He served beer in the dressing room after each game, and concentrated on getting team spirit. How well the spirit moves the Cubs is apparent in their record: they have won 42 of their last 54 games...
...bagged his other bonus by another hairbreadth: the Canadiens squeezed through the holiday with a bare one-point, league-leading edge over the Detroit Red Wings. The Detroiters had been all but unbeatable in recent weeks, and looked like likely first-placers when they met the Canadiens in a midseason "crucial game" last week. Blake, Richard and Lach promptly busted that bubble; their eight goals and eight assists, with Right-Winger Richard going on a five-goal spree, added up to a crushing 9-to-1 victory...
Other Top Teams. The capacity crowd at Baltimore Stadium was typical: just past midseason, a report from 72 colleges showed that 3,237,830 fans had attended games, a 25% increase over last year. Wherever two good teams played last week, the stands were jampacked...