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Barry cannot walk; he gets around the house by squatting on a roller skate and using it as a scooter. He cannot go to school, but a teacher visits him two hours a day. Barry's mother, a railway worker's wife, always picks him up by the hips rather than grasping him under the arms. "He seems to have developed a sixth sense about bumping into anything that might break a bone," she says. "Unfortunately, he can't anticipate other people's actions. When visitors come, he usually sits under the table. He finds that...
...last few seconds of the period, Belmont's Russ Kingman made an unusual score. He passed out from behind the goal, but the puck was deflected from the skate of Crimson goalie Bob Hathaway, who had moved out, into the goal...
Moreover, no one can skate there at night--the only time when the ice is dependable--because there are no lights...
...Record to Beat. Richard's hockey ability comes naturally. As a boy growing up in a Montreal suburb, he used to skate to & from school in the best French-Canadian tradition. And even today, in solitary practice rituals that less talented players would scorn, Richard tears up & down the Canadiens' rink just to keep in shape. After four years of this sort of perseverance in Canada's bush hockey leagues, Richard hit the big time with the Canadiens...
Dusty Burke will again play on the second line with Bob DiBlasio and Nat Harris; Morgy Hatch will skate with Armory Hubbard and Walt Greeley. Bill Timpson is the spare wingman...