Sport: Off-Season Hero

What can you expect when a hockey team is managed by a baseball umpire? Such was the prevailing taunt among U. S. sport fans when the Chicago Black Hawks, managed by Baseball Umpire Bill Stewart, wound up the regular season four weeks ago with only 14 victories in 48 games. Ending in third place in their division of the National Hockey League. Bill Stewart's team just qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, but few insiders gave, them an outside chance to win it.

Last week, after the Black Hawks had swooped down on their three...

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