Sport: Baby Bruin

Four weeks ago when the Boston Bruins sold Goalie Tiny (180 Ibs.) Thompson to the Detroit Red Wings, Boston hockey fans moaned into their mufflers. "We had the best goalie in the world," they grumbled, "and Manager Art Ross sells him for $15,000!" Last week the moans turned to cheers. The rookie who had been raised from the Bruins Providence farm into Goalie Thompson's post had brought the Bruins six shutouts in seven games, had made Boston the frosty focus of the hockey world.

Rookie Frankie Brimsek, a native American (that in itself...

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