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csd «y ALAN GOULD kss
The world of sport has few rec
ords of team or individual endur
ance to compare with that of the
New York Rangers, world cham
picn p-cfossicnal hockey team, five
stars of wide 1 have now played to
gether eve • inco the club entered
the National neague in 1926-27 and
one of vioni, John Murray Mur
dO '.i 1— '. •'ken all hockey rec
ord' " ’l aying more than <03 son
secv.tive j j: „
lac N v vork Yankee' w:ro
champions o' mo American League
the ear-n vear the Fmnyers were
organized, -u. no more man four
of tne rarr'.’ca ".re still on the ros
ter and two cf these. Babe Ruth
and Eailo Combs, have nearly play
ed ou: the string. The others, who
were fryen star" wit ' "" Yan
kees in 1926, are Lou Gehrig and
Tcpv Lazceri. Not a single survivor
of the 192J pitching staff is now
with the Yankees and only two,
Sam Jones and Herb Pennock, are
still with the major leagues.
Contrast with this the fact that
the famous Cook brothers and
Prank Boucher, of the Rangers,
are now in their eighth consecu
tive season as the first forward
line, with Ching Johnson, the old
warhorse, stlQ backing them up.
Murdoch’s record for consecutive
games does not compare with Geh
rig’s mark of 1347 consecutive base
ball games, but the hazards in
hockey are far greater.
