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Patrick, Lester, 113, 166, 220–22, 251, 255, 257, 258
Patrick, Ted, 221
Patterson, W. A., 76
Paul, Saint, 19
Peel, Harry, 48, 56–58
Pellatt, Sir Henry, 220
Perth Crescents, 51
Peterborough, 49, 102
Phillips, R., 105
Phillips, Tom, 51–54, 52, 56, 67, 104, 105, 105, 137, 166
Pietri, Dorando, 162–63
Pitre, Didier, 103, 104, 166
Pittsburgh Bankers, 43, 55
Pittsburgh Pirates, 108–9
Pogo, 41
Portage Lake Hockey Club, see Houghton Portage Lakers
Portage La Prairie Cities, 63, 138, 147, 171
Porter, Gus, 49, 57
Poulton, Ron, The Paper Tyrant, 23, 26, 123–24
Power, L., 10
Powers, Eddie, 229
Pringle, C., 36
professional hockey, 17–18, 21–22, 28, 75–77, 79–86, 120–21, 124–25, 164–66, 201–2, 207, 211, 268, 270, 285–86
all-star games, 123, 123, 148
amateur structures parallel to, 165, 201
barnstorming circuits in, 90, 125, 126, 139, 150, 230
baseball and, 45–46
CAAU and, 80–84, 81, 118–19, 164
Canadian nationalism and, 26–28, 70
CHA-NHA war and, 206–7, 209, 211
contract jumping and, 122, 166, 202
divisions between management and players in, 212
early matches compared with modern era, 95–101
first game (Toronto Professionals vs. Canadian Soo), 92–93, 95, 98, 101–2
free agency and, 91, 109, 122
Gibson and, 41–42
lack of regulation and, 121–22
lacrosse and, 76–77, 81
MAAA and, 76–77, 79, 81, 82
Nelson and, 30
OHA and, 16, 21–22, 46, 48–50, 57–59, 58, 61–62, 66, 70–72, 74–76, 75, 79, 80, 84–86, 102, 106–7, 124, 210
player salaries in, 166, 176, 202, 211, 212, 223, 233, 286
players as entrepreneurs in, 109
players’ union and, 212
profitability of, 121
Robertson and, 24–30, 45–46, 57–59, 61, 66, 70, 77, 79–82, 123, 124, 165, 210, 266
Ross and, 71–72, 73
semi-professionalism, 43, 107
and social discrimination against professionals, 17–18, 17, 228
Stanley Cup and, 71–72, 80, 121, 122, 238
syndicate, 221–22, 264
Toronto Marlboros and, 74–75, 75, 85–86
Toronto Wellingtons and, 32
professionalism, 16–22, 270
in lacrosse, 76–77, 81
see also amateurism; Athletic War; professional hockey
Quebec, 5, 8
Quebec Bulldogs, 44, 202, 203, 211, 250
Toronto Blue Shirts vs., 244, 251
Queen’s University, 15, 16, 31
Querrie, Charlie, 224, 229, 230, 231, 232, 264
Quinn, Emmett, 223, 224
Quinn, Percy, 168, 223–24, 224, 229, 231, 244, 246–47, 264
rail travel, 2, 101
Rat Portage Thistles, see Kenora Thistles
Ravina Rink, 232
Renfrew Creamery Kings (Renfrew Millionaires), 121, 135, 166, 182, 204, 206, 211–12, 221, 224, 255
Richard, Maurice, 283
Rideau Canal, 19
Rideau Rebels (Ottawa Rebels; ViceRegal and Parliamentary Hockey Club), 9–12, 10, 13, 280
Ridpath, David Bruce “Riddy,” 67, 68–69, 68, 74, 83, 85, 86, 96, 109, 196, 206, 210, 213, 225–26, 232, 244–45, 281–82
automobile accident of, 226–29, 227, 233, 242, 281
benefits held for, 228
canoeing of, 226, 281
canoer’s life saved by, 226, 228
death of, 281, 282
departure from Toronto Professionals, 189, 190, 191, 194, 196
as Toronto Blue Shirts manager, 225–26, 229, 233, 233, 238, 239, 241–42, 242, 244, 255
on Toronto Professionals, 91–93, 103, 104, 105, 109, 111, 113, 128–30, 134, 138, 139, 142–45, 148, 152, 154, 155, 157, 159, 160, 169, 171, 175, 179, 185, 227
Riel, Louis, 23, 25
Robertson, Jessie, 25
Robertson, John Gilbee, 24
Robertson, John Ross, vii, 22, 23–32, 29, 36, 39, 41, 93, 107, 118, 123–24, 182, 198, 200, 201, 210, 216, 217, 219, 231, 259–60, 266, 269, 270, 283–84, 286
appearance and personality of, 24
baseball and, 45–46
contradictions in life of, 24
death of, 266–68, 267
free trade issue and, 216, 270
funerals attended by, 124
hockey team started up by, 28, 130
office of, 71
OHA and, 70–72, 77, 117, 124, 215, 266, 267, 268
as OHA president, 25–30, 45–47, 56–59, 58, 61, 66, 70
philanthropy of, 24, 25, 124, 259, 266
Poulton’s biography of, 23, 26, 123–24
professionalism opposed by, 24–30, 45–46, 57–59, 61, 66, 70, 77, 79–82, 123, 124, 165, 210, 266
Robertson, J. S. “Cully,” 26
Robertson Cup, 26, 29, 31, 87, 196, 199, 214, 253
Robinson, Frank, 223, 244
Robinson, John “Black Jack,” 124, 216, 260
Ronan, Erskine Rockcliffe “Skene,” 170, 170, 171, 175, 177, 194, 250, 275, 279
departure from Toronto Professionals, 183, 184
Roosevelt, Theodore, 122
Rose, Ralph, 199
Ross, A., 105
Ross, Art, 152, 153, 156, 212
Ross, G. W., 216
Ross, Philip Dansken, 10, 16, 71–72, 73, 110, 120, 147–50
Rowe, Bobby, 72–73, 74, 91, 102, 255
Royal City Rink, 106, 167
Rumpel, Oscar, 22, 169
Runions, Zina, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 275
running meets, 201
Russell, Ernie, 114, 118, 152, 153
St. Catharines Athletics (“St. Kitts”), 166, 167, 176, 179
breakup of, 181–81, 187
Toronto Professionals vs., 176
St. Leger, F., 68
St. Michael’s College, 196, 199, 209, 240, 246
Saskatchewan League, 207, 233
Sault Ste. Marie, see Algonquin Hockey Club; American Soo Indians
Schenley Park Casino, 90
Seattle Metropolitans, 272, 273
Seinfeld, Jerry, 286
Serviss, Art, 171
Seton, Ernest Thompson, 20
Shore, Hamby, 172
Slean, W., 68, 93
Smaill, Walter, 150, 152, 155, 156, 255
Smart, W., 36
Smith, Alf, 122
Smith, Donald, 147, 148, 169, 183, 185, 186–88, 194, 234, 234, 250, 275
Smith, Harry, 122
Smith, Howard “Hank,” 186, 188, 188
Smith, Tommy, 174
Smith, W., 52, 68
Smiths Falls Hockey Club, 67–69, 182
Smythe, Conn, 232, 265, 271–72, 271
social purity movement, 6–7, 259
Solman, Lawrence “Lol,” 209, 209, 224, 232
Sons of Canada: Short Studies of Characteristic Canadians (Bridle), 260
Spanner, B., 86
Spittal, Baldy, 122
Sports Hall of Fame, 283
Stanley, Arthur, 10, 10, 13
Stanley, Edward, 10, 10
Stanley, Lord Frederick, 7, 10, 13, 27, 80
Stanley, Victor, 10
Stanley Cup, 7, 16, 31–32, 35, 39, 44, 62, 65, 104, 110, 115, 149–50, 165, 196, 201, 202, 213, 220, 238, 242–44, 250–51, 255, 258–59, 285
Dawson City Nuggets and, 65, 65
Miln and, 87
Montreal Wanderers and, xi-xiii, 64
OHA and, 66, 69–71, 74, 75, 80, 84–85
OPHL and, 126
Ottawa Silver Seven vs. Toronto Marlboros ga
me, 51–56, 63
professionalism and, 71–72, 80, 121, 122, 238
Toronto Blue Shirts and, 252, 254–55, 258–60, 259, 261, 262, 265, 272, 282
Toronto Professionals and, 117, 147–50, 157–58, 161, 172, 179, 181
Toronto Wellingtons vs. Winnipeg Victorias game, 31–39, 87
Stark, William, 82
Stuart, Bruce, 153, 154, 156, 172, 212
Stuart, William Hodgson “Hod,” 55, 113, 123, 123, 153
suffragette movement, 124, 210
Sullivan, James E., 119
Sweetland, John, 16
Sydney Millionaires, 258
syndicate hockey, 221–22, 264
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, 199
Taylor, Billy “Lady,” 128, 132, 141, 171, 174
Taylor, Fred “Cyclone,” 61–64, 63, 85–86, 128, 172, 206, 213, 233, 239, 280
Tecumseh Hockey Club, see Toronto Tecumsehs
Tecumseh Lacrosse Club, 175, 209, 224, 230, 246
telegraph, 2
television, 269, 269
Temiskaming League, 74, 84, 85, 102, 109, 144, 166, 183, 184, 190–91, 204
Throop, Art, 174, 239
Timmins, Noah, 204
Tom Brown’s School Days (Hughes), 19
Tooze, Mark, 92, 102, 104, 109, 128, 129, 138, 176
Toronto, 1–7, 4, 209–10, 270
early-season thaw in, 131, 131
hockey’s emergence in, 7–9
Montreal compared with, 5, 7
number of teams in, 213
as “Queen City,” 1, 6, 7
Queen Street, 6
Toronto 228th Battalion, 263
Toronto Amateur Athletic Club (TAAC), 168, 174, 185, 194, 224, 240
Toronto Aquatic Hockey League, 92
Toronto Arenas, 264, 271–72
Toronto Argonauts, 47, 72, 74, 82, 118
Toronto Athletics, 165, 187, 223
Toronto Bank Hockey League, 14
Toronto Baseball and Amusement Company, 209
Toronto Blue Shirts (Toronto Hockey Club), 224, 225, 229–30, 233, 234–35, 240–45, 242, 246–60, 248, 255, 256, 271–74
absence from 1916–17 season, 263
Livingstone’s ownership of, 262, 263, 272
Marshall as manager and coach of, 244, 249, 257, 258
Marshall on, 241–44, 243, 254, 262, 272–73
Montreal Canadiens vs., 234–35, 244, 250–54
Montreal Wanderers vs., 251–52, 252
Quebec Bulldogs vs., 244, 251
rebrandings of, 264, 265, 271
recruitment strategy of, 238–40
Ridpath as manager of, 225–26, 229, 233, 233, 238, 239, 241–42, 242, 244, 255
Seattle Metropolitans and, 272, 273
Stanley Cup and, 252, 254–55, 258–60, 259, 261, 262, 265, 272, 282
Toronto Tecumsehs vs., 230–31, 237, 243
TR&AA and, 240
Victoria Aristocrats vs., 250, 255–59
First World War and, 261–62
Toronto Church Boys Brigade Hockey League, 14
Toronto Daily Mail, 11
Toronto Eatonias, 215, 237, 240
Toronto Globe, xii, 2, 25, 30, 47, 48, 53, 72, 73, 75, 84–85, 92, 102, 103, 127, 131, 160, 172, 193, 206, 210
Toronto Granites, 8, 11–12, 13
Toronto Hockey Club (Bellingham’s failed 1903 franchise), 46, 46, 51, 75
Toronto Hockey Club (formed in 1906), see Toronto Professionals
Toronto Hockey Club (formed in 1911), see Toronto Blue Shirts
Toronto Island, 209
Toronto Junior Hockey League, 14
Toronto Lacrosse Club, 86, 137, 223–25, 224, 246–47, 280
Toronto Lacrosse Hockey League, 14, 50
Toronto Mail and Empire, 2, 11–12, 13, 102, 108–9
Toronto Maple Leafs, xiii, 9, 265, 271, 271
Toronto Marlboros (“Little Dukes”), ii, 49, 50–51, 52, 66–67, 68, 73–76, 88, 102, 112, 130, 132
Haileybury Comets vs., at New Liskeard, 74–75, 75, 85, 190
Hewitt and, 61–62
OHA and, 50–52, 54–56, 66, 73–76, 75, 79, 85
professionalism and, 74–75, 75, 85–86
in Smiths Falls game, 67–69
Stanley Cup challenge against Ottawa Silver Seven, 51–56, 63
Taylor and, 61–62
Toronto New Forts, 12
Toronto News, xiii, 2, 17, 51, 54, 72, 82, 87, 103, 131–32, 157, 170, 195, 210, 213, 231, 254
Toronto Northmen, 285
Toronto Ontarios, 246–47
Livingstone’s purchase of, 262
see also Toronto Tecumsehs
Toronto Osgoodes, see Osgoode Hall
Toronto Professionals, xii-xiii, 91–93, 112, 114, 115, 117, 125, 126, 128–30, 134, 146, 151, 157–58, 168–70, 177–79, 246, 274
Algonquin Hockey Club vs., 92–93, 95, 98, 101–2
American Soo vs., 102–4
in barnstorming circuit, 90, 126, 139
Berlin Dutchmen vs., 111–12, 130–32, 138–40, 142–43, 144, 145–46, 159–61, 171, 173, 177, 187–88
Brantford Braves vs., 132–33, 140–42, 146–47, 174, 185–86, 192, 194–95, 195
breakup of, 197–98, 202, 207–8, 213, 214
and breakup of Guelph and St. Catharines teams, 183, 187
colours changed by, 130
downward trend of, 159, 161, 179, 192–97
ECHA and, 168
first game of, 92–93, 95, 98, 101–2
formation of, xii, 82, 83, 86
Galt Professionals vs., 175, 185, 188–89, 192–94
Guelph Royals vs., 108, 133–34, 138, 144, 146, 160, 173–74, 179, 181
Kenora Thistles vs., 104–6
last game of, 194–95, 195
Miln and, 86, 87, 92
Montreal Wanderers vs., xi-xii, 113–14, 151–56, 157–59, 221, 238, 256
Ontario All-Stars vs., 148
Ottawa Silver Seven vs., 172–73
Pittsburgh Pirates vs., 108–9
players working for other teams, 109–10
St. Catharines Athletics vs., 176
Sault Ste. Marie Algonquins vs., 95
Stanley Cup and, 117, 147–50, 157–58, 161, 172, 179, 181
Toronto Rugby and Athletic Association (TR&AA), 240, 253, 262
Toronto St. Georges, 12, 50–51, 88, 110–11, 112
Toronto St. Patricks, 264, 265, 271, 272
Toronto Shamrocks, 262, 279
Toronto Simcoes, 28, 130
Toronto Star, 2, 30, 47, 48, 51, 53, 56, 62, 72, 85, 88, 91, 102, 127, 147, 176, 177, 190, 209, 210, 229, 243, 250, 251, 256, 269, 275, 281
Toronto Tecumsehs (“Indians”), 175, 224, 229–30, 230, 232, 234–35, 240–41, 241, 246–47
Montreal Wanderers vs., 244
recruitment strategy of, 238–39
selling of, 245–46
Toronto Blue Shirts vs., 230–31, 237, 243
see also Toronto Ontarios
Toronto Telegram, xii, 2, 24, 25, 30, 47, 56, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79, 85, 91–92, 102, 106, 107, 117, 124, 127, 132, 137, 144, 148, 152, 157, 158, 181, 186, 191, 195, 198, 199, 210, 211, 216, 219, 237, 258–60, 259, 266, 283
Toronto Victorias, 12
Toronto Wellingtons (“Iron Dukes”), 36, 38, 50, 51, 79, 112
Miln and, 86–87
in Stanley Cup challenge vs. Winnipeg Victorias, 31–39, 87
Toronto Westerns, 67
Toronto World, xiii, 2, 132, 189, 281
transportation, 2, 101
see also automobiles
Tyner, Chuck, 128, 277–78, 278
death of, 278
theological career of, 278,
on Toronto Marlboros, 67, 68, 74, 107, 128, 129, 130
on Toronto Professionals, 133, 134, 139, 140, 142, 143, 148, 149, 152, 154, 156, 160, 169, 172, 175, 176, 179, 185, 188, 194, 195, 277–78
Tyner, Mary Sprague, 278
Ulrich, Jack, 255
University of Toronto Varsity Blues, 50, 142
Upper Canada College, 28
Vair, Steve, 91, 102, 239, 247
Vancouver Millionaires, 221, 280
ViceRegal and Parliamentary Hockey Club, see Rideau Rebels
Victoria, Queen, 5–6
Victoria Aristocrats, 221
Toronto Blue Shirts vs., 250, 255–59
Victoria Harbour, 129
Victoria Hockey Club, see Winnipeg Victorias
Victoria Skating Rink, 88, 96
Vivian, G., 52
Waghorne, Fred, 50, 52, 141
Walker, Jack, 248, 249, 254, 258, 272
Wall, Tom, 246
Walsh, Marty, 92, 172, 213
Ward, H., 10
Ward, John, 128
Waterloo, 22
Waterloo Colts, 279
Welch, T., 68
Wellington Hockey Club, see Toronto Wellingtons
Westbrook, Fred, 130
Western Ontario Athletic Association, 110
Western Pennsylvania Hockey League (WPHL), 29, 43, 63–64, 125, 169, 191
Westmount Arena (Montreal Arena), xi, 69, 88
Whitcroft, Fred, 166
Whitehead, Lawson, 175, 175, 176, 230
Williams, W. G. “Pop,” 169, 173
Willow Arena, 222
Wilson, Carol “Cully,” 239, 249, 258, 272
Winchester, Edgar, 52, 54, 68, 74, 107, 170
Winged Wheelers, 103, 118, 242–43
Wingfield, C., 10
Winnipeg Arena, 88
Winnipeg Maple Leafs, 122
Montreal Wanderers vs., 147, 150
Winnipeg Rowing Club, 69
Winnipeg Shamrocks, 166
Winnipeg Victorias, 51, 83, 104, 165, 242
in Stanley Cup challenge vs. Toronto Wellingtons, 31–39, 87
Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 6
World Football League, 285
World Series, 46
Worts, J., 36
Wright, A. “Doc,” 52, 67
Wyndham, William, 57–58
Yewman, Frank, 124
Young, Elizabeth Ross Greene, 279
Young, Fred, 176, 179, 191
Young, Roland Wilbur “Rolly,” 67, 68, 68, 74, 84, 109, 185, 190, 275–76, 278–79
on Berlin Dutchmen, 171, 173, 187
death of, 279
OHA and, 85
on Toronto Professionals, 86, 91, 92, 103, 105, 108, 110, 113, 128–30, 134, 134, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 148, 149, 152–55, 159
Zweig, Eric, 62
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