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Leafs Down Rangers Three in ill Row ROLV to Become H Hockey ocke Rulers TORONTO April 11 W H The The Toronto Toronto To To- Maple l Leafs who are tre taken as asa asa asa a whole th the youngest team in the National Na National hockey hocke league ue are the new neV champions of the hockey world and they won the Stanley cup ancient emblem o of the tiU title in a way which le left t no doubt as to their championship champion champion- ship ranking Only seven Toronto players can be berated berated berated rated as real veterans But the youngsters youngsters young young- several of them playing their first season in the bi big league and all aU of them new to the Stanley cup battle came through with some of the outstanding outstanding out out- standing performances This team eliminated in the first preliminary round a year ago trounced the New Nei York Rangers n a team o of Veterans in three straight games sames with a remarkable scoring ex ex- The Thc scores were 6 4 6 2 and 6 4 Most of the Ran Rangers ers had help helped cd win the cup in the 1928 playoffs but bul the defense contained three first year men in major league hockey an and it was here that they developed a weakness Big Dig Ching Johnson played a great game and Goalie John Roach shone in the final game Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- night but the they could not handle han handie dIe dle the job alone The Leafs started the final game I with a dazzling rush when Andy Blair scored two goals be before ore the first period was half hall over and with 15 minutes of ot the final frame gone they led 5 51 Then the Rangers with the veteran Frank Boucher in the van staged a comeback but it was too toolate late Boucher figured in III every Ran Ranger Rang er el score making three goals himself |