Show Hockey Lead Leaders rs I Play for Title Detroit Looms as Big Threat to Favored Ice Teams S After Loop Victory r TORONTO March 22 ff After P-After After a curtain raiser ralser in the form of Tuesdays Tuesdays Tuesday's Tuesdays Tuesday's Tues Tues- days day's scoreless less tie between the Montreal Montreal Mon Mon- treal Maroons and md New Ne- York Rangers Rang Rang- er ers third place contenders the National National Na Na- Hockey leagues league's playoff s series ries begins in dead earnest Thursday i night With the Detroit li Red fled Wings mak- mak making making ing their first bid for the title league since they en entered ered the circuit in 1926 the other four cl dubs clubs bs which qualified in the regular s on hit th the trail which winds up i in the battle 1 for r the Stanley cup and the worlds world's cham chain t Detroit the dark horse team which finished first in the American divisi division n. n plays the Toronto o Maple Leafs wes last years year's league champions Meanwhile Ie the second place clubs o othe of the two sections the Montreal Montrea I and Chicago clash at Montreal The Thc Toronto Detroit game is the first of ota ofa a series of ot the best beat three ou out of ot five games which sends the winner directly Into the Stanley cup finals In addition to bringing p possession for fora a year of or the prince of Wales cup The and meet in the first half halt of ot a Q two-game two duel decided on a a total goal basis The winner must meet the victor ot of o othe the thc similar clash clish b between tw cn the Rangers Rang ers and Maroons who play their second second sec sec- ond game at New York Sunday |