“Look out! There he comes!”
Leaning far forward, riding a little blackobject along the ice in the crook of his stick, theblades of his skates throwing a fine spray of iceas he swerved to right and left, Carl Hemmer,Taber High’s great hockey star, was in themidst of one of his famed solo dashes. Anamazing individual performer, Carl had twicesplit Howard Prep’s defense wide open, chargingrecklessly in on her goalie to smack the puckinto the net. There was nothing he relishedmore than disconcerting the enemy and the entireHoward sextet was certainly frantically bewilderedat his maneuvers. No team had, thusfar, been able to keep Carl bottled up. Irrepressiblein nature, he defied opposing sixes tostop him—combining daring with superb stickhandling and dazzling skating. The tougherthe going, the more it stimulated him, Carl possessingthe ability to rise to all situations.
“We’ll get him thi