Plenty of Nothing

5 Pfennig, Danzig

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St Sulpice Garden, 1930

St. Sulpice Garden (1930) by Ethel Seath. Source.

Class of 1945 Library

Class of 1945 Library, Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire. Source.

NY Americans at NY Rangers, March 16, 1941

Hooley Smith, New York American. Source.

1st period: Lynn Patrick opened the scoring with two goals in the first six minutes, his 19th and 20th of the season. Kirby MacDonald added another for the Rangers before Ralph Wycherley got the Americans on the board.

2nd period: Lorne Carr scored a pair for the Americans, but the Rangers got a goal apiece from Phil Watson and Muzz Patrick.

3rd period: Mac Colville got one for the Rangers, bringing the score to 6 - 3 Rangers.

The New York Americans ended the regular season in seventh place, the only team to miss the playoffs.

This was the last NHL game for Hall of Famers Hooley Smith and Charlie Conacher, as well as for journeymen Viv Allen, Lloyd Finkbeiner, Peter Slobodian and Jack Tomson.

Which NHL players of the Twenties were still in the NHL in 1940-41?

                                   1st season          1st club                 1940-41 club

Hooley Smith               1924-25    Ottawa Senators           NY Americans

Dit Clapper                  1927-28    Boston Bruins                Boston Bruins

Georges Mantha         1928-29    Montreal Canadiens      Montreal Canadiens

Johnny Gottselig         1928-29    Chicago Black Hawks    Chicago Black Hawks

Mush March                1928-29    Chicago Black Hawks    Chicago Black Hawks

Charlie Conacher        1929-30    Toronto Maple Leafs      NY Americans

Busher Jackson           1929-30    Toronto Maple Leafs      NY Americans

Ebbie Goodfellow        1929-30    Detroit Cougars              Detroit Red Wings

Syd Howe                    1929-30    Ottawa Senators            Detroit Red Wings

Junior Hoilett

Canadian Junior Hoilett plays senior football for Hibs. Source.

Morton visit Hamilton Academical. Morton are sixth with 34 points, Accies eighth with 28. After three league meetings the two are even at a win, a draw and a loss. Hamilton knocked Morton out of the Challenge Cup.

Hamilton's top scorer is Oli Shaw, who has 10 goals, including 3 against Morton. Morton's top scorer this season is Filip Stuparević with 5 goals, but he's no longer with the club. The next highest Morton goalscorer is Cammy Blues with 4 goals, if you can call 4 goals high.

[Morton win 0 - 2 on goals by Keay and Crawford.]

The other Championship matches:

Queen's Park 0 - 2 Partick Thistle (March 11)

Raith Rovers (6th) (5th) 2 - 0 Dunfermline (9th) (yesterday)

Airdrieonians (10th) [3 - 3] Livingston (3rd)

Partick Thistle (4th) [2 - 0] Ayr United (2nd)

Queen's Park (7th) [0 - 4] Falkirk (1st)

Other matches:

Athlone 2 - 1 UCD (yesterday)

Okayama Yunogo Belle [1 - 3] Sfida Setagaya

The Nadeshiko League begins.

Lillestrøm [2 - 1] Odd (friendly)

Odd Kvinner [1 - 3] Hønefoss (friendly)

Fraserburgh [2 - 0] Nairn County

Civil Service Strollers [3 - 1] Caledonian Braves

Carluke Rovers [1 - 2] Knightswood

Buchanhaven [0 - 2] Culter

HFX Wanderers [W - L] Ipswich Town [2nd XI?] (friendly)

FC Isle of Man [3 - 3] Pilkington

Mito HollyHock [2 - 2] Vegalta Sendai (tomorrow)

Iwate Grulla Morioka [2 - 1] Reilac Shiga (tomorrow)

Elfen Saitama [0 - 4] Albirex Niigata (tomorrow)

Morton Women [1 - 4] Falkirk (tomorrow)

FC Isle of Man [2 - 2] Prestwick Heys (tomorrow)

Lowland League Cup, SF (March 11):

Bo'ness United 0 - 0 Tranent [Bo'ness win on PK]

Linlithgow Rose 1 - 2 East Kilbride

South Challenge Cup, SF:

East Kilbride [4 - 2] Musselburgh Athletic

West of Scotland League Cup, SF:

Largs Thistle [1 - 0] Darvel

Auchinleck Talbot [1 - 1] Thorniewood United [talbot win on PK]

UEFA Europa League, Round of 16, second leg (March 13):

Rangers 0 - 2 Fenerbahçe

3 - 3 on aggregate. Rangers win on PK and advance.

AFC Champions League Elite, Round of 16, second leg:

Yokohama F. Marinos 4 - 1 Shanghai Port (March 11)

Kawasaki Frontale 4 - 0 Shanghai Shenhua (March 12)

Gwangju 3 - 2 Vissel Kobe (March 12)

Marinos and Frontale advance. Vissel Kobe are out.

AFC Champions League Two, QF, second leg:

Lion City Sailors 1 - 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (March 12)

Sanfrecce are out.

Concacaf Champions Cup, Round of 16, second leg (March 12):

Monterrey 2 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps [Whitecaps win on the away goal rule]

Historical matches:

1902/3/15      Partick Thistle 2 - 1 Morton    G&WoSL

1941/3/15      Queen's Park 2 - 1 Morton

2003/3/11      Morton 2 - 2 Stirling Albion

Two goals for Eddie Annand.

2003/3/15      Morton 2 - 1 East Stirlingshire

Goals for Eddie Annand and Scott Bannerman.

Morton league goalscoring, the last ten 36-game Championship seasons:

2024-25    on track for 40

2023-24    43*

2022-23    53*

2021-22    36*

2018-19    36*

2017-18    47*

2016-17    44*

2015-16    39*

2013-14    32

2012-13    73

*finished the season with more points than goals 

Hamilton Academical in the Lanarkshire Cup, 1890s:

1890/11/1      Royal Albert 7 - 0 Hamilton Academical    R1

1891/10/31    Royal Albert 5 - 5 Hamilton Academical    R1

1891/11/7      Hamilton Academical 1 - 7 Royal Albert    R1 replay

1892/10/8      Hamilton Academical 1 - 5 Royal Albert    R1

1893/10/28    Albion Rovers 1 - 2 Hamilton Academical    R1

1893/11/18    Hamilton Academical 7 - 0 Glengowan    R2

1894/2/10      Hamilton Academical 3 - 1 Royal Albert (protested)    SF

1894/2/24      Hamilton Academical 3 - 5 Royal Albert (protested)    SF replay

1894/3/10      Hamilton Academical 3 - 5 Royal Albert    SF 2nd replay

1894/10/27    Hamilton Academical 3 - 1 Hamilton Harp    R1

1894/11/28    Albion Rovers 3 - 2 Hamilton Academical    R2

1895/11/2      Hamilton Academical 4 - 1 Dykehead    R1

1895/12/14    Hamilton Academical vs Airdrieonians (not played)    R2

1896/2/1        Royal Albert 2 - 0 Hamilton Academical    SF

1896/10/17    Hamilton Academical 2 - 4 Wishaw Thistle    R1

1897/10/16    Hamilton Academical 5 - 0 Royal Albert (protested)    R1

1897/10/30    Hamilton Academical 2 - 0 Royal Albert    R1 replay

1897/11/13    Wishaw Thistle 2 - 1 Hamilton Academical    R2

1898/10/15    Hamilton Academical 2 - 2 Dykehead    R1

1898/10/22    Dykehead 2 - 0 Hamilton Academical    R1 replay

1899/10/14    Hamilton Academical 2 - 1 Dykehead    R1

1899/11/11    Longriggend wo/scr Hamilton Academical    R2

(Source: Scottish Football Historical Archive)

What's in Kazuo Ishiguro's Bookcase?

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Manga shelf:

(left to right)

book

book

Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth

book

Joe Sacco, Palestine

9 books

The Fade Out

Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

2 books

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, A Drifting Life

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Good-Bye

2 books

Jason Lutes, Jar of Fools

Alan Moore, Storyteller

Moby Dick

Doxiadis et al., Logicomix

Jason Lutes, Belin: City of Stones

Jason Lutes, Berlin: City of Smoke

Jason Lutes, Berlin: City of Light

Science fiction shelf:

(on top)

Isaac Asimov, The Complete Robot

Project Itoh, Harmony

two orange Penguins (John Wyndham?)

(left to right)

Ted Chiang, Exhalation (advance proof?)

Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem

19 other books

James Smythe, The Explorer

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

six J.G. Ballards

J.G. Ballard, Miracles of Life

J.G. Ballard, Empire of the Sun

Italian shelf:

(on top)

a 1980s King Penguin

an orange book

Moravia, Roman Tales

Roberto Saviaro, Gomorrah

x, Almost Blue

a Pelican

a Fount paperback

a white book with two red stripes

(left to right)

book

Elio Vittorini, Conversations in Sicily

five Elena Ferrantes

28 or 29 other books

Leave a comment if you recognize another.

44th All Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Showa University Blue Winds. Source.

It's the 44th All Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. The teams are:

Group A    Showa University Blue Winds, Kushiro Bears, Takasu Clinic Mikage Gretz, Seibu Princess Rabbits, Toyota Cygnus, Hokkaido Barbarians HC Infinity, Road Construction Peregrine, Daishin;

Group B    Tokachi Obihiro Ladies, Vortex Sapporo, Chunichi Ladies, Nishinomiya Ladies, Tweedia Crest, Hachinohe Club, Saitama Ice Hockey Girls, Nikko Ice Bucks Ladies;

Group C    Crystal Blaze, Hiroshima Collectors, Kashiwara Carlets (Women), Makomanai Ladies, Fukuoka Silkies, Karuizawa Fairies, Nippon Sports Science University, Ladies Rabbits.

How does this tournament work?

The objective is to find a national champion, but also to rank the participating teams, as they don't all play in the same league.

Three tournaments are played simultaneously: A, for the top eight teams; B, for teams 9 to 16; and C, for teams 17 to 24. Tournaments A and B consist of 16 games each; tournament C has 12.

The eight teams in tournament A consist of the top seven from last year's A tournament plus the winner of last year's B tournament. The pairings on day one are based on last year's rankings, so 1st against B tournament's 1st, 2nd against 7th, 3rd against 6th, and 4th against 5th. These are games 1 to 4.

On day two the four winners pair off, highest against lowest according to last year's ranking, and the four losers pair off, highest against lowest according to last year's ranking. These are games 5 to 8.

On day three the teams divide off into two groups, A1 and A2. A1 consists of the teams from games 5 and 7; A2 consists of the teams from games 6 and 8. First in A1 plays second in A2; first in A2 plays second in A1; third in A1 plays fourth in A2; and third in A2 plays fourth in A1. These are games 9 to 12.

By day four the teams are ready to be ranked. Game 13 decides 7th and 8th place, game 14 decides 5th and 6th place; game 15 decides 3rd and 4th place; and game 16 decides 1st and 2nd. The first-place team in the new ranking is national champion.

If the only objective were to find a champion, then the whole thing could be over in seven games: 4 quarter-finals, 2 semi-finals and a final. Twelve games are all that are really needed to rank the teams, and that's what they play in tournament C. The day three games are just to allow teams an extra chance, it seems.

Group A:

March 13

Match No. 1: Seibu Princess Rabbits [5 - 2] Showa University Blue Winds

Match No. 2: Mikage Gretz [0 - 6] Toyota Cygnus

Match No. 3: Daishin [10 - 0] Infinity

Match No. 4: Kushiro Bears [0 - 5] Road Construction Peregrine

March 14

Match No. 5: [Blue Winds 4 - 2 Mikage Gretz]

Match No. 6: [Infinity 5 - 3 Kushiro Bears]

Match No. 7: [Seibu Princess Rabbits 2 - 3 Toyota Cygnus]

Match No. 8: [Daishin 3 - 4 Peregrine]

March 15

Match No. 9:   [Blue Winds 1 - 2 Kushiro Bears]

Match No. 10: [Mikage Gretz 5 - 3 Infinity]

Match No. 11: [Cygnus 1 - 2 Daishin]

Match No. 12: [Seibu Princess Rabbits 2 - 3 Peregrine]

March 16

Match No. 13: [Blue Winds 3 - 0 Infinity]

Match No. 14: [Kushiro Bears 2 - 5 Mikage Gretz]

Match No. 15: [Cygnus 3 - 2 Seibu Princess Rabbits]

Match No. 16: [Daishin 3 - 1 Peregrine]

Vortex Sapporo win Group B and Kazuizawa Fairies win Group C.

Previous Plenty of Nothing coverage of the All Japan Women's Hockey Championship:

43rd (2024), won by Seibu Princess Rabbits.

42nd (2023), won by Road Construction Peregrine.

41st (2022), cancelled.

40th (2021), won by Road Construction Peregrine.

39th (2020), cancelled.

38th (2019), won by Road Construction Peregrine.

Masset 1912

An unknown Emily Carr recently turned up in upstate New York. Source.

He Who Is Without Mathematics Shall Not Enter

Which is to say, nae eejits. Niddry Street South, Edinburgh. Source.

Moosehead Presidential Pack

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