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Reyn 1946: Mickey Owen, Joe Louis Made News; Davis 1971: And Is Still Making It By BRUCE LEVBTT For all that time he has pa- into the toes of the boots and Today he says he'll proba- shares in a ranch; is sports the artliirilic condition iu his Hope Springs Elenuil Canadian Press Sports editor trolled the right wing for De- mail-order catalogues down bly go into life insurance on a adviser for a Canadian de- left wrist. Gordie Howe, -13 tomorrow, troit Red Wings. Other his trousers as shin pads, and full-time basis when he quits- partment store chain; docs And he has been aboard one WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Staff) — If you're a base- lias been in the National players — his centres, his op- never looked back. hockey but "I'll play as long promotion work for a of the most unhappy clubs in as my legs hold out." car company; co-owns a fran- the NHL, a team torn with ball nut, this is springtime in Mecca. Hockey League for 25 years posite wingmen and the de- Ilis greatest thrill in hockey — longer than any other [cnccmcn and goalies who came on Oct 16, 1946, against "I think it's a good way to c h i s e d string of hockey front-office strife which has Florida is the generating station where 12 Major player. *• back him up — came and in the make a living." schools, and sells insurance filtered down to the players. League teams and all of their affiliates tribe religiously went. Coaches changed and Detroit Olympia. Then 18, he But it has cost him, in pain for Olympia Insurance Co., Nevertheless, he says: every spring to re-chargn their batteries. so did general managers. fired a past Turk Brpda and in education. owned by Red Wings pres- "I'll play next year if my ident Bruce Norris. , training camp style, Is symbolically the There was one hali-heartcd at 13:39 of the second'period. "Gordie worries about his hand is better. Regardless, It was his first NHL . lack of education," his wife, A quiet, almost shy man in I'll be in training camp." fresh start everyone has craved at one time or another. attempt to try him out on defence, but it didn't last and More than 20 years later he Colleen, says. public, Howe can be a silent Past records mean nothing. This is where it all begins he reclaimed the rigllt wing.. was to say: "You start get- "But I keep telling him peo- avenger on the ice — deadly and old men in broad-brimmed hats seem to sense it His sticks, with which he ting up for a game the day of ple will accept him because in the corners with fist or because the ball parks are full of them. set records, are enshrined in the game. . of the kind of guy he is." slick. "I still get nervous. 1 sup- Gordie says: "I finished He has taken more than 300 "I'm so worried about where I'm going I can feel grey the . pose I always will." Grade 8, then quit after a hair sprouting out of my head," said a young San Antonio There were injuries and stitches in his face, but you During his 23rd year in the month of my first year in have to peer closely to see boy, who dreams of playing in Quebec City this summer. honors and Gordie Howe con- league he mused: high school. Gee, I often wish tinued to skate on past them. their delicate tracery. He has He asks one of the Whips to him ground balls for "I plan to try for 25 years. that somebody had made me suffered damaged knees, bro- Just how long is 25 years? Twenty-five ... a quarter of stay in school. an hour after practice. He would give his eye teeth to be ken ribs, a broken wrist, Time to marry and raise • a century. It really sounds • "But I came east to play in one of them, but right now, he'would gladly settle tor broken toes, a shoulder dislo- four children, two of whom are something when you say it Gait, Ont., and as soon as I cation, scalp wounds and Quebec City and the No. 3 team in the Expos organization. approaching the stage where like that, eh? But 25 is a nice, got there I went out and got a other cuts. round figure." job with Gait Metal Indus- Last year, he was with West Palm Beach . . . and they will be ready to step into Right now he suffers from Did he expect to last 25 tries." that's No. 4, only a peg ahead of the No. 5 team at Water- the NHL in a couple of years. arthritis in his left wrist But it was a different world years back when he started Gordie Howe has done well town, S.D. — the old Goldeye franchise. out? without formal schooling. He which, he says, is cu'ting when the kid from , down his efficiency. Managers are as starry-eyed as (he kids. They talk of moved up to the big club "I was hoping I'd last one owns his own hockey arena in winning pennants that could be out of reach by August. from Omaha of the United year — so I could brag about suburban Detroit; a herd of A reporter who was there the night long ago Howe had Talk is cheap, but hope is even cheaper. States Hockey League in 1946. it." 150 Hereford brood cows; Rationing, a holdover from a stick rammed into his eye Everyone seems to be hoping in Florida. West Palm CORDIE HOWE the Second World War which tells this story: Beach is hoping for rain; the Cubans are hoping that . . . vintage 1946 had ended a year earlitr, was "They rushed him to hospi- Fidel Castro croaks; Miami is hoping for a racially quiet still in effect and a count of tal. I went too, and other im- summer; and the older people are just hoping, period.. ration books showed that Can- porters and team officials. ada, had a population of We waited in the hallway. He CORDIE HOWE The latest Florida census is that 14 per cent of its citi- had a brain hemorrhage and Toronto 12.120,044. . . . vintage 1971 zens are GO years or older — making the state the oldest When sons Mark and Marty doctors operated to relieve of all 50. It's the Victoria of the South. are ready for the big league the pressure. For 10 months of the year, Florida is the warm, tem- the population should be "I thought he was going to die. I had the story all writ- perent place everybody says it is. For the other two Rolls Out about twice the size it was when their father broke in. ten .'. . But he came out of it 'The Book' months — August and September — you feel like the loser In sport at that time catch- and was back playing a in the final seconds of the 15th round . . tired, irrevocably er Mickey Owen,^ goat of the month later." beat and burned beyond recognition. The Carpet 1951 World Series with Brook- Howe seldom drinks and The long-hair fad has either passed or never reached lyn Dodgers, was suspended never smokes and his only On Gordie TORONTO (CP) — Mayor from baseball for five years concession to passing years is Florida. Maybe it's a state law, but those who have hair Willian Dennison has made it for playing in the outlawed to keep a stricter diet than he By keep it short. official—Wednesday will be . did as a carefree bachelor. Except for an usher in Miami Memorial Stadium, who Gordie Howe Day here in honor And Joe Louis, world hea- He has been likened to Gordie Howe's National of the Hockey League records at wears his hair in a pony tail, the fad is rarely seen. vyweight boxing champion, actor Gary Cooper, is a favor- veteran who celebrates his 43rd defended his title for the 23rd ite with kids and his two nick- . of March 23, 1971: West Palm Beach is the Expos headquarters. It's a birthday that day. time by knocking out) Tami names — Blinky and The Big Seasons — 25. big bustling city, fronting the Atlantic. Miami is about SO The mayor Issued an official JIauriello in the first round. Guy. Games — 1,680. miles south, and, in between, is that famous, haunt of proclamation noting that Howe Howe's introduction to the "Blinky" comes from his Goals — 785. every college kid in America — Fort Lauderdale. is in his 25th NHL season with game he came to dominate habit of blinking rapidly when Detroit Red WinKs. It said: reads like an excerpt from he's tired. Assists —1,021. South of Miami, about 35 miles, is Homestead where "In these days of shifting Jack and the Beanstalk. "The Big Guy" is what his Points — 1,806. every player in the Montreal organization who won't make loyalties and shallow beliefs, One December night in team-mates call one of the Games, including playoffs the Expos is staying. Homestead is quiet, almost sleepy. Gordie Howe stands out as a 1933, a woman knocked on the strongest men in hockey. — 1,834. It's a bit dusty and old, but the baseball business is brisk. man who has remained loyal to Howe family's door. It was The late , as Goals, including playoff] general manager of the On the east side of town, the organization has rented h i s profession; although he the depth of the Depression — 852. plays for an American club, he and she needed milk for an Wings, once said "he could the entire recreation area. Four baseball diamonds lay ad- have been a big-leaguer in Assists, including playoffs has remained a Canadian. He is ailing child. She would sell — 1,112. jacent to each other. Inside a long, low modern building for $1 the contents of the sack anything he did." It was truly a man that the young peo- Points, including playoff i there are dressing-room facilities for more than 150 ball ple of today should aspire to she was carrying. Adams who picked Howe up Mrs. Ab Howe, Gordic's after took — 1,964. players. The ultimate there is to be a Whip. emulate. Twenty-goal seasons — "I am pleased therefore, on mother, gave her $1.50 and a look and passed. emptied the sack on the kitch- Lou Boudreau, the Ameri- 22 Releases Mean Power behalf of the Corporation of the can League manager, once City of Toronto to proclaim en floor. Among the cascade Consecutive 20-goaL «ea- of cast-offs was a pair of said Howe could have been a sons — 22. Early every afternoon, the four minor league manag- Wednesday, March 31, 1971, as player Gordie Howe Day, and to join skates. All-star games played — ers sit around a long table and discuss ball playccs with .Gordie, 5, pounced on one; with his natural swing. the citizens of Toronto in honor- 22. farm director Danny Menendez — the boss. his older sister Edna grabbed Pros have said he could ing a truly fine Canadian." have made it in golf and fight Consecutive all-star On a long blackboard are the names of every player the other. games — 14. Howe will meet the mayor Each donned one skate and, managers have commented in camp. Under Winnipeg — the first list — are 28 names. and members of city council at holding hands, they attempted on his tremendous build, his All-Star goals — 10. Managsr Clyde McCullough looks at the list and city hall Wednesday afternoon to keep their balance. It took powerful sloping shoulders, • All-star assists — 8. beams. . and receive presentations. about a week for Edna to re- his heavy wrists and arms All-star points —18. Before the NHL game that The late |ack Adams, former Detroit general "The difference between this ball club and last year's alize her kid brother wasn't and his rhythm and timing. night at Maple Leaf Gardens, manager who put Gordie Howe on the road to star- Points in all-star going to give up his skate, This year Howe has been game — 4 tie with Ted is like ice cream and water," he said in his own inimita- Leaf captain Dave Kcon will dom, pats his favorite hockey player on the head plagued with a "tennis and she gave in. Lindsay. ble style. make another presentation of Gordie stuffed spare socks following a playoff game in 1961. elbow," torn rib cartilage and "Last year we fed the Expos nine ball an engraved silver tray which players . . . that's why they won 73 games. We'll feed 'em cites Howe's "devotion, unsel- some more, but we're getting powerful. When you can fish loyalty and contribution to the growth of hockey in the release ball players, you're getting stronger . . and we'll United States and Canada." be releasing some." In that list of 28 names, only eight players were members of the Whips a year ago. When Dave McDonald arrives, the list will grow to nine. He should arrive today. The only familiar faces belong to three pitchers — Soviet Steve Shea, Baylor Moore and Bill Dillman; four in- fielders — Fred Whitfield, Steve Wagner, Brian Murphy and Jim Williams and one put-fielder — Dave Krull. Have It Look The hottest prospects are Terry Humphrey and John Olerude, shortshop Pepe Frias, third baseman Erique Rivera, and Rornel (Red) Canada. Locked Up WHIP LASHES: Remember Ryne Duren, the old GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) Yankee pitcher who wore glasses so thick he appeared to — The Soviet Union walloped be looking through binoculars? . . . Well, Duren was a Finland 10-1 in the World Hoc- who's back legend because -he threw so hard batters vowed they only key Tournament Monday, and heard his pitches . . . There's a new Ryne Duren in base- all but clinched a ninth consec- ball, apparently . . . He's Rodney Evans Richards, who utive world championship when Czechoslovakia whipped Sweden plays somewhere in the Houston organization . . . Rich- 3-1. ards stands six feet, eight inches, wears glasses as thick The Czech victory moved that as Duren's and throws almost as hard and certainly as country into a second-place tie in town. wild . . . Last year, he apparently fanned 14 batters in a with the Swedes, four points seven-inning game, walked 14 others and hit six more in a behind the Russians. Only two losses in their final three games losing no-hitter . . . Winnipeg fans will love Rivera ... He could cost the Soviets the title, hits frozen ropes that should be bouncing all over the Sta- and the way they are skating, Smooth and mellow dium, off the new fence . . . Whips' trainer Doc McCor- that seems a very remote possi- mick said he came mighty close to moving to Winnipeg bility. ' Hiram Walker s '58 this past winter . . . The players are a bit dazed when The Russians bunched five goals in the first period and you mention plans for the dome over Winnipeg Stadium four more in the third against Canadian rye whisky. . . . They think the idea is fine, but wonder if the park overmatched Finland. The Sovi- dimensions will remain the same . . . "If I can hit a ets now have 62 goals in seven Back by popular over the centre field fence, it must be close,' games and have allowed just said Williams . . . Duke Ellington is playing downstairs at 11. demand. Czechoslovakia, beaten in its the Ramada Inn in West Palm Beach where the Expos first two World Tournament are staying, as well as 12 Winnipeg baseball fans . games by the United States and So that you can Remember, Wednesday night at 7:30, CBC is showing the Sweden, has bounced back with game between the. Whips and Expos direct from West four victories and a tie. The lie enjoy it again here in came against the Soviets and Palm Beach . . . McCullough wants to pitch a lefthander, marked the only game Russia probably Moore, to steer clear of all those Expo power has failed to win in this tour- . hitters who swing from the left side. nament. Full House For Cunudu At Call HiramWdker's'58 MONTREAL (CP) — Canada quarters personnel. Athletes and officials living An old friend at a will send its largest contingent The Canadians will compete east of Winnipeg will gather in of athletes ever assembled for a in all 19 sports on the program. Toronto for a July 24 departure, Pan-American Games to Call, Included in the program of while those residing west of the new low price. Colombia, July 30-Aug.l3. sports are: cycling, fencing, Manitoba capital are scheduled Robert Osborne of Vancouver, field hockey, gymnastics, ath- to leave from Vancouver on the vice-president of the Canadian letics, boxing, baseball, basket- same date. Olympic Association and chef ball, equestrian, rowing, shoot- Osborne said a third char- de mission for the Call venture, ing, soccer, swimming and div- tered aircraft will be used to i x i d Monday the Canadian i n g , synchronized swimming, transport the 12 horses used by Hiram Walker tit Sons Limited. Distillers of fine whiskies for over 100 years. group will consist of 333 ath- water polo, volleyball, wres- the equestrian team, three letes, 57 officials, a 17-member tling, weightlifting and yacht- yachts, 1,250 pounds of ammu medical team and 22 head- ing. nilion and other equipment.