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Ludington Dally News, Tuesday, April 1, 1969. NHL Releases Statistics Detroit's Howe Third In Scoring UPI Tclephoto Record Breaking Hull Chicago Black star Bobby Hull, who broke hit own NHL goal scoring record for one season at Boston on March 20 with his 54th and 55th, set a new standard for NHL marksman to shoot at when he scored his 58th of the year against Detroit in the season's windup of the regular season on Sunday. NEW YORK (UP!) The National Hockey League made it official Monday by placing Boston center Phil Esposito and Chicago's Bobby Hull right at the top of the final scoring statistics. Esposito led the most record- shattering season in NHL history as he scored 126 points, including 77 assists and 49 goals. The previous record for most points in a season was 97 shared by Hull and Stan Mikita of Chicago.

The record for most assists in a season formerly was 62 set by Mikita. Hull led the goal scorers with 58 rnd finished second in scoring with 107 points, and veteran Gordie Howe of Detroit was third in scoring with 103 points, including 44 goals. Mik'ta had 97 points, including 30 poals, and Boston's Ken Hodge was fifth with 90 points, including 45 goals. Jacques Plante and Glenn Hall of the St. Louis Blues, champions of the expansion V'cslern Division, shared the honrrs for allowing fewest goals to win the Vezina Trophy and the 1,000 that goes with it.

The Blues gave up only 2.07 goals Scoring Leaders The leaders: GAP Esposito, Boston 77 124 6. Hull, Chicago ....58 49 107 Howe, Detroit 44 59 103 Mikita, Chicago 30 97 Hodge, Boston 45 45 90 Cournoyer, Montreal 43 44 87 Deivecchio, Detroit .25 58 83 Berenson, St. Louis .35 47 82 Bcliveau, Montreal .33 49 82 Mahovllch, Detroit .49 29 78 Ratelle, New York ..32 46 78 per game, and New York goalie Ed Giacomin was second among goaltenders, allowing 2.55 goals per game. Esposito receives the Art Ross Trophy as scoring champion worth $1,000, He also gets an additional $750, including $500 for being the top scorer the second half of the season and $250 for being runnerup the first half. Hull receives $1,000.

including $, )00 for being the runnerup in scoring asd $500 for being the leader the first half of the senson. Tho leader among Western Division players was Red Berenson of St. Louis, who finished with 82 points. Berenson's 35 goals also led the West, and Ted Hampson, who finished with 75 points, was first in the division with 49 assists. Jlfto, Gordie Howe For What Only Five Games In Grapefruit Lea It's Worth By The Danczer Oh The Woes, The Heartache Of Being A National Figure Lew Afoindor picks up honors, awards and trophies at a faster rate than Freddie The Free Loader rescues cigar butts or Carol Baker secures admirers.

When big Lew started playing the game of basketball in earnest at that Los Angeles athletic department a couple of years ago, Coach John Wooden smacked his lips and promptly started dreaming about more NCAA championships. They didn't exactly stop all traffic and erect a marble bust of this lanky negro, but then, getting ladders high enough for 0 sculptor to reach 7'lVi" Isn't any easy thing. The strain on the arms is terrific. And the cost of marble keeps going up, escalating with the gold standard. UCLA became the meoca of the basketball world.

When anybody pointed to success, they spelled it Lew-CLA. So who remembers Wilt Chambermaid or whatever? Wooden, in the meanwhile, grabbed off a couple of Coach of the Year honors. He grasped them enthusiastically. He never turned one down. It isn't everyday a guy latches onto an award like that.

By United Press International Ollic Brown doesn't want to hurt Buzzy Bavasi's reputation as a shrewd judge of baseball talent. He won't either, if he keeps hitting the way he did Monday. Bavasi, the former righthand man for Walter O'Malley of the Dodgers who became the boss of the new San Diego team, gambled on Brown as the Padres' first choice in the expansion draft even though Brown hit only .232 in 40 games with the Giants last year and spent a stretch in the minor leagues. But the 25-year-old righthand- ed hitter looked like the kind of hitter Bavasi thinks he'll be for the Padres when he clubbed two homers Monday as the Padres were downing the Chicago Cubs 5-3. Only five games were played Monday because of the funeral services for former President Eisenhower and two of those were curtailed by darkness.

In the other four games, the New York Mets blanked Cincinnati 3-0, the Chicago White Sox topped the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 and the Oakland A's drubbed the California Angeles 7-1 in a game called after the top of the sixth inning by darkness. The Cleveland Indians and the San Francisco Giants played to a 5-5 tie in a game called after eight innings by darkness. Five games, the Braves vs. the Tigers, the Phils vs.

the Twins, the Pirates vs. the Orioles, the Red Sox vs. the Senators and the Yankees vs. the Royals, were canceled. The five games that were played started after the funeral services for President Eisenhower had ended, according to the guidelines set down by baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

Slumbering Giants Are Awake LEW ALCINOOR Bruins Lost Only Two Games In those three years that Alcindor was pushing basketballs through the hoops around the nation and testing the leather of the basketball against the digestive juices in opponents' stomach's where he was usually jamming the thing those Bruins lost only twice. Houston did it a year ago, Southern California did it three weeks ago. In and around that, Alcindor and his playmates picked up three NCAA titles, never done before. So what does coach Wooden have to say now that all that success and publicity and wealth of material is gone? "I'll be glad when I can coach to win again Instead of not to lose." At first, you wonder whether the guy is an ingrate or something. In big-time college ball, winning is THE thing.

Necktie parties, usually in effigy, are the plight of the losers. But Wooden did have some special problems since the "big man" came west from New York. 'We'll. Ignore Them As Usual' In a sports release from a national sport magazine, one of the UCLA players, in response to a question of curfews for the team during the season, said: "Oh, we'll all ignore them as usual." Lynn Shackelford, who got a lot of fame for his 50-foot shot that saved the Bruins from defeat against Southern Cal a week before the Golden Bears lowered the boom, said, in reply to a question about Wooden's attitude and tucking-in-bed habits: "It all depends on how you're playing. If you've been playing good, he'll let you go pretty much as you please.

If been a lot looser since the big man came," Another teammate, who remained cloaked in secrecy looked at it in a slightly different tone. "What upsets everyone is that when we came in late and get caught, we catch hell, but they don't say a word to Lew." Another anonymous Bruin-boy said, "He (Alcindor) gets a lot of satisfaction from being by himself. He's not that close to Sid (Wicks) or (Curtis) Rowe they're younger, and seeking their own pleasure and he doesn't like to get that close to whites." Just one big happy family. Now The Pros Get In Licks Now the pros get their chance to see the living legend. The NBA and the ABA, draft rounds notwithstanding, are scrambling right now, re-checking their bank accounts to see if they can afford the luxury of putting young Lew into a style of living he's already accustomed to.

And already do you notice the similarity between Alcindor and Chamberlain? Yeah, everybody hates a great big winner. GOOM BYE Oldfimers' Scrimmage Saturday The Ludington Oldtimers, the scourge of the gridiron, the denizens of the deep and the refugees from the TV-sporting world, will hold a practice session this Saturday at Hawley Gym. xjQ The session, which will last from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., will be conducted by Oldtimer Coach Stu May as he prepares his squad for the July 4 football game with Montague's Has- been's. May said he would appreciate it if all the players would use the back door of the gym. Under prodding, May admitted the back-door idea was not a reflection on characters but because of expediency.

That's the only door that's open. By United Press International The Los Angeles Lakers, pro basketball's slumbering giant, finally woke up in the second half Monday night. The Lakers, who were figured the team to beat in the playoffs this season, lost their first two games of their best-of-seven series with San Francisco and were trailing by two points at half time in the third game. But the Lakers finally explod- Softball Meeting Coming Watch these pages for an announcement of the softball meeting for the 1969 season. In a departure from the past, a Mason County Softball Association will be formed.

This will be the most important meeting any softball player or interested person will attend. Further details of the agenda and some proposed ideas, why the association, will be outlined sometime this week. ed with 41 points in the third period and went on to rout the Warriors 115-98. The Lakers cut their deficit in the series to 2-1 but the Warriors still have the advantage since they'll have the home court edge at the Cow Palace in San Francisco for the crucial fourth game of the series Wednesday night. Jerry West and Johnny Egan Exhibition New York (N) 3, Cincinnati 0 Chicago (A) 5, St.

Louis 3 Oakland 7, California 1 Cleveland 5, San Fran. 5 (called after 8 innings) San Diego 7, Chicago (N) I (Only games played) sparked the third period rally by scoring 23 of the 41 points and wound up with 25 and 18 points. Wilt Chamberlain, held to 21 points in the first two games, tossed in 22 this time. The Lakers, trailing 45-43 at halftime, forged a 56-53 lead and then outscored the Warriors 17-4 to wrap it up. Nate Thursmond paced the Warriors with 22 points.

One first round series could end tonight. The aging Boston Celtics, holding a 3-0 lead on the Philadelphia 76ers, host the 76ers. A victory would send the Celtics into the Eastern Division finals against the winner of the New York Knick-Baltimore Bullet series. The Knicks hold a 3-0 edge and could end the series Wednesday night. The Atlanta Hawks, heavily favored over San Diego, will try against the Rockets in the other playoff game tonight.

HARVEY MISSES GAMES ST. LOUIS (UPI)-Veteran defenseman Doug Harvey will miss the first few games of the Stanley Cup playoffs, it was announced by the St. Louis Blues Monday. Harvey, who suffered a head injury, will not be in the lineup when the Blues entertain the Philadelphia Flyers Wednesday night. Ex-Ludingtonite Wins Tournament TRAVERSE CITY-A former Ludington resident, Mrs.

Floyd (Brenda) Denoyer, teamed with Shirley Steiker to win the doubles event in the Traverse City Women's City Bowling Tournament. Mrs. Denoyqr and her partner had a score of 1244 to ease past runnersup Nettie Kcusch and Charlotte Edmonds who had 1242. Mrs. Denoyer is the daughter of the late Floyd Vogel and Mrs.

Floyd Vogel of 603 W. Tinkham Ave. KINI EDWARD Alcindor Expected To Sign LOS ANGELES (UPI)-Superstar Lew Alcindor, who has declined to become involved in a "flesh-peddling" war between the rival American and National Basketball associations, meets today with representatives of the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. The meeting today will be strictly private, although Alcind r's representatives have Today's Sport Parade By Milton Richman Yoz Thanks All The Way To The Bank By MILTON RICHMAN DPI Sports Writer WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (UPI) Carl Yastrzemski, who gets 125 big ones for all the things he can do with his bat, says he'd like to be the highest paid player of all time.

He has a good shot at it because right now he's bracketed economically with such people as Willie Mays, Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal, Frank Robinson and Don Drysdale, all of whom can claim they're in the same top drawer give or take a dollar or two. Has Ted To Thank If Yaz ever does become baseball's biggest breadwinner of all time, he says he'll have Ted Williams to thank more than anybody else in the game. "Without a doubt he helped me more than anyone," says Boston's stylish 29-year- old left-fielder who made off with his third American League batting title last year. "It's impossible for me to measure how much Ted has helped me. He started when I was 19 and he was still helping me last season.

I'll tell you something else. He'll help the Washington players. He'll make winners out of 'ern. but only if they listen to him. You can't say "yeah, yeah, yeat' to what he says, try it a day or two and then ditch it.

If they stick with him, they won't be sorry." Golden Rewards Ted Williams manages the Senators now but Yastrzemski is still benefitting from some of the things he once told him. Yaz is standing up there at the plate differently these days, spreading his feet more and dropping his hands on the bat, and that's some of the Williams' influence. It can't be too bad. The Red Sox poop sheet shows Yastrzemski leading the club with a better than .400 average. "This is something Ted talked to me about two years ago," Yaz says about his new spread stance.

"I was in a good groove then (he won the triple crown that year) and I didn't think it was a good idea to change but I did this spring and so far it's working out fine." What impresses Yastrzemski most about Williams' batting instruction is that Washington's new manager never tries changing a hitter over, but helps him make adjustments off his own style instead. 'He Thinks Ahead' "He thinks ahead, too," says the present Red Sox leftfielder about their former one. "When I was a kid breaking in, for example, he impressed upon me the importance of hitting straightaway over and over again. "Up the middle, up the middle," he'd keep telling me. "All of a sudden when I was 27, he said, 'okay, you've got the experience now and you know the hitters.

You should be advanced enough to pull the ball and do something more with the bat. It's about time. 'Imagine that' he knew when I was ready better than I knew." Yastrzemski has been following Williams' progress with the Senators and realizes they have been having trouble winning games down here in Forida. He thinks Ted eventually will straighten them oul, however. Have To Be Patient "People will have to be patient," says Yaz.

"If they think he's gonna go in there and win a pennant overnight, they're wrong. It takes time. If anybody can do it, Ted can, especially when it comes hitting. He has a good pitching coach, too, in Sid Hudson. It won't be too long before you'll start noticing a difference in the Washington club.

I mean if Ted keeps managing and doesn't go up into the front gffice." promised a news conference after he signs. There appeared to be no obstacles in the way of the UCLA basketball player signing a contract with the Bucks. Alcindor, who led the Bruins to an 88-2 record during his three-year collegiate career, has refused an apparently more lucrative offer from the New York Nets of the ABA. HOMELITE'S GREAT NEW XL-MI CHAIN SAW SPRING PRACTICE WEST POINT, N.Y. (UPI)Coach Tom Cahill will open spring practice Saturday for his Army football team that will return 16 lettermen.

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