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THURSDAY, MAY 2,1968 PAGE TWENTY-TWO THE NEWS PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICH. "7 Adam Of Jack Death i Hockey World Mourning The Red Wings won their first Adams was like a father to me. I "When I joined the. Red league title in 1934 and tneir first Stanley Cup in 1933. aqttig and James Norris the DETROIT (AP) Jack Adams, whose fiery temper and stark dedication as a player, coach and general manager helped mold the National Hockey nit NHL career, including 35 as coach and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.

Adams discovered Wings' superstar Gordie Howe and was one of the few men to have his name inscribed on the Stanley 5 if" late father of current Red Wings' including a record seven in a row during Howe's heydey from 1949 to 1955, and seven Stanley Cups. "Mr. Adams had more love and dedication for hockey than any man I ever knew," added Howe. Abel termed Adams' death "a owner Bruce A. Norris, worm dren.

Both June 11, 1885. in Fort William, Adams learned to play hockey in Canada's Thunder Bay area. He played amateur hockey in Fort William and Calumet, before beginning an eight-year NHL career with the Toronto Arenas in 1918. After stints with Vancouver and Ottawa. Adams retired in 1926.

A I WORLD Bpljill Wings' organization I was only 16 years old, and he looked after me as though J. was his own son." it Adams, coach and general manager of the Wings from 1927 to 1962, when he retired, built Detroit's greatest teams around Howe and the Wings famed "Production Line" of the early 1950s. On the line with Howe were Sid Abel, current manager-coach of the Wings, and Ted Lindsay. The Wings won 12 NHL titles, 20 years in building the Keo. Wings into a contender.

The team won four Stanley Cups from 1950 to 1955. "I learned hockey as a youngster from Mr. Adams and my father, and I always will treasure the memory of the wonderful relationships we shared," said Norris. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning in Detroit. League, died Wednesday at the age of 73.

Adams suffered a fatal heart attack at his Detroit office where he had run the Central Professional Hockey League for five years. Adams, who helped found the league in 1963, served as its president with the same quicksilver temper and loving dedication which marked his 44-year Cup as a player, coach and general manager. "It's a real sad day for hockey," said Clarence Campbell NHL president. "He was a very close personal friend of mine." Howe, signed by Adams at the age of 16 in 1946, said "I felt sick when I- heard the news great personal loss for me. Everything I have ever done in hockey has been with Mr.

Adams. I played for him I coached for him and I followed in his footsteps as general manager." When Detroit got- an NHL franchise in 1927, the late Frank Calder, then president of the league, recommended Adams for the job as coach and general A Adams is survived by his Helen. They have no chil ADAMS about Jack Adams' death. Mr. manager.

McLAIN'S 'SOFT PITCHES BURN MAYO Tigers Nip Minnesota 3-2 MINNESOTA DETROIT bl Stanley lb 4 0 0 0 bi 4 0 0 0 4 0(0 4 0 0 0 MAuliffe 2b Kaline rf WHorton tt 4 1 2 3 0 lb 4 1 2 1 Tow 3b Carew 2b Ollva rf Killebrew Bolt pr Reeie If Uhlaendr Hernandi Roseboro 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 4111 ef 4 0 1 0 Freenan Wert 3b Northrup ef 3 1 sa 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 3 0 0 Oyler as McLain 3- 1 3 0 0 0 Merritt McLain struck out nine and walked none. Jim Northrup bombed a Jim Merritt fastball following a single by Don Wert for his third homer in the fifth and the Twins tied it up on Rich Reese's first homer of the season in the seventh. Detroit won in the eighth on a triple by Dick McAuliffe and Willie Horton's sacrifice fly. "It never should have gone for three bases," Twins' Manager Cal Ermer said of Mc-Auliffe's triple which rolled to the wall between Reese and Ted Uhlaender. He said Merritt, now 3-2, "has pitched well all year for us.

"He pitched a good game tonight except for that pitch to Northrup." Merritt gave up only six hits while walking two and striking out seven. McLain was nicked for seven safeties, but didn't walk a man and fanned nine, busting his season strikeout total to 38 second best in the league. The Tigers, with game lead over Baltimore, which took over second place from Minnesota, take on the Twins again tonight. Joe Sparma is to pitch against the Twins' Dean Chance. good stuff." The normally mild mannered Smith was still fuming in the Detroit clubhouse after the game.

"I was mad at him because of the way he pitched to Killebrew," said Smith. "Both pitch: es Killebrew hit off him were off speed softies. I told him if you're going to get beat, get beat with your best stuff, and Denny's best pitch is not his slow curve." Killebrew belted his sixth home run on one of McLain's slow curves to put the Twins ahead. 1-0 in the fourth. He had two of the Twins' six hits as DETROIT (AP) Denny Mc-Lain Went soft on Minnesota slugger Harmon Killebrew and it took a strong chewing out by Detroit Tigers' Manager Mayo Smith to help preserve the hard-throwing right hander's 3-2 victory over the Twins Wednesday night.

"I saw the left hander and the right-hander warming up in the bullpen," said McLain, who issued singles to Killebrew and Rich Reese with two out in the ninth. "When Mayo came out I I thought he was going to take me out. I told him I was okay. He just told me to go with my Total 33 2 2 Total 29 3 3 3 Mlanesota 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Detroit 000 020 III- Tovar. LOB Minnesota 4, Detroit 5.

2B Uhlaender, Kallne. Roaeboro. 3B McAuliffe. HR Killebrew (6), Northrup isj, Jieese wj. w.nonon.

IP ER BB SO Merritt (L.3-2) I 5 3 'J 2 7 McLain (W.3-0) 0 0 2 2 0 0 A 17.523. i Jv.7 if Tommy John Whiffs Dozen The standings, or McDowell Fans 1 6Flamer Returns AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. GB As LIONS FUTURE ON LINE: Bill Mun son (left) reserve quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams for the past two seasons, signs contract with Detroit Lions as general manager Russ Thomas looks on. The Lions gotMunson in exchange for three players and first-round draft choice, (AP Wirephoto) Detroit 13 5 722 Baltimore 11 6 .647 lVi Minnesota 11 7 .611 2 Washington 11 8 .579 2Vi on a passed ball. Then Salmon's Mariager Mayo Smith says right-hander Denny McLain, off to a fast straight complete game victories, is beginning to learn the pitching trade.

"Denny concentrates better now," said Smith. "He used to just ball hard when he got in trouble. Now he works on the hitters, pitches to their weaknesses." McLain, who led the majors Lions Bet Bundle On Rams' Munson From Associated Press Suddenly, the flame was back. Sudden Sam McDowell's fastball and his pace against he Oakland Athletics convinced some people he was going to a fire. McDowell struck out 16 batterstwo short of the nine inning major league record and pitched Cleveland to a 3-1 victory over the Athletics Wednesday night.

And he did it with only 119 pitches in two hours, 11 'minutes j'-near record time for McDowell, wh usually throws a lot more pitches and takes a lot Calllorma 9 10 .474 4Vi Boston 8 .471 4Va New York I 10 444 5 Oakland I 11 .421 5Vi Cleveland 7 11 .369 6 Chicago 3 12 .200 Vi Wednesday's Results Baltimore 6. New York 1 Chicago 4, Washington 1 California Boston 3 Cleveland 3, Oakland 1 Detroit 3, Minnesota 2 Today's Games California (Ellti 1-2) at Boston (Santiago 2-0) New York (Peterson 1-1) at Baltimore (Phoebus 2-, night Minnesota (Chance 2-3) at Detroit (Sparma 1-2), night Only games scheduled. Friday's Gamei New York at Chicago, night California at Detroit, night Minnesota at Cleveland, night Baltimore at Washington, night Oakland at Boston, night "by giving up 35 home runs last year, gave up a pair, to the Twins' Harmon Killebrew and Rich Reese Wednesday, boosting his total to five this year. I "Neither of them would have McDowell, who has had arm trouble in the past, had no trouble with the Athletics, who managed just three hits. He retired 20 men in a row- after yielding an unearned run in the third inning.

"I had more confidence tonight than I've ever had in my life," said McDowell. "I don't even worry when I went to 3-and-2 on a couple of batters. I could throw curves and sliders where I wanted." Reggie Jackson, one of the league's top 10 hitters, struck out three times against McDowell and was mystified. "All he has to do is throw smoke," said Jackson. "The guy who taught him to throw -a curve and slider was crazy." Mbon'r Odom was doing a pretty fair job of pitch-teg for the A's.

He retired the first 15 Cleveland batters but Chico Salmon's sixth ining single broke that spell and McDowell's single drove in the In second nil Drougnt aims in. The White Sox won their third game and John captured his second with a strong effort against the Senators. He shut Washington out on three hits over the first eight innings be fore yielding a run with two out in the ninth. By then, Chicago was in control with a 4-0 edge half of it provided by Luis Aparieio's first home run of the season. Frank Bertaina was the loser.

Dave Johnson drove in three runs and Boog Powell two as the Orioles whipped the Yankees on rookie Dave Leonhard's five-hitter. Curt Blfary and Brooks Robinson twice keyed Stottlemyre was with the loss. Roger Repoz delivered two runs with a ninth-inning single giving the Angels their victory over the Red Sox, who dropped their fourth straight. A double been homers in a lot of ball said Smith. DETROIT (AP) "Four for one is pretty hard to believe," i "They were both hit on good, said Milt Plum, Detroit's on-a low pitches," said Jim North oip, who hit a two-run homer.

NATIONAL LEAGUE i Won Last Pet. gain, off-again, sometimes quar GB down 33 per cent from the 1966 total of 2,752. Munson, who played out his option and became a free agent Wednesday, said, "This is what I wanted. It's a great opportunity; for He was the' Rams' regular quarterback until he hurt his terback who became Los An St. Louis 14 3 .737 San Francisco.

10 .56. Northrup, who has been in a leason-long batting slump, said high price, acknowledged De- troit Coach Joe Schmidt, "but I definitely felt that we needed a new quarterback and in my book Munson was the best one available." Plum, in an interview," Detroit's quarterbacking problems were compounded by Schmidt's system of alternating his quarter backs from week to week with little advance word on which would start each Pittsburgh 9 Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 9 he is finally beginning to get his Atlanta geles 3.m property Wednes- day. That was his assessment of the deal that sent him, halfback Tommy Watkins, flanker Pat Studstill and 1969 first-round, draft rights from Detroit to Los 9 9 10 10 11 10 .329 .500 .300 .474 .474 .421 .412 .389 4 4Va 5 5 6 6 6 longer doing it. "Gentlemen," he marvelled afterwards, "you have just seen the- eighth-wonder ofthe world. Only 119 pitches in two" hours," 11 minutes.

I never thought I'd see the day." In other American League action Wednesday night, Jommy John struck out 12 and' pitched Chicago to 'a 4-1, victory over Washington. California downed Boston Detroit shaded Minnesota" 3-2 and Baltimore belted New York 6-1. Los Angeles Chicago New Yor Houston 11 Wednesday's Results swing back in the groove. "Al (Kaline) and I haven't been hitting at all," said Northrup. "You know Kaline will start to hit and I hope I do.

With the kind of pitching we've been getting, when we start trouble in this league." steal by Bobby Knoop and Paul Schaal preceded Repoz' hit. Reliever Jack Hamilton, mak dians first run. Tony Horton and Duke Sims singled in the seventh and Horton scored, the tie-breaking run jtucG in VJ Ul 1C1 tlPUA and has been No. 1 since then. Munson, 26, says his knee is.

sound and there is no reason he can't go all-out. Studstill, 29, has been hampered by leg injuries. Watkins, 31, gained 361 yards on 106 rushes last season. Plum's 1967 totals were 86 completions, 172 passes, four for touchdowns with eight i Dick Radatz, the big right, handed relief pitcher acquired Philadelphia 7, New York 2. 11 Innings St.

Louis 3, Houston 1, 12 innings Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 0 Cincinnati 6, San Francisco 0 Atlanta 7, Los Angeles 3 Today's Games Cincinnati (Culver 0-1) at San Francisco (Perry 2-1) Philadelphia (Fryman 3-1) at New York (Ryan 1-2), night Chicago (Niekro 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Burning 2-1), night St. Louis (Brlles 4-0) at Houston (Le-master 1-3), night Atlanta (Britton 1-0 or Kelley 1-2) at Los Angeles (Osteen 1-4), night Friday's Games Chicago at New York, night Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, night Atlanta at Houston, night Cincinnati at Los Angeles, night St. Louis at San Francisco, night Angeles. In exchange, the Lions got the Rams' 1969 third-round draft rights and quarterback Bill Munson, who hasn't been able to bump Roman Gabriel out of the starting job at LA but is expected to help straighten out Detroit's signal-calling shortcomings. Munson reportedly received a long-term contract with an estimated $365,000 over the period.

The bundle, plus the players and draft rights involved, was a game. "If you're going to go with a quarterback, go with him," Plum, 33, advised. "This business of waiting until Sunday before deciding who will start is bad, not just for the quarterbacks, but for the whole team. "Pick your man and let him play," Plum said, recalling last season, when he and Karl Swee-tan, 25, took turns starting for the Lions. Plum and Sweetari combined in 1967 for 1,826 yards passing, ing his first appearance in Fenway Park since beaning Boston's Tony Conigliaro last August 18, was greeted with a chorus of boos and tagged for a first pitch single by Ken Harrel-son that drove in two runs and tied the game in the eighth.

He was the winning pitcher though. Willie Horton's eighth inning sacrifice fly delevered Dick McAuliffe with Detroit's winning run against Minnesota. McAuliffe had smacked a ntip- I Mwr by the Tigers last week, has been working out with" the team in Detroit. "He's beerr throwing pretty good," said Smith. "John Sain, our coach, has a session with him every day.

We'll send him down to Toledo and what happens." "Some of us ought to be able to help LA," Plum cracked. "Of course, only time will tell who got the better of this deal, but with four for one, well, the Rams didn't do badly." West Will Start Despite Sore Ankle out triple before Horton's fly ball. Jim Northrup socked a two-run homer for the Tigers and Rich Reese and Harmon Killebrew had bases empty shots for the Twins. Bear Juniors Score Sweep manager, said West was. only playing at 75 per cent in Tuesday's game.

But both he and Dr. Kerlan said they felt West would be able to run without St. Joseph's junior hich track Ironically, the Lakers were spurred on in the fourth period by a former Celtic, Mel Counts, a 7-foot center who scored 20 points and hauled down 14 re-1 bounds as the Lakers fought back from a 14-point fourth-period deficit. i pain. Coach Bill van Breda Kolff said he was sure the ageless star would rebound from that mark at the Forum, where the Lakers have a record of 22-6 since they began play at the new sports palace early in January.

Dr. Kerlan saiJ West would receive a shot of a pain" killer for the ankle just before tipoff. "There's no swelling to contend with," said the orthopedic specialist. "We're optimistic." teams scored victories over Bard and Fairplain Wednesday in a 'dual and two triangular, meets at Dickinson Stadiirm. The ninth graders- scored i their third straight win by Dentins Fairplain 109-8 in a dual i meet.

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M(ht Game New York .010 000 0001 1 Baltimore O00 102 30x 6 11 0 Hamilton (7) and Gibbs; Leonhard mid Blefary. W-Leonhard. 1-0. Stottlemyre, 3-2. Mfht Game California 000 002 0125 9 1 Boston 000 000 1203 9 1 Clark, Burjmeler (I), Hamilton (I) and Rodgers; Waslewskl, Lyle ((), Wyatt (I) and Gibson.

Howard (J), W-Hamllton, 2-1. Wyatt. 0-2. The Celtics were unexpectedly propelled Tuesday by Don Nelson, a former Laker. The Lakers placed' Nelson on waivers three years ago, the Celtics picked him up for $1,000 and Tuesday he scored 26 points, five in the overtime.

But it was mainly a Boston fast break that opened up a 19-point lead early in the game and 14-point bulge later. Elgin Baylor hit only nine of 26 shots in Tuesday's game. But LOS ANGELES (AP) The Boston Celtics can win the National Basketball Association championship for the ninth time in the last 10 years tonight with a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. The Celtics lead the best-of-7 series three games to two. Boston won its third game Tuesday night in Boston, 120-117 in overtime.

In that game, the Lakers' Jerry West scored 35 points on 14 of 24 shots from the floor despite playing on a sprained ankle, The ankle hurts the superstar but West will be in the starting line-up tonight. "The ankle wasn't any worse today than it was before," Df. Robert Kerlan said Wednesday. Fred Schaus, Laker general the "at super Night Game 000 000 0011 1 Washington Ui we lull); jump auu wvu iuc uu yard high hurdleyand 100 yard low hurdles. Mike Damschroe-der won the 220 dash and tied for the.

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