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Wo ings ettle for le with if Mixing Mercy with Murder icais Busy Spartan Abel Gets I It nn Gets pecia. lOUC 0,000 Arcaro Ri 1 Detroit Off to 1-0 Lead Then McFadden and Peters Erase Deficit Special to the Free Press TORONTO Detroit Red THE DETROIT FREE PRESS Wings maintained their unbeaten SPORTS Filly Romps in Santa Susana Duchess Peg Runs Sixth as Favorite ARCADIA, Calif. OP) if 7 X' TM fl II" II tl I Pi 7 ll i' yip VJX SECTION SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1950 CONTRACT TIME Terrible Ted Goes into His Act Again This is a fairy talc with a baseball background. Once upon a time there was a ballplayer named Ted Williams Jockey Eddie Acaro and a three-year-old filly named Special Touch whipped the favored Duchess Peg and a dozen other Lrivals in the S50.000 Santa Su sana Stakes at Santa Anita. Leaving the feared Calumet Farm candidate, Duchess Peg, out of the money in sixth place, Arcaro brought the California-bred Special Touch in to win by three and a nail iengtns.

CHARLES T. HOWARD'S entry of Talking Point and Sea Garden grabbed the place and show spots at 41.000 fans watched the 12th renewal of a race for three-year-old fillies. Special Touch, traveling the seven furlongs in 1:23 45, paid S8.90, $5.10 and $6.20. Talking Point was worth $21.20 and $17.60. Special Touch, owned by James N.

Croft, collected $46,000 for the i victorv out of a gross purse of 1 $74,310. The filly is a daughter of Alibhai and was auctioned by Louis B. Mayer ifor $15,000 to! Crofton a year ago. Theory Rolls in Stretch to Capture Bahamas Free Press Photo by Tony Spina to Boxing Commissioner Floyd Stevens for instructions. Stevens, sitting at ringside, ruled that the fight should go on.

Jake gained a TKO in the closing seconds of the next round. Inset is photo of Wagner when Rosen called it quits. After battering Dick Wagner (left) around the ring in the eighth round, Jake LaMotta (right) asks Referee Clarence Rosen to halt the fight to save his near-helpless foe from further punishment. Here Rosen steps between the fighters and shouts N.Y. or Not Jake Hero Here He was known as the "Splendid prowess as a hitter.

In addition to possessing the knack of hitting a ball frequently and or long distances, Williams, also known as "Thumpin' Ted," had what is called in the trade "rabbit ears." With his "rabbit ears," Williams, also called the "Boston Beanpole," could ht-ar every caustic remark made by the fans in the stands. He became very hurt over some of the remarks. "I'D RATHER BE a fireman than to play baseball and take such abuse," Williams said. Hut finally lie decided to take the $95,000 Millionaire Owner Tom Yawkey, of the Red Sox, offered for the 1945) season. The checkers and solitaire at the corjier firehouse could wait so could the fires.

Now "Thumpin' Ted" is due to sijjn another baseball contract. However, the ballyhoo and histrionics must precede his agreeing terms. Tins TIME Williams has let Owner Yawkey know that he doesn't need to play baseball for "slave wages." He can make a hatful showing people how to tie flies and how to cast. That's Ted's current role at the Boston Sportsman's Show, lie's receiving paltry 810,000 for the week-long stint. Meanwhile, he is snubbing Owner Yawkey, who has offered only $100,000 for the '50 campaign.

Come March and the balmy Florida breezes Williams will be in the fold, however. MIAMI (UP) Charine record- through the stretch like a ran-Lack of competition kept Gehr-away. Calumet Farm's Theory led mann fron) shaving off seconds a field of 12 three-vear-olds to the to approach the season mark of wire in the $7,500 Bahamas Han- he with Fred Wilt rtimn nt wiaicah the Mnlrose Games. REAL ESTATE Splinter" and was famed for his i Angling TED WILLIAMS He's busy tieing flies Trafeli Skims into Skating Lead at Start gan speed-skating championships' here. He won the mile and placed third in the 220-yard dash.

Trafeli had 40 points in the senior men's Class A events, followed by Howard Allison, of Detroit, with 30. Allison won the 220. In the senior women's, Barbara Marchetti. of Wyandotte, won the) 220 ar'd 880-yard dashes to chalk up 60 points, 30 ahead of second- place Jeanne Robinson, of Detroit. Florence Carter, of Saginaw, 1949 women's champion, did not enter this year's contest.

LONE RECORD set Saturday came in the cradle class for boys eight and nine years old. Terry "'y i- I i THIS WAS LaMotta's 17th appearance in a Detroit ring. It was his 15th triumph in that amazing string. Only a disputed loss to Ray Robinson and a draw with Jimmy Edgar mar the record. LaMotta won the world middleweight championship last June at Briggs Stadium.

That title conquest ended a six-year BY TOMMY DEVINE A chump in New York a champ in Detroit! That the strange "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" complexion of Jake LaMotta's ring career. Attention was focused on It again following LaMotta's ninth-round technical knockout of Dick Wagner before 11,440 fans Friday night at Olympia. 21 PUTTS DO FOR DE Upstart Keeps Tucson Field in Hand with 66 TUCSON, Ariz.

-(JP) Manuel de la Torre, of Glencoe, a newcomer who refused to crack under pressure, holds a two-stroke lead at the end of 54 holes in the $10,000 Tucson Open golf Once upon a time there were CHEBOYGAN Defending other players not so famous oncharrlpjon Mario Trafeli, of De-valuable as Williams. They hur-1. tv, troit, took the point lead the ried to sign their diamond con- tracts for fear their owners mizht opening day of the Northern Michi- record on Toronto ice this season by battling to a 3-3 tie with Leafs in a National Hockey League game here. Tommy Ivan's Wings, who had beaten Toronto four times previously at Maple Leaf Gardens this season, were ahead twice. But finally they had to settle for a stalemate against the hard-driving Leafs.

THE TIE LEFT Toronto 5i games behind the league-leading Wings, but the Leafs gained ground against the second-place Montreal Canadiens, who were beaten by Chicago. Sid Smith, Teeter Kennedy and Max Bentley were the Toronto scorers. Sid Abel, Jim McFadden and Jim Peters counted for De troit. Abel got the only tally of the first period. Then the Leafs out-scored Detroit, 3 to 2, in the second to go into a 3-3 tie.

The hard-checking third period was scoreless. A near crowd of 14,527 saw a close-checking game in which the Leafs outshot Detroit but failed to beat Harry Lumley in the Detroit net often enough. THE TIE ENDED a slump by the Wines and slowed down the recent drive of the resurgent Leafs. Detroit now has gone without a victory in seven games but has had five ties in those seven games. Meanwhile, Toronto has lost only one of its last seven games.

The Leafs forged ahead in the second period, but goals by McFadden and Peters wiped out that margin and put Detroit ahead again. 3 to 2. Kennedy then notched the equalizer in the same period. Toronto dressed Defenseman Garth Boesch, who has been out iWlth a sacr-ihac condition, but the lankv rear tniard wao nnt Cal Gardner, Toronto cen- ter who has missed 38 games with a broken jaw, was pronounced fit Coach Happy Day, but was dressed DETKOIT r.nmley Alrl TORONTO Brodi, Thomson Mortson Kennfdv C. I.

II Howe J. lkpr nmith Detroit spares Steunrt. Kellv. Martin. IVters.

Mc Faddeii. Cur veil) ore. Black. Skov, Toronto spares Roesrh. Rarilko.

Juzdn. "'n. Bentley. Kzinirki. I.vdii.

Mrt'or-innck. TiniKren. FIRST I'KKfOD: 1 Detroit. Abel (lloue). 1'eniilties Thomson Black.

Juzda. FnKolin. Martin. SKCOMI IKRIOI): 1 Toronto. Smith Kennedy Mortson).

I Toronto. Kennedy (Thomson MeekerV. 4 Detroit. MrFariden t.Vhel l.indsav) 1(1 I'eters (MeFadden Reise) Toronto. Bentlev (Kllikar Tuneren).

I5.IH. Penalties Kzinioki. Stewart. Kennedy. Fosolin.

Meeker. THIRD PERIOD: No scorinc Tennlty Th4mson. Hanks Take Measure of Montreal at Home MONTREAL (U.R) The Chicago Black Hawks, led by Bep Guidolin who scored twice, upset the Montreal Canadiens. 6 to 2. i 222 at the Forum.

hicacjo Montreal V. Reardon lr i- i Bouchard oimTed r'w Mi'r V. siaeknV trass. Bentley. Mosienko.

R. Conarher, Stewart, J. Conarher. Rodnar. Hamill.

Montreal Spares Harvey, Rinpelle. Pla-mondon. Harmon. Richard. Fillion.

Reay, (iravelle. I.aeh, I.eeer. Dnssanlt. FIRST PERIOD: 1 Montreal Harmon hiciiKO. Guidolin (Prystai).

:0: i hicaeo, (uidolin (Prystai). 17:4 I hicaco. Bentley Mosienko R. C'on- acner). Penalties Harmon.

I.aih. SECOND PERIOD: 3 Thieaco. Prystai (f.nidnlin-Olmstead), 5:55: fi hiraco, Stewart (J. Conarher). frl(: 7 Thiraen.

fiadshy R. Cnnarher-Ri-ntley). 11:15: Dnssanlt (Reardnn). Penalties Guidolin. Harvey.

THIRD PERIOD: No scoring. Penalties uournard, liadsuy. Hockey NATIONAL, LEAGUE TPts.GF GA DETROIT Montreal Toronto Boston New York Chicago 26 13 9 61 149 109 20 17 12 52 117 105 21 20 9 50 126 128 17 22 10 44 134 153 17 21 9 43 95 112 16 24 8 40 142 156 SATURDAY'S RESULTS DETROIT 3, Toronto 3. Chicago 6, Montreal 2. SUNDAY'S GAMES New York at DETROIT.

Montreal at Chicago. Toronto at Boston. U-M Droivns Wildcat Tank Team, 57-27 EVANSTON, 111. (U.R) Michigan's swimmers trounced Northwestern, 57 to 27, but Bill Heusner, former Wildcat star, set an unofficial world record for the 300-yard free-style in an exhibition. Heusner thrashed the distance in 3:07.0 in comparison with the 3:08 official record of Jack Medica.

Heusner swam against Michigan's Matt Mann III and Gus Stager in the exhibition. Michigan won eight of the nine events, losing only the fancy diving contest to Chuck Chelich, of North western. The Wolverines' 300-yard medley relay team set a Patten Pool record of 2:55.1, cracking the 2:59.1 set by Great Lakes in 1943. The young son of Pensive came from seventh place on the turn to. defeat Sidney Crew's Cross Wave bv three-quarters of a length.

Hal Price Headlev's Lotowhite was third, a neck "back of Cross Wave THEORY zoomed over the seven furlongs of the Bahamas in a re-; spectable 3o. Theory wras the odds-on choice of 17,928 fans, returning $3.90, $3.50 and $3 across the board. Cross Wave paid $27.50 and Lotowhite, $6.10. Doug Dodson, former first-string rider for Calumet Farm, was aboard Theory. Citation Reaches Peak in Brilliant Mile Work ARCADIA, Calif.

(U.R) Cita- on. aiumet arm wonuer norse worked out sensationally between f1- route, a time which track observers considered exceptional for a practice run. Roseborough Shocks J'giV Orleans Field NEW ORLEANS (IIP) Rose- borough, a relatively unknown four-year-old gelding, upset the favored Thwarted to win the Louisiana Handicap at the Fair Grounds by two lengths. He paid $11.80 straight. Bucks Stop Wisconsin COLUMBUS.

O. (JP) Ohio State took a stranglehold on the Big Ten basketball race with a tViT-illintr viftnrv ftvpr Wis. change their minds and cut the salaries. i THE "GOOD little boys'" who hastened to sign and "pick up their marbles" Saturday included: Rookies Tommy Brown, Bill An-tonello, Kevin Connors. Steve Lembo Bill Loes.

of the Dodgers: Wes Westrum, Bob Hofman, Lou Sloater and Dick Adair, of the Giants; Matt Surkont, of the White Sox; Rav Poat and Bill Werle of the Pirates; Thurman Tucker and Hal Saltzman, of the Indians, and Richie Ashburn, of the Phillies. OSU Swimmers Mar Army Slate COLUMBUS, O. (JP) i State's defending National Collegi-atft swimmin? rhamns snarmpd Associated Press Wirephoto FRED JOHNSON' Leaps to 3ISC Relays Title Gehrmann Breezes in Relays 4:12.7 Mile Breaks East Lansing Mark EAST A I (JP) Don Gehrmann, Wisconsin's ace miler, (went his favorite distance in 4:12.7 at the 28th annual Michigan State Relays for a meet and field house RpSpi-rTirtpn er-M liiaillu iscon- sln a good 100 ul sftw.u-pidte ard Truex. of Ohio State. A field of 19 runners crowded the track and Gehrmann had to pass about iuu.il Lue siow neiu oeiore crossed the finish line, The time wag stn, enoueh to cut almost thrP seconds off the old meet and field house record of 4:15.2 which Gehrmann set last year.

Gehrmann got away with a fast break and never was headed. He did the first quarter in a fast 61 seconds, had a time of 2:05.3 at the half-mile and was clocked at 3:11 at the third quarter. BILL JACOBS, of Oklahoma, set a meet and field house record with a time of 2:14.8 in the run. The old mark of 2:17.4 was set by Don Washington, of Ohio State, last year Gene Cole, the Ohio State sophomore sensation, did well in his collegiate debut by winning the 300-yard run in a respectable time of :31.8. Michigan State's triple threat Fred Johnson dominated the aft- ernoon events.

x- Johnson, a lithe Negro senior from Grandville, won the only afternoon final, the broad jump, with a leap of 24 feet 6TS inches. He already holds the NCAA, IC4A, and CCC broad jump titles. Charley Fonville, Michigan's great shot putter, had an easy time winning the event but did not approach the distances he was making before a bad back sidelined him for a year. Fonville won with a toss of 54 sucutl L1U1" jonn Helwig, of Notre Dame. Fonville did 55 feet, 1 inch, last week at the Michigan AAU relays and for a while held the world record of 58 feet, one inch.

Shot Putter from Yale Sets Indoor Mark BOSTON (JP) With his sixth and last heave, Yale's Jim Fuchs set an indoor 16-pound shot put record a terrific 57 feet 6V2 inches in the Boston AA meet. It replaced the 56-6 mark set by the late Al Blozis, of Georgetown. Five others competed against Fuchs, who had a 55-foot 4-inch toss here two weeks ago, but none could extend him seriously. Fuehs, who claims the world outdoor mark of 58 feet 4 inches, has been shooting at Blozis' mark since he launched this season's competition. Vic Frank, Fuchs' teammate, placed second with a 50-6 throw and Jeff Toodtell, of Harvard, was third with a 48-8 toss.

Northern State Downs Dynamics A visiting Northern Michigan quintet posted a 50-39 victory over Detroit Tech. Northern widened! the gap after tally. a 29-24 halftime George McCormick, of Northern, led the scoring with 21 points. Bill Elford and Vic Tyczynski each had 10 points. i I drive for the 160 pound championship.

Yet, it didn't bring Jake the fistic acclaim it figured to. "He beat a one-armed Marcel Cerdan," the critics said. "If Cer-dan's left shoulder hadn't been hurt early in the fight he would have murdered LaMotta." THE CRY of "cheese champ" grew louder when LaMotta ducked out of a scheduled return with, Cerdan in September. The French, challenger died in a plane crash while enroute to the United States for the re-set fight in December. With the title bout off, LaMotta took an over-the-weight bout with the powder-punching Robert Villemain.

Villemain whipped him decisively at Madison Square Garden. La-' Motta's waning prestige dropped still lower. VINDICATION: In his bout at Olympia, LaMotta was fighting for vindication of himself and his record. He obtained it. Jake fought cautiously and stayed outside for most of the first four rounds.

Then, convinced he could take Wagner's "Sunday punch" without danger, he began to move move like the Motta of old. From the fifth round on. LaMotta beat a steady rat-a-tat of punches to Wagner's body and head. He clipped the Portland battler repeatedly with his left hook and then would smash his right with telling effect. Wagner had gameness, but little else, as a counter weapon.

Once the middleweight king took command it became merely a question of how long the bout would last. RING ODDITY: LaMotta has been one of boxing's "bad boys" during his 10 years of professional fighting. He's been in trouble with Boxing Commissions for a variety of causes. In the ring he's been an "anything goes" battler, with little regard for the niceties of the rule book. Yet, in the eighth round of the battle with Wagner he did a strange and unprecedented thing in big time boxing.

Jake had battered Wagner to a pulp from the opening gong of the eighth. Late in the round he tagged him with a devastating right that drove Dick half-way across the ring. LaMotta started to move in, then he saw his opponent leaning dazed against the ropes with his hands at his side. INSTEAD OF going after the "kill," LaMotta stopped. He appealed to Referee Clarence Rosen to stop the fight to save Wagner from additional punishment.

Rosen stepped between the fighters momentarily and then looked to Boxing Commissioner Floyd Stevens for instructions. Stevens said, "Go ahead. LaMotta had no choice then but to keep stalking the helpless prey. BLARNEY: Regardless of the post-fight statements of Wagner's handlers that the fight shouldn have been stopped. Referee Rosen was absolutely correct in halting the bout.

LaMotta connected everytime he threw a punch in the ninth. Wagner was too weak and dazed to keep his hands up as even a token defensive measure. Few fighters in Detroit's recent jing history ever have absorbed worse beatings. The LaMotta-Wagner fight grossed $25,902.52. Jake received 35 per cent of the net, or appro-, mately $7,000.

Wagner's cut was 20 per cent or approximately $4,000. the Army's string of 13 straight McDermott, of Bay City, set a dual-meet victories in convincing mark of 13.2 seconds in the 100-stvlo, 4S to 36. i "ard dash, breaking the previous victory for Coach Mike-136 record of Billy Michaels, of Peppe's brilliant sophomores wasjDetroit, now out of the class, their fifth in a row. The loss was The two-day event was sched-the second for the Cadets in their uled to wind up Sunday. Officials last 24 meets both at the hands I said that 175 entries were listed of the Buckeyes.

altogether. consin. It gave the Buckeyes aee' inches, exactly two feet LA TORRE New Card CECIL ISBELL Joins foTces with old boss Isbell Joins Lambeau on Cardinal Staff CHICAGO (U.R) Cecil Is bell, former head coach of the Baltimore Colts, has agreed to a two-year contract as backfield coach of the Chicago uarainais. Curly Lambeau, wno oecame head coach of the Cardinals Wednesday after 31 years with the Green Bay Packers, made the an nouncement. Meanwhile.

Georec Stnckler, Packer assistant seneral manager and public director, formally re signed at Green Bay. it was mntea he might join Lambeau on the Card staff. ISBELL WAS one of the bright est stars of the Packers under Lambeau. He and Don Hutson still hold nearlv every passing record for the team. Isbell played with the Packers for five years from 1938 through 1942 and the team finished first twice, tied for first once, and second twice.

Isbell, whose college play was with Purdue, returned to the Boilermakers in 1943 as an assistant coach. THE NEXT YEAR he began a four-year term as head coach. In 1948 he became bead coach of Baltimore and was ousted part way through the 1949 season. Means to Ends PITTSBURG (U.R) Ends Charley Mehelich and Bill McPeak returned their signed 1950 football contracts to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I -it' 7-1 record in league play and was the second defeat in five starts for the Badgers.

Halftime score was 31-31 Sweden The Leaninq Tower of tournament. Playing before the biggest gallery of his career, de la Torre was composed and unruffled in shooting a four-under-par 66. This gave him a total of 197 to establish a competitive mark for the par-70 El Rio course. SAM SNEAD. Chandler of Portsmouth, and Ralph Lo-meli, of Fresno, moved into second position with 54-hole totals of 199.

Henry Williams, of Secane, was three strokes back of the leader with 200. 1 1 1 1 1 II lt I I I ui vjai, who was paired with of Ojai, Snead as the pre-tourney favorites, improved his position. He shot a five-under-par 65 to give him a total of 202. Grouped with him were Glenn Teal, of Memphis, who was tied for third Friday; Jack Burke, of White Plains, N. and United States Open Champ Cary Middle-coff.

WALLY ULRICH, of Minneapolis, one of the first-day leaders, shot 68 for a third-round total of 203. Henry Ransom, of St. Andrews, 111., also had 203. Harper set an unofficial PGA putting record, scoring a seven-under-par 63. He needed only 21 putts on the 18 greens.

He one-putted eight of the first nine holes. He needed only 11 putts on the back nine. Altogether, he took only one putt on each of 15 greens. Harper said, "I drove very badly. I lost three strokes by hitting trees.

But it was certainly lovely on the greens." Cnyler Reported Making Recovery HARRISVILLE, Mich. (JP) Hazen L. (Ki-Ki) Cuyler, former Chicago Cub baseball star, was reported recovering at his home from a heart attack suffered earlier in the week. A close friend said that Cuyler was making good frogress since being returned from the Alpena General Hospital, where he was rushed when taken ill. Louisville First to Stop Duqiiesne LOUISVILLE Louisville's red-hot Cardinals handed Duquesne's Dukes their first defeat of.

the season, 64 to 58, in a major college basketball upset here before 7,500 fans. 'Priddy Good LOS ANGELES (JP) Vern Stephens of the Boston Red Sox and Gerry Priddy of the Detroit Tigers each shot 77 to share honors in the annual Southern California baseball players golf Vl Jj Karl Holmstrom, of Sweden, leans far forward over his skis as he takes off in a leap at Lake Placid, N. in preparation Associated Press Wirephoto for competition In Sunday's main jumping event of the world ski championships..