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22 Friday. Jan. 6, 1950 DETROIT FREE PRESS Exhibition for Medical: Fund Lumley Injured in REMOVES BLUE CAP Th Toss Ex-Ump ey re The game seemingly has three objects. You try to throw the ball through a basket, you try to drown your opposing players and you see how much water you can splash on the diners whose tables line the pool. In attendance were a group of local baseballers, including Dick Wakefield, Hal Newhouser, Diz Trout, Cass Michaels, Steve Gromek and Billy Pierce.

Jones was the principal speaker but each player had his chance. Wakefield was the only player who took a "water cocktail" before lunch and the ex-Tiger distinguished himself by scoring two baskets and surviving all drowning atempts. Trout, who leaves for Florida with Wakefield Friday morning, seemingly was unimpressed with Dick's aquatic prowess. "The game's fixed," yelled Diz. "You're so tall you're standing on bottom JONES, WHO BEGAN his umpiring career in 1936, drew the biggest laughs with some of the umpiring yarns he will use in his new position.

BY LYALL SMITH Free Press Sports Editor Nicholas Ittner Jones, the sorrel-topped American League umpire, announced Thursday that he no longer will be on the receiving end of a verbal barrage by irate ball players or a bottle-barrage by angry fans. "Fact is, I'm going into another branch of the bottle business," declared the colorful and loquacious Jones, an AL umpire for six seasons. "My decision was the easiest one I ever made in my life." ALL OF WHICH was an informal way of revealing that Jones has joined the sales promotion staff of the Pfeiffer Brewery and has hung up his umpire's blue uniform. Red made his announcement before an appreciative and and aquatic audience at the Detroit Athletic Club. The occasion was the regular meeting of the Beavers, an organization of swimmers who warm up for lunch by a bit of mayhem called water basketball.

And the biggest of all came at the insistence of Michaels, the Chicago second baseman, who wanted Red to tell about the day he set a record by chasing the entire White Sox bench to the showers. "The Sox are playing Boston," Jones obliged, "and I thought a Chicago pitch was too close to Ted Williams' head. So I cautioned the pitcher. He didn't like it and when he was knocked out of the box an inning later the Sox claimed I had unnerved him. "Then I began to hear voices," grinned Jones.

"They were gentle ones wafting from the Chicago bench calling me a meathead. I cautioned the bench. One voice continued. I sent three players to the showers. The voice continued.

I sent three more. It still continued. Finally I cleaned the bench. Still the voice continued. "I went over to the dugout and looked in, figuring the Sox had hired a ventriloquist.

I don't see a soul. But I do see a sweat jacket hanging on the wall and it's pretty bulky. I pull it aside and there is Coach Mule Haas hiding behind it. It took me a lot of thumb-waving to find the voice. But I found it." "Did the Sox hold a grudge against you for that?" someone asked.

Hi IS But I'll see plenty of gamea. RED JONES UMPIRE RED JONES Accepts post with Detroit firm Buffalo, Is If Fans it Pi i if Bad Jf Houston Ask Grid Franchises News for Wings Lumley "CERTAINLY exclaimed Jones. "I even received a Christmas card from Manager Jack Onslow this year. Of course, he didn't speak to me all season." Other comments, public and otherwise: Trout (who didn't start a ball game for the Tigers last season) "I'm the only player in the game who had his mail addressed to him at the Briggs Stadium bullpen." Michaels "I read a lot this winter about the high price the Sox put on me when they talked trades. But if I told you what kind of a salary raise I was offered you'd laugh.

I already have returned two contracts." Newhouser: "I haven't received a contract yet from the Tigers. But I don't anticipate any trouble in signing. I'm in good shape." bttles, and a Glum TOP RING CAST TREATMENT Physician orders If I Jones: "I'll miss umpiring. I'm moving to Detroit By As of First 'Half as One TODAY Stamps Wings of Greatest Sextets '7f LYALL SMITH- HALF OF DETROIT'S 70-game hockey season is history. But the real history is contained in the 35 games still to be played.

Twisted Ankle Puts Goalie Out Red Wings Await Examination for Plans BY MARSHALL DAKS An injury to Goalie Harry Burnley turned a comic-opera jockey exhibition into a serious matter for the Detroit Red Wings. Lumley sprained his ankle in the second period and may be forced to miss some action in the National Hockey League. It is not known whether the Detroit netminder will be able to play in the Wings' next official start this week-end. "I CANT TELL the seriousness of the sprain until Friday," stated Dr. C.

L. Tomsu, the team physician. "But I will say that it's doubtful that he'll be able to play for a while. He might recover quickly, and then again the sprain might keep him out for a week or even longer." The Wings have no NHL action booked until Sunday when the Boston Bruins play here. In the emergency Manager Jack Adams is ready to call up Terry Sawchuk as a replacement from the Indianapolis farm club.

MOST OF THE 5,242 fans who watched the farcical hockey program at Olympia failed to realize that Lumley was hurt. They, thought it was just a part of the act in the comedy which otherwise was highly entertaining. The professional Wings met an All-Star amateur team from International League. Scoring was incidental as the Wings won by an unhockeylike score of 17 to 10. Ironically, Lumley was hurt in a game staged for the benefit of the.

IHL medical fund, which helps defray expenses of players hurt in the amateur loop. AT THE TIME he was hurt Lumley was clowning around in center ice, far from his usual and apparently safe position in the nets. Playing forward, pads and all, on a breakaway bid, Lumley fell chasing a loose puck. He said that he "felt something give" at the time, but didn't be- Sawchuk Called from Wing Farm INDIANAPOLIS Goalie Terry Sawchuk was notified to report to the Detroit Red Wings after his Indianapolis team played its second 3-3 tie in two nights with the Cincinnati Mohawks. lieve it serious.

Seconds later he crashed into the boards after rushing the net, and this time he hurriedly left the ice in considerable pain. Adams was one of glum spectators in the dressing room while Dr. Tomsu made a preliminary examination. After treatment Lumley was taken to Harper Hospital in an ambulance where X-rays confirmed Dr. Tomsu's earlier diagnosis that no bones were broken.

LUCKY ENOUGH to escape injury in several seasons as an NHL campaigner, Lumley has been hurt twice in exhibition affairs. Three years ago he was hurt in an exhibition at Hamilton, Ont. That Injury was aggravated in the 59th game of the regular season, and Red Almas was called on as a replacement during the Stanley Cup semifinals against Toronto. Almas, in turn, was hurt in the final playoff match, and Johnny Mowers finished in the nets. Lumley later underwent an operation to repair the damage from that injury.

AFTER CONSULTING timetables and schedules, Adams prepared to call up Sawchuk to fill in for Lumley Sunday if necessary. Jim Shirley, the Wings' spare goalie, will be sent to Indianapolis to relieve Sawchuk in that case. Sawchuk, pride of the farm system, was here on a standby basis a week ago when Lumley had intestinal flu. Lumley recovered in time, however, and didn't miss any play. Long Island Nips Bee Gees NEW YORK (JP) Long Island University, paced by big Sherman White, overcame an 18-point deficit early in the second half to nip Bowling Green of Ohio, 66-63.

Temple upset New York University, 50-45 in the overtime opener at Madison Square Garden. Hockey NATIONAL LEAGUE Pts.GF GA DETROIT 23 9 4 43 117 77 New York 15 12 7 37 74 79 Montreal 14 IS 9 S7 84 76 Boston 12 17 8 32 101 116 Toronto 12 18 7 31 87 110 Chicago 11 17 7 29 105 111 THURSDAY'S RESULT Montreal 5, Boston S. SATURDAY'S GAMES Chicago at Toronto. New York at Montreal. opes Bell Gives Two Cities Some Hope All Plans Hinge on League Meeting PHILADELPHIA (JP) Houston and Buffalo both will be considered for membership in the new National American Football League, Commissioner Bert Bell said.

The portly commissioner, tired from his recent all-night sessions planning a 14-team schedule for 1950, appended his statement with a couple of buts." "We'll take up both Houston and Buffalo at the Jan. 19 meeting here, but they 11 have to meet two situations to make the league. First, they 11 have to receive a unanimous vote of the 13 original franchises. "Second, they'll have to fit into a schedule." a BELL REITERATED his famil iar story that making a schedule for 13 teams is easier than for 14 or 15. But he said scheduling 16 teams is like "rolling off a log." "Frankly, I don't think there are 16 football money-making cities in the country," Bell said.

"But if we can get 16 responsible franchises and the members want to give it a whirl, that's what we'll do." Glenn McCarthy, millionaire Houston oil and hotel man, has been sent an NAFL application with a copy of the league constitution, Bell said. MCCARTHY SAID in Houston that he hoped to buy the players of the Chicago Hornets, members of the former All-America Conference which merged with the National Football League to form the new NAFL. The Hornets were dropped from the new league setup because the NAFL already had two teams in Chicago the Cardinals and Bears. Buffalo citizens meanwhile went ahead with their public fund raising campaign and drive to sell 10,000 season tickets. Bell went ahead with his plans for the Jan.

19 meeting at which air these and other problems are expected to be ironed out. The founding meeting of the NAFL will open Wednesday night, Jan. 18 with a pre-convention i rules session. I AMONG THE subjects on the agenda for the confab that may last through Jan. 22, are selection of the teams for the two divisions of the league, distribution of players from the player pool, the 1950 schedule, amendments to the constitution and by-laws, admission of any new members and departmental reports.

Owners or officials of the 101-lowing clubs will attend: Baltimore Colts, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, New York Bulldogs. New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. Bulldogs Hire Strader, Ex- Coach of Yankees NEW YORK (JP) Norman (Red) Strader signed to coach the New York Bulldogs, of the new National American Football League. He succeeds Charley Ewart, who resigned at the close of last season. Strader, a T-formation operative, coached the New York Yankees, of the disbanded All-America Conference from mid-1948 through 1949.

His team won eight of its 12 games the last campaign. Ted Collins, owner of the Bull-does, did not announce the length of Strader's contract or the salary to be naid him. He said Strader would choose his own assistants. Almost Perfect EAST LANSING (U.R) George Smith, Michigan State's extra-point specialist, converted 38 times in 41 attempts this fall. Free Press Pnoios STARTS IMMEDIATELY foot bathed in hot water GOALIE WATCHES AS DR.

C. L. TOMSU EXAMS INJURED ANKLE Then gets news that may sideline him for indefinite period A look behind the Red Wings proves conclusively that the Detroiters determinedly are trying to stamp themselves as one of the greatest teams in the modern history of the ice sport. They have won 22 of their 35 games and tied four others to amass a commanding total of 48 points (two for a victory and one for a tie). They lead their closest rivals by 11 points and have a chance to turn the current schedule into one of the greatest runaways of all time.

Everything is made to order for such achievements. Especially the schedule. This is the first year of an expanded 70-game program, 10 more than ever played by teams in the past. If the Wings can continue to play, and win, at the same speed they have displayed in the first half of the campaign they will have jeopardized practically every mark in the record books. Wings Have Eyes on Records IN 1943-44, the Montreal Canadiens wound up a 50-game season with a 23-point advantage over their closest foe.

That is the biggest margin since the league abandoned its two division setup. The Wings could knock that one right off the pages of the record manual. That same year the Canadiens scored 234 goals as a team. That record is in danger. Individual records are just as shaky.

Ted Lindsay already has 26 assists to his credit. He needs onely 21 more to establish a Detroit record replacing the one of 46 established in 1947 by Billy Taylor. Lindsay also has 42 points goals plus assists. The record of 73 is held by Carl Liscombe who set it in 1943-44. As the players swing into the last and decisive half of their assault on the records, the Olympia box office notes a queer trend.

The Wings have played 19 home games thus far this year. Despite the fact that they are by all standards the classiest club in the league, they have drawn 20,567 FEWER cash customers in those 19 games than they did one year ago over the same period. Last year's attendance after 19 contests at home was 253,945. Today, it is 233,478 for a decrease of around eight per cent. Crowds Drop in American Cities 35 Semifinalists GALVIN, SOAVE CYO Calls Bob Galvin, open lightweight champion, and Frank Soave, open heavyweight monarch, head the parade of outstanding boxers in the second semifinal show of the CYO tournament Friday night at the CYO Community Center, Mack and Maxwell.

MUM ON COACHING Wayne Gets 50-46 Edge Omaha Conquered in See-Saw Game Wayne University achieved its third basketball victory in seven starts this season when it defeated Omaha, 50 to 46, at the Coliseum Thursday night. The lead changed hands seven times and was tied eight times before the Tartars pulled away to their winning margin. VETERAN FORWARD Al Guzzo and Sophomore Center Bob Langas led Wayne. Guzzo sank 14 points and Langas 13, but both yielded scoring honors to Omaha's Bill Gibbons, who put in 16. It was Omaha's seventh loss in eight starts.

WAYNE 50 OMAHA 46 i 3 6 Fitrh.f 10 2 Guzzo.f A 4 14 Arenan.f 10 3 Ul.r 2 3 7 t.mnons.r in Condon. Oil 6 8 14 Conil.ear.r 113 Oberr.r 4 3 11 loiwinsiu.r oil iraDiree.c wax Laneas.c 3 13 Perhini.f 2 1 Totals 17 16 SO Totals 19 8 46 Srore at half: Wayne 29. Omaha 25. Neither Erdelatz Nor Navy Close to Decision LEST THE WINGS themselves might look at such figures ANNAPOLIS, () It became evident it wasn't just a "Yes or No" proposition when Eddie Erdelatz was invited to the Double Duty TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (JP) Danny Carnavale has been appointed playing manager of the Terre Haute team in the Three-Eye League.

and get the impression they are playing so well that the fans are staying home, it should be pointed out that such a decrease is universal in all American cities in the league this year. and with it a $1,000 to U. of D. He is now a freshman pre-med student at the university. He captured the open lightweight title last year.

SOAVE, STAR back on the Pershing High football team last Fall, finds his path to the title blocked by two highly-regarded foes. Jerome Migala, Detroit Tech end lineman and former novice heavyweight titleholder, is a mur derous puncher. Fred Protas is the smoothest boxer of the three. Protas won the open light heavyweight title last season, and went on to win an impressive triumph in the Intercity show with the Grand Rapids Golden Gloves champions. Called to combat for Friday are 17 open, four Class and 14 novice scrappers.

Approximately 15 bouts will be presented. The first starts at 8 p.m. The following boys have been called out for the CYO boxing tournament show Friday at thej CYO Community Center, Mack and Maxwell. All boys are requested to report not later than 6:30 m. for physical examination: CLASS A 126 POITNDS Guido DIMambro.

R-n-eh an. Ffe. M. 1. Fehotsky and John Vara-Plew.

133 POrDS Robfrt Galvin. Robert Hoffman. Richard Spitak and Howard Thomas. 160 POl'N'DS Jme Bntflcaris. James Hoomaian, Thomas Poster and John Woods.

175 POUNDS James Cortes and Donald OverbauKh. HEAVYWEIGHT Jerome Hleala. Fred Protas and Frank Soave, CLASS 135 POTJNDS Charles Terrana. William Erbe. Lnsion Garza and Tom McManaman.

CLASS 118 POUNDS Ronald Oarnell. Robert Gnstnan and Rumaldo Valdex. 147 POUNDS William Campbell. Jos-enh Deredzinskl. Joseph Keyea and Don SUtI.

175 POUNDS Sal Laeea. Gerald Mod-Unskl and Jerry Walker. HEAVYWEIGHT Dominie Scala. Paul Dwyer. Don Nelson and Robert Weider.

On Steeler Staff PITTSBURGH (JP) The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Mike Nixon, 39, as backfield coach for the 1950 season. Thirty-five survivors of a record starting field of more than 300 have been called out for this card. Winners will fight for titles in the finals at the State Fair Coliseum Thursday night. Galvin will be shooting for his third CYO crown. He won the novice featherweight title in 1947 POST Navy Academy to talk about the football coaching vacancy.

Rather, it was an invitation to discuss the entire situation and then decide if each wants the other. ERDELATZ SPENT his second day at the Academy without com-inst close to a decision either way to stay as head coach or return to his assistant coacning jod wun the professional San Francisco Both Academy Athletic officials and Erdelatz explained their con versations hadn yet touched on whether he will be the man to succeed George Sauer. Blue Devils, DIT on Card Lawrence Tech will face the University of Delaware in the feature contest of a basketball double-header in the Coliseum Friday night. In the other half of the twin bill Detroit Tech will clash with Omaha. First game is 8:15 p.m.

Scratch One WASHINGTON (JP) The Washington Capitals, of the na tional Basketball Association, gave John Mandic, 29-year-old former Oregon State tar, ma un conditional release. Chicago, New York and Boston are down much more than Detroit while Montreal and Toronto are just about even with last season's figures. This trend is directly traceable to the tightening grip by the public on its entertainment dollar. Some opponents of the expanded 70-game schedule claim the ITS COMPULSORY drop in attendance is due to the fact that there are too many games. "You can't expect the fans to keep coming out when there Stale AAU Plans Boxing Insurance The Executive Committee of the Michigan AAU has completed arrangements for the compulsory insurance of all amateur boxers who appear on its sanctioned shows.

Ralph Young, Michigan State College Athletic Director and president of the Michigan AAU; Leo Salakin, Detroit, chairman of the boxing Committee; and Secretary Pat Mc-Intyre worked out final details of the insurance plan. Michigan is the first AAU organization to take the step in protection of its ringmen. Provisions of the policy provide medical expenses np to $500 if a fighter is injured and the maximum payment of $1,000 in the event of death due to ring injuries. are so many games, they contend. Their contentions do not hold water.

It just so happens that those extra 10 games are yet to be played by each team. The Wings, for example, played their 35th game of the year Wednesday night, Jan. 4. One year ago, they played their 35th game on Jan. 6.

The current season will not end until the last Sunday in March. That means it will be one week longer than that of last season. Three of those extra 10 games will be played by the Wings in that final week. The other seven will be distributed over the 12 weeks between now and then. So if the Wings continue their same pace throughout the final half of the season they will have accomplished two things.

One will be the shattering of records. The second will be a drop in attendance of around 40,000 customers..