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Monday, Dec. 18, 1950 DETROIT FREE PRESS Browns Booted into Pro Finals, Passed In Rams rs. Ladewig Wins, Groza's Fild Goals Chill Giants, 8-3 -Last-Minute, Last-Down Kick Ends Defensive Duel on Frozen Grid BY BOB LATSIIAW Frea Pre Staff Writer CLEVELAND The Cleveland Browns added the American Conference title to their collection of football championships by beating the New York Giants, 8 to 3, In freezing weather at Municipal Stadium. Jouglard Edged Out in World Pin Test 41 I I 4 ii Waterfield Puts Bears Out, 24-14 Enters Game as Sub; Leaves as Big Hero Tie-Happy Rangers Spoil Wing Streak 3-3 Standoff 12th for New York; Costs Detroit Ground in Race Special to the Free Presa NEW YORK After winning six straight games, the Detroit Red Wings were forced to settle for a 3-3 deadlock. It came with the New York Rangers, who make a specialty of playing ties.

1 This was the 12th tie 29 The sails right through the uprights three of the e'-t points. NEARLY EVERY eye turn toward the sky as Lou Groza (46) boots one of his two field goals against the New Y'ork Giants. X- At. gf ball (top) for Hockey NATIONAL LEAGUE Pts.GFGA Toronto 18 7 6 42 101 62 DETROIT 17 6 5 39 89 55 Chicago 11 11 6 28 75 74 Montreal 10 15 6 26 65 76 Boston 8 16 5 21 62 88 New York 4 13 12 20 54 90 iwafcafcia pJr vpr SATURDAY'S RESULTS DETROIT 4, Boston 1. New York 1, Montreal 1.

Chicago 3, Toronto 2. SUNDAY'S RESULTS DETROIT New York 3. Toronto 4, Boston 2. Montreal 7, Chicago 3. TUESDAY'S GAME Chicago at DETROIT.

WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Montreal at Toronto. Boston at New York. Stanford to Hold Schwartz 5 Years PALO ALTO, Calif University Head Football Coach Marchie Schwartz informed Athletic Director Al Masters that he has accepted terms of a new five-year contract offered to him Nov. 5. Schwartz' announcement quelled rumors that the Indian mentor would not accept the contract renewal.

Financial terms of the contract were not announced. Lou (The Toe) Groza booted two field goals to send the Browns into the National League finals here next Sunday. They will meet the Los Angeles Rams. BECAUSE OF the 15-degree temperature only 33,054 hardy fans turned out. The frozen field made it necessary for the players to forsake their football shoes for tennis sneakers.

The game marked the third meeting of the teams this season and the first victory for Cleveland. In the earlier games New York had won, 6 to 0 and 17 to 13. Wearing a sneaker on his left foot and a leather shoe on his right, Groza provided a dramatic finish to a game devoted almost entirely to defensive football. THE TOE kicked one field goal in the first quarter to give the Browns a 3-0 lead which they held until midway in the final period. Then, with only 58 seconds left and the score knotted at 3-3, Groza dropped back to the Giants' 29-yard line on fourth down.

From there he booted the ball between the uprights for the clinching points. Seconds later Chuck Conerly was tossed in the New York end zone for a safety, but those two points were just so much window dressing. Randall Clay gave the Giants their only score on a 20-yard field goal after they blew two chances to get a touchdown in the fourth quarter. From the opening kickoff both teams played close to the vest. Otto Graham started throwing the ball on the first series of downs but soon stopped almost entirely.

As a result, the game turned Into a battle of smashing line play. In the second quarter neither team was able to make a first down. THE BROWNS took the opening kickoff and marched from their 35 toNew York's four. $'V key play in the drive was a'j0-yard pass from Graham to Dante La-velli. Groza was sent in to kick a field goal although the Browns needed less than two yards for STATISTICS NT.

I 111 48 J. 3 I 4 5 CLEVE 15.1 First down Rushing rasMiiiK ardace I'asMia attempted raeft completed lkaHes Intercepted runt I'linlint averaee tumbles lofct 1 ard penalized 4 i 9 .1 411.3 .1 3 (by) New York Mr ela nil 3 New York neorlnrr Field cortl ClaT, Safety Conerly (tarkled in end xone by Willis and Cleveland scoring: Field goalit roKa 2. a first down on the Giant four. He got the Browns off in front with his boot from the 11. Neither team could get beyond its own 40-yard line during the rest of the first half.

Instead, the kicking of Conerly and Horace Gillora highlighted the play. Gillom made the most spectacular play of the game. After a bad pass from center went over his head, he recovered the ball and ran toward the sideline. While on the dead run, Gillom booted the ball 55 yards down field. Conerly put the Browns in the hole a few moments later with a 72-yard quick kick.

THE GIANTS didn't move into Cleveland territory until the third period. Then they got only as far as the Cleveland 48. Finally their A-formation attack started to click in the fourth quarter. The Giants blew one chance when they marched from their 28 to the Browns' 16 before their attack went into reverse. The series ended with a punt from the 36.

Conerly punted out on Cleveland's 14 to set the stage for New York's field goal. The Giants got down to the three with Gene Roberts doing most of the ball carrying. Conerly then hit Bob McChesney in the end zone with a pass, but it was called back because of offsides. Four plays later Clay kicked his field goal. THE BROWNS came right back to regain the lead with the second of Groza's field goals.

They marched from their 35 to the Giant 22 before Groza booted the winning three-pointer. Seconds later, in a desperation pass attempt from his end zone, Conerly was thrown by three Browns for a safety and the game's final two points. THIS IS the fifth straight year the Browns have won a divisional title. For four seasons they swept through the All-America Conference. This is the first year they competed in th NsVlioaal League.

Akron Youth Victor by 1.22 Points 21-Year-OId Hoover Wins in Last Game BY DICK PETERS Free Press Staff Writer CHICA'G Young Dick Hoover, of Akron, beat out Detroit's Lee Jouglard in the 104th and final game to become bowling's new match-game singles champion before 2,000 excited fans at the Coliseum. While Hoover edged Jouglard by 1.22 Petersen points for bowling's biggest plum, Mrs. Marion Ladewig, of Grand Rapids, retained her women's title. She topped Patty Striebeck, of Indianapolis, in the final block. The men's race was the closest dogfight in the 10-year history of the tournament, which saw four men still in the battle right down to the last match.

TONY SPARAXDO, of New York, finished third, and Chicago's Joe Wilman was fourth. Bill Lil-lard, of Dallas, was fifth. Hoover, who celebrated his 21st birthday here Friday, is the youngest champion in "history. Connie Schwoegler, of Madison, won the crown in 1942 when he was 25. The new champion took over the lead for the first time late Saturday night.

He stayed in front all day Sunday with Jouglard breathing down his neck all the way. On the Jouglard 64 final games, Hoover won 36 while averaging 210.14. As Hoover and Jouglard began their climactic match, the young Ohioan was 1.08 points ahead. Jouglard quickly jumped in front by 13 pins as he shot 246 to Hoover's 225. Hoover went back in front after the second game by 1.07 points as he scored 212 to Lee's 192.

A 218 third game to Hoover's 193 put Jouglard ahead again by 18 pins. THEN IN the showdown fourth game they matched strikes almost evenly until the sixth frame. There Hoover began a string of four that eventually brought him a 246 finish as Jouglard wound up with 206. Detroit's other entrants finished like this: Buzz Fazio was eighth, Therman Gibson ninth, Chuck O'Donnell 12th, Lou Sie-lafT 14th and Bill Bunetta 16th. Mrs.

Ladewig, in front by 2.14 points as the last match began, quickly settled the issue. The Grand Rapids star lined up nine strikes beginning in the fourth frame to gain a 268 in her opening game, while Miss Striebeck mustered only 171. The second game also went to Mrs. Ladewig, 194 to 178. DETROIT'S WOMEN finalists -were far down the list.

Pat Lipa wound up 12th, Lucille Quamby 13th and Gladys Dempsey 16th. Mrs. Ladewig retained her title in the same easy manner tn which she won it last year. She moved in front at the end of the second round and was never budged from that spot. She won 24 of her 32 games, averaging 199.28 for the distance.

Stevie Balough, of Cleveland, wound up second as she passed Miss Striebeck in the last round by splitting with Sylvanie Wene, of Philadelphia. Miss Wene came home fourth. Canadians Rip into Chicago CHICAGO (U.R) The Montreal Canadiens scored four third-period goals for a 7-3 decision over Chi cago to pull within one game of the third-place Black Hawks in the National Hockey League race. MONTREAL 7 CHICAGO (3) McNeil 1. 11 in ley Manastersk Fogolin llarvev 1.

Dewsliiirv I rtch I. I'onachcr Kit-hard (Hiidolin Dussault J. R. Cunsrher Montreal (parr Bouchard. furry.

4nlinon, nray, tjraveue. ftlosdell, kaiser. Mrl'herson. Masnich. Roach.

Chicago spares Dickens. Mcl'aig. Ba- nandn, Kodnar. mack, Lundy, Brown Iowell. 1-eier.

FIRST PERIOD: 1 Montreal. Mnsdcll (MrPherson-Mackay). 4:36: Chicago, florinar Babando-Fogolln). Kaiser Kray-iravelle. Penalties Harvey.

Manastersky. BlHck. SECOND PKKIOD: 4 Chicago. Fago-lin. rt Chicago.

J. Conacher, l.lr'.l: Montreal. Richard Kcy), Penalties Harvey, Brown. THIRD PERIOL: 7 Montreal. Curry (MomIcII).

Montreal. Mackay iUosdcll-Cnrrv), 9 Montreal, fcirry Modcll). 10 Montreal. -Kier (Reay-tiravelle), 18:83. Penaltiea Markay.

Real. y. STATISTICS BEXRS RAMS II -1 1 10 4 i it First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes attempted Passes completed Passes Intercepted i.l J9.t 5 .1 t'unts 7 Punting average 41.0 rumbles lost Yards nenalized 4A Chicago 7 Los Angelea 3 14 7 0 24 Chicago scoring; Touchdowns I'tm. pana. Morrison.

Conversions In jack 3. Los Angeles scoring: Touchdowns-rears 3. Conversions Waterfield 3. lield goal Waterfield. LOS ANGELES (U.R) The Los Angeles Rams, riding the great passing arm of Bob Water- field, defeated the Chicago Bears, 24 to 14, in their playoff for the National Conference football championship.

The game ended in a series of fist fights on the field to the delight of the crowd of 83,501. Three times Waterfield whipped passes to End Tom Fears for touchdowns. Waterfield added a field goal himself as well as kicking three extra points. HE DID NOT start the game, as Coach Joe Stydahar opened with the league's leading passer, Norman Van Brocklin. But the former Oregon quarterback could not hit his marks and Waterfield came in during the first period.

Plaslng one of the greatest games of his pro career, Waterfield faked and passed so well that the Rams ran up a 24-7 lead early in the third period. Then they staved off drive after drive by the desperate Bears. The fans stayed until the final play as tempers flared into fights between the players and penalty after penalty was called for personal fouling. Three personal fouls were called in the closing seconds of the game. Reserves emptied both benches several times to pour out on the playing field and join in the battles.

The final gun was delayed until officials could clear the gridiron for the last play nearly a minute after the time had run out. THE GAME itself was a duel between a great passing team and the outstanding running attack of the Bears in which George Gul-yanics, Julie Rykovich and Fred Morrison punched out long ground gains. It was a tight defensive struggle during the first period, with the scoreless deadlock broken after 12 minutes by Waterfield's 42-yard field goal. The ball hit the cross bar and rolled over. The first Waterfield to Fears pass for 42 yards had put the Rams in scoring position.

The game then broke wide open in the second period as the Bears came back to march 65 yards on eight plays. Halfback Al Campana broke through the line for 22 yards to score and put the Bears ahead for the only time. AFTER AN exchange of punts, however, Waterfield passed from his own 33 to Fears on the Bear 30. The fleet end raced over for a touchdown on a play good for 67 yards. With only minutes left in the second period, Waterfield alternated passes to Elroy Ilirsch and Fears to go 80 yards for the second Ram touchdown.

It came on a 32-yard pass to Fears. The Rams got their next drive going late in the third period, with a 35-yard pass from Water-field to V. T. Smith moving th ball deep into Chicago territory. After they worked down to tha 23, Waterfield threw a flat pass to Fears just over the line of scrimmage.

Fears shook off five tacklers and rolled over the goal line. THE BEAR running attack be gan rolling again late in the third period. Rykovich and Gulyanics tore off long gains to march 76 yards in 12 plays. Morrison broke through the line for the final four yards, scoring on the first play of the fourth period. After an exchange of punts, the Bears started another drive on the Los Angeles 49.

That got them to the 17, where they lost the ball on downs. Chicago started another drive midway in the period and drove to the two-yard line. Again the Rams held and a fourth-down pass fell incomplete in the end zone. THE GAME was played under ideal weather conditions for the Rams, with the temperature degrees on the playing field. AND ON THE West Coast Rams' End Tom Fears (left) Is one of the brightest stars.

Here Fears grabs a Bob Waterfield pass and eludes the grasp of Bears' Halfback George McAfee. Fears also caught two other TD aerials. games this season for the Rangers, who have racked up only four victories against 13 defeats in their clear-cut decisions. Three of the deadlocks have been with Detroit, plus three of the setbacks. It was the fifth tie in 28 starts for the Wings.

NEW YORK officials repeatedly have demanded that overtime play be returned in the National Hockey League. Another call probably will come Monday, for this was a game the Rangers hoped to win. They held a 3-2 lead until Sid Abel, Detroit's veteran center and captain, caused the draw with his third-period goal. Gordie Howe and Metro Prystal had tallied earlier for the Wings. With the deadlock Detroit lost ground to league-leading Toronto, which beat Boston, 4 to 2.

In the past week the Wings had cut the gap from eight to two points, but now they are three points behind. THE BIGGEST surprise for the 9,869 fans largest crowd here in several games was how the Rangers had toughened since recent drubbings by Detroit. Just 11 days ago the Wing won a 9-0 rout here, and then followed it with a 5-0 trouncing in Detroit. Those twin triumphs started Detroit off on the hottest streak yet enjoyed by any club in the loop. Double victories over Toronto and Boston made it six in a row.

Then the Rangers, who had spoiled the Wings' best previous winning streak of four straight with a 3-3 tie here Nov. 19, staged their repeat act. HOWE GAVE the Wings a brief 1-0 edge in the first period with an unassisted goal on his own rebound. It was his 13th of the year. On the next play Howe caught a penalty and the Rangers quickly evened it.

Reggie Sinclair slipped a 15-footer past Terry Sawchuk on a fast-passing power play. Dreams of the first victory this semester over Detroit grew when New York moved out in front, 3 to 1, in the second stanza. Nick Mickoski converted Don Raleigh's pass for the first, and Buddy O'Connor connected with a sharp-angled-blast of the other. With two seconds left in the period Prystai delivered his 11th Of the season on passes from Red Kelly and Vic Stasiuk. THE WINGS broke fast in the final period and Abel scored after just 48 seconds.

Howe and Leo Reise relayed passes which left Abel set up alongside of the net for his eighth goal, a real important one. The Wings wilL return home for their next game Tuesday against Chicago. NEW YORK (3) Rayner Kcan I. I DETROIT Sawchuk Reise Kelly Ahel Hone htanler Lal'rade. Kiillman Lewick T.imisar New York snares Kddolls.

Evans. Stan. owski, O'Connor. Raleigh. Lund.

Tonuazzini. Kvle. kaleta. Slowinski. Sin.

clair. Detroit spares tmlilham, Martin. Gee, Peters, Stewart, Frystai. Pavelirh, Mi-Fad-di Carveth. Couture.

Stasiuk. Raglan. FIRST PERIOD: 1 Detroit. Howe. a New York, Sinclair Egan- utonnor).

Penalties Howe, l.es-wick. Kyle, Oolilham. SECOND PERIOD: .1 New York. Mic. koskl (Raleigh).

4 New York. O'Connor (Sinclair). 5 Detroit. PrystaK (Stasiuk-Kell) 19:58. Penalties Kulman.

Sinclair. THIRD PERIOD: Detroit. Abel (Howe-Relse). :48. No penalty.

Bruins Lose Third Straight at Home, 4-2 BOSTON (JP) A three-goal first-period outburst enabled the Toronto Maple Leafs to defeat the Boston Bruins, 4 to 2, before 8,606 at the Garden. It was the third straight National Hockey League setback for the home forces. BOSTON (2) Olineau TORONTO (4) Broda Thomson Mortson (iardner MurKell V. ttuackenhnsh M. QuackenbOkh Ronty Fisher Lynn Boston spares Schmidt, nicki.

Lowe. Henderson. Watson Dumart, Ezi- Kryzanowski, Creiehton. Peirson. Horerk.

Ferguson Toronto spares Bentley. Kiukaj, IC-wirki. Barilko, Juzda. Bolton, Sloan. MrCormark.

Timgren. Smith, llassnrd. FIRST PERIOD: 1 Toronto. MarKell ((iardner-Hatson). Toronto.

Bent-ley I ki). Boston. Creighion (B. guackenbush Peirson 1 I i 4 Toronto. Mortson (Watson).

19 Penaltv Thomson. SM OND PKKIOD: No scoring. Penalties Thomson. Fisher. Lowe, Bentley, Ezi-ni-ki.

Sloan. Schmidt. THIRD PERIOD: Boston. Lowe, 7jS(J; Toronto, (Maekell-Atnrtson), 0:01. No penally.

MARION LADEWIG 2 Bijj Items on Bo's Side in Job Fight War, Costly Contract Considered by Lions Two signs dollar and war may, or may not, keep Bo Mc-Millin on the job as coach and general manager of the Detroit Lions. Directors of the pro football club are scheduled to meet this week for another discussion of the veteran coach's fate. THE MEETING originally was set for Monday evening, but Edwin J. Anderson, president of the club, said on his arrival from California Sunday that it will not be held then. "I'm just back in town and we'll have to get our house in order before any meeting," Anderson said.

He added that the directors will meet before the week ends, however. There has been no indication from the directors on what they intend to do about McMillin, who survived a similar meeting a week ago. It will cost them a lot of dollars to release the white-haired veteran from the last two years of his five-year contract. "7 A total of $60,000 is In escrow for his salary those two years and McMillin gets it the minute he is fired. In addition, the Lions would have to provide a substantial salary to hire a new 'coach or pro mote one of McMillin's assistants, as some rumors have it.

THE LIONS have made some money this year but not that kind of cash. The club wound up in the blick for' the first time In several seasons. and McMillin gets the credit. The rise out of the red was due to a profitable exhibition trip, including a 50,000 crowd in Dallas. McMillin arranged that.

The national emergency, with the threat of war hanging over the country, also gives the Lions' directors cause for pause. Commissioner Bert Bell, of the, National Football League, is reported to be discreetly inquiring about pro football's chances of operating during war time. It is hardly likely that the Lions' directors would rush in to fire McMillin if they were going to be out of business next season. McMILLIN has strong arguments to present the directors. In addition to giving them a financial balance, his team succeeded in winning six games, while losing six, in the National League season for the Lions' best showing since 1945.

The chief difference between the coach and directors seems to be over his handling of high-priced, highly rated players including some expensive rookies. Some directors have said that they are concerned by players' lack of respect for McMillin, who came to the Lions after a long college coaching career, and by an apparent gulf between him and his assistant coaches. St Ji. FREE FOR ALL Mezzi Wins Ski Honors BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y.

(JP) Mezzi Barber, of the Brattleboro Outing' Club, Vt, won the sixth annual Torger Tokle Memorial ski-jumping tournament. A crowd of 5,000 saw Mezzi, former four. way ski jumping champ, leap 158 and 156 to outdistance 63 other participants. The bespectacled campaigner was far ahead of Arthur Devlin, the North American champion, who finished second with leaps of 151 and 153 feet. i ULi-v- L-i RAM-BEAR CONTEST WLNDS UP IN NEAR Players pour off benches as Ram Dan Towler, Bear George Blanda tangle in waning minutes Nice Pin Habit; Hits 203 3 Times Frank Galesky was in a bowling rut, but he never complained a bit.

Rolling at Grand Central Recreation in the Crystal League, Galesky could only post 203 scores. He did it three times, for a 609 series and probably the highest triplicate count in the city this season. Tighter League DAVENPORT. Ia. (JP) The Three I League probably will consist of six rather than eight clubs in 1951, Jim Turnesa Tops Field HAVANA (JP) Jim Turnesa, of Briar Cliff, N.

won the Havana invitation golf tournament with a 72-hole score of 267. He had 65 for the final round. Pete Cooper, of Ponte Vedra, finished second with 270. Tied at 273 for third place were Claude Harmon, of Marmaroneck, N. and Herman Barron, of White Plains, N.

Y. Turnesa's victory was worth $1,500 to him. IXsi.