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Mr.Elbows says goodbye

HARTFORD, Conn. (CP)
— Gordie Howe's ambition
was modest — to play one
season in the National
Hockey League.

That was in 1346. He
retired as an NHL player on
Wednesday.

The 18-year-old right
winger from Floral, Sask.,
went to Detroit after his first
year. of pro hockey with
Omaha of the United States
Hockey League, stuck with
the Red Wings and became
the greatest success story in
hockey history.

Howe, 52, has finally
retired as a player after 32
professional seasons but will
remain with Hartford
Whalers as director of player
development.

After 15 seasons in the
NHL, Howe had said: “I'm
going to stick with hockey as
long as I can. It's the only
business I really know.”

Howe still believes he has
about half a season of hockey
left in his body.

“1 still think I’m damned
good enough to play. But I'd
hate.to go out after $2 years
and find out in the middie of
the winter I'd run short.”

Howe realized a dream
when he played in the NHL
alongside his two sons,
Marty and Mark.

Earller in his career,
Howe played with his
brother, Vic, ,19 months his
junior. But Vic’s NHL career
lasted only part of one
season, |

Howe said he is not sad
about retiring ang he is,
looking forward. to his front-
office position with the
Whalers.

“It looks like a very full,
active life from this point

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Howe's NHL and World |

Hockey Association career
spanned five decades during
which he set more than a
dozen records.

_ _ He retired in 1971 after 25 -
Seasons with the Red Wings

and worked in the Detroit
front office.

“Then along came the WHA
in 1973 and Howe joined
Houston Aeros, signing a
million-dollar package deal
that included his two sons,

Scrub scores

At least one game was
played in scrub softball
league action in Terrace
Wednesday night.

The Daily Herald's
amazing four-game win
streak was snapped
decisively by the District
Dynamos by a 15-4 score.

Tuesday night's action
included the Charlie
Brown Sox whipping
Northwest Community
College 29-4.

If you wish to have your
scrub league scores
published phone 635-6357
the morning after the
fame.

Howe played four seasons
with the Aeros and two with
the Whalers and, in a total of
419 WHA games, had 174
goals and 334 assists.

With the demise of the
WHA and the acceptance of
the Whalers into the NHL for
the 1979-86 season, Howe
wanted to play ore more
season, so that the father-
and-sons combination could
make its way into the NHL
record books.

GORDIE HOWE...
finally hangs 'em up

Howe, the only active Hall
of Famer, was often called

Mr. Elbows. And, although -

he didn’t fight often, he was
regarded for years as the
heavyweight champion of
the NHL.

In his early years, he con-
trolled the tempo of the
game at will, Oniy Bobby
Orr and Wayne Gretzky
seem to have exhibited the

same skill in recent years. .

In his career, Howe played
more than 2,000 games and
scored more than 2,000
points. He was a mémber of
the famed Production Line,
along with Sid Abel and Ted
Lindsay.

Howe played in the NHL
for 26 years and took part in
1,767 regular-season games
and scored 801 goals while
assisting on 1,049.

He won the Hart Trophy as
the league’s mast valuable
player a record six times,
captured the scoring
championship six times and
helped the Red Wings to four
Stanley Cup titles. '

He also was the inaugural
recipient of the Lester

Patrick Trophy, named after
the longtime coach and
general manager of New

_ York Rangers and awarded
annually “for outstanding _

service to hockey in the
United States.”’
The late Jack Adams, once

‘the general manager of the

Red Wings and the man
responsible for launching

- Howe’s pro career, once:

said:

“He could have been a big
leaguer in anything he did.
(Baseball Hall of Famer)

‘Lou Boudreau told me he

could have been .a major
league basebali player, he
had such, a natural swing.”

Golf pros have been im--

pressed and fight managers
commented during his early
playing days on_ his

tremendous build, powerful |

shoulders, wrists and arms,
and timing.

Howe’s superb con-
ditioning held him in good

Minor |
baseball

Three games were played
in the Terrace Minor
Baseball League Wed-
nesday night.

In the Bronco division,
Elks beat Far-Ko Con-
struction 13-6.

In the Mosquito
division, Terrace Drugs
dropped Skoglund
Logging 22-18 and
Terrace Co-op edged
Flaherty Trucking , 17-15.

Regular action,
resumes Friday night
with two games
scheduled.

The Mosquito division
will be hosting two teams
from Kitimat and two
from Prince Rupert for a
tournament this
weekend. Six games are

scheduled for Friday -

night and six more are set
for Sunday at Agar Park
in Terrace.

Knights of Columbus
“GIANT BINGO”’

stead throughout his career.
Only once, during the 1948-49
season when a knee injury
forced him to miss 20 games,
was Howe sidelined for. a
lengthy period by a injury.

He broke a.wrist one year,

but didn't miss any action.

He played with a cast and
shot lefthanded.

. Yet Howe's career almost
came to an end just as it was
getting started. During a
1950 playoff game with
Toronto Maple Leafs, Howe
collided with Leafs captain
feeder Kennedy and. fell

‘unconscious to the ice.

He was taken to hospital
and surgery | relieved
pressure on his brain. But he
was out of hospital in time to
watch the Wings win the
Stanley Cup. The next year,
he won the scoring title.

Howe finished up the 1979-
80 season with 15 goals and 41
points. while playing the
entire 60-game schedule.

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* automobile record Jan. 12,

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Codex’s win
will stand up

BALTIMORE (AP) _
Tartan Farm's Codex
withstood the second
challenge from Genuine Risk
in 17 days and was declared
the winner of the 1980
Preakness Stakes on Wed-
nesday.

The Thoroughbred board of |

the Maryland Racing
Commission voted 3-to-1 to
uphold state stewards in
disallowing a foul claim
against Codex when the race
was Tun at Pimlico Race
Course on May 17. ;
Barring further action, the

‘decision wipes ‘out any

chance of Genuine Risk
becoming. the first filly to
win the Triple Crown, She

won the Kentucky Derby, a

race in which Codex was not:
entered, and the two rivals
will meet again in the Bel-
mont Stakes. .on Saturday.
. The decision of the panei,
minus one member who dis-
qualified himself because of

published statements he.

made in favor of Genuine

" Risk, came after 7% days of

testimony.

Jacinto Vasquez, the rider
of Genuine Risk, charged-his
filly had been carried wide
on “ne turn for’ home, was
bumped or jostled, and was
either struck or intimidated
by the whip of jockey Angel
Cordero Jr.,' the rider of

Codex.

After first saying they
would abide by the stewards’
decision, the filly’s owners,
Diane and Bertram
Firestone decided to appeal
and the beard said they must
bear the cost of the pro-

_ ceedings.

The commissioners
remained unswayed’ by
television tapes, not
available to the stewards, or

by testimony ‘by witnesses -

contending a foul had oc-

- curred.

Even Neil McCardell, who
cast the lone ‘vote to upset the
stewards, indicated he had
made up his mind without
benefit of the outside
evidence. -

Cordero, frequently in
trouble with racing

associations during astormy —

career, drew the wrath of
McCardell.

“Tr regret we can't take
that number (Codex’s)
down,”
said. ‘So I could have the
satisfaction of
metiding Cordero be fined

and suspended for the ride I

saw."
McCardell said while the

the commissioner -

recom-

stewards ‘may have acted
conscientiously, they should
have conferred with patrol

judge Coleman Blind before

reaching a decision on: the

. foul clatm.

‘including

French ‘semis: --

PARIS. (AP)'— For the
first time in at least 25 years,
- three Americans. have -
reached ©. the’ men's

semifinals of the” French.

Open tennis champlonships,
the scrappy,
consistent Harold Solomon.

~ Solomon, runner-up in 1976

and sixth seed this year;
upset Guillermo Vilas. of
. Argentina 1-6,6-4, 7-6; 7-5 ina
three hour, 39 minute match
Wednesday ° at Roland
Garros Stadium. | —~

Vilas joined a number of,
top seeded players, led- by
’ Americans John. McEnroe
‘and Billy Jean King, who
have upset during this two-
week tournament,

Bjorn Borg af: Sweden,

playing near-perfect tennis

in his bid for-a fifth men's

crown, swept Corrado.

. Barazzuttl of Italy 6-0, 6-3, 6-

J, and will meet Solomon. ina
_ semifinal . match Friday
leading to the $53,000 men 3
litle. ; 1

In the -other- sernifinal,
Jimmy
Vitas * cerulaitis in an. all-
. American match. -

The last American to ‘win ,

the French title was Tony

Trabert in 1955. .
Chris. Evert

“defending ‘her. women’s

‘crown, will meet Hana .
Czech- .

Mandiikava of
-oslovakia. in a semifinal
match today, In the other

. semifinal toward the $42,500

prize, Virginia Ruzici of
‘Romania plays . Dianne
Fromholtz of Australla:

After his upset vicior bes

Vilas, Solomon, 27, sai
had a new strategy to play
Borg. But he would not say
what it is,

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