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1 Andrew TO ate lines Win Pa 9 Grab 2nd Canadiens TieWings I Bears Hold Off Saginaiv, 43-42 Flyers Kdge Grand Blanc, 41-33; St. Louis, Fowler Kinji BY HAL SCIIRAM rm rr staff Minf EAST LANSING Highland Park and Ft. Andrew took two plate high school championships back to metropolitan Detroit with victories in the class A and finals here Saturday at Jcnison Field House. The 1'arkers brought the Detroit State tltl. Cor boa whipped la suburb its first title in history! 3 points on 11 fW-14 goals and Free Press "if" (r imiTfk.

I "ie' II NTV -s 1 fit I eljht rr throw a AMUSEMENTS SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1952 (T Jfri I Uf fw'7) when they edged Saginaw Arthur Hill. 43-42, in the 'A' final. St. Andrew toppled Giand Diane in Class H. 41-3S, for their second crown.

The Flyers won the Class diadem a yrar ago. The triumph extended St. An drew'a winning streak to 4 Sanies, longest in the state, and rinsed out a second straight perfect season. TIIK MAXDSO MK Cls trophy went to St. Inuis as Kif.l Corbus, All-State renter, tab-lished a tournament scoring record.

St. I.ouU handled Algonae with rase, 53 to 31, for Its first The 35 points represented the most vr compiled ty a performer in the tournament f.nals. The previous high of 2S was set by Rusty Swancy, of Hast Grand Itapids, in 1 i KOUI.t.R, KATft.D the state's No. 1 Class team all season, i raced off ith th lower class title befora 12.430 fans who filled the field house for the evening program The C.irt.-n County Kaglts flashed pt Copenush, from Manistee County. 55 to 20.

It was Fooler's first state title after reaching both th finat and semi- 'final round the past two years. into it stalL Grand B'anc gained possession only three times after that and connected for its final goal when Benson hit from 20 feet with 4 seconds remaining. KALI 71 Nil thev were nn Fivers Scared but Win No. 48 As its three-point margin indicates, SL Andrew found itself in the stiff est battle of its two-year run without defeat. -ft I-- A 1 vl i I ill II II j.

-TT1n-f1riMilll torn tf-f liwl fcMIMI 1 II Mil HUM WMHIIIL. FRED CORBUS Sets tourney scoring mark Tourney Data STATE HIGH SCHOOL TOURNEY CLASS A IIigh.rark.43, Sag. Art. Hill 42 CLASS St. Andrews 41, Grand Blanc 38.

CLASS St. Louis S3, Algonae 31. CLASS fowler 55, Copemish 20. Pick Darling Big HTs No. 1 CHICAGO (P) Chuck Darling.

Iowa Center who established new choice of the selection committee. He obtained 20 of 23 first place votes. Hod Fletcher, Illinois captain and guard, was second; Albert Nicholas, Wisconsin guard, third, and Carl McNulty, Purdue center, fourth. iff jsv asainst a tough customer, the Conferee 8Coring marks this sea-Flyers cam. up with a cautious on- wa named the most valuable attack Instead of the irewagon I basketball player In the Big Ten.

btand of offense they generally! Darling was a near-unanimous Grand Bhnc had team height good ball handling and a well-' defined set-play attack. The Gene. see County quintet simply refused to crack as other tournament foes have done against Klyers. In the first half the wore was tied fie time and chanted hands on 11 occasions. St.

Andrew left the court leading, 23 to Tl, at half time. It wasn't until the final two minutes of the third period that the Flyers made their hid. Two field goals by Hon Nadolski and one each by Ed Fiut and Frank Tanan enabled St. Andrew to forge a "S-Cl lead as the third period ended. ni-T r.Rivn Ri.tvrr rfu.

to become panicky. Bill Benson and George Johnson worked through St. Andrews close-knit defense for layups to cut the Flyer lead to three points, 3S to 35 Dick Spiftz and Johnson traded free throws before Fiut broke auay with left for a one-hander. That stretched St. Andrew's lead to five points.

41 to 36. With 2:40 left. St. Andrew wen; THE AIR TO INTERCEPT A GRAND BLANC PASS to move in to tie up Spisz before he can take a shot. ANDREW, LEAPS HIGH IN and Jim Denorish (16) are poised Rookies ngers Deal BACK HOIHE Card Hand lnnin; 3-3 Game Delays Duel in Playoffs Lach Scores Pair in See-Saw Struggle MONTREAL The Montreal Canadiens played the champion Detroit Red Wings to a 3-3 tie at the Forum Saturday night to clinch second place in the National Hockey League.

By virtue of the tie, the Canadiens escaped a meeting with the Wings in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Instead, they will take on fourth-place Boston. The teams were tied at one goal after the first period of aggressive i hockey. Three minutes and 44 seconds after the opening face-off, Dickie Moore scored for the Cciadiens. Elmer Lach started the play at the Montreal blue line.

MAURICE RICHARD took the puck across te Detroit line and dropped a pass through the defense. Moore dove down center and rammed it past Terry Sawchuk, crashing head on into the Detroit netminder after the shot. Sawchuk was stunned but recovered. At 12:25 Tony Leswick hooked the puck from a scramble on the right boards, stickhandled around Dollard St. Laurent and beat.

Gerry McNeil with a 20-footer to the wide corner. The Wings were on the long end of the penalties and the short end of the shooting but split the goals to emerge from the second period with a 2-2 tie. GEOFFRION hit the goal post with a drive from 20 feet out after a solo rush that split the defense. Ted Lindsay put the Wings in front with little more than four minutes to go. Sid Abel got the draw on a face-off, passed to Gordie Howe, took it back and then set up Lindsay 25 feet out.

Lindsay paused, then backhanded a low drive to the right corner of the net. The Canadiens tied the score again two and a half minutes later. They bottled the Wings in their own end and Lach drove a screen shot through a scramble in front of the net. Richard and Geoffrion supplied the passes. MTDWAY through the third period Lach sent Montreal in front with his second goal of the game.

He scored on Dick Gamble's pass-out after Floyd Curry's short pass. The Wings came storming back and tied the game again at 15:22 when Marty Pavelich deflected home Leswick's shot from Just outside the crease. After that Montreal was content to play for the tie and second place. FIRST PERIOD: 1 Montreal. Mann (Rirhard-I-ach).

-i Detroit. Ls wick. 12:25. Penalties Moure, fekiiv. SKCOXD PERIOD: 3 Detroit.

LindsHT Mbel-Howe). 1 A :42 4 Montreal. I.arh fKichard-Oeoffrlon). 18:22. Penalties Moore.

Pavelirh. Reise. Lach. Abel, Del-vecehlo, Pronorost. THIRD PERIOD: Montreal.

I-ach (Gamble-Carry), 6 Ietroit. Pave, licb (Leswick), 15:22. Penalties bkov. St. Laurent.

Toronto Chicago 1 2 1 1 FIRST PERIOD: 1 Chlraco. MoslenVo (Bodnar). 2 hirano. Horerk (KaRlan). 3 Toronto.

Gardner (Meeker-Watson). 15:51. Penalties Meeker. Gee, Dewsburj. SECOND PERIOD: 4 Chleaco.

Moiil-enko (Gee-Bodnar), 6:56: A Toronto. Gardner (Watson-Meeker). 7:29. Penalty Horeck. Boys' AAU Swim Meet Set Sunday The Michigan AAU swimming championship for boys will be held Sunday at Patton Pool, 2301 Woodmere.

The event is for competitors 16 years of age and under. Ap-proximtely 250 participants are expected. THE MEET has attracted entrants from 21. teams. Preliminaries are scheduled for 2 p.

with the finals at 8 p. m. N.C. State Tops Nittany, 69-60 RALEIGH, N. C.

JP) Center Mel Tohmpson bucketed 21 points Saturday night to lead his North Carolina State Wolfpack to a convincing 69-60 victory over Penn State in the consolation game of the eastern regional NCAA playo'fs. 'Cheddy9 Named Coach of Year BOSTON (JP)T American Hockey Coaches Association Saturday chose Cyril (Cheddy) Thompson of Colorado College whose team won the Midwest Conference race this season as the "American college hockey coach of the year." The Detroit DICK SPISZ (11), OF Larry Mancour (21) 5- 1 Ts- 1 iff Keels Utt Square Garden. Baird Keglers Lace Smiths The Andy Baird Old Timers bowling team won its annual Capuchin Charity Guild Saturday at Chene-Trombly from the John W. Smith team. The Baird outfit rolled 3050, the brilliant Buzz Fazio setting the pace with 646.

Bill Bunetta, of Smiths, took top honors in the match with a 650 series. Quick Shift LEXINGTON. Va. Rus- sell J. Crane, football line coach at Washington and Lee, Saturday announced his resignation to accept a similar post at West Virginia University.

CLASSIFIED SECTION Ay -a MSiW-x jDHhet 1IITI II Ifif A- -4 tl 11 ST. Corbus, St. Louis Roll On Fred Corbus has averagrd 31.6 points a game this season and everyone who saw him here can understand how he did it. A schoolboy giant at 6 feet Corbus had terrific spring In his lost forward Jim Irryman after I Bo Out of Hospital BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (VP) Alvin N.

(Bo) McMillin, former Indiana University and professional football coach, was taken home Saturday from Bloomington Hospital, where he had been confined two months with a serious stomach ailment. His wife said that the former Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagle coach was resting easily. McMillin entered the hospital shortly after returning to Bloomington from Detroit, where he underwent an operation at Ford Hospital. use. It was good scoring halanc.

which proed the difference. Tanana and Hut combined for 21 point while Benon and Johnson dilded 24 Grand Blane points eenly. The Myers got 20 points from three other players while the Genesee County champs had to ml for 14 Pnt om seven other- ST ANDKrWS (til am can. ai.e nsi 1 9.4 lul a fa 1J A III a 9 lrii.f UfjniiMJ SIS mtmmjf I TmH Tta IT SS lukif: St. Aar 33 CrtMl UliN SI.

Corbuj could have easily raised his scoring output. He passed up many good shots to get his team-mateg into the scoring act. ST. is.s'i'7'' i Stt.f rnmrm.t lutriaiaa I Si U.M'.a.i I I a I iv. a 4 1S.

4 lH kri.lsi Sror half: St. tnii tl. AIim IS. Fowler defense. hlSMR (Mt (OrWs 4 m'ZZt I 'a k.f I a ihi.

i Mn.e i i i SSsu ei. ti.i I I a I hail I im TMal taalef S. (aa. ONCE CHASED GRANGE legs, was a deft reboundrr ind hook-shot specialist. He scored St.

I.ouis first seven points as the Crimson Title broke Into an ft-3 first period lead and steadily moed on to Its 24th straight victory. St. Louis has lost only one of 44 games in two seasons. Algonae tried to ovetload the pivot spot by assigning two and three players to cover Corbus at limes. KUT TIIK strategy backriredi as me at.

v-iair wumy euuii si, Tod Rockwell Dies; Former U-M Gridder Death came Saturday to one of the University of Michigan's most popular football players of the '20s, later one of Detroit's i I) Si iMlafc-fefc "i NaaMiaMB-aaHk --isolMwaatlaWsawMsA HMaiMBi)tfa-vMilaM Just a Breeze for Fowler Marion Piggott, for 23 years coach at Fowler High, realized a lifetime ambition when his Eagles chopped down Copemish. Wizards as ball handlers, good shots, and more than adequate 1 22 points, with 14 coming In the around the boards, the Clinton first half. Fir.an. who scored 35 County cagcrs had things as easy points Friday against Spring Ar-as any championship team ever bor. was held to 11 by the tight IT'S GOOD Fred Corbus, of St.

Louis, pivots around and fires in a one-handed hook shot against Algonae. He had a total of 30 points a St. Louis won the 'C title, 53-34. Will Rogers (54), of Algonae, tries to block the shot. Go Overtime for 5-4 Edge Wertz Decides It with Single in 12th BY LYALL SMITH Free Press Sport Editor ST.

PETERSBURG, Fla. It took 12 innings and three hours plus two minutes to do it, but the Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals at their own game extra-inning game, that is. Detroit pulled out a 5-4 victory Saturday before 3,649 patient customers who saw the National Leaguers participate in their sixth extra-inning contest in the last 11 days. For the Tigers, it was the first overtime game of the spring.

They finally won it on a walk to George Kell, a sacrifice bunt by Russ Sullivan and a sharp single to center by First Baseman Victor Wertz. IT WAS A victory accomplished with a maximum of wasted effort by both teams. They left a total of 28 runners stranded on the bases, 17 of them being Redbirds. A trio of Detroit rookies Paul Foytack, Dick Marlowe and Lynn Lovenguth gave up 12 hits and 12 walks. Four St.

Louis hurlers Joe Pres-ko, Harland Coffman, Kurt Krieger and Ed Ludwig were tagged for IS hits while allowing five passes. The winner was Lovenguth, the wiry ilttle right-hander who came with the Buffalo franchise. He came on the scene with the score tied at 4-all in the ninth and shut the door on three singles the rest of the way. He was in hot water at the very end when he walked pinch-hitter Stan Musial and then saw Peanuts Lowery poke out his fourth single of the marathon to put Stan the Man on third with the tying run. But there were two outs and Hal Rice obligingly hit into a force play to end the whole shebang.

TIGERS started off with a rush when Jerry Priddy opened the game with a double and Kell singled him across. They added a second run to give Foytack a 2-0 bulge in the fourth on a single by Johnny Groth, another by Joe Ginsberg and an error by Outfielder Rice, who let Ginsberg's drive bounce away from him. But the Redbirds, using a second-string line-up, jumped back with two in their half on a single by Ed Mickelson, a lusty triple over Sullivan's head by Eddie Ka- Turn to Page Column 2 WINS BY 30 YARDS Uelirmarin enjoyed. A FIELD GOAL by lien Elaho was the only points Copemuh could produce in the first period as Fowler romped to a 12 12-2 lead. jvl: Copemish was equally cold final period when Mick two free thitws saved the nor- therners from being shut out.

Center Alan Thelen pumped In Fastest 11-Lap 880 NEW YORK Don Gehrmann, the Wisconsin whippet, ran the fastest half-mile in history on a standard track Saturday night when he negotiated the distance in 1:51 at the most colorful sports writers, Tod Rockwell, 52, died of a heart ailment at Scott Field, 111. He had been a civilian aide there the past 3 years. Rockwell's career as a grid star, football coach, motor boat racer, hunter and sports expert for the Free Press was good for scores of entertaining stories. But none was better than the ones Rock well told on himself. He insisted that his greatest i claim to football fame, as a Michigan quarterback and safety man.

came the day he chased Red Grange all over the Illinois field. That was in 1924 when the Red Head ran wild and the Ulini handed the Wolverines a 39-14 shellacking. "NO PLAYER ever had a better look at that 77 on Grange's back than I did," Rockwell quipped. But the quick-witted Rockwell was the hero of another Michigan grid yarn. In the 1923 season, when Harry Kipke was Rockwell's halfback running mate, the Wolverines were trailing Wisconsin, 3 to 0, at Madison.

It was such a rough game that Walter Eckersall and Morton Mumma, the officials, warned both sides about piling on. "Rockwell remembered that when he took a punt on his own 25 and soon was hit hard. He dropped to the ground momentarily, then got up and started away at a slow walk. The Badgers thought they had heard Mumma's whistle, so no one bothered Rockwell. Once at mid- field, he darted away at full speed and scored.

AFTER A HUDDLE, the officials- agreed neither had blown a Turn to Page Column true? So Long, Lujacld PHOENIX George Halas, owner and coach of the pro football Chicago Bears, said Saturday that the report published in Chicago that Quarterback Johnny Lujack would become backfield coach at Notre Dame came "as a mild surprise at this time." Halas said that he had heard som-' talk about such a move before he started his vacation a month ago, but there was nothing definite. "We would hate to lose Johnny," Halas told the Associated Press. "If he decides to go, his four years' experience with the Fears will assure Notre Dame of a top-notch backfield coach. The decision is strictly up to him. We would like to have him renew his contract with us.

But if he doesn't, and goes to Notre Dame, I wish both him and the school the best of luck." TOD ROCKWELL Hockey 43 34 29 24 14 12 25 10 24 16 29 16 S3 13 44 9 GA 98 208 131 "78 193 157 74 166 153 64.158 174 59 186 21? 41 151 234 DETROIT Montreal Toronto Boston New York 23 Chicago 16 SATURDAY'S GAMES DETROIT 3, Montreal 3 Chicago 3, Toronto 2. SUNDAY'S GAMES Montreal at DETROIT. at Boston. Chicago at New York. Hopeful Brown CLEVELAND (JP) The Cleveland football Browns Saturday announced the signing of Rookie End Dave Ritter.

of Springfield College in Massachusetts. Olympic Carnival in Madison While a crowd of about 9,000 cheered him on, Gehrmann went to the front at the start, and simply opened up daylight the rest of the way. He finished about 30 yards ahead of young Albin Rauch. of Roscoe Browne, of the New York Pioneer Club, was third and Mai Whitfield, of the Air Force, fourth. Gehrmann's clocking was just one-half second off the American Indoor record set by the late John Borlean In a Navy Relief meet 10 years ago, but that was on a nine-lap saucer, which Is considered considerably faster than the 11-lap track.

The dockers also took Gehr-! mann's time at the 800-meter mark the Olympic distance. That was 1:50.1. The American record at that distance is 1:50, also held by Borican. Tall Story Should Suit Uuc Rookie 4 RAN BERNARDINO. Calif.

has been informed by his Town-Oj rj Dick Hall. 21-year-old Fltts-i son (Md draft board that his burgh pjrats rookie first baseman, height, feet, 'j Inches, may.