European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 22 the stars and stripes february 1981 multimillion Dollar pact Smalley signs with twins a the Minnesota twins signed shortstop Roy to a fou year multimillion Dollar contract the same Day he was to have gone to arbitration for a ruling on his who could have become a free agent in was seeking a oneyear Worth while the twins were of Fering the 28yearold Veteran agreed to a guaranteed contract for an estimated million Over the next four very Happy and i feel my talents and interest in the have been fairly said who appeared at a press conference with his and six Montgold i have no ego hangups about being the High est paid or the highest paid any the Point where did i want to play where did i want to live i love this 2nd team is retiring Howes 9 ii Arti a for die Howe will add another footnote to his Long and memorable National hockey league career this week when a second team retires his i dreamed about it Means a great Howe the team performing the honors this time around is the Hartford the team the 52yearold Howe played for until his second retirement in the wednesday evening ceremonies Are part of an official Gordie i Lowe week declared in Connecticut by Bill Oneill for whose family business is a bar and referred jokingly to Howe As a fellow Saloon keeper because the hockey legend has opened a bar and restaurant in sub Urban when he retired for the first time in 1971 after 25 years with the de troit red Howes 9 was retired in but two years after that retire Howe decided to make a comeback and joined his two Marty and with the Houston Aero of the world hockey Assoc a in he and his sons signed with the a wha team at that time which was added to the nil in 1979 when the wha fold he said the retiring of his red wings number was different and Spe Cial because there was a Little More history in while a member of the red he played in had 786 goals and he was an Allstar 21 times and helped Detroit win three Stanley Howe that the retirement of his number by the whal ers also is because this is where it this is where 1 got to play with the two kids in the is a standout defender for the a 26year old is playing with the whalers american hockey league team in the elder Howe was to be honoured at a dinner with proceeds from the event going to the Connecticut lung area this is where i want to raise my Smalley joined the twins in 1976 As part of the Trade which sent Bert Blyleven to since he has blossomed into one of the finest defensive shortstops in baseball and a productive switch hitter with Good in he hit with 24 Home runs and 95 runs batted in and was the Ameri can leagues starting shortstop in the All Star last saddled with injuries which limited him to 133 he hit with 12 homers and 65 the Lon term signing was the second in the last month by the who have Bro Ken from their longtime tradition of not giving multiyear Catcher Butch Wyngar signed a multiyear con twins vice president Clark Griffith reiterated the clubs Promise to the state that it intends to become competitive with the rest of the it is rare in this Industry to conclude a contract not Only with a very Fine but also with an exceptional human said speaking for his owner Calvin who is in preparing for Spring our signing of Roy to go along with our recent contract with Catcher Butch is an indication of our commitment to this com in extremely Happy for the com for the baseball team and for the i had to prepare for but neither of us wanted to go through said Smalley of theres no question about theres a lot of Money out there for free but at a certain Point it becomes a question of whether you want to be Rich or very ill be Able to raise Jeffrey in a manner to which Hes already become Roy Smalley wants to stay in Minnesota surging clinches its 3rd straight metro Loop title continued from Page 21 7472 in double at Jeff lamp scored 19 Points and Ralph Sampson 15 As Virginia threw a straitjacket around Georgia tech and ran its record to Winner of 28 in a Row Over two is assured of at least a tie for the acc the yellow jackets Are 012 in the at South notre Dame escaped a near humiliating defeat As John Paxson scored 17 led 3332 at halftime and trailed by a Point with 34 seconds we played very Well at North Carolina state saturday and were getting ready for Virginia next said notre Dame coach Digger every team that plays notre Dame gets up for their biggest game of the its Tough for us to get up for every Fairfield coach Fred who is resigning after this knew what he was up we emphasize two things shot selection and role he when youre out manned at every position that the Way you have to approach at David Brown hit four falling Star Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Jim Rutherford cushions the fall As his team defens Eman Barry Melrose stuffs the North stars Kent Erik Andersson into the net during a recent nil game in the Leafs there were no games scheduled up photo free throws in the final 25 seconds and made a crucial steal with four seconds left in the second overtime to carry had a 10game winning Streak Mike Anderson scored 17 Points for Tulsa and Antoine Carr had 25 Points for the in other Louisiana tech broke Lamars 10game winning Streak with a 7771 Victory As Dave Simmons scored 20 Points freshman Otis Thorpe scored 20 Points and Providence upset big East co Leader Johns 7357 James Bozeman toss in 24 Point to help Florida state hold off Vii Tanner conquers Tom Gullikson in net opener la a fifth seed de Roscoe making some adjust ments in his game after losing the first rallied for a 64 Victory Over Tom Gullikson in mondays opening round of the grand Mariner at Tennis who twice previously has won this was hitting Long during the first set but found his Groove in the part of the difference is going from cold to warm Tanner said after the describing his trouble keeping the Ball in play the Ball goes floats in warm air and 1 had to adjust to the opening matches were played in near Ideal with temperatures at the la Quinta resort courts in the Low other first round winners included eight seeded Brian who posted a 62 win Over Thierry Tulane of and ninth seeded Eddie who downed Chris Delaney there were a couple of upsets Asun seeded Christophe Roge Vasselin of France beat it seeded Victor Amaya when trailing with Drew from the match and Hank Pfister whipped 12thranked Kim Warwick of Australia the top four seeds 1 Jimmy con 2 Ivan Lendl of 3 Harold Solomon and Brian teacher were scheduled to play their first round matches