Airmen Defeat Army! Fliers Down Midshipmen! Air Force
Eleven Wins! It may not be too many more years before
these headlines become commonplace on the nation's sports
pages when the newly-created Air Force Academy at Colo
rado Springs becomes a full-fledged athletic power in the
class of its sister institutions. Annapolis and West Point.
The foundation of a third service academy has opened
the door for another new independent team to grab its share
of the sports scene. It could be an important boost to the
Rocky Mountain area, a region not known for great foot
ball teams, though boasting top-flight basketball clubs.
A visitor to the Academy site today, some 60 miles south
of Denver, would probably see little more than rough con
struction taking place, but plans say the institution will open
its doors this fall to the first class of some 300 cadets. 1956
will see 400 more added and 624 men will enroll in each of the
next two years. The full allotted strength of the Academy
is 2496.
Oregon Alum on Faculty
P>rigadier General Dan Zimmerman, an Oregon graduate
in geology in 1923 and a member of the West Point class
of '29, is dean of faculty at the new school and revealed some
interesting items about the athletic future of “Air" at the Phi
Kappa Psi Founder’s Day banquet held recently in Portland.
“We hope to be able to compete effectively with Army
and Navy by 1960,” the general remarked optimistically.
He stressed the fact that the Air Academy would have a
full sports program, both intercollegiate and intramural,
and that it would be in the class of the other service schools.
The seriousness of the program of athletics was indicated
early this year when Buck Shaw, ousted coach of the San ;
Francisco 49er professional football team, was hired as an
“advisory assistant” for Air Force grid machines. Zimmer
man emphasized, though, that the new coach, as yet unnamed,
would definitely be a regular Air Force officer. Lieutenant
Colonel Robert V. Whitlow is the current athletic head there.
Class Schedule Limits Practice
The plan now is to start slowly with the athletic buildup,
fielding frosh teams in the major sports next season, and
gradually expanding standards and activities of the cadets
in varsity competition. One hitch, Zimmerman explained,
is that the tentative class schedule drawn up for the first
school year doesn’t even allow time for football practice until
after 5 o’clock.
The 1955 freshman football team of the Academy will
face an eight-game schedule, meeting such freshman teams
as the Colorado university, New Mexico and Oklahoma
frosh elevens. It should be worth watching to see how
these first cadets fare on the gridiron, as they will be to
gether for only a few weeks before the first game begins.
They will carry the first athletic honor of thp Air Force.
In their second season, the cadets will he pitted against
varsity teams from smaller leagues such as the Rocky Moun
tain conference. Probably their schedule will include such
small grid powers as Idaho State, Colorado college. Montana
State and other intermountain teams. Then, with three classes
to draw from in 1957, the Airmen hope to jump a notch to
the Skyline conference level (Utah, Denver, Wyoming, Prig
ham Young).
Oregon vs. Air Force?
And in the fourth year, Air Force teams may he meeting
such opposition as Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. These
rates of increase may be a bit hard for the young cadets to
handle, though, and the first year’s experience next fall should
go a long way toward determining the Academy’s future
in sports.
Who knows? With negotiations started recently for a pos
sible Oregon-Navy football game in or near 1960, perhaps
some day the program will read: Oregon vs. Air Force Acad
emy. It will probably be quite a while before the Airmen can
think about facing Coast conference teams in any sports. Put
they will soon be a definite power on the athletic scene and
should be interesting to-observe.
Gold, Russell Get
All-America Spots
By TED MEIER
NEW YORK (API Tom Gola
of La Salle's defending NCAA
champions, Robin Freeman of
Ohio State, Bill Russell of San
Francisco. Dick Ricketts of Du
quesne and Darrell Floyd of Fur
man were named Wednesday to
the 1955 Associated Press All
America basketball team.
Gola, regarded as the best
present day collegiate player,
dominated the voting by 323
spcrtswriters and broadcasters.
On the basis of five points for
a first team vote and two points i
for a secoiuj team vote, Gola
polled 1488 points. He received
29-t firsts and nine seconds.
Freeman, who injured HK
ankle and did not play the last
month, nevertheless was a
strong second with 955 points.
Russell followed with 748,
Ricketts with 723 and Floyd
with 583.
Don Schlundt of Indiana, who
made the 1954 first team, missed
out this year. He polled 577
points to top the second team.
Rounding out the second quintet
were Dick Hemric of Wake For
est, Si Green of Duquesne, Dick
Carmaker of Minnesota and Ron
Shavlik of North Carolina State.
Thirty additional players re
ceived honorable mention, includ- 1
ing Wade (Swede) Halbrook of
Oregon State.
The son of a Philadelphia
policeman, the 6-7 Gola is the
first to be rhosen All-America
for three consecutive years.
The s|Nirtswriters have been
hard put to find new adjectives
to describe his brilliant all
around play. Usually he gets
as many rebounds us he does
points and his opponents will
vouch that he gets too many of
those.
Freeman, a frail 155-pounder,
was spectacular for Ohio State
until his ankle mishap. Standing •
only 5-11 he nevertheless ran
l ings around taller opponents and
was one of the top scorers in the
Big Ten conference. Like Gola,
he is a great competitor and has
the deft touch of a natural shot.
Russell, a 6-10 Negro, is per
haps the surprise of the season.
Virtually unknown before the
season started. Bdl the Stuffer,
as he is called, has led San Fran- ‘
cisco to the No. 1 ranking in the
weekly Associated Press poll.
Ricketts, other than Gola,
the only senior on the team, is
the highest scoring player in
Duquesne’s history and one
of the best, defensively, too.
Floyd, at 6-1 the second small
est player on the team, came into
his own this year at Furman.
He was overshadowed last sea- j
son by his teammate, Frank Sel- j
vy, who virtually rewrote the j
record book with his scoring
feats.
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UO Pool Hosts
Top Swimmers
Oregon's antiquated men's pool
will play host to the top (swim
mers of the conference Friday
and Saturday for the Northern
Division swim meet. Events start
at 3:30 Friday afternoon.
Oregon Coaeh John Borchardt
predicts tight battles In all
events, but the Washington
Huskies, from the season's re
sults, are favored to take the
trophy.
Washington has Dan Craaner,
John Goode, Barry Dalryinple1
and Dale Jewett, ail consistent
Oregon Riflemen
Take League Win
University of Oregon's varsity
rifle team fired its second high
score of the year Tuesday night
to take a Willamette Valley Rifle
league win from the Eugene
Moose, 967 (951-16) to 952 (931
21).
Four Webfoot marksmen hit
190 or above for the first time
Lhis season. Dee Tucker topped
all shooters with 192 200. Ben
Kahalekulu followed with 191
and Dick Buffington and Norm
Silliman tied for third with 190's.
Michael McKenzie, newly-elect
ed team captain rounded out the
all Oregon top five with a 188.
Saturday the Air Force ROTC
members of the team travel to
Corvallis for a Sub-Area 3 match
with Oregon State, Portland uni
versity and Willamette. The re
sults of the four squads firing at
Oregon State will then be com
pared with other schools in other
northwest A FROTC sub-areas.
Sederstrom Gets
Track Triumph
Sederstrom hall moved into
he championship bracket Wed
nesday by rolling to a 53-22 IM
track victory over Sherry Ross]
nail. Sederstrom will meet Ome
5a hall for the freshman dorm
.•hampionship tonight at 3:45.
Sederstrom took eight out of
nine firftts, three seconds, and
'hree thirds. Milt Blevins got the
mly Sherry Ross win in the 40
vard dash.
tape-breakers owning the fast
est times In their events.
Nhiwsoii I-ends Heavers
Don Conner and Gary Staples
aro the backbone of Washington
State's tank squad, and Dlek
Slawson will probably carry a
major proportion of OSC's load.
Closest race could come In the
50-yard freestyle, where Wash
ington's Cramer, Oregon's How
ard Hedlnger, Washington
State's Art Mlndholm and Idaho's
Jerry Jones will be the top en
tries. Each man has lost to a
rival who. In turn, has loMt to u
man the first man has beaten.
In the Individual medley event,
Goode. Slawson and Conner look
best, In that order. Diving will
feature Bryan Kit-hards from
Idaho, who must better OSC's
Eric Jones and Staples of WSC.
Goode Tops Entries
Goode seems to be the dom
inating back stroker, with Cra
mer and Barrie Davis ranking
two and three. In the breast
stroke. Jewett, Don Flaherty
and Ron Taylor of Washington,
Bob Coiner of OSC and Bob
Hays of Oregon are the leading
entries.
The 200-yard butterfly event
is comparatively new to swim
ming circles and for this reason
Is a wide-open event, with Jew
ett, Flaherty and Hays all fig
uring In a possible first-place
finish.
Best -MO freestyle time is Slaw
son's 5:12.9. but Oregon's Harry
Fuller, Idaho's Fritz Holtz,
WSC'a Conner and Washington's
Dalrymple could all take u spoil
er’s role.
In the final event, the 400
yaid freestyle relay. Washington
State's 3:39.5 Is the season's best,
but Oregon Is the only undefeat
ed ND relay quartet.
Sports Staff!
Desk F.dltor: Jack Wilson.
Staff: Jerry Claussen, A1 John
son, Buzz Nelson. Bob Rogers.
Chuck Mitchelmore.
Jim Konstantly of Philadelphia
was the last pitcher to get the
National league’s valuable player
award, winning it in 1950.
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