Browns; Bears
Lead Pro Ball
.National Knot Im 11 league
By the Aitocieted Pro*«
Kastern Conference
W L T Pet.
Cleveland 7 2 0 .778
Washington .0 3 0 .067
Pittsburgh 4 5 0 .444
New York 4 5 0 .444
Chicago Cards . 3 5 1 .375
Philadelphia 3 5 1 .375
Western Conference
Chicago Bears 6 3 0 .667
Loh Angeles 5 3 1 .625
Green Bay. 5 4 0 .555
Baltimore 4 4 1 .500
Ban Francisco 3 6 0 .333
Detroit 2 7 0 .222
By Orlo Robertson
Of At Attociatvd Pratt
Chicago's astounding Bears
wrapped up their sixth straight
victory to take undisputed pos
session of first place In the West
ern Conference of the National
Football League Sunday while
the battle for the Eastern Con
ference lead remained a nip and
tuck tussle between Cleveland's
defending Browns and Washing
ton's surprising Redskins.
The Bears turned back the De
troit Lions 24-14 to post a 6-3
record as the Los Angeles Hams
lost a chance to keep pace by
playing a 17-17 tie with the Bal
timore Colts. The tie left the
Rams with a record of 5-3-1.
Cleveland rebounded from last
week's defeat by the Philadelphia
Ragles by romping over the
Pittsburgh Steelers 4-14. But the
Redskins remained only a game
back as they shut out the Chi
cago Cardinals 31-0.
Giants Move l.'p
The New York Giants jumped
.Into a third place tie with Pitts
burgh in the Eastern section with
i» surprise 3-7 whipping of the
Eagles. Green Bay remained in
contention for the Western title
by edging the Han Francisco
40ers 27-21.
In posting their seventh vic
tory in nine games, the Browns
broke open a close game in the
last half on a great display of
passing by Otto Graham and
George Ratterman and some
flashy running by Curly Morri
son.
Banquet Formally
Ends Grid Season
Football at Oregon comes to an
official close tonight when the
Hoffman award for the most out
standing senior player Is given
during the Oregon club banquet
in the Student Union ballroom at
6:3a
Gen. Don Zimmerman, dean of
the faculty at the Air Force Acad
emy, will he the guest speaker on,
the program. President O. Mere
dith Wilson will also speak and
track coach Bill Bowerman will
be the master of ceremonies.
Five senior gridders will be in
line for the coveted award given
each year by Vcrn Hoffman, local
jeweler and a former Oregon ath
lete. Halfback Dick James, tackles
Jim Potter, Lon Stiner and Harry
Johnson and center Art Weber arc
eligible.
A stag attair, the Danquet will
be opened later in the evening to
allow womefi and children to wit
ness the presentations. Tickets,
priced at $2.75, will be available
at the door.
Last year's winner, determined
by vote of the team, was Balti
more Colt quarterback George
Shaw. He received an engraved
wrist watch'. Former winners in
clude the late Ken Sweitzer in '53,
Monte Brethauer in '52, Dick Pat
rick in ’51, Hay Lung in '50, Wood
ley Lewis in '49 and Brad Ecklund
in '48.
Harlon Hill, an elusive end
from little known F I o r e n c e
Teach era College of Alabama,
twice fooled Detroit pass defend
ers in the third quarter an the
Beam moved into first place.
He picked off tosses of 20 and
tO yard* from Kd Brown for hi*
Hcventh and eighth touchdowns
of the Henson to bring the Bears
from a 14-10 halftime deficit.
Two long passed from Bobby
Layne accounted for Detroit's
two touchdowns. The first went
to Doak Walker and covered 70
yards and the second to Dave
Middleton. It was good for 77.
Graham, although tossed for
a 52-yard loss on attempted pass
plays, tossed two touchdown
aerials to Dante Lavelli, one for
6 yards and another for 41, and
scored another himself on an end
run.
Groza String Ends
Other Cleveland touchdowns
came on a 15-yard pass intercep
tion return by Ken Konz, a 3
yard plunge by Ed Modzelewski
and a 5-yard plunge by Maurice
Baaaett. But Lou Groza's string
Of conaecutive conversion* was
halted at 29 when his fourth at
tempt was blocked.
The Steelers, who trailed only
2-14 at the half, first tallied on
a 16-yard paaa from Jim Finks
to Klbie Nickel and again on a
30-yarder from Ted March) broda
to Nickel. Both were set up by
Graham fumbles.
George Shaw, rookie Baltimore
quarterback, was alternately the
star and the goat in the tie with
Loa Angeles. His 28-yard pass to
Jim Mutsehcller in the last quar
ter put the Colts ahead 17-10.
But then he fumbled on his 16
and the Kama went for .the ty
ing touchdown.
The Giants, leading only 10-7
at the half, poured across three
touchdowns in the third period
against the Eagles as they held
Philadelphia's vaunted attack to
almost a complete standstill.
Eagle Offense Stopped
Philadelphia completed only 15
of 37 passes nnd the Eagles’
ground attack was limited to 54
yards. The Giants intercepted six
Eagle passes and set up their
first touchdown with a recovered
fumble.
Bert Zager's 55-yard return of
a punt for a touchdown the first
time Washington had possession
sent the Redskins off on the right
foot against the Cardinals.
The Packers tallied 14 points
in the final period in their come
from-behind triumph over the 49
era. Tobin Rote set up the decid
ing touchdown by taking a later
al from Breezy Reid and carry
ing the ball 49 yards to the 49
era' 6. Howie Ferguson went over
from there to settle the issue.
Rote also had a hand in two
other Green Bay touchdowns
while Y. A. Tittle, San Francis
co's veteran quarterback, pitched
two to Carroll Hardy, the plays
covering 33 and 58 yards.
BEAD EMERALD CLASSIFIED
Bruins Halt
Coast Race
By Al Johnson
Emerald Aii'l Sport* Editor
Pair!fie Coast Conference
Team W L T Pet.
! UCLA 6 0 0 1.0001
Oregon Htate 5 2 0 .714
i Stanford 3 2 1 .600
; Oregon 4 3 0 .571
Washington . 4 3 1 .571
U8C . 3 3 0 .500;
1 California 1 5 1 .200
VVSC . 15 1 .200
Idaho . 0 4 0 .000
The Coast conference season is
at last linished and dreams of
Purse Bowl contenders have all
faded under the relentless record
of the winners, UCLA.
With their weekend win over
Southern ^California by a decis
ive 17-7 count, the Bruins moved
into the host spot in the Bowl
where they will face a Michigan
State team that got the nod from
the Big Ten conference.
USC fell to sixth place in the
final standings with their loss,
the third for them in the confer
ence campaign. Last year's Tro
jans represented the coast in the
Bowl and were beaten by Ohio
State, who captured the Big Ten
title again this season.
In the other traditional games,
California lost to Stanford for
the first time in several years,
19-0; Oregon walloped Oregon
State, 28-0; Idaho bashed Mon
tana, 35-0; and Washington
blanked Washington State, 27-0.
Probably the weekend's moat
spectacular play was in Los An
geles, where USC’s Jon Arnett
ran the opening kickoff back 97
yards for a touchdown, only to
have it nullified by an offside
penalty by his own front line.
Suspension on
Santee Lifted
KANSAS CITY OP-The Mis
souri Valley AAU board of man
agers Sunday decided to lift the
amateur suspension of Wes San
tee. this country's fastest miler.
The managers voted 21-7 to re
ject the decision of the Missouri
Valley AAU registration commit
tee which suspended Santee on
Oct. 30 on grounds he had accept
ed excessive expense allowances
for three California track meets
last month.
Santee’s suspension will be
lifted automatically if no one ap
peals Sunday’s decision to the
board of governors of the National
AAU within 10 days.
Santee, former University of
Kansas star who now is a ma
rine lieutentnt stationed at Quan
tico, Va., was unable to attend
Sunday's meeting but was repre
sented by Bill Easton, his former
coach at Kansas.
Told by The Associated Press
of the lifting of the suspension,
Santee said "I’m very pleased, na
turally. Now at least I'll have a
running chance in the Olympic
Games.”
The suspension would have
barred Santee from participating
'in the 1956 Olympics in Australia.
He had said previously that he
would hate to miss that contest.
UCLA Bruins; MSU Spartans
Bound for Pasadena; Roses
By Jack Stevenson
Of tt.« Aitociated Proit
Official selection Monday by j
the Pacific Coast Conference of
UCLA to meet Michigan State |
is a foregone conclusion likej
taxes. After the Bruins whipped
Southern California 17-7 Satur
day it appeared a waste of time
and money to poll the conference
members on the bowl situation.
The Uclan* finished with their
third straight PCC championship
and unbeaten in loop play. Their
only setback in two years was
the 7-0 one by Maryland early
this season.
A surprising Oregon State out
fit, coached by Tommy Prothro
who last year was a UCLA aide, :
finished second in the conference
with a 5-2 record compared with
the Bruins’ 6-0. But OSC com
pleted its season on the short end
of a 28-0 count against tradition
al rival Oregon.
Stanford finished in third
place and had a happier ending
by beating its traditional foe,
California, 19-0, the first victory
for the Indians over the Bears
since 1946. Stanford had a 3-2-1
PCC mark and an early season
non-conference victory was a 6-0
count over Ohio State, the Big
10 champion.
In order came Oregon, Wash
ington (winner 27-7 over Wash
ington State) and Southern Cali
fornia. Cal and WSC managed to
win only one conference game
each and little Idaho didn’t win
any. The Vandals did whip Mon
tana 31-0 in Saturday’s finale.
The champions, UCLA, scored
285 points to 57 for opponents in
their 10 games this season.
Coach Jess Hill of USC per
haps put it correctly when he
said the Bruins this year are the 1
weakest in the past three sea
sons. But the men of Coach Red
Sanders managed to come up
with the knockout blow when it
was needed.
For instance:
Against Washington a week
ago. senior wingback Jim Decker'
booted a field goal in the last 18
seconds to win 19-17. He hadn’t
kicked a three-pointer before,
either in high school or college.
Saturday he booted his second, a
placement that traveled 29 yards.
Also against Washington,
passing star Ronnie Knox broke
a bone in his leg. Saturday the
Bruins passed only twice, both
times by halfback Sam Brown
and both completed, one for 21
yards and the other for 29. Both
kept scoring drives rolling.
Brown also had a field day
running against the big Trojan
defenders. He gained 150 yards
making his 10-game total 829
for a new school record.
Sanders had troubles at the
start of this season. He's lost
nine of 11 starters from his unde
feated 1954 outfit including the
line, the blocking back and the
tailback, the latter being the fel
low largely responsible for mak
ing the single wing move.
Brown filled that slot and Hill
says, with some regret, “he can
run rings around Primo Villanue
va.” Primo was last season’s all
conference tailback.
Sanders also has fullback Bob
Davenport, a hard runner and
blocker who knocks ends on their
ends so Brown can continue his
travels.
Players Jubilant
After HC Victory
If a person entered the Uni
versity of Oregon football player's
dressing room just after Satur
day's "Civil War" classic, he would
have seen a jubilant bunch of Web
foots.
Written across the dressing
room blackboard was "We beat
them Aggies! and how, 28-0!” Per
haps no team has been much hap
pier than those six seniors who
wound up their Duck gridiron ca
reers in the “only way.” A pende
monium followed Coach Len Cas
anova’s announcing of Senior
halfback Dick James being se
lected to play in the East-West
shrine game at San Francisco.
The "old pro” James said after
ward that he would like to go on
and play either professional base
ball or pro football. He says that
he is still undecided, but that if he
does go into professional athletics
it will probably be football. “I
think that I would have a better
chance at pro football, because my
injured wrist is still pretty weak,”
said the rugged Webfoot. James
said that his weak wrist would
hinder his baseball performance
more than it would his football.
Commenting on Oregon State’s
playing James said, “I figured
those Beavers would be pretty
tough, and at half-time I was still
worrying; we only had seven
points on them. In the second half,
like the first, after we slapped
them around a bit, they seemed to
stop driving. Trey weren’t as rug
ged as I thought they’d be.”
Happy and smiling, senior cap
tain Lon* Stiner said that there
would be no professional football
for him. Tackle Stiner explained,
"Thr* Army comes first; I’d like to
get in and get my two years over
with."
The Duck captain added “I plan
to go on to law school as soon as
possible, though. That's what I
came to school for, and that’s
what I'm going to do.” Stiner
commented on the Beaver’s defeat
by admitting he didn’t know what
was wrong with them. He said,
“Oregon State played like we did
against Stanford; I can’t quite
understand it.”
Big senior tackle Harry John
son simply said, “Oregon State
just didn’t want to win as bad as
we did.” When asked about wheth
er his future plans included foot
ball, Johnson said, “This—today—
was it!” The giant Johnson of a
relatively small Oregon line said
that he intends to try to get into
the UO dental school. He doesn't
know how he stands with the
draft.
Perhaps no one was happied
than “workhorse” Don Sullivan.
Sullivan, senior team manager,
plans to return to Los Angeles
where he has been offered a couple
of jobs. Like the others, “Sully”
really doesn’t know how he and
Uncle Sam stack up.
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