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e the Fixes and Scandals 52 Was a Great Year in Sports World eistcr-Gnard, Eugene, Ore., Tues,, Jan. 1, 1952 Poge 1 Oakridge Meets Lowell In Thursday Contest Oakridso swings back Into bas ketbnll action Thursday night when the Warriors host Lowell in a Valley League contest. Oakridge has yet to post a Valley triumph, after two straight losses to Junc tion City. The Red Devils, likewise are wlnless after one Valley start. The game will start at 8 p.m., with a "B" squad preliminary at 6:30. nnv FAIR Siuird SoorH Wrlttr e most amazing pen 3 in Major League his Ld the one big bright 4 sports scene during ar which saw more less icm Undout amid the hihlnir. and "commer- fcrges, was the never ailed climb of the Tfiiants to the Nation ihampionshlp. A sub purocher piloted his am 13 !i games behind linant after a three ff with Brooklyn, igers were making a tif the race when the ime whlte-not, ciick- strtng of 16 straight When the National the two teams were top spot. won the opening Jbut the Dodgers came rrn the count 10-0. In Sfng contest, Bobby rote a storybook fin (crrlflo chase with his homer in the ninth a 5-4 Giant triumph. :ivas trailing 4-1 going it inning, and Thom li run off Dodger re fit Branca, came with 2 only one but, jjat the World Scries against the New York Yankees seemed almost anti-climactic. But the Yankees, as in two pre vious years, took home the world championship, four games to two, by winning the last three straight. From January through Decem ber, the sports world was rocked by basketball "fixes" linking the top teams and players in the country. Right now, the bribery scandals are far from cleaned up. Following these black marks on the scene, the Army football team suffered a crushing blow when BO cadets, many of them top grid players, were expelled from Uie academy for "cribbing." This scandal was soon follow ed by the expose of unchecked commercialism of star athletes by colleges and their alumni. This, like the fix scandals, re mains a still-unsolved problem on the athletic front. A quick review of 1951 fol lows: BASEBALL: Four new man agers were chosen during the year. Tommy Holmes replaced Billy Southworth for the Boston Braves; Fhll Cavarrctta took over for Frankic Frisch for the Chicago Cubs; Lou Boudreau succeeded Steve O'Neil for the Boston Red Sox; and Marty Marlon was replaced by Ed Stanky for the St. Louis Car dinals. Commissioner A. B. "Happy" Chandler was voted out of of fice by major league magnates, and was replaced by Ford Frick. Warren Giles, of Cincinnati, was in turn named National League president, replacing Frick. In another stock turnover, Bill Veeck returned to baseball, this time with the St. Louis Browns, and named Rogers Hornsby as manager. There were four no-hitters in the major leagues. Allle Rey nolds of the New York Yankees hurled two of them, Cliff Cham bers of Pittsburgh one (he was later traded to the Cardinals), and Bobby Feller pitched his third of all time. Baseball also lost one of 11 Immortals when Joe DiMaggio, Yankee outfielder for the past 15 years, announced his retire ment from the game. Jimmy Foxx and Mel Ott were elected to the Hall of Fame; the Na tional team defeated the Ameri cans 8-3 In the All-Star game; Roy Campanella was named most valuable in the National circuit, and Yogi Berra earned similar honors In the American loop; Gil McDouglad, Yanks, was selected rookie of the year; while Stan Muslal, Cards, and Ferris Fain, A's, won the batting titles. 951 EIGHT MILLION MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; 1,200,000 MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN INJURED; THIRTY-FIVE THOU SAND LOST THEIR LIVES; ECONOMIC LOSS OVER 3 BILLION DOLLARS. 952 EVERY OTHER PERSON NOW LIVING IN THE U. S. HAS BEEN OR WILL BE INJURED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AC CIDENT BEFORE HE DIES. YOU OR I ONE OF US WILL GET IT. SPRINGFIELD J nsumnce AGENCY 5062 MAIN DIAL 6-1646 REPRESENTING GENERAL OF AMERICA COMPANIES Big Buck No Got Buffalo Robes But Got "Fire-Water" COLD WEATHER SPECIALS &nti Freeze lErrKl BY MAKER I RVhll OF PRESTONE ETHYLENE-GLYCOL Ml Reg. $1.50 t Gallon'' Special PERMANENT TYPE BY U. S. RUBBER CO. Reg. $3.75 t y uauon Special 1.19 2.95 '''You Install DOUBLE "S&H" GREEN STAMPS Every Wednesday at Teepee No. 1 Save with "S & H" Stampi BIG BUCK & HIS TRIBE WISH ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR BASKETBALL: The fix scan dals, which hit such noted cage powers as Kentucky, Long Is land, CCNY, Manhattan and Bradley gained most notice. In cluded among the players in volved were Sherman White, LIU's All -American, Gene Mel chiorre. radley star, and Ralph Beard and Alex Groxa, Ken tucky AU-Americans. All told, over 30 players were Involved, and at present Kentucky is in volved in another investigation. While this was being uncov ered, Kentucky won the NCAA title with a 68-58 triumph over Kansas State; Brlgham Young won the NIT crown with a 62-43 triumph over Dayton; and Columbia finished unbeaten, af ter 31 straight wins, but the Lions lost to Illinois In the NCAA Eastern playoffs. The Rochester Royals annexed the pro crown with a 79-75 win over the N. Y, Knicks. BOXING: Jersey Joe Walcott, Ray Robinson, and Randy Tur pin shared honors in this sport. Ageless Walcott scored an up set knockout over Ezzard Char les to annex the heavyweight title after losing to htm earlier in the year by decision. Rob inson won the middleweight ti tle from Jake LaMotta in Janu ary; lost it to Britain's unher alded Randy Turpin by decision in July, and won it back from Turpin via a 10th round TKO in September. Jimmy Carter won the light weight title with a surprise TKO over Ike Williams; Johnny Bratton won the welterweight crown from Charley Fusarl but then lost it to Kid Gall van; Kid Matthews remained a top con tender in the light-heavy ranks; and Joe Louis, far past his peak, suffered an eighth-round knock out at the hands of Rocky Graciano. , FOOTBALL: Several well known sohools dropped the sport because of financial prob lems. Georgetown and St. Mary's, Cat., folded before the season, while San Francisco and Loyola dropped out in late De cember. There were several coaching changes Including: Wes Fesler of Minnesota; Len Casa nova at Oregon; Woody Hayes at Ohio State; and Chuck Tay lor at Stanford. Pennsylvania, for a time, de-. fied the NCAA television ban and was made a member "not in good standing." Later Fenn abided by the video plan and was reinstated. Tennessee was voted the No. 1 team; Prince ton's Dick Kazmaicr won the Hcisman Trophy; TJSF's Ollle Matson was the leading scoring in the country with 126 points; Clemson and Maryland were expelled from the Southeastern Conference for accepting bowl games without conference sanc tion; Drake's Johnnie Bright was the vietlm of questionable football tactics which later led to Drake and Bradley dropping from the Missouri Valley con ference. In the pro ranks, the Los An geles Rams dethroned the Cleve land Browns 24-17 In the title contest; the Baltimore Colts dropped out of the National Football League; George Ratter man was reinstated with the New York Yanks after playing in Canada; and Bo McMillan of the Eagles, Dick Todd of the Redskins, and Jim Phelan of the Yanks were new coaches. GOLF: Ben Hogan and Lloyd Mangrum took most of the hon ors in this sport. Hogan com pleted his domination of the golfing scene by winning his first Masters' title and follow ing with a triumph in the U.S. Open. To top it off, "Bantam Ben" won the world's links crown at Tarn O'Shanter. Man grum was leading money winner for the year. Billy Maxwell captured the National Amateur crown. Yank Dick Chapman won the British Amateur; the U. S. Walker Cup team defeated Great Britain 8-3; and Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias tied for the Weathcrvane cross-country ti tle. RACIXG: Count Turf won the Kentucky Derby, while Coun terpoint, later named the horse of the year, captured the Bel mont Stakes. Bold triumphed in the Preakness. Citation became the first horse ever to win one million dollars. Lee Wallard won the Memorial Day 500-mile auto race with a record time of three hours, 57 minutes, plus. Wiscon sin captured the intercollegiate rowing regatta at Marietta, Ohio. John Marshall set a new 1500 mctcr free-style world record of 18:10.8. SKATING: American Dick Button monopolised individual honors by winning his sixth straight National figure skating orown, his fourth straight world figure skating crown, and his third straight N. American skat ing title. In team play, the De troit Red Wings successfully de fended their National Hockey League title, but Toronto won the Stanley Cup. TENNIS: Australia success fully defended its Davis Cup laurels by defeating the U.S. 3-2 in the finals. Dirk Savilt won the men's crown and Doris Hart the women's title at Wim bledon; Frank Sedgman rap tured the men's National title, while 16-ycar-old Maureen Con nolly captured the women's Na tional honors. Pant'lio Scgura successfully defended his pro fessional tennis crown by de feating Pancho Gonzales in the finals. TRACK: G-man Fred Wilt was awarded the Sullivan tro phy, although defeated five straight times by Wisconsin's Paul Gehrman. Wilt finally beat Gehrman, snapping the lattcr's winning streak at 39 straight. Jim Fuchs set an indoor mark for the 16-pound shot with a 58' 33" heave. Three men Bob Richards, Nebraska's Don Cooper, and Illinois' Don Laz cleared 15 feet in the pole vault. Richards won the decathlon ti tle, while Southern California captured the NCAA championship. 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The twins Eddie and Johnny pint-sized guards, are only 5 feet, 9 inches, short for basketball players. They scored 51 points between them. Eddie sent in the winning basket in the last 60 sec onds. I Johnny sent In 38 poits, to grab scoring honors for the night, al though he was out part of the, game. He bruised his hip when he fell under the Pendleton bas ket as he came in for a lay-up! shot. Eddie chalked up 12 points, second high for Seattle. ' Here they are. our SPECIAL ... Come and get em ii life suits sa SUITS Racks of TOPCOATS Greatly Reduced M1MMEN&B0YS Where llth Meets Willamette .1
