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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.
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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.
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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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SUN VALLEY (P) Veteran
Wendell Broomhall, Rumford, Me.,
led the pack Monday in an infor
mal cross-country event between
U. S. Olympic skiers and a team
from Washington State College.
Broomhall, 32, and the oldest
man on the team, covered the seven-mile
course in 44 minutes flat.
Second place was copped by Si
Dunklee, Kents Hill, Me, Punklee,
an alternate on the Olympic team
who will not make the trip to Eu
rope unless he is financed by pri
vate sources, was timed at 46:11.6.
O'Brien Twins Spark
Seattle to Victory
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (P)
Sparked by the O'Brien twins,
Seattle University scored a 68-66
basketball victory over the Camp
Pendleton Marines here Monday
night.
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. '
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