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Retirement of Bomber
Heralds New Ring Era
M New York UJ
Bolng In
, 1949 was featured bx the most
1 momentuons, two-way, promo
; tional and championship change
; In ring history.
Joe Louis' retirement ai un-
I defeated heavyweight champion
on March 1 started the machin
ery that made James D. Norris'
International Boxing Club the
successor to Mike Jacob's 30th
Century Club, and also helped
make Ezzard Charles heavy
weight champion in National
Boxing Association territory.
Retiring after the longest and
busiest reign in heavyweight
championship history, 35-year-old
Louis became di
rector of the International
club of New York, Michigan
and Illinois the fight game's
most extensive monopoly.
Bomber Joe was made a direc
tor of the I.B.C. and reportedly
was paid $150,000 for giving up
the title and for making arrange
ments that resulted in Charles'
fighting Jersey Joe Walcott for
the vacant crown at Chicago,
June 22. By winning the 15
round decision over Walcott,
Charles gained N.B A. recogni
tion as champion, but he did not
evoke recognition from the New
British Boxing Board of Control, j
New York and British officials
want Charles to fight the winner
of a Bruce Woodcock-Lee Savold
bout, now scheduled for London
next May.
I. B. C. Gains Control
Moving into Madison Square
Garden, the International club
bought out the interests of
Jacobs' who retired on May 5
after having been the world's
No. 1 promoter for 12 years. The
I.B.C. also bought out the Tour
nament of Champions, a rival
New York organization that had
been trying to compete with
Jacobs. The I.B.C. now controls
the major fight emporiums in
New York, Chicago and Detroit,
and both ball parks In New
York.
In addition to the heavy
weight championship change,
two other title shifts occurred
during a year In which atten
dance and receipts fell off In
most boxing areas, but during
which an all-time record of
18 deaths was recorded as a
result or ring injuries In eight
countries.
The other two title changes
were these: (1) On June 16,
Jake LaMotta of the Bronx
wrested the middleweight crown
from Marcel Cerdan of Morroc
co at Detroit when Cerdan was
unable to continue after the
ninth round because of an injur
ed left shoulder. Cerdan was
killed In an Azores plane crash,
Oct 28, while flying to New
York for a return title fight with
LaMotta. (2) Willie Pep of Hart
ford, Conn., recaptured the
featherweight diadem from New
York's Sandy Saddler on a 15
round decision at the Garden,
Feb. 11. Saddler had worn It less
than four months.
Mills Falls to Defend
Among the five carry-over
champions, only Freddie Mills of
England light heavyweight
ruler failed to make a single
defense during the year. How
ever, Mills has signed to defend
against Joey Maxim of Cleve
land at London, Jan. 25. Maxim
Is U. S. champion.
The other four carry-overs de-
(ended as follows: Welterweight
Eugar Ray Robinson against Kid
Gavilan; Lightweight Ike Wil
liams against Enrique Bolanos
and Freddie Dawson; Bantam
weight Manuel Ortiz against
Dado Marino; Flyweight Rinty
Monaghan of Ireland against
Maurice Sandeyron of France
and Terry Allen of England
Allen held him to a draw, but
Rinty kept the title.
Incidentally, after Charles be
came N.B. A. champion, he de
r.au l
LOOK ,ohn Glorloso, halfback
wwui0( lhe MiMouri f00l.
kali team which plays Mary
land at Jacksonville, Jan. 2,
mixes ground beef for the
weekly spaghetti dinner he
serves his brothers of Phi Del
ta Thete In Columbia, Mo.
r
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Oregon, Tuesday, Dee. 27, 1949
.fended against Gus
Lesnevich
and Pat Valentinn.
Similarly,
Willie Pep defended his recap
tured feather crown against
Eddie Compo.
Only 12 title fights were stag
ed throughout the world in '49
although each champion Is sup
posed to defend at least twice a
year.
Same 81umps In New York
Attendance and receipts were
off In the New York area be
cause of television, the reces
sion, and scarcity of attractive
talent. However, the sport
boomed in some places up
state New York cities, Mon
treal and Miami. A record
California gate was set at San
Francisco by Charles and Val
entino. Despite increased safeguards
in the sport, boxing officials
were alarmed at the record 18
deaths from ring injuries. Nine
occurred in the United States,
two in Algiers, two in Mexico,
and one each in Italy, Germany,
Australia, Malaya and Hawaii.
The previous record of 15 was
set in '46.
Cotton Game to
Feature Spurt
Finishing Teams
Dallas, Dec. 21 VP) The
largest crowd ever to see the
Cotton Bowl football game will
be in the cavernous stadium
next Monday. And all of the 75,
347 fans are advised to wait un
til the last gun fires before mov
ing for the exits.
Lots of things happen in the
final periods for the competing
teams in this bowl game Rice
and North Carolina. Especially
North Carolina. They call the
Tar Heels the "Minute Men of
Football."
They don't always win them
in the last minutes but they
probably win more at that stage
of the game than any other
team.
Rice is a last-half outfit, too.
only the Owls have had more
success with it this season than
the Tar Heels. The most notable
garrison finish by Rice was
against Texas. They were behind
15-0 until late in the game yet
won 17-15 as Froggy Williams
kicked a field goal with 10 sec
onds to go.
Oilman Plans No
Active Running
Of Solon Club
Washington, Dec. 27 (VP)
Hugh A. Grant, wealthy Penn
sylvania oil man who has $400,-
000 invested in the Washington
Senators, said he plans to take
no active part in the ball club.
'I have no idea of being active
in the club until sometime later,"
Grant told a reporter by tele
phone from his Bradford, Pa.,
home.
He declined to elaborate oth
er than indicating that "some
time later" means the far distant
future.
It was revealed last night
that Grant was the primary
backer in the transaction which
made John James Jachym of
Jamestown, N.Y., a 40 percent
owner of the Nats.
Before Grant, a graduate of
Georgetown univ e r s i t y here,
could take active part in the
American league club he would
have to dispose of his racing
stable. Under baseball rules, a
horse owner may not own stock
in a ball club.
Oddly enough, Sammy Snead
and Byron Nelson were the de
feated golfers in thetwo PGA
championships which produced
the largest winning margin, 8
and 7.
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Defensive Artists Are
Pitted for Rose Contest
By BOB MYERS
Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 27 UP)
California and Ohio State
each will field large football
teams in the Rose Bowl Jan. 2,
and rival lines gifted in stout
defensive tactics that can hardly
bid for crowd appeal.
But each team also packs a
player or two able and liable
to explode for long scoring plays
which very definitely qualify
for the fancy of the football
fans.
Ohio State employes an of
fense that stems off the T, the
split T and even drifts into a
single wing on occasion, and
most anyone in the four back
field positions is apt to throw
a pass when least expected.
California is more conserva
tive in the passing department,
Quarterback Bob Celeri hand
ling this chore almost exclusi
vely. His elective pass-run threat
however, can keep opponents in
a state of excitement.
Only yesterday Coach Lynn
Waldorf of California mention
ed that he has no climax runner
such as he had last year in Half
back Jackie Jensen.
Waldorf probably meant he
had no consistent climax runner,
but there was nothing wrong
with Halfback Frank Brunk the
day he ran 102 yards to sink
the Rose Bowl dreams of south
ern California, or Brunk's ef
forts when he filled in for the
injured Jensen in last New
Year's Rose Bowl game with
Northwestern.
And Halfback Jim Mona
chlno was certainly not dog
ging It when he reeled off 84
yards and ruined Stanford
this season.
Ohio State's Halfback Jerry
Krall wheeled away for 59 yards-
to help whip Indiana in the
longest run from scrimmage for
the Bucks this season, and Half
back Jim Clark's pass to Tom
Watson went for 65 yards in the
Buckeyes' futile thrust at a
then mighty Minnesota. Fans
here well recall husky Fred
(Curly) Morrison scoring against
USC on the tail end of a 57-yard-pass-lateral
play.
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Such was in prospect as the
two teams plotted further
drills, Ohio State here and
the Golden Bears at nearby
Riverside.
Due in the Bear camp was
Halfback Jack Swaner, detain
ed at home awaiting the arrival
of the stork. Swaner, inciden
tally, is on the explosive side.
too. He came off the injury list
against Stanford to roll up 100
yards and three touchdowns in
15 trips with the ball.
And Celeri, don't forget, holds
six all-time school records for
passing and is responsible for
1135 yards running and passing
the ball this year.
Graham Honored as Only
Pro Named Star 4 Years
By PAT KEITH
(United Preaa Sport Writer)
New York, Dec. 27 U.R Auto
matic Otto Graham, the bril
liant passer who made the Cleve
land Browns one of the most
powerful football teams In his
tory, was honored today as the
only player to be chosen on the
now-defunct Ail-American Con
ference Ail-Star team during the
four years of the league's exist
ence. The former Northwestern
University sensation led the
Browns to 52 victories against
only four defeats and three ties
during those four years. On
each occasion Cleveland won
both the seasonal crown and the
playoff championship.
Graham was one of three
Browns on the 1949 team se
lected by coaches, sports writ
ers and sportscasters. The
San Francisco forty - niners,
second best team in the league
over the four-year span, placed
four, headed by Fullback Joe
Perry, who polled more votes
than any other back. Los
Angeles, New York, Balti
more and Buffalo each placed
one man on the team.
End Mac Speedie, chosen two
previous years, and Center Lou
Saban were the other Browns
on the first team. Besides Per
ry. San Francisco placed Frankie
Albert, a passing specialist sec
ond only to Graham, End Al
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Miami, Fla.. Dec. 27 U.K -
Notre Dame had six men in the
game, but two Villanova players
emerged today as the stars of
the 1949 Shrine football game
between the North and the
South.
Fullback Ralph Pasquariello
and Quarterback Steve Romanik
of the Wildcats were the key
men in a powerful assault that
brought the North a 20 to 14 vie
tory last night in the rain and
mud before 37,378 fans.
The Notre Dame men were
great, especially those burly
linemen who ripped the south
ern forward wall to shreds. But
Pasquariello and Romanik bore
the brunt of the ground-gaining.
"You really had 'em this
year," South Coach Andy Gus
tafson of the University of Mi
ami congratulated North Coach
Herman Hickman.
Beals and Guard Visco Grglch.
The others named to the team
were tackles Arnie Weinmeister
of New York and Bob Reinhard
of Los Angeles, Guard Dick Ber-
wegen of Baltimore and Chet
Mutryn, Buffalo halfback.
Cleveland dominated the
second team, placing End
Dante Lavelll, Tackle Lou
Rymkus Guard Bill Willis
and Fullback Marlon Motley.
The New York Yankees placed
Tackle Martin Ruby, Guard
Joe Slgnaigo and Halfback
Buddy Young.
Also on the second team were
Center John Rapacz and Half
back Bob Horenschemeyer of
Chicago, End Al Baldwin of
Buffalo, and Rookie Halfback
George Taliaferro of Los An
geles.
The league, which folded
when Baltimore, Cleveland and
San Francisco merged into the
newly-formed National-Ameri
can Football league, also gave
honorable mention awards to the
following players:
Ends Len Ford. Los' Annclet: Jack Hua
srll. New YorK: Bob Nowaskey. Baltimore.
Tackles John WoudenberB. San Francisco;
Lou Oroia. Cleveland; John Ktasell, Buf
falo. Guards Lin Houston, Cleveland; Don
Clark, Ban Francisco; welden Humble.
Cleveland: John Mastranffelo. New York;
Rocco Plrro, Buffalo; Ed Ultnskl. Cleve
land. Centers Bob Nelson, Los Aneelcs;
Frank Gatskl. Cleveland: Frank Peran
tonl. New York. Backs Johnny Clement.
Chicago: Sherman Howard, New York;
Ollle cline. Buffalo: Rex Bumiardner,
Buffalo: Dub Jones, Celeveland; Jim Cason.
San Francisco: Sam Cathchart. San Fran
cisco; Hosea Rodgers, Los Angeles: Oeorge
Ratterman Buffalo: Billy Stone. Baltimore;
John strtykalskl, San Franctico.
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SQUABBLE OVER AIR
New Skirmish Over 70-Group
Air Force Appears Certainty
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
Wa.Mnirfnn Dec. 27 W A new skirmish between the senate
and house over the 70-group air
session of congress opening January 3.
It is a legislative hangover from the first session of the 81st
congress. It might touch off again the explosive feud between the
air force and navy over air pow-
Rep. Vinson (D, Ga.), veteran
chairman of the house armed
services committee, already nas
posted his "no surrender" flags.
He objects to senate action in
striking from a house passed
bill this language:
"The air force of the United
States shall have an authorized
ovict,ii u, ,v nitm uiai oil
force groups, 22 separate United
States air force squadrons, and
61 air force reserve groups, to
gether with necessary supporting
and auxiliary United States air
force and reserve units."
Senators have the backing of
Secretary of Defense Johnson.
They contend that the samei
air power is authorized by "24,-1
000 serviceable aircraft or 225,
000 airframe tons aggregate of
serviceable aircraft, whichever
amount the secretary of the air
force may determine is more ap
propriate to fulfill the require
ments of the air force . . ."
(Airframe tonnage is the
weight of the planes before they
are equipped with engines, pro
pellers, armament and usually
the landing gear.)
They point out that an air
force group can vary from as
few as 18 of the large heavy;
bombers to 75 small fighters. If
Vinson and the house have their
way, senators say congress may
be forced to continually amend
the basic act to meet changing
conditions for defense.
The house and senate have
passed differing versions of the
legislation. The dispute now is
in the hands of a senate-house i
conference headed by Senator!
Tydings (D., Md.), chairman of
the senate armes services com
mittee.
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In the first session a similar
senate-house battle over funds
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'WOn that legislative deadlock aft
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Theater Chandelier
Pendant Crashes
Monterey Park, Calif., Dec. 27
'P A 50-pound chandelier pen
dant fell from the ceiling of a
movie theater here last night
while the show was on but only
one person was injured ser
iously. An undetermined number of
other persons were nicked by
flying glass but required only
first aid treatment.
Fortunately, the theater was
only partially filled. The pen
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Dale Klwr vs.
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rectly.
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He was struck when the pen
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Bus Drivers Strike
In Otfumwa, Iowa
Ottumwa, la., Dec. 27 UP)-.
Bus drivers went on strike at
12:01 a.m. here today, leaving
this southern Iowa city of about
35.000 persons without public
transportation.
A last-minute meeting between
company and union representa
tives last night had produced no
results.
Thirty-five drivers and eight
shopmen of the AFL Bus Driv
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