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Page 2 SECTION IV THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon Thursday, October 21, 1954 Johnny Saxton Wins World Welterweight Title 2 Boston Colleges Offer Fans Variety Rank 1st in De fense, 2nd in Offense NEW YORK 1 UP)- Boston's two undefeated college football teams are tryinK to satisfy all tastes. For those who can't get a thrill out of Boston University's speedy offense, which ranks No. 2 in the country, there's the Boston College defense which ranks No. 1. NCAA Service Bureau figures showed today that BC has given up only 139.5 yards a game. That's a sizeable margin over the next most clfective defenses, Rich mond's 152.6 and Alabama's 153.8. In ground defense, however, the Eagles are second to Mississippi, which is providing both kinds of excitement to its fans all by itself. Mississippi, which is the top major-college team in total offense and passing, has yielded only 52 8 fense was ,hrown up by Army in yards a game trough its line. BCil3 28.l4 victorv al Duke. The Ca hii Diunn tin T7 0 VbIa TO n a-,.4 . . . . . ' has given up 77.8, Yale 78.0 and Oklahoma 78.8. One Touchdown Per Game And just to make it more defin'to BC is one of three teams in thi rountry holding the opposition to the equivalent of one touchdown game. Colorado has given up 3 6 points a game, Alabama 4.2 and Boston College 5.8. BU's answer has been second place in both total offense yardage and scoring, so when they meet on Nov. 13, cliches about "immov able objects-irresistible forces" will be flying about as thickly as strong young bodies. Syracuse, the national pass de fense leader for two weeks, was knocked all the way down to 43rd place by Boston U.'s 184 aerial yards during a 41-19 defeat. Texas A and M is now on top, with 30.8 yards a game allowed, followed by Wyoming, Richmond, Iowa and De troit, all closely bunched under 40. BU in Punting Picture ! BU figures n tne puntnig picture Secret Workout Given Vandals MOSCOW, Idaho Wl Coach Skip Stanley barred the gates Wednesday and put his Idaho Van dals through a secret workout as they prepared for the Saturday (ootlball encounter with Washing ton State. The emphasis was on pass of fense with George Eidam and Gary Cozien alternating as pass ers. S t a h 1 ey Installed sophomore Chuck Fries as a guard and moved Fred Magee, anollicr soph more, from center to guard. Fries replaced K-ivind Ross who was Injured in the Arizona game last week. Movies Show Officials Were Right in Disallowing Score PORTLAND (UP) The fans rooting for Oregon who rose up in anger when an apparent Oregon touchdown was ruled no good in last Saturday's football game willi Southern Calilornia can relax. Movies of the game show the of ficial was right and the Oregon fans wrong. George Shaw hnd shot a 17-yanl pass to end Phil Mcllugh who took it in the end zone early in the Grid Giants, With 4 Leading NFL Scoring List ' I flrl Uol Tosi 11 I w l w, jiwh. i forTI)s;IYxl Foe Redskins ny f.aki7wuh:iit Vnltrd l'rrw .Sport Wrltrr NKW YOHK U'Pt-The New York Giants, the National Football Lea sues lowest scoring team in HIM. have popped up with four ; touchdown passer and the circuit's highest poinl-lotal so far this sea son. Quarterbacks ("barley Conerly and Bob Clnttcrbuck. plus hall- backs Frank Gifford and Kyle Hole have thrown scoring passes to help the Giants roll up 137 points ;n four sanies. No other NFL club 1 enn boast four throwers who have thrown TD passes. j Vince Lnmbardi, (he club's new ; b.icktield corch. says early season success with end runs developed - nassinc bv the haltbacks. "We had been swecpins the ends so effectively that the defensive1 FANFARE m SiJ too. It has had a S to 0 kick only nine times in four games, less than any other team. In the runback department Wichita Is going furthest with en emy kicks. It's No. 1 in punt re turns, averaging 29 8 yards a try and No. 2 in kickoff returns with 29.9. Kunners-up in punt runbacks are UCLA with 25.9. Denver, with 23.4 and Detroit with .8. The kick off leader is Arizona wth 31.4 and after Wichita come Syracuse with 9.6 and Colorado with 20.9. By carrying eight intercepted us 28-14 victory at Duke. The Ca- UCLA posted the second highest such total on record. The standard is 240 yards made by Kentucky against Mississippi in 1949. The Uclans have intercepted the most (18 passes), have run them back the most 1276 yards) and have been passed against most often (118 times). But the best one-game pass de- dels let Duke complete one pass- for minus nine yards 'Back of the Week' Jon Arnett, above, University of Southern California tail back who has been named Back of the Week by the As sociated Press, has yet to win a place on the Trojans' start ing team. USC coach Jess Hill hasn't decided whether Arnett or Aramis Dandoy, an All Pa cific Coast Conference back, will open against California Oct. 2,1 at left half. (AP Wire photo) game with Oregon trailing 7-0. Bui it was ruled Mclluuh had stepped out of hounds and the fans howled. Cnnch I.en Casanova of the Web- foots said last night that movies ; of the game indicate the ruling 'was correct. "So far as we can gather from the pictures," he said. "Mellllith's loo just touched the sideline ns he caught the ball, making Ihe pass incomplete. So the official was right." (hacks wore ncHinning 10 come upi 1,00 fast." Lombardi said. "So wo! HnwImipH snmp niu nlnvs for mir halfbacks." (ionil Uall-Cnrrtrr Clifford and Rote both are good ! i ball-carriers. When they take pitch-1 outs from the quarterback and start a wide swevn. tin defense has to commit itself to stop a pos i sihle end run d if ford ami Hole then may fire a pass. Giliord has thrown two scoring passes and Hole one this season, Quarterback's do most of the passing in tne NH, hut the titans don't claim they have a new idea Other clubs, particularly the De-! troit I. ions, vise halfbacks as pass ers. Jim .tv Howell, New York's head coach, says the club's use of halfbacks as passers is part of a plan to change the team's "main alt nek" Irom same to same, "We've been trying to do thot since Ihe season bcian. We hone to show each team an offense that' . a little different from the one its scouts watched." Howell said. Not that Howell is feeltns cocky ' Im i . 9 ..... r r-iirmW ffiiViiiniiitVi 11 Gavilan Slumps In Loss Judges Agree; But Writers Say Kid Won By Mt'KKAY KOSE PHILADELPHIA (if) Johnny Saxton won the welterweight title from Kid Gavilan last night. Todav, with cries of "robbers' from the Gavilan camp echoing around him, Saxton went into court to face a possible 15-day sentence. He is charged with 12 traffic violations. "I hope the judge will give me a break," said the 24-year-old New Yorker. Gavilan insisted he - got no breaks last night when a highly controversial unanimous 15-round decision relieved him of the 147 pound crown he had worn for 34 years. While the referee and two judges were in accord and had Saxton the champion by the 12th round barring a knocking, 20 of 22 box ing writers at the ringside had Gavilan the winner in what had to be the worse fight of his career. Gavilan, alternately crying and screaming and alternately retiring and unrctiring, sobbed after the fight: "People don't talk for nothing. I know from the first round on that I cannot win. The referee he gives Saxton everything his way. I no want to tight no more. 1 give my left hand I give my right hand to the Pennsylvania commis- sion. Everything steenk. The Keed, he is robbed." screamed his manager, Angel Lo pez. "The Keed, he is jobbed. 1 know he have to win big but after he take last three rounds 1 figure fur sure they must give him the decision. I say to the Keed, 'They cannot take it away from you.' I am wrong. I give you the Penn sylvania commission. They can take the championship and keep it." "It was a lousy, stinking fight," said Chairman Frank Wiener of the Pennsylvania Athletic Com mission. "If Gavilan fought like I've seen him in the past, Saxton wouldn't have won." He made that statement to Frank (Blinky) Palermo, manager of the champion, and Jim Norris, president of the International Box ing Club in the Saxton's dressing room. ( Later, Wiener said, "If Gavi lan's handlers are still crying rob bers, crooks and fix after they have had time to cool off, it will cost them. Both Gavilan and Sax ton stunk out the house. Let Sax ton take his title to Syracuse and fight Carmen Basiliu, and let Gavi lan fiuht anywhere but in Philadel phia." There was more action and con fusion in Uavilan's dressing room, including a list light, than there was in the "fight. This observer had Gavilan in I front, 8-4-3. The officials voted fori was the Lakers first defeat in six Saxton this way: Keferee Pete 1 appearances in the series, which 1'anlcleo, 9-6: Judge Jimmy Mina, (now stands 8-7 for the pros. 7-6-2. and Judge Nat Iopinson, 8-1 Maryland's Eugene Shue bag 61. They all gave Gavilan the last mree rounus. When they didn't pose and wait for the other to lead, the boxers huffed and puffed at close range. There were no knockdowns, nat urally, and few solid blows were landed. Passers, tie Knows wiai Minnay game wim the Washington Hedskins tiguros to he New York's last relatively "soft touch'' and he describes his team as one of the "weaker ones" in the Kaslcrn Division. The most important games this wivkcnd will be plaved at Pitts bursh and San Francisco. The i Steelers. who dropped a 2A-22 de-! cision to Philadelphia two weeks j ano, will entertain the Kagles Saturday niht and the same is expected to attract the biggest pro i football crowd in Forties Field his- lory, me roriy-;iners ana ueiron l ions, tied for the Western Divi- sion lead, meet Sunday at San Francisco. ! mis weeK s selections wun won- lost-tied records in parentheses: i Saturday nicht: Fades U-0 over i Steelers i3-P at Pittsburgh. Sun-1 day: Forty-Niners t3-(M over: j Lions 30 at San Francisco;! Rams tlM) over Bears i2-2 at 1 Iios Anaeles: Browns tl-2 over I Cardinals 10-4' at Chicago; Giants over, Red: kins t0-4 at New York; Colts 1-3 over Packers K1) at Baltimore. By WALT DITZEN Portland Given Rap for Trying Oat Basketeers PORTLAND Ufl The Univer sity of Portland gave full coopera tion in an jnquiry which led to a reprimand from the NCAA execu tive council, the athletic director said Wednesday, and now regards the case as "almost a closed inci dent." The council scolded the school for holding what it said were try outs of 11 prospective basketball players under the direction of head coach Art McLarney. Athletic Director Ed Fiene de scribed the sessions last April as "not exactly tryouts," but said "its certainly not going to hap pen again." I "We had taken corrective ac tion prior to the council's inquiry and gave them complete coopera tion, rjene said. To therefore it is almost a closed incident." Portland University was- one of four schools cited in the NCAA report Wednesday. Western Illinois State College also was reprimand ed. The University of Miami (Fla.) and City College of New York were suspended for one year. Serra to Play Gervais Friday By LeROY WELLE Fresh from their win over Philomath last Friday, the Serra High Sabers will meet the Ger vais Cougars at Gervais at 2 p.m. Friday in a Capitol league game. Last nights practice was a muddy one for the Sabers as Coach Leo GrosJacques put them through a light scrimmage and usual calisthenics in the mud. Serra's squad has a won-lost record standing at 4-1, beating Mt. Angel, Salem Academy, Nes tucca and Philomath and losing to Cascade. No injuries plague the Sabers as they go into action tomorrow. GrosJacques named the fol lowing starters on offense: LE Jeff Elliot. LT Arbie MacDonald. LG Bob Stebner. C Bernie Johnson. KG Denny Alley. RT Mike Skaling. RE Ed Dougherty. QB Don Forcier. LH Craig Fear. ' RH Don Lucero. Fullback Don Endres. .All-Stars Win Over Lakers CHICAGO Uf The college all stars Wednesday night broke the monopoly of ihe pro champions in their annual basketball series. defeating the Minneapolis Lakers 93-90 in an overtime battle. The game, attracting 15,321 fans to Chicago Stadium, brought the first victory for the collegians in the rivalry in seven games. It ged a free throw in the last 14 seconds to tie the score 86-86 and send the game into extra time. In the overtime period. Frank Selvy of Furman contributed one basket and a free throw, Shue added a field goal and Johnny Kerry of Illinois and Joe Bert rand of Notre Dame each made free throws. Kentucky's Cliff Hagan and the Lakers' Vern Mikkclsen shared scoring honors, each with 22 poinLs. 9 Slraiplit K. O. Winner Matched PORTLAND (VP ) Heavyweight Jimmy Byrne, who has scored nine straight knockouts, faces Kirby Seals of San Diego at the Armory here tonight in a scheduled 10 round bout. The Portland shutter, who has been rVn'.ing locally, plans bouts in the Bay area, on the eastern television circuit and perhaps a Tight later with Pat McMurtry of Tacoma. recognized in Washing ton as Ihe Northwest heavyweicht king. He is favored to get by Seals. Jl'MOlt HIGH FOOTBALL Salem junior hiph school league football games Friday are sched uled as follows: Parrish Grays vs. Islie Blues at Parrish; Parrish Cards vs. Les lie Golds at Leslie. "7" is a bad gamble here's why (r Interferes with Oregon's program to concrc and nuiiiuin the salmon resource. WouM IJlc more than 1 500 fiihctmen s.ij SI l.t50,tK) equipment. A's Owners Face Baseball Damage Suit Johnson Claims Breach of Contract Over Franchise By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO IB-The stock-buying syndicate of the Philadelphia Ath letics, sweating out word of an American League blessing that would make their deal official to keep the club in Philadelphia, to day was threatened with a big damage suit by Arnold Johnson. The Chicago industrialist de clared he felt "wronged by the Philadelphia group who so sudden ly appeared on the scene." and has placed the matter in the hands of a Philadelphia law firm to study the advisability of filing suit. . "In view of the indicated ad vance ticket sale I in Kansas City) of almost two million dollars, the measure of my damages should be substantial," Johnson said. "The suit would be not only for the cash damages sustained by me, but al so on the grounds that this group joined together to induce a breach of the contract which I made in good faith for the purchase of the A's." In a Chicago meeting nine days ago, American League club own ers voted to shift the A's fran chise from Philadelphia to Kansas City. "Roy Mack at that time agreed without equivocation to sell the team to me for transfer to Kansas City," Johnson said in a statement. It never was contemplated that Mr. Mack would be given an -opportunity to look for otherpur chasers, or to do anything except to talk to his family. "It seems unbelievable to me that the agreement with me made in good faith . , . has now been violated." At the Chicago meeting, Roy Mack was given until last Monday to sell his stock to Johnson and thus complete a deal of nearly four million dollars that would wipe out the Athletics' indebted ness and send them to an en thusiastic Kansas City. Roy's brother F.arle and father Connie long had pressed for the sale to Johnson. Before last Monday's deadline, a group of eight Philadelphia men bought the stock from the Macks and announced they had saved the A's for their own city, where the club has been lor 54 years. Johnson was left holding the bag. But the American League vote needed to approve the sale to the Philadelphia syndicate has not been forthcoming thus far. League President Will Harridge ANNIVERSARY SALE! SALE ENDS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 jWORK SHOES pill Friedman Shelby work jRn'i's fy' shoes are solid from WvitA? v ft. top to bottom. STWt Z L Pji $9.95 J-tS&?A A S'2 Bill Off CfcSWfj t7 K TS5S' Si;,i'.,I.; Tough enough to tackle any job, they hove the comfort plus long wear you require in a work shoe. Open Mnn. and Krl. NiilMs 'Til 9, Other Nights 'Til 6 DANA'S BOOTERY IN THE CAriTOl. SHOPPINT. CENTER t Closes every Oregon coastal port soulh of Astoria to commercial salmon fishermen. t Crabs for few 1 resource itut belonji lo ull the people of Orejton. Critical Badger-Buckeye Grid Clash Rated 'Even' Mississippi, Yale Favored Among Unbeatens NEW YORK (UP)-The Big Ten's important struggle between Wisconsin and Ohio Mate was list ed as "even" today but a national odds-making syndicate made solid choices of Mississippi and Yale in Saturday's, other game which in volves college football teams with perfect records. Mississippi, the nation's fifth ranked team in the ratings of the United Press Board of Coaches, was a 7-point choice to defeat an San Jose to Hurl Passes SAN JOSE, Calif. (UP) Coach Bob Bronzan of the San Jose State Spartans says he expects Satur day's game with the Oregon Ducks at Eugene should produce a "nat ural aerial battle." Benny Pierce of the Spartans Is currently ranked 10th nationally with 33 completions out of 59 at tempts for a 55.9 percentage mark. He will be dueling with George Shaw, great Oregon quarterback, who is second nationally with 53 completions out of 106 attempts and a 50 per cent average. San Jose was leading the Ducks 7-6 after 52 minutes of play last year. But Shaw and Dick James combined on three quick Webfoot scores for a 26-13 victory. Bronzan said his line averaged 215 pounds per man and composed entirely of veterans. He said he was counting on the Spartan for ward wall to pressure Shaw's passes, while containing the Ore gon line to give Pierce protection lor 'his own throws. has had only one comment: "There will be no statement until the final papers have been signed for the purchase of the Philadelphia Ath letics. Art Gallagher, a member of the syndicate, said in Philadelphia that he considers Johnson's statement "entirely unwarranted." "As I recall it the last thing Roy said before he left Chicago was that his final decision de pended upon what his family want ed him to do," said Gallagher, "And it is clear from his trans action with our group that his family prevailed upon him to keep the A's in Philadelphia, where they belong. Arkansas squad which last Satur day beat Texas, 20-7, to remain the only unbeaten team in the South west Conference. Yale, meanwhile, was installed as a 6-point pick to defeat Col gate and add to its stature as the Ivy group's strongest team. Four of the five other teams ranked among the fjrst 10 which Bevo to Play Here Jan. 6 Bevo Francis, the fabulous ex Bio firande collcce center scor er, will appear in Salem Jan. a ; When the Boston Whirlwinds will be on the same exhibition pro gram with the Harlem (jlobetrol ters. Sponsored by the Salem Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, the schedule calls for a Salem team to play the Whirlwinds for 20 minutes, then to take on the Globetrotters for 20 minutes. The two pro teams then will play two 15-minute halves. There will be special entertain ment between halves, it was dis closed. The games will be in the new South Salem gymnasium. Indians No Soft Touch, Wn. Told SEATTLE W! The Stanford Indians are not a solt touch de spite their 72-0 loss to UCLA last week, Coach Johnny Cherberg warned the Washington Huskies Wednesday. He out his charges through sev- j pra hours ot runeea scnmmuKe r with the emphasis on passing and pass defense, punting and goal conversion as they prepared (or the Saturday game at Palo Alto. A tapenne-olf drill was in tne cards for Thursday. 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Minnesota, tied with idle Notre Dame for the sixth spot in the ra tings, was picked by 7 points over Michigan in the other game involv. ine one of the top 10. Boston University was a 13 -point favorite over Holy Cross in the TV game for Eastern viewers; Northwestern and Pittsburgh were "even" in their Mid - west TV struggle, while no odds were listed for the West's TV contest between Montana and Brigham Young. Other Odds Quoted In intersectional games, TCU was 7 over Penn State; Illinois 14 over Syracuse; Marquette M over Fordham, and SMU 27 over Kansas. Maryland was 7 over Miami (Fla.); Detroit 19 over Tulsa, and Houston 20 over Villa nova in games Friday night. Odds on other games: East: Dartmouth and Harvard even; Princeton 7 over Cornell; Navy 20 over Pennsylvania. Midwest: Michigan 6 over Pur due; Iowa 13 over Indiana; Mis souri 14 over Iowa State. South: Florida 1 over LSU; Wake Georgia 13 over Tulanc: Duke 21 Georgia Tech 7 over Kentucky; Forest 6 over Norm Carolina; North Carolina State; Ala uvci bama 14 over Mississippi State. Southwest: Hice 1 over Texas: Baylor 13 over Texas A and si. West: Stanlord 6 over Washing Ion; Southern Cal 7 over Calilor nia. Still Your best bet for "best dressed" in BLUE Single or Double 49 7 I
