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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 '
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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!
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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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see action Saturday were favored
by from two to four touchdowns.
Oklahoma Over Kansas Stale
Oklahoma, the country's No, 1
team and 65-0 victor over Kansas
last Saturday, was rated 27 points
stronger than Kansas State; third
ranked UCLA, which set a school
scoring mark in a 72-0 rout of Stan
ford last weekend, was 28 points
over Oregon State; Army, which
rose to ninth place in the ratings
alter a 2814 triumph over Duke
was 27 points over Columbia, and
loth-ranked Colorado was 14 points
over Nebraska.
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
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bama 14 over Mississippi State.
Southwest: Hice 1 over Texas:
Baylor 13 over Texas A and si.
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