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Newspaper Page TextTuesday, December 21, 1954 Page 2 SECTION IV THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. Oregon Willie Mays Selected Male Athlete of the Year Buckeyes Surprise Ohioans Working in Secret for Jionl Game By HASKELL SIIOKT United Press Sports Writer COLUMBUS, 0. I UP) Ohio State's unbeaten Buckeyes plan to throw a few surprises at Southern California when the teams clash in the Ito-e Bowl. Coach Woody Hayes naturally doesn't say much about this but he made sure he would have a practice field near Pasadena where his Big Ten champions could work out in secret for the New Year's Day classic. Hayes said before taking his 44 man squad to Pasadena Saturday that he was pleased with the way the men kept In condition during the lay-oil since the Miicnigan game Nov. 20. He indicated, how ever, that he was behind schedule In getting his defenses set for Southern California, a team that impressed him greatly in its close contest with Notre Dame. "Those kids kept in good condi tion during the lay-off, Hayes aid. "They've got the spirit it takes to go with ability to produce a champion." Points To Team's Morale The slocky Hayes, who has had three unbeaten seasons In nine years as a college coach, often pointed to team morale and team Dlay as a big factor in the nine victories. He was pleased to note that the Buckeyes were not among the national leaders in various statistical departments, except in holding down the score of oppo nents. "Those boys came from behind to win four games, Hayes saia. "I know nobody is going to stop them for (10 minutes." Ilnycs pointed to halfback Bobby Watkins, the Mr. Inside of the Buckey split-T atlack, as a typi cal example of Buckeye spirit. The l()l-pountl senior from New Bed ford, Mass., enrolled in Ohio Slate because he wanted to play in the Rose Bowl. He said he figured state was the school with the beat chance to win Big Ten champion ships year after year. Defense Needed Work But Watkins had to work extra hard for a starting berth this year because he was weak on defense. He put in extra hours, kept his starting place, became one of the most feared tacklcrs on the team, and led the team fn rushing yard age for (he second straight year. The well conditioned Buckeyes, who became known in the Big Ten as a club that woro down and out ran opponents, kept its attack on the ground mast of the lime. The Bucks gained 2,201 yards rushing, almost twice as much as opponents and they gained 072 yards passing. But quarterback Dave Logged, deftly mixing his plays, used his passes carefully and threw seven for touchdowns. The backficld has power and SCORES in UNIVERSITY BOWL Ladies Minor League Team results: No. 3 (4), No. I (0); Owl Drug (2), Ladd & Bush No. 1 (2); Snider Electric (1), Western Paper (3); Moore Bus. Forms (3'j), Team No. 11 (,j); Orcult's Market (2), Mead ows Rest (2); Team No. 12 (4), Ladd and Rush Bank No. 2 (0). High team game: Owl Drug, 553. High team series: Owl Drug, 1543. High individual game: Dawn Jones, Owl Drug, 1811. High Individual series: Ella Fleck, Western Paper, 430: Shir ley Wilcox 401, Millie Monner 41(1, Dawn Jones 471, Jane Hoi Hnxton 3(12, Marge Kirknntrick 3R3, Duliie Handle- 405, lv,i llarn beck 30!), Myrna Hare 37!, KUic llersley 422, Hnlicrla Fox 417, Vergcne Moore 354. UNIVERSITY HOWL Classic League Team results: ll;u tin.in's .lew rlcrs 1 3 . S;k'm Hardware 'P: Ciiphnard fate t:t Rarli's Snorl tlii: Giio,!- IP: Rrrman's Tree Service U'. Riches Kiectnc Ml': Frank's rviKlucc '0', Smallev Oil Co, it'. 11: "h Jc"vVis li ah 21. M. IP ,h ;:i baci, (1 Ilili 11 t 'in :aine: ll.iitman's is. HI'.VI. H.irtnvin's .waul name: Dim tlcrs- acani Cnlc, 2'.. ' ulu.,1 .s-.vu,: In;: John son, ILu-ii 11117: Den (lei -bach, 6U2; .la'in NuScr. .Mi: : Lee Morris, 671: Dick Plupps. 567; Arl I'ps- rr vn OOKA -- - V0U 6H0UL0 TALK., ir? vc-s rvi'T ivcim ail mte an : II- A'i-.-AVS ) GO OUT OAINIIN' OJT PlWI C--rS 1 SOONS VA fiNiSH C3r-T..l.:fi9T S! 7 6UEPIN'... v .-. wo hc"". irs... -'-" -f . - ,:: Plan for USC speed at all positions and good depth. Howard lllopalongi Cassa dy, the All-America halfback, is the most widely known because of his flair for (he sensational play. hut Legglt, Watkins, and fullback Hubert Bobo arc all good runners. Legged and Walkins are former fullbacks and Bono, the blocking fullback, was the state s top high school scorer as a halfback. ft V... '' noil (iitiM ... In Yankee tradition Grim Rookie Of the Year NEW YORK (UP)-Bob Grim, Ihe 24-year-old son of a Brooklyn bartender and the first Yankee rookie to win 20 games in 44 years, won the American League Rookie of the Year award today with J5 out of 24 votes The ex-Marine who came out of the service and landed a job as a Yankee starter, even though his highest professional experience had been with Binghamton in 1951 in the Class A Eastern League, finished with a record of 20 vic tories and only six defeats, In the balloting by a special committee of 24 members of the Baseball Writers of America, the only other players to receive con sidcration were Jim Finigan, the third baseman of the Athletics with eight votes; and outfielder AI hallne of the TigeM with one. Grim, who had an earned run average of 3.26, struck out 108 bat ters and walked B5. He also had one of the best anti-home run marks of Ihe year. Although he yielded 175 nils only nine were homers. Yankee Pitching Coach J i m Turner, who tabbed Grim for star dom the moment he saw him work out, cited Ihe youngster's delivery as one or Ihe best I ever have seen. ' the ALLEYS Ion, 547; Don Lcbold, 551; Cliff Maison, 5.15. CAPIToir ALLEYS Commercial No. 2 Team results: The Jewel Box 3, 1st National Bank 1; Holly wood Finance 1, Jones & Fagg 3; Capitol Alleys 3, Marvs Place 1; Slettler Supply 1. Martin Broth ers 3: Brooks rire Department 34, Woodhurn '.4; The Huh 4, AI Laue Refrigeration 0. High individual series: Ed Lo gan 210203-213-1126, Bob Ryan 2112-2(17-2 IS 024. High individual game: Bob Ryan 215. High learn game: Rrooks Fire Department 1045, j lli'th team series: Martin Brothers 21103. CAPITOL ALLEYS Capitol Cimimerctal No. 1 Team rc-ults: Knvvliti'-nn's Latin dry (4 M il ion Creamery ' 0 ; Lana Ave. Service (4 Woottry's I'm niliire III': Nicholson's ltlsur ance M', Salem Aula Pails IP: kniiihls nf Columbus '4', (iolilie's '0'; .laysnn's 1:11, WicMunil's iP: (Vval's J. S'arr Foods iP. Itaw Iium.u's held lirst place, Lana Service ti-.'ld sec. mil as Nich Oman's (irupned to tilled. Ililh learn series: Lana Ave luTT -'.rip-ino! ;in? team atne; Lana ll:;h Sci ic Una I'aipr HikIi I'iupps Ave 1 ldividual game' Dick; al , individual series- Dick 234-IH2-223- KB. other lush Loua series; Boo Kyan, tt; Ed ' I I WCHAO t h I n k vou nopa . to i vcr- lo.scl:kneo PC-CT TOMMY FISHTING t ACH OTHER Id Stellar Milers Follow l J ci 1 1 1 1 1 n i ( i uci vniU) Landy Third in P61I By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Willie Mays, the "sensational, young centerfielder who led the New York Giants to a pennant and World Series sweep in his first full year in the major leagues, Tuesday was selected as the "Male Athlete 01 the year" tor 1954 in The Associated Press year- end poll. The 23-year-old batting and field ing phenom beat out miracle miler Roger Bannister 01 England by 35 points for the honor in the AP's 24th annual poll of sports writers and sportscasters. The "say hey" kid from Fair field, Ala., winner of the National League's batting championship and chosen as the league's most valuable player, received 38 first place votes Irom the panel of 122, and 185 pointa on a basis of three points for first, two for second and one for a third place vote. Landy In Third m Bannister, the tall, slender, 25- year-old intern who first broke the four-minute mile barrier in May and then roared from behind to edge Australia's John Landy in the Mile of the Century" in August, received 36 'A first place votes and a total of 150 points. In third place, far behind the two leaders, came Landy with 7 Vi first place votes and 60 points. The Australian followed Bannis ters monumental short-lived 3:59.4 world record with a spectacular 3:5C performance in Turku, Fin land, June 21. But when they ran against each other in the great mile of the British Empire dames at Vancou ver, B.C., Bannister came from behind in the last 100 yards to heat the Australian by four yards in 3:511,8. Landy was clocked in 3:59.6 in the first mile in history in wnicn two men cracked the four minute barrier. Bobo Olson Fourth Fourth in the voting was Carl (Bobol Olson, the Hawaiian-born middleweight boxing champion who successfully defended his 160 pound crown three times during me year, lie was lonowed in order by heavyweight king Rocky Mar ciano. fullback Alan Amecho of Wisconsin: Frank Selvy, the bas- ketballer of college and pro bas ketball fame; Ed Furgol, the sur prise winner of the National Oncn goit 1111-; Dusty Rhodes, the Giants' pinch-hitler de luxe: and Ralph Giigliclmi, Notre Dame's All-America quarterback. Antonclli Top Hurler in Nl NEW YORK IJ1 The important part lefthander Johnny Antonclli pluyed in the pennant drivo of the New York Giants last season wns reflected Tuesday in the official release of National League pitch ing records. The 24-year-old Antonclli. who was obtained in a trade with Mil waukee last February, captured both the earned run and winning percentage titles. He is the 12th National Leaguer in history to win ihe douhle crown. The last was lloyt Wilhclm, nisi of the Giants in 11152. Antonclli gave up tul earned runs in the 259 innings he worked for a sparkling 2.29 earned run mark. The talented souflipaw won 21 games and lost only 7 for a win ning percentage of .750. Behind the Giants' stalwart in Ihe earned run listings came Lew Runlette ol Milwaukee with 2:76. Curl Simmons of Philadelphia 2,81. Ruben Gomez of New York 2.88 am! Robin Roberts of the Phillies. 2. for TV roM-;uns Hose Rowl Funs PASADENA, Calif. (UP) Programs will he made available lor the second year to television viewers of the Rose Bowl foot ball yanie bctwen Ohio Stale and the University of Southern Culi Inrniii. The Ruse Howl Program Com jiuittce announced yesterday it would mall out to those sending , M to Rose Bowl game program, postntliec Box 750, Pasadena, programs in time for the game. IK VOU '- . , NEP ABOUT T I I, tM S-SORRY OH. POOR TOMMY. OH, MY HOY. . ' r. . r '' " , 4 " . J , illli(MMiA-'iiiii liiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiil(lf iWlli' I if illil mifc WWHil Ppflfiv ffr Rflwl Ohio Stale's All-Amcrican Howard Cas r(UUJ IUI 1wni ,ad (rjgnl) and Dcan Dugger (left) are fed oranges by Marilyn Smiun, Tournament of Roses Queen, after the team's first practice for their Rose bowl game with the Univ. of Southern California in Pasadena, Calif. (UP Tclephoto) Ducks to Go From Skillet Into Fire Lose to Louisville: Dayton Tonight Tougher By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Oregon Ducks, beaten Mon day night by one of the nation's high-rated teams, tackles an even tougher opponent Tuesday night in one of three games on Ihe three games on the Northern Di vision basketball slate. Opening a rugged game-a-night schedule in the East and Mid west, the Ducks were outclassed 101-72 Monday night by Louis ville, rated along with Wichita in the 14th spot in this week s Asso ciated Press poll. Tuesday night, they play sixth-ranked Dayton University at Dayton, Ohio. Washington and Oregon . State also will be in action Tuesday night. Ihe Huskies, back in Seattle after losing to Kansas State last weekend, open a two-game set against the powerful SI. Louis Billikens. Oregon State entertains the Seattle University Chieftains at Corvallis, Fade in 2nd Half Louisville racked up its seventh win in eight starts in whipping the Ducks at Louisville Monday night. Oregon played on almost even terms with the Kentuckians in the first half but faded after the intermission. Louisville led 42- 34 at that point. 1 he winners hit on 42 out of 80 field goal attempts for a 53 shoot ing percentage, while Oregon con nected on 25 of 75 for 3.13 per cent. Charley Tyra of Louisville was high point man with 22. Jim Iis cutoff topped Oregon with 19 and Max Anderson netted 16. The Northern Division schedule Monday night sent Idaho from Moscow on a mission to Missoula, Mont., with results that were dis astrous lor the Vandals. Idaho crushed the Montana Grizzlies 100- iU Inst Saturday night but Monday night Ihe Grizzlies turned Ihe table and dropped the Vandals 63-58. Idaho led 29-24 at the half. Mon tana pulled in front early in Ihe -second half and Idaho never caught up. Idaho's Harlan Melton led the scoring with 26 points. Other West Coast teams also are in the sports headlines. San-Francisco, by virtue of its 94 - 75 trouncing of W ichita, faces Oklahoma City in the second round of the annual All-College Tourna ment in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma qualified to meet the Dons by edg ing Houston V.. 72-65. Southern California plays La Salle, ranked fourth in The Asso ciated Press poll, in the opening round of the Kentucky Invitational at Lexinutoll. Bears Face Buckeyes California hosts unbeaten Ohio Slate, a team which has scored an average of 97 points per game in lour contests. St. Mary s continues to look for its first win on a two-week tour at Spring Hill. Mobile. Ala. and Stanford goes to Arizona UCLA entertains Colorado. Bv Ham Fisher .. EA5 SELMA EASW... 1 (J- v... J gonna ee T 8k College of the Pacific lost its fourth straight game omthe road Monday night to Cincinnati, 59-97. Santa Clara squeezed by Hawaii, 67-61, and San Jose fell before Santa Barbara, 55-73. San Francisco's 94 points set a new scoring record for the All College Tournament, topping the 93 scored last year by Cincinnati against Furman. The dons led 55 we at halftime and never trailed Wichita, one of the pre-tournament favorites. San Francisco's Jerry Mellon, -6-5 forward, topped the scoring with 29 points. Ornon (12) (101) Louisville GFPT GFPT Ross.t .1 4 3 10Ggtvch.f 6 0 1 12 l.oscu..f 8 3 3 19 DarEh.f 2 2 0 6 Bnshm.t 3 2 18 Har.ih.f 0 S 12 Moore.f 0 0 0 0 York.t 110 3 M.Ad'n.C .1 10 4 lSPike.f 0 0 2 0 Bell.c 3 3 4 9 Prdht.c 3 3 5 9 McMan.,c 0 0 2 0 Tvra.c 9 4 3 22 McHgh,! 2 0 3 4 Rollns.g 5 4 0 14 Pane. I! 1 0 2 2 Keppr.g 7 2 1 16 Shermn.l 2 0 3 4 Mrmn.it 2 0 14 Jamei.S 0 0 2 OSIiklfd.e 0 0 0 0 B.Adn.ff 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 22 27 72 Totals 42l718101 Halftime Bcore; Louisville 42, Ore gon 34. Free throws' missed: Oregon M Anderjon 4. Hose 2. Bell 2. Lojcutoff Sherman. Louisville Gastevich 4 York, Prudhoe 4. Tyra 4. Rollins 2 Kepper 2, Moreman 3, Morgan 2 TEC1IMEN LOSE OLYMPIA, Wash. Ifl St. Mar. tin's College kept ahead all the way Monday night to defeat Ore. gon Tech, 55-46, in a slow-moving iuafttiuau game. Who, will die in auto accidents over the holidays. Before your holi day trip, equip your car with Famous New General Tires during our i Kiss wn off On Famous 19S4 Model White Sidewa GENERAL TIRES! Only a Few Sets Left! Many Other Specials On Sale Throughout The Store AP Poll Puts Kentucky 1st, Utahns in 2nd Illinois 3rd, LaSalle 4th; USC 13th, San Francisco 17th By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kentucky was ranked as the No. 1 basketball team in the nation today in the weekly Associated Press poll and if the Wildcats can get past this week's action, they'll be hard to displace. Adolph Rupp's team boasts a 3-0 record and hasn't been beaten since the last game of the 1951-52 season. The Wildcats didn't field a team the following year and they were undefeated for 1953-54. 3 Tough Entries They're running their own tour nament this week and they go into action against three pretenders to their lofty perch Utah, ranked No. 2: La Salle, which was in first place in the first poll last week; and Southern California, possibly the class of the Pacific Coast Con ference. Of the 69 sports writers and sportcasters who voted in the poll, 21 put the Wildcats Jn first place. All told, they drew a total ot azi points based on the standard pro cedure of 10 for a first-place vote, nine for second, etc. Utah, another of the rapidly dwindling list of undefeateds, cor nered 15 firsts and 427 points ust 100 behind Kentucky, utati sports a 7-0 record. Next was Il linois, one of the favorites in the Big Ten, with 419 points. LaSalle, voted in the preseason poll the potential national cham pion, tumbled to fourth following its deteat at tne nanas oi uiari at Madison Square Garden last Saturday. North Carolina State, with the longest winning streak among the top colleges eight games rounded out the top five. Others in the first 10, in order, were Dayton, Missouri, George Washington, Duquesne and Niag ara. The leaders with first-place votes in parentheses: I. Kentucky (21) s 2 Utah (151 427 3 Illinois 17) 419 4. LaSalle 346 5. N. C. State (11) 333 6. Dayton (5) 298 7 Missouri (1) 193 8 G Washington (1) 141 9. Duquesne (2) 130 10. Niagara (1) 112 II. Ohio State (1) 111 12. West Virginia (1) 62 13. Southern Cal 51 14. Wichita (2) 47 Louisville (tie) (1) 47 16. Pennsylvania 43 17. San Francisco 40 UCLA (tie) 40 19. Alabama 36 20. Iowa 34 Summer Tan, leading juvenile money winner of 1954, was flown to Florida for his health after a serious illness. The cost of ship ping the horse by air was $1,095. rliriiiin7!lml era SALE ENDS ffiS s ml feiringX 111 3 m GENERAL TIRE) Jig 7lrtCTTr ct cm tu nnrffnu 710 STATE ST. SALEM, OREGON Across from SAs c7em.oe nu jii t ji. oL.L.ri, vjrvi-Ljuii n r , Open J across jron. otAs Vw y NO PAYMENTS UNTIL FEBRUARY!! Illinois Ranked 1st Quint in UP Vote Board of Coaches Puts Utah 2nd, Kentucky 3rd By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP) Illinois, which managed to escape the ear ly season upsets that struck some of the country's top college basket ball teams, today took over the No. 1 spot in the United Press weekly ratings. Illinois received 11 first - place votes and a total of 283 points after boosting its record to 5-0 with a 66-57 triumph over Notre Dame Saturday night. The 35 leading coaches who make up the board based their voting on the games played through Saturday. While Illinois advanced from third to first, Coach Jack Gard ner's Utah team made the biggest gain. Gardner's Skyline Conference outfit upset LaSalle, which topped the rankings during the first two weeks, Saturday night. That vie- Top Rookie ay s of the St. Louis Cardinals, won the National League's Rookie of the Year Award with 17 out of 24 ballots cast by the special committee of the Base ball AVritcrs of America in New York. (UP Telephoto) Owens Scores 32 for Coyotes Over EWCE CHEWELAH, Wash. HI R.C. Owens ropped in 32 points Mon day night to lead College of Idaho to an 81-67 basketball victory over Eastern Washington College. Dick Edwards was high tor the Savages with 16 points. College of Idaho led 34-27 at the half. Q0 JANUARY 8th THE tory earned Utah seven first-place votes and 257 points and moved the Western team from eighth to second place. Kentucky, which plays host to Utah tonight, slipped from second third although it raised its re cord to 3-0 with an I8-point tri umph over Temple Saturday night The Wildcats drew eight first-place votes and 216 points. LaSalle, defending NCAA cham pion and the coaches' No. 1 choice in the pre-season ranking, dropped to fourth. The Philadelphia team received three first-place votes and 210 points. North Carolina State slipped from fourth to fifth despite its 8-0 record. The Atlantic Coast Confer ence team collected two first-place votes and 173 points. Dayton joined Utah in making a big jump, advancing from 12th to sixth because of its 6-0 record. The Ohio team attracted one first-place vote and 98 points. Ohio State was close behind, collecting one first place vote and 97 points on its 4-0 record. Missouri received 95 points and moved up from ninth to eighth. Niagara, tied with Iowa for 10th last week, was ninth with 79 points. Duquesne received one first-place vote and rounded out the top 10 with 76 points. Duquesne was sev enth last week. NEW YORK (UP) The United Press college basketball ratings (with season records through Dec. 18 in parentheses): 1. Illinois (5-0) 283 2. Utah (7-0) 257 3. Kentucky (3-0) 216 4. LaSalle (5-1) 210 5. N. Car. State (8-0) 173 6 Dayton (6-0) 98 7. Ohio State (4-0) 97 8. Missouri (4-1) 95 9. Niagara (6-1) 79 10. Duquesne (1) (4-1) 76 Second Ten 11, UCLA, 67; 12, Southern California, 45; 13, Cincin nati, 31; 14, Iowa, 19; 15, Wyoming 18; 16, Kansas, 17; 17, Louisville, 16; 18, Holy Cross, 14; 19 (tie), Alabama and Wichita, 3 each. Others Indiana and Purdue, 11 each; San Francisco, 10; George Washington, 8; California and Sc ion Hall, 7 each; New York Uni versity, Stanford and St. Louis, 6 each; St. John's, 5; Southern Methodist, Washington and Okla homa A and M, 4 each; Villanova, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Min nesota, 3 each; Notre Dame, 2; Duke, 1. It Combination Offer! Famous General Silent Safely Tires and Puncture Sealing Tubes Small Down Payments! No Carrying ' ?3 Charge! Wed. and Thurj. 9 P.M. The Biggest Selection In Salem! .SHAFER LEATHER GOODS 125 N. Com'l. 0 off 1 o o .