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Tornado Slaps Eureka
67-35 in Home Opener
Performance in one game does
not provide conclusive proof
and the month of March is far
away but there was at least
bright anticipation of a fine sea
son Saturday night after the
Medford high basketball quin
tet overran the Eureka, Calif.,
high Loggers.
Playing before a meager
crowd on the Medford court, the
well-knit Black Tornado crush
ed the Californians 67 to 35. It
was the first full-length tussle
of the season for Medford and
its first competition of the 1954
1955 hoop year on the home
floor. !
Medford was never behind in
the combat. The score was tied
Raiders Play
HSC Tonight
Ashland Southern Oregon
rcollege's cage gang takes to the
floor against an old rival, Hum
boldt State college, this evening
and a repeat performance is
billed for Memorial court on
Tuesday.
Coach Alex Petersen stated
Lloyd Hoffine, Keith Johnson
that Hal Titus, Tiger Bob Smith,
and Dick Lillebo are likely to
start for the Red Raiders with
LeRoy Springer and Dale Bates
to go in for Smith and Titus at
times to add speed.
Lillebo, a . sophomore from
North Bend, is slated to make
his first varsity start.
Jayvee preliminary appear
ances are played at 6:30 o'clock
both nights with varsity frays
to open at 8:05 o'clock. The
Jayvees meet Jacksonville high
: tonight.
The two clubs divided four
games last year.
Three Top Hoop
Fives Have Tests
By JOHN GRIFFIN ,
United Press Sports Writer
' Iowa, Duquesne and Indiana,
ranked as La Salle's chief rivals
ior'. the ' national championship
.in the pre-season ratings, all will
be --tested tonight as the first
full week of what promises to
be . history's highest - scoring
basketball season gets rolling. ,
' La Salle, defending NCAA
champion ranked No. 1 nation
ally in the forecast by the Un
ited Press board of coaches, wal
loped Loyola of New Orleans,
85-71, Sunday night for its sec
ond win but won't face a strong
opponent until Saturday when
it faces .14th- ranked Niagara.
Second-ranked Iowa, howev
er, must tangle with Nebraska
tonight while third-ranked Du
quesne meets Carnegie Tech and
fourth-ranked Indiana, ranked
No. 1 at the end of last season,
meets 18th ranked Missouri. Du
quesne will be making its debut,
but Iowa has won two, including
an 89-79 decision over Loyola,
111., Saturday, and Indiana is
fresh from a 77-76 conquest of
' Valparaiso.
BASKETBALL
SATURDAY COLLEGE SCORES
East
LaSalle 85 Loyola (La.) 71
Adelphi 107 CCNY 78
Amherst 71 Brown 70
Colgate 88 Hartwick 60
Cornell 66 Scranton 53
. Niagara 71 Fordhara 63
Holy Cross 71 Tufts 40
Navy 80 Yale 69
Penn State 81 Dickinson 63
Seton Hall 97 Albright 75
Canisius 88 Syracuse 68
South
North Carolina 88 CI ems on 66
Florida 76 Wofford 61
Maryland 60 Georgetown 43 '
Kentucky 74 LSU 58
Tennessee 73 Washington & Lee 37
Tulane 91 Louisiana College 53
Villanova 82 West Chester St. 44
Midwest
St. Louis 50 Alabama 45
Cincinnati 86 Bradley 76
Ohio State 98 Butler 80
.' DePaul 94 Minnesota 93
Indiana 77 Valparaiso 66
Illinois 77 Missouri 49
Iowa 89 Loyola (III.) 79
Michigan 101 Pittsburgh 71
Northwestern 87 West. Mich. 63
Notre Dame 72 Wisconsin 61
Mafquette 113 Ripon 56
Hamline 93 North Dakota 70
Southwest
Baylor 80 Oklahoma 64
Colorado 88 Brigham Young 66
Oklahoma A&M 70 Texas 63
Wyoming 77 Montana State 63
New Mexico 88 E. New Mexico 66
West
California 64 Oregon 52
Gonzaga 69 Washington St, 61 -UCLA
86 Kansas State 57
Washington 68 Hawaii 57
Utah 71 Idaho 54 -Utah
State 66 Idaho State 58
San Francisco 84 Chico State 53
Stanford 92 St. Mary 71
Pacific U. 78 Sacramento State 56
Oregon State 39. Santa Clara 34
Willamette 76, St. Martin's 48
Lewis and Clark 85 Seattle Pac. 81
College of Idaho 79 Nevada 75
Seattle 85 Western Washington 48
San Francisco 84 Chico State 55
Humboldt State 58 Clark College 42
EOCE 83 Westminster 61
Reed 69 Concordia 43
Lewis and Clark JV 72 W. Baptist 36
Olympia JC 73 Yakima JC 53
High School Scores
SATURDAY BASKETBALL
Lincoln 55 Milwaukie 54
Parkrose 46 Wy'East 45
Hood River 60 Camas 44
Medford 67 Eureka. Calif.. 35 .
Gold Beach 44 Bandon 43
Kennewick. Wash. 57 Milton-Free-water
45
North Bend 66 Roseburg 31
-Grants Pass 49 Fortuna 43
Myrtle Creek 56 Coquille 44
Albany 61 McMinnvJle 46
Marshfield 57 Reedsport 35
Beaverton 71 Grant 54
Lincoln 53 HiHsboro 33
MAIL TRIBUNE
briefly at the start but the Tor
nado in the, first minute of play
went ahead for good and was
not seriously pressed. Count at
the end of the first quarter fa
vored Medford 20 to 7. At half-
time it was 36 to 20 and at the
end of the third quarter 56 to
26. A margin of 64 to 32 and the
final score represented Med
ford s widest margin, 32 points
Reserves Plav Much
Tornado reserves played the
last 2Vfc minutes of the first half
and all of the closing quarter
ana more than held their own
with the Loggers. Fourteen Med
fordites in all saw dutv against
Eureka, which didn't shoot as
often or as effectively as the
Tornado and which found the
officiating closer apparently
man in its sector of northern
California.
Elongated Jerry Kalapus, con
tending in his first regular var-
sity game for Medford and han
dling himself like a veteran, was
nigh scorer of the night with 17
points. Lars Frederickson, Eure
ka, was runner-UD with 13
Husky Frank Rector had 12 for
Medford and lean Larry Copple
followed with 10
Copple got the first field
bucket when the game was
about 25 second old. Frederick-
son tied ud the score but two
free heaves by. Rector gave
Medford its permanent com
mand. Kalapus got another pair
of gifts after tall Glenn Peter
son got a goal on a fast break
for a 9 to 2 edge. Medford .took
the ball down court and lost it
but Bud Kastner pulled a steal
close in to the basket and clunk
ed two more Medford points.
Peterson got a Dair of charitv
throws and Kalapus sank a pair
of hook shots, another fielder
and a free one to round out first
canto scoring.
Copple and Rector each nick-
ed up six points in the third
quarter, Kalapus five, Foust two
and Kastner one. Copple tallied
for Medford on the tin-off. Rec
tor and Copple got goals on fast
creaks, Rector taking a pass aft
er a nice fake by Kastner and
then getting the assist on Cop
pie's shot.
Medf ord's reserves outscored
Eureka 11 to 9 in the last quar
ter with Lloyd Cearley, Foust,
Ed McCullough, Ed Reinking
and lengthy Bill Cochran get
ting in on the pointmaking.
The Tornado rut in 25 field
goals to Eureka's 13 and was
charged with 10 fouls to the
Loggers' 17.
In the prelim Medf ord's iunior
varsity downed the Eureka
lightweights 48 to 34. Larrv Ppt.
kins, Medford, and Mayo, Eure
ka, each got 15 points and
Charles Inskeep scored 14 for
Medford. Spread favored Med-
ford only 30 to 28 once in the
third quarter.
BOX:
Eureka
Hadley. f
Fredrickson, f
Snyder, c ...
FG FT PF TP
0 0 2 0
5
3
0
1
0
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
4
2
5
4
0
0
ioso, g
Van Deventer. g
Naylor
Crawford -
13 9 17 35
Medford
Peterson, f
Kastner. f
FG
. 2
. 2 :
FT PF TP
4 18
1
3
0
6
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
- 5
17
10
12
4
6
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
Kalapus, c
7
5
3
2
2
0
.1
1
0
0
0
0
Li. Copple. g
ttector, g
cearley
oust
Deakins
McCullough
Gober
Reinking
Tisdel
McLaughlin
Cochran
25 17 10 67
PRE-LIM LINE-UPS:
Medford JV 48 34 Eureka L W
D. Copple 8 f 4 Long
Sides f ' '15 Mayo
Stearns 4 c - 2 Goyan
Hawley 3 g 2 Eisel
Perkins 13 g 11 Pope
Substitutions For Medford. Inskeep
14. Puhl 2, Plumley, Francis 2, Milnes,
King, Larson, Lewis. Slessler. Doe; for
Eureka: Anderson, Johnson. .
St. Mary's Tops
Alumni Quintet
St. Mary's high hoopmen ran
over their alumni 59 to 14 here
last night. Halftime score was
31 to 6. Tim Dugan spurred the
Crusaders with 22 points and
Laval Meunier rolled up 12.
LINEUPS:
St. Mary's 59 14 Alumni
Bobbett 4 f 1 Pendergast
Walsh 6 f Harden
Miksche 8 c Coates
Dugan 22 g 2 3. Murphy
Meunier 12 g N. Murphy
Substitutions For St. Mary's: J.
Murphy 3, Darland. Elberts. Paup 3,
Hassler 1: for Alumni: Obbiso. Dris
coll. Neely 1. Dungey 4. Murray,
Messer. Woody. Weiskamn 4. Hoover
2. Rouhier.
VARONA FAVORED
New York (U.R Chico Va
rona, slugging Cuban welter
weight, is favored at 6Vz to 5
to beat speedy Italo Sqortichini
of Italy tonight in their 10-round
television fight at St Nicholas
arena. Also tonight in the rival
TV 10-rounder. at Brooklyn s
Eastern Parkway arena, feather
weight contender Carmelo Costa
of Brooklyn is the 12-5 choice to
lick Bobby Bell of Youngstown,
Ohio.
Monday, December 8, 1954
Free Tosses
Help Eagles
Eagle Point Ability at the
free throw line earned Eagle
Point high its second straight
victory over Oakridge in a bask
etball engagement at Oakridge
Saturday night. The Eagles sank
23 of 30 free shot tries in manu
facturing their 41 to 36 win in
a rough and ragged conflict.
Eagle Point put in only nine
field goals in 46 attempts while
the Warriors swished in 15 shots
from the field. Worst period for
the traveling team was the third
when it tallied one point to 12
by Oakridge.
The Eagles headed 9 to 3 at
the quarter and 19 to 12 at the
half and Oakridge went on top
24 to 20 in the third quarter.
Bill Caldwell topped Eagle
Point scorers with 19 points and
Terrill got 12 for Oakridge.
On Friday night Eagle Point
won 76 to 50, making 30 points
on free shots.
Coach Jerry Mosby said that
Frank Reich will have an in
jured hand operated on Tues
day. The operation was delayed
a week. He said that Gayle
Friend was on the crippled list
with a broken blood vessel. Jer
ry Cave was used sparingly Sat
urday at Oakridge. He has a foot
injury but there is no broken
bone as first feared.
Eagle Point goes to Talent
Tuesday night. ,
LINE-UPS:
Eagle Point 41 36 Oakridge
Bitterling f 6 Clark
Nelson 8 f 4Dunning
Caldwell 19 f 9Shearer
Tuttle 4 g 12 Terrill
Greb g 3 Lambert
Substitutions For Eagle Point, Ab-
ernatny, christian, wyatt, Eastgate 2,
Cave, Mason, Reich 8; for Oakridge,
Shirtcliffe 2.
Speed Up of LA,
SF Major Loop
Entries Sought
By CARL LUNDQUIST
United Press Sports Writer
New York (U.P.) General
Manager Hank Greenberg of the
Cleveland Indians was to help
open the major league meetings
today by asking for the appoint
ment of a three-man committee
designed to speed the entry of
Los Angeles and San Francisco
into the American league.
The three American leaguers
appointed were to be instruct
ed to line up civic and capital
enterprise in both California
cities with a view toward get
ting them into the circuit . by
1956.
The National league already
has directed a committee to ex
plore the possibilities of draw
ing in Los Angeles and San
Francisco to their own circuit..
Meeting in separate suites of
a local hotel, the two leagues
also were to discuss the possible
expansion from eight clubs to
10 clubs. Each league hopes to
beat out the other to the fertile
California territories. .... '
Two more problems which
major league owners will have
to consider are , the pending
suits against them instituted by
Frank Lawrence, minor league
club owner from Portsmouth,
Va., and Gordon McLendon of
the Texas Liberty network.
Autopsy Planned
Of Player Death
Washington U.R) Officials
hoped an autopsy today would
show whether a football injury
caused the death of Dave Sparks,
Washington Redskin lineman
who collapsed after Sunday's
game w i t the Cleveland
tsrowns.
Sparks, 26, died two hours aft
er his team lost to the Browns,
34-14 in a National Football
league game at Griffith stadium.
Dr. Sidney Tyroler of Arling
ton hospital said Sparks' death
"apparently" was caused by a
heart attack. But he said no ex
act cause of death could be giv
en until the autopsy was per-
lormed today.
There was speculation that a
hip injury Sparks suffered dur
ing the game may have caused
a fatal blood clot. The injury,
suffered in the second . quarter
of the game, was diagnosed as
a "muscle bruise" at the time.
Talent Will Be
Host To Eagles
Talent Talent high cagers,
defending B district champions,
have their first full game action
Tuesday night as host to Eagle
Point, strong small Class A
school.
Coach George Bray said pos
sible starters for the Bulldogs
are George Zickefoose and Jack
Barrett at forwards, Jim Mc
Abee at center and J. Lloyd
Wood and Mel Wallace at
guards.
Use -of Barrett depends on
whether he is fully recovered
from the measles. If he isn't
ready to go, Harold Bartol or
Jim Wallace will be at the for
ward berth.
COACH SOUGHT
Hanover, N.H. (U.R) Dart
mouth College is in the market
for a new varsity football coach
for the first time since 1941. De
Ormand Tuss McLaughry, who
hasn't been able to mold a con
sistently successful Big Green
eleven in five seasons, will retire
March 30, 1955 when his current
contract expires, it was an
nounced Sunday night.
C. Lincoln Licks Crippen
In PAL Main Event; Lewis,
Lyons, Moyer
Carlton Lincoln, no stranger
to Medford ring fans and an able
substitute for a disabled stable
mate, decisioned hometown fa
vorite Steve Crippen Saturday
night to top off the action-full,
entertaining and highly success
ful 13-bout inaugural boxing
card of the Medford . Police
Athletic League at Merrick's
arena.
Lincoln, filling in for Phil
Moyer, a fellow Portland Ramb
ler who pulled a muscle doing
road work, earned a unanimous
verdict before a crowd which
showed its enthusiasm for box
ing and its support of the Pal
club by jamming the arena to
capacity.
But, while the ,card was a
rousing success in attendance
and fan appeal, the biggest share
of home club representatives on
the program came out on the
short end in their individual
bouts. Larry .Lewis and Bobby
Lyons of Medford PAL were
victors. Dallas Smith, Junior
McDonald and Bobby Apple join
ed Crippen in the losers' circle,
although the decision against
Apple brought thundering disap
proval. .
Other Bouts Liked More
, Not . a great many real solid
punches landed in the Crippen
Lincoln main event and several
other bouts drew more applause.
Lincoln, reigning Oregon AAU
light 'middeleweight champion,
did stagger Crippen in the third
panel. He set up the Medfordite
with a right and landed a left
hook to the chin. Crippen hung
on and weathered the storm.
The Medford fighter got the
side of Lincoln's glove and not
the full impact quite a bit of the
time. But the Portlander threw
more leather and countered
rather well as Crippen failed to
follow up his punches.
Denny Moyer, brother of the
sidelined Phil, was outweighed
but he far outclassed his foe as
he knocked out Tucker Spot, Eu
reka, Calif., in the semi-windup.
Spot, 150-pound fill-in for Jim
Wilson, Eureka, jumped around,
waved his hands nd flapped his
long hair but it was to little avail
against the superior 141-pound
Portlander. The end came after
59 second of the second round.
Moyer decked Spot for the 10
count with a right to the solar
plexis.
Green Victor
Maxie Green, 139, Eureka,
lignting m place of Marion Mo
Covey, got a unanimous decision
Staters Top B rones 39-34;
Cal Clubs Webfoots 64-52
Eugene (U.R) University
of Oregon's basketball team
takes on Seattle University at
Mc Arthur court tomorrow night
in the final pre-conference home
game for the Webfoots.
Corvallis U.R) Oregon
State College salvaged some of
the Northwest's basket ball
prestige Saturday night by
downing Santa Clara 39-34, after
the University of Oregon was
walloped 64-52 by California in
the opening game of a double-
header.
Both Oregon squads 'were de
feated in the Friday night twin
bill at Eugene, with Oregon
State being nosed 52-50 by Cali
fornia in the first game, and Ore
gon falling 58-48 to the Broncos
in. the second.
Oregon State victory over
Santa Clara was highlighted by
the defensive play of center
Tony Vlastelica, who held all-
America candidate Kenny Sears
to four points. The Beavers "sag
ged" on Sears whenever pos
sible, making it difficult for him
to shoot.
Deliberate Fray
The Oregon State-Santa Clara
game was deliberate but thrill
ing, and a great exhibition of
ball control. The Beavers took 33
rebounds to Santa Clara's 14.
QSC forward Ron Robins held
scoring honors with 14 points,
Beavers To Help
Eugene Baseball
. Houston, Tex. (U.R) Eugene
of the newly-formed class B
Northwest baseball league and
Portland of the Pacific Coast
League, have arranged to work
in close cooperation this coming
season.
Dick Richards, . Eugene gen
eral manager, and Frank Gra
ham, chairman of the executive
committee, met with Portland
General Manager Joe Ziegler at
the minor baseball meeting here
and perfected the working ar
rangement. Independent Leqgue
Scraps this Evening
Medford Independent Basket
ball league gets underway to
night with two games. Yellow
Cab plays YMCA at 7 o'clock
and Burelson's opposes Skin
ner's Buick at 8:30 o'clock with
both scraps at the iunior hieh.
Andy's Jewelers and the Camp
us Jfive play the early game on
Tuesday then Sacred Heart
meets Hawkinson's. Skinner's
goes to Prospect
Wire one-fifth the diameter of
a human hair is used in the man
ufacture of . some kinds of radio
tubes. .- . :'. J . .
Bout Victors
over McDonald. 135. in the No.
3 placed bout of the evening in
the featured preliminary. It was
McDonald's first fight in mpre
than a year. His lack of .action
showed but he did well consider
ing it.
First round was rather even
but Green appeared to have the
edge in the final two. He landed
the more telling blows in the
second and in the third gave Mc
Donald a mauling in a corner.
The Medfordite worked his way
out of that bad spot although it
looked as if Green muffed an
opportunity to end the bout.
Lewis drew the biggest cheers
of the night as the 105-pounder
displayed fine ringcraft, punch
ed almost steadily all the way
and completely outfought Mike
Crader, IIOV2, a comer of Port
land PAL. The Medford battler
"slaughtered" his opponent for
three rounds and drew blood.
Terrific Scrap
Apple fought a terrific fight
in a losing cause. Dick Westrope,
132, Ramblers, got the split hod
although Apple landed solidly
with a left cross often and seem
ed to outpunch the Portland boy.
Referee Don Kane called it
Apple's fight but Judges Fred
Baker and LaRue Morris saw it
for Westrope. Next to the Lewis
Crader match, the mix was best
applauded of the evening.
The Lyons bout with Blaine
Laudin, 112, Eureka, was unim
pressive and tame. There was
not much punching. Smith, 155,
making his first fight appear
ance, lost by a technical knock
out in the first round to Walt
Steen, Eugene. Two Medford
PAL novices, Jimmy Evans, 90,
and Roger Hout, 85, fought to, a
draw in the curtain raisers.
There was one other knockout
on the card. George Doughty,
14514, Portland Air Base, stop
ped Rudy Gaton, Eureka, in the
second round.
Bob Hamme, 153, Portland
Ramblers, got ar TKO verdict
when the handler for Herb Wal
ter, Eureka, tossed in a towel in
the first round.
In other bouts. Carl Steen,
161 Vis, Eugene, decisioned Chuck
Agee, 164, Portland Air Base;
Chuck Masters, 135, Portland,
attached, decisioned Skip Cher
ney, Crescent City, Calif., 133;
Johnny Duehart, 163,' Portland
Air Base, won by split decision
over Ray Figueroa, 170, Eureka.
Fifteen bouts had been plan
ned but failure of some boxers
to come here resulted in reduc-
ing and revamping the card
followed by Vlastelica with 12.
Gary Gatzert, Bronco guard,
paced v the losers with nine
points. . . . ,
The Cal Bears led Oregon all
the way to notch their second
win. Oregon controlled the back
boards through the game, but
was dismally off in its shooting,
ending the contest with a .239
shooting percentage, to Cal's
.407. .
Bob Blake, Bear forward, was
the game's high scorer with 18
points. Bob McKeen, Cal's all
American candidate at the cen
ter spot, was held to seven
points. .
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MAIN AND RIVERSIDE
Darks Down
White Team
In Jamboree
The Darks beat the Whites in
the Jackson County B league
jamboree here Saturday night at
the St. Mary's gymnasium but
there is some question as to
what the correct score was.
' A count of 69 to 58 was listed
in favor of the Blacks but there
were discrepancies in the rec
ords kept by the six participat
ing high school basketball teams
and the scores of the various pe
riods, so far as they could be de
termined did not add up to that
figure.
St. Mary's, Rogue River and
Butte Falls were on the . Dark
crew and Talent, Jacksonville
and Prospect on the White side.
Each team played two eight min
ute periods facing a different
foe in each of the! panels and
Talent and Butte Falls loomed
as top contenders in the circuit
on the inconclusive results of
the jamboree.
' The Individual periods ended
this way, so far as could be fig
ured: Butte Falls 7, Prospect 4;
Talent 17, Rogue River 8; Jack
sonville 4, St. Mary's 4; Butte
Falls 14, Talent 13; St. Mary's
18, Prospect 8 and Rogue River
16, Jacksonville 8. That adds up
to 67 for the Darks and 54 for
the Whites.
Comets Win
Again 53-19
Central Point Crater high,
scoring heaviest in the second
and fourth quarters, drubbed
Glendale 53 to 19 at Glendale
on Saturday.
It was the second Comet win
over the Pirates. Crater's mar
gin Friday was 49 to 32.
; Comet lead after one quarter
was only 7 to 4 but the margin
was 25 to 7 at halftime. Third
quarter spread was 35 to 18.
A chance - to compare its
strength with a conference rival
will be - afforded the Comets
next Friday and Saturday. Cra
ter meets Oakridge here. Eagle
Point, member of the Rogue
league along, with Crater,
whipped Oakridge twice over
the week end. . . .
LINE-UPS: '
Crater 53 19 Glendale
Hogue 14 f 1 Miller
Tidwell ' f 2 Mullarkey
Higinbotham 12 c 6 Bird
Tonn 10 g 4 Burke
Johnson 9 g Stein
Substitutions For Crater, Shama 2,
Lefler 2. Kelley. Von Buskirk 1. Gray
2, Bailey 4. Anderson; for Glendale:
Berg 4, Munyon 2, Brown. G. Miller,
West. . - . , "
Hawk Gains
Skeet Title
Don. Hawk fared best in the
battle of strong winds and wild
targets Sunday to win the ov
erall skeet championship of
Medford Gun club. He broke 89
to capture the Class A compet
ition. ;
M. L. Wright was runner - up
with 80. -
In the B division Ed Pease
took honors with 72 and Sam
Jennings was next with 69. Ev
erett Gibson won the C shoot
with 66 and Floyd Young had
63 - '
Turkey shoots are set for De
cember 12 to 19 with , competi
tion in both 16 yards and skeet,
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Bros.,
L?Diis Cinch Pennant1;
Reclskin Player Dies
By EARL WRIGHT
United Press Sports Writer
The Detroit Lions and Cleve
land Browns cruised toward
their third straight clash for the
National Football League cham
pionship today while the death
of a player marred a pro cam
paign already marked by serious
injuries and charges of "dirty
play." , ;
Dave Sparks, 26-year old
Washington Redskins guard
from Lorain, Ohio, died Sunday
of an apparent heart attack
while dining at a friend's home
two hours after taking, part in
his team's 34-14 loss to Cleve
land. Sparks hurt his hip early
in the game at Washington but
returned to action and did not
complain of feeling ill in the
dressing room. ,
More than a dozen players
have been put out of action for
the season because of injuries
during the 1954 campaign. But
Sparks, a former University of
South Carolina star, was only
the second player in NFL his
tory to die during a season.
Tackle Stan Mauldin of the Chi
cago Cardinals died in the dress
ing room about an hour after a
game with . the Philadelphia
Eagles on Sept. 24, 1948.
Detroit Clinches Crown .
While Cleveland clinched ; at
least a tie for its fifth straight
Eastern Division title in a game
destined to end in tragedy, De
troit won its third straight West
ern crown by rallying to tie the
inspired Eagles, 13-13. The Lions
needed only a tie to qualify for
a bid for an unprecedented third
straight NFL championship and
got it on Lew Carpenter's one
yard plunge and Doak Walker's
extra point with threet minutes
to go.
The New York Giants retain
ed a mathematical chance to tie
Cleveland by downing the Pitts
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games, could tie for the title by
beating Philadelphia in its final
start next Sunday if Cleve
land, loses to Pittsburgh and De
troit. The Browns can clinch hv
tying one of the games.
Detroit and Cleveland have
played one less game than the
other 10 clubs. TIipv 9 a
to play their postponed Oct 3
game ai Cleveland Dec. 19. And
it's a good bet they'll clash again
m the championship game
"operation frostbite" Cleve
land's wind-swept - Municipal
Stadium Dec. 26. Detroit plays
the Chicago Bears next Sunday.
Perry Sets, Record
The Bears could have retained
a chance to tie Detroit if the
Lions had lost to Philadelphia,
but bowed out of the Western
race while defeating the Cardi
nals, 29-7. The San Francisco
Forty-Niners shut out the Green
Bay Packers in Sunday's other
game, 35-0. Joe Perry, Forty.
Niner fullback, boosted his 1954
yardage to 1,007 as he became
the first NFL player to gain
1,000 or more yards by rushing
in two consecutive seasons. .
The Baltimore Colts began
the weekend action Saturday by
upsetting the Rams, -22-21,, on
Gary Kerkorian's 13-yard field
goal with 12 seconds to go at
Los Angeles. Ram owner Dan
Reeves, demanded that Commis
sioner Bert Bell take "strong
action" against Don Joyce, 255.
pound Colt tackle for slugging
linebacker Les Ritchter so hard
he had 14 stitches taken over his
right eye.
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