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Blue to 14-7
Montgomery, Ala. (U.R)
A pair of Missouri quarterbacks
pierced a tdugh Rebel defense
with show-down passes Saturday
to lead the North to its first vie
tory over the South in the Blue-
Gray series since 1948, 14-7.
Tcny Scardino and Victor
Eaton, two split-T masters play
ing for their college coach, Don
Faurot. led the Yankees on two
long scoring drives that decided
the game.
Eaton passed three yards for
one Blue score and Scardino con
nected on a 37-yard toss to set
up the other North touchdown.
Superior Pass Defense
Eleven Prep
Hoop Games
This Week
High school basketball, which
witnessed a pre-Christmas slack
off last week, picks up tempo
again this week with six of the
preps within the county con
tending in 11 games.
Highlighting the week will be
the Tuesday and Wednesday
night skirmishing matching Port
land's reputed powerhouse Cle
veland, and the Medford Black
Tornado. The whole state will
have eyes on the series. All the
scraps are strictly pre-confer-ence
non-counting affairs.
Two , of the smaller Class A
schools of the county will take
to the road on Wednesday and
Thursday. Phoenix will be at Ar
eata, Calif., both nights. Eagle
Point has an engagement at
prineville the first night and at
Redmond the next. Ashland will
.be host to its alumni on Wednes
day and to Crescent City, Calif.,
on Thursday.
Crater high, which dropped a
49 to 48 nod to Grants Pass last
week, gets another crack at the
Cavemen on Thursday at Cen
tral Point..
Talent high, apparent class of
the B schools in this area, and
unbeaten in eight games, includ
ing some with A schools, runs
into a real Class B tough this
week. The lldogs oppose the
Powers CrVrSers on Thursday
and Friday at Talent.
Tom Brown
Seeded for Bowl
Tennis Tourney .
New Orleans U.R) De
fending Champion Tom Brown
Jr., of San Francisco was top
seeded today in the Sugar Bowl
Tennis Tournament which opens
Tuesday at New Orleans Coun
try Club.
Brown won the championship
from Fred Kovaleski of Wash
ington, D.C., last year. Kovale
ski did not enter this year.
Seeded No. 2 is Eddie Moylan
of Trenton, N.J., who won the
title from Jack Tuero of Tulane
in 1946 and from Gardnar Mul
loy.in 1951.
Bernard Tut Bartzen of San
Angelo, Tex., was seeded' third.
And Mexico Singles Champion
Mario Llamas fourth.
Brown will meet Don Piatt
of Canada in the first round
Tuesday; Moyland will meet
Jacques Grigroy of Los Angeles;
Bartsen plays David Brown of
New Orleans; and Llamas plays
Vincent diStefano of New Orleans.
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Victory
Quarterback Al Doggett of
Louisiana State passed the
Rebels to a score in the fourth
period, and he had the South
erners threatening again as the
game ended. However, a su
perior North pass defense seem
ed to be the difference.
The crowd of 17,000 that turn
ed out for the 17th playing of
this annual intersectional all
star game saw the North score
early in the second period on its
first penetration into Rebel ter
ritory. It was the North's first vic
tory in five years in the inter
sectional clash and ran the series
to 11 wins for the Gray and five
for the Blue.
Guard Dale Meinert of Okla
homa A. and M., who was s
workhorse in the North line, was
voted the outstanding lineman
of the game, and halfback Corky
Tharp of Alabama, who account
ed for most of the South's rush
ing yardage, was selected as the
top back
Missouri
Picked to
Win Tourney
Kansas City, Mo. U.R) De
fending champion Kansas is the
only unbeaten team in the an
nual Big Seven conference holi
day basketball tournament open
ing jvionaay night, but Missouri,
aespne two losses in six starts,
was xavorea last night.
The meet will start at 6 p.m,
(PST) with Colorado (3-3) en
gaging Oklahoma (0-4). Then
Nebraska (2-3) will oppose Mis
souri. The first round will be
completed Tuesday night when
Kansas meets Iowa State (4-1)
ana Kansas State entertains
guest team California (5-1).
Kansas, bracketed with pow
erful California which twice has
neaten Colorado, will present
iour iiookies in its starting line
up to go with guard Dallas
Dobbs, only holdover starter
from last year's champs.
Coach Phog Allen has con
siderable bench strength in 10
other yearlings. The Jayhawks
have won four in a row at Law
rence to run their home court
winning string to 33. Victims
have been Rice (twice), LSU and
Tulsa. j
Missouri Strong
But Missouri, with an all-veteran
crew featuring Bob Reiter,
Norm Stewart, Medford Park
and Redford Reichert, has en
gaged formidable opposition in
early season games and holds
major upset wins over Indiana
and Iowa of the Big Ten.
Missouri's losses were to Illi
nois and Houston, the latter a
double-overtime affair.
California promised to be one
of the best guest teams in years.
The Bears' only loss was to col
lege of Pacific in two overtime
periods.
Colorado, rated with Missouri
as co-favorites in the Big Seven
title chase, won three in a row
and then visited the West Coast
where the Buffs dropped . three
games.
Semi-finals were scheduled
Wednesday night, with the win
ners clashing for the champion
ship at 7:45 p.m. ,PST Thurs
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Lions
214 Points
Over Browns
By DICK FALES
Cleveland (U.R) The Detroit
Lions ruled two and a half point
favorites Saturday to beat the
Cleveland Browns for the Na
tional Football League champ
ionship and demonstrate once
and for all their superiority over
Coach Paul Brown's glamorous
automatons.
It will be the last time the
teams will meet, as such, ; for
both will be missing important
personnel when they resume
their rivalry in next year's regu
lar season.
Otto Graham, perhaps the best
long-range passer in pro history,
will retire' after nine years with
the Browns after this game while
Lester Bingaman, one of the
greatest middle guards of all
time, is calling it a career after
seven years with the Lions.
The Lions were favored be
cause they never have lost a
regular season or playoff jame
to the Browns and are fresh from
last Sunday's 14-10 triumph over
them. In that one, the Lions
marched 76 yards over a snow
covered field in the last two
minutes to score the winning
touchdown.
In a sense, therefore, coach
Brown's reputation is at stake.
The brilliant little martinet ruled
the defunct All-America confer
ence with an iron hand for four
years.
It wasn't until coach Buddy
Parker put together his current
Lions' team that Brown encount
ered a team he could not defeat.
Weather predictions indicate
the game will be played in 30
degree weather and there mv
even be snow flurries. 'A crovcTl
of about 30,000, is expected in
Cleveland stadium in addition
to the nationally televised audi
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Seixas in
2nd Match
By ERIC RIEL
Sydney U.R) Billy Talbert,
America's Davis Cup captain, got
just what he wanted for Christ
mas when the draw for Mon
day's first challenge round
matches against Australia pitted
Tony Trabert against Lew Hoad
in the first singles contest.
Vic Seixas, U. S. singles kine
who seldom has much luck when
he plays the opening match,
drew Ken Rosewall in the sec
ond contest. The Trabert-Hoad
match will begin at 10 p.m.
(EST) today.
The players switch opponents
for Wednesday's final - singles
matches with Rosewall meeting
Trabert and Seixas playing Hoad
m the last contest of what may
be one of the closest challenge
rounds in history. It will be the
richest because 25,578 tennis-
happy Aussie fans will jam
White City stadium each of the
three days to contribute a gross
gate of $382,000.
Teams Not Named
The teams for Tuesday's doub
les match will not be announced
until that day. Seixas and Tra
bert, barring accidents, are cer
tain to represent the U. S. Hoad
and Rosewall probably will be
the Aussie team unless one or
both play poorly Monday.
America is a slight favorite. A
bettor can get even money on
Australia but must lay 5 to 4 to
get a bet on the Yanks.
The draw got full-dress treat
ment. Robert Menzies, - Austra
lia's prime minister, drew the
names of Hoad and Rosewall
from the huge! bowl-like Davis
Cup as it rested on the center
courts green turf under tne
bright sun. Amos Peaslee, the U.
S." ambassador, dre wthe names
of the American players from
the envelope Talbert had placed
in the cup. About 5000 lans
watched the draw, an event
that usually is held in a quiet
clubroom.
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Sport
Parade
New York (U.R) Old Kris
has come and gone but here
are some of the things I hope he
left under the tree: ' ,
For:
Willie Mays: A mantlepiece
for all his tronhies. V
The New York Yankees: All
of mantle instead of just a piece
Eddie Arcaro: Another bank
to hold all his money.
The Cleveland Indians: Peace
on earth, and surcease from
those "foldup" insults.
Sam Snead: A sound back so
he can take one last good whack
at the U.S. Open.
Mavor Smith: Front office
help to carry out a good tough
Basketeer's
Flip Shot
Gets Praise
San Francisco (U.R) Robin
Freeman, a round shouldered,
long armed little 160 pound
guard from Ohio State is in the
process of setting the basketball
world afire with a shot that
coaches long have considered im
practical; a shot they believe is
a poor one, percentage-wise; one
to be used only as a last resort.
It's the overhead, two handed
jump or "flip" shot. In other
words, instead of aiming the ball,
as most players do, Freeman
holds the ball above his head
and flips it into the basket from
there.
He uses the shot from all
angles of the floor, whether un
der the basket or 35 feet away.
And he does it, with remarkable
success.
In fact, he is so good, that he
may do for that shot what Hank
Luisetti, Stanford immortal, did
for the one handed push shot.
Greatest Single Threat
"He is the greatest single
threat I've ever seen on a basket
ball floor," said Coach Pete
Newell of California after the
Golden Bears had won a pair of
thrillers from the Buckeyes.
"I've never seen anything like
it. I considered him the finest
shot in basketball before our
series started; and I had no rea
son to believe otherwise when
the series ended. It is almost
impossible to stop him."
For the record,' Freeman is
rolling along with a mark of
something like 35 points per
game. Against California, he con
nected for 23 points the first
night, 34 the second.
The guy is uncanny. Standing
only five feet, 11 inches tall, a
midget among giants these days
of the "goon" in basketball, he
can connect from any place on
the floor, on balance or off.
His change of pace and shifti
ness is so fast that he chalked
up an average of 10 to 15 free
throws per game just by having
opposing players run into him.
His feet are ever on the go and
as a result of this, he is called
many times for traveling. He is
like a bundle of nervous energy
with no place to go.
Against California, in the
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OSCAR FRALEY
Sports Writer
United Press
policy with those whiz-less Phil
lie Whiz Kids.
Leo Durocher: A muffler with
a few moth holes so he can make
just a bit of his old noise.
Rocky Marciano: Recognition
as a right fine heavyweight
champ.
Ted Williams: The energy and
desire to return to baseball ac
tion. Maureen Connolly: That old
tennis touch when she makes
her comeback.
Ed Furgol: More fine victories
. U. S. speed skaters: The
to inspire others with handicaps.
Money to get to Moscow for the
world championships in Febru
ary. .
U. S. Olympic fathers: Enough
pledges to assure the sending of
a full team to Australia for the
1956 Olympics.
Ben Hbgan: Recognition as the
greatest golfer of them all.
Wes Santee: A chance to real
ly go after that world mile rec
ord. The Brooklyn Dodgers: A cou
ple of Grade A pitchers.
Paul Richards: A break in
some of the trades he's been
making.
Eddie Stanky: A little pitch
ing help to get right up there
in the National League race.
Joe DiMaggio: The happiness
he so well deserves. .
Sports in general: More lads
like Jimmy Demaret, Jimmy
Thomson and Lawson Little,
who make it a joy to cover the
beat.
And to you all, athletes and
fans alike: Health, happiness
and prosperity as long as you're
playing the game of life.
.Two pyramids in North Am
erica occupy a larger ground
area than the largest pyramids
of ancient Egypt, but they are
not as high. One, covering three
and a half times the area of the
Pyramid of Cheops at El Giza,
stands at Cholula in Mexico's
State of Puebla. The other, Ca-
hokia Mound, rises in. the sub-
burbs of East St. Louis, 111. .
second game, he lost the ball 11
times for traveling; two of these
were when he had made field
goals that didn't count.- ;
He shoots free throws with the
same overhead flip. And is just
as accurate there. In two games
here he missed two free throws
out of 23 attempts, going nine in
a row without a miss twice.
' Freeman moves so fast that
Newell, while playing the man
to man defense, had to spell off
the men watching him.
The 'Buckeye is j averaging
nearly 50 per cent bull's eyes
on his attempts, a fantastic re
cord in this game of high-pres
sure basketball. -
He is so good that the Cali
fornia rooting . section, right in
the. middle of a game in which
the lead changed hands 20 times
and was tied . eight more, took
time out to give him a : round
of applause on a particularly dif
ficult shot that he completed.
And when a player .can do
that,, he must be classed with the
genius type of performer.
Sunday, December 28. 1SS4
Holiday
By FRED DOWN
United Press Sports Writer
It's traditionally a New Year's
eve fune but it will be just as
appropriate Monday afternoon
and night if the strains of Auld
Lang Syne echo throughout
Madison Square Garden.
For it will be like old times
when Ned Irish presents his
holiday' festival tournament.
Most of the competing teams are
national powers. There'll be all
America candidates all over the
court and the "old guard crowd"
will be on hand to lend big time
cosmpolitan atmosphere.
In short, as they say along
Broadway, "The joint will be
jumping," and some character
in the balcony may even be
heard to yell, "Come on, my
team, lost by eight and a half!"
The Parings
The opening pairings, sched
uled for Monday afternoon and
evening, find Niagra opposing
UCLA, Syracuse meeting La
Salle, Dayton taking on St.
John's of New York and Du
quesne playing Villanova. With
La" Salle ranked fourth, Day
ton sixth, Niagara ninth and
Duquesne 10th, the Garden lays
a strong claim for being the
capital of the basketball world
for one of the few times during
the regular season.
La Salle, probably will be
favored to win the tournament
if only because of New York's
high regard for Tom Gola, and
will be seething to prove its
losses to Utah and Kentucky
were mistakes. The Explorers
don't have the most to gain in
this tournament but they cer
tainly have the most to lose for
an early elimination might drop
them out of the top 10.
Hope For Top Team "
If Irish could have his way,
however, St. John's would
cruise through its opponents in
spectacular style. Irish has been
hoping for ' a local team which
couM command national respect
as a means of sparking the Gar
den gates and the Brooklyn Red-
men could be just good, enough.
They lost by one point in over
time to fifth-ranked North Caro
lina state in their last outing.
The holiday festival continues
on Wednesday and Friday along
with a raft of other tournaments
which break out all over the
country in the wake of the
Christmas lull.
Among those beginning Mon
day, the Dixie, classic at Ra
leigh, N. C-commands almost as
much attention as the festival.
The opening card , in the Dixie
has North Carolina State vs.
Cornell, North Carolina vs.
Southern California, Wake For
est vs. Minnesota and Duke vs.
West Virginia. North Carolina
St. is expected to win. 1
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Other Tourneys
, Pairings in other tournaments:
Southwest : Conference Tour
nament at Houston, Tex., Baylor
vs. Alabama, Texas vs. Texas
A.&M., Rice vs. Arkansas and
SMU vs. TCU.
Queen City - Invitation Tour
nament at Buffalo, N. Y., Ford
ham vs. Georgetown, Columbia
vs. St. Bonaventure and Can
isius vs. Yale.
Big Seven Tournament at
Kansas City, Colorado vs. Okla
homa and Nebraska vs. Missouri.
New England tournament at
Slorrs, Conn., Amherst vs. Mid
dlebury, Dartmouth vs. Massa
chusetts, Brown vs. Colby and
Defense Stressed by Troy;
Cassaday Suffers Rib Crack
Los Angeles (U.R) The
Southern California Trojans en
joyed their first break since re
turning to training Saturday and
they won't have to work out
again for their Rose Bowl meet
ing with Ohio State until Mon
day. '
Coach Jess Hill, who dismissed
the squad Friday after another
lengthy drill on defense, said he
still wasn't quite satisfied with
the Trojans ability to stop Buck
eye plays.
The varsity proved its ability
in stopping the Buckeye option
al pitchouts around the ends, as
performed by the ineligibles, but
was .not able to successfully de
fend against trap play3 up the
middle.
Tailback Jon Arnett suffered
a slightly twisted knee but was
able to continue after a rest,
while Aramis Dondoy, halfback,
worked only briefly to allow a
cramped leg muscle to heal.
Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) r The
Ohio State Buckeyes took the
Sports Bulletin
Miami (U.R) The shalier
ing plunges of Maryland full
back Dick Bielski set up two
night to carry the South to a
final period touchdowns last
20-17 victory over the North
in the seventh annual College
All-Star chairity game before
37.847 fans in the Orange
Bowl.
Bielski, a 206-pound mass
of muscle,' won the game's
most valuable player award
as he carried the ball 25 times
for a net gain of 105 yards.
The Baltimore Plunger's ef
forts outshown even the great
Alan Ameche, Wisconsin's
All-Sfar fullback- who rolled
up 84 yards in 14 cracks at
the tough south line.
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Connecticut vs. Harvard. - - ,
Motor City at Detroit, Wayne
vs.: Perm State and Detroit vs.
Toledo.
Kentucky Invitational at Lou
isville, Ky., East Kentucky vs.
West- Kentucky and Louisville
vs. Murray State. ,
'Gator Bowl at Jacksonville,
Florida vs. Florida State and
Georgia vs Spring Hill, Ala.
All American Tournament at
Owensboro, Ky., Cincinnati vs.
Mississippi and Evansville vs.
Denver. .' -' .
Hofstra Tournament at Hemp
stead, N.Y., Cortland State vs.
Delaware and Hofstra vs. Le
high. day off to celebrate the holiday
Saturday amidst an overflow of
Christmas presents sent along by
relatives and well-wishers from
Ohio. .
Following Friday's heavy
workout, in which star back
Howard Hopalong Cassady suf
fered a minor, ' fracture of the
ninth rib, the players attended
a party at their hotel where pres
ents were distributed. Each play
er received more than 20 gifts,
including a 21-jewel , watch. '
Cassady was hit by tackle Bill
Cummings, who weighs 245
pounds, when the latter threw a
block at him during the scrim
mage session. The injury was
diagnosed as a hairline fracture
of the ninth rib. Cassady was
taken to Huntington hospital for
x-rays but a few hours later re
turned to the hotel heavily ban
daged. Physicians said he would
be able to resume practice
Wednesday. The Buckeyes are
scheduled to work out again on
Monday. ;
Seattle U. Juggles
Lineup for ASC
Seattle (U.R) Seattle Uni
versity basketball coach Al
Brightman Saturday announced
. 1 3 1 ' - -mm a
night's game here against Ari
zona State college.
Brightman said Bob Godes
and Stan Glowaski would be
paired at forwards. Dick Strick
lin will start at center, and Cal
Bauer and John Kelly will be
starting guards. .
The No. 1 fireman roles will
go to Ken Fuhrer and Bobby
Malone.
Seattle U. has a 3-3 won-lost
record so far this season.
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