Tornado Desires To '':'C6ntSnue-
fis Spoiler
Medfcrd high cagers have
been tabbed as spoilers for blast
ing the hopes of Eugene and
North Eend to stay in the un
beaten class. While they have
.greater ambitions for the sea
son, they'll be out to continue
in the spoiler role this week.
This time it will be the Cleve
land high Indians of Portland.
The Indians come here for Tues
day and Wednesday night
clashes with the Black Torando
and the contests match the top
rated club on the metropolitan
prep scene with the quint which
has been picked as team to beat
in the Southern Oregon Confer
ence. Cleveland will go out on the
Medford court Tuesday unmar
rcd in four games. The Indians
have the only unblemished rec
ord among the schools in the
Portland Interscholastic League
in pre-conference tussles outside
the circuit. They also boast the
best offensive record to date
among PIL teams with their
64.25 per game average. Their
defensive record is second best.
Cleveland has allowed rivals an
average of 46 points per gam-.
Could Be Fast Moving
Heading the Indians will be
the second best scorer so far
among PIL players. Dick Jolley,
Cleveland's . all-city forward,
with a 17-per game mark lags
behind Roosevelt's Richie Cur
tis, who has a 17.5 mark.
Unless the Medford. strategy
is geared at slowing down the
speedy Tribe, the Tuesday and
Wednesday scuffles could be fast
moving affairs. Cleveland's majn
assets so far this year have been
speed and shooting ability. Med
ford, too, has flashed a hard
running attack with lots of
hustle and drive. The Indians
have maintained a .400 shooting
average. In its last three games
Navy Opens
Daily Drill
For Fracas
Br CHARLES OHL
New Orleans (U.R) Navy
Coach Eddie Erdelatz started his
Middies on daily workouts deep
in bayou land today in prepara
tion for the Sugar Bowl battle
tinth Micciccinni Satiirnav.
Mississippi's Rebels buckled
down to work some 60 miles
away in the gulf coast city of
Biloxi, -Miss. The Reds will ar
rive here Friday on the eve of
Ifew Year's Day classic.
Coach Johnny Vaught, of Mis
sissippi, worried that his Igrid
ders may have picked up some
xcess poundage at the Christmas
dinner table, planned stiff work
nuts for his squad.
But Erdelatz, who arrived here
Sunday, wasn't worried about
s the holiday layoff ' and didn't
play any rough work.
Warm Up Sessions
"I'm going to limber them up
at sessions lasting about an hour
end a half each up until Satur
day," said Erdelatz.
The Navy will run into the
top defensive outfit of the na
tion Saturday when it takes on
Mississippi s Southeastern Con
ference champions in a game
that promises to outshine the
other bowls this season.
Erdelatz, who exchanged
game films with Vaught, said
bis Middies will have to deal
witn a team that has "more
speed than any team I've ever
seen. "
He also was impressed with
the Rebels' "outstanding "de
fense" and their dazzling aerial
game that was good for an aver
age of 155.4 yards per game Ihis
season.
Heavy Rebel Line
Speedy backs Eagle Day and
Houston Patton operate behind
a Rebel line that averages above
210 pounds. The Navy line is
relatively light but hits with
ferocious power. -----
Navy's hopes got a boost when
Erdelatz announced that Captain
Phil Monahan, sidelined by in
juries most of the season, "will
play but he won't start." Erdel
atz credits Monahan with put
ting the "will to win" in his
team that was beaten only twice
this season, by Notre Dame and
Pittsburgh.
i Mississippi 'was beaten only
cnce, 6 to 0, by Arkansas.
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Against Cleveland
the Tornado has had .594, .483
and .444 averages irom tne xieid.
With the foregoing qualities
shown by both clubs, the Med
ford height advantage should be
a good boost to the Tornado
cause.
Medford has three men of 6
feet 4 inches or better in regu
lars Glenn Peterson and Jerr.t
Kalapus, both 6-4, and reserve
Bill Cochran. Frank Thatcher, a
reserve, at 6-3, is the tallest list
ed on the Cleveland roster. Jay
Bashor and Bob Hevener of the
Indians are 6-2. Jolley reported
ly a fine rebounder as well as
good scorer, is 6-1.
Practiced Today
Black Tornado cagers turned
out at 11 a.m. today for their
last workout before the series.
It was somewhat heavier than
Northern Division Quints
Vie in Holiday
Seattle (U.R) A preview
of the 1955 Northern Division
basketball season will be 'given
at Edmundson pavilion here to-
R. Marciano
Top Fighter
During 1954
By JACK CUDDY
New York (U.R) Heavy
weight Champion Rocky Mar
ciano has been named fighter of
the year by the Ring Magazine
for. the second time, and light
weight Frankie Ryff of New
York was tabbed "rookie of the
year." " - '
Little Pascual Perez of Ar
gentina, who hammered from ob
scurity to the world flyweight
championship in 1954, was
named winner of the "Progress
of the year" award.
Rocky, who had first won the
"fighter" award for 1952, was
praised for his two defenses in
1954 against Ezzard Charles by
Editor Nat Fleischer in the Ring
Magazine's annual review of the
sport.
The magazine's staff also
picked the - second Marciano
Charles bout on Sept. 17 as the
"fight of the year." In that bout
Rocky kept his crown by stop
ping Ezzard in the eighth round
after having the title threatened
by a. badly split nose. It was
the third straight time Rocky
has engaged in the "fight of the
year."
Gained Prominence . , -Ji ,.
'Lightweight Ryff ' won the
rookie award because he became
nationally prominent in 1954 and
the fifth-ranking contender with
seven straight . victories over
good opposition.
The ring's selection of-Marciano
because of his decision
over Charles and his kavn of
Charles did not agree with the
recent selection of the Boxing
Writer's Association, which
picked Middleweight Champion
Carl (Bobo) Olson as "fighter of
the year." However, the choice
of Ryff as "rookie" was in ac
cord with that of the BWA.
Fleischer ' deplored the fact
that 1954 was one of the worst
years in boxing history, although
"death took a holiday" and only
six fatalities were recorded as a
result of competition.
Attendance Drops
He stressed that there were
less than 4,000 professional box
ers competing in the rings of
the world in 1954, whereas in
1950 there were 5,000 in the
United States and 2,200 in other
countries. Moreover, -from the
standpoint of attendance and re
ceipts the year was one of the
worst, "if not the worst," since
the end of the first World War
in . 1918. . ,
He picked two principal rea
sons for the decreases in attend
ance, gates and number of -boxers.
They were (1) television and
(2) bad publicity resulting from
the, numerous investigations of
racketeering and other evils ap
parently in the sport.,
Fleischer came to the conclu
sions: "Television is here to stay.
But racketeering, with . the'
knowledge of boxing commis
sions and promoters, is some
thing that can and must be elim
inated if boxing is to survive."
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the usual day-before-game drill.
Roeland indicated that he will
call on his. usual starting five,
Peterson, Kalapus, Bud Kastner,
Larry Copple and Frank Rector.
Bashor may be at center for
Cleveland with Jolley and He
vener at forwards. Guards may
be picked from among Harvey
Jones, Eric Peterson and Bill
Davies.
The tangles will be the last for
Medford before starting South
ern Oregon Conference play.
Medford anticipates it toughest
rivalry of its pre-conference
campaign.
Preliminary games both days
will match Medford and Crater
high junior varsities at 6:45 p.m.
Main games are set for 8:15 p.m.
The Tornado jayvees hold two
wins over the Crater quintet.
Tourney
morrow and Wednesday when
Washingtoh, Idaho, Washington
State and Oregon State play in
a pair of pre-season doublehead
ers. ,:
Onlv Oregon among the
Northern division teams will be
missing and there are -reports
that Duck Coach Bill Borcher
won't miss the chance to scout
his opposition for the coming
conference race.
Tomorrow's schedule will pit
WSC against OSC at 7:30 p.m.
and Washington against Idaho
at 9:30 p.m. On Wednesday the
opponents will be shifted to
Washington State versus Idaho
in the earlv game and Washing
ton versus Oregon State" in the
late game.
The Cougars from Washington
State have the best pre-tourney
record with 6 wins and 2 losses.
Washington has a 4-3 record,
Idaho 3 wins and 4vlosses and
OSC, a 3-5 record.
The three visiting teams were
scheduled to arrive here today
for pre-game workouts.
West Clubs
In Eastern-
Tournaments
By NORMAN RITTER
.. United Press Sports Writer
Major intersectional tourna
ments sample some of the cream
of Pacific Coast basketball this
week 'as many of the west's
teams continue their Holiday
habit, of, living out of suitcases.
- UCLA headed for the third an
nual Holiday Basketball Festi
val in New York's Madison
Square garden. The Bruins (7-1),
stung only by once-beaten Uni
versity of San Francisco, open
the tourney today against Niag
ara,' defeated in overtime by La
Salle. "
Southern California (6-2),
which upset Utah in the consola
tion round of the University of
Kentucky Invitational, takes on
North Carolina as the annual
Dixie Classic gets underway to
day in Raleigh, N.C.
Bears Tournament Bound
Pete Newell's surprising Uni
versity of Carolina Bears were
also tourney bound. The Blue
ana uoia u--w, iresn xrom a
double win over previously un
beaten Ohio State, meets Kan
sas State (3-2) tomorrow in first
round play in the Big Seven
tournament. ,. - .'
By way of contrast, powerful
Utah will be idle until Jan. 6,
while USF, home with the Ok
lahoma City All-College tourney
crown, plays only once this
week. The Dons host San Diego
State Wednesday in San Fran
cisco's Kezar Pavilion.
Barnstorming Stanford (4-1)
winds up its five-game road
trip with games against Seton
Hall, Vanderbilt and Iowa . in
that order tonight, Wednesday
and Thursday. The Indians suf
fered their lone loss at the hands
of Tulane last week in the sec
ond game of their current tour.
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Trabert, Seixas Whip
Hoad, Rosewall for
2-0 Davis Cup Lead
- By ERIC RIEL
Sydney, Australia (U.R)
Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas,
both burning to atone for last
year's failure, virtually wrapped
up the Davis Cup for shipment
back to the United States today
by scoring four-set victories for
an almost -unbeatable 2-0 chal
lenge round lead over Australia.
A throng of 25,578 at White
City Stadium, largest crowd in
Davis Cup history, sat in .stun
ned silence as Seixas completed
the opening day sweep by up
setting Aussie Ken Rosewall,
8-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-3.
; An hour earlier, the crew-cut
Trabert. sent the U.S. team off
to a flying start by : whipping
blond Lewis Hoad of Australia,
6-4, 2-6, 12-10, 6-3, in the match
experts were predicting would
be the "key" 'to the entire se
ries between the two nations
which are meeting in the chal
lenge round for the 11th straight
time.
"Miracle" Needed
Only one of the greatest "mir
acles" in tennis history can save
the cup for Australia for the
fifth straight year and even
Aussie officials don't expect
that.
Trabert's brilliant marathon
triumph, giving him revenge for
his five-set beating by Hoad in
the most imDortant match of
last year's series, was a jarring
blow to Aussie hopes for it made
the Americans slight favorites
for the cup. But Seixas' thun
derous walloping of young Rose
wall was the crusher because
Rosewall was supposed to own
"jinx" over the 30-year-old
American champion.
Rosewall, only 19, had whip
ped .Seixas seven times in their
last eight meetings but you'd
never have known that from to
day's match. After splitting the
first two bitterly-fought sets
with the dark-haired Aussie, Se
ixas suddenly seized control and
bombarded his way to victory.
The victory turned into a rout
in the 18-minute final set as Se
ixas won four of his services at
love and caused the crowd,
which had been cheering so
loudly all day that it twice was
warned to be more orderly, to
fall into a shocked silence.
Sticks To Pattern
Rosewall, trailing 3-5 in that
last set, summoned a last des
perate effort and took a 40-15
lead, on his service. Then he
doublefaulted, and then he hit
a long volley too far for deuce
Another "out" gave Seixas the
advantage and then the Amer
ican simply powered his way to
the final point. :
"He did it by sticking to his
pattern," said Billy Talbert,
gleeful captain of the U.S. team.
"We always knew .he'd beat
Rosewall if he stuck to the pat
tern of playing Rose wall's fore
hand. In those other matches,
he strayed from the pattern." ,
Trabert ignored the pain of a
split middle finger in drubbing
Hoad. There wasn't much to
choose between the two young
stars through the first three
sets, but victory in that mara
thon third set turned the trick
for Trabert.. Hoad broke his ser
vice for a 3-2 lead in the fourth
set, but then the Cincinnati,
Ohio, star stormed through the
next four games to close out
the match.
Now the Yanks need only to
win Tuesday's doubles match or
one of the two concluding sin
gles matches oh Wednesday to
take home the cup they lost to
Australia in 1950.. What's more,
Seixas and Trabert are favored
to win the doubles and Trabert
is a solid choice over Rosewall
in singles. Hoad is favored over
Seixas in the other. ;
Aussie officials announced
that Hoad and Rosewall will
play , in doubles, too. Picking
this pair over Rex Hartwig and
Mervyn . Rose, , the Wimbledon
doubles champions, was regarded-as
an all-or-nothing gamble
in the hope that a doubles win
Dead line for Sundav Classified Is
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Monday: other day3 5:30 orev-ious day.
might inspire Lew and Ken
to new heights in the final sin
gles matches.
Syracuse Foe
Of LaSalle
In 1st Round
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
LaSalle's 1953 NCAA cham
pions were favored to take the
first step on "the long road
back" toward the nation's No. 1
ranking today When they tackled
Syracuse in the opening' round
of the Holiday Festival tourna
ment at Madison Square garden.
Jolted by losses to Utah and
Kentucky, the Explorers were
installed as tentative favorites
to win a tournament graced by
such other national powers as
sixth-ranked Dayton, ninth-
ranked Niagara and lOth-ranked
Duquesne. The tournament con
tinues on Wednesday and Fn
day and marks the high point
of the regular basketball season
for the customer-starved Gar
den, v
The festival tournament
shares top interest with the Dix
ie Classic at Raleigh, N.C, but
is only one of 10 tournaments
which 'begin today -and tonight
and provide an abrupt end to
the Christmas lull. At Raleigh,
fifth-ranked North Carolina
State is a heavy pre-tournament
favorite, but can expect - stern
opposition from several quar
ters. Niagara opposed UCLA in the
opener of the Garden tourna
ment at 2 p.m. (EST) with La
Salle meeting weak Syracuse in
the second game. Tonight, it will
be Dayton vs. St. John's of New
York and Duquesne vs. Villan
ova. , -.
Dayton Tall Team
Dayton, one of the 'tallest
teams in the country, is favored
but the experts have tabbed- St.
John's as the 'tournament's dark
horse. Although lacking a bit in
speed and experience, St. John's
has ' tremendous .physical
strength for a college team, and
bowed by only one point to
North Carolina State in its last
game.
A St. John's victory in the
tournament would be a tremen
dous lift for 5arden basketball
which has yet to recover the
prestige it lost as a result of the
point-shaving scandal.
North Carolina State begins
its- bid for victory in the Dixie
Classic against Cornell, while
in other first-round games South
ern California meets North Car
olina, Wake Forest , plays Min
nesota and Duke takes on West
Virginia. Duke is the defending
champion despite the fact that
North Carolina State won the
Atlantic Coast conference title
last season.
In non- tournament games in
volving strong teams, St. Louis
plays Indiana and Seton Hall,
which may be the strongest of
the metropolitan New York
teams, goes against Stanford
Other Tournaments ; ; i
The schedule for the' other
eight tournaments beginning to
day:. . ' ...
Southwest Conference tourna
ment at Houston, Tex.; Baylor
vs. Alabama, Texas vs. Texas
A&M, Alabama, Texas, vs. Tex
as A&M, Rice vs. Arkansas,
SMU vs. TCU. " --
Queen City Invitation tourna
ment at Buffalo, N.Y.: Fordham
vs. Georgetown, Columbia vs.
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Cleveland!
S-aO Voir
By DICK FALES
Cleveland (U.R) The Cleve
land Browns, described by their
coach .as "the best team I ever
saw on any particular day," are
the new National Football
league champions, but face the
new year with the prospect of
playing fjr the first time with
out the fabulous Otto Graham.
Graham ended one of the fin
est careers in professional foot
ball history Sunday . by throw
ing three touchdown passes and
running for three others as
Cleveland walloped the defend
Sam Boghosian, West Shrine Mix
Football Guard,. Once In Hospital
Six Months as Victim of Polio
By SCOTT BAILLIE
' Stanford, Calif. (U.R) When
Sam Boghosian of the West
Shrine team rips into the East's
line next Saturday, the husky
guard will be carrying the good
wishes of many stricken young
sters who hope to beat polio as
he did.
The dark eyed UCLA guard
spent six months in a hospital
with his legs and . neck para
lyzed by the disease. He was .12
then. NoW, a decade later, he has
emerged as one of the West
Coast's top linemen. So good, in
fact that he was invited to play
in the 30th East-West game at
Kezar stadium. Proceeds always
go to the Shriners hospitals for
crippled children.
.At first it is hard to believe
that Boghosian was an invalid.
But then he shows you in the
locker room how his right leg
is slimmer than the left. That is
his souvenir of those six months
in a polio ward which were fol
lowed by a gallant effort to play
football. '
Hard Road Back
"I never tried athletics before
I was sick," Boghosian says as
he rubs wintergreen oil into his
thighs. "We always had lived on
a ranch where you don't play
any ball.'?
His ascent to the role of rock
solid guard with the number one
Bruins started one night in 1944
when he came home with a stiff
neck and a heavy cold.
"I was feeling lousy," Bogho
sian says. "And when I keeled
over in -the hall my parents
rushed me to Fresno County Hos
pital. It was polio, all right.
Bad." ' - -
Soon his legs and neck froze.
"But there were other kids
around me who were worse off,"
Boghosian adds, looking at his
big hands a long time before
continuing. .
He underwent the Sister Ken
ny' method of treatment and
when he hobbled out nine
months Tater, decided to go into
sports. ' . ,
"I had to rebuild my whole
body, not just my legs," he goes
on, bringing some cleats out of
his locker. "Actually I was a
spastic."
; First came agonizing days
playing touch football at Fres
no s Hamilton Junior high. I be
came a fullback there my first
St. Bonaventure,
Canisius
vs.
Yale. .
Big Seven tournament at Kan
sas City: Colorado vs. Oklahoma,
Nebraska vs. Missouri.
Motor City tournament at De
troit: Wayne vs. Perm State, De
troit vs. Toledo. ;
' Kentuckl Invitational tour
nament at Louisville, Ky.: East
ern Kentucky vs. Western Ken
tucky, Louisville vs. ' Murray
State.. '
Gator Bowl tournament at
Jacksonville, Fla.: Florida vs.
Florida State, Georgia vs. Spring
Hill, Ala.
Ail-American tournament- at
Owensboro, Ky.: Cincinnati vs.
Mississippi, Evansville vs. Den
ver. . ' -
Hofstra tournament at Hemp
stead, N.Y.: Cortland State vs.
Delaware, Hoistra vs. Lehigh.
outhern
IScowdds IBeat Lions
Pro 'Grid
ing champion Detroit Lions for
the title, 56-10.
The 33-year-old Graham, who
passed Cleveland to six profes
sional title . and . nine division
crowns in as many years since
it was organized in 1946, receiv
ed a tremendous ovation from
the 43,827 fans and his team
mates when he left the game
with 2Vfe minutes to go. They
cheered the top individual scor
ing spree ever produced in an
NFL championship, but curly
haired Otto repeated his previ
ous announcement that he had
year but then went into the line
because there were plenty of
good backs around,"' Boghosian
says- ... .
. As a lineman he made all-city,
then all-league and then all San
Joaquin county. . .
At UCLA, he also played rugby
for two years, and has wound up
his third year as a football letter
man with coach Red Sanders'
single wing machine. .
After he graduates next June,
Boghosian is slated for a two or
three year hitch in the Air
Force.
"Just say you aren't licked
until you think you are," he
says. Then he clatters out to
practice- with others who were
playing football when he only
could stare at the ceiling.
Founder of Pro
Golf Tour Dies
San Antonio, Tex. (U.R)
The city that Jack O'Brien put
on the professional golf map, by
putting money in golfer's pock
ets, will pay its last respects to
day to the 67-year-old founder
of the winter tour.
O'Brien, who started the so
called . ,fgold rush of golf," by
staging a $5,000 winter tourna
ment in San Antonio at a time
when the National Open champ
ion won only $500, died late
Christmas day at a hospital here.
His tourney, the Texas Open,
was started in 1922 when O'
Brien convinced the Junior
Chamber of Commerce it would
be worth it to donate $5,000 to
advertise sunny San Antonio.
It was the first "big money"
event-in the nation for profes
sional golfers and proved the be
ginning of the winter tour.
Bucceroni Tries
Ring Comeback
New York U.R) Heavy
weight Dan Bucceroni of Phila
delphia, who dropped from
fourth . to 13th among contend
ers this - year, will attempt a
comeback tonight against awk
ward Cesar Brion of-Argentina
at St. Nicholas arena.
Although beaten in his last
two bouts, Bucceroni is favored
at 11-5 to win tonight's televis
ion 10-rounder against the "Mild
Bull of the Pampas."
Also tonight, at Brooklyn's
Eastern Parkway arena, middle
weights Bobby Dykes of Miami
and "Wildcat" Billy McNeece of
Islip, N.Y.; will meet in a tele
vised 10-rounder. Red-haired
McNeece, 22, is a slight favorite
at 13-10 over the elongated for
mer Texan, veteran of 116 bouts.
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUTE NIKg,
Mantle
played his last game for Coach
Paul Brown's team. .
"I haven't changed my mind,
Graham said although he had
just set records for most touch
downs scored, most touchdowns
scored by ' running and most
points scored (18) in an NFL
championship.
In Seven Touchdowns
Graham threw two touchdown
passes to Ray Renfro, one to
Pete Brewster, scored himself
on lunges of one and two feet
and five yards and pitched out
to fullback Fred Morrison for
another TD in the best "touch
down . responsibility" spree in
title game history; Sid Luckman
of the Chicago Bears passed for
five TDS during a 41-21 victory
over Washington in the 1943 ti
tle game.
Cleveland, beaten by Detroit,
17-7 and 17-16 in the last two
title games, scored its first vic
tory over Coach Buddy Parker's
Lions in nine exhibition, regular .
season and championship meet
ings. '
The pent-up fury of those
failures against Detroit finally
exploded in a torrent of perfect
Graham passes, amazing catches,
recovered fumbles, intercepted
passes, stolen balls and furious
tackling that buried the Lions.
Only the Bears 73-0 victory
" TT 1 . A . . A 4
over v v asinut; i.uii ui xatu vyos
more one-sided.
It also was the worst defeat
suffered by Parker and the sec
ond worst defeat in Detroit's
21-year history. Detroit entered
the game a 2V .point favorite to
become the first team ever to
win three straight champion
ships.' Walker Opens Scoring
Doak Walker kicked a 36-
yard field goal for Detroit in the
opening minutes after lineback
er Joe Schmidt intercepted a
Graham pass. But Graham then
hurled his first TD pass in- regu
lar season or title play against
Detroit a 37-yard to Renfro
and the Browns began to roll
Don Paul's steal of a Bobby
Layne pass set up Graham's 10-
yard scoring pass to Brewster
and the second of Lou Groza's
eight extra points made it 14-3
after one quarter.
A 42-yard punt return by Bil
ly Reynolds enabled Graham to
score again on the first play of
the second quarter. Bill Bow
man then ran four yards for De
troit's only, touchdown. Graham
got "off a long pass that Carl
Karilivacz intercepted but Ren
fro grabbed it out of his hands
on the Lion seven and Graham
scored two plays later. Walter
Michaels then stole a Layne pass
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yarder on his , fingertips for a
35-10 halftime lead.
Graham .scored again early in
the third quarter after throw
ing a 43-yard pass to Brewster.
Ken K o n z grabbed another
Layne pass to' set up Morrison's
12-yard scoring run, and anoth
er Konz steal set up Chet Hanu
lak's 10-yard scoot through the
Detroit center for Cleveland's
last TD in the final quarter. .
Graham, who threw 'H6ur
touchdowns against Los Acgeles
in the 1950" title game, complet
ed nine of 12 for 163 yards.
Cleveland gained 140 rushing
yards. Layne completed 18 of
42 passes for 177 yards and Tom
Dublinski, " who subbed for
Layne until he was flattened by
the rugged Brownies,-. completed
one of two. The Lions gained
136 yards rushing.
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