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o O Jim Swink Top College Grid Gainer Portland 'U.R) Oregon's two leading college football teams have the nation's two top pass interceptors, both of whom are pint-sized halfbacks. Sam Wesley of Oregon State has grabbed six enemy passes to lead the nation, while Dick James of Oregon is tied with two other players at five intercep tions each, according to latest NCAA statistics. New York U.R Hard-hitting Jfmmy Swink of Texas Chris tian, who makes all his yardage "the hard way" by slogging along on foot, took over as the nation's leading ground-gaining college football player a title he is certain to lose next week. Swink, from Rusk, Tex., is the fifth different player to lead the hot battle for total onense Since Texas Christian is idle next Saturday, while all of his chief rivals are playing, geology student Swink is certain to arop out of the lead. With a total of 851 yards gained, he holds only a narrow lead over ueorge ' Wplsh nf Navv at 810 and John Roach of Southern Methodist at Also within striking distance are Claude Benham of Columbia fourth at 776 vards. fifth-plact Art Luppino of Arizona at 772 and Jerry Reichow of Iowa at 762. All these nearest rivals have played only six games, while Swink has played seven. firm Pass AtlemDl fellow who has tried to throw only one pass all year, and had that one go in rifto T?nt his hurrvine feet have carried him an average of 8.2 yards every time he totea the ball, a better per-play ave nro than anv of his nearest ri vals. Naturally, he holds the lend In the rushing department ;th hia fi.it mark, followed by Luppino, another fellow who does all his gaining on me ground, with 772. Th five nlavers to lead the total offense race at one time or another this season are Swink, Luppino, Welsh, Benham, and Joe Clements of Texas, who now has dropped out of the first 20. Beagle Leads Passers The leading passer in the na tion is Bill Beagle of Dartmouth, Welsh, or Jimmy Bowen of Den ver, depending on which statis- , tic you value the most. ' From the standpoint of num ber of completions, Beagle is th national leader with 67, followed by Ken Ford of Hardin-Sim-nions with 65, Nick Consoles of Wake Forest with 62, Benham with 61, and Len Dawson of Purdue with 58. Number of com pletions is the yardstick the NCAA which issues the weekly statistics, uses to measure the passers. But if you want to rank pass the standooint of per centage of passes completed then Welsh is your boy. The Navy quarterback has completed 53 nf Rfi tosses for a .616 per centage. If you're figuring from a standpoint of yards gained, 'hnpo naain it's Welsh first. He hay gained a total of 790 yards through the air, to 759 for Ben ham. Touchdown Pass Leader But if you're interested only in touchdown passes, then your man is Boden. He's tossea imo tiavdirt territory 10 times. The pass-pitching duel of the vpar mav be on tan this week end when Beagle and Benham Tr,tnh nitphinfr arms at New Vnrk- The NCAA .points out that .Ton Arnett. Southern Ualiior nia's versatile back, actually has gained more ground than any other college player this season when vou add in everything, including passing, rushing, pass catching, returning punts and kickoffs, and returning intercep- tinns. He's eained 1.255 yards by all thnco methods to 1.176 for Swink and 1,014 for Luppino. Auburn Gridders Top Defenders New York (U.R) Auburn re placed Navy as the major college leader in total defense today while Maryland retained its lead in rushing defense. Figures released by the NCAA Service Bureau revealed that Auburn, despite a 27-13 upset loss to Tulane last Saturday, has yielded only 792 yards in its six games, an average of 132 yards per game. Army, which beat Colgate, 27 7, last Saturday, ranks second with 149.2 yards followed by Navy with 156.5. The Middies lead in pass defense partly be cause Notre Dame chose to stick to the ground in beating them. 21-7 last Saturday. Unbeaten and untied Mary land has allowed only 385 yards rushing in seven games for an average of 55 per game. Army is second with 67.5 and Holy Cross third with 79.7. Bobby Bregsn Appointed Pittsburgh Pircsts Skipper Hollywood (U.R) Bobby Bragan's successor s manager of the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League will come out of the Pittsburgh Pirates' or ganization, Hollywood club pres ident Robert H. Cobb said today. BONAR ELECTED o Portland (U.R) Howard Bonar, professional at the Wav erly Country club, has been elected president of the Oregon branch of the northwest section of the Professional Golfers as sociation. He succeeds Bob Me Kendrick of Oswego. By JOHN CARROLL Pittsburgh (U.R) Bad Boy Bobby Bragan, who purposely "reformed" last season while manager of the Hollywood Stars in anticipation of a promotion, found reward today as pilot of the Pittsburgh Pirates for 1956. "I promised myself early this year I would behave," Bragan said Wednesday following his appointment. "I went the entire season without being tossed un til the 172nd and final game. Bragan's choice completed the Pirates' version of the "Third Man Theme." When Branch Rickey Sr. stepped down last week as general manager, one of his boys, Joe L. Brown, took over. Brown insisted the Bra gan sppointment was his own, although Rickey was close to the scene as an "active advisor." "The selection cf a new field manager has been made, not without considerable thought and advice, but it was my own se lection," Brown said. "I have been called a Rickey man my self. I do not deny it. But the new manager is my man, a 'Brown man'." Bragan succeeds Fred Haney, who also came here after suc cessful seasons at Hollywood only to be dropped on the last day of the 1955 season after a three-year term. The new man ager's contract is for one year. Yanks, Tigers Place 3 Each on All-Star By CARL LUNDQUIST New York (U.R) The pen nant winning Yankees and the fifth-place Tigers each placed three men today on the United Press American League All-Star team picked in a ballot of 56 baseball writers from each of the league cities. The Yankees selected were catcher Yogi Berra, outfielder Mickey Mantle and pitcher Whitey Ford. Detroit placed out fielder Al Kaline, shortstop Har vey Kuenn and third baseman Ray Boone. Outfielder Ted Wil liams of the Red Sox, first base man Mickey Vernon of the Sen ators, second baseman Nellie Fox of the White Sox and pitcher Early Wynn of the Indians drew the other four All-Star berths. Berra led the voting, being named by 55 writers while Man tle and Fox were right behind with 54 votes apiece. Kaline had 53 votes, Kuenn received 52 votes, Williams 50, Ford 40, Boone 32, Vernon 27 and Wynn 19. The writers were instructed to pick a man for each position including two pitchers. Heavv Hitters It was a formidable array of stars including three players who knocked in over 100 runs, Boone 116, Berra 108, and Ka line 102. Mantle was just shy at 99 and also was ihe home run leader with 37. There were five consistent long ball punchers Williams with 28 homers, Kaline and Berra with 27 and Boone with 20 trailing Mantle in that order.. All but two. of the honor roll players had batting averages of .300 or better. Williams led with .356 but Kaline, who was next at .340 won the batting champion ship officially because Thump ing Theodore didn't play enough games to qualify. Fox batted .311, Mantle and Kuenn were both at .306 and Vernon was .301. Power hitters Boone at .284 and Berra at .272 were more quiescent, but made up for their lower averages with the extra punch. New York ,UP.) The United Press American League all-star team for 1955, selected by 56 baseball writers from the eight league cities. First place votes and batting average or pitching record in parenthesis. OF Mickey Mantle, New York 54 (.306) OF Al Kaline, Detroit 53 (.340) OF Ted Williams. Boston 50 (.356) IB Mickey Vernon, Washington 27 (.301) 2B Nelson Fox, Chicago 54 (.311) 3B Ray Boone. Detroit 32 (.284) SS Harvey Kuenn. Detroit 52 (.306) C Yogi Berra, New York 55 (.272) P Whitey Ford, New York 40 (18-7) P E.rlyWynn, Cleveland 19 (17-11) Ryff Victor Over Paddy Baltimore, Md. (U.R) Light weight contender Frankie Ryff, who whipped ex-champion Pad dy DeMarco decisively here Wednesday night, said today, "I'm sure this Win will help me get a title fight in the spring." Meanwhile, the fourth-ranking contender from New York will have another television fight at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 23 if matchmaker Billy Brown can find a good opponent for him. Although 23-year-old Ryff won the unanimous 10-round decis ion over DeMarco of Brooklyn by a wide margin Wednesday night In their TV fight before 2,200 at the Baltimore Coliseum, Paddy was demanding a rematch today on grounds that he had been mistreated by referee Ed die Leonard. "Billy Goat" Paddy suffered the only knockdown of the fight in the sixth round when a right left combination of hooks dropped him on his haunches. He was up at the "three" but took the mandatory count of Webfoots Work On Pass Defense Eugene (U.R) Coach Len Casanova concentrated on pass defense yesterday as he worked his University of Oregon Ducks for Saturday's game at Pullman gainst Washington State. Casanova expressed concern with the fact that three Idaho quarterbacks tossed for 173 yards against the Ducks last week that plus the fact that Washington State's Bob Iverson passed for 167 yards while his team was tking a 30-0 beating. East Pros 1 Have Edge In Grid Fray By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer The National Football League's Western Conrerenc . generally has been regarded as the strong est and best-balanced during re cent years, but the Eastern sec tion holds a 3-1 edge in the inter-division games played o far this season. Each club plays two games against teams from the opposite division to round out a 12-game schedule. So the Western hus kies still may come out ahead in the 1955 inter-division competi tion before the division cham pions clash for the league title. The Cleveland Browns, de fending league and Eastern Divi sion titleholders, are mainly re sponsible for the East's good start against the Western clubs this fall. . Brownies Blank Opponents Cleveland, which lost to West ern Division teams three straight years in the championship game before crushing Detroit in the 1954 title contest, has played its two 1955 games with Western Division teams. The" Brownies swept both without giving up a touchdown from scrimmage. Cleveland limited the San Francisco Forty-Niners to a field goal in a 38-3 route and knocked the Green Bay Packers out of first place two weeks ago while winning 41-10. Green Bay got its points on a field goal and Al Carmichael's 100-yard dash with a kickoff. The Washington Redskins furnished the other Eastern tri umph this season by edging the Baltimore Colts, 14-13. Sieelers One-Point Losers In the other inter-division game played so far this year, the Los Angeles Rams kicked a field goal in the final "second to nip the Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-26. The Steelers still are fuming about what they galled poor offi ciating in that game but their failure to make the extra point after two of their touchdowns also helped decide the outcome. The action begins Saturday night when the Baltimore Colts (4-2) invade Detroit for a West ern Division game against the Lions (0-6) and the Steelers (4-2) visit Chicago for an Eastern Di vision contest with the Cardinals (2-3-1). The Lions and Cardinals are picked to win. The other eight teams clash on Sunday. The selections with season records in parentheses: Bears (3-3) over Green Bay Packers (3-3) at Chicago; Browns (5-1) over New York Giants (2-4) at Cleveland; Rams (4-2J over San Francisco Forty-Niners (3-3) at Los Angeles; Philadelphia Eagles (2-3-1) over the Redskins (3-3) at Washington. Thursday, November 3, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN BOXERS SIGNED New York (U.R) Danish welterweight Champion Chris Christensen and Vince Martinez, fourth ranked welterweight, have signed to meet in a 10 round bout in St. Louis, Nov. 23. eight. "I wasn't knocked down," De- Marco declared angrily today. "We bumped heads and I went down. 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