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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. The referee should have
given me a rest period."
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