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Fumbles Help
Hawkeyes In
35-19 Victory
By HAL WOOD
Pasadena. Calif. OI.R) A
pledge, a pass and some of the
finest breakaway running ever
seen In the 43-year history of the
Rose Bowl gave Iowa its smash
ing 35-19 victory over Oregon
State.
That's the way Coach Forest
Evashevski summed up the
Hawkeye triumph that prolong
ed the Big Ten mastery of the
Pacific Coast conference in the
oldest of the post-season foot
ball bowl games Tuesday.
According to Evashevski, it
went this way:
1. Before the game the play
ers got together and pledged to
dedicate the game to Calvin
Jones, the All-American tackle
from last year's team who was
killed in a recent Canadian air
plane crash. They also voted to
give the game ball which
must be a winning one to
Cal's mother, living In Steuben
ville, O.
2. The "pass" was the per
formance nut on by heroic quar
terback Ken Ploen who com
pleted nine out of 10 aerial at
tempts for 83 yards and one 16
yard toss to end Frank Gilliam
for a touchdown.
3. The breakaway running in
cluding a 49-yard Cakewalk
down the sidelines by Ploen in
the first quarter in which the
talented back was merely knock
ed down twice, but kept his feet
long enough to get through the
heavy traffic and break into the
clear for a score; a 65-yard touch
down run by halfback Mike
Hagler; and a 37-yard run to the
nine yard line by halfback Don
Dobrino which set up the sec
ond score of the game.
Got The Breaks
"But on top of all of that we
got the breaks Just as we have
been getting all season," said
the smiling Evashevski of the
Hawkeyes. "You have to be
lucky to win and we have
been that way all season. You
have to get the breaks In this
game."
The breaks included four
fumbles by the Oregon State
team, three of which were re
covered by Iowa. Two of them
came early in the first quarter
and led to Hawkeye touchdowns.
Iowa took a 7-0 lead in the
first few minutes of play on
Ploen's breathtaking run; made
it 14-0 after seven minutes of the
first quarter when Hagler
scored from the one after a
Beaver fumble and Iowa re
covery. Oregon S'ate scored early In
the second quarter, with the
touchdown being set up when
Sterling Hammack returned a
punt 25 yards to the Iowa 15.
Fullback Tom Berry plunged
over from the one for the score
to make it 14-6.
But before the half, Iowa
upped the lead to 21-6 on a 55
yard march that was climaxed
by Bill Happel scoring from the
five.
And the game was sealed
early In the third stanza when
Ploen handed off to Don Do
brino who in turn handed to
Hagler who went 66 yards for
a score. That made it 28-6 and
the fat was in the fire as far as
Oregon State was concerned.
Money Play
"We used that same play in
the Notre Dame game and it
went about the same distance for
a touchdown," said the proud
Evashevski.
Oregon State came back with
a 13-play line-plunging attack
that netted another touchdown
in the same quarter.
But at the opening of the
fourth period Ploen passed 16
yards to end Jim Gibbons for a
score to make it 35-12. Oregon
State counted again midway in
the final period with Joe Francis
passing to Hammack on the 11
and the Beaver halfback ramb
led Into the end zone from there.
It was a long way from the
best Rose Bowl game but it
was one of the most entertaining.
Iowa gained 408 yards from run
ning and passing and Oregon
State 296 an indication that
the offensive on both sides was
clicking.
"We played one of our best
games of the season to win this
one," said Evashevski. And Ore
gon State was a much improved
team over the club we beat 14-13
early In the season. The breaks
were the difference."
Coach Tommy Prothro of the
Beavers was disappointed in the
outcome naturally.
"I thought 19 points would
win th game," he said. "But we
scored 19 and got beaten by
16."
Pasadena, Calif. U.R) Statis
tics of the Oregon State-Iowa
Rose Bowl game:
Ore. St. Iowa
Rushing yardage .... 166 301
First downs - 16 16
Passins yardage 130 107
Pssrs .- 10-14 11-15
TRIBUNE
UMPS
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SMUTS
Fullmer Favored to
Stop Ray Robinson
By JACK CUDDY
United Press Sports Writer
New York U.R Sugar Ray
Robinson, 35, risks his middle
weight crown at Madison Square
Garden tonight against brawny
young Gene Fullmer, the most
dangerous opponent since the
old master came out of retire
ment. Stocky, bull-necked Fullmer
of West Jordan, Utah, is a slight
favorite at 13-10 because of his
youthful, headlong aggressive
ness and because he never was
stopped in 40 fights.
However, increasing support
of the once-great champion may
send them into the ring at even
money for their age-vs.-youth
battle. Previously, the 25-year-old
apprentice welder from a
Utah copper mine had been fa
vored as high as H-5.
Their 15-rounder will be tele
vised and broadcast nationally
TITLE FIGHT
STATISTICS
New York U.R) Here's the
tale-of-the-tape for tonight's Ray
Robinson-Gene Fullmer middle
weight title fight:
Robinson Fullmer
35 yrs. age 25 yrs.
15914 lbs. ' weight 158',4 lbs.
5 ft. 11 in. height 5 ft. 8 in.
72 '4 in. reach 69 in.
36Vi in. chest normal 38 in.
38 in. chest exp. 422 in.
28Vi in. waist 31V4 in.
15 in. neck 17 in.
22 in. thigh 23 in.
133i in. calf 16 in.
1134 in. biceps 15 in.
1034 in. forearm 12Vi in.
11V4 in. fist 12 in.
9 in. ankle 9V4 in.
IVi in. wrist 7V4 in.
Togo Palazzi
Makes Debut
For Nationals
By UNITED PRESS
The Syracuse Nationals re
ceived a"shot in the arm" today
from the player the Boston Cel
tics couldn't use when they ac
quired Bill Russell.
Togo Palazzi, the ex-Holy
Cross star making his debut for
Syracuse, scored 10 points in
the final six minutes to give the
Nationals a 106-102 victory over
the New York Knickerbockers
Tuesday night. The Knicks led.
91-81, when Palazzi entered the
game.
Palazzi tallied six points in 30
seconds and two minutes later
scored the goal that tied the
score at 94-94. With a key de
fensive play by Togo a big fac
tor, the Nationals soon pulled
away to 100-94. They now trail
the third-place Knicks by two
games in the Eastern division of
the NBA.
Tom Heinsohn and the 6-10
Russell were the stars as the first
place Celtics, who have won
five straight and six of eight
games since Russell joined the
team.
Oregon Entries
Get Prizes in
Rose Parade
Pasadena (U.P) Two Ore
gon entries walked off with
coveted prizes yesterday in the
68th annual tournament of tpses
parade.
In the class for cities outside
California between 150.000 and
500.000 population,, the float
entered by the Portland Rose
festival captured first prize.
The state of Oregon's float de
picting Oregon scenic attrac
tions, was a second place win
ner in the competition between
states and territories.
The order of finish in this di
vision was cut on the same pat
tern as the Rose Bowl game.
Iowa was first.
Seattle Pacific Stops
EO in Hoop Encounter
La Grande (U.R) Seattle
Pacific overwhelmed Eastern
Oregon with a furious second
half rally last night for a 77-57
basketball victory here.
The winners led 29-24 at half
time. Bill West and Earle Smith
each had 15 points for Eastern
Oregon while Don Hughes and
Bill Marston had 12 each for
Seattle Pacific.
Punts 3-35 2-36
Fumbles lost 3 2
Wednesday, January 3. 1957
by ABC at 10 p.m. EST, with TV
blackouts in the New York and
Philadelphia areas.
Contestants' Second Date
Promoter Jim Norris said an
advance sale of $100,000 indi
cated a gate of $150,000 and a
crowd of about 15,000. In addi
tion, the TV-radio package pro
vides $100,000. This intriguing
fight probably would have been
a $225,000 sellout had it been
staged on Dec. 12 well away
from the holidays as originally
scheduled. But Robinson's virus
attack necessitated a postpone
ment. Robinson the only man that
ever gave up two world titles,
the welterweight and middle
weight, and the only one that
ever won the middleweight
crown three times admitted
after Tuesday's exercises and
rubdown: "I'm not as fast as I
used to be, but I'm punching a
lot harder."
Robinson has knocked out 90
of his 146 opponents. He lost
only three ' decisions and was
stopped once, the night he col
lapsed in 104 degree heat while
trying to wrest the light heavy
weight title from Joey Maxim.
The slender champion appar
ently hits much harder than
muscular Gene, who registered
20 kayoes in his 40 fights and
lost but three times, all on de
cisions. But whether Ray can
hit hard enough to tag rugged
Gene with his first knockout de
feat is a big question of the
fight.
In addition to punch, Ray has
advantages of experience, skill,
height and reach over the chal
lenger, who is attempting his
first 15-round bout and who
never fought a major opponent
wearing the small, six-ounce
gloves.
Fullmer, who was named after
Gene Tunney, has advantages of
youth, superior body attack, re
markable ruggedness and appar
ently unusual stamina.
Fullmer After Sixth Straight
Eager Gene seeks his sixth
straight victory. He won five
fights in 1956 including decis
ions over Rocky Castellani, who
had Robinson on the deck in a
comeback fight and Ralph Tiger
Jones, who beat Robinson in a
comeback fight before Ray re
captured the title.
It will be Robinson's 10th
fight since he returned to the
ring after two years of retire
ment. And it will be his second
defense of the 160-pound crown
that he recaptured for the second
time on a second-round knock
out over Bobo Olson, Dec. 9,
1955. In his first defense he belt
ed out Olson in the fourth round,
last May 18.
Win or lose, Robinson gets a
lopsided ' share of the loot to
night. He receives 47Vi per cent
of the net gate and $60,000 from
the TV-radio money. Fullmer
draws only 12Vi per cent of the
net gate and nothing from TV
radio. Brown-haired Gene, some
times called The Dee, is a
strict Mormon, who never tasted
tobacco, alcohol or coffee. His
father, Lawrence "Tuff" Full
mer, a former amateur boxer,
gave Gene his first boxing gloves
at the age of six. And he has
been tossing leather ever since
toward the big goal tonight.
HOCKEY
By UNITED PRESS
The Boston Bruins made it
plain today that they intend
staying in the National Hockey
league race all the way.
The fast-starting Bruins were
supposed to be all but collap
sing by this stage of the race
but they're back in front after
a 5-3 victory over the New York
Rangers.
The victory vaulted the Bruins
past the idle Detroit Red Wings
into first place and left them
three points ahead of the third
place Montreal Canadiens. who
swamped the Chicago Black
Hawks, 6-2. in the other game
Tuesday night
By UNITED PRESS
The four-team fight for first
place that marked the first two
months of the American Hockey
leagtie season has developed into
a three-way struggle for the
last playoff spots.
A seven-game win streak by
Providence and a three - game ;
streak by Hershey have carried
those teams far ahead of the
pack. Providence, in first place,
drew a 2-2 overtime tie with
Rochester Tuesday night while j
the Bears defeated Cleveland, '
5-4. i
Cleveland, which has lost four j
straight games, is in third place j
one point ahead of Buffalo and
two ahead of Rochester. Buffalo
lost to Springfield, 3-1. ,
Two late goals by Dune Fisher
BOWL RESULTS
By UNITED PRESS
Rose Bowl
Iowa 35, Oregon State 19.
Sugar Bowl
Baylor 13, Tennessee 7.
Cotton Bowl
TCU 28, Syracuse 27.
Orange Bowl
Colorado 27, Clemson 21.
Sun Bowl
George. Wash. 13, Texas West
ern 0.
Prairie View Bowl
Prairie View 27, Tex. South
ern 6.
Tangerine Bowl
W. Tex. St. 20, Miss. Southern
13.
KAMINSKI VICTOR
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Ger
many U.R) Russia's Nicolai
Kaminski won an international
ski jumping event Tuesday with
leaps of 252.56 and 262.24 feet
for 217.9 points.
Prothro Says Beavers Had
Mental Problem in Contest
Pasadena U.R) There was
gloom in the Oregon State dress
ing room yesterday after Iowa
handed the Beavers a 35-19 de
feat in the Rose Bowl.
Coach Tommy Prothro of the
Beavers said "we had a serious
mental problem and our reac
tions were slow."
Prothro said his Beavers were
A-l, B Leagues
Initiate Play
This Week
ROGLE LEAGUE STANDINGS
W. L.
Esile Point 2 0
Illinois Valley 2 0
Brookings 2 0
Rogue River 0 6
Phoenix 0 0
Glendale 0 0
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Class A-l and Class B leagues
of this area open their 1957 cam
paigns this week and the Rogue
loop made up of five A-2 teams
and one B club' continues action.
Four members of the A-l
Southern Oregon conference will
initiate play on Friday with
Medford tackling Crater at Cen
tral Point and Grants Pass trav
eling to Ashland. The clubs re
verse playing sites on Saturday
with Crater at Medford and Ash
land at Grants Pass.
Klamath Falls draws a bye
in the SOC which has eight teams
each playing 16 games this sea
son. Medford is defending
champ.
B Clubs Vie
All of the Jackson County B
loop crews have counting games
on Friday. St. Mary's begins its
title defense as host to Rogue
River in Medford. Talent goes to
Prospect and Jacksonville to
Butte Falls.
In the Rogue league Illinois
Valley travels to Eagle Point on
Friday. Phoenix, the 1956 champ,
journeys to Rogue River Satur
day night.
Rogue River is the lone B
school in the circuit and is a con
tender in two leagues this sea
son. The Chiefs have played
three of A-2 Rogue members
each twice already, dropping the
six games and giving Eagle
Pomt, Illinois Valley and Brook
ings each 2-0 standings as 1957
opens.
Champ May
Defend Title
Milan, Italy U.R) Mario
d'Agata's manager said Tuesday
that the world bantamweight
champion may defend his title
against Alphonse Halimi of
France instead of NBA cham
pion Raul Raton Macias of Mex
ico. Manager Libero Cecchi said
he has obtained a S35.000 guar- i
antee to fight Halimi but said
the bout won't take place unless j
the irench challenger guaran
tees a return fight in Rome
should d'Agata lose his title.
Basketball
By UNITED PRESS
South
Georgia 72. Florida State 68.
All-American, Owensboro, Ky.
Consolations
Montana State 90. Iowa 73.
Maryland 43. Virginia 39.
Midwest
Butler 72. Denver 69.
Arizona State 80. Akron 72.
Ohio State 84. Princeton 77.
Michigan 75. Yale 62.
and Al Nicholson enabled Her
shey to overcome a Cleveland
lead.
Dead line Sunday Classified U at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday tor
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day
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Baylor Upsets Vols in
Bowl; TCU, Colorado
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
A total of 348,678 on-the-spot
fans and millions of televiewers
got their money's worth from
bowl games on New Year's Day
and the consensus today was that
the Cotton and Orange provided
the most thrills, the Sugar the
biggest surprise, and the Rose
the most impressive winner.
From locker-room oratory to
a bitter fist-fight, this year's foot
ball "classics" had everything a
fan could ever expect.
It had chills aplenty in the
Cotton bowl at Dallas, Tex., as
chuckin' Chuck Curtis led Tex
as Christian to a 28-27 victory
over eastern champion Syracuse
despite three touchdowns and
three conversions by hard-hitting
Jimmy Brown. And in the
Orange bowl at Miami, Fla.,
where Colorado blew a 20-point
lead before nipping Clemson, 27
21. It had a "stunner" in the Su-
not tackling well. Time and
again Hawkeye runners broke
loose from the grasps of Oregon
State men for extra and im
portant yardage.
"But our first fumble that led
to their first touchdown was
awfully significant," Prothro
said, adding that Iowa was the
best team Oregon State played
all year. He also praised Ken
Ploen of Iowa as the best quar
terback the Beavers had met all
year.
Coach Forest Evashevski of
Iowa said the Oregon State team
which played in the Rose Bowl
was better than the one his team
defeated 14-13 early in the sea
son. "But on the other hand,
our offense was clicking much
better, too," he said.
Sterling Hammack, a Beaver
halfback who scored a touch
down on a pass from Joe Francis,
said "you just can't spot a club
like that two early touchdowns
and expect to win."
Prothro had praise for Francis,
the Hawaiian halfback who di
rected the Beaver attack and hit
on 10 out of 12 passes.
Oregon State failed on its first
two extra point tires yesterday
so on the third. Nub Beamer
plunged over. Beamer also had
one of the three Beaver touch
downs. The other was scored by
Tom Berry on a plunge.
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gar bowl when Del Shofner led
Baylor in a 13-7 upset of unbeat
en, untied Tennessee, rated the
nation's No. 2 team in the reg
ular season.
TCU's Curtis, a young man
bitterly disappointed a year ago
when he was injured on the open
ing kickoff of the Cotton bowl
game and taken out, iriade up
for that brilliantly as he hit 10
of 13 passes for 142 yards and
two touchdowns against Syra
cuse. The 219-pound Brown slam
med for 135 yards and three
touchdowns on the ground and
was named the game's outstand
ing player.
TCU jumped ahead, 14-0. only
to have Syracuse tie at halftime.
14-14. Then the Horned Frogs
went ahead again, 28-14. Again
Syracuse fought back with two
more touchdowns. But the third
of Brown's four conversion at
tempts was blocked by sub end
Chico Mendoza, and that eventu
ally proved the game.
At Miami, promoters and fans
feared a debacle as Colorado led
sluggish Clemson at halftime, 20-
0. But tobacco-chewing Clemson
Coach Frank Howard told his
men at halftime he d "resign
if they didn't do better.
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Result: Clemson battled back
to lead, 21-20, and Colorado had
to drive 53 yards for the winning
touchdown in the fourth quarter
with John (The Beast) Bayuk
slamming over for his second TD.
Bayuk, the game's top player,
gained 121 yards.
Before 81,000 at the Sugar
bowl, Shofner of Baylor ran 54
yards to set up the Bears' first
TD in the second period on a pass
by Bobby Jones. Johnny Majors
of Tennessee countered with a
Tennessee touchdown on a one
yard sweep around end'for a 7-6
lead, but All-America Majors
proved a goat in the fourth per
iod when his fumble gave Bay
lor the ball on the Vols' 15. Six
plays later Buddy Humphrey of
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Baylor bulled one yard for the
winning score.
Punches marred the Sugar
bowl game in the third period.
Soph Larry Hickman of Baylor
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Bruce Burnham of Tennessee
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Baylor Athletic Director George
Sauer and star tackle Bill Glass
later apologized to Tennessee of
ficials for the incident.
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interception run; George Wash
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Tex., snapping Western's nine
game winning streak by holding
them to seven yards rushing;
and Prairie View A&M upset
Texas Southern, 27-6, in the
Prairie View bowl at Houston,
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