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MfcDr'OKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OC'i'OBEK 16, 1963
Colleqiate Passing Led By Staubach
NEW YORK (UPI) Navy's Naval Academy currently is
Roger Staubach is sailing on a leading the nation in total of
collision course but the onlylfense and forward passing, ac
things likely to be smashed are I cording to statistics released to
a couple of college football's j day by the National Collegiate
most impressive records. Athletic Bureau.
The slick quarterback of the What's more, however, Jolly
Roger is a few steps ahead of
the record paces of Johnny
Bright of Drake and Don Mere
dith of S.MU, who set two glit
tering standards back in the
fifites. In four games Staubach
has gained 1,024 yards, or 76
ahead of the pace set by
Bright when he established the
record of 2,400 total yards in
1950. Should Staubach's produc
tion rate continue, his total at
the end of the season would be
2,560 yards.
Heads Completions
The Navy signal-caller's 55
completions place him first in
the country in that department
but even more impressive is his
completion percentage of .714.
The current record of .696 was
set by Meredith in 1957. Not
only has no one previously
cracked 70 per cent for a sea
son but no one had ever done it
through four games before the
advent of Staubach.
Although Staubach has outdis
tanced the field in total offense,
he is being hard pressed in the
passing category. Don Trull of
Baylor, who led the nation's
passers last season with 125
completions and has the oppor
tunity of becoming the first to
pace the aerialists two years in
a row since Davey O'Brien of
Texas Christian 25 years ago,
is only four completions be
hind although he has played
one less game.
Auburn representatives hav
zoomed to the top in two other
departments rushing and punt-
Walt Alston Chosen
NL Manager of Year
By I RED DOWN
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPI) - Walt
Alston, the strong silent man
from Darrlown, Ohio, who led
the Los Angeles Dodgers to the
National League pennant and
an unprecedented four-game
sweep of the New York Yan
kees in the World Series, was
named NL manager of the year
today by United Press Interna
tional. The selection of the 52-year-old
Alston was made by a com-
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ON MAT CARD Luther Lind
sev. above, talented Negro
wrestler, will be seen in the
semi - windup or tomor row
night's grappling card at Mod
ford armory. He laces Don
Duffy, San Diego ruffian. Tough
Tony Borne clashes with Nick
Bockwinklc in the main event
and Boom Boom Mahalik takes
on Dick Dunn in the opener, at
il:30 p.m. Tickets are available
at Lamport's Sporting Goods
store.
mittee of 24 baseball experts
representing every city in the
major leagues. Seventeen of the
experts chose Alston and the
other seven named Johnny
Keane of the St. Louis Cardi
nals. A long-time Dodger "organi
zation man" who struck out in
the only major league appear
ance he ever made at bat, Al
ston now has led the Dodgers
to the only three world cham
pionships in their history. He
piloted them to their first and
only title in Brooklyn in 1955
and led them to their first
world championship in Los An
geles in 1959.
Most Satisfying Season
But Alston himself is the first
to admit that 1963 turned out to
be the greatest of his career.
"My most satisfying season,"
he called it in what amounts to
a Ciceronian address for him.
Alston started the season un
der the black cloud of the
Dodger collapse in 1962 which j
led to reports that he might be
booted out as manager. It was
essentially the same team in
1963 as it had been in 1962 ex
cept for the acquisition of first
baseman Bill Skowron, who
turned out to be little help un
til the World Scries.
Alston's primary problem was
defense how to maintain tea-
sonable offensive punch without
creating so many leaks in Dodg-:
er defense that even superlative ;
pitching couldn't overcome it.
The " Dodgers led through
most of the season by as much
as seven games at times but
the Cardinals won 19 of 20 to
pull within a single game of the ;
front-runners on Sept. 15. Then
the Dodgers swept the Cardi
nals in a critical series, Sept. ,
16-17-18, whirled on to the pen
nant and crushed the Yankees
with magnificent pitching in the
series.
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Craig Morton
Paces Big 6 in
Total Offense
SA FRANCISCO (UPI)
Big Six football teams are hav
ing a hard time winning so far
this year, but some of the
league's individual stars are
having a good year
Latest league statistics after
four games showed Cal's Craig
Morton tops in two depart
ments. The Bears' junior quar
terback has. clicked on 44
passes for 581 yards and picked
up 533 vards total offense to
lead botfi departments.
Although. Morton is well
ahead in the passing depart
ment, he is getting a battle in
the total offense category from
USC's Pete Bcathard (460) and
UCLA's Larry Zeno (424)
Retirement
Of Cousy
Has Effect
By United Press International
The retirement of just one
man has changed the whole out-;
look of the National Basketball
Association which opens its 18th
season Wednesday night with
three games.
That man is Bob Cousy, the
former Boston Celtic superstar
who left pro ball last April for
a career as a coach at Boston
College.
With Cousy gone, the whole
NBA race has tightened, espe
cially in the East where Phila
delphia and Cincinnati are ex
pected to challenge Boston for
supremacy.
At Baltimore
Just how much Cousy meant
to the Celtics should be known
beginning tonight when Boston
plays at Baltimore, Philadelphia
travels to Detroit and Cincin
nati plays in St. Louis in the
1963-64 openers.
NBA owners also anticipate a
better year at the box office be
cause with Lousy gone, tnc
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Clarence Williams of Wash
ington State leads rushers with j Eastern Division race will be a
350 vards gained, wnne usl i lot closer and games m both
soph Mike, Garrett is in second
place with 291 yards.
Kloke Heads Receiving
Washington State's Dennis
Kloke has grabbed 18 passes for
233 yardsto lead in that depart
ment while Southern' Califor
nia's Ernie Jones is averaging
41.1 yards per boot to top kick
ers. Stanford's Dick Ragsdale
is the top scorer with 30 points.
In team statistics, Washing
ton averages 203 yards per
game rushing and 284 yards to
tal offense to top both depart
ments. Washington State has
held foes to 115 yards per game
rushing and 237 yards total of
fense to rule the roost there.
California's 145 yards per
game passing and Southern Cal
ifornia's 46 yards per contest
passed against are the leaders
in those departments.
The league as a whole has a
7-15-2 record with USC's 2-2 rec
oro the best in the conference.
sections will be more important
to each team.
In the West, the Los Angeles
Lakers, with Elgin Baylor and
Jerry West, arc expected to
take the championship again.
But they face strong competi
tion from a veteran St. Louis
club and a vastly improved Bal
timore team.
Webfoots Given
Blocking Drill
EUGENE (UPI) - Coach
Len Casanova drilled his Ore
gon Webfoots on blocking Tues
day. Casanova said the Ducks have
failed to open up the opponents
defenses as much as desired on
the ground.
However, Oregon will take a
392-per yard total offense aver
age into Saturday's game a t
Arizona. .
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