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FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINg .Cr-jipion Jimmy Carter Wins on Pay Nights . . . By JIMMY BRESMN NBA gtaif Correspondent i TOLEDO ,0. (NEA) Car men BasiUo bad just floored John ay Cunningham for the fourth time U)d now Uio referee was moving 0 stop It. rintaider got tip and shook Bead a he walked for the exit. Why is It," he asked the one 1 him, "'that this Jimmy Carter go around and lose fights to tebody like this Cunningham? jan't imagine a champion of world not being able to stiffen guy." , i la thr fellow talked Cunning- Jai, the Baltimore garbage man io holds ltl-round decision over jhtwelght Champion Carter, was ootily leaving the ring after his (lockout on Ray Arcel's Saturday Ight Fights. Two months before, . he had. shocked the boxing business with a victory over Carter in Miami, Fla. Cunningham is Just another example of the helpless feeling you get watching James J. Carter in a losing fight. It's like being stuck in a traffic jam with a high powered car. The vehicle is there, it's got gas in the tank but it just can't get going. Since May 25, 1051, when Carter won the championship with a 15-round knockout of Ike Williams, he has lost six fighis and been held to two drnws. On one of his losses to Lauro galas the title went with it. He won a return from Salas to get his crown back. lie has lost 16 bouts in his entire career and been held in eight draws. Yet Carter Is spoken of in the same breath as Kid Gavilan. In his title fights this year. Carter knocked Tommy Collins down 10 times in a Boston massacre, methodically chased and chopped down George Araujo in 12 rounds and stuck Armond Savoie in the deep-freeze with a single right hand punch in Montreal. Between these devastating showings, dead-panned Carter has lost three bouts and been held to a draw. It is easy to find an answer to the Carter riddle. You don't have to look any further than his next championship match which now appears to be a San Francisco scrap with Sid Flaherty's Eddie Chavez. In California, Uiey give Chavez a good chance to whip Carter. Along the shires of the Pacific they remember Carter losing to Art Aragon and Chavez and Salas and being held to a draw by Babe Herman, People on the coastand here Is the piece which puts the puzzle together will turn out in large numbers for a Carter Chavez fight. . - It ends the Carter riddle be cause actually the lightweight champion of the world is nothing more than an old-fashioned bus iness fighter. He knows how to set up a big pay night and an easy match better than anybody who has come along tiince Benny Leonard set up the boys for big ones. Carter lost to Savoie and set up a big Montreal pay night. That battle also set up a $50,000 pay night against Collins. Araujo was a true challenger on paper, but Chavez has been put into the spot light because of his decision over the champ. ion if Left To Faloney I MIAMI,! Fla. (ifl A head-on ollision between national cham 4on Maryland, methodical steam pller of 10 opponents, and Okla oma, a fast moving machine after f sputtering; start, rocked the (range Bowl Friday, i Eagerly awaiting what was sup psed to be the real answer to Maryland's strength were 69.839 Icket holders and a nationwide jlevlslon audience. Some persons weren't convinced lat undefeated Maryland should ave been rated first over once eaten Notre Dame in the Asso- fated Press poll. CfcI&hOm& took cart of fhnt. hum. bn. The Sooners were beaten, 28 1; by Notre Dame in their opener nd tied, 7-7, by Pitt. Then Coach ua Wilkinson made some person al changes and they won their ext eight games. (Wilkinson and Coach Jim Tatum acb, thought his team should be la underdog. !'ii HH We had Bemie Falonev at Uarterback, I believe we would ave a little better than an even bance,' Tatum said Thursday Ignt. .hi. Faloney's injured left knee was 1 such condition that Tatum left t up to him to decide if he should lay. I Wilkinson didn't agree with Ta. im that the absence of Falonev fould make a big difference or lat Maryland should be the un- i con- t. 7 to St 1853 eak. '.ream tiling 1 u i , ANOTHER CARNERA? Trainer Steve Klause gives Milo Maligoli the once-over. The seven-foot, 270-pound Italian hasn't fought yet, but the Idea Is to pawn him off as another Primo Camera, who made a fortune (and was fleeced out of itl in the United States with little pugilistic talent. P jjj ' ) ' f 0 Georgia Tech In Fifth Try NEW ORLEANS Wl West Vir ginia's football team, belittled by many, met Georgia Tech's vaunted Y-'lowjackets in the 20th annual Sugar Bowl game Friday. Although Tech had the poorer record with eight victories and a tie in 11 games and came into the fray with one of its better backs in poor condition, the South eastern conference team was fa vored by 13 points. West Virginia won eight of nine games and captured the Southern Conference title, but its accom plishments were discounted by numerous critics. Coach Art (Pappy) Lewis brought his Mountaineers here late Thursday for a brief glimpse of the playing field and then hustled to a quiet spot for the night. Georgia Tech's forces have been here since Wednesday. ; Bobby Dodd, seeking his fifth straight bowl success since taking over as Tech's heod coach, said Leon Hardeman definitely would not start but the halfback would see service, probably late in the second quarter. Carter went through some lean years in the ring business and forced his manager, Willie Ketch um. to borrow $10,000 even while he was the king. Carter had little appeal as a champ. So he went out and followed the old-tiine pat tern, mis isn't to inter mat he lost bouts on purpose, but he sim. ply showed up for a non-title fight in nothing more than average shape, listless and with .little incentive. Those non-title losses don't mean a thing. feaaie Chavez and the nation s television fans who will see the flghtare going to find that out in February. DIES MTLWAUKIE, Ore. tFI A City policeman was found dead at the wheel of his car in front of the City Hall here Thursday. A heart attack was blamed for the death of the patrolman, James W. Worell, 45. SPLITTING T Bud Wilkinson (left) congratulates Jim Tatum on Maryland's all-conquering football season, but the Ter rapins' coach knows Oklahoma will be ready in the Miami 'ange Bowl on New Year's Day. Wilkinson succeeded Tatum 'oners' head man. GENERAL ORDER Landing a baby sailfish is rarer than catching a big one, but it proved no trick for Gen. Mark W. Clark. He bagged a seven-pounder a few miles out on the Atlantic ofT Fort Lauderdale. Fla., as a guest of Capt. Fred Voss aboard the "Lucky Lady." (NEA) JUST ARRIVED 'ER -Keeping in shape' i new job as a Phillies'! is Duke Markell, re- : sw Yorjc policeman. The' ! -old Bronx product led1 j ternational League in i Its, chalked up a' no-' '. for Syracuse against Toronto. (NEA) i J U.S. INSULAR PACS O95 r j V Nrff I Film. hi - ( Gator Bowl Stars Carry Same Number JACKSONVILLE. Fla. in No. 24 was the most watched player on the field Friday as Texas Tech ana Auburn met in the ninth an nual Gator Bowl football game. Tile special popularity of that was worn by both Bobby Ca.vazos of Texas Tech and Bobby Free man of Auburn top individual stars of these two offense-minded teams. Cavazos was one of the 10 na tional leaders in rushing with 757 yarns ana secona oest in scoring with 80 points. No telling how much more he would have done if Tech Coach Dewltt Weaver didn't have much depth in the backfleld. He used 24 ball carriers and 18 Dlav. ers figured in rolling up the na tion's highest point total of 428 last fall. Freeman's forte, on the V other nana, was passing. He cabled yards In the air plus 341 on the ground for a total of 944. Cavazos passed for only 67, giving him a personal ollense of 824 yards Auburn.- like Texas Tech. used a full unit substitution system and Freeman got to play only about nun iue lime. JIMMY CARTER . . boxing clutchman Top Sports Thrill Matthews' Upset By Cockell Heads List SPORTS SHORTS The only triple play In the Na tional League during 1953 was exe cuted by the Cincinnati Redlegs. It was made on Aug. 30 at the expense of the Philadelphia Phillies. Michigan State wrestling coach Fendley Collins went thrmiirh hlo collegiate wrestling career at Okla homa A. k M. without a defeat Frank (Chick) Oenovese, Min neapolis Millers' manager last sea- son, is now a scout for the New York .Giants. Cocker and springer spaniels are increasing in popularity as hunt ing dogs, especially for pheasant, grouse and woodcock. The only fillies ellaible for Hia- lean's $100,000 added Wldener on Feb. 20 are Grecian Queen, Atalan ta and Intencion. By JACK HEW1NS SEATTLE Wl Three blazing minutes of bloody drama when the world caved in on Harry "Kid" Matthews brought the Pacific Northwest its greatest sports thrill of 1953. There may be arguments from golfers, tile basketball devout and the speedboat fanatics, but there can be no doubt among those who saw the Matthews-Don Cockell fight that here was the supreme moment of an exciting year. under the sharp lights of Slck's Stadium the biggest crowd in Northwest fight history 97,000 worth of people watched Mat thews carve and rock the British Empire champion for eight rounds. Cockell had a cut under one eye you could hide a finger in. He was on the chopping block, ready for the final blow. Then in the ninth round the fat, clumsy, courageous Cockney blew a low, battering ram punch through Matthews' guard and the Kid was on the deck, taking a nine-count while the silence hung over the Jammed arena like a fused and threatening bomb. Twice more Matthews dropped once nearly sailing from the ring Irom the force of Cockell's bullish attack. At last the gong saved him and let the crowd breathe again, And you can get an argument to day on ony street corner from Van couver, B.C., to Boise, Idaho, by recalling that Cockell was given split decision. Pick either side. If the top story of the year was picked by the wordage that rolled over our teletypes to the nation's newspapers and broadcasting sta tions the nod would go to the 1953 National Public Links Golf cham pionship. If it went to the event witnessed by the biggest crowd you'd have to rate the Gold Cup race fto. l. But golf is a slow-paced game. with thrills well spaced and smoth ered in tension. And while It was packed with the color and excite ment of the moment, the Gold Cup was Just another victory for the Slo-Mo-Shun fleet, more a chase than a race. The Publinx Golf tourney built Meanwell 'Rockne1 of Basketball up to a stirring climax and th battle of Ted Richards and IrJ cooper in the 36-hole finals wa: one of the great spectator event: oi me year. Basketball screams for recognl tion, pointing to several high snots As if last spring's dramatics were not enougn, Oregon State gave 195: a farewell shiver of delight wltl its upset victory over Indiana's na tional champions. Washington's great '53 team scyining all opposition on its w to the Pacific Coast Conferenci ana regional titles, actually reachei ine enmax when it crushed Seal tie University in the regional play uus ai, uorvaius. Arguments bai raged for two- seasons over thi comparative strength of the tw, clubs. After that tussle Washing ton's third place finish nationally was almost an anticlimax. But the selection of both Bob Houbregs of Washington and Uttlel John O'Brien of Seattle U. on the All America hoop team marked another peak in the Northwest's 1853. The top games were Oregon's I neiuier ine macule coast nor I Western International Leagues I could supply the top baseball thrill I of the year. This was provided by I Yakima's Legion Juniors when they won the Junior World Series. As for the pros, their troubles were more dramatic than their achievements. Seattle dropped its two pilots, replacing General Man. ager Leo Miller with Dewey Sori-1 ano and Field Boss Bill Sweeney I with Gerry Prlddy. Financial prob- I leins oesei ine wu, from start to I finish and several clubs appeared I ready to fold. Civic support has saved Wenatchee, Yakima and Spo- I aane. football's major storiea were along similar lines, with Johnny Cherberg stepping in as head coach at Washington and Babe Curfman moving out as top man at Idaho. The top games were Oregon's defeat of Southern California and tie with California, and Washing ton state's upset of Washington Individual triumphs of note in cluded Patricia Firth's winning of me national women's Junior figure skating crown and makine it a Pat hand . Patty Lesser's vic tory in the women's national col legiate golf tourney. 1 By HARRY GRAYSON ' NEA Sports Editor NEW YORK (NEA) The football rules makers were run ragged trying to keep up with Knute K. Rockne of Notre Dame. Dr. Walter E. Meanwell was the Knute Rockne of basketball. Yet his death the other day at 69 attracted little attention nation ally. Doc Meanwell had as much to do with the basketball rules as Rockne had with those of football. Meanwell mainly was responsible for the elimination of the dribble for one season, but public de nouncement brought it back a year later. Meanwell never played basket ball as a collegian, . but brought fame to Wisconsin with his short pass, criss-cross, pivot and bounce pass game. OR ELSE Players had to fit into the Mean well system or else. Some highly talented youngsters couldn't make the switch, but Meanwell also brought out the latent talent of many who appeared mediocre at the outset. In Meanwell's first' season at Madison, the team went through 15 games, 12 in the Big Ten, without defeat. Teams played 10 or so few er games then. Meanwell's 1913 squad lost only to Chicago and won another undisputed title. Ever hear of a side getting shut out in basket ball? Well, Wisconsin pelted Parsons, 50-0, in 19141 The Badg ers held Minnesota to a total of 16 points in two games. They had what might be loosely described as a stout, aeiense. STICKS Meanwell stuck around for a long time, but his star set in 1932, when warfare with football coach Dr. Clarence Spears broke out. Fat Spears went to Wisconsin believ ing that he would some day be come athletic director. Meanwell had the same idea. Football players circulated a pe tition aimed at getting rid of Spears. One of them admitted that Meanwell had sanctioned the idea. Meanwell and Spears got their walking papers, paving the way for Harry Stuhldreher to walk in and take both the athletic director ship and the head football post. As things developed, the one-time Notre Dame horseman was wad ing into trouble, too. Meanwell disciple Bud Foster assumed the basketball spot and remains on the premises. So, you see, Dr. Walter E. Mean well wielded a lasting influence In more ways than one. It comes as a distinct surprise to those who saw him at Madison Square Garden every time Bevo Francis scores more than 10 points. . . . Little Rio Grande's widely-ballyhooed lad notched 32 against Adelphi, 39 against Villa, nova, 41 against Providence. . . A fair-to-middlin' big man should now him to a low total and coin. pile a sizable one while Bevo tries his hand at guarding . Stanley Jones wears a 52 suit. , They wanted Jones In uniform for a television appearance in New York, but had a frightful time find ing shoulder pads big enough. . . , Maryland's 252-pound All-America tackle finally wore those of Arnie Weinm'elster, the professional Giants' six-foot four-inch, 260 pound tockle. . . . Walter Alston attended the minor league meet ing in Atlanta to please the Brook lyn brass. . . . The Dodgers' new manager begged off when It came to the major powwows in New York. . . . The big of Ohio country boy contends that his business is strictly on the field. So smooth it leaves you . breathless 8 mirnpff te areakst tame VODKA, 80prooMideriom!00ralnntrilMlilB Sre. PietieSmiroo FU. lM..Hirtforc),Coai. 10 DAYS ONLY PICK YOUR SIZE AND SEE WHAT YOU SAVE! 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