FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1954
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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.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
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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.
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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
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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
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