The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • Page 11

Monday, December 1951 The LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, La Crosse, Wisconsin Page Contests On Prep Cage Slate; Logan, ncounters Aquinas This week's high school basketball schedule includes three games; the most important, of course, being the Logan at Iquinas intra-clty opener Thursday night Central will be involved in the other two contests which are scheduled out of town. Tuesday Central goes to Prairie du Chien to play Campion's RecV Knights. Friday the Red Raiders have an engagement with Viroqua High School in the Vernon County town. Aquinas is defending city cage champion and will enjoy the slight advantage of its home court Thursday night The con- est will no doubt develop into a scoring battle between Bill Skemp of Aquinas and Logan's Rich Severson and Bob Otto. Skemp leads the town's individual scoring parade with 135 points.

Green Bay Halfback Dora Moselle twisted his way for 37 yards on this Wckoff return Sunday Los Angeles, but the Packers sparkled only in the first half and wilted before the Rams' second half attack. Los Angeles won, 42-14, to capture its third straight National Conference title. (Acme Telephoto). Ray Sams Win 4th Straight Game; Eight Spots Cop Tilt Ray and Sams continued on their third win in four starts. Rowleys undefeated way in the Class AA basketball league Sunday afternoon at Logan, scoring a 52-23 vie- for second place in the circuit, tory for their fourth straight The Eight Spots moved into undisputed possession of the number two place in the standings with a 45-32 win over Rowleys and the Chiefs won their first game by dropping the Rustic Inn, 43-37.

Ray and Sams won their fourth game at the expense of the cellar- dwelling Gateway Bar, which has ors. failed to finish first in four league starts. Big Bob Stuhr, Ray and Sams center, was the pacesetter in the easy triumph, dumping in 17 points on 8 buckets and 1 free shot. He was followed in the scoring by Jim Petry with 14 counters.and Don Smith who chipped in with 7 points. Schneider Scores 22 The winners rambled to 20-4 lead at the end of the first quarter and rolled along without any trouble to the final whistle.

Ronnie Twite was the scorer Gateway with 7 points, and Wiedman had 6 for the Merield apiece. With Knute Schneider hitting the top point total for the day's action, 22 counters, the Eight Spots dumped Rowleys, for their Winhowks Top Night Hawks In Trane Loop The Winhawks edged the Night Hawks, 35-32; the Hookers thumped the Granddads, 53-37; and the Raiders rolled over the Pencil Pushers, 60-30, hi Trane Company League action at Longfellow Sunday. A well-balanced scoring attack, with Miles hitting for 8 and Olson and Jacobson getting 6 apiece, Savitt of Orange, N. who won secured the narrow win for the Winhawks. Remick whipped in 16 counters for the losers.

Zimmerman's 19 points and Cassel's 12 provided most of the scoring punch in the Hooker victory. Bugalski with 10 points and Hess with 9 were the Granddads' leading pointgetters. Haines paved the way for the high-scoring Raiders as he dumped in 17 points. Lounsbrough contributed 13 and Hinytzke banged in 12 pointsr Pepper got 7 and Swinghammer 6 for the -losers. now have a record of 2-2.

Before the game, three teams were tied The winners took a 12-5 lead at the end of the first period and except for the half when Rowleys trimmed the advantage to 17-15, they were never in serious trouble. Nehring followed Schneider with 10 points, as Jim Dayton and Jim Smith canned 9 counters apiece for Rowleys to share scoring hon- The Chiefs vacated the league cellar by rapping the Rustic Inn, 43-37. It was a fourth quarter burst which rapped up the first win in four games. Leading, 11-7, at the end of the first quarter, the Chiefs trailed 20-19 at the end of the half. At the beginning of the final stanza, the teams were deadlocked at 28-28.

Ramlet, who poured in 19 points, and Wuensch, who canned 10, sparked the Chiefs' final quarter attack. Bill Dowell had 12 counters for the Rustic Inn. Tony Trabert, Maureen Connolly Top Lists Of U. S. Net Players NEW YORK Trabert 21, and Maureen Connolly, 17 head the tentative U.

S. tennis rankings for 1951 among the youngest players in history obe named for the honor. The men's and women's lists were submitted over the week end by the ranking committees. They must be approved by the U. Lawn Tennis Association at its general meeting next month.

The committee recommendations normally are adopted, in toto, but here have been exceptions. This is one year when the men's list particularly may undergo a change. On Leave From Navy The showing of United States Davis Cup stars in Australia maj affect the final standings. Trabert, former Cincinnati athlete now on leave from the Navy, was given the No. 1 ranking in the men's division although he only went as far as the semifinals in the national champion- at Forest Hflls.

was rated over ships He phia's Vic Seixas, who was finalist against Frank Sedgman of Australia, and also over Dick the Wimbledon and Australian championships. Seixas was ranked second and Savitt third. They, like Trabert, have been named to the Davis Cup team which win challenge for the trophy Dec. 26. No Question On Women's List Gogne, Hart Top Mat Card Verne Gagne, the ex-Minnesota football star, and Stu Hart, a favorite of the women, headline Monday night's wrestling card at the Avalon Ballroom.

Gagne and Hart, two of the coun- Dhiladel- ty's top young pro grapplers, will pull out all the stops to tangle in a roe-hour time-limit bout. The show opens with an'Austra- lian Tag match, pitting Bearcat Wright and Jack Pesek against Johnny Moochy and Hans Schmidt Opening bout win start at 8:30. Unbeaten St. Louis Five Invades Badger Court MADISON, Wis. W) Unbeaten Also on the team is Ted Schroe- st Louis University win provide der of La Crescenta, who was rated seventh although he didn't play in a single major grass court tournament last year, including the national.

CORONET America's largest-selling brandy mokes a lighter makes your favorite cocktail better! ii" Normally the USLTA completely ignores players who don't take in the fast Eastern grass court circuit but an exception was made in the case of Schroeder, a Davis Cup veteran who has been playing excellent tennis in Australia. There should be no question of the women's rankings, which followed form. Miss Connolly, mighty "Little Mo" of San Diego, won before her 17th birthday, beating Doris Hart of Coral Gables, in the finals. Miss Hart was ranked second, the opposition for Wisconsin Monday night when the Badgers play their last home game for nearly three weeks. The game win be the third preseason contest for Wisconsin, vic- over Marquette and Loyola and loser to Notre Dame.

St Louis also nas played three games, showing victories over Southern Methodist, Canisius and Wichita. Wisconsin's next action after Monday night will include Marquette Dec. 22, Oregon Dec. 27 and 9fi California Dec. 28.

The Badger starting lineup against St Louis will have Silas Johnson and Fete Anderson at the Forward spots, Paul Morrow at cen- and Albert Nicholas and Charles Siefert at the guard positions. What a a'52EVINRUDE It'a the motor everyone the lift that fives pleasure to the entire famfly! Sparkling new 'St models in the most popular sfacs! Deferred payments if 700 like. Gift certifi- available, dellverr any CaOomn. SEE Otm SELECTION OF SPORTING GISTS ELFMAN Motor ud ON THE CATJSEWAT Curling Skips Meet Tuesday AH La Crosse Curling Club dps are urged to attend a meet- ng arranged by the Games Com- littee Tuesday at 7:15. It is im- ortant that all rinks be repre- nted at the meeting.

Dates, for the local club's top rents of the winter season have een announced. The annual Tri- tate Bonspiel will be held lour 31 through Feb. 3. Other events are: Novice Skips onspiel. Feb.

9-10; Club Bon- liel, Feb. 23-24. New members are invited to in the club this year. All new will be assigned to experienced rinks. New member- lips will be accepted by Roy WhiUock, president or Ernie Las- secretary.

vtcMahon, Ladcwig Cop ill-Star Pin Titles CHICAGO (SI Junie McMahon, ho lives in Fairlawn, N.J., but owls out of Chicago, and Mrs. arion Ladewig of Grand Rapids, are repeating champions of the National AU-Stfr tournament. The husky, 39-year-old McMahon, inner of the 1949 meet and a sixth ace finisher last year, bagged the title Sunday night Mrs. Ladewig won her third raight women's crown. McMahon clustered his points under the Petersen system based games won and lost and pins pilled.

He won 41 and lost 23, down 13,429 pins for a average. Mrs. Ladewig totaled 6.767 phis i winning 24 and losing 8 for a parkling 210.8 average. amblers, Raiders Net A-C League Cage Wins Two games were played in the llis-Chalmers League at Longfel- Sunday, with the Ramblers pping the Foundry. SO-52, and the aiders walloping the Olympians, 9-39.

Dockham banged home 12 points nd Schlifer and Affeldt scored 10 liece to spearhead the Ramblers' ctory. Knight hit for 18 of the points and Thorsen and Utter, collected 8 apiece. Lowell was the top man in the joring for the Raiders with 26 points and Bigelow tossed in 10. chlaback got 14 for the losers and eterson and Harris had 8 points ach. Rams Score 42-14 Win Face Browns Next; Hirsch Leads LA LOS ANGELES a wild climax to the regular 1951 National football League season, the Los next Sunday of the 1950 National Angeles Rams climbed feto the Na-- tional Division championship Sunday and the right to battle for the league title by thrashing the Green Bay Packers, 42-14.

The victory, coupled with fact that Detroit was knocked out of the championship picture at the lands of San Francisco, 21-17, meant the Rams will meet Cleveland for the championship here next Sunday. The Browns clinched the American Division title last week. It was no figure of speech to say the Rams played Sunday with an eye on the Packers and both ears tuned in for developments at San Francisco. The crowd of 23,698 kept tab on the Bay City battle by portable radios and reports from the press box high atop the coliseum. A mighty shout went up when word came through that the 49ers, trailing by three points, had a first tion of the young college basket- Columbia Quint Upset 5-yard penalty for delaying the of Brooklyn clash in a game match- ma jor games Saturday night.

The game as they joined in the excite- ing the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 ons were beaten by Pittsburgh College Basketball (By the Associated Press) AST St. John's (Bkn) 12. Rhode Iilind 62 Blent 55, S3 Pitt (S.

Columbia Fordbim 73. RPI Nary 57, Barrard Tile 83. Colgate Holy Cress 95, Boston TTnlr. Penn 10. Svarthmora NY17 58.

Cornell 53 Princeton S3, Johns Hopkins Washington and Jefferson Pens ate 46 IIDWEST St. Louis 71. Wichita 45 Ohio State 75. Butler 74 Purdue 13. Louisville (5 St.

Bonayenture Bradley II Iowa 41. Missouri 43 Nebraska 71. Fresno (CillU Murray (Ky.) 77, Marshall Kansas State Denrer 55 Michigan State 53. 41 otrrn Mississippi State 79. Arkansas Tennessee CO, Texaa Aft S3 West Virginia 39.

Maryland Georgia Tech South Carolina H7THWEST Kansas 59, Southern Methodist (7 AR WEST Indiana S7, Wyomlnc 55 Washington (5. California 43 CUb (4. Southern California S) St. (Calif.) 61, Colorado AftU (4 Colorado 47, Baylor 46 Montana S3. Washington State 51 UCLA 64.

West Texas 57 Stanford 92. San Francisco State 71 radar's Scares (Cincinnati) 71. John Carroll (7 ooraaga 39. St. Martin's 33 vtilwaukeeans Lead MILWAUKEE ns took over first and second ace in the regular singles divi on of the State Bowling tourna.

lent Sunday. No other changes ere made. 8bf Jfetftww airibanr tffl Los Angeles Defeats Packers Cops National Division 49ers, Cardinals Dash Hopes Of Lions, Browns Finish Out Wifh 24-9 Victory By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORK Cleveland Browns and the Los Angeles Rams will give a repeat performance the Conference title as the championship hopes of Detroit's Lions and the Chicago Bears were dashed in the final games of the season. The Rams clinched the right to meet the champion Browns Sunday by downing the Green Bay Packers. 42-14.

for the National Football League title game but neither team will guarantee such last year. The Browns, unbeaten in five years of title play, including four in the defunct All-America Con- down on the Lion 2. Players on the Ram bench leaped to their feet, and the team on the field drew a ban season is the dish for Lexington's -fine Coliseum Monday night when Kentucky and St. John's ment. Ram Coach Joe Stydahr clasped his hands almost in prayer, and the immediate issue into the background.

WUlami Scoots 99 Yards The biggest roar came when the final score from up North was shouted over the loudspeakers. And a big laugh came a moment later when field announcer Frank Bull declared that the Rams had the ball on the 49ers' 22-yard line. All this overshadowed the fact that Capt Bob Waterfield pitched five touchdown passes, three to his start right end, Elroy Hirscb, the longest for 73 yards. The other Ram score came on a brilliant run by Safety Man Jerry Williams yards after taking a field goal try by the Packers' Fred Cone. Hirsch's three touchdown passes brought his season total to 17 and tied the all-time pro league record established in 1942 by Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers.

The stubborn Packers held the vaunted Rams to a 14-14 tie at the half, and seemed destined to make things even tougher for the local golden boys. The coming clash with Cleveland will be the Rams' third successive try for the championship. Phil- beat them mud in 1949, and Cleveland edged them out in the snow on the edge of Lake Erie last Christmas. Los Angeles held the National Conference lead until Detroit beat them last week. Sunday's backdoor entrance for the division crown rested solely on the 49ers chances against the Lions.

Los Angeles' win gave the Rams a. regular season record of 8 wins and 4 defeats and the Packers three wins and nine defeats. The Lions finished second with a seven- four mark. Rote For Two Waterfield's passing brilliance accounted for touchdowns for Saturday. ference, and the Rams will meet Cleveland, with the American at Los Angeles.

A year ago in Cleveland they staged a nip and tuck battle with the Browns winning. 30-38, on Lou Groza's field goal in the last minute of play. It will be the third straight year the Rams have been in the championship game. They lost to Philadelphia in 1949. Conference title already wrapped up, finished out the season with 24-9 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles for the Browns' llth straight win since losing the opener to the 49ers.

In other games, the Pittsburgh Steelers struck for three touchdowns in the final period for While Los Angeles was spread- 20-10 triumph over Washington and eagling the Packers Sunday on five touchdown passes by Bob Waterfleld and a 99-yard touchdown run by Jerry Williams, the Lions fell before the San Francisco a thriller as marked their clash 49ers. 21-17, and the Bears bowed to the Chicago Cardinals, 24-14. The results left Detroit and San Franciso tied for second place, a half-game back of Los Angeles. New York's Giants defeated the New York Yanks, 27-17. A 51-yard punt return by rookje halfback Joe Arenas in the last period carried the 49ers to victory after trailing 17-14 going into the final quarter.

The sprint put tHe ball on Detroit's 18. Five plays later Y. A. Tittle skirted end from a yard out for winning TD. Top College Basketball Game Features Brooklyn, St.

John's By WILL GRTMSLEY NEW YORK top attrac- George Washington Tuesday and Manhattan Thursday. ranked teams. The joust headlines a full slate of pre-Christmas activity featuring in a rousing game, 65-64, at dedication of Pitt's new gymnasium. with the Packers was pushed far another game between tenants of doubleheader at New York's The Associated ton 10. The ic nn 0 rioi-rfon TnKn'c The Associated Press' top 10.

The St. Louis Billikens, fourth-ranked, are host Wednesday night to Washington, No. 6. Things are not as rosy with Adolph Rupp's national champions at Kentucky as a year ago when the Wildcats beat St. John's at Madison Square Garden, 43-37.

The Wildcats, who rarely lose, have dropped one decision already 61-57 loss to Minnesota last week. Besides, the team's seven-foot pivot star. Bill Spivey, is on the ailing list and unable to play, and a New York assistant district attorney is in Lexington hinting of new scandal exposes. Nobody has named names. Bob Ziwolnk Star Rupp's mountain marksmen probably will have to have their sights razor-sharp if they are to cubs avoid a second setback for the year.

St. John's has a fast, smart team built around big Bob Zawo- B. allies luk. It has won five straight games. Zawolnk is one of three return- in the fte uad enough to hang up a 22-3 record in regular season play last season.

The others are Jack McMahon, a crack set shot, and Ronnie McGilvray, a crack floor man. date In New York with Vanderbilt. Washington has a rough schedule, playing St Louis Wednesday and then taking on Minnesota, conqueror of Kentucky, on Friday and The defeat of Columbia, unbeaten in regular season play last year, featured the nearly 200 Celtics Take Overtime Win, Nip Warriors The Boston Celtics are proving to the "cluth" team of National Basketball Association. Their ability to win the close ones is making them the surprise of Pittsburgh the professional circuit The Celts rang up another tur- ison Square Garden. St.

John's prevailed over Rhode Island State, 82-62, while Seton Hall beat lona (NY), 70-60. A mild surprise saw St. Joseph's take the measure of Texas Tech, which had previously surprised North Carolina State, 62-58, at Philadelphia Convention Hall. New York University won its given a big scare by Butler but cuse, won 75-74, on Paul Ebert's last Indianapolis plympians. minute foul shot.

Bowling Scores AQCINAS ALUMNI LEAGCC iPla-Mor Tigers Indians Dodgers Braves OlanU White Sox 877 730 477 S45 7t3 713 763 High Ten In League: 73t 683 755 619 690 D. Lepsch B. Freybler P. Loaen B. Walling S43iH.Pot»r»cke Maun Klein S02IJ.

Muenzenberger 379 Muenzenberger 374 High single Men: B. Walling. 212; EAGLES MERCHANTS LEAGUE (Fla-Mor Modern Laundry 513 Freddie's Food Shop Nelson Clothing Co. Kentucky won't be suffering Refrigeration 591 frnm larlr nf ompripnr-p Five let- HeUeman'l 9(3 701 pom 13CK 01 experience, rive let Trt Jtau Co en 7M M7 termen are back from last year's al Leag ue: championship team but the loss of o. Paimquist Spivey has softened its scoring punch.

Kentucky plays DePaul Thurs- day. St. John's has a Saturday Buy chrisuna. Beaia D. Bpettel W.

Woodard High single 538IB. Schmlckla. 533 D. Schultz Grosch -D. Scnults, ltd.

419 499 prise tight one Sunday, an St. John's and Seton Hall won a time 92-90 decision from the delphia Warriors before a Boston Garden crowd of 3,402. Bob ham's 30-foot goal just four from the end of the extra period did the trick. It was Boston's fourth win over their Philadelphia cousins in five meetings this year and it was their second overtime verdict over the Warriors: The win put the Celtics back on ninth straight game, rallying to top of the Eastern Division race repel Cornell, 58-52. Ohio State was with a half-game lead over Syra- a half-game lead over Syra- 96-92 loser to the red hot The Olympians' scored their llth victory in 13 starts and moved within a game of the lead in the close Western Division scramble.

The Rochester Royals held firm to its top position in this race, staving off a Baltimore rally to subdue the Bullets, 99-95. at Rochester. Minneapolis hugged second place by overwhelming the Milwaukee Hawks, 99-52, administering the Hawks' fifth straight defeat, Minneapolis in a half 439 game from the top, and the same distance ahead of Indianapolis. The New York Knickerbockers, behind three points, at the spurted to win over -the Wayne Pistons, half. Fort Pro Basketball Sunday's Results Boston 93.

Philadelphia (overtime) Indianapolis 98. Syracuse 92 New York 10. Fort Wayne 71 Minneapolis Milwaukee 51 Rochester 99. Baltlnuro 15 491 Saturday's Results Baltimore 90, Fort Wayne Rochester 75, Indianapolis If New York won on forfeit from Milwaukee. (Officials ruled New York won Milwaukee was la arttYlnt).

Hirscn of 73, 37 and 19 yards: to Dick Hoerner for 15 and to Left North Carolina and DePaul. Kan- End Tom Fears for 39. The Packers scored two Monday and then meets Indiana touchdowns on throws by Quarterback Tobin Rote, who hit Billy Grimes for a 33-yarder, and Carlton Elliott for 14. They made it a battle for two periods, but wilted under the battering runs of the Rams' bull elephant backfield, notably Hoerner and Deacon Dan Towler, and Waterfield's superb artistry. The unpredictable Rams were mobbed by admirers as they left the few bothered to recall that they have never beaten Paul Brown's Browns and that earlier this fall the Clevelanders bopped them by a 38-23 score.

Hockey Scores (By the Associated Fran) SUNDAY Montreal 4. Boston 3 Chicago 4, Toronto 3 Detroit 1, New York 1 SATURDAY Montreal Boston 1 Toronto 4. New York 1 Detroit Chlcato 0 Illinois, No. 3, plays Oklahoma, sas 5, is at Hamline in a top game Saturday. Seton Hall, No.

7. takes on Tempe State Wednesday and Scranton Saturday. Eighth-ranked Kansas plays Rice Tuesday and Southern Cal Saturday. Ninth- ranked LaSalle is idle but North Carolina State. No.

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