The Austin Daily Herald from Austin, Minnesota • 8

I Top Teams Koeck's ST Hold irin Comer in AP Poll 1953 4 Russel Stars sty i I 4 rurajitif Mg 3 1 A iuc Duugcio me nui aunjg uuuu nriTiisieiii were given a rest yesterday bedwjlLbe at fullbapk for the Indi fore opening preparations for the'ana 1 UNEXPECTED Seixas Eliminated year award 'fa I Ace ullback Named 'Bull' are Little both Iowa Dot records said Monday it had signed him to a recording con tract His first record: Strikes and Out" and 44 35 26 INDIANA Don Noone tailback Bill Takacs and fullback Keur 'Hubbart 'suffered injuries against Cincinnati and are not ex pected to play against Mgan? NORTHWESTERN ullback Ed Quinn suffered a broken toe against Wisconsin and will prob ably miss the Purdub game The Wildcats worked on defense PURDUE The Boilermakers came out of the Ohio State game in sound shape Guard John Jar dine who missed the game with a twisted ankle might shooting accuracy mark He is tied with Pettit for the best scor 269 a game Johnston won the scoring crown 1 i Burdette World Se ries hero is going out for a king 4 sw 4 i MINNEAPOLIS lff) Coach Mud ray Warmath Monday began a program designed to shape the Minnesota football squad into a unit capable of slowing the offen sive thrust of its major Big Ten opponents Instead of the 50 50 offense defense practice session the Go phers spent the full day on defense a a also sent Dick Laraontodale the best defensive quarterback to the first team Bobby Cox dropped back to the second platoon as injured ankle appeared strong enough to carry him through Sat urday game with Michigan State Dave Lindblom was shifted from left to right halfback Bob Soltis took over at left half and Rhody Tuszka filled at fullback with Larson After failing both offensively and defensively against Illinois defense in Houston after the first of the year with either Lane Duilio Loi or Ralph Dupas Lane is ranked as the top chal lenger in the National Boxing Assn ratings and as second lead ing contender behind Duilio Lio' of Italy in the Ring magazine listing Viscousi listed Dupas as one of the top three challengers 2i' PLANS SCRIMMAGE AMES Ifflr "Cy clones pruned down by injuries to only 30 able bodied men braced themselves for rugged contact work today as they resumed pre UUVM0 am UUUUJ VttAlAd game here Saturday" antTMichigan the Gophers showed an offensive spark against Iowa last Saturday although clobbered 44 20 a Major hole in the Minnesota defense was against passing It is hoped Larson's return may allevi ate part of that trouble replacement since the Illinois game Jim Reese was out of Monday's workout because ofsore ribs sustained in the Iowa game Also sidelined was fullback Rich Borstad TThe practice session included dummy i scrimmage with some contact Warmath appeared satis fied with the squad's reaction' Michigan State is expected to be up for the Gopher visit Ohio State will Stumble and keep the "gates open for the Spartans tn go to the Rose Bowl Ohio Statf would have to lose both of its remaining games or lose one and tie one to give the Spartans chance to head west Boxing Bouts Niw YORK Jimmy Archer 148 New York outpointed Tony De Cola 147 Brooklyn 10 ABACUS Paul Jorgenson Port Arthur Ta outpointed Vic tor (Sonny) Leon 138 Caracas 10 gand 134 Aus tralia outpolnted'Sapo Ortega 133 Mexico 12 STRETCH OR BALL Going after rebound after Dave Seiver (far left) shoots are Roger Voss John Dean and Jerry Petersen during first workout of Austin basketball team Monday These boys all lettermen are expected to give Packers rebounding strength this 2 season (Herald Photo) 2 couple of years from now with the authentic name of Bull Ronnie Bull fullback on the Bishop High School team Will he be a national star? Look at his record so far this vpjir touchdowns and 1983 yards rushing Last year for a full season: zd wucnoowns auu zwu yards rushing Y'nllArra ssrtarvka sin A Via I right He's a senior Basilio Will Miss This yardage was against aj mrohla nnrvTnnnte nnr ent iinc in AnnnA i luiui muLU jiimnu iiinuatcr atitr back to Work '7 VERMILLION SD iff) South flu plagued football team turned to practice sessions Mon day following a three day layoff THIS IS A BASKETBALL That is what coach Marty Crowe appears to be pointing at as he talks over prac tice plans with three of his Pacelli basketball lettermen Monday Listening to instructions left to right are: Steve Lickteig Larry Scheid and Orris Jirele All three played on last year's great team and are expected to carry most of the load this season (Herald" Photo SYDNEY Australia Veteran Vic Seixas again' America's chief hope in the approaching Davis Cup matches was elimi nated' from the New South Wales Tennis Tournament today leaving four Australians to battle for the 77 Seixas hobbled earlier by a pulled" groin muscle fell 7 in straight sets to Neale raser 6 3 i 6 4'8 6 he claimed jis 1 injury did dot bother him Seixas' was at mercy against the Aus LcannonbaH and spuming i twist services i Illinois game Wisconsin came out of the Northwestern game in tip top shape ILLINOIS Halfback Dale Smith and tackle Don Yeazel both Cooper to Monage Indianapolis Team i INDIANAPOLIS (ffThe Indian apolis Indians of the American Assn Monday announced the sign ing of Walker Cooper 41 year old veteran of 18 years in the Na tional League" as playing' man ager Cooper a catcher who started and ended his big league career with the St Louis Cardinals was given a two year contract atan undisclosed salary He replaces Pct GB 1000 3 825 2 600 4 '7'4 4 Mieiilgun State 5 Iowa (19) 8 Ohio State (6) 1 Tennessee 8 Mississippi (1) 9 Navy 10 Army THE SECOND 10: 11 Duke 12 Mississippi state 13 VMl 14 Clemson 15 lUlnols 18 Oregon 17 Texas Christian i 18 Michigan 19 State 20 Rice in Chicago Sunday and Busch had given a green light for the negotia I tions The St Louis Globe Democrat which headlined Lane Go ing to is dissatisfied in St Louis Sports ed itor Robert Bumes said Lane feels he has suffered from too much interference from his superiors and a year ago was stripped of some authority particularly in making trades No one seemed to anticipate Any difficulty for Lane in getting free of his St Louis contract Under Lane the Cards moved up from seventh to fourth and then ilast season to sgcond but he brought down wrath of a number of Redbird fans by dealing away the popular Red Schoendienst a sparkplug in drive to a world championship A decline in attendance and the 1 inne oescent to sixui place were behind the ouster of Greenberg who had been Tribe GM since 1950 No stranger to Ohioans Lane was assistant to Larry McPhail when McPhail managed the Cin cinnati Reds and later was presi dent of the American Assn with beadquarters in Columbus He al so was well known as a Big Ten football official His work as general manager of the Chicago White Sox earned Lane a reputation for astute base ball dealing By DAVE OWEN ROSE CREEK Minn Rose Creek will be playing their basketball games at" home for1 the first: time 'in many years in their new full size gym Working out in a full size gym will be a help Coach Darold Yost said In other years the boys work ed out in the small gym here and played all their ganips even games away on larger courts "Ydsi "over coaching' duties for Henry Rollins this sea son hopes to mold the 25 boys out for the first practice into a fast 'breaking outfit but he fears reboundingwiU bea source "of trouble The team is small al though three of the boys are 6 Ron Kraft Gary Schammel and Richard Hanson" Two lettermen form the nucelus of'the team They are Ron Land herr at forward and guard Dave Others with some exper ience are Gerald Meany Jim Bloom and Dave Gomer year we will stress ac curacy in shooting and hope to get the rebounds if we Yost said They will show average speed Yost added Yost who handles football bask suitable opponents not set ups in well tutored and well bal SYRACUSE NYf) Middle anced schoolboy football program weight champion Carmen Basilio The 6 foot 4 inch 183 pound in bed with the flu will miss a tailback is lefthanded but kicks Hall of me dinner in Milwaukee with his right foot After seven Thursday He was to been games he averaged 358 yards on presented 'a of the puna etball and baseball duties at Rose Creek is having a baptism of fire in basketball This is his first experience in coaching the game He hopes his Rose Creek club can improve on last record 4 of two victories and 12 defeat team failed to win a game ini the Southland Conference but we 'hope to change that this sea Yost When Rose Creek opens its home season against Ellendale Tups day" Nov 25 they will be' wear ing tjieir new white with blue and gold trim It also marks the first game in their new gym The season opens Nov 22 when 'the Creekera play at Elkton and Yost 'has arranged" a 16 game schedule Non conference pppen ents Besides Ellendale Cedar and Stacyville teams? Nov 22 at Elkton Nov Ellendale DPO at fllenvHIv 7 Dec Grand Meadow Dec 13 at Le Roy Dec at Lsle Jan 10 Adame Jan Elkton Jan Little Cedar Jan Glenville Jan Le Rov eb at Little1 Cedar eb eb at Adams eb 14 Stacyvllle Lyle games way be switched with Dec 17 game at Roae Creek JOO J33 1000 3 TAKE AIM IRE Under watchful eye of coach Dar old Yost (wearing jersey 29) Ron Landherr a forward shows shooting skill during workout by Rose Creek basketball team Dave enske (10) another letterman forward watches Landherr's form Herald Photo) AREA BASKETBALL ROUNDUP on Defense as Celts Triumph By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Big Bill Russell is scoring a bit more this time around than he did in his rookie season in theja tional Basketball Assn Buf he lost the defensive touch that marked his brilliant play at the University of San rancisco One of Big specialties a great block of a clutch shot kept the 'Boston breakaway winning streak intact in the only game played in the NBA Monday night There was about a minute to play at Boston with the Celts leading the St Louis Hawks 88 86 League scoring leader Bob Pettit drove in for a closeup shot that would tie the score but Rus sell had other ideas He leaped high knocked the ball away and it turned out shut off the last chance to win In the closing seconds Russell hit on a pair of freethrows then scored on a jump shot that closed out the 92 88 victory their ninth straight without a loss Boston's exceptional scoring By HUGH ULLERTON JR The Associated Press1 The first six teams held their places in the Associated Press col lege football ppll today as the na sports writers and broad casters again gave Texas A4M top billing by a decisive margin But some real scraps developed among the leaders Oklahoma and Auburn finished only eight points apart in the' race for second place Michigan State led Iowa by 112 points for fourth and Ohio State edged out Tennessee by 34for the sixth spot Draw 60 Votes With 184 experts casting ballots the powerful Texas Aggies drew 60 first place votes and a total nf 1577' points on the usual ba'sls'of 10 for each vote for 'first 9 for Second etc Oklahoma dung to second by the margin of 46 firsts and 1411 pointy ta 43 and 141)3' The figures for all three unbeat en teams were comparable to those of a 'week ago when 197 votes were cast The Aggies won their eighth straight game by an impressive 1 19 6 a 1 over SouthernMethodist Sooners troubled by a lagging of fense most of the season rolled to a 39 14 victory over upset hopeful Missouri and defense minded Au burn checked Mississippi State 15 7' Michigan 34 6 walloping of now deflated Notre Dame bare ly increased the fourth place margin over Iowawhich rolled over Minnesota 44 20Tennessee was the only team in the first 10 a week agowhlch ina proved its position The Volunteers 21 6 winners over Georgia Tech moved up from ninth to seventh Navy Army Drop Navy and Army dropped from seventh and eighth to ninth and tenth as Mississippi jumped into the eighth spot Ole MiAs a 14 12 winner over Louisiana State is un beaten in the Southeastern Con ference North Carolina: State a 7 6 up set victim of William and Mary lost its? hold on 10th place and almost dropped out of sight in the ratings The top 10 teams with first place votes In parentheses: 1 Texas AM (60) 859'347 310331 153 88 '76 70 51 8 AUSTIN (Minn) HERALD Tuesday Nov 12 1P57 ft Retu of La rson to Boost Defense? 4 CLEVELAND Cleveland In dians directors meet today to pick a new general manager and the word is out that rank Lane will quit as general manager of the StLouis Cardinals to take the Lane who has a year left on his three year contract with the Cards wouldn't confirm or deny he4 will replace Hank Greenberg If he gets an offer Lane said he have to talk with Mr Busch meaning August Busch owner Under a headline to Get Job as Tribe Office the Cleveland Plain 'Dealer said that Vice presidents Nate Dohn and George Medinger talked with Lane tries for 67 yards despite a wet slippery ball The Pack 4 ers also picked up 16a yards in the qir against Mankato whan Handler completed 2 attempts Baudler had good receivers in Roger Voss 6 6 end Jim Baldwin and halfbacks Nate Johnson and Roger ol yen 4 iSfpvp IVfnlrinr of Rpd Wintr 1c tho nnlv nthpr rnnfer ence passer to approach fine record Malnar 3 completed 28 of 65 attempt? for 533 yards JIe was also'A 1LTi Inn zl 1 A a Am ItCU VV Allgo icaumg OWACA W1U1 ui puilil3 'Baudler graduates this spring' but Hass has another promising passer Daryl Kicharason to till the gap Like Red Wing and Austin TAKING A DONG RANGE SHOT WE ARE'b THE OPINION that Austin and Red Wing will battle for the Big Nine basketball title this season i'ReA which finished the 1957 season as runnerup to Minne apolis Roosevelt in the state tournament won the title with the 10 0 record last season and coach Pete Petrich has seven lettermen on hand beaded by Steve Malnar all state guard Malnar scored 207 points in 10 Big Nine whieh waa seeond to Ron Carothers who won the individual scoring title with a record breaking 273 points Austin which finished with a mediocre 4 6 conference record last season should be headed back as a Big Ninepower The Packers are well fortified in height and experience and if Ove Berven can find the right combination Austin should make" a serious bid for the crownTT Rochester coach Howie Tompkins plans to rely on eight lettermen iH members of last state tournament squad The team will be bigger than last year but Chuck Wescott 3 center is the tallest The 7 five Rocket starters will probably average slightly over the six foot mark Coll Ploys in uture CORNER CHATTER Pacelli football coach Marty Crowe calls Orris Jirele one of his best signal callers be has had in a long tlmeT But Marty figures he made a mistake this season by not call 9u onbalfliig tKeiti because some'of the tans llke it" Marty said I realize now that I owe Jt to my team to send ia the plays I think will work Ws possible to spot many things from the sidelines that the players on he field see Members of the Albert Lea football team will be honored by the Albert Lea Quarterback Club at a special dinner Wednesday eatured speaker at the event will be Warren Beson Carleton 7 College grid coach and athletic director Beson is a Minnesota graduate and former center for Gopher football teams The of the and 1958 grid captains will be an Bounced at the Sinner ROOM CHATTER Members of Ove Berven's Austin High School basket ball team get together fqj informal chat on season's prospects before opening work 4 out Motiday Getting ready for the drill are left to right: Manley Osborn Tom Kezar Roger Booher and Jim Miller All of them won' letters last year (Herald Photo) Not Certain Clark to Play COLUMBUS Ohio iB Injured halfback Don Clark Tuesday re mained the No 1 concern of Ohio State coaches as the Buckeyes continued to point toward Satur game with undefeated Iowa Coach Woody Hayes said there's only a 50 50 chance that Clark the leading ground gainer would be in shape for the clash Clark suffered a groin injury in tast'Saturdaf's'JO whir Over due and was out of the game be fore the first period ended The junior halfback from Akron has carried the ball 118 times more than twice as much as any other Buckeyfe backl gained 655 yards rushing for a 55 aver age completed five of six passes for 51 yards and a touchdown and caught five passes for 63 yards and a score He leads the Bucks with nine touchdowns Hayes said groin injuries are tricky says able to walk without pain but walking is a long way from running block ing or being tackled But be in there if at all that kind of a three consecutive seasems 1952 jW career 53 1953 54 and 1954 55 He was third two years ago and fourth last season The only other three time scoring champion was Min George Mikan the La current coach Big George 'wop title in 1943 49 1949 50 and 1950 EI "4 Bill Sharman ranks second to Johnston in scoring with 205 points The backcourt accounted for 91 points fa three games last week Pettit is third with 188 7 CHICAGO Midwest ootball Briefs: MICHIGAN STATE The Spar tans aren't going tp let down against Minnesota even if their Rose slim" MSU triumph over the Gophers and twn Ohin Stain losses would earn Michigan State the bid I suffered a pair of injured ankles WISCONSIN The Badgers The still ailing John Herrnstein I Report Line Ready to Accept Tribe Job New Gym Big Help Says Creelier Coach the Victory' which boosted the" Celts games ahead of Phila delphia in the 'eastern division Tom Heinsohn and rank Ramsey each scored 20 Bill Sharman 16 Russell 12 and Cousy 11 St Louis its Western division lead cut to a half game over De troit was led by former Celt Ed Macauley with 19 NBA STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION Boston Phlladelphl a New York Syralttoe WESTERN DIVISION Pct GJ CZWk 3 4 6 JLV1U THE AUSTIN OOTBALL TEAM WHICH INISH id with an 8 1 record and a share of the Big Nine title along with Rochester had one of the best passing attacks in the conference The records show that the Packers tried 61 passes in 0 Sine games and completed 32 for 563 yards Credit for the success of the Packer aerial weapon goes to quarterback Bryan Baudler who did the throwing off Art wing bed offense Not only did Baudler find the target "consistently for 32 completions but the pass patterns used by the Packers had the defense baffled In nine games Baudler had only One pass intercepted and that happened in the Owatonna game late in the final quarter' He enjoyed most of his success against St Paul Central and Rochester Against Central which won the St Paul City title Baudler completed five of seven passes for 109 yards and against Rochester connected six times in eight When Over night Guests Create Sleep ing Prob fems solve "them easilv and inexpensively Rent a Rollaway Bed from HE 39172 7 BISHOP Tex Sports head lihp writers havp hopn Innkina fnr this one a long time: a fullback ready for Northwestern 4 who could be a national star a tOTRE DAME The Irish twent through a light workout ana thea worried about their center position The first three cen ters are injured MARQUETrE The Warriors worked on their new pro style spread offense which brought KUUU 1V23UXL4 Oldie hope to have it down pat for I Boston College DIES ST PETERSBURG la' Howard Roland (Bosey) Reiter who claimed to have invented the akcXa forward pass died at a jospital Monday He wax 86 Wilkinson Not Sure of Victory By SAUL ELDMAN NORMAN Okla The football season got off to a medi ocre'start for Oklahoma The opening game was at Nor man a sellout crowd watched the Sooners beaten for the sec ond straight year by Notre" Dam e7 this time 28 21 In the next game Pillsbuiuli and the Sooners tied 7 7 Win 47 Straight 1 Then Oklahoma under Coach Bud Wilkinson started a winning streak that blossomed into 9 2 1 that year including a 7 0 victory over? Maryland in the Orange Bowl In the four seasons since Okla homa has remained undefeated add now has 47 consecutive victo ries Notre Dame at Norman Saturday This is the game the ighting Irish probably want more thanyuny other this season Last year Oklahoma drubbed Notre Dame 40 0 but an upset over the Sooners could take a lot of stigma out of that loss and two defeats at the hands of Navy and Michigan State At stake for Okla homa besides' the winning streak Js a crack at its third straight na tional championship The Sooners now are ranked No 2 Wilkinson today reflected on No tre chance of upsetting his Sooners rated a three touch down favorite Dame is always capa ble of upsetting he point ed out play the same kind of defense we do and have a good all round offense hurt them fa those last two losses but I think maybe they were looking forward to playing us Maybe not consciously but everything we hear back from South "Bend indicates all" they've 7 been talking about is beating Ok Wilkinson made any pre dictions that his team will win or lose the game 'although he nor mally is on the pessimistic side Last week Wilkinson said his team would lose tqMissouri imthe contest that decided the Big Eight Conference championship but Oklahoma won 39 14 think played a game where as much was at stake and we had so 'little chance to get the job done Wilkinsou said at' how well we played: We were 30 40 per cent better than we were against Kansas State OU won 13 0 Dame through the years has been able to win the big games like this TD to Decide Game game probably go more than a one way or another rankly be delight ed to win by one While the Sooners are defending their national rankfag and con secutive victory string Kansas state win oe at Missouri ana Colo rado' at Nebraska fa Big Eight Conference games Two nonleague games will com plete this schedule Oklahoma State ineligible for the conference title until 1960 goes to Kansas and Iowa State plays South Dakota at Ames Brown aces Non Title Bout champion Joe Brown who has knocked out 37 of his 103 oppo nents meets Kid Centella who has never been knocked out in a 10 rmind nontitle fighftonight Centella said he is counting on his left hook for victory He hrs a record of 31 victories and 14 defeats Brown said Ee knows Centella be hard to handle He takes a punch Brown is expected to weigh 138 pounds and Centellaboyt 136 both fighters' rested today Lou Viscousi manager was making plans for fight after his Dec 4 encounter in Chicago with Jimmv Lopes Yesterday Viscousi answered a charge by Sen Potter (R Mich) that the International Boxing Club has discriminated against light weight Kenny Lane of Muskegon Mich by its failure to recognize Lane as a leading contender for the championship The mahaver said Lane had been offered a match with Brown last July but had refused to fight in Houston Viscousi jsaid Lane's manager wanted the fight to be held in Muskegon but that he hrd refused to agree to this for busi ness reasons 7 I Visconsi said that I Rrnwn HOLLYWOOD Pitcher Lew beats Lopes hi would hava a title St Louis Detroit Clnclnnxtl Mlnneanolts SCHEDULE New York va Minneapolis at St Spartans Won Ease Otf Against Gophers missing the Michigan will be 1 for Wisconsin No new injuries 'were eported yesterday MICHIGAN Halfback i Pace has recovered from the blow oh the'ead'which'iorced him out of the Illinois game in the first quarter but fullback Jim Byers SMWWMWWJWN Crisler Wants Investigation of Grid Ruling AN ARBOR Mich A con troversial ruling in one point defeat by Illinois is expect ed to cause's Big Ten investigation at thesnext conference meeting in uecemoen 7 Athletic I director ritz Crisler said Monday he would request such an inquiry because Illinois was awarded possession of the ball after Michigan had recovered an on side kickoff Chrisler said no report had been made to conference headquarters in Chicago about the matter But he admitted be was interested fa seeing the routine written report of the game made by the officials Reports were indicated howev er Crisler telephoned conference commissioner Tug Wilson Monday concerning the dispute Chrisler is chairman of the NCAA football rules committee: The: incident oc curred at a crucial spot in MichP 20 19 defeat It came on the kickoff following the first Wolver ine score in the opening period Quarterback Jim Van Pelt laid the ball fiat on the ground and kicked it more than the 10 yards required by the rules for a legal kickoff A stiff wind blew it back into the hands of "Michigan center Jerry Goebel who caught the free ball fa mid air and topped down on the Illinois 46 Referee Ross Dean after a lengthy" consultation with his fel low officials ruled interference and awarded possession to the 11 lini at the spot where Goebel fell Crisler contended the kick trav eled' the 'required distance and touch a Michigan player fa side 'the 10 yard zone He said an interference penalty fa such a situation should have cost Michigan 15 yards but not loss of the ball He also denied there was any interference by Michigan? 4 Ahead 6 0 at the time a favora ble ruling to Michigan would have given it the ball in a position to score another touchdown 1 Johnston on Trail of 4th Scoring Title NEW YORK Iff) Sharp shoot ing Neil Johnatra of the Philadel phia Warripra athreeLthneNa tional Basketball Assn scoring leader fa on the trail of an un precedented fourth titled The 27 year old hook specialist i has displaced St Bob Pet tit as the top scorer ac cording to statistics released to day by the NBA Johnston collect 114 points in four games last week for a output of 215 The lanky center fa his seventh iRiirdetfe to Trv season with the Warriors also I boasts a league leading' 535 Career as Singer Mr fr I a i 4 I 1 fv 1 1 Er 1 1 a JBl'W fe A AsX1 Jr1 iriwlli 7K fc jniW7 jSIII Il I 1 2 fl 47 'u Ha I Tk a rii Turx TiaTt iixrTTiLrjr uJ Bjjiwifiiii' 7n fli I 1 1 C7 iWr 91 6 df 1 JPw gWMM I iiTjM jjm! 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