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3f i PAGE FOURTEEN THE DE KALB DAILY CHRONICLE, DE KALB, ILLINOIS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1953 gn Western. ezm SEASON PICKS MACQ GETS Cleveland Leads; Lions, Forty-Niners Are. vjg Tied I a. I Waterman Handicap.

Hinckley Alleys, won -three games from Dolder-Buri In the Thursday Handicap League at Dream Lanes in Waterman, Lo- vigs Grocery three from Mizels, Flying Farmers three from Cunz, Pools Service two from Hagans Standard, Heriauds two from Maples Standard, and Mere dith -Milk two from Waterman Bank. R. White, Jr had 219 for high game, N. Kuester 560 for high series. Flying Fanners had 846 for high game, Hinckley Alleys 2424 for high series.

Elks Lose Match DeKalb Elks bowlers were de feated in a match game with Sterling yesterday by a margin; of 175 pins. The match was rolled at Rock Lanes, Rock Falls, with three teams of men and one of Lady Elks competing from each lodge. Bill Carlson was the big gun for the match with a 211 game and 566 'series. Bud Williams was high. for Sterling with a 518 series.

DeKalb Lady Elks lost by 28 pins, 2143 to 2115, with Sophia Anderson getting high DeKalb game with -194, Lucille Nori 460 BIG SHOTSRochester's NaWonal Basketball Association title hopes rest on sure-shot Bob Davie. Ieadn Professional scorer last season. Bob Cousy. center, paces the Boston attack is the Celtics' take-charge guy. Minneapolis' George Mikan continues to be thegamc's Baetball(NEA Harlem Globe-Trotters Play In DeKalb On riday ROBIN NAMED YEAR'S BBT for high series.

Edna Droske had 460 for high series with Ster By EARL WBIGIr -NEW YORK UP The Cleveland Browns, getting a big assist from, rookie quarterback Babe Pa-rilli and his Green Bay- Packer teammates, again are the undisputed leaders in the National Football League's American Conference. -K "V-;" Cleveland, the pro game's most consistent team, broke out of a first-place deadlock with the New York' Giants Sunday by edging the -t Pittsburgh 1 Steelers, 29-28. The Packers, with PariUl giving a sparkling exhibition of ball-handling and touchdown-making, upset the Giants, 17-3. The Detroit lions and San Francisco Forty-Nlners won their games to remain tied for the National Conference lead, a game ahead of Green Bay and the Los Angeles Rams. Detroit overwhelmed Dallas, 41-13; San Francisco rallied to beat the Washington Redskins, 23-17; and the Rams whipped the Chicago Bears, 40-24.

'New York fell Into a second-place tie in the American Conference with the Philadelphia Eagles, who beat the Chicago Cardinals, 10-7. Each team has four more regular season games. Cleveland's old pros, after their seventh division title in as many years, pulled another of their patented close shaves to hand quarterback Jim Finks and the other Steelers a heart-breaking defeat at Cleveland. Finks threw two touchdown passes to Ray Mathews and one each to Jack Butler and Ebble Nickel In an all-oat -passing duel with Otto Graham after the Browns took a 22-0 lead in the third quarter. A first period safety and Cleveland's specialists was the difference.

Graham threw two touchdown passes to end Dante Lavelli, his favorite receiver and plunged three yards for what proved the deciding touchdown. Lou Groza kicked two field goals to set a season record of 14. George Young, In his seventh season as a brilliant defensive end, gave Cleveland the vital safety by dropping Finks in the Stealer end zone as he tried to pass. Parilli scored from the one-foot line in the second period after moving his team 40 yards In six plays and ended a 22-yard drive in the third period by floating a touchdown pass to end Bob Mann after sucking in the New York defense with one of his fine fakes. Clarence Self and Hal Faverty started both marches by recovering New York fumbles.

Hugh McElhenny's 46-yard TD dash and Y. A. Tittle's scoring pass to Billy Wilson enabled San Francisco to wipe out' a 17-9 Redskin lead In the last nine minutes at Washington. Quarterback Bobby Layne scored one touchdown and passed to Cloyce Box for another, while fullback Pat Harder collected 17 Kishwaukee Rifle Club Wins Match In a recent match with Rock- ford marksmen at the Sycamore Armory, Kishwaukee Rifle Club came off with a 1414 to 1439 vic tory. Although Sport Lehmans 'was high man in the.

match with a total of 292, both Roger Smith and Arthur Drake of Kishwaukee were close behind with tallies of 291. Other Kishwaukee scoreaards read Leonard Smith 286, Robert Nelson 287, and Harry Nennls 284. For Rockford Don Melon had 285, Art Under 281, Albert Pinkerton 278, and John Macklln 278. Kishwaukee will have a match next week, Friday, at Polo. The team has missed the services of Bill Berg, who left recently for the armed forces.

1 lings The two squads enjoyed a chicken dinner at the Sterling lodge club later. CHARLOTTE ALLEN, captain of the league leading team in the GE women's bowling league, sends" one down the alleys at a regular Tuesday night meeting of the women's loop. Despirito Will Return to Saddle WOONSOCKET, R. I. UP Tony Despirito hopes to get back in the saddle again Tuesday to make up for two lost riding days in his quest for a new national victory record.

The 17 year old apprentice jockey from Lawrence, Mass, fell twice In a single race Friday Northern Slips EH IT LifiimfrLflij jjanowio 1 1 1: in tmm 1 1 ffrnrl ixr'r- SECOND PLACE Jim McKinzie and. Jim Harmes Play Top Garnet Despite Defeat Western Illinois' Leathernecks grabbed undisputed ownership of second place in the HAC from Northern Illinois at Macomb Satr urday, 39-14. Two Jims, Harmes and McKin zie, both DeKalb boys, led a Hus-kle passing attack which was both determined and successful. but which could not be coupled with a sufficient ground attack to fashion a victory Western took a 6-0 first period lead and Northern matched touchdowns with the -Leathernecks In toe second period and the Huskies emerged on the short end of a 13-7 halftlme count. The Leathernecks struck for 13 points in the third period while holding 'Northern scoreless, and pushed across two fourth quarter tallies to one for DeKalb to end the scoring.

With five minutes-left in the first period, Mike Reynolds broke Into pay-dirt from 16-yard line, giving Western its 6-0 lead. The conversion was good. West ern 13, Northern 0. With 12 minutes left In the sec on quarter, Northern 1 scored on a nine-yard Harmes -to McKinzie pass after an aerial Involving the same two Huskies had set up the score with 39-yard gain. McKil- len's kick was good.

West-" era 13, Northern 7. The score stood the same at halftone, With 5:30 left In the third quarter Western capped a 49-yard thrust with a Bill Baltzell to Ted Mullins 14-yard touchdown pass. The kick was wide. Western 19, Northern 7. 1 Less than a minute remained in the.

third neriod when Wmrt. rn's Baltzell hit Ray Pearson with a 24-yard aerial carrying to the Northern eight. From there Baltzell scored on a quarterback sneak. Maynard converted. West ern 26, Northern 7.

Northern took the ensuing kick-off and drove 87 yards to Its second marker of the game, the score coming on a 10-yard Billy Graham to McKinzie pass. Me- Killen Western 26, Northern 14. Western chalked, other touchdown, midway through the final stanza when Baltxell scored on a keep play from the 111-yard line, Maynard again converted and Western led 33-14. Thefinal score of the after tnoon occurred when Western'! Bob Young Intercepted a Jim Harmes pass on his own 22. Bill VanderMerkt then threw a 78- yard aerial to Dominic Lynch, wrapping up the game for Western, 39-14.

Although his team was on the losing side of the ledger, Jim Mc Kinzie gave one of the best football of his career as he outdid himself on the receiving end of Harmes and Gra ham passes. Jim Harmes looked the best that he has this season. An unfortunate blemish on the complexion of the game was a brawl late In the contest which forced players on both squads to be evicted from further play. Northern now has a record of 2-3 won-lost In conference play and a season mark of 3-5. Statistics Western 15 8 7 2 Northern 21 9 10 0 First downs By rushing By passing By penalty 281 Yards gained rushing 164 34 Yards lost rushing 74 247 Net yards rushing 90 20 Passes attempted 36 12 Passes completed 18 1 Passes intercepted 3 228 Yards gained passing 270 475 Total net yards offense 360 3 Punts 5 154 Yards punting 195 51.3 Punting-Average 394) 7 Penalties 7 66 Yards lost by penalties 53 3 Fumbles 2 2 Fumbles lost 0 include: Illinois Northwestern California Stanford, Oregon State Oregon, Kansas State.

Iowa State, Missouri Kansas, Richmond George Washington, The Citadel Davidson, Furman -Wake Forest, South Carolina West Virginia, William and Mary." North Carolina State, Rice TCU, Auburn Clemson, Columbia Brown, Alabama Maryland. Oklahoma Aggie Washington State, Tulsa Arkansas, Florida Miami Fordham Syracuse, Holy.l Cross Temple, Iowa Notre Dame, Pitt Penn State, Villano-va Boston and Virginia Washington and Abe Saperstein's Harlem Globetrotters, recently returned from a world-widetour of exhibition games will be in DeKalb for a basketball show next Friday evening, Nov. 2L The well-known- barnstorming quintet is in Its 26th season of play, will oppose a squad of local athletes In the first half of the game Friday, and take on the highly touted waterman mer chants in the final periods of the local cake show which Is sponsored by the DeKalb Lions Club. In addition to the- basketball antics of Saperstein skillful and comical court magicians, the program, starting at 8 p. m.

will feature Jacques Cordon, a French unlcyclist, and a noted table tennis duo of Ted Bourne and Bob Anderson. In their recent 51,000 mile world tour, first of its kind for any basketball team, the Globetrotters amassed a record 'of 325 wins and eight losses against all types of opposition in about 30 different countries. The trotters all-time record stands at 4233 victories as opposed to 260 defeats for a 341 percentage. Three Games Will Decide Big Ten Race CHICAGO UP The Big Ten will pick its Rose Bowl representative and grid champion Saturday in one of three games involving the four teams still left in the race. Michigan and Wisconsin, tied for the league lead with four wins and one defeat and Minnesota and Purdue, tied for third place with three wins, one loss and one tie, still had a chance for the crown and the bowl.

The best Purdue can do, however, would be to share the championship ande picked for the bowl by vote of the league's athletic directors. The other three clubs could win a clear title. Michigan could take the undisputed title by beating Ohio 3tate while Minnesota beats Wisconsin. Wisconsin could gain the undisputed crown by beating Minnesota while Ohio State beats Michigan. i II points on a touchdown, two field goals and five extra points as the lions coasted against Dallas at Briggs Stadium.

Quarterback Norm Van Brock-lin threw two touchdown passes to Elroy Hlrsch and one each to Bob Carey and Vitamin Smith to give Los Angeles its scoring punch against the Bears at Chicago. At Shlbe Park, end Bob Wal- ston provided Philadelphia's vic tory margin against the Cardinals with a 20-yard field goal as the first half ended. SHOWDOVNS'IN LEAGUE RACES Pacific Coast and Big Ten Leaders Clash in Coming Games By JOHN GRIFFIN NEW YORK UP The Big Ten and Pacific Coast Confer ence races were thundering today toward a Saturday showdown with four pressure-packed games to decide both league titles and the coveted bids to the Rose BowL The PCC crown will be settled in one glamorous, nationally televised game the long-awaited struggle at Los Angeles between UCLA and Southern California, the two perfect-record titans of the West. Four teams still are In contention for the Big Ten title as one of the hottest races to that league's history comes down to the wire Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Purdue. And Michigan definitely has the inside track, for lfs the only team In the group that can clinch simply by winning Its game Saturday against Ohio State.

Each of the other three big Ten contenders need a combina tion: Wisconsin can win by beat ing Minnesota, if Michigan loses. Minnesota can win by beating Wisconsin, if both Michigan and Purdue lose. Purdue can tie-for the title by beating Indiana, if Michigan loses and Minnesota de feats Wisconsin. Sounds complicated, but the two Rose Bowl rivals should, be known by nightfall Saturday. Two of the other big bowls are all set: lfs Mississippi vs.

Geor gia Tech in the Sugar Bowl' at New Orleans and Texas vs. Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl at Dal las, Mississippi earned Its berth with the stunning 21-14 upset of Maryland on Saturday, ending the Terps 19-game winning streak. Ole Miss trailed by 14-7 going into the fourth quarter but Jimmy Lear sparked two touchdown drives to upset the "dope. The Rebels get two weeks off now before meeting old rival Mississippi State in their season windup. Texas nailed down the Cotton Bowl berth by rallying to beat Texas Christian, 14-7, on two touchdowns by Billy Qulnn.

The Longhorns thus clinched at least tie for the Southwest Conference crown, with SMU the only team with a chance to tie. 1 Texas Is Idle this" week, while SMU meets Baylor. Two other conference races are likely to bededded this week the Big Seven, where Oklahoma needs only a win over Nebraska to nail down its seventh straight flag, and the Southern Conference, where Duke can pick up all the marbles by whipping North Carolina. Michigan State's marvelous Spartans now seem sure of a perfect season and the mythical national championship. Rated the nation's No.

1 team all season long by the United Press Board of Coaches, the men of Biggie Munn just about put the title away in mothballs by routing Notre Dame, 21-3, on Saturday. This week they close out against four-times beaten Marquette, and that should be just easy plckins In addition to Michigan State, UCLA, and Southern Cal, the only other major, perfect record team Is bowl-bound Georgia Tech. The Engineers, performing on national television, barely managed to beat. Alabama Saturday, 7-3, and must face, Florida State this week and Georgia two weeks from now to complete the regular season. Tennessee which said It turned down an Orange Bowl bid to take the Cotton, Is Tech's big rival for the Southeastern Conference crown and this week meets Kentucky In a league game.

The other big conference races look this way: "Ivy: Unbeaten Penn is Idle this week, while second-place Princeton faces Dartmouth In what could be a toughrone, and third-place Yale meets Harvard in the most famed of football rivalries. Border: Leading Tempe State meets Texas Western while sec ond-place Arizona faces Texas Tech. Other leading games this week Four Contests on Tuesday Night; Maple Park Opens Wednesday High School basketball in the DeKalb area gains momentum Tuesday night as eight teams from surrounding schools swing Into action in four games, two of them conference tilts. The two league contests are both little Ten affairs, but are season warm-ups and will not count In the loop standings. Paw Paw travels to Leland in an opener for both squads and Rollo is at Shabbona.

The Rollo Eagles dumped Malta easily last Friday night 66-35 and it looks like they might be able to continue their winning ways against the Indians. The Paw Paw and Leland tilt should be fairly close. Both have about equal experience and height. Coach Paul Henckel will be sending his first Paw Paw team into a game. Henckel is in his first year with the Bull Dogs.

Elburn, also under a new coach in Nate DeLong, goes to Hinckley where Coach Bob Woods has what Is tooted as another strong quintet this year. Elburn shouldn't be be any pushover, however. The. Trojans are rated as one of the classier outfits In the Eight. Minooka invades Serena Tues day night in a non-conference opener for Coach Dick Dorseys squad, southern-most in Lit tle Ten.

Seven games are scheduled in the area Friday night. Wednesday Hampshire helps Maple Park open its 1952-53 campaign at the Parkers' gym. Boxer Puppy Wins Title for Local Owner "Zacks Fair a male box er: puppy owned by Dr. T. P.

Howlandu of DeKalb took cham pionship honors Saturday in the Midwest Boxer Specialty Show held at Navy Pier. In addition to copping first place honors in the show, "Zacks Fair WilT took three preliminary events including the 6-9 months division title, the 9-12 months crown, and won competition with two female champions in the show. at Lincoln Downs and was hospitalized here. "Tony wants to ride today but we have advised him to wait until said his manager, J. H.

Carr of Mass. Carr said Despirito was recovering nicely from a brain concussion he suffered in the two tumbles, either one of which could have ended his riding ca reer or hoplessly doom his bid to break the record of 388 wins in one season. He needs only. 42 more victories to pass the mark. To es and carried for a fourth.

With 17 of 29 passes made good, the Normal star has completed 135 attempts In nine games. Saturday he passed for 285 yards. Including two SO and one for 55 yards that went for scores. Illinois Weseyan held Wash ington to a 20-7 half -time lead, but the St Louis eleven racked up 40 points in the second half. For the Bloomington team, quarterback Bob Klings scored from the 13 In the first quarter to tie the score, while freshman halfback Gino Cantele was successful on a reverse In the third period.

Millikin escaped a shutout in the fourth quarter when Charles McAnally passed to fullback Roy Schaub for a 77-yard touchdown play. Wheaton, which set a new school record with an average of 29.5 points a game, was sparked by quarterback Lee Clausen who passed and ran for scores during the game. Left halfback Ed Da- vies made the longest run when he returned a 56 yards for a touchdown. Navy Pier scored when fullback Ed Koehler went over from the two following a 72-yard kickoff return by left halfback Ed Chvatal. Among the Illinois college games, Lewis and St Joseph batted to a 14-14 tie, and Scott Air Force Base and Fort Knox fought to a scoreless deadlock.

HAC STANDINGS Pet Central Mich. 6 0 0 L000 Macomb 5 1 0. 833 'Mich. Normal 3 2 1 JS88 2 3 0 .400 Southern, III. 2 4 0 .333 DL Normal 1 4 1 .250 1 Charleston ft 0 400 Phillies' Roberto Gets" the Major Leagues9 Most Valuable Tide By CARL LUNDQUIST NEW YORK UP RlflhV Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia the National League's big gest winner in 17 years, today was named its Player of i the Year by the United Press in close balloting against Brooklyn's great rookie hurler, Joe Black.

Roberts, who won 21 games and lost seven to top all others since Dizzy Dean won 28 with the 1935 Cardinals, won almost twice as many games as but the Dodger hurler 'gained his support because of his terrific relief work. He won 15 games and lost only four, but saved enough more to Insure Brooklyn of the Pennant The selections as usual were made by 24 baseball writers, three from each league city, and Roberts won by Just one vote. Also given consideration were batting champ1 Stan Musal, the 1951 winner, Hank Sauer of the Cubs, Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals, and Roy Campanella of the Dodgers. Muslal, in addition to winning the batting title with a 336 figure, led the way In hits with 194, runs with 105, and doubles with 42. Sauer slugged his way to the runs batted In title with 121 a tied with Ralph Klner of sburgh on homers with 37.

ughter, making a terrific comeback, batted J300 and drove many a long ball into his .269 average and was easily the top catcher. Roberts, aside from his impressive victory total, put some phc nomenal figures into the books. The power pitcher from Springfield, who is one of baseball's few bonus babies who was worth his salt struck out 148 batters and walked only 45 for a ration of much better than 3 to 1. He worked in 30 complete games out of 39 in which he appeared, and pitched 330 innings, tops for both leagues. The 26-year-old right hander, who now has a total of 91 wins for five seasons in the majors, is given an outside chance of moving on to the magic 300-victory level for his career if he-manages to keep his health.

Despite his horse-like attitude for work, he never has had even a trace of a sore arm. 1 Football Fete Planned for Local Gridders" DeKalb will give recognition to its footballers Wed-nesday evening at the Masonic Temple when gridders from the DeKalb High School squad6 and from Northern Illinois State Teachers and their coaches will be feted with a banquet" Dolph Stanley, basketball coach at Beloit College, Be-loit Wisconsin, will be the speaker of the evening. Plenty of good- food is promised all who attend. The event is being sponsored by a group of DeKalb business men. Tickets to i the banquet are available from Jolly Erickson and Bob Greenaway.

About 250 are expected to attend. Youths Are Leading Top Hockey Squads I By UNITED PRESS The Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs were getting good results from their respective youth brigades today as they continued their head-ahd-head battle for the National Hockey League leadership. The Black Hawks took over first place' by a point Sunday night by spanking the Montreal Canadiens, 4-1, while Toronto remained in the runner-up spot by downing the New York Rangers, The Hawks led the Canadiens by only one goal before young Pete Conacher iced the game with a third-period goal before 15,112 fans at Chicago. The loss dropped Montreal into third place. At New York, rookies Ron Stewart and Gordie Hanntgan scored two goals each in leading the Leafs to victory.

George Arm strong, another youngster, and veteran Harry Watson were the other Toronto marksmen. Pacific Has Two Boxing Champions SYDNEY, Australia UP The Far Pacific had two world box ing champions today." Jimmy Carruthers gave Australia its first world title by knocking out bantamweight rul er 'Vic Toweel of South Africa in the first round at Johannesburg, S. A Saturday night Also on Saturday night little Yoshio Shiral of Japan kept his world flyweight crown by giving ex-champion Dado Marino Of Hawaii a 15-round beating at Tokyo. Racecourse Is Given Remodeling BOWIE, Md. UP The fnew Bowie Race Track, given a complete remodeling under the dl: rection of former baseball magnate Larry MacPhail, opened today for an 18-day meeting.

The picturesque, course, located midway between Washington and Baltimore, was purchased last spring by MacPhail and several associates. An estimated $2,000,000 was spent in improving the track, including the installation of two infield lakes and a totalisator board which is said to be the largest in the world. Fourth; Others Triumph By UNITED PRESS Macomb nailed down second place behind undefeated Central Michigan, in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saturday as it wound up Its conference season by trouncing DeKalb 39 to 14. The records show five wins and jone loss for the Western team. Michigan Normal won its bid for third place by overriding Southern Illinois 30 to 6 while Illinois Normal rounded out loop action in a 27-26 thriller over Charleston.

Only one 'conference game remains on the Charleston, still seeking Its first league win, plays at DeKalb next Saturday. Macomb is the only other HAC school with a game left. It entertains Carthage next week. With last Saturday's games, the' rest -of the College Conference of Illinois teams ended their seasons out of the conference as Wheaton smashed Navy Pier "41-6, Illinois Wesleyan was plowed under by Washington of St Louis 61-14 and Millikin was downed by Austin Peay of Tennessee 40-7. On Friday night Elmhurst edged the Navy at Memphis 12-6.

In Macomb's victory, quarterback Bill Baltzell scored three in a row in the second half on plays up to 15 yards, while left halfback Mike Reynolds went 16 yards for a touchdown in the first period and galloped 71 yards for a TD In the second. The final Western score came on a 78-yard pass play from BUI Vande Merkt to Dom Lynch. At Charleston, We Bair became the nation's leading small college passer as he hurled tore touchdown pass NEIGH, O'SHEA! Cspt. Colin O'Shea of the Irish Army team headed for a one-point landing when Kilcarne failed to take the fourth barrier in the international jumping competition of Harris-burg's Pennsylvania National Horse Show. The Irish team competed in the National, ending at Vartison Souart Garden.

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