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34 MOH BLACCN JOUCKAL Wednesday, December 22. i ULoss reemae (Lhecked In OS Jim Schlemmer 12-Minutc Fourth Quarter And Browns Are A KickJii SI air Talbert's Prediction: How 71-M California Ohio Star Holds To 23 f7 V-J DO YOU REMEMBER the night last Summer hen Lou Boudreau; once with the Indians, then manager of the Red Sox and now manager of Kansas City, was made a member of Cleveland's own Baseball Hall of Fame? That was the night Lou pulled the cute trick on Vic Werta in the fifth inning of a game the Indians won by 4-2. Remember how, with Larry Doby on second and the count 2-2 on Vic, Boudreau ordered Catcher Sammy White and Pitcher Hector Brown to act like they were going to give Wertz an intentional And how White jumped back Into position at the last moment to handle a perfectly straight called third That was the night the Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves by 21 in Ebbets Field in a game halted after four and one-half innings at 2:07 o'clock in the The night the players spent 1:27 on the field and 3:27 in the flooded dugouts waiting for Hurricane Edna to go blow somewhere From Beacon Jonrnal Vir Scrrire An inspired University of California basketball team used a brilliant zone defense to check sharpshooter Robin Freeman and upset unbeaten Ohio State, 74-63, Tuesday night at Berkeley, Cal. Using a floating four-man zone defense with the fifth man free to wheel in, the direction of the ball handler, the Bears held Freeman to 23 point. IT SEEMS SUCH A LONG WAV BACK to that interesting and eventful Summer evening.

And it is! The Indians had not yet met the Yankees in that memorable doubleheader which was to put them 8 12 games ahead and convince all but the most skeptical that the American League pennant would once again float over Lakefront Stadium. The Giants were holding a thin lead in the National but the Braves and Dodgers were still much alive and the World Series pairings were by no means men were still replacing divots after the Rubber City Open at Firestone Country club. High school and college football teams were just going into Pigskin prognosticators were predicting championship for Illinois and the exiting of Woody Hayes after another mediocre season at Ohio Yet that very same night, in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, the Detroit Lions were coming from behind on five occasions, then scoring three touchdowns in the final three minutes for a 56-31 win over the Cleveland Browns before 40,000 fans in 86 degrees. EVEN AS FAR BACK as that debacle in Dallas, the Browns had already played three games; two of them in August. They had nosed out the Packers at Green Bay by 1413, then lost to the Rams in Los Angeles and to the 49ers in San Francisco.

The Indians won 10 and lost three in what was left of their regular schedule after that September night. They have been almost out of print since Oct. 2 and are now beginning to stir again preliminary to getting ready for a new Yet the Browns are still hard at work on the same old season which had its beginning so long, long ago. They have won nine and lost three since that drubbing by Detroit. The third of these setbacks came last Sunday when the Lions again roared from behind in the last 50 seconds.

The Browns are faced with the necessity of reversing this decision in the championship playoff next Sunday if the National Football League pennant is to float once again next to 1he Indians' big banner on the twin flag poles in the big stadium. Bradshaw (22) of Oklahoma City out of position. The Dons won the Rame, 75-7L to gain the Oklahoma City finals. AP. THEY WENT THAT A WAY Jerry Mullen (14), San Francisco forward, seems to be.

looking for his teammates as he fakes Larry Hobbs Gets Grid Post At Furman GREENVILLE, S. C. OPl 'Homer Hobbs, the 32-year-old r- it- I i oouin Carolinian wno win ni- rect Navy's line against Missis- sippi in the Sugar Bowl Jan. 1, is the new head football coach at Furman University. Hobbs took on his first head coaching job when he signed a three year contract Tuesday night.

He succeeds Bill Young, who recently was fired along with his staff. THE HOBBS COACHED Navy line helped the Midshipmen rank fifth in the nation this year in ground defense and ninth in total defense. Navy ranked first in total defense mm a iKRiimranfliiKJiir inuninr'n; i Zarsa Ousted As Wayne Coach DETROIT (IP) Lou Zarza, head football coach at Wayne University for six years, had been fired today and his job turned over to Former Head Coach Herb Smith. Wayne President Clarence Hilberry announced that Zarza will remain on the payroll until April of next year but no move will be made to renew his contract which expires at that time. Wayne Joined with John Carroll, Case Tech and Western Reserve only foui days ago to form the President's League.

RYBA MANAGES HOUSTON Earns Pay Hike in U. S. Sweep Sees Americans Blanking Anssies SYDNEY, Australia (IP) U. S. Davis Cup Captain Billy Talbert surprised Australian tennis experts today with the bold prediction that his team will shut out the Aussies, 5-0, in next week's challenge round.

It was the most confident forecast made by any cup captain in recent years, but it was exactly the same forecast that Talbert made for the interzone cup finals against Sweden a prediction that came true. "I have never seen any American team as keen as this one," explained Talbert. "The boys are right at the top of their form now and, on present form, I don't think the Aussies will take a match." TALBERT BASED his state ment on the fine play that former U. S. Champion Tony Tra- bert of Cincinnati, showed in the interzone finals and in workouts since as well as the continued good form of U.

S. Champion Vic Seixas. Talbert's brave words made little Impression on Harry Hop-man, the dour manager the Aussie team. "Bill's entitled to his opinion," said Hopman with a shrug. "Don't forget that last year Talbert predicted a 41 victory for the Americans and we still nave the cup." (ionztilvH Tops CLEVELAND LT) A committee of the International Professional Tennis Association today ranked Richard "Pancho" Gonzales of Los Angeles at the top of its ratings.

Winner of the world profes sional championship here last Summer, Gonzales beat out Francesco "Pancho" Segura, second place in the ratings. Australia's Frank Sedgman was third. In doubles ratings, Gonzales and Segura were ranked first, with Sedgman and Don Budge of New York in second place. 4rPToo Fancy, Kerr Insists SAN FRANCISCO (IP)-Most of the fumbles in the game of football can be blamed on the T-formation, Andy Kerr, veteran former coach of Colgate, held today. Kerr, here as an advisory coach for the East team of the Shrine All-Star game, long has been a foe of the T-formation.

'T-formation ball handling calls for such split-second tim ing that if either the center oi the quarterback receiving the ball is the least bit oft on the count, there is a good chance for a fumble, said Kerr. Kentucky Prep Gets 111 Points HANSON, Ky. (INS) -A new Kentucky high school basket ball single game scoring record was written into the books Tuesday night when Wayne Oakley, six foot four inch sen ior, scored 114 points to help Hanson whip St. Agnes of near Marion, Ky, 128-26. The Ohio State guard, who has scored 37 points or more in previous games tnis winter, sank nine of 10 free throws but only seven of 21 tries from the field.

CALIFORNIA jumped to a lead in the opening moments and never relinquished the ad vantage. Closest the Ohio five came to closing the gap was in the final 10 minutes of nlav when the margin narrowed to 59-56. Two quick one-handed push shots by Forward Larry Friend, high point man for Cal with 18, widened the margin for keeps. Adolph Rupp's University of Kentucky Wildcats, safely over one big hurdle in their scramble for a top place among the nation's college bigwigs, have another toughie on their hands tonight when they meet La Salle in the finals of the Kentucky Invitational tournament. The intercollegiate basketball world didn't actually come to a standstill last night as Kentucky overcame Utah in the final minures at Lexington, to pull out a 70-65 thriller.

THERE WERE some terrific-games" around the map, with such powers as Illinois, La Salle, North Carolina State, Dayton and George Washington hanging up victories. Fourth-ranked La Salle, trailing by as much as 11 points in the first half, rallied for a 49-38 victory over Southern California in the other semifinal- of the Kentucky tournament. Other top teams came See ILLINT, rage 35 Califnla C. F. P.

Ohio Ht. G. F. P. JMiller.f 8 1 13 Kelley.e 3 4 10 Ropes.c 2 0 4 7 9 23 Mlllard.g 10 2 Ellis, 5 1 11 Friend, 7 4 18 Blake.

6 2 14 E.MrK'n.f 1 1 R.MnK'n.O 7 2 IB Diaz.g 7 1 15 Hess.g 4 2 10 Totals 31 12 74 Totals 24 15 63 Halftime score 44 31, California. Mlnnrota F. P. Tucker 2 2 6 Garmak'r 10 2 22 Rolstorff 12 4 Hindu II 10 2 Slm'ovich 8 2 IS Kline 0 2 2 Noack 2 0 4 Mencel 8 24 Llndsley 15 7 So Meth. P.

Showalter 7 2 16 KroR, 4 2 10 Furlong Oil Kreba 7 17 Miller 1 1 3 Morria 5 3 13 Mills 5 2 12 Lee 0 0 0 Totals 27 18 72 Total 33 23 89 Halftime score: 42-36, Minnesota. Pnrdtie Beck Lundv Sexson Springer Dunn Jecha Blind T.orenB Thornb'g totals f. P. 2 5 9 10 2 1 3 5 0 4 4 6 4 16 1 1 3 2 0 4 4 0 8 7 7 21 Waah'gton fi. F.

P. Crintal 2 2 6 0 0 0 .1 8 18 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 4 10 1 0 2 10 2 10 2 Miller Parton (bullion Paul Riley Saner Kohra Barber 24 24 72 Total! 15 14 44 35-21, Purdue. Halftime score: Kan. Ht, Poore.R Snyder. Vlcena.g Craft.c Junn.c Powell.f Adams.

Smith Stone, C. F. P. 4 2 10 5 2 12 2 4 8 A 2 14 4 5 13 4 2 10 0 2 2 3 6 12 4 2 10 Indiana R. F.

P. Byers.g 0 2 2 Hodson.g 12 4 Potf.u 1 2 4 Scott.g- 1 3 5 1 15 20 Farlev.f 7 4 18 Rrvant.f 0 2 2 Choice.f 3 4 10 White. 0 0 0 Totals 32 27 91 Totals 20 34 74 Halftime score 41-34, Kansas State. llllnol nrnthara O. F.

P. Hire. F. P. Woods 4 2 10 7 2 16 'Stout 2 3 7 2 10 1 1 5 11 2 4 5 7 4 16 2 6 4 8 Dutcher 5jnlle Schmidt 1 P'l IllrfcAH A Ridley 6 Alt'nb'ger 2 Phil Judfc'n 2 Totals 15 24 54 Totals 28 30 86 Halftime score: 40-30.

Illinois. 1 Pahheler 2 0 RohteiKx 2 8 lo 3 Arhoa 2 THE SUN WAS BLISTERING, the field was hard and the dust was suffocating when the Browns went into train-ine at Hiram late in Julv. It was 105 on the Dlavinc field in it Los Angeles Coliseum the day the Browns lost to the It was 22 degrees at the start and the mercury falling almost as fast as the snow, when the Browns lost to the Lions Sunday in the most reasonable facsimile of the Blizzard Bowl since that Ohio State-Michigan affair of Nov. 25, 1950. What the conditions will be for the big game coming up won't be known until 2 o'clock kickoff time.

Commissioner Bert Bell, in Cleveland yesterday, scoffed at arguments that the weather is too poor for good football in this part of the country this late in the "We take just as big a chance of running into bad weather in October," Bell Or even in August and September, if you will recall that these were the hurricane But it is understandable that Otto Graham should be talking of retiring after this one more game, and if the Browns should season $27,000. The 36-year-old pitcher is the eighth Yank to sign. Meanwhile at Fort Myers, lean, white-haired Connie Mack prepared to observe his 92nd birthday Thursday. His son, Connie said the man who managed the Philadelphia Athletics more than a half century, is back in good health and spirits after a recent illness. Roundup Minnesota 89 Purdue 72 Tennessee 96 Spring Hill 70 Southern Methodist 72 Washington, Mo.

44 South Carolina 82 St. Mary's (Cal.) 66 Belmont 81 Rice 64 Springfield 82 Illinois 86 Midwestern Okla. 94 Stanford 66 Okla. Central 85 Ariion 56 West Texas State 82 Texas 67 Spring Hill 70 St. Mary 66 Montana State 1A4 Colorado State 54 Hardin-Simhions 82 Pepperdine'67 U.

C. L. A. 63 Colorado 62 Regis 103 Kastern New Mexico 54 Washington (Seattle) 72 St. Louis 70 Oregon State' 64 Seattle 59 Stanford 66 Arizona 66 Whltworth 79 Western Montana 60 San Fran.

St. 78 Santa Barbara 73 Iowa State 72 Drake 63 SAMPSON TOIRNAMENT Cpala 88 S. Lawrence 75 Hartwlck 76 Renaselaer Poly 70 KtWAMS TOIRNAMENT S. E. Missouri 63 S.

K. Louisiana 62 Missouri Valley 89 Tennessee 77 KEXTt'CKY INVITATIONAL Kentucky 70 Utah Southern California nrit'TirA iif i uvvf American V. 64 Falrlelgh-Dlckinson 61 See BASKETBALL, Page 35 38 he nosed out again, 1t wouldn't surprise if a lot more than Graham decide they've had enough. EVERYBODY IS TELLING everybody else what the Browns must do, how they must play, in order to beat the Lions. I might as well get into the act with the simplest and most sure fire suggestion of all.

Cut the fourth quarter to 12 minutes. That's all there is to it. The Lions aren't any better team than the Browns; they until it met Army, the 1954 offensive champion, in its funal game. Hobbs, a native of Lexington, S. starred at guard for Georgia.

After he was gradu ated in 1948, he played "or the San Francisco 49ers pro team. His line boss on the 49ers was Eddie Erdelatz, current Navy head coach. Hobbs was line coach at Auburn after he stopped playing pro ball and moved to Navy in 1951. Furman won five games and lost five this year under Young, winding up the campaign with a 190 defeat by little Wofford College. The loss to Wofford plus a reported drop' in football revenue apparently convinced the athletic council that the university needed a complete coaching turnover.

just remain a good team a little longer. They won the championship game last year on a touchdown pass at 13:52 of the i fourth i In Dallas they took advantage of a penalty against the i. Browns, made two touchdown passes and intercepted a Rat-" terman pass for another score, all after 12 minutes of the fourth quarter. Last Sunday they threw the winning touchdown pass at 14:10 of the fourth quarter to win by the same figures: 1410. The only time the Lions have the edge over their perennial title opponents is in these final fleeting fatal seconds.

So the defense must be; stop the clock and call it off at GAINS SLIM NOD DETROIT an-Jimmy 3rault. st- Paul. 149's, biwon a split decision Tuesday Snider From lirnrojl Journal Wire Servlcri Duke Snider, Brooklyn's super center fielder, today had a vote of confidence from the Dodger front a boost in pay to $30,000. Snider was the fourth Dodger to agree to terms and the records reveal why he was given a .341 batting average in 149 games, 120 runs scored, 378 total bases, 130 runs batted in and 199 hits. FRED "DIXIE" WALKER was back with the St.

Louis Cards today as coach after a switch of jobs with Mike Ryba who becomes manager of the Houston Buffs of the Texas League for the 1955 season. Walker managed the Buffs to the Shaughnessy playoff IHIIIIM Miclu'fi Manllv Shows Sppvd PRYOR, Okla. (INS) New Y'ork Yankee Outfielder. Mickey Mantle was fined $17.50 for speeding on U. S.

Highway fifl. He was clocked by police at 80 miles an hour. llin cousin, Max Mantle, also was fined $17.50 for speeding at 70 ni.p.h. on the same road at the same time in his car: They were fined Tuesday in Pryor, Justice court championship the past season. He was a Cardinal coach until he was sent to Houston, St.

Louis farm, in August of '53. The Milwaukee Braves an nounced five signing Bonus Pitcher Joey Jay, First Baseman Frank Torre from Atlanta, Outfielder Chuck Tan One of 2 leading ner and Pitchers Charlie Gor-in and Glenn Thompson, up from Toledo. AUG. 15 has been set as date for the sixth annual benefit game between the Chicago Cubs and White, Sox at Comiskey Park. The New York Yankees signed the veteran Eddie Lo-pat at approximately the same salary he received last Winnvr.

tMHir Basketball LOCAL Alumni 82 SCHOLASTIC North 53 DISTRICT SCHOLASTIC Coventry 86 Wdworth S3 Kent Roosevelt 83 Tallmadge 33 Springfield Twp. 80 Norton 81 Boston Twp, 71 Twinsburg 53 Copley Rever 60 Northwest Manchester 63 Massillnn A7 Ashland 63 Canton Catholic R.l Orrvllle 6fc Clinton Lehman 77 Wooster 5i Canton McKlnley 52 Canton South Dennlson fU Mllleriburg t.4 Havenna 48 Alumni 3D Greenstown 54 Augusta 53 Highland 67 Seville 4.H LeHoy 75 Buckeye 41 Homer 88 l.odl 42 Northwestern 65 Do.vlestown 52 Windham 81 Southlngton C4 Berlin Center 47 Randolph 46 OHIO COLLEGIATE I Dayton 71 Oregon 53 California 74 Ohio State 63 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Colby 81 Holy C'rou 85 N. C. State 76 io. t) Connecticut BO Cornell 72 Kansas State 01 Massachusetts 79 Boston College 42 St.

John's N.Y.) 75 Manhattan 70 Syracuse 62 Indiana 74 Marquette 89 South Dakota State 67 think! Time Ohio's whiskeys DESERVE If 8 later than you the same time the Browns stop exercising their mastery; after 12 minutes of the last quarter. But when Bert Bell argues that December is a wonderful month for football because al-'C most nobody suffers heat prostration, chances are hell be too stubborn to agree to anything except the usual 15-minute and maybe 16 or 17 if by some chance the Lions 7 are a little behind on their scoring schedule. YES, THE BROWNS might as well get ready for a long afternoon. They have no control over the weather. I'm only kidding on this business of cutting the quarters.

The Browns aren't kidding when they say they don't expect an even break "in the The Lions have been established favorites, which is something of a break for the Browns. Some of these times the law of average and some normal cockiness on the part of the Lions may combine to react against the Detroit outfit. The Lions are reported in top physical condition. "If we don't beat the Browns, we won't have any excuses." says 'i' Coach Buddy Parker. "This will be the first time in more i than a month that we didn't have at least one man on the i injury The Browns resume training today at League Park, worrying more about the condition of Fullback Maurice Bassett's bruised thigh than about the weather, They need yi Bassett for his blocking, carrying and for the protection he ('has learned to give Graham.

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