Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • Page 46

THE CUFF Tucson Disappoints On Football Front By Lou Pavlovich DENIES FOLDING Tucson, friends, is a disappointing sports town. That's the only answer we can glean from the facts it hand. in their last two games at home against powerful op- -jwsition, the professional Tucson Rattlers, have played to less than 3,000 fans. It presents a strange paradox, in a way. The Uni- yersity of Arizona, winner of two games in two seasons, has averaged 18,000 at its home games, if you want to rough estimate.

The pro Tucson team, winner of 14 games in the past two seasons and loser of only three, can't even average 1500 in its past two games. 4 We realize that mistakes have been made by the Rattler officials, who are prominent businessmen in town and not football men, to be sure. But even so, when football of this calibre is offered Tucsonians, "we feel that crowds of 4,000 to 10,000 should sit in on the Attractions. We have a feeling that if Sunday's Tucson-San Diego 'Marine game flops at the turnstiles, Old Pueblo fans may be without professional football in the future. Do you want pro football in Tucson? It's an easy i.

question, to answer. A good turnout at Sunday's game provide the clue--as will a poor turnout. the decision is yours, and no one else's. 2 1 THE OPTIMIST ALL-AMERICAN football bowl 1 could get a warm pat on the back from Tucson officials if some arrangements could be made to declare a "holi- among stores here on the afternoon of the game on January 3. Otherwise, the bowl game will be in serious danger of doing an el foldo at the turnstiles.

I For some reason, Tucson football fans are not free 4 to turn out en masse for afternoon football attractions. Past records indicate as much and this Saturday after; noon's game at the UA stadium pitting the Wildcats against West Texas may give stronger proof. I An All-Star football attraction such as the All-Ameri- 1 can bowl is deserving of nothing less than a complete sellout. The only way this can be accomplished is to make it a regal holiday, close as many stores, offices and shops in town as possible, and let everyone go to the game. If not, the Optimist Bowl may suffer.

SPORTS SPLINTERS. CBS-TV has made a tentative offer to telecast the All-American bowl here, but the time was not suitable-and further studies are now being made. At best, it's still a 50-50 chance that the bowl game will be telecast. If so, it will be greatest thing ever to hit Tucson, sportswise or any other way. $30,000 will be in the bank within a week or so for the big bowl.

The tittle AlI-Ameri- can coaches, Volney Ashford of Missouri Valley and Max Spilsbury of Arizona State at Flagstaff are having brilliant seasons. Both are undefeated to date and Ashford's team last week was top offensive club in the nation among small colleges and this week held total offense superiority, also. Flagstaff is among lead- ers in defensive play. Rookie quarterback Frank Ryan of the Los Angeles Rams is brains, personified. He is studying nuclear physics--on the side--at UCLA.

NFL quarterbacks must know what every teammate does on some 300 plays, variations thereof included. Ryar, eats up instructions as mere child's' play, even, to asking questions which well beyond the subject under discussion. After one reading, he has a page of technical details down Fenton Says Mat Matches To Stay Promoter Rod Fenton emphatically denied today a report that his weekly wrestling matches at the Tucson Gardens will end soon. Fenton's denial followed a statement by Arizona Athletic Commission Chairman Irving Schneider in Phoenix last night that wrestling Rattlers 2-Touchdown Underdogs will fold soon in Tucson and is on a shaky basis in Phoenix. "I don't know where he got that," Fenton said.

"It's just not so. We have made no plans to discontinue wrestling here." The Tucson weekly mat card, held for many years in the Tucson Sports Center, was recently switched to the Tucson Gardens. While crowds have been below capacity, they have been as good or better as those at the Sports Center. Schneider also said that no local prizefight promoters or matchmakers have sought licenses from the newly created commission. A few have been granted to wrestling promoters, he said.

Schneider said some out-of- staters, some with good reputations and others with bad ones, have applied for licenses. "If the commission doesn't hear from local promoters by Jan. 1," he warned, "we will invite people in who will put a up a proper arena and promote boxing here (Phoenix)." The only boxing i expressed to the commission so far is a letter from Harry Eagles, now in Long Beach, inquiring about a promoter's license for Tucson. The Tucson Rattlers collide with possibly the toughest service football team in the west-and perhaps the nation--Sunday afternoon at the Roueo Grounds. The San Diego Marines, undefeated last season, and conquerors of Eagle Rock, 33-0 (the same team Tucson barely edged, 17-15 last week) will toss a formidable lineup at the Rattlers.

Headed by Coach Robert E. (Bull) Trometter. "Weeping Willie" by the press, the Devildogs come here favored by at least two touchdowns. However, Tucson Coach Griffing is planning on a few offensive surprises for the visitors and the "experts" figure a close ball game is in the offing. Trometter, with ail over-all coaching record of 48 wins and only 6 losses, always has a superbly-trained team.

Assisting him as a tackle coach is Buddy Lewis, former Arizona grid great who is a lieutenant in the Marine Corps. The Marines have five coaches in all, plus a star- studded roster that includes college i stalwarts from many of the nation's better known schools. Some of the top Marine performers include Chuck Leimbach, 6-4 end, who was All- Coast at USC; Jim Robinson, 6r2 end' two-time Negro All- American at Fiske Darryl Rogers, Fresno State end, drafted by the Los Angeles' Rams; Jack Stilwell of Northwestern, also an end; Dick Loncar. ex-Notre Dame tackle; John Scott, 265-pound former Ohio State stalwart; James Brewer, 215-pound former Texas center; Chuck Butler, former Stanford quarterback; Dale Boutwell, Arkansa's top- Ittcspn THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 30, 1958 scoring back; L.

C. Taylor, a speedburner from Fresno State; Ken Lutterback, Evansville Little Ail-American back; Ernie Merk, USC back, and others. Meanwhile, x-rays indicated that the Rattlers will lose the services of linebacker Andy Rumic due to a fractured jaw suffered in last week's Eagle Rock victory. Rumic was one of the top performers on Tucson's air-tight defensive unit. Bill West, a 210-pounder, and Ivan Muse, 185-pound coach at Flowing Wells, will be utilized as linebackers to fill the gap left by Rumic's absence.

In addition to Buddy Lewis on the Marine roster, former Arizona lineman Bob Whitlow is also expected to play, as is Bill Bradley, former Tucson High and Eastern Arizona lineman. The game Sunday has been carded for 3 p.m. Colorado Seniors Make Last Bid Vs. Oklahoma By Associated Press The day of reckoning again is near for Colorado. Since 1950, Coach Dal Ward's football team has echoed "wait until next year" when discussing their unsuccessful efforts against Oklahoma.

Colorado joined me Big Eight in 1948 and played its first full league schedule in 1950. But the Buffs have never defeated the Sooners. They finished as runnerup to Bud Wilkinson's perennial champions in 1951 and again in 1956. Sherm Pruit, center and co-captain, will be one of seven seniors in the Colorado starting lineup against the Sooners Saturday at Boulder. He says, "We've had them for two years and let them get away.

This is our last chance and we think we can handle them all the way." The game has been sold out since late in July. More than 45,000 fans will pack Folsom Field and an estimated 10,000 will watch the game on closed circuit television. Virgiiiia'sTlandle Slips Past Cats' Star In Pass Catching Flagstaff Zooms To 9th In UPI Poll NEW YORK--UPI--Arizona State College at Flagstaff, already ranked No. 3 in the nation in NAIA rankings, zoomed up to the No. 9 in the United Press small college ratings today.

Mississippi Southern topped the UPI poll for the sixth straight UPI poll FAN FARE Cleveland Plans 11 Spring Tilts Here The Cleveland Indians will play 11 spring exhibition games here starting March 7, it was reported at a meeting of the Chamber Commerce baseball committee yesterday. Joe Hanson, member of the CofC committee as ell as the City Baseball Commission, reported that the first is scheduled March 7 and le finale April 2. The Boston Red Sox will appear in Arizona, re- lacing the Baltimore Orioles. Hanson, hinting that the 1959 chedule will be the most attrac- ive yet, could not reveal the pring schedule which is nearing ompletion. "We predict that those who don't buy their tickets early will be disappointed," Hanson aid.

IT WAS POINTED out by Bob Brickman, chairman of the CofC group, that the 42-man committee will get to work shortly on season icket applications. Reports will be made on progress at a Dec. 3 meeting. "We'll know where we stand then," Brickman said, hinting that he planned to crack down on lackadaisical members of his committee. Season ticket prices will be $27.50 for box seats and $22.50 for grandstand.

All 11 exhibition games will be varsity contests and season ticket sales will go for the price of 10 games, only. Individual ticket boosts for weekend games from $2.25 to $2.50 and $2.75 to $3.00 are tentatively planned which would not affect season ticket sales. consists of all major small col leges while the NAIA poll lists only small colleges not affiliated with the NCAA. A number of top-ranked "little giants" were upset last week. The latest balloting by the board of small college coaches which rates the teams produced a number of changes in the top 10.

EAST TEXAS STATE regained a place in the select group and Arizona State made its appearance in the top 10. Butler (Ind.) and Central Michigan dropped out. Connecticut slipped from second to 10th after it was blanked by Delaware, 28-0. Delaware is now 14th. Miami (Ohio) advanced from sixth to third.

East Texas State, Northeastern Bowling Green (Ohio), Wheaton Chattanooga, Arizona Flagstaff and Connecticut rounded out the top 10 in that order. The United Press International small college football ratings (first- place votes and won-lost records in parentheses): Team Pointi 1. Miuiiiippi Southern (34) (5-0) i. Montana State (6-0) 3. Miami (Ohio) (3-2) 4.

East Texas State (5-1) 11' 5. Northeaitern (Okla.) (1) (7-0) ...115 6. Bowling Green (Ohio) (1) (5-1) ..109 7. Wheaton I I I (1) (6-0) 105 8. Chattanoooa (4-2) 9.

Arizona (Flagltalf) State (3) (7-0) S2 10. Connecticut (1) (4-2) 71 11. St. Benedict! 1 (Kan.) (1). 70; 12.

Mtmphia State, 13, Amher.t (Maw.) (1), 60; 14, Delaware. 55; 15. Willamette 52; 16, Central Michigan, 44; 17, Lafayette, 40; 18, California Poly at San Luis 39; 19, Kent (Ohio) State, 38; 20 (tie), Buffalo (N.Y.) (1) and Williams (1), 36 each. Othert receivlna 10 or more 33; Tampa SO: Ohio Univenlty, 26; West Cherter (Pa.) Teachert, 22; Mistouri Valley, 21; Mid Farrell Loses Miami Reins MIAMI, 1959 Miami Marlins will play under a new manager. The International League fifth place club of- 1958 released Manager Kerby Farrell yesterday.

His successor has been named. Parrell's Marlins won 75 and lost 78 games during his sea. son at the helm. The Tennesseean, a former Cleveland Indians manager, currently is piloting Caracas' Oriente team in the Venezuelan Winter League. '--Cltlltn Phett MAKE ROOM FOR THE QB CORPS Ed Dohe rty with Coach Ed Dohe rty with up with a fourth seeing heavy duty.

They are (left half. SIGNALCALLERS APLENTY Three Cat QBs May Start zz. misioiin a State. 20; Kearney head COach. Coaches Resign After'Spy Talk AMARILLO, and Jim Ranck, head coach and assistant coach respectively of Amarillo High School, resigned last night amid charges that they had a former football player spy on Tascosa High School.

Amarilio and Tascosa a Saturday. Superintendent of Schools Bob Ashwprth announced after a meeting of the school board that the two had resigned and Sam Pecchia, former assistant football coach and now assistant principal, had been named acting 19; Louisville, Northeast (La.) State and Lamar (Tex.) Tech, 18 each; Coe (Iowa), 17; Sewanee North Dakota Uni- venity and Trinity 14 each; Lehigh, 11; Wittenberg (Ohio), and Idaho State, 10 each. GOLF PINEHURST, N- Woleott Brown of Sea Girt, N. ported a 711 for a ons-stroke fint round lead in the hole Southern Senior! Tournament. Coach Bill Ellington of Tascosa said he discovered a former Amarillo High School player watching his workouts and that the man had in his possession diagrams of the Tascosa plays.

Ellington reported it to Dee Walker, athletic director of Amarillo high schools. Arizona Coach Ed Doherty, blessed with the same quarterback corps that led Hie nation in pass completions last season, apparently figures he can't get enough-of a good thing. For Doherty may well have three quarterbacks in his starting backfield Saturday afternoon against the Buffaloes of West Texas State. It's not so much by way of a blessing, however, as bit of Wildcat bad luck. Doherty announced yesterday that regular left halfback and Warren Livingston has not responded treatment for an injury in theldaho game and may not be ready to go Saturday.

As a result Doherty has again had to dip in his deep quarterback corps for a likely looking lad to convert to the ailing ball- carrying staff. His eye has fallen on No. 3 signal-caller Dan Zion. "We experimented with Zion at left half (the equivalent of tailback or scatback in Doherty's slot-T) yesterday and he just might start there Satur- said the Wildcat mentor. Doherty also' said he would start ex-Junior College All- American quarterback a Hibbert at slotback if the Cats i Hibbert, converted from the throwing to catching end of the Arizona pass attack in pre-season drills, currently is second in the nation in pass receptions-his 30 catches just 2 behind leader Sonny Randle of Virginia.

However, Hibbert was demoted to the second team last week for'ragged defensive play and will sit on the bench in favor of rugged Willie Peete should the Wildcats kick off Saturday. In addition to makeovers Zion and Hibbert, regular signal- callers Jim Geist and Ralph Hunsaker will divide the quarterbacking duties Saturday with the ever-improving Geist slated, for starting action. However, Zion's chances of starting at left half may be endangered by the straightening out of Oklahoma Bars Fans DENVER--Mr-Coach Bud Wilkinson ordered a closed-gates workout for his Oklahoma football team today. Bright sunlight in contrast to the heavy overcast and wet snow of yesterday, greeted the Sooners, who flew in last night for their big date with Colorado at Boulder Saturday. The GkifiliOffians, perennial Big Eight conference champions, will hold another workout tomorrow.

Wilkinson insisted his present team is less powerful than Oklahoma machines of recent years. 'I don't want to take anything away from this team," he said. "It plays the best it knows how, but we haven't any backs like McDonald, McPhail, Thomas, Pricer and a lot of others. "We are just a reasonably good team, not an outstanding one." Folsom stadium's 47,000 seats have been sold out for months for the game that should settle the Big Eight title and a trip to Miami's Orange Bowl. the eligibility of scooter Minner Williams.

Tne little service recruitee has been ineligible most of the season while the "university checked on correspondence credits he acquired in the service. He hopes to take a correspondence exam before Saturday, however, and a passing grade would make him eligible. One certain starter the Wildcat backfield Saturday will be fullback Billy Overall--relinquishing his starting slotback spot of last week due to a second serious injury for the Cats to fullback Jack Gillespie. Saturday's game i be Homecoming for Arizona with such old-timers due to be on hand as Edward S. Stafford of San Jose, a member of Arizona's first team in 1899.

Also here will be six of the seven living players from the 1908 Arizona team Roderick Burnham, George Roberson, William Roy Williamson, Earl Durley, James Ralph Mitten and Ernest (Slaps) Blades. Not able to make the trip here is Ernest Behr. Hibbert's 30 Grabs 2 Behind By Auociated Pren Virginia's flash Sonny Randle latched on to nine passes Saturday to edge ahead of Arizona's likewise glue-fingered Dave Hibbert in one of the hottest races ia -years for the national college pass catching championship. In order to pass up Hibbert, Randle has had to post a total of 32 receptions in 6 games--the largest number of catches in as many games any collegian has come up with since 1952 when Brown of set the single-season record of 55 catches. AND who grabbed four of five tosses his direction Saturday --two for touchdowns -played less than half the against Idaho in bringing hii total to 30.

Hibbert had been to second-string duty, however, slated to return to the tot team this week against the West Texai State Buffaloes. nationally, two other new individual leaderaLCCOpped up. Bfif Austin, Rutgers' man of all work, scored three times against Lehigh last Saturday, bringing his total to 66 points. He now has scored more touchdowns in five games than any major college player in recorded history--10. Howard Cook of Colorado is in second place with 53 points, including eight touchdowns.

DALE HACKETT of Wisconsin took over the punt-return lead with a 64-yard touchdown gallop which blotted Ohio State's perfect record with a tie. Only Georgia's Bob Walden, with a 47.4-yard punting average; Drake's Tom Newell, with 278 yards on kickoff returns, and Don Black, New Mexico's spectacular jass has averaged 'our points for every catch, retained their leads in their respective departments last week. PASS RECEIVING Pan. Ydi. 1.

Randle, Virginia 32 384 1. Hibbert, Arizona 6 30 339 Burford. Stanford 6 25 2M 4. Dehlinger, Idaho 6 22 233 5. Siminski, Furman 5 20 354 6.

Tracey, Texas A4.M 6 20 254 7. 6 19 235 8. UCLA 5 19 211 9. Wood, Okll. St.t« IT Z52 10.

Cinn. 17 ISO 1 PUNT RETURNS Dale 167 en John Horrillo, Ore. 150 on 14; Howard Cook, 145 on 12; Dwight Nichols, Iowa State, 135 on 11s Okla. State, 129 9. SCORING Bill Auttin, Rutgerc, (10.TD, extra points); Howard Cook, 53 (8-2, 1 FG); Ron Burton, Northwestern and Bill Patton, 50 (88-82 each); Robert Janji, Purdue, and White, Ohio State, 48 (8-0 KICKOFF RETURNS Tom Newell, Drake.

278 yards en 13: Sonny Randle, Virginia. 231 on 10! Frank Reulnelli, Marquette. 223 1 -b Sawyer, Wyoming. ZOO on ohnson, VMI, 194 on 5. Wise Quits Phillies PHILADELPHIA--tf-The Phil adelphia Phillies announced todaj that John Wise, traveling secre tary since 1952, has sesigncd.

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More than 80 golfers are expected to sign in tomorrow morning. Among them will be Johnny Bulla, state and southwest PGA champ, Errie Ball of Tucson, George Keyes of the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix and amateurs George Harrington, Joe Kaloff, a Mayer, and Duff Lawrence. Stan Hubert, outstanding young Phoenix player, will be in the pro ranks for the first time in this tournament. Akins To Defend Title LOS ANGELES (in Virgil Akins of St. Louis has formally agreed to defend his world welterweight title in a 15-round bout here Dec.

5 against Don Jordan of Los Angeles..