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Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 36

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PACE 12 THE CLARION-LEDGER JACKSON (MISS.) DAILY NEWS, SUNDAY DECEMBER 19, 1954 SECTION TWO Pro Footba E5T32J ea United ress Is Release ers who work in the center of the lines. Capitol Gun Club Making Effort To Aid Hunters NEW YOHK. THc. IB (UP) The 1954 Lions, Browns Win Top Number Of Players On Select Team For 1954 t'nited rress All-National Football League team (with first team votes in the club to become more proficient With the 1954 55 quail season in full swing, the Capitol Gun FIRST TEAM OFFENSIVE Pet. Playrr and Club Pihos.

Philadelphia (12) Hill. Chicago Bears (12) Groza. Cleveland (18) Club invites all quail hunters to with their "scattr guns." Expert instructors are always on hand to help iron put those faulty shooting habits and to help them "get defensive unit were tackle Art Donovan of Baltimore; Linebacker Roger Zatkoff of Green Bay; drop by for a few rounds of prac tice shooting in skeet and trap. Creekmur, Detroit (21) Bandiicci. San Francisco (IS) Slanfel.

Hrtrnit (11) By EARL WRIGHT NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UP) The Detroit Lions, and Cleveland Browns, the National Football League's division champions, today filled nine of the 22 positions on the 1954 United Press All-Star professional team. Tracking the swiftly flying clay on the birds. "birds" for a round or so with and halfback Tom Landry of -vyaish. Pittsburgh uo i Graham, Cleveland 17) New York.

HB Walker, Detroit (1? HB Matson, Chicago Cardinals The Winners Of first team berths KB Perry San Francisco (25) your gun will help speed up your shooting reaction time, and this had clear-cut margins only at of-j DEFENSIVE LLJ IILJ I I I r.r--r Mm iwm liiiw.vliwMi-uWani.w-ijRS. --rr-i rr'rmi--iiiiwirmmswamtlinnniniM with shooting practice in general rm. naver ana iiui Detroit's western division kings jfensive tackle where Groza should greatly improve your shots ana Ford. Cleveland (19) in the field. After almost a year (12) captured six berths in voting by Creekmur rolIed up a miadeipm.

n) 29 snortswnt ers who covered the, 4 i-f Balumore tm N.F.L. campaign in the various lcads at quarterback where Gra-i JcJm AV2. MG Kilrov. PhiladeiDhia (10) of not shooting, the feathered part The Gun Club is just the place to try out your gun to be sure it is working properly after having been put away all year. It will give you opportunityh to test it out to see if minor repairs are needed before going afield.

Practice shooting is a good way to shot up those old shells rather than risk them at game. Skeet Shooting offers excellent ridges usually seem much faster league cities. Cleveland, i ham had a sizeable lead over De than at the end of the last season. So fast, in fact, they may often I.B Bednarik, Philadelphia (22) I Zsiknff, Green Bav (11) HB-David. Detroit (11) (20) HB tandry.

New York (10) Christiansen. Detroit (26) SECOND TEAM produced one of the best come- troit's Bobby Layne; at defensive backs in league history to win end where Ford and Willey had big the eastern crown, won three first edges; at one linebacker spot team berths. where Bednarik won easily; and "outfly" you, without some previous practice in skeet and trap. The inexperienced shooters OFFENSIVE will find much to assist them at The Philadelphia Eagles, at safety Christiansen ledE Wilson. San Francisco uif Bovd.

Los Angeles the defensive unit Dalloting practice for all kinds of hunting shots, as the shooter gets fast targets from all angles. Trapshooting is more like quad shooting as the it ct fi: cnM is a carbon of a letter which my friend Champ Pickens wrote re 2b VOteS tO Will the berth for eiT Snyder. Philadelphia third vir Cihron. Cleveland inira strauni jear. jG connor Chicago Beart cently to the publishers of Rice's Trnn r.i Iv I.avnP hac trailpri Cleveland targets are fast and all going a-way at various angles unknown before to the shooter.

Layne. Detroit HB McElhennv. San Francisco Graham in the quarterDacK Dai- fine tome, A. S. Barnes and Co.

Champ, who is 77, is mentioned on page 105 in the book, in the chapter! Coach Paul Brown of Cleveland called the best team his club faced during its title drive, won four first team berths. The San Francisco Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steel-ers, Chicago Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Colts and New York, Giants each placed one man to round out the mythical two-platoon team. Tackle Lou Creekmur. guard The Club four in skeet HB Johnson, San Francisco FB Younger, 1-os Angeles DEFENSIVE loting the last three years but outshone the Cleveland star while leading Detroit to victory in the that has to do with the Black Sox and there in trap, are open to the public on regular club shooting Lyons, Jeanette Fagan, Betty Lou Atkins, Nellie Ruth Sanders, Flora May, Sedenia Miller, De-lores Steverson, Emma Jane1 Pace and Carolyn Cunningham. (Photo by Harold Bridges) DRESSED UP Shown above are the Pearl High school majorettes dressed in their game-time regalia.

Nicknamed the Pirates, the Pearl High majorettes are attired in pirate hats. They are, left to right: Barbara Stewart, Elouise scandal. In his leter to Barnes. 1952 and 1953 championship games. The two passing stars clash again Champ wrote: days, which are each Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

A round in skeet or-trap, 25 shots or Hart. Detroit Robustelli. Los Angeles Stautner. Pittsburgh Colo, Cleveland MG Dortrill, Pittsburgh MG McCormack. Cleveland LB Schmidt, Detroit LB Tonnemaker, Green Bay HB Lane, Chicago Cardinals HB Lahr.

Cleveland Sunday in the league's final regu- "The night of the first game (of in Dick Stanfel and halfback Doakllar game and again next week the 1919 Series) it was known that one box of shells, is $3.25 with shells furnished, or $1.50 when the Walker of Detroit won positions on, the title game Kiner Using His Head Talcing the first offensive unit. Middle Walker, probably the most ver Tunnell, New York Guard Les Bingaman, halfback shooter furnishes his own shells. Club members shoot at 25 cents per round less. satile back in the league, easily Honorable Mentioa (Two or More Totes Ends Brewster and Lavelli. Cleveland: Jim David and safetyman ackjwon one of the offensive halfback Dibble and Doran.

Detroit: SDrinkle. Chi cago Bears; Marrhetti. Baltimore: Mar- The Club is located north on Liv Cicotte had sold out, Grant and I were dining in the Sinton Hotel after the game and Ray Schalk came over and told us what had happened. But Grant, good soul that he was, never once mentioned the sell-out, and it was not known until the next spring when, I believe, Hugh Fullerton broke the story." Jack Doyle, the old New York tinkovic. Green Bay; Walston, Philadel- Forty Percent Cut In Salary ingston Road and can be reached via Northside Drive by turning pnia.

Tackles Hunter and Hanner. Green Bay: McGraw and Mains. Detroit: Jones. Chicago Bears: Krause. New York: Ton- north at Livingston Road, or by taking Livingston Road at Wood- eff.

San Francisco: Jarmoluk. Philadel dians blow the pennant, it could Before we get off the subject, I phia: Kissel). Cleveland. Christiansen of Detroit landed 'spots. Matson collected votes for first team defensive honors.

jboth offensive and defensive play The Cleveland stars quarterback, to beat out San Francisco's Hugh Otto Graham, offensive a 1 elMcElhcnny for the other halfback Lou Groza and defense end Len1 berth. Ford made the first team for thej The second offensive team: Ends, fourth straight season. Rill Wilson, San Francisco. And Pete Pihos of Philadelphia won; Bob Boyd. Los Angeles; tackles, one of the offensive end positions.

(Bob St. Clair, San Francisco, and End Norm (Wild Man WillevJ Ken Snyder, Philadelphia; Guards, know a lot of people who are root row Wilson boulevard. The grounds Guards Richter. Thompson and Put conceivably cost Greenberg i job, though he has done very well odds-maker, who also was on hand ing for Ford Frick to reject Kiner'5 nam. Los Angeles; Austin, New York; Sewell, Detroit.

are about one-half mile north or Centers Johnson. San Francisco: Mr. as a general manager. for that Series, used to say, "the the City limits. request that he be allowed to take a 40 per cent pay cut (from $65,00 Lauchlin.

Los Angeles. By BOB CONSIDINE CLEVELAND, Dec. 18 (INS) Heres why Ralph Kiner offered to take a 40 per cent salary cut: He knows that Hank Greenber his close friend, is sticking his neck out by hiring him. Contrary to reports, Greenberg has no stock dogs in the streets knew it was in Linebackers Toreeson. Detroit! Paul.

The Cleveland club is hardly in Los Angeles: Robinson, Philadelphia; Cat- the bag." nn. neveiana. to instead of the constitu tional limit of 25 per cent. the same realm with the Carnegie Foundation. It is a profit-making Offensive baric Tobin Bote.

Green But getting back to Pickens, he'd Frank (Choir Bov) Kilroy a ADe uiDron, (. leveland. And George li 1. 1 i The public is invited to come out and shoot with the members on the days as outlined above. All club facilities, including the clubhouse, are open to them on those days.

iiuji piinniiii, 1 1 1 1 it anil tuwitrr. Of Connor, bears; Center, rankiLos Am-eles; Gifford and Kyle Rote, New linpharkpr flhnrk- Rpdnarilc organization and would fire even make a fine sports book himself. These people say, in effect, "if He entered the University of Ala Philadelphia were named to the'Gatski, Cleveland; Quarterback. vi' ffofoncM-a I Lavne. Detroit halfbacks.

McEl-iDuion, Green Bav: Joe Walker and before ready, Gridley, if firing might make the firm a buck and- Alban. Washington; 'ah bama in 1894, managed the Crim this bum says he's not worth the dough the corporation is forced to pay him, what about us? Will the mollify the customers. It has no son Tide football team in 1896 and inrl Tnhn TTnrv TnWnr. TU "'-hr. Baltimore; James Joe Perry, San Francisco ball-icnn' and.

Cleveland; Kindt, Chicago hn u-m thA mchino titis Francisco; fullback. Tank monopoly on this approach, of all but personally wangled it its boss begin to wonder, too? Sup in the Cleveland Indians. He is strictly on salary, and can be dismissed as readily as a batboy. Kiner, who has saved, a buck or two, and knows the income tax laws, will suffer little by accepting an additional ten or 15 per cent cut Jackson College course. first Rose Bowl bid a generation pose I had a bad year (I a later.

That was the Johnny Mack that virus, you remember) so am Still Unbeaten Greenberg, in hiring Kiner, has done what almost every baseball Brown team that beat Washington for the second straight vear. onouxler- Y5. the fullback spot and led the bal-Plafyed his fl1 seaspn in 19o4 loting for the offensive team withut Previously played pro ball in 25 votes. Bruno Banducci of thej anafIa- Forty-Niners wound up his 11th The second defensive team: pro campaign by winning the cent-iLeon Detroit, and Andy I expected to go to him and say 'I'll take a forty instead of 'how about more dough'." These people man I've ever known has done: over the probable slash he would NED'S NICE BATON ROUGE, La. Fans an coaches agree that senior Ned Clark is a nice man for Louisiana State's basketball team to have The Jackson College Tigers (was it?) 20-19.

Champ was around Washington, have endured if he had remained continued their trek along the a Cub. In Kiner's bracket, it glory road last week by downing er post, while Leo Nomellini of iKODusieui. los Angeies; tacKies. say there's something un-American about refusing money, and I'm inclined to agree with them. But it's obvious why Kiner has done D.

during the pit of the depression and with the help of Shirley Povich of the Washington Post and Times Herald arranged for a around. In addition to posting a the Fortv-Xiners won one of Stautner, Pittsburgh defensive tackle snots. iPon Colo, Cleveland; Middle 14.6 scoring average for five games the 6-5 senior from Baton Rouge has grabbed 103 rebounds for a 20.6 per game average. what he has. He is a rarity in sports.

He did it for a pal. the Kentucky State Thoroughbred Five two nights in a row by 67-52 and 52-45 scores. The two victories sent the Jackson team's record to five wins and no losses for the young In the first ThoroughbredTiger contest, Jamison lead the scoring for the Blue Grass Pick up an admired pal at a time when few others thought the pal was worth a bucket of whey. They were roommates when Greenberg went to Pittsburgh after the war. Their beautiful wives are very good friends, and the four of them have had many merry tennis matches when the Kiners were in cfeveland on business or pleasure.

But the fact that they are friends will hurt Greenberg locally if Kin The others who won positions Dale Dodrill. Pitrsburgh, the offensive team were end Har-Iand Mike McCormack, Cleveland; lan Hill of the Chicago Bears: cent- linebackrs. Joe Schmidt, Detroit, er Bill Walsh of the Pittsburgh 'and Clayton Tonnemaker, Green If you haven't read Grantland amounts to cigaret money anyway. He wants to avoid as much as possible the resentment which all up and coming ball players who are helping a team feel for a faded star who can no longer perform Gargantuan feats yet commands a salary which dwarfs that of the producing players. (Greenberg said recently: "In baseball you're underpaid on the Alabama's great powerhouse team which featured Freddie Sington and others to play a charity game against all three D.

C. colleges Georgetown, George Washington and Catholic University. For 17 Rice's book you've missed a great Bay; halfbacks, Dick Lane, Card Steelers and halfback Ollie Mat-j treat. Sports books do not sell inals. And Warren Lahr, Cleve- son of the Chicago very many copies, as a rule.

This is team with 15 points. Covington did Hill. a rookie from A 1 a a ailand: safetyman, Emlen Tunnell, a. statement made by something more than a green hand. But New lork.

Most of the defensive units use Teachers College, caught 12 touchdown passes and was the 1 THE JONES BOY BATON ROUGE, La. Leslie Jones, a junior guard on Louisiana State's basketball squad, has posted the best field goal average for the Tigers thus far. He has years he has run the Blue and Gray game which will be televised from Montgomery, on Christmas Day. a repeat performance in the second contest December 10 with 13 points. Roberts topped the Kentucky State team with 19 tallies.

er doesn't produce. Of course, if way up and overpaid on the way first year pro to win a position 'five-man lines with one middle Grant's book, in which Dave Cam-erer played such a good role, has become a best seller. As it should be. Kiner has a good year and the Indians win again, Hank will be Hank definitely is on the Quite a champ, this Pickens. Coach Harrison Wilson's strong en either the first or second guard but voters were asked to se-team.

jlect two in order to single out more The other players on the first; than one of the hard-working play- connected on four of eight attempts with the hiring of Kiner. If Ralph hailed as a brain. They don't grow them like that any bench again was one of the deciding factors. for an even 50 percent effort. has a very bad year and if the In-i Which is baseball.

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