Tallahassee Democrat from Tallahassee, Florida • Page 12

Sunday Morning, December 21, 1941 TWELVE U.C.L.A. Bruins Outscore Florida Gators, 30 to 27 SUNDAY NEWS-DEMOCRAT, ALLAH ASSEE. FLORIDA CHICAGO BEARS "AinH Been Anything Like It" Ends College Grid Career Pete Reiser is First Rookie To Win League Batting Crown Louis-Boer Go Dodjrers Lead National LATE ATTACK WINS BATTLE FORVLSITORS Mitchell Brothers Score Two Touchdowns For Gator Eleven By WAYNE OLIVER JACKSONVILLE, W) The Bruins from the University of California' at Los Angeles outlasted the Florida Oators, 30-27. here yesterday in a thrill-packed lntersectional gridiron game before a scant crowd of 8.000. Thfi Gators started off like a Angott to Build Up His Bankroll Before Title Go "Serious Sammy" Easy Victor Over Jenkins Friday Night By SID FEDER NEW YORK.

MV-Mike Jacobs' plan to have Sammy Angott de- because Serious Sammy has other ideas-chief of which Is to build up his bankroll. The Louisville slugger collected brush fire to build up a 20-6 lead and ihe fad themselvTs Th.n Bruins came out of vuhtht championship against 24 points before Florida could re- yunS Allle SJlz early In Febru-cover. The Oators tried hard in ary didn't get very far yesterday only about $5,000 for punching most total oases. most mree-Lew Jenkins down the trail in base hits, 17: and tied for most i 3 Carl Mitchell of Tallahassee I'niversity of Florida in a blaze of the Gators were defeated by I'CLA, second touchdown cn a long pass nis brother, Fondron Mitchell, junior halfback, score a few minutes I later on anothgr l3ng pa3S rom Jones- SMOKE BOWL GAME Wood Is Selected Longshots Score In Opening Show At Tropical Park Aboyne, 35 to 1 Entry, Hangs Up Close Win In Feature Race BY JOHN WILDS MIAMI. WV-Mrs Win frey's Aboyne splashed from out of the pack to a hairline victory In Tropical Park's inaugural handi cap yesterday and gave the long shot players a happy send-off for Florida's winter racing season.

There were other thrills as well for the opening day crowd of 9.382 off 1.099 from the start of last year but nevertheless heartening to the track's new owners because dripping skies were not conducive to a day at the races. Parimutuel betting the turf man's measure of the success or failure of a meeting promised to equal the $252,833 wagered for the 1940 opener. The fleet field of 11 was rounding the turn into the stretch in the six furlong $2,500 inaugural handicap when Jockey Skelly made his bid with Aboyne. The horse just nipped Mrs A Creech's DeKalb into a photo finish to return $71.60 to the $2 win bettors. The $2 place price was $28.60 and even the show players got back $12.30.

DeKalb paid $25 and $11.20 while Maechance, only favorite to run in the money, showed for $5.40. The sloppy track held the time to one minute, 12.4 seconds 2.4 seconds off the track record. The 21 -day meeting got off to a rousing start when Freeman's Liberty Sand and Mrs Carpenter's Ginocchlo ran to a head heat for the triumph in the first race. Hunch players who like box car figure payoffs got a taste of things to come in the second race when Mrs A Carroll's Marny came through to return $98.30 for for a win ticket, $43 to place and $17.50 to show. Florida UCLA Statistics JACKSONVILLE.

AP)-SttUttr5 of the 0 A-Florida football game- UCLA FLA nrst aowns 13 11 92 15 12 231 0 25 17 108 0 50 Tards pained rushing (net) 22 Forward passes attempted Forward passes completed iaras dv jorwara panning Yards lost attempt passe Forward passes Intercepted by Puntin? average (from scrimmage Totals yards all kiekg re 33 turned 14S Opponent fumble recovered 1 Yards lout by penalty 55 Stoefen, Bruce Barnes, Arthur Hendrix, Walter Senior, John Nogrady. Martin Buxby, Herman Peterson, Robert Harmon. Frank Rericha, John McDiarmld, Ed Copeland, Ken Napier and Don Watson. i Iop in Slagging BY JUDSON BAILEY NEW YORK. (P) The first rookie ever to win a major league batting championship is Harold Pete Releser, the sensational centerfielder of the Brooklyn Dodgers who hit .343 last season in the National league.

The long-necked St Louis boy came up to the Dodgers for the last six weeks of the 1940 season as a shortstop, but in his first full the outstanding middle gardener of circuit and collected a va- riety of batting honors, The official National league averages released yesterday confirmed the end-of-season figures that showed Reiser not only the leading percentage hitter, but also first in scoring runs, 117; hits for two-base hits, 39. He naa tfie I longest oauing streaK oi tne sea- son 18 games in mid-season Maintained Steady Pace Except for the fact that he was hurt and did not play the last mim! rtav nf thp rnmnniffn Rji- ser also might have led in total hits, for he finished second to Stan Hack of Chicago. 196 to 164. Reiser maintained a steady pace at in uear me wjjj oi uie iui- ting leaders throughout the season and was an important cog, naturally, in propelling the Dodgers to their first pennant in 21 years. Arrayed behind him among the regulars who played in more than 100 games were the veteran John Cooney of Boston, Joe Med-wick.

Brooklyn Stan Hack, Chicago .317: John Mize, St Louis Floyd (Arky) Baughan, Pittsburgh .316: Nick Etten, Philadelphia Fred (Dixie) Walker, Brooklyn Enos Slaughter, St Louis .311: Jimmy Brown, St Louis Danny Litwhiler, Philadelphia Johnny Hopp. St Louis and Dick New York .303. i No other players taking part in two-thirds of the schedule topped the Dodgers Lead Clubs Dolph camilli, Brooklyn first baseman and the league's most valuable player by a vote of baseball writers, hit .285, but collected the most home runs, 34. Me! Ott, newly-named manager of the Giants, hit 27 to bring his record life-time total to 415. The Dodgers led in all versions of club batting, contrary to a popular supposition that the Cardinals had the best offensive club.

But the difference is percentage was slight, Brooklyn having .2723 and St Louis .2715. Brooklyn's lead in total bases, a guide to slugging prowess, was 2,221 to 2.058. Danny Murataugh of the Phils led in stolen bases with 18. Only two players took part in all their clubs' games, Frank Mc-Corrnick in 154 for Cincinnati and Martin Marion in 155 for St Louis. McCormick noTr has played in 616 consecutive games for the Reds.

Picard Leader In Texas Meet HARLTNGEN, Tex, WHenry Picard ignored a driving rain yesterday to rush home with a seven-under-par 3-3364 in the first round of the $5,000 Rio Grand? valley open golf tournament. That was a stroke better than Toledo's Byron Nelson, who learned his golf in Texas and is former open king. The Harlingen course all but fell apart at the under the hammering of the touring pros, 25 of whom bettered par 35-36. Picard, Oklahoma City professional, collected seven birdies and never went over par. Nelson got as many birdies but his 32-3365 nincluded a bogie four at No 5.

the closing minutes to score seven 5SS1? g0tff. 5" Lfnr! UCAA 30 on another drive before the final gun killed their chances. The Bruins had plenty of stars but Halfback Leo Cantor. senior from Los Angeles. sparked the drives for the tying nH Ttflnnlnff XCOr With SDeedV.

powerful smashes at the Florida line and flashy end runs. Field Goal is Margin I Fullback Ken Snelling's ac- I curate kicking accounted for three I extra points after touchdowns and I the field goal that In the end proved to be the mar- 1 fin of victory. Florida drew first blood early In the game as Halfback Tommy Harrison tossed a long pass to end Forest Ferguson good for 28 yards and a touchdown. Paul Eller, Florida's placekick special- let. booted the extra point.

The Bruins retaliated quickly. They, recovered a fumbled Flor-i Ida lateral on the five-yard-stripe and Fullback George Phil-lips bucked across for the touch-'l down the second attempt. Snelling's conversion attempt I failed. Halfback Jack Jones threw a touchdown' pass to end Carl ehell, good for 44 yards. Eller failed to kick the extra point early in the second period to put Florida ahead, 13-6.

Jones then tossed one to halfback Fondren Mitchell good for 51 yards and Bother touchdown and Eller's. kick was good to put the Gators ahead, 20-6. The Bruins came right back for their second touchdown as Al Solari brought the kickoff out to his own 45, Bob Waterfield passed to end Milt Smith and Smith lateralled Guard Jerry Grubb who ran for a touchdown, Cantor caught fire early in the third to spark a drive to the Flor-' Ida 15. Waterfield again passed to Milt Smith, putting the ball on th Florida one, and Cantor bucked over for the touchdown. Enelling's kick tied the score.

Cantor tore Into the Florida line for long gains and added a 35-yard end run to carry to the Florida one in the fourth quarter. Fullback Ray Pierson plunged over to put UCLA ahead for the first time. Snelling kicked the extra point and a short time later booted his field goal from a difficult angle to give the Bruins a 30-20 lead. Harrison unlimbered his throw-' tag arm again to start the Gator's closing rally. A 23-yard pass to Ferguson and one for 15 yards to Andy Bracken set up the touch-, down.

O'Neal Hill, speedy little reserve fullback, broke through the stout UCLA defense for the final 11 yards and Eller's place -kick again was good. The Gators had Just completed a first-down pass on the UCLA I 30 as the game ended. BATTLE GIANTS FOR PRO TITLE Capacity Crowd Expected To Witness Contest In Chicago Today By DAVE HOFF CHICAGO, The National football league's ninth annual cnampionsnip piayoii, aeiayed a week while the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers settled a dispute over the Western division title, will take place today In Wrigley field when the Bears meet the New York Giants, Eastern tltlists. The prospect of unusually good weather for this time of the year brightened chances for a near capacity crowd. If attendance hit the capacity 41.839 mark, the gates would gross $154,018.70, with members of the finalist teams to get 70 per cent of the net.

But there still were tickets available yesterday, unlike last week when all seats for the Bears-Packers playoff were snapped up within a half day after the sale opened. There were 10,000 Green Bay fans in the stands last Sunday, however, to swell the total, while not more than a scattering of New Yorkers chose to make the long trip west for this battle. Favored The supreme confidence of Bears' backers resulted in betting odds of 1-4 favoring the Chica goans. A week ago the Bears were listed at 9-20 over the- Packers, whom they defeated, 33-14. The Giants, who held a brief workout yesterday afternoon at Wrigley field, pointed to the fact they were idle last Sunday and thus had two weeks to rest up and plot tactics for the championship game.

The Bears, though, recalled how the New Yorkers had two weeks to get ready for their final regulation game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, only to lose to their cross-town rivals, 21-7. Halas declared his team reached its peak against the Packers in the playoff, but was uncertain as to whether that fine edge had been maintained this week. He scoffed at the confidence shown by fans in his boys, pointing out how they were set back, 16-14, by the Packers in midseason after winning five straight games. That was the only tilt the Bears lost this season. Third Meeting "We had just won those fivs games by overwhelming scores, the owner-coach said, "and we couldn't tell anybody that the Packers might whip us.

Every body was cerain we couldn't lose a single game. You know what happened. We were outclassed for three quarters and lost." This is the third time the Bears and Giants have met for the title since the lnter-divislonal playoffs were instituted here in 1933. That first year the Bears won, 23-21. on great playing by Harold (Red) Grange.

In 1934 they met again in the famous tennis-shoe contest, the New Yorkers winning on an ice-covered field in the Polo Grounds. 30-13. Wfc', GIVE THE PHIZES Stat( mm Jacobs Says of Hig-Name People Asking For Fight Tickets By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK, (Wide World) With Joe Louis and Buddy Baer safely Installed in their rural training quarters, Promoter Mike Jacobs is beginning to work up an impressive head of steam over the charity battle he is engineering between the ebon champion and the tall Callfornian at Madison Square Garden the night of Jan 9. Orders for choice seats at $30 a copy are pouring Mike's Broadway office and it appears likely the fund for the relief of naval families will receive a check for more than $100,000 when the excitement subsides. The only other beneficiary will be Baer with Louis receiving his bare training expenses.

ain't been anything like it since the old days." said Jacobs impressively, referring to his happy association with the late Tex Rickard back in the era of million-dollar fight gates. "You ought to see the names we're getting. We're getting names so big they ain't even In Who's Who. Big-Name Fans "It's going to look like opening night at the opera, the way society's buyin' tickets. You know like that golden horseshoe they got down there.

Half of them won't know which is Louis, but their money Is okay. Their checks don't bounce." Mike was asked if he would prefer that the members of the working press dust off their dinner jackets for the occasion, and after due consideration he said: "No, it would spoil the atmosphere." Some have professed to see an incongruity in Mike's enthusiasm about a money-making venture in which he does not mean to share, but those who know the old ticket broker best realize he is absolutely on the level. He is a tough man about a dollar, ordinarily, and his rivals in the promoting business have accused him of keeping the top fighters in a form of bondage. Yet he has another side so soft that mostly he keeps it secret. Reared 28 Children Childless themselves, Mike and Mrs Jacobs have reared something like 28 children.

Some were orphans: Others were children of parents who were ill or otherwise unable to support them. Some of those brought up in Mike's home now are married and have offspring of their own. There are five kids romping around Mike's fabulous estate over in New Jersey now. Dates Announced For Tennis Meets Winter Circuit to Open In Tampa Jan. 28 MIAMI, (JP) The Florida winter tennis circuit, with 10 events scheduled, will open in Tampa Jan 28.

Gene Busbee, Professional Lawn Tennis Association tournament bureau manager, announced yesterday. Top ranking players will appear, after the Tampa tournament, at Miami Beach, West Palm Beach, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, St Petersburg, Coral Gables. Daytona Beach, Jacksonville and Pensacola. Prize money will vary, from $1,200 to $1,500 in each of the meets. The tournaments will begin on Monday, with finals on the following Sundays.

There will be both single and. doubles competition. One week during the series will be left open to avoid conflict with a Florida exhibition tour planned by Donald Budge, Fred Perry, Bobby Riggs and Frank Kovacs from Feb 3 to March 1. Busbee said these professionals already have signed up for the state series: Charles Wood, president of the Professional Lawn Tennis Association, Keith Gledhlll. Dick Skeen, Bill Tilden, John Faunce, Karl and Jan Kozeluh, Lester For Men Only There is a message for you from Elinor Doyle on Page 2.

IK- 'x ov ended his fooiball career at the glory yesterday at Jacksonville as 30-27. M.tchell sccred the Gators" from Jack Jones and then saw Leading Comeback Qf nftl I a I ill ril I U1I Open Champion Defeats Johnny Vander Meer For Top Honors NEW YORK. It was some- what of a surprise when Craig Wood crashed through to win the Aususta National golf tournament last spring. It was still more of a surprise when the blond-headed trofessicnal. thpn 39-vpars nf aae whipped the nation's best in the National open championship and two months later soundly trounced Vic Ghezzi, PGA title-holder, in a special match.

True. Wood long had been one of the top notchers but the big money always had eluded him. Then too, he played in the open with his back strapped to protect a torn muscle. All of which resulted in Wood being named the No 1 comeback of the year by the 78 sports experts voting in the Associated Press' annual poll. The Mama-rcneck.

Y. golfer polled 102 votes for a 32-point margin over Johnny Vander Meer. the Cincinnati Reds' southpaw, as the writers spread their votes among 49 athletes. Eighty-one of Wood's votes came from 27 first place ballots on the basis of three for first, two fcr second and three for third. Vander Meer's polling of 70 votes was no surprise for the erratic southpaw was a mainstay of the Reds' pitching staff for the first time since pitching two con secutive no-hit games in 1933.

His 1939 season was an absolute flop but he showed signs of regaining his form in 1940 with Indianapo lis and Cincinnati and then came back to chalk up 16 triumphs as compared to 13 setbacks for the Reds this year. He also had the low earned run average of 2.83 With Vander Meer receiving 12 first place votes, the remaining No 1 ballots were divided among 20 other athletes. Bobby Riggs No 1 ranking tennis player who makes his pro debut next Saturday at Madison Square Garden received four of them and enough seconds and thirds to give him 29 points and third place over Bill Dickey, the New York Yankees' catcher who was the terror of old after a poor 1940 season. Dickey received 25 votes. Also in the first eleven In order were, Lefty Gomez, Yankee pitcher, 14; Whitlow Wyatt, Brooklyn's ace hurler, and Red Cochrane, welterweight boxing champion, 13 each; Bud Ward, twice winner of the amateur golf crown, 11; Lou Nova, heavyweight boxer, 10 and Hank Lulsetti, basketball and Willie Hoppe, billiards, eight each.

SALESMAN HEIN NEW YORK Following his 11th season with the New York professional football Giants, Center Mel Hein will resume activities in California as a district salesman for an oil company. at Madison Square Garden nitrVif Mnw that. Kn last both Sammy and Manager Charley Jones figure the main thing is to look for hot spots where the sugar is heaviest, rather than to risk the title immediately. As a result, after picking up the puny pay-check. Manager Jones countered Uncle Mike's proposal with a suggestion for one or more over-weight wars for his dark-haired gladiator.

He named Ray (Sugar Robinson, New York negro knockout specialist; Welterweight Champion Red Cochrane and ex-147-pound ruler Fritzie Vivic as opponents he wouldn't mind having his Sammy go to work with. After Angott gets a couple of pay-days out of such shindigs, Jones would be willing to "put the title on the line with anybody who'd draw." The changes of getting either Robinson or Cochrane in the near future looked about as bright as a blockout. however, since both are aiming at Welterweight championship affairs before the winter's out. Robinson is slated to tangle with young Kid McCoy of Detroit January 16. and the winner (Robinson is the betting choice) gets a shot at Cochrane's crown in ebruary.

While Jacobs mentioned only Stolz as a title opponent for the first undisputed 135-pound champion since Lou Ambers, the word was out that Bob Montgomery. Philadelphia negro who gave Jenkins a pretty fair cuffing around a few months ago. also was very much in the picture. Angott stayed in town only long enough to get his purse, then he headed for his home in Washington, Pa. from where he started his ring career before migrating to Louisville.

Jenkins collected less than $9,000 for blowing his end of the lightweight championship the New York Commisison's version and at the same time wasn't sure just when, if ever, he'd be back in action. His original manager. Fred Browning of Dallas, told the skinny Sweetwater disappointment to take a few months offj and try to regain his old knockout form. "Then," Browning added, "if you feel you're ready to try again, and if you want to, we'll talk it over." The general opinion was that Fred ought to ask the 11.000-odd customers who saw Lew go through Friday's waltz how they felt about it. Phillips 'for Curti), Grubb (for Lescoulie).

Pierson (for Curti), Cantor. Points after touchdown, Snelling (for Curti) 3, (placements). Field goal, snelling (placement). Florida scoring touchdowns, Ferguson, Mitchell, (for Ferguson) Mitchell (for Cahill), Hill (for Mack). Points after touchdown Hller (for Ferrigno) 3 (placements).

IS SLATED TODAY RICHMOND, Va. t.V football teams representing Nor- folk and Richmond will clash at citv rtctlium here today in the annual Smoke Bowl game for benefit of the firemen's mutual aid association. Game time is 2 m. Sponsors of the ail-star classic predicted yesterday that with favorable weather the game should draw a crowd of about 7,500 persons. Both squads boast big-names of professional and college footoali.

iortli 3110 feOlltll Elevens rrepare For Chanty Tilt Both Sauads Confident Of Victory; Game Set for Dec. 27 MONTGOMERY. Ala. 'P Football squads from either side of the Mason-Dixon line pitched camp yesterday on opposite sides of the city, and indications from initial practice sessions were that the fourth annual North-South all-tar game Dec 27 would be a wide-open affair with plenty cf aerial works. Punts and passes flew all over Crampton bowl, scene of the interactional clash and where the northern boys worked out under an unseasonably warm sun.

and the Sidney Lanier high school field, where the "Re'jels" held forth. Since all of the men were in top physical shape after just finishing their regular seasons, little conditioning was necessary, enabling the coaches to devote the major portion of their time before the game to perfecting plays and teamwork. Rivalry between the squads was keen but friendly, in keeping with the purpose of the game to promote unity between the North and South and raise funds for charity. All were confident of victory. Jack Crain.

creat tailback from Texas, declared that he and three Texas teammates on the southern squad were out to make a showing because "the fans will be expecting plenty of us" due to previous plaudits they had received. Head Coach Matty Bell of the Rebels said Crain and Preston Johnson, SMU fullback, would handle much of the kicking, while Davidson's little Davey Spencer would toss passes. Jim Richardson, cf Marquette, is expected to do a lot of aerial work for the north. i I i OCLA Pos FLORIDA Smith LE Ferguson Finlay LT Hull Lescoulie' LG Ferrigno Alder Robinson Defrancisco RG Konetski Fears RT Lane Anderson RE Klutka Waterfield QB Tate Canton LH Harrison Forbes RH Cahill I Curti FB Mack UCLA 6 7 7 10-30 FLORIDA 7 13 0 7-27 Sugar Bowl Dame Contest. Easy to play! nil out eeore Card below as described In the following rules: 1.

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