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Wednesjy AftymM, Snprgl Live Television of Grid Games to Face Test at NCAA Meeting (Editor's Not. Thlf th flnt ris of lour articles ealu. rlth problems to tarkl4 ky the nation's eoll at their annual convention te Dallas aM wk.i By WILL CRIMSLIT NEW YORK, (TV-Fcur of the nation's biggest athletic conferences will lead a fight against "live" television of football games at the NCAA convention In Dallas next week. They are the Big Ten. Eastern College Athletic conference.

Southwest and Southeastern. The spraying ECAC, numbering 91 institutions on the Atlantic coast, has decided to make no 1951 TV commitments unUl the National Collegiate Athletic association meeting Jan 11-13. PRESENTS A THREAT Ralph Porey of Columbia, chairman of a committee set up to study the effect of television on sports attendance, reported to the ECAC general meeting: live telecasting of sports events presents a threat to the institution of intercollegiate ath blamed a thres per cent drop In attendance on these and other televised games. The Southeastern conference voted unanimously at its annual meeting to bar direct telecasting of football games. The 12-college group is prepared to support a similar proposal at the national convention.

Only Georgia Tech had live television last season. The Southwest conference, which reported the highest crowd gain in the nation last fall, permits live television only on sellout games. It Is reported ready to back a move against live telecasts, under any other circumstances. NATIONWIDE SURVEY An NCAA committee, headed by Athletic Director Tom Hamilton of Pittsburgh, is making a nationwide survey on the problem and will report to the convention. "This is a real problem," Hamilton said today.

"Our committee is going into the matter with an open mind. We are assembling every thread of evidence. We hope to give the convention an accurate picture." Hamilton's group has hired a research organization to make a study. Details of the result won't be available until the Dallas meeting. College football attendance dropped 3.3 per cent a game from last year's all-time high, according to a survey by the Associated Press.

The Southwest (11 per cent) and Middle West (2 per cent) showed gains while the other big conferences reported drops. The heaviest decline was on the Pacific coast, where attendance fell off 12 per cent. Live television was permitted last fall on the coast but all losses were underwritten by the Hoffman Radio corporation, which telecast all games. The FCC said a decision' on whether to renew the agreement with Wnffman will be held until after the Dallas meeting. The east, which had no television bans, saw its crowds fall off 10 per cent.

The drop In th south was three per cent. Notre Dame is one of the majo colleges which found television of its games to Its liking. Official of the South Bend institution have said they want to keep it up. Tomorrow: Football yule changes. letics." A special television committee of the powerful Big Ten reported: live television has an adverse effect on athletic attendance, particularly football.

BIG TEX BAN The Big Ten banned live telecasts on conference games last year. Some non-conference games were telecast and the committee Major yft 1 LUSH gloom) Dtn) ore yravyi IN THE FKEJiUwA I IJj With yrrd BOOMERANG BOULEARD A gentleman named Bob Sieger of the Detroit News has done some of our experts dirt in an etfucal way, of course. I I Irs f- i 1 I I Boxer Jumps From Ring, Says 'I Just Quit PORTLAND, Ore, (JP) Billy Smith, 163, of Oakland. Calif, simply stopped fighting, Jumped from the ring and ran to his dressing room last night in the eighth round of a March of Dimes benefit boxing bout with Archie Moore, 182, Toledo, O. The referee immediately awarded Moore a technical knockout over the California light heavyweight who was not hurt visibly.

The fana set up a booing demonstration that continued long after the ring lights were dimmed. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds, DOWS FOR EIGHT Smith had been down for a count of eight earlier, when Moore caught him as he turned to yell to his manager. Moore had come back strong from a knockdown in the sixth and was drubbing Smith when the latter quit at 2:45 of the eighth round. The Oregon Boxing commission immediately called a special meeting to discuss whether Smith would get any of the main bout purse. The gate was $7,361.80 from a crowd cf 2,383 fans.

Later in his dressing room the husky California Negro boy said: Just quit. I had no battle strategy and I was all confused. I guess I Just quit." He said Moore hadn't really hurt him on the eighth round knockdown but that "I just quit." I. -v HERE'S BOY WHO WON FOR CLEMSON Hare's Sterling Smith (left) whose tjckle behind the goal line gave the Clemson Tigers their winning point over the University of Miami in the Orange Bowl. Clemson Coach Frank Howard (right) hands out congratulations.

Smith, a squatty guard from Greenville, charged into the end lone and threw Miami" Halfback Frank Smith for a fourth-quarter safety. That gave Clemson two points and victory oy tne score or i to 14. Joe Louis Solid 4-7 avorite Tonight DETROIT, (AP) Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis takes another major step in his comeback campaign tonight when he goe3 looking for a quick knockout over durable Freddie Beshore in a 10-rounder here. p-j ptiATlOtlAL ttijohn chance, especially since he lost to the longshot. Black George, in tne nrra Trial" Tnrf exDerts.

(Winner was Middleground. Your Host was ninth.) May IS "Go back to the minors? That's a laugh. I would rather be a pauper than nlav at Oakland "Dick nafce field. (He joined Oakland, Slav 28.) Jniv 4 "The Yankees don't have enough pitching to beat out the Tigers. Detroit is still on top by IVz games and that's where it will be at the end of the season." John Corriden, White Sox manaser.

(Yanks took nennant) July 13 "Losing Ted Williams will put the skids -under the Red Sox." Experts. (While he was out ef ie lineup Boston won 44 and lost 17. Flayed in th. last 16 rames of the sea son and team won eight and lost rirhD Anir is "With 48 tames to go tt-nA hnM ins a 314 same lead. De troit could easily win the pennant by playing .500 ball the rest of the Statisticians.

(They Trr.n 57 nf the 48 tames for a .563 average and still lost out to New York bv 3 eames.) Aug 28 "Notre Dame will again have the top college iootban team in the nation and will win over all for the fifth successive sea snn." Several forecasters. (Fin ished season winning four, losing four an- tying one.) Rpnt. 10 "I don't know who'll in the Rose Bowl but it won't be us. You dont come back after losing 26 men." Pappy Waldorf (California met Michi sran on New Year's Day.) CH-t 3 "Th Red Sox would i uo well to get rid of some of their alibi guys. I know I'll still be here when they're gone." Birdie Tebbetts.

(Trade to In dians.) Oct am not going to the Pittsburgh The fertility of some writers' minds is a wonderful thing." Branch Rickey. (Signed five-year contract, Nov 6.) Nov 17 "Commissioner Chandler is cinch to have his seven-year, contract renewed. He is assured of the 12 necessary votes to keep his job." Re-' ports. (Told he was through Dec 11). 80 Qualify For LA Open LOS ANGELES, (ff)' Eighty golfers who are in the Los Angeles Onen hv virtue of 36-hole ouali- fying rounds begin practice today lor tne $15,000 tournament starting Friday at Riviera country club.

Best score posted in yesterday's firing over eight Los Angeles area courses was 137 by Red Wiley, a Tpttp Haiitj Irtrf 13n-nrnirider who winters here. He shot 68-69 at Western avenue course, his winter diggings. There were some 260 attempting to qualify. Thus the chance for the big tourney began and ended yesterday for 180 non-qualifiers. Perhaps the best known casualty was Willie Goggin, White Plains, whose 73-77 151.

George Schneiter, Ogden, Utah, and Ewing Richardson, Los Angeles, tied at 155 for the last place at Los Angeles CC, then Schneiter won out in the day's only playoff. COLLEGE BASKETBALL By Tht Attoeiated Press St Johns (Ekn) 47, CCNY 44. Manhattan 87, Dartmouth 57. Michigan 61, Purdue 60. Lawrence Tecb 67, Penn State 56.

Oklahoma City 45, North Texaa 43. Louisville 89, Tampa 74. Maryland 67, North Carolina 59. David Lipscomb 59. Vanderbtlt 57.

Rice St. Georgia Tech Utah 53, Stanford 45. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Ocala 43. Leesburg 36. 8t Joseph (St Augustine) 52, Fletch er (Jax Beach) 50.

Lee (Jax) 43, Landon (Jax) 35. Orlando 51, Mainland (Dayton Writirur in The sporting ews. brother Sieger has rounded up a long and colorful list of predictions which Hopped, fizzled or just plumb fell on their respective faces. Like prophets in other fields, sports figures and experts eag- I erly expound on their predic- tions which hit. but they have to be reminded about those misseSi-- Here are some of Seigers gen-! tie reminders that even the ex-Jeftcs' horoscopes are often "hor-rorscops." Jan 18 "I see no reason why I shouldn't get more money.

I won 13 games in 1949 and could easily do the same this season" Joe Page, New York Yankee relief pitcher. (Reportedly signed for $10,000 increase and won three and lost seven). Jan 21 "I'm not Interested In any fight, least of all with Ez-nard Charles for the heavyweight title." Joe Louis. (First of many denials, but he changed his mind). Feb 19 "When Joe Stydahar gets through coaching the Los Angeles Rams i- can take any high school team in the country and beat them." Clark Shaugh-nessy.

the day he was released as Ram coach. (Rams were finalists for National football league title.) Mar 18 "Bradley should breeze by unseeded CCNY in New York's National Invitation basketball tourcament." Experts. (CCNY won its first title of any kind In 30 years. 69-61. and one week later defeated Bradley again.

71-68 for the NCAA championship.) Apr 9 "I'm writing Bob Lemon Off as a 15-game winner this year. I figure he won 20 games two rears in t. i and is due for a Casev Stengel. (Lem on won 23, tops In the majors.) Apr 10 "We're going to win the National league pennant again with the same team and we'll play the Yankees In the World Series, with better results." Branch Rickey. (Brooklyn was second).

Apr 16 American League: "I donbt that well have the pitch ing problem we had the last two years and I look for a fast start." Joe McCarthy. (He gave up the Red Sox June 24. Team was third tinder Steve O'Neill.) "We figure to bounce back after a bad year. We'll win the pennant." Lou Bou-dreau. (Cleveland played good in spurts but folded and finished fourth.) "We can win if we hustle." Connie, Mack.

(The Athletics never responded and were last.) "We surprised a lot of folks last year and we can do it igain." Jack Onslow. (White Sox fired him May 27. Team was sixth.) Apr i.6 lone' League: "We rave a good, young club but I don't think e're rjady to win yet. Give us another year." Eddie Sawyer. (His Phillies won.) "We're stronger and I think well w-.

the pennant." Burt Shotton. (Dodgers were second). "We should be at least as strong as last year when we missed taking first place by one game." Eddie Dyer. (Cards dropped to fifth) "Well hustle and we've got Ralph Kiner." Billy Meyer. (Pirates last.) May 6 "It's Your Host or Hill Prince in the Derby with Oil Capitol or Mr Trouble as real threats.

Middleground hasn't a QUICK CONFIDENTIAL ON ANYTHING OF VALUE WATCHES DIAMONDS GUNS CAMERAS TYPEWRITERS CLOTHING CAPITAL LOAN JEWELRY CO. 121 I. Jefferson Phone 2-3224 SEVEN SCHOOLS GET $75,000 Oklahoma Tops List With $113,300 NEW YORK, WV-The football bowl sponsors began ladling out about $2,000,000 in gravy today, and seven colleges were assured of sopping up $75,000 or moreJ apiece. They are Oklahoma, Kentucky, California, Tennessee, Texas, Clemson and -jri. Because of the intricate conference commitments, it takes a battery of auditors to figure out the distribution.

But when it's done, Oklahoma comes out best of all even though it couldn't do It on the field against Kentucky. The Sooners stand to pocket $113,300 in round figures from the $120,000 handed out to each of the combatants In the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. The other $6,700 goes to the Big Seven conference, which takes 11 per cent of the first $55,000 and one per cent of each $5,000 over that. $90,000 TO 'CATS Kentucky, 13-7 winner of the game, must fork over 25 per cent right away to the Southeastern conference, leaving the Wildcats $90,000 to grow fat on. California also should net around $90,000 from its performance in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, which grossed around after taxes.

The Rose Bowl turns over the money to the two conferences the Big Ten and the Pacific coast and this year it amounts to about $165,000 for each. The Golden Bears, beaten by Michigan 14-6, get 50 per cent of the overall conference take plus one-ninth of what's left. The other eight-ninths is distributed in equal portions to other members of the conference. "SHARE THE WEALTH A unique "share the wealth" plans leaves Michigan, winner of the oldest and richest bowl of them all, holding a very short end of the The Big Ten carves its $165,000 into 11 little hunks, giving two to Michigan and one to each of the other conference members. The Wolverines should wind up with around $30,000.

The Cotton Bowl, where some 75.000 watched Tennessee stun Texas 20-14, says the two teams will get around $120,000 each. The Southeastern and Southwest conferences take one-fourth, leaving the contestants $90,000. Clemson and Miami each received $75,000 flat for playing in the Orange Bowl at Miami. The Southern conference can, by rule, take 4 per cent of Clemson's swag but probably won't. Miami, beaten 15-14, gets to keep it all.

GATOR BOWL PAYOFFS Purses drop off sharply from that point. Wyoming was guaranteed $30,000 and Washington Lee $25,000 by the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. The Sun Bowl at El Paso, Tex, is forking over to Cincinnati and $12,000 to West Texas State. The Salad Bowl is dishing out $12,500 to Miami of Ohio and $8,500 to Arizona State. Morris Harvey and Emory and Henry each received $5,000 from the Tangerine Bowl at Orlando.

LaCrosse and Valparaiso played for charity in the Cigar Bowl at Tampa, which grossed around $32,000. But that's nothing. The Pineapple Bowl at Honolulu drew only $9,705 net not enough to pay Denver's $17,000 expenses for the boat Hawaii 'University, which won the game 28-27. dug down in its coffers to pay the freight. Mulloy Plays First Dixie Net Foe Today TAMPA, (JP) Garnar Mulloy, the Miami Davis cupper, sees his first, action today in the Dixie tournament which he won last year.

Mullcy, top seeded in the Dixie, played Henry Wagner of Tampa! Bltsy Grant of Atlanta, seeded number two, took on Jack Staton of Orlando. A nifty match was the outlook for the meeting between southpaw Henri Rochon of Montreal. Canada, and Ham Richardson, the National Junior sineles champ from Baton Rouge. La. Richardson won last week's Sugar Bowl tourney after defeating Rochon in the semi-finals.

LAKE WORTH TOURNEY PALM BEACH, (JP) South Florida's oldest golf tournament, the Lake Worth will be played next week at the raim ueacn goir Club. It will the 45th renewal of the event. be STS. A 19 L2)OW BRADLEY FIVE BACK ON TOP Lead AP Cage Poll;" Kentucky Third NEW YORK, WV-Bradley's ur beaten basketball team, winner of the final Associated Press poll in 1950, is back on top today as the number one college five In the country. The newly crowned Sugar Bowl champions, who knocked off five opponents in the past seven days to extend their string of 13 straight victories, gained top honors in a land-slide vote by 215 sports writers and sports-casters.

AGGIES SECOND Runnerup to Kentucky In tht first two weeks of the poll, Bradley forged to the front by getting 152 first place votes and enough seconds and thirds to outscore Oklahoma A 2,106 points to 1.515. Kentucky, upset by St Louis, 43-42, in the first round of the Sugar Bowl tournament, dropped to third place. The Aggies (12-0) moved up a notch ort the strength of triumphs over Baylor, Texltf' and Arkansas. The Wildcats earned 1,472. .1 Behind the big three eomts Long Island university (8-0), St Louis (9-2), Indiana (7-1), North Carolina State (11-1) Villanova (8-0), Kansas State (9-2), an Wyoming (12-0).

All members of the top ten except Oklahoma A are slated for stern tests this week. Daily JJj 4418 aniTMi Jr I II I I i i I II mil. WI" -i II I FSU CAGERS TO GO ON ROAD Play David Lipscomb In Nashville Friday Florida State University's once-beaten basketball squad leaves here tomorrow morning for Nashville, Term, where "they-will open their post-holiday cage campaign against a strong David Lipscomb quintet. David Lipscomb sounded a warning last night to future foes by beating a strong Vanderbilt Commodore five, 59-57 in their second game of the season against the Southeastern conference team. The Commodores had grabbed a one-point win in overtime in their first meeting.

12-MAN SQUAD With the Seminoles currently checking back in from the holidays, Coach "Bud" Kennedy's crew will go into the Lipscomb game with only one real practice session since they disbanded before Christmas. The Indians have a drill on tap at the West Campus this after-noon, and will take a light workout tomorrow night. FSU scored a 57-53 decision over Lipscomb here last year. Kennedy said today that he will take a 12-man traveling squad to Nashville for the game. The players slated to make the trip are Bob Whitmer, Dick Trobaugh, Irwin Quinn," Lou Fischer, Ted Hewitt, Bob Hartman, Bud Mar-see.

Tom McLaughlin, Bud Scott, Ronnie Nettles, Larry Dickson and Whitey Wyman. Howard Says He'll See Duke This Week MIAMI, (VP) The Clemson college Tigers, who gained a 15-14 decision over the University of Miami Hurricanes in the New Year's day Orange Bowl game, will fly home today. The 46-man squad, accompanied by Coach Frank Howard and his assistants, boarded a chartered plane at 10 a (EST) at Miami International airport for the four-hour flight to Anderson, They will continue the 18-mile trip to Clemson aboard a bus. The players relaxed yesterday with a varied program of enter tainment. They went deep-sea fishing and later went to the races at Tropical Park or took a dip at Miami Beach.

THEY OFFER MORE Last night they saw the musical fireworks program In the Orange Bowl, a repetition of the King Orange Jamboree parade of Saturday night and the between-halves show staged during the football game. Meanwhile, Clemson Coach Howard confirmed that Duke university athletic officials had approached him and said he planned to confer with them later In the week. "I plan to go to see them be fore the week Is out," Howard said. "They offer more than I'm making now and of course I'm In this business to make money." The Duke coaching Job became vacant when Wallace Wade re signed to become Southern confer ence commissioner. Adrian Burk Joins Florida Gator Staff GAINESVILLE, Adrian Burk, former star Baylor back, has been named assistant back-field coach at the University of Florida.

He fills the vacancy created when Coach Frank Broyles Joined the Georgia Tech staff. Burk was the nation's top passer In 1949, completing 110 of 191 passes for 1,428 yards and 14 touchdowns. He will report to the Gators at mid-January. COMPLETE BRAKE SERVJCf Alt MAKES CARS TRUCKS MAY0-AIHGIEDORFF MOTORS NC DESOTO PLYMOUTH DIAL 2-8554 inn iib i --in- Boxing Must Turn Over New Leaf7Greene PATERSON, Greene, commissioner of the National Boxing association, predicts boxing may lose its place as a major sport unless it turns over a pew leaf In 1951. In his annual forecast, which he has written for the Associated Press for many years, Greene said yesterday that boxing should concentrate on three major points immediately "1 A stronger National Boxing association including New York as a member with more direct power and authority to enforce uniform regulation; "2 More sport and less commercialism; "3 A better public relations system to tell something of boxing's past history, its contribution in wartime and its opportunities for underprivileged youths." VERBAL BRICKBATS Television," champions who freeze titles for "ridiculously long periods" and "smart-alec" managers also came in for some verbal brickbats from Greene.

In addition to his NBA post, Greene Is associate editor of the Paterson (NJ) Evening News. Greene said television "unquestionably has taken a heavy toll of boxing, and in more ways than one." He said TV cut the foundation from under the small clubs and has "carried on where radio left off in parading a display of nondescript main events which has encouraged public contempt and disinterest in the sport." "There is just as much larceny and scheming in almost any other sports activity, but boxing Is the only one commonly referred to as a "racket, Greene continued. Lowest Fares CW VE2Ef" 48o45 s38.75 via CLU3 COACH connection in JACKSONVILLE iap Photo). Louis ruled a solid 4-1 favorite over the Harrisburg, Pa, navy veteran. Beshore claims he has not been knocked off his feet in 45 pro fights.

The fight fraternity was Impressed with Louis' aggressive training him down to a well-conditioned 212 his lowest fighting weight since this first Joe Walcott match In 1947. Louis was unusually severe on his sparring partners as he sharpened up his right hand punching in preparation for Beshore. The Louis camp reported Joe feels he has to win by a knockout tonight to restore some of his prestige; as the "Brown Bomber" of old. The 36-year-oltf Louis -was stung by criticisms of his last two fights against heavyweight king Ezzard Charles and Cesar Brion of Argentina. Intimates reported he promised then to flatten Beshore in a hurry to prove he still can punch the best heavyweights in the business.

Louis took careful note of the fact that it took Charles until the 14ih round to stop Beshore on a TKO when Beshore was badly cut. The bout will be the second of four in Louis' current comeback campaign. The first was against Brion on Nov 29 and Louis failed to impress very much in getting that decision. The 25-year-old Beshore who will spot Louis a 23 pound edge-was calmly confident that his body attack would wear Louis down and get him a decision. 'Peanuts' Hull Former Gator Gridder, Wounded ELAND, (IP) Army Capt Milton A Hull, former University of Florida football player, has been wounded in action in Korea.

Known as "Peanuts" Hull, he was one of the Gator mainstays In 1937-41. Relatives here said his wounds were not believed to be serious. St John's (10-2) also came from behind to defeat CCNY, 47-44. The Brooklyn five handed the national champions their fourth defeat against five victories. Manhattan drubbed hapless Dartmouth.

87-57. West Virginia (7-1) broke loose from a Western Reserve zone defense to win, 62-44. Reserve led 18-17 at the half. Maryland defeated North Carolina, 67-59, in a Southern confer, ence came. David Linsromh un set Vanderbilt of the Southeast conference, 59-57.

Houston tripped Drake, 77-67, In a Missouri Valley conference test 3 Hound Trips Daily LIODILE MEUJ QtlLEAMS JACKSONVILLE Duquesne, Louisville Score Easy Basketball Victories 2 Hound Trips CALL MM 2 -W NEW YORK, Unbeaten Duquesne and powerful Louisville had it easy while Michigan. Lawrence Tech and St John's struggled to basketball victories last night. The Dukes defeated San Jose State, 74-57, at Pittsburgh for their 10th straight victory. Louisville 9-l) used its height to trounce Tampa. 89-74.

Charley Murray's 10th free throw gave Michigan a 61-60 victory over Purdue in their Big Ten opener. Lawrence Tech had to come from behind three times In whipping Penn State, 67-56. The Blue Devils now have an 8-0 record. WANTED Space for 8 or 10-Chair BARBER SHOP 'ould Prefer Pay Cash for Shop Already Set Up and Keep Penonnef. Will be in Town Last of WRITE PARTICULARS IOX 301-B, DEMOCRAT TICKET OFFICE: Fioridon Hotel Building 4.