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3mm SPORTS mm SPORTS PAGE EIGHT JACKSON. TENNESSEE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1954 WANT ADS 7-3333 SMI Lightest Drill Of '54 Season For Southeastern Conference Exchange BovI To Offer Color On Addition To Fine Grid Game 1 '1 1 I A fx "i fullback Tom Tracy, hurt In the Florida game, might be in shape for the Kentucky contest The Georgia squad was given two days eff to recover from their 35-0 defeat by Auburn before beginning preparations for the geor-gia Tech game Nov. 27. Georgia Tech also took it easy.

Coach Bobby Dodd noted a big. improvement in offensive blocking. -The Louisiana State varsity watched Arkansas-type plays run by the third team against the freshmea before darkness and rain ended the session.LSL meets Arkansas at Shreveport Saturday. Auburn held a light drill in sweat warming up slowly for the homecoming game with Clemson Saturday. Vanderbilt began preparing for Saturday's game with Villanova.

Tackle Tom Woodroof, guard Lambert Lamberson and quarterback Don Orr were moved up to the first team. i 4. Humes eased up another notch in state ratings to the number five spot. Bruceton, with a 29-game win streak that hits you dead in the face, will be out to erase Humes from the top ten, the top 20 and the top 100. Bruceton fans will be transported to Jackson from the Blue Tiger city by train.

Anyone with a ticket to the Exchange Bowl will be allowed to ride free to the Hub City. C. M. Wear, trainmaster, is largely responsible for this "booster and certainly deserves a large amount of credit lor this fine service to the people in the Bruceton area. Who'll win? You will if you attend.

And, not only will you win, but you'll be helping some Madison County youngster attend a Madison County college for two years courtesy of you and the person sitting next to you. Exchange Club scholarships are now held by James Gass and Dar-rell Piercy at Union, and Russell Teddington and Arnold Schroeder at Lambuth. The Little White House is still open on the corner of Liberty and Main for your convenience. Tickets are only $2.20, $1.65, $1.40 and 90 cents. All signs point to a tremendous crowd, and there's room for everyone to see and enjoy the Ninth Annual Exchange Bowl tilt between two of the state's top elevens, Humes and Bruceton.

In glorious formation, at 7:55, the 12 bands, numbering some 600 musicians, will march onto the field, and led by a guest director, will play the National Anthem. Exchange Bowl fans will be welcomed to the game by Exchange Club Persident Jimmy Breen. Mayor Emmet Guy will present the keys to the City to Humes and Bruceton officials, and Miss Jackson and her Maids will be presented as royalty for the game. At half time, trophies will be presented to bands winning in various class-competitions during the afternoon band festival. Judges at the band festival will be Dr.

Jay Julian, Band Director at TP1 in Cookeville, and Richard Farrell, Band Director at Murray State, Murray, Kentucky. In the event of rain, the festival will be held at the National Gaard Armory, and the game will be tentatively postponed to Saturday night. (Editors note: We state, without reservation, there will be no rain, a little snow perhaps, but no rain!) The game fairly reeks with color. Not only will the game be surrounded with brilliant pagentry, but the game itself bids fair to be enough to pull in real football fans from aJJ over West Tennessee. Humes comes into the contest fresh from a 16-7 win over a strong Messick club.

Through this win By JACK HILLIARD San Sports Editor Hardly more than 48 hours separate us from the Ninth Exchange Bowl endeavor, and most of Jackson and surrounding territory are beginning to get "Bowl At 1:00 p. m. on the afternoon of the game (Thursday, November 28th). a huge band festival will take place in conjunction with the Exchange Bowl at Rothrock Field. Admission to the festival will be free for Bowl-game ticket holders, others will be charged a twenty-five cent admission fee.

Promptly at 3:45 p. m. the Exchange Bowl parade will get underway in downtown Jackson. The parade will consist of car's representing the various civic clubs of Jackson and some 12 bands. The bands here representing their schools will be: Humes, Bruceton, Dyersburg, Trenton, Alamo, Savannah, Henderson, North Side, Milan, Jackson High, Junior High, and Selmer.

There is some doubt concerning the participation of the Selmer band due to transportation difficulties. At Rothrock Field again, at 7:15 p. m. the fine Hume High School Band will take the field and perform for ten minutes. At 7:25 Bruceton's great band will go through their maneuvers, and at 7:35 the teams take the field for pre-game warm-up.

I BACKLASHES I REASONOVER Sanders Is Wary Of (JSC As Teams Clash For Title Mississippi's Terrific Defense Nov Matches Offense On SEC HENDERSON HONORS Three Henderson football stars were chosen by their teammates to share the "Most Valuable Player" award for 1934. The players include, left to right: Jerry Moore Bill Burross and Hayes Henson. AH are seniors. Eagles List 21 Cage Tilts The Lambuth College Eagles have announced a 21 game schedule for their 1954-55 basket ill season, and will get things un I this Friday night with their old rivals, Freed-Hardeman. The game will be played at Henderson.

The remaining schedule includ- es: Nov. 26 Arkansas College 27 Arkansas College Dec. 4 UTMB 6 Florence State 10 Athens College 14 CBC 16 Millsaps Jan. 8 Freed-Hardeman 10 Open Date 13 CBC 15 Open Date 18 Mur. State J.

V. 21 Belmont 25 Belmont 28 Vanderbilt J. V. Feb. 2 Ole Miss J.

V. 5 Sewanee 9 Sewanee 12 Florence State 15 Open Date 19 Ole Miss J. V. 24 UTMB 26 Vanderbilt J. V.

Away Away Home Home Home Away Away Home Home Home Away Home Home Away Away Away Away Home Away Away 0 ifornia team I have seen," Sanders told the Southern California Football Writers Assn. But he also rates his Bruins as "the best team I have ever coached." Asked whether he thought "UCLA had an edge over USC, he told the group: "I don't believe I've seen a line any better than ours on any collegiate team." Coach Jess Hill of underdog Southern California answered "yes" when somebody wanted to know if he was surprised at the showing of his Trojans, who were generally overlooked in preseason rating and now are tied for No. in the poll. "And I'm very gratified," he added. "We are in better shape in the won and, lost column than I'd ever even hoped." The Trojans have won eight, los ing only to Texas Christian early in the season, and have shown im provement, particularly in running and blocking since then.

Minnesota jumped from 13th to 10th after defeating Iowa. The Hawkeyes, ninth a week ago, set tied at No. 19. 'f first downs to lead In that division. Louisiana State has allowed the most with 149.

Tulane has lost the most fumbles with 27, and LSU leads other SEC teams by recovering 25 opponents' bobbles. Mississippi's 17 interceptions of opposing passes is the best In the conference. LSU and Kentucky each have had 17 of their passes go astray for the worst mark in this department. Mississippi's 681 yards in penalties rs the biggest yardage on rule infraction rulings. Tu- By THE ASSOCIATEI PRESS Southeastern Conference football squads generally held the lightest drills of the season Monday.

With Georgia Tech, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Mississippi and Tulane idle this week end, several coaches decided a day or tvo of rest would be good for the boys. But unhappy Alabama, smarting after 14 scoreless quarters, worked until long past dark in an effort to develop a scoring punch for the game with Miami Friday night. The drill ended under the lights, with the emphasis on passing. The Kentucky varsity had 'the day off, but the freshmen polished a single wing attack to throw at the varsity later in the week in preparation for the Tennessee game. Tennessee held a light workout.

Trainer Mickey O'Brien said tailbacks Jimmy Wade and. Majors, out with leg injuries, and Thanks for the cards and calls, it was a big help, and to those that have told me they missed my column I want to thank very much, it was kind of all of you and I appreciate all the attention from deep down. I feel like the man that was invited out to dinner and stayed for the month, or perhaps the man that started, failed to make the dinner and also failed to get back home. Things have happened since I last visited with you, the high school football season has passed right out of the picture, all except the Exchange Bowl game. I know you will want to see this one.

Now the basketeers are swish ing the round ball through the nets, and even this ball bounces funny some times. The best news comes from the crappie fishermen, it seems that those that dunk the minnow in the shallow flats with a cork about ten inches from the bait, working the twigs that grow up from the under water stumps are taking some of the real slab ffrappie, and it seems that the crappie have moved to the spawning water al ready, so if you are. looking for the white perch look for them in the shallows. The duck season opens at noon on the 17th. Lots of birds on the big rivers and at Reelfoot Lake The old river beds have some birds, but the bottom lands are without water, and once more we wait until late in the season for our best gunning.

Remember no wood ducks may be killed this year, you must have a duck stamp with your name written across the face of it, be sure to sign it and perhaps save a trip to the court house. The shooting time on ducks have changed this year so I will give you an idea about the hours. On opening day gunning starts at noon and stops at 3:53 P. M. on the next day you can fire at 6:08 A.

M. and must quit at 3.53. From there on out you will be safe in starting your shooting one min ute later and quit one minute earlier. This is not hard to re member so watch your hours, for those that will hunt on Nov. 20, the opening hour is 6:10 A.

M. and the close at 3:52 P. M. Now taking a look at the hunting belt as I find some of our local gunners have had a fling at the big game and big birds of the far west. Hudson Brooks and Mike Tucker had a fling at the deer and pheasant, they got the big deer and a limit of the pretty birds.

Sorty Smith, Carl Warmath and Jack Williams out to the pheasant fields of the Dakotas for a limit kill of the big birds. John Wharton and Robert Crawford a near limit of slab crappie from one of the creeks out from Perryville. These were shallow water fish. Richard and John Payton taking a spinner trip to Pickwick for a try at the striped bass and sau-ger, fishing slow. Vernon and Mrs.

Kearney and Leonard and Mrs. Frankland had better luek with' the stripes as they loaded the stringer with the white bass at Pickwick. Billy and Mrs. Merriwether taking the crappie from one of the creeks out from Sugar Tree. I 01 By PICKETT Tennis Players Not Thinking According To Famous Coach Ohio State Takes First Place Dn Poll From Bruins Of UCLA By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK, Nov.

16 IS) Having noted that one of our principal tennis heroes, Tony Trabert, had just taken a shellacking from a minor Australian player named Don Candy out in Sydney, we ran down that doyen of American tennis teachers. Mercer Beasley, and asked him what in the world he thought the game was coming to. Beasley, who has devoted his past 32 years to showing our youth the proper end of a racquet to grip, frankly was gloomy. "Thinking has gone out of the he said. I would have to say that that is the principal development I have seen in my time.

If there is a man playing today who thinks on the court the way Bill Tilden did, I don't know who he is. Bill would have thought any of our present amateurs right off the court. "All they know now is to hit the ball past them down the lines. Majbe this dates me, but that's Robert Bumpus, Sam Grissom, Casey Hollamon and Connie Fry giving the big mouth bass a gooa going over at Cold Creek. The large bass are striking and this is a good time to get them.

J. W. Christopher and Jim Rush fishing one of the creeks out from Sugar Tree, and Luther Mullins fishing the same water. Fishing slow John Matthews and Frank Smith taking a try at the fish at Pickwick. Elmer Miller and Robert Caldwell filling the stringer with bass and crappie above the dam in Pickwick lake.

Ernest Miller, Perry Kirkpatrick, Joe Wayne, Mary and I all tried to get the sauger and striped bass to take the pork rind and spinner at Pickwick. The fish were biting slow and the luck was not too good. Hunter Baird, Harley (three fish) Allen, Elmer Tate and Tom Johnson had the crappie rolling in the boat as they fished the shallow water in Eagle Creek. R. J.

Holt and Charley Pounds fishing the big lake for crappie. Don Caradine and Charley Fly taking some nice crappie from the big lake. J. C. and Mrs.

Omar fishing the good crappie water out from Perryville. Clyde Brittian and Hal Baker minnow dunking the creeks out from Camden. One other season Is. now wide open. The coon season has opened with lots of bangs as the hounds tree and the hunters shoot the animals out of the trees.

Hope by next week to have some news about the coon hunters and hope I can soon make a trip with them, but before the water gets up, I do not care to take another high dive in one of the creeks that flows across the path of the running coon. Hope to see you next week, and one good way to do that is to be careful with that gun. Do not carry a loaded gun in your car. Be sure not to point a gun at any thing you do not intend to shoot, and do not fire at the rattling brush. See and identify your game before you shoot, and above all, be a true sport Do not violate the game and fish laws.

Kill and catch what you can Rookies Take Lead In Pro Cage Ranks NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (-Frank Selvy of Baltimore and Bob Pettit of Milwaukee, who were one-two among major college scorers last season, have -taken over the same stand this week in the National Basketball Assn. Selvy, who revised the college record book with his scoring sprees at Furman, paces the NBA with 200 points in nine games. Pettit, the former Louisiana State star shares runnerup position with Vern Mikkelsen of Minneapolis. Both have scored 146 points in eight games.

Veteran Bob Cousv of the Boston Celtics has the No. 1 scoring average while standing fourth in the point totals on 142 in six games. He has scored an average of 23.7 points a game. Selvy is the runner up with a 22.2 average. BIRMINGHAM, Nov.

16 UV-Mis- slssippl's terrific offense is aver aging almost 400 yards per game as the 1954 Southeastern Confer ence season draws toward a close. And statistics released by SEC Commissioner Bernie Moore today showed that the Rebels took over the defensive leadership, too, as Georgia Tech rammed through Alabama for three touchdowns Saturday. The Rebels ran end passed for 426 yard in defeating Houston 26-0. That boosted the Mississippi total offense to 3,591 yards in nine games for an average of 399.0 yards per contest. Mississippi's principal threat Is Eagle Day, who leads Individual SEC offense with 963 yards.

He has passed for 798 and run for 165. The Rebs Houston Patton has the sixth best passing record in the conference, and their Bobby McCool holds the same rank as a runner. Other team offensive leaders are Auburn's rampaging Tigers, with a 343.5-yard average in eight1 games, one 7ess than the other leaders; Mississippi State 314.6, Alabama 302.8, Kentucky 298.1, and Georgia Tech 295.0. Mississippi's well-balanced defenders have given up 765 yards to enemy running and 784 yards to opposing pass attacks, an average of 172.1 yards per start. Alabama has allowed opponents only 179.0 yards per game.

Other leading defensive units are Auburn 209.3, Kentucky 222.6, and Mississippi State 244.7. just ahead of Georgia Tech at 247.6. Mississippi has rolled up 165 Selmer High Award Dinner SELMER, Nov. 16 Robert Ammons Selmer High School Head Coach, will present letters and awards to members of the 1954 Selmer High School Football team at the annual banquet to be held here tonight. Members of the team, cheerleaders, and faculty will be special guests at the banquet.

Five members of the team graduate this year. They are: Bobby Locke, Billy Carroll, Gerald Scott, Dalton Russom, and tean captain Joe Watson. An award will be made to the member of the team named as "Most Valuable Player." Basketball Menu Tonight: Pinson at Grand Junction Gibson at Medina Malesus at North Side Decaturville at Scotts Hill Bolivar at Mercer Trenton at Greenfield Sardis at Middleton Friday: Malesus at Grand Junction Rutherford at Gibson Pinson at Mercer Medina at Gadsden Greenfield at Trenton Middleton at Morris Chapel Parsons at Beech Bluff North Side at Bolivar The leading teams with first-place votes in parentheses: 1. Ohio State (87) 2,010 2. UCLA (92) 2,003 3.

Oklahoma (28) 1,761 4. Notre Dame (2) 1,222 5. Army (7-1) 1,167 6. Mississippi (7) .671 7. Navy 670 Southern Cal 670 9.

Arkansas (5) 533 10. Minnesota 271 (Second 10): 11. Southern Methodist 270 12. Michigan 244 13. Maryland 151 14.

West 101 15. Virginia Tech 81 16. Miami iFla.) 71 17. Wisconsin 70 18. Auburn 51 19.

Iowa 35 20. Baylor 27 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 13 Coach Red Sanders of UCLA is taking no chances on his undefeated and untied Bruins underestimating the Southern California Trojans when the two meet for the Pacific Coast Conference championship Saturday. "The Trojans have perhaps the fastest set of backs that has ever been in football and an underrated line," Sanders said yesterday of the team which has sur prised everyone, including its own coach. This is the ninth and final game of 1954 for the Bruins and their only chance of regaining the No.

1 spot in the Associated Press poll they relinquished this week to Ohio State. The Bruins were idle last Saturday and dropped into the No. 2 spot by a narrow margin as the Buckeyes of Ohio topped Purdue. "This is the best Southern Cal this season. Both teams complete their reg ular season schedules UCLA against Southern California in a game that could give the Bruins the Pacific Coast Conference cham pionship, and Ohio State against Michigan, with the Bucks needing at least a tie to win the Big Ten crown and the Rose Bowl trip outright.

Oklahoma, the only other major unbeaten team (also 8-0), wound up in third place for the third straight -week after beating Missouri. But Notre Dame, picked as the preseason champion, moved up a notch to fourth after whipping North Carolina. The Irish replaced Arkansas, which was knocked down to ninth after losing its first game of the season to Southern Methodist. Army, once-beaten "like Notre Dame, also moved up one' to fifth. Mississippi rose to sixth.

Navy and Southern Cal were deadlocked at seventh. Kentucky Gets Set For Tennessee Vols LEXINGTON, Nov. 16 Ufr-Kentucky's football varsity, bearing a close resemblance to last year's club in total offense and yardage surrendered, began prep-ping today for its season finale with Tennessee at Knoxville. The Kentuckians in nine games have moved 2,683 yards and allowed their opponents to travel 2,003 yards. At this stage a year ago, And, in the number of first fas' A 1 -t -k 3 Six Bouts Are Scheduled For Undefeated Fullmer lane's opponents have been penalized the most, 524 yards.

Besides Eagle Day, individual offensive leaders are Kentucky's Bob Hardy, aburn's Bobby Freeman, Tennessee's Tom Tracy, and Auburn's Joe Childress, in that order. Hardy has piled up 919 yards, all but 66 passing. Freeman has passed for 724 yards and kept for 115. Tracy, leading SEC runner, has carried for 775 yards and Childress is next with 671. Neither Tracy nor Childress has gained a yard by passing.

the way I see it." Beasley, who was Instrumental in the development of two such stars as Ellsworth Vines and Frankie Parker, now travels around the country for a sporting goods firm, conducting tennis clinics and ever searching for talent. He is convinced that if the United States ever is to reclaim its former place in the net vorld it must look to the public parks. "Where do you think Don Budge and Bobby Riggs and Parker and most of our other great players came from?" he demanded. "They didn't come from the colleges and country clubs: And neither did these Australian boys who have been taking us over the jumps for the past few years." The old coach isn't convinced that our expeditionary force will even get past the Swedes in the interzone final of the Davis Cup at Brisbane early next month, much less prevail over the Aussiss in the Challenge Round at Sydney later on. 155V4.

"He's a youngster and he'll go very far if he learns to keep his hands up. But I think I should have had a draw. I'll do better next time." While Fullmer was preparing for a busy future, Luther Rawlings, loser by a split decision to Italo Scortichni at St. Nicholas Arena, was ready to appear before his Chicago draft board for his induction physical today. Rawlings had promised to reregister for the draft in late September after the records failed to show his name.

At 154Vi pounds Sortiichi had a solid edge on Rawlings, 146, and he used it to advantage. The Italian, returning to action after a five-month layoff, brushed past Rawlings jabs to pound" at the body and flail at the head with long punches. Denmark Hi Hoop Teams Play Nov. 17 The Denmark High School basketball teams will play their initial game tomorrow night at the Denmark gym. Their opponent will be the Centril High School from Alamo.

Denmark's girls team is com posed of the following: Carrie B. Merriweather, Betty Merriweather, Fannie Mae Springfield, Lee Anna Merriweather, Claretha Mosley, Barbara White, Neuada Graves, Mable Mays, Mary Louise Burton, Barbara Jean Womack, Floretine Womack, Velma Lucas, Mary Lue Smith, Ora Ruth Wilson, Patricia Golden, Irene Martin, Mattie Pearl Ellison, Vernell Eperson. i The boys team: Leonard Chapt-man, James L. Homack, Lorenza I. Smith, Walter F.

Bond, Ivory D. Golden, J. Alonzo Greer, Joe. D. Harvey, Frank Carnell, Thornton The Associated Press Trouble with sitting one out is that folks might get the idea you're a wallflower.

That's what happened to the unbeaten Bruins of UCLA in the Associated Press college football poll this week as the unbeaten Buckeyes of Ohio State took over the No. 1 spot by a sevenpoint count. UCLA held first place last week with an overpowering vote total, but was idle last Saturday while Ohio State, edging closer to the Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl, mauled Purdue 28-6. The Bruins, with an 8-0 record identical to that of the Bucks, still managed to edge Ohio State in first place votes. 92-87, but on the usual basis of 10 points for first, 9 for second, OSU polled 2,010 points to UCLA's 2,003.

AH of which means this Saturday's contests probably will decide the running battle between Ohio State and UCLA each having held the No. 1 position twice Kansas City Is Revamping For Majors KANSAS CITY, Nov. 16 W) Ar nold Johnston today stepped up his giant-sized task of readying a ma jor league baseball club and stadium for the new Kansas City Ath letics by season opening next April. Heavy construction equipment moved into old Blues Stadium. The remodeling is being handled by a company organized specifically to handle this one rush-order job.

Johnson, who only last week ac quired the Athletics from the Con nie Mack family, yesterday named Parke Caroll, general manager of the Kansas City Blues since 1951, as a vice president and business manager of the club for three years. "We hope to have our field manager selected by tomorrow," Johnson said. Speculation here is that the skipper will be Lou Boudreau, recently fired as manager of the Boston Red Sox. Johnson would neither confirm nor deny it. "Several men are under consideration," he said.

"No, Eddie Joost isn't out of the picture." Joost managed the A's at Philadelphia last season. Johnny Vaught is the 20th football coach at the University of Mississippi. The game was first played by the school in 1893. G. French, Dennis L.

Bond, Ivory D. Martin, Carl J. Batchlor, Prentiss Merriweather, and Billy NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (JV-Gene (Cyclone) Fullmer, unbeaten 23-year-old middleweight from West Jordan, Utah, may not be the best in the business but he's the busiest. After beating Peter Mueller, former German champ, in his second main event in eight days at Brooklyn's Eastern Tarkway last night, he hurried home for a tentative Nov.

29 date at Salt Lake City with Govan Small. Teddy Brenner, Parkway matchmaker, said the has been signed for six more bouts at Brooklyn on a once a month basis through May. He'll be back Dec. 20 to box either Ernie Durando or Trinidad's Hector Consiance, Although Fullmer, 155 Vi, won easily on a unanimous decision in 10 rounds last night for his 26th straight, he wasn't satisfied. "I was too wild with my rights," he said.

When he whipped Jackie La Bua a week ago he was disappointed in his combinations. "Fullmer brave and strong," said the disappointed Mueller, Kentucky's total offense was 2,673 yards and the opposition 2,022. downs Kentucky had 138 last year and the same total this season to date. This fall Kentucky has given up two less first downs, 124 to 126. The varsity was excused from the practice lot yesterday but viewed movies of the Memphis State game last Saturday and heard the scouting report on Tennessee.

The freshmen were busy, meantime, polishing Tennessee offensive and defensive tactics to throw 'at the varsity in drills the rest of the week. 1 -JS -X l5S BttWMiHSjHi i A 'Jackson's 9th Annual Football Exchange Bowl Game Thursday, Nov. 18 8 o'clock p.m. JACKSON STADIUM LET'S GO! WRESTLING-ARMORY WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17, 8 P.

M. WALT SIR01S vs. DON FIELDS SEMI-FINAL JOE TAHGARO vs. RED ROBERTS TV Wrestling Star MAIN EVENT RAY PIRET vs. CHARRO AZTEC Southern Jr.

Heavyweight Champion Admission: Rinrslde. Gen. 75c; Children 25c; Colored 50c Advance Tickets at (femmerctal Mews Stand. Sponsored by The American Legion HUMES HIGH, MEMPHIS vs. CENTRAL HIGH, BRUCETON It Promises to be a Great Game.

Tickets on Sale at "little White House," Main and Liberty, and at the Gate. Be sure and get to the rime early. Band actually begins at 7:15 iff BOLIVAR BACK One of the state's all-time high scoring backs, Bobby Kirksey, is shown as he will appear to Bartlett defenders Friday night at Brownsville in the Little Cotton Bowl..