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rRIDAY DECEMBER 20 1957 MIAMI DAILY NEWS-RECORD MIAMI OKLAHOMA FAG FIVE SANDLOT GRAD IS PRO PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR Tar Heels Kansas Climaxed 1957 Competition for College Cagers John Unitas Wins Jim Thorpe Trophy I PLAYERS' CHOICE ni -'-2 1 -1 -1 4 1 11 11 otitt I I 1 41 744 i10-t r) -g 7t411 4 1 (I 1 4 (li I t- --t-ttte sivi 1 AtA 1 it-4 y't ca fy -r-LA LA' I r'41Ak 4 -rer'' 74T 7' i tF''t' '''-11 k) '1'kki14: Stronger Teem Due for 1958 A Race although Ntemphisb Win' 1Wil long won the "most valuable player" award Chamberlain received the most in the balloting for the Unit-i ed Press All-America team with! 'little Chet (The Jet) Forte of Co-! lumbia a close second although he stood only five-nine Also on the honor five were Rosenbluth1 -major-college scoring champion' Grady Wallace of South Carolina! points a game) and the color-1 ful versatile Hot Rod Hundley of West Virginia McGuire was voted "Coach or the Year for his success at! North Carolina receiving 54 per cent of the national vote The NCAA also ernwmpti so crowned an of tidal "small college" champion this year for the first time in its new "college division" title tournament Honors went to Wheaton College which won 28 games (including 21 straight) and lost only one beating Kentucky Wesleyan in final round at Evansville Ind 89-65 The season saw one of the most wide-open battles in history for the major-college scoring crown go down to the wire with five contenders Wallace won out with 312 points per game but he was hard-pressed by Joe Gibbon Mississippi Elgin Baylor Seattle Chamberlain and Forte Es- ft player of 11- ekx the year The (1! J- 3 i 7i IT-' The Jim vf: k- 44 '47's '''i14'v -A Thorpe i 4 a itbanhl 7 professional '1f j'Ft'c-Ii TA kit I 4T-1 i piayer of ti it 4: i-! )4J the year I i- e-' :1: 1 -l! 71 6 2 UPS Managers 12-19 tc1230a EDITORS NOTE: This Is the fifth of 19 dispatches on the offseason outlook of each major lele team for ISA written by the mangers of each dub) By JOHN GRIFFIN NEW YORK Dec For the second straight ytar college basketball boasted an un-I beaten national champion in 157 North Carolina's pressure proof "Yankee Tar heels" who battled' their way through a record 32 triumphs But Carolina had to go into a triple overtime to prove the honor by beating Kansas 54-53 in the final round of the NCAA chatn-I pionship tournament 1 It was possibly the most dramatic wind-up game in the his-1 tory of the college court sport matching the two teams ranked 1-2 In the nation by the United Press Board of Coaches and featuring a star duel between seven-foot All-American Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain of Kansas and Lennie Rosenbluth of North Carolina Brilliant Comeback Rosenbluth with 20 points fouled out late in regulation time but the Tar Heels almost all hailing from New York city staged a brilliant team effort and were tied 52-52 until Gene Elstun sank a free throw with 31 seconds left In the third overtime to put Kansas ahead Home town fans went wild with joy but it was too soon With isix seconds left Maurice King of Kansas fouled Joe Quigg of CaroQuigg flipped in both shots and the Tar Heels led Kansas Idrove desperately for one last shot but it went wide Thus ended a truly amazing season for Coach Frank McGuire's Tar Heels who eclipsed the one-season perfect record of 29 wins posted a year earlier by San Francisco Eq route to the crown North Carolina won the 1Dixie Classic tourney the Atlantic Coast conference championship and tournament and five tension packed games in the NCAA tourney Bradley Wins Bradley led by six-seven Barney Cable won the National Invitation tournament championship in New York with an 84-83 final round victory over Memphis 1 i a star Otiel De L'071 All American Wilt (Tnel Stilt) Chamberlain of Ka sas and Lennie Rosenbluth of North Carolina Brilliant Comeback Rosenbluth with 20 points fouled out late in regulation time but the Tar lieels almost all 'II nt team effort and staged a ri la at from New York city! were tied 5'2-52 until Gene seconds In throw to put Kansas ahead Home town fans went wild with joy but it was too soon six seconds left Maurice King With of flipped in both shots fouled Joe Quigg of Caro- lainnda tQheu drove desperately for one last igTgarfliplpleels led Kansas shot but it went wide Thus ended a truly amazing season for Coach Frank Mc Guire's Tar Heels who eclipsed the one season perfect record of 29 wins posted a year earlier by crown North Carolina on the Eq route to the San Francisco Dixie Classic tourney the Atlan- tie Coast conference champion- ship and tournament and five tension packed games in the NCAA tourney Bradley Wins Bradley led by six-seven Barn- ey Cable won the National InVi tation tournament championship New York with an 84-83 final iround victory over Memphis League all star should handle shortstop in good style Second base might be called our wide-open infield slot Woody Held who I put second to Jim Piersall and nobody else in centerfield should be improved and he's looked great already Bill Tuttle In from Detroit 'Inks like our rightfielder Cerv Bob Martyn Jim Small and others will fight for the left-field job in our plans right now Our pitching has some gaps but altogether doesn't look too bad Jack Urban and Ralph Terry should be ready for solid seasons after early seasoning I'd like a good lefthander for the bullpen to go with righthanders Virgil Trucks 2nd Tom Gorman George Brunet and Harry Taylor both up from Little Rock are apparently the best of the rookie crop aside from Craddock Former Detroit pitcher Duke Maas should help us and I'm counting on Arnold Portocarrero for some good work after a fine showing in the late weeks of 1957 Overall we need help in a couple of places and it's quite possible we'll make another trade or so before the season opens IN ouuy new wno A tit beconuitunng ito Jim Pierson and nobody centerfield should be improved he's looked great already land Tuttle in from Detroit Bill Inks like our rightfielder Cerv Bob Martyn Jim Small and others will fight for the left-field job in our plans right now Our pitching has some gaps but ih altogether doesn't look too bad Jack Urban and Ralph Terry should be ready for solid seasons a ter early seasoning I'd like a good lefthander for Vir 1 the bullpen to go with righthanders g4 Trucks and Tom Gorman George Brunet and Harry Taylor both up from Little Rock are patently the best of the rookie crop aside from Craddock Former Detroit pitcher Duke Maas should help us and I'm counting on Arnold Portocarrero for some good work after a fine showing in the late weeks of 1957 Overall i a we nee elp coo- ple of places and it'- ble we'll make another trade or quite possi so before the season opens KANSAS CITY Mo (UP)--Xansas City I believe will be a definitely stronger American League contender next summer than last when we climbed out of the cellar in the final weeks leaving Washington in eighth place We're setting our sights on solid Improvement and if you insist on being specific say sixth place maybe a notch or two higher Frankly I'm counting on an improved team for three reasons One I believe our Detroit trade helped even though we released Billy Martin reluctantly I think another thing working in our favor this year is our rookie crop Pitcher Walt Craddock the International League pennant-winner's top winner and infielder Mike Baxes from the same Buffalo team should help substantially The third factor I'm counting on is one I'd likely get some arguments on Boiled down I'd say several of our top players simply had "off" seasons in 1957 among them Vic Power Billy Hunter Bob Cer I figure Hal Smith Frank House and Harry Chiti will give us fine catching the first two sharing most of the work In the infield Power looks solid at first base and Lopez will get a thorough trial at third Joe De Maestri an American KANSAS CITY Mo 11 sas City I believe will be a det American Leaeueiin initely strong en contder pext summer than last c' when we climbed out of the cellar i the final weeks Wash leaving ington in eighth place We're setting our sights on solid Improvement and if you insist on being specific say sixth place maybe a twitch or two higher Frankly I'm counting on an im- proved team for three reasons One I believe our Detroit trade helped even though we released Billy Martin reluctantly I think another thing orking in coruorpf arvoitrchtehrisuyT3elatr cirsadoduorckro otkhiee International League pennant-win- ner's top winner and infielder Mike Baxes from the same Buf- falo team should help substantial- ly The third factor I'm counting on is one I'd likely get some argu- ments on Boiled down I'd say several of our top players simply had "off" seasons in 1957 among them Vic Power Billy Hunter Bob Cer I figure Hal Smith Frank House and Harry Chiti will give us fine catching the first two sharing most of the work In the infield Power looks solid at first base and Lopez will get a thorough trial at third JoeDeMaestri an American Aovc i4 1: fl 7 Barnett Rides 190th Winner :70 'f' c' tO John linitas 11 Of Battimore9 ri oil by acclamation ot A A it hi 5 fellow men kt of the National JA'Y Footbail League" 1 11 atrtaki any more nonsense here UP HONORS AARON MN-WAUKEE (UP) Milwaukee Braves outfielder Hank Aaron has been named Wisconsin's "Athlete of the Year" by United Press radio and newspaper sports editors He outpolled teammates Lew Burdette Warren Spahn and Red Schoendienst What THEY Really Waal! and we've got 'em BICYCLE wAs 51 9s Tubular rims 1 Equipped with 9: chain guard Full 26q size From Just 3 More Days to Shop GIVE HATS FROM EVERY ITEM CARRIES A FAMOUS LABEL SMART JACKETS Sure to win his heartfelt thanks on Christmas morn ALL THE GOOD COLORS IN VELVETY SUEDES Only f1975 NEW STYLES IN FLANNEL DRESS JACKETS 1395 CAMPUS REVERZIEL1 In Gabardine or Nylon Dn '1195 VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS 83 Frem 95 Shep hunts FOR THE GIFTS THAT ARE HARD TO FIND ii 4 i' 'iti0-111ei ''e- I I yvqivrta f''''' '41 171 -e- ts 11141 -to- t-'- 11i ''f: '1 1 '''i 11 s' 4W- Al-- -'-L- ''-i- :41 --'4- i 4 I' i 4 stel 14 1- -f 1' Az r3' ti Just 3 tylore Days to Shop 7 'o- 'It tiat egit' 1 i' zi) I ytt '01 'w'r'-4 WI 'k --c 1 4 4''14i rii Agtru I -4yi t' ft lattURAIS 1-' tit -1- rr -----4-- 0 1 -er r14- DAMPER I k-1 -4' -----t' 4 i '3' ''f: rrtt A tii'-: e'z' 0 --z I -4 1'' )' IL -111 0- 1 1 i 1' 1 ctff 4 in v- I Els-1 wr i r' ii 0' ''kN1 if 4 1 1 4 I 1 4-------446- (: :41 A 4s ---113 'Art741v li' 4 c'- -uA GIVE HIM--- 4 '1 'AP ap-1 1 -it 4' I ct N) A i 44 i 4 1 5' -'2- l'! zi'''' ::1 Id ''1'i: i ''f HATS FROM hunts t- 1'1 el' "--I'' f'11 4' sit 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'-0'''' EVERY ITEM CARRIES A FAMOUS LABEL e' e-: A f': It''''' f' 't --'''''''tir 1'P ir 1' --t-1- I -'-2'' 4' i 0 44 's: SMART 7 (-I r' -7- UP HONORS AARON t): jk4 MILWAUKEE (UP) Mil- JACKETS waukee Braves outfielder Hank d' 'f Aaron has been named Wisconsin's esr 1 44 "Athlete of the Year" by United i Sure to win his Press radio and newspaper sports eto Joina Unitas 1 1 1 editors He outpolled teammates v-- t'r Lew Burdette Warren Spahn andilin heartfelt thanks on --kt 01 Baltimore ii 4 Red Schoendienst 0 LI 10 by acclamation 01 Christmas morn h--9 -1: i fl 00-44 i ht5 fellow men 'O'S 't tn (4' I'VV''' ALL THE GOOD 01i ol the National i pi Lvi W1: 4 1 91 A $39104- at COLORS IN 'ksi 'i vi i Football League i kor qi- (47::: 8 Here's Wit 1 I 1 i 4 VELVETY SUEDES OrDtraki 1 ttik' 1 01:: i 1 et TO i 1 PI 41 it THEY 1 4 4 1 I i i 819 7 0 Am A 4 II 3 -( t1 i mte 4 kti' 4 Really Vivant' --rli 1 I Zig 441 NEW STYLES IN FLANNEL -t 'e 1 si gla Afage 1 i 461Z' 00' DRESS JACKETS 7 1 1 I i 1- and we ve got It--- i' 1 i ---rr-''x' Only 5 '13 95 I -) ii: -1 ''111t' LA 'k '4tilt' fel tfi iti' ti 4 rem 411f 4 I 'al CAMPUS 4 1 vs a 505' 1111 0144Je 0 $100 BICYCLE In Gabardine or Nylon 44" it any more nonsense here WAS 51 95 from 1195 T-44 rnett ck 11 a Rides 4 NOW Tubular rims i Je4 1 190th Winner 9 to Mg ti! t1 95 a malenamanu1 Shcp hunts 11 Equipped magpt s4111 I chin guard with A a 4 Ir 0 VAN HELISEN I' FOR THE GIFTS THAT ili'm'-AXt45 Full 26 size 4-At ma 41' i 41 SHIRTS ARE HARD TO FIND I Aik 0- Vt IP' II 1 1 I at EASY TERMS! 8395 '51A7so' hem 4 8 By MURRAY OLDERMAN NEA Staff Correspondent nw YORK (NEA) A lean-thanked sandlot graduate who was awned down by two universities Ind one professional team' and Overlooked by 10 others has been tccialmed professional football's Player-of-the-Year The third annual Jim Thorpe rrophy presented by A Spal- ling Bros has been awarded to Ian Unitas quarterback of the Baltimore Colts In a poll taken by NEA Service st the players of the National Football League Unitas received 144 points to beat out A Tittle he guiding genius of the Sari Franzisco 49ers and his closest comntitor at 185 points Iim Brown recruit fullback was third with 118 Unitas the first quarterback to receive the trophy perpetuating the name of professional football's tirst great performer is a bona Cinderella boy who drove the colts to their first winning season in history and had them in contention until the last day of the regular schedule Two years ago he was dodging rocks on a skinned Pittsburgh field picking up a few bucks every Sunday playing semi-pro ball He had teen turned loose by his hometown Steelers without ever getting into a single play of an exhibition game A graduate of St Justin High in Pittsbureh Unitas wanted to go to 'slotre Dame but was thumbed down for lack of size He next tried Indiana and again got the cold shoulder So he settled for the University of Louisville played tour years of varsity Quarterback and sprouted to 6-1 and 190 pounds He might have been through with football after his abortive 1955 trial with the Steelers if Don Kellett the general manager of the Colts hadn't been leafing through some old waiver bulletins "Iimmm Unitas" he muSed "Wasn't he a No 9 draft rick?" Unitas first arriver in Baltimore an a dismal spring day in 1956 for the Colts' annual audition open to all-comers Even in the murk he threw the ball well enough to pique the brass When the 1956 season began he was still a well grooved spot on the bench George Shaw the brilliant Rookie-of-thyYear In 1955 ran the show without a big Chicago Bear landed on his knee in the fourth game The score then was Baltimore 20 Chicago 14 Unitas's first pass 'v-s intercepted by Caroline and returned for a touchdown to move the Bears into the lead After the kick-off Unitas bumped inte fullback Alan Ameche on a hand-off the Bears snatched the ball and moved to another TD After the ensuing kick-off he fumbled a hand-off to Dupre the Bears recovered and went on to score The total rout: 58-27 But Unitas was launched because Coach Weeb Ewbank had no one else By the end of the season he threw the pass that tultoubtedly saved Weeb's job a 55-yarder to Jim Mutscheller on the last play of the last game which upset the Washington Redskins The season Just concluded can be gauged by the figures He completed more passes (72) for more yards (2550) for more touchdowns (24) than any other quarterback A deceptive runner who's not afraid to bang heads he added 171 yards in 42 ground carries Quiet earnest and hard-working he leads by example He's mastered the complex art of checking is changing the play on the line of scrimmage after the team has broken out of the huddle He broke open a tight tussle with the Bears by checking off on a fourth down and one situation and tossing a pass to Lenny Moore that went for a touchdown As a thrower says John -Steadman of the Colt front office "He has more pitches than Eddie Lanai He lobs them long rifles them short shovels underhanded in a Jam and against the Rams he even threw a pop fly for a completion when rushed hard" The brush-haired blond is of Lithuanian extraction married and the father of an infant son and a little girl 2 Like them he's just beginning to grow as a football player End coach Bob Shaw who used to catch Bob Waterfield's passes already likens Unitas to the old Ram pitchett And at 24 he has a half-dozen years to outdistance comparisps Fraley Tags Bowl Winners In Final 1957 Selecfions Fraley Tags Bowl Winners I Final 1957 Selections By OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK Follies and absolutely the final football selections of the bowl game "winners" which will prove if you bet on 'em that it is bet By OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK Follies and absolutely the Thal football selections of the bowl game "win- trs" which will prove if you bet on 'em that it is bet- ter to give than to receive Without further ado or even they are Rose Bowl Ohio State over 1 Oregon Oregon er to give than to receive Without further further ado or even hey are Rose Bowl Ohio State over iregon Dobbs Champ Hats 850 1750 Dobbs Champ Hats 850 1750 Dobbs Champ PICHER Special)---Dickle Barnett 17-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Chester Barnett of Picher recently rode his 190th whiner to strengthen his leadership as 1957's most successful apprentice jockey according to information received here Dickie is now riding at Tropical' park near Miami Fla Most of his 1957 victories were in the Midwest and East He ran into some "static" during a brief stay at New Orleans when Louisiana racing officials refused to grant Barnett the five-pound allowance that is granted apprentice jockeys ruling that he "long ago lost his allowance" A prominent Florida writer referring to Barnett's authorization to ride as full-fledged apprentice in that state challenged the Lou- isiana ruling 1 He emphasized that Dickie could not have lost his allowance "long ago" since his original Contract has only been in existence since April 13 1957 and he didn't ride his first winner until May 7 of tills year Most state racing boards' permit a jockey to ride for a full year as an apprentice 1 1 I nett PICHER tSpecial)17-year-old son Dickle I3ar- Mr and Mrs Chester Barnett of Picher! recently rode his 190th whiner to strengthen his leadership as 1957's most successful apprentice jockey Sugar Bowl Texas over Mississippi Cotton Bowl Navy over Rice Orange Bowl Oklahoma over Duke Gator Bowl Texas Aggies over Tennessee Game by game It shapes up this way: Rose Bowl Coach Woody Hayes of Ohio State is acting like a man with the seven year itch who bites his fingernails A man who calls a shovel a gol-durned spade he talked 14mself into a mess on the coast a bouple of years back and nobody has forgotten or forgiven Including Woody The intinuation was that Western teams didn't make it smell like a Rose Bowl and to prove It again Woody Is insisting that his muscular marvels kick the tar out of poor little Oregon Ohio State is a 17 point maybe the word "cherce" now is tore acceptable In the Los Angeles area and it is doubtful if Hayes will settle for less Oregon lost three games by a total of only 17 points and a good defense may hold down the score for the first three quarters But watch thse Buckeyes run in the final heat after crunching the resistance out of Oregon for the first 45 minutes Sugar Bowl This Is a game which proves tliat education really has survived In college even for football players Texas got off slowly because it is loaded with sophomores The pore li'l fellers had to did Their late surge gave them all A's in first aid Ole Miss is faster than a blue tick hound surprised by a pair of coons Seven former backs make the line as mobile as a Sherman tank and there are three 10-second sprinters in the backfield But 1 got to go for education 'in a pick 'em ball game Cotton Bowl This Navy team hits like a bunch of grogged up gobs in an Arch St saloon Rice has a diversified attack but the Middies figure to handle it with a "jitterbug" defense which is really something to see There ought to be a law against guys like that Reifsnyder The opposition could rind up in the stands and somebody might get hurt Navy Is only a two point favorite yet from here it looks money in the bank from San Diego to Singapore Orange 111w1 Oklahoma loses a ball game ate( chalking up 47 ip a row and right away they're a bunch of stiffs Notre Dame's line played a Sugar Bov 1 Texas over Mis- issippi Cotton Bowl Navy over Rice Orange Bowl Oklahoma over Gator Bowl Texas Aggies over 'ennessee Game by game it shapes up this vay: for Christmas Fire Chief AUTO GIRL'S MODEL SAME SENSATIONALLY LOW PRICE! 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Lane Offers $40000 aned His Car HAVANA MinOSO acquired by the Cleveland Indians in a recent trade with the Chicago White Sox can drive off with General Manager Frank Lane's flashy Cadillac if he has "a good year" next season Lane offered the veteran outfielder a $10000 contract and his own automobile "Thursday when he arrived here for talks with Minoso and Cleveland manager Bobby Bragan "AIinoso has been after my car for many years and I promise to give it to him if he has a good season or we win the pennant next year" Lane said Dial KI 2-5507 For Want-Ad Taker Dial KI 2-5507 For Want-Ad Taker 1.

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