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CC PARTI 9 WaLCOTT LOU TAKES POT DEC By RAVEN DYER Fans Boo Verdict to on Champi BY JACK CUDDY NEW YORK, Dec 5. (TIE) Jersey Joe Walcott, 33-year-old father of six children, smashed Heavyweight Cham pion Joe Louis to the canvas twice tonight and a boxing lesson for 15 rounds ywwamiMimii wmammmmmmmmmmmm mwu'wiw wwb)imiww i i uimjiiimmpmhiuii mnrmnnw 1 imi 'ii JTV v.w Sitkol -I L'vngstone I lf 'n1' 'Is -i t. 4 1 -J fTCt -j Martin f-1 i i Walsh I 4.K iyt 1 Connor I I i k. Fischer 2 r- I but the ring officials award-; ed Louis the decision, ena-; bling him to keep his crown. lit.

rrrmit fr-nr--' i i itti a. vWi- iar r-rn i urmi TT-tf tritnnrinr 'r'um-t nrcrrri iiiTirffT-Wj- i Times photo FIGHTING IRISH Here's Notre Dame's starting line-up which will face Trojans In traditional football clash today in Coliseum. Game figures to attract 103,000 fans. The crowd of 18,194 In Madi-; son Square Garden booed the decision thunderously and gave the stocky, bull-shouldered chal-; lenger from Camden, N.J., a girder-shaking ovation as he left the ring. Walcott, an 8-1 underdog in 5 the betting, had given Louis the hardest fight since Bomber Joe won the title from Jim Braddock 10 years i The decision was a split ver--: diet Referee; Ruby Goldstein," himself a former "lightweight; champion, voted for, Walcott, seven rounds- against, six for Louis, with two But the two: judges Frank Forbes and Marty Monroe cast their ballots -for Louis: Forbes scored: eight for, the champion, six: for, Walcott and one even.

Monroe rated it nine for Louis and six for Walcott. Garden in Uproar The United Press scored seven rounds for the six for Louis and two even. During the final round, the Garden was in an uproar as the near-capacity crowd screamed its belief that they had witnessed the changing hands of the world heavyweight crown. Walcott retreated throughout the entire 15th round, apparently confident, that he. had won the fight and cautiously determined not to let the crown slip from his fingers by a last-minute Murphy Has Pass Pepperdine Turns Back Loyola Lions, 13 to 0 BY CHARLES CURTIS Pepperdine College ground out a 13-to-0 triumph over Loyola last night on Gilmore Stadium's soggy turf and emerged as the nation's highest-scoring collegiate gridiron team for the 1947 Cos Jsufiele Qftne Edge Oer Lujack season.

The Waves brought their total Troy Star Holds Aerial Average as Air Battle Looms in Coliseum BY BRAVEN DYER It's sacrilege, I suppose, inasmuch as the nation's top All-American end winner of the coveted Heisman Trophy for nine games to 350 points, five more than the previous pacesetters, University of Michigan. It was Pepperdine 16th con SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1947 Minors Pass Coast League Buck to Majors secutive victory and its 17th win in 18 games over the past is in town, but the figures show that Troy's George Mur-phjThas a better passing average than Notre Dame's famed knockout. Louis, with his left two years. eye nearly closed, his left cheek Darwin Horn, 210-pound Pep Johnny Lujack. Tarp Keeps Turf Dry; I rish Take Short Work swollen like a brown balloon.

And if you want to go further, Grid Menu and his nose dripping blood, tried desperately but fruitlessly the team of Murphy and Jim perdine fullback, punched across the second Waves' touchdown from the 3-yard line and raised his individual point total to 115 for the season, giving him a tie to save what seemed a lost cause MIAMI, Dec. 5. (JP) The minor by a kayo. Dame has had only one outdoor practice (prior to yesterday) (Mystic) Powers has completed more throws this season than Lujack and his understudy, Frank Tripucka. Barring rain during today's game, the Coliseum field will be fairly dry and fairly fast for for national scoring honors with Chuck Schoenherr of Wheaton College (Illinois.) leagues quit juggling the convention's "hot potato" today and dumped it into the laps of the majors they asked, the big leagues to vote either "yes'; or since the Tulane game two weeks ago, due to bad weather at South Bend and the Irish Notre Dame at S.C (Coliseum, 2 p.m.) Fresno State at U.

of Hawaii. L.S.U. at Tulane. Hardin-Simmons at Arizona St (night.) Utah at Arizona TJ. (night) New Hampshire at U.

of Toledo (Class BowL) Villanova vs. Kentucky (Cleveland, Great -Lakes Bowl.) Notre Dame and the Trojans. The 8000 chilled and dampened Before you Trojans dash out and mortgage the mansion, it should be recorded that the two coach feLt the necessity of yes terday's workout. spectators (it rained copiously during the final quarter,) "no" on the Pacific Coast Only one Notre Dame game "Johnny Lujack is the greatest football player, bar none, In America. He's stopped Blanchard, Davis, Buddy Young and all the best of them, and he'll stop Southern California, too.

I have no doubt Notre Dame will win, That's Ed McKeevers slant on today's gridiron gigantic. Ed knows Notre Dame from the inside. He was Frank Leahy's first lieutenant when the Fighting Irish last ap-s peared here in 1942. I don't know whether Mc-Keever saw the present Trojans in action or not. In his case apparently that makes no difference; Lujack is just too good.

BEST BOWL GAME Henry. Frnka, Tulane men-, tor, thinks highly of the Irish, too. After his brave Green-ies had been trampled, 59 to 6, Henry opined: "The best bowl game for 1948 would be the Notre Dame first team against the Notre Dame second team." Such utterances horrify hon-' est Frank. He had hardly boarded the train for the trip I to Los Angeles before he was -I overcome by a great fear, and after a fitful night of restlessness awoke to tell the world that victory was Impossible for Notre Dame. The master had been working up to this ever since he saw the mighty Trojans run wild against the lucky Bruins in that 6-to-0 walkaway in the Coliseum.

Harken to what he told Tom Siler, Chicago Daily News writer, on his return to 1 the Midwest: POINT FOR IRISH "I learned on the Coast," sobbed the South Bend magi- cian, "that S.C. doesn't care anything about the Rose BowL It's Just another ball game to them and Coast observers figure the Trojans have nothing to gain by it It's Just an 18-mile trip for the players and weeks of hard work." Frightened Frank then told Tom about Murphy, Ferraro and McCardle, calling them the key members of a great football team, and abandoned him self completely to building up the Trojans. I am wondering if Leahy 'Will pour it on today. I am wondering if he can prevent his lads from doing just that Leahy himself, were he sure of victory, more than likely would settle for a one-point 'win. The Trojan game is now the.

biggest on the Notre Dame schedule, from many angles. Who can tell if Notre Dame humiliates the Trojans they might toss in the sponge after the present contract runs out following the 1949 game. This is merely a guess I haven't heard it discussed, but other teams have grown weary, of having the Irish walk all over them. MIGHT TAKE CHARGE Maybe Jeff Cravath's deter- mined disciples can avert dis- aster. But what if Lujack and his cohorts decide they want to show Michigan once and for all who plays on the nation's No.

1 football team? This is Lujack's last game and he might cross the master and cut loose with all the secret stuff Notre Dame has held in reserve all season. There is a small minority of serious thinkers who refuse to be awed by Notre a e's prowess. They think the Irish have not been tested this year; that the Trojans have met sterner competition. I don't know any way of proving that but the record of teams which faced today's principals is interesting. Notre Dame's eight foes scored 965 points and were nicked for 1365 while compiling the following record: Team Won Lost Tied Pittsburgh 18 0 Purdue .5 4 0 Nebraska 2 7 0 Iowa 3 5 1 Navy 1 .71 Army 5 2 2 Northwestern 3 6 0 Tulane 2 5 1 Totals 22 44 5 BETTER RECORD? Troy's eight rivals totaled 1147 points to their foes' 1012, and wound up with this mark: Team Won Lost Tied Wash.

State 4 6 0 Rice ...6 3 1 Ohio State 2 6 1 Oregon State 5 0 California 9 1 0 Washington 3 6 0 Stanford 0 0 U.C.L.A. 5 4 0 Totals 34 40 2 For those Trojan fans who need a bracer before daring to enter the Coliseum today it -can be pointed out that only two of Notre Dame's foes "(Purdue and. Army) won more games than they lost Three S.C. foes (Rice, California and U.C X.A.) won more games than they lost and one (Oregon State) broke even. take a chance and go out and see if figures mean anything.

(Lioten to Braven Flyer and Taul Zimmerman over KFI at noon today.) League's resolution to become a That's what Bill Nicholas, Coliseum manager, said yesterday afternoon as a corps of workers swept waves of water from the tarpaulin, while the Fighting Irish frisked through the swishy was played on a slow field this watched tpe Waves tally in the first period on Terry Bell's 72-yard punt return and register third major league. season and tnere were none Notre Dame pitchers totaled more yardage' with their strikes and also doubled Troy's touchdowns through the air, Trojans Pass, Too But it is surprising, isn't it. to Passing a resolution of their staged under inclement condi own, the mmors requested tne tions last year. It drizzled some during the Northwestern turf at the peristyle end of the field. They stayed off the game majors to decide on the controversial issue at their meeting in contest but the turf was fairly yards and.

six touchdowns, all but one by Powers. The two Irishers threw 144 passes and completed 80 for 1135 yards and 12 touchdowns, all but three by Lujack. Most of Murphy's throws were discover that Lujack and Tri again in the third period on Horn's plunge. In between and after these tallies Coach Warren Gaer's boys produced four other serious threats which were stopped by valiant defensive" performances by Lions. No Problem firm and both teams passed New York next week and send their decision back to the Na pucka aren't the only passers well.

Brennan Watches who'll be pitching out on that tional Association so the minor Champ Down Twice Walcott, who had been, rated just another victim for the great Negro champion, brought the crowd to its feet in amazement in the very first round when he floored Louis with a right hook to the head for the count of two. He drove Louis to his haunches, but the surprised champion was -up, and apparently not badly hurt. Shortly after the knockdown, Jersey Joe staggered the champion with two more steaming rights to the face. The second knockdown occurred in the fourth round. Walcott knocked Louis flat onto his back with the hardest blow of the fight a straight right to the Louis, bewildered and groggy, lurched to one knee where he took the count of seven.

He was reeling wiien he regained his feet. Hot Cookie Walcott, who had been expected to freeze up in the first round, showed himself a very "hot cookie" indeed in the ninth, for example, when he fought toe to league presidents can immedi Coliseum turf this afternoon? Here's the box score: short flank shots. They were seldom good for long gains but Terry Brennan, Injured left halfback and the team's top Murphy, 66 throws, 42 com ately take a mail vote of their own. The resolution was introduced they kept the opposition loose. ground gainer, watched the prao Offensively the Lions weren't a problem.

Their deepest penetration was to the Waves' 25-yard line in the opening period, Neither Murphy nor Powers tice in civilian clothes. He can gridiron. "It's dry underneath," said Nicholas as anxious Frank Leahy peered beneath the canvas which set taxpayers back $11,000. Inasmuch as the canvas is not propped up in mid-field, the drainage of water is slow and the sweepers were helping it along. "We've had the canvas up several times today," continued Nicholas, "because we wanted to line the field.

But it started to plete for an average of .636 and 422 yards. Tripucka, 42 throws, 24 com is any great shucks at running not bend his left leg at the knee the ball, Jim being the best of by Victor Collins, president of the Hollywood club, who said he feared a long delay might ensue unless immediate action was plete for an average of .571 and and Coach Bui Sargent's injury Leahy said he will not play today. All other Irish players are the two. ridden squad had to fight with 417 yards. Lujack, 102 throws, 56 com ready.

Bob Livingstone was a complete desperation to hold the left half. taken. Collins was the spokesman for a four-man P.C.L. dele margin to? two touchdowns, plete for an average of .549 and Lujack, on the other hand, Is hailed as the best runner on the Notre Dame squad, and by George Levinson, Trojan scout, as the most versatile back he 718 yards. "I'm not too sure about Coy McGee's injured ankle," said Powers, 7o throws, 41 com rain each time so we promptly gation consisting of Charles It was the first time this year Graham, San Francisco; Bill Loyola couldn't score, and the Turn to Pace 11, Column 1 Tnrn to Page 10, Column 6 Leahy during the practice, but plete for an average of .546 and slapped 'er down again." Leahy drilled three teams and after it was all over he said the ever saw.

519 yards. And when the blue chips are The two Trojans threw 141 fleet halfback, who scored twice Turn to Page 10, Column 6 a few spares on the soggy turf for almost two hours. Notre Tnrn to Page 10, Column 6 passes and completed 83 for 914 Trojan Irish Line-ups toe with Louis for a full minute as the round In that terrific slugging session, Jersey S.C. vs. Notre Dame, Los Angeles Coliseum, Dec.

6, 2 p.m.: Joe dealt out as much damage as he received. In that round. IRISH Wt. No. 216..

Ha- S2 Walcott suffered a slightly gashed left brow. Louis won the round because, before their slug TROJAXS Wt. Pos. Tolman .205 LER Ferraro .240 LTR Clark, .............195 LGR McCormick 200 McCall RGL ging session on the ropes, he had staggered the challenger with a 213. Czarobski Wendell 203., Walsh 230...

Fischer straight left to the chin, and hurt him with two left hooks. No, S8 71 60 55. 75 73 82 12 28 27 18 76 58 46 72 81 38 32 14 40 67 Because of Jersey Joe's phe nomenal showing against the champion, it seemed virtually 220... Connor 205........... Martin 180...........

Lujack 175 Sitko 163. Livingstone 190........... Panelli Bird 220 RTL Cleary ...195 REL Murphy ..190 Q. McCardle 170 LHR Doll RHL Lilly white ........175 certain that Sol Strauss, actine director of the 20th Century Club, would try to rematch them" for a $1,000,000 classic at Yankee -Stadium in June. Trojan weight averages Line, 208; backfield, 180; team, 197.

Irish weight averages Line, 212backfield, 178; team, 200, TROJAN" ROSTER Toughest One Walcott, in the sunset of his' career, proved the best combination boxer-puncher that Louis ever had faced. His elusive weav-; ing and slipping tactics prevent -i'V i CJ ft-; ir 2 iiii'iwiwMaC-jh "lmnm 66 Bastian, rg G7 Lowell, lg 69 Snyder, rg 71 Ferraro, It 73 Bird, rt 75 McCall, rg 77 Perrin, rt 78 Schutte, rt 79 Swope, It 80 Fletcher, re 81 Cramer, le 82 Cleary, re 83 Lloyd, le 84 Stillwell, re 86 Linehan, le 88 Tolman, le 89 Salata, le 1 Walker, pk 3 Tannehilt lh 12 Murphy, 15 Powers, 16 Robertson, 18 Lilly white, 19 Dill, 21 Cantor, lh 24 Kirby, lh 25 Plyley. It 27 Doll, rh 28 McCardle, lh 29 Garlin, lh 32 Roundy, rh 33 Gray, rh 34 Craig, lh 36 Curry, rh 38 Futrell, rh 39 H. Beck, rh ed Louis from nailing him often with the great Louis left jab the thunderbolt that has set up so many opponents for the champion's stunning right fist. But Walcott not only eluded Louis Sunday punches as did Arturo Godoy and Tommy Farr, the only two previous challenge ers to last the full distance but he exploded punches with both right and left fists on the champion's chin that recalled 40 Oestrelch, 41 Betz, 42 Kordich, 43 Hatfield, le 44 W.

Martin, 45 Burke, 47 Rossetto, 50 Davis, 51 Busch, 54 G. Beck, 55 McCormick, 57 Hachten, rg. 58 Meyer, re 59 Wiilumson, re 60 Clark, lg 61 Bavless, rt 62 Coiley, rg 64 Monson, lg 65 Rea, lg IRISH ROSTER 40 Livingstone, lh 42 Way bright le 45 Michaels, re 46 Walsh, 52 Grothaus, 59 Zmijewski. rt 55 Swistowicz, f-lh 57 Lally. rg 53 Wendell, lg 60 Strohmeyer.

62 Simmons, 7 Begley, the historic night in 1936 when Max Schmeling knocked Bomber Joe out in the 12th round. Louis had not yet won the title then. Walcott's unexpectedly mag-: nifieent display provided such Turn to Page 11, Column 2 3 Brown, 64 Urban. It 67 Panelli, 72 Fischer, lg 74 Signaigo, rg 76 Czarobski, rt 81 Connor, It 82 Hart, re 83 Wightkin, re 47 Helwig, lg 21 Statuto, "80 Cifelli, rt 1 Ear ley. 8 Tripucka, 12 Ashbaugh, 14 Sitko, rh 19 McGee, lh 24 Coutre, rh 26 McGehee, It 27 Espenan, le 30 Gompers, rh 32 Lujack, 36 Frampton, rg 37 Brennan, lb 38 J.

Martin, le 20 Smith, lh 69 Clatt, 39 Oracko, Today in Sports FOOTBALL S.C. vi. Notre Dune. Coll-' scum, 2 p.m. ICE HOCKEY t.A.

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BASKETBALL TT.C.LJL Santa Clara. Westwood. p.m. Officials Referee, Joe Fleming, U.C.LA..; umpire, William Cor bus, Stanford; head linesman, Voyle Brennen, Pomona; field judge, Wi Wireohot taking hard right from Challenger Jersey Joe Walcott. The Brown Bomber retained crown by winning decision.

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