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JACKIE ROBINSON SAYS: 2 Port IV-TUESDAY, FEB. 1 6, 1954 aL03 gtlgCltg C.mtB Tiger Quintet Battles iT. no sift i HYLAND FLING Lions at Loyola Gym By DICK HYLAND Franchise Shift L.As Only Hope for Major Ball Team of sophmores and Juniors. They lost two first-string forward! Art Aragon, who tangles with Chuck Davey at the Olympic Thursday evening, will probably be interested in what a good boxing mind thinks of the Michigan southpaw. Said mind belongs to Johnny Walsh, Madison lawyer, who coaches the Wisconsin boxing team as a hnhhv won the World Series five straight a the onetime lUtutrattd ob Pas Part IV BY AL WOLF Jackie Robinson can't see big-time baseball coming to Los Angeles either by the formation of a third major league or the enlargement of either existing circuit to 10 teams but he does believe one or more franchises sometime will be moved to the Coast.

Making a whirlwind appearance here yesterday in behalf of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the 35- year-old Brooklyn Dodger star explained it this way: Iack of riayera think it would be-very difficult to make a third major league go or even expand either present league to 10 teams because of the lack of capable players. "As It is now, every club has to carry three or four men who really should be in the minors. "I'm sure, though, that Los Angeles and also several other cities could support major league ball. And there are some majors that should move. Given a good team but not otherwise I think Los Angeles would outdraw many of the others.

"When might it happen? Gee, I haven't got the slightest idea." Xo Retirement Talk After talking of retirement the last couple years, Robby yesterdav said he'll go on play- u- neeueu one puncu uu urn heavyweight bout was over. The Golden Glovers who are going to Chicago could do well to work on that punch for the next two weeks. So very, very few of the boys boxing in the tournament at the Legion last week knew the punch or how to use it. Johnny Walsh's teams have been undefeated for straight years using that punch and speed. How College Basketball Teams Stand MCIFIC COAST Stuthera DItIiIob Conference AU Gamee Pet.

Pet Cimornl 9 3 17 UCLA 3 .825 18 8C 4 4 .500 la 5 6 11 7 ,773 ,762 .522 Stanford 3 8 .250 13 Northern Dlriiie Orecnn 8Ute. 4 .67. IS Oreron 1 .583 15 Idaho 8 .500 12 Wahlnton 4 8 .400 Wash. 7 .300 9 .650 .552 .632 .250 .428 CCAA 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 1 3 i Pet. .667 .500 .429 .429 .375 440 485 442 S3 498 564 PA 411 457 453 547 534 561 San T)inn P'peerdine santa Baroare Cal Poly Fresno LA.

State BIO TEN Conference All Gaaiea Pet. Pet, Indiana Iowa Minnesota Illlnoia .900 IS .889 .778 .800 14 .700 14 .667 13 Wisconsin Northwestern .444 10 .400 7 11 .364 10 9 .333 9 .222 8 9 .182 11 Ohio State Mlcmcan State 300 Michigan Purdue .471 .421 SOITHWKST CONFERENCE Conference All Gamee Pet. PtJ. On. .750 553 471 IS 3 .714 430 417 12 .571 420 4.12 10 8 .500 629 536 11 7 .500 520 52G 11 8 .375 496 518 8 12 .143 419 547 2 IS Hire 6 2 "7: Texan 5 2 Baylor 4 3 .556 SMU 4 4 .611 .579 ArKansae 4 4 TCU 3 5 .400 Tex AA-M 1 7 .118 OCKI MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE Conference All Gamee Pet.

Pet. Idaho State 0 1 000 18 2 3 .778 12 10 .900 Montana Slate .545 .526 .421 .278 .313 Colorado Slate Weetein State Colorado Mlnee Colorado Colleeo 3 .571 10 9 4 .333 8 11 7 .125 13 .111 5 11 SKYLINE CONFERENCE Conference All Gamee Pet. Pet. Colorado AAM Wyorrlnr, Brlcham Youni Utah .900 17 4 .810 .739 .618 .429 .647 .288 .458 .190 .727 17 8 .625 13 8 .500 9 12 .444 11 6 .375 6 15 ,364 11 13 .091 4 17 New Mexico Denver Utah S'ate Montana 2-HOW MANY CdlLEQS BASKETBALL PLAYERS HAVE SCORED 50 OR. MORS POINTS IN ONE SEASON WHAT COLLEGIATE CON- bmnson LEADING BASKETBALL SCORER FOR THE 19523 SEASON 1 Brunson, ace Hardin Sira mons' guard, led the Border Conference in scoring for 1952- 53 with 412 points.

2 At the close of the 1952-53 season, official NCAA records contained a total of 14 players who had achieved the feat of scoring 50 or more points in a single game. Patterson Gels 10th Straight BROOKLYN, Feb. 15 (P) Undefeated Floyd Patterson scored his 10th straight victory tonight by outpunching Yvon Durelle, former Canadian light- heavyweight champion, in an eight rounder at the Eastern Parkway Arena. Patterson weighed 167 V4, Durelle 170 K. The 19-year-old Brooklyn Ne gro was a 4-1 favorite.

Although he won a unanimous decision he was far from impressive. The votes, all for Patterson, were: Referee Abe Simon, 5-2-1, and Judges Joe Eppy and Leo Burnbaum each 5-3. Th AP score card had Patterson in front 6-2. Patterson had the eighth round taken away from him by the referee because of sev eral rabbit punches. OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM Armando MUNIZ, 2.40, 1.10, tax till ran The Loyola Lions tip off against Occidental College's Tigers tonight at 8:30 in the Loyola gym.

I Loyola will field a forward wall of Tom Salvino, 6 feet 3 inches, and Dick Baker, 6 feet Cox, 6 feet 5 inches, at center. This trio has picked up better 4 inches, at forward, with Bob than 35 points a game in their last eleven outings and is improving steadily. The Tigers will play a squad Prep and Jaysee Athletic Stars Enroll at UCLA Headed by Football Stars Don Shinnick, Ken Perry and Jim Matheny, a group of 15 outstanding high school and junior college athletes yesterday enrolled at UCLA. Shinnick, 200-pound back from Valley JC, was an All-City performer in 1952 for San Pedro High. He has also heaved the shot 52ft.

8in. Following is a complete list HIOH SCHOOL POOTBALLJln Matheny, 188, 2nd. team AU-CO (Paea-denai. JUNIOR COLLBQg FOOTBALL Don Shinnick. 200, Valler JC; Dout Petera.

199. All-Northern California, fullback. Contra Coat JO; Ken Ferry, 178, Xaat Loe Anteies JC. RIOH SCHOOL TRACK Rum Kills. 1:58 half-raller, tacond In Stat and CIP meeta, 1:86.2 beet time In relay (Compton); Fete Nelson, 13ft.

ln. pole vaulter, 3rd In State (Unlvenlty); Jerry Moore. 12ft. 61n. pole vaulter.

4th In City iNarbonne): Bob Thompion, 1:83.2 half-mller. Northern Leatue 880 champion franklin i. JUNIOR COLLKOB TRACK Don Shinnick, 82ft. 8in. hot-putter, Valley JC COLLEGE TRANSFER TRACK Oeorje Hollll.

4:27.8 mller, Occidental. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Isaac saae, o-ioot z-incn Ail-western Leatue center (Hamilton). HIOH SCHOOL TENNIS Bill Coata. 9th-ranklnt Southern 'California Junior IL jouai. HIOH SCHOOL OOLT Bill Poote.

medalist la 1883 L.A. Junior Boya' Championship (Santa Anal. JUNIOR COLLEGE QOLP Mike Stark- man, Loa Aneeles JC. HIOH 8UHUUL Stanford, outfielder Academy). BASEBALL Dout (Harvard Military You con't tottt bul you know u.

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A I t-v I Game on Radio The Loyola vs. Occidental basketball game tonight will be broadcast from the court by KFWB at 8:30 p.m. from injuries and their starting center to the draft but they have a lot of speed and soma deadly accurate push-shot artists. Leading their scoring potential is Bob Henry who ha averaged 20 points for their last five games. Starting line-ups: LOYOLA wRirnift Kama Ht, Short 8'r1 Henry 8'8T Oredaon Oor 8 Swaaaon 8' Ht.

S'4" Nam Baker Bojvln Cox a 8'3" 8'5" ST Simon 8'3" Salkeld Hey! Kids! rnrr BAScCALL SCHOOL for off boys 9-12 with Dab Ifomsn NANK SAUER VERN STEPHENS BOB LEMON PEANUTS LOWf RY 10 12 Saturday, Ft. 20, 1M4 Gilrnore Field MM HOT DOGS AND 7-Uf Saoniored' by 7-U YOUTH FOUNDATION t' SeklN. l.tellkj the two Dutch Mitten. VUIjA great credited "oppor tunist" play for the string. "New York is Just an oppor tunist team," he said.

"Give the Yanks a break and they cash in. We have runners on first and third with nobody out last fall and fall to score. They'd have one aboard with two down and wind up with a flock of runs. "I don't for a minute believe it's because the American League is stronger as a whole. In fact, I think the Yanks would have much more trouble winning tne pennant in our league.

Over 154 games, that opportunist stuff would level off. You can't rise to heights all summer." Jackie reported his weight at 218 pounds, two under his 1953 figure. And he's looking forward to a good year. No Spring Chicken "All this gray hair reminds me I'm no spring chicken," he chuckled, "but 1953 was one of my better seasons, I think, and I feeling ready for a repeat, After all, I hit .329 last year and also helped the team by switching to the outfield. "I don't care where they play me this time, but I guarantee I II be out there some place." Robinson said he is not well acquainted with Walter Als ton, the new Dodger manager "but he must be a fine man ager off his 12-year record In the minors and he certainly deserved a shot at the job.

Robinson Shocked Like most everybody else, Jackie was shocked when Chuck Dressen and the Dodgers parted company last fall. "I heard it on the radio, but thought the announcer said hired not fired. Was I surprised when I learned the truth! I always got along swell with Dressen and immediately phoned him. I know he didn't want to leave, but he got fed up with the talk around New York that his job was insecure and when they wouldn't give him anything hut a one-year contract, that did it." B0X1N0 TONIQHT Manuel RENTER. A IMI St.

Grisi-Ftp. Mm Who says vs. I.H, several other things going for me, but they all hinge on my baseball. Even such a thing as this iatronat conference, which I think is doing wonders in the way of bettering racial and religious co-operation. As a major leaguer, what I have to say, especially to youngsters, carries more weight than if I were no longer in the game.

"Also, 1 have to think about my family's security and we have three kiddies now. That salary helps." Highest Salary Jackie reportedly will receive $50,000 for his 1954 diamond work, highest wages of his career. Naturally, he 1 the Dodgers to win their third straight National League pen nant. But he thinks New York and not Milwaukee will offer the tougher challenge. "I say the Braves' pitching staff is being overestimated," he said.

"But I didn't look for them to finish second last year, so maybe I'm wrong again. "I like the Giants better be cause Willie Mays is returning, because either Sal Maglie or Larry Jansen figures to bounce back and mostly 'because Johnny Antonelli was acquired in the deal for Bobby Thom son. I predict Antonelli will be come one of baseball's greatest pitchers. He's just starting to pay off dividends from that $65,000 bonus." Asked why the Yankees have except it was all against us and none against them," Donovan said. "Although San Diego used a full-court press 90 of the time, we doubled their foul output.

We scored 10 more field goals but they mada 21 more free throws. I guess we should have scored on more field goal." Toughest Week Pepperdin'e's Duck Dowell said this will be the Waves' toughest week of competition. "We play L.A. State tomor row night (Tuesday), Cal Poly up there Friday and at Santa Barbara Saturday, Dowell said; "Our CCAA raco could end in a four-way tie." Scotty McDonald, whose Kir by Shoes AAU five now boasts a 21-3 record, Including 15 in a row and 21 wins in its last 22 games, said his club will have its toughest test at Santa Maria tonight. "Santa Maria is now third in the National Industrial Basket ball League and defeated the Phillips Oilers by three points last week.

And if you can beat the Oilers by three, it's prac ticallv a rout." 2 FAST, SAFE CONSTAM T-BAR LIFTS for fctif skiing UrM, wsn-kspt ski ilst it lioftr fnt Di NOW. ExrhViHriI (vtlft ki txfnu rttti frtm JIJJ, mio-wisk. IA-fut rMaL Fr MsnMtoM, rtMrfttivtt ttl TOUaiTIPAIIatJCVIirCw. AflH 514 So, Gron, MA 44)51 ATLANTIC COAST Conference All Gamee Pet. Pet.

Maryland 8 1 .857 19 4 .828 Duke 5 1 .833 16 5 .762 Woke Forest 7 2 .778 13 8 .619 North Carolina 5 4 .558 9 7 .563 N.C. State ..3 3 .500 1 6 8 .727 Virginia 1 4 .200 12 9 .571 So. I 6 .143 8 11 .421 Clemion 0 1 .000 4 15 .211 Walsh has, indeed, made quite a hobby of boxing. His Badger teams have been undefeated for something like 14 years. This merely carried on his own habits within the ring.

As a collegian and Golden Glover in the early 1930s, Johnny Walsh won 98 out of 100 bouts in the lightweight class. He was coach of the 1948 American Olympic boxing team that included Davey as a member. "I spent four years trying to figure a way to beat Chuck when he was boxing for Michigan State," says Walsh In a national magazine yarn. If Johnny Walsh cannot figure a way to get Davey licked, what chance-has Aragon to master the problem? Walsh was not happy when Davey turned pro. "In 20 years of coaching," he says, "only two of my boys have turned pro.

and this despite the faot that many of Uiem had enough talent to be tempted, Everybody wants a quick buck and it's hard to think through sensibly when you've already been fighting for nothing, but these kids of mine have not been ordinary kids. "You take a kid off the streets." he says, "without much formal education, and with no particular skill beyond the ability to belt somebody, and if he wants to fight pro that's his own business. The odds are against his even making a living at it but what else can he do? "But a college graduate is a different breed of boy. In most cases he has some money-making skills. There's no good reason why he should enter the toughest trade in the world.

That's the way I felt about Chuck Davey turning pro and he knows it Chuck's motivation was not economic but psychological; he had to find out how good he was. Well, I'm not a psychiatrist." concludes Badger Coach Johnny Walsh. Johnny Walsh is a native of South Minneapolis and an Irisher in that environment either developed defensive tactics or stayed in the house. He was a pink cheeked rherub, to look at him, but he carried dynamite in a left hook. He learned the punch from Leo Ryan, who in turn had gotten it from Tommy and Mike Gibbons.

As a sophomore in 1932 at St. Thomas' College of St. Paul, Johnny Walsh won the Midwest lightweight title with three straight one-round knockouts. All with left hooks. One rival lasted only 15 seconds.

In the 1933 Northwest Golden Gloves five of Walsh's opponents went a total of 8 minutes. Only one bout went into the second round. That left hook, again. Walsh, as a 20-year-old, looked so good to Wisconsin that the Badgers asked him to transfer to Madison and he-come the boxing coach. The Esquire yarn says he eyed that law course at Madison and accepted.

Within three years Walsh's boxers were filling the field house at Madison. They started winning and they haven't stopped. The core to date is 115 wins, 11 draw and 12 losses. Three of the latter came during the war when Johnny Walsh was in the Pacific with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Among Walsh's duties was that of recreation officer for the 2nd Marine Air Wing. He strolled into my tent at Okinawa one day and said, "The Fleet is going to put on soma boxing bouts as goon as tht Island is secured. How about us getting in on "That's up to you. You're recreation officer. Have we got anyone who can hold his hands up in a ring?" "I'll teach 'em," he said.

"Just tell that Sgt. Mathews he is to take his orders from me the next two weeks." Wes Mathews, who later played tackle for UCLA In the postwar years, was strong as a bull and Just as graceful. Yet Johnny Walsh taught him a left hook within 10 days and that was all Wes 383 AUCOHOL CAWS YOUR HAIR II iUi'irle'M'Jl -r- Continued from First Page "And we felt that he would foul out in the first half, trying to stop Bob McKeen. As it turned out, Naulls actually outplayed McKeen. Naulls is the strongest man I've ever seen on a basketball court.

He and Bob Albo went up for a rebound without seeing each oth er, iney collided ana Aioo bounced about 10 feet. And Albo's a husky 200-pounder." The writers were also impressed with Naulls as they showed by choosing the Bruin sophomore as the Southland's Player of the Week. Wooden Surprised UCLA's coach, John Wooden, expressed surprise at the ease with which the Bruins beat the Bpars Friday, 82-54, a factor which Wooden thought served to make Saturday's 71-62 victory harder to achieve. Wooden pointed to UCLA's domination of the boards and the Bruins' ability to break through Cal's defense for close shots as the keys to the twin triumphs. "The charts showed that 87 of all our shots were with in lo feet of tne basket while 60 of Cal's shots were from further out," Wooden emphasized, "And our board work was excellent Friday when we took 52 rebounds to Cal'i 27.

Although we weren't as good in that department Saturday, we were still better than Cal, out rebounding the Bears 43 to 32." Must Win Aside from saying that the Bruins must win the remaining four games to stay in contention, Wooden would not hazard a guess on the outcome of the Stanford series at Palo Alto this week end. "The race will go right to the wire," he predicted. Loyola's Billy Donovan also mentioned the officiating, in explaining the game his Lions SOUTHERN CONFERENCE Conference AH Gamee I Pet. Prt. Gn.

Furman 4 Richmond 8 Wm. ii Mary 5 VMI 4 West Vlnlnla 3 Pavidion 3 0 1 000 16 1 1 .800 13 .750 17 3 .625 8 ft 8 .444 8 8 4 8 9 4 .429 7 4 .200 i 11 ft .182 2 18 8 r.43 4 12 .941 .619 .739 .471 .500 .471 .389 .154 .100 .350 The Citadel 1 Vlnlnla Teen 2 Wash. Lee 1 BORDER CONFERENCR Conference All -Gamee Pel Pel. Texae Tech 7 1 8 2 8 3 875 IS 4 10 8 12 .800 .835 .600 w. Texaa 8t, Arl'ono, .750 .750 Hardin.

Simmons .375 .375 .250 .300 .388 .311 Teaa wil Ariz. TemDO. New Mexico ASM 1 I .200 9 11 .313 MIDWEST CONFERENCE Conference All Gamee Pet. Pet. .834 .750 .667 .500 .843 .600 .600 .188 .125 COB 8 Carleton 3 .727 15 3 2 .714 12 4 3 .700 12 8 4 7 7 4 .500 .455 ft 8 4 .429 ft 8 3 13 .100 1 14 Cornell 7 Orinnell 8 Lawrence 4 Monmouth 8 St.

Olaj 3 Rlnon 7 Knot 1 BIO SEVEN CONFERENCE Conference All Ranee Pet. Prt Colorado 8 1 .857 7 8 .467 Keniae 8 1 .837 11 4 .733 Nebraaka .....4 3 .571 7 .438 Ranaae State 3 8 .373 8 .529 Mluourl 8 .286 7 9 .438 fowa Btato 2 8 .288 8 10 .375 Oklahoma 2 8 .286 ft 10 .333 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Conference All Gamee Pet. Pet Kentucky- 9 Louiilana Slate 8 Alabama 7 Auburn 6 Tulane 8 MIaisjido1 4 TcnncMre 4 0 1 000 18 0 1.000 0 1 000 IS 1 .878 13 2 .750 14 2 .750 12 4 .500 8 4 .500 8 8 ..133 10 6 .250 7 I .882 .722 .778 .67 .471 .471 vanaemuc ,3 Ml.MxH.pl Stale 7 588 500 313 8eortia eortfla 1 Tech 0 7 .125 11 10 .000 0 18 (The Itandlnea fto not halonr UU and Kenturkr played Ororala tamea wnirn cnuntcn ng games for them but not for Oeortla.i 18801 RI VALI.tr CONFER ENCRf Conference Alt I. Pet 1. Dff Oklahoma AlU 6 0 I ooo 20 2 Wlfhlt 2 .714 23 TiUna 3 3 .500 12 10 .5451 St.

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