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The Bee: Danville Vo Wednesday November 28 1956 ormer Champs Pick Moore To Win Over Patterson Johnson Says He Will Win Decathlon MELBOURNE Rafer John son the giant all around athlete from Kingsburg Calif predicted today he would lead an American 1 2 3 sweep in rugged Olympic decathlon and said "I may get a record if the conditions are The 6 3 native Texan now a student at UCLA holds the world record in the exhausting 10 sport competition with 7985 points His aim is to top this mark or at least the Olympic record of 7887 points set by Bob Mathias at Helsinki in 1952 man I have to beat of course Is Milt John son said is telling everybody he's going to lick me He always says it but I figure I can take Johnson said he felt Bob Rich ards the Olympic pole vault king would finish third beating out the best Russian Vasiliy Kuznetsov Johnson finished third behind Richards and Campbell in the first major decathlon test he ever at tempted the national AAU cham pionship at Atlantic City in and he lost since knee bothers me a little but it won't keep me from win Johnson said an old knee ailment I have competed with a bad knee The 200 pound Negro athlete said he feared Campbell most in the high jump 110 meter hurdles pole vault and 1500 meter run The event covers two days ending ri day figure my best bets are in the sprint and broad jump but trying to improve my field Rafer said "Richards if helping me with the pole vault I'm doing the rest with the help of my coaches" Johnson said he had set a goal for himself in the aim ing for his best performance in each specialty I can hit or approach these goals I should break the world he said Here is schedule and his goal: Thursday 100 meter dash 105 seconds broad jump 25 feet 3 inches shot put 49 feet 7 inches high jump 6 feet 2 inches 400 meter run 479 seconds riday 110 meter hurdles 133 seconds discus 155 feet pole vault 12 feet 8 inches javelin 199 feet 1500 meters 5 minutes 1 sec ond "Let Campbell shoot for Johnson challenged Ram Linebacker Out With Injury LOS ANGELES Bob Grif fin husky linebacker of the Los Angeles Rams who has been side lined by a kidney injury has been clear by doctors and is enroute to Washington to join his teammates Griffin was believed to be out for the season but doctors say he is all right now and may be able to play part of the game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh Sunday The riddled Rams are practicing in Washington for the game Linebacker Hugh Pitts and Mid dle Guard Jack Ellena who suf fered knee injuries in last Sun rout by Baltimore are en route home and probably through for the season Halfbacks Tom Wil son and Ron Waller are too ill to play and End Elroy Hirsch prob ably go because of a pulled muscle Auto Upholstery and Gloss Shop 70S Pattaa Mom 7041 CUSTOM BUILT SEAT COVERS Cvttom Tailored to Yow Cw Sarno Day Samca Head Urtrnyi Track Soots SALES AND SBRVICB AUTO GLASS or AD Makoo at Can Started Season With 4 Lettermen the the sit thei HEYER WELLINGTON AND COWBOY BOOTS IN STOCK TRY A PAIR TODAY McLELLAND SHOE SADDLE SHOP 111 Market St ANNAPOLIS Md A hint that Navy might have more foot ball depth than Army is the only way to get Coach Eddie Erdelatz to even venture into the field of comparisons Then he sort of bristles at suggestion just look at the Erdelatz retorted to fact that Navy platoons and Army had four lettermen to start the season Army had so many it was rated 11th in pre season polls Ve even listed will be missing four starters in game from last year and we will have only three who did start I see Xi how anybody can say from that we have so many players we can platoon and Army fact Center Ed Svetecz who Army was booming for All Ameri i ca before the season has been pushed back to the second team by Jim Steve Bellichick an Erdelatz as sistant interjected use of Coach Erdelatz Denies Navy Has More ootball Depth Than Army substitutes may depend on head echoed Erdelatz like to get every player in the He said he will continue the practice against Army in Philadel phia of substituting a second unit regardless of the score He recall ed that against Notre Dame and Penn it was the fresh outfit which broke open the game for Navy vic tories It also did more than just hold the line in the victories over William Mary Virginia Cornell and Cincinnati Erdelatz refuses absolutely to dwell on' comparisons between Army and Navy of last year or this Navy crew and his others have a tough time comparing two boys so I just compare he says when asked to rate this squad with last 14 6 loser to Army or the Sugar Bowl winners of 1954 wha( you do the day of the game that counts not what you did in the is his reply to queries about past performances by Army or Navy "A lot rests on that game you know and all rec ords and statistics go out the win I He should know In his first sea Ison as coach Navy won two games 'out of eight before the game withArmy which lost in 28 Navy 'won 14 2 Spieser avored Over Hoepner In TV ight Tonight MILWAUKEE (ff) Spieser of Detroit is favored to defeat Germany's Willie Hoepner in a scheduled 10 round meeting of title conscious light heavy weights in the Milwaukee Arena tonight Spieser with less action to his credit than Hoepner is given the edge because of his power and polish He rates as the No 1 con tender behind lightheavyweight champion Archie Moore Hoepner is No 6 in the ratings The bout will be televised nationally at 10 (EST) Both contestants are well aware that Archie Moore will bid for the heavyweight championship riday night in Chicago against loyd Patterson If Moore wins the vacant heavyweight crown the victor in bout here will be in a position to demand atten tion when the elimination series leading to the lightheavyweight title begins Spieser a former Michigan State student is an easy going right hander take an 18 4 1 re cord into the ring against the Ger man who is making his American debut Hoepner an edgy lefthand er is 45 10 4 He has 33 knockouts while Spieser has 13 Nick Sanger San Jose State tackle is the son of Sanger former wrestler for Iowa State Old orester Joe Louis Believes Archie Will Win Title By A Knockout CHICAGO (AP) ormer champion Joe Louis picks Archie Moore to beat loyd Patterson in their heavyweglht title bout at Chicago Stadium riday night and the Brown Bomber thinks Moore will win by a knockout Louis is one of many former titleholders to pick ancient Archie in the fight which will be nationally televised and is expected to draw 18000 in blacked out Chicago Joey Maxim who lost the light heavyweight title to Moore and failed to regain It In two tries is the only man to have beaten Patterson in his 31 fights And Maxim favors Moore gW Rocky Marciano who knocked out Moore In September 1955 and then called it quits also chooses Louis passed out samples of his recording Can Run But You to reporters and then predicted Moore will win by a knockout The man who ruled the heavy weight ranks for more than a de cade dispelled notions that fighters are never the same after being knocked out by Marciano take any beating when he lost to Louis said was exhausted but not hurt Rocky just wore him down If Rocky had hit Moore with the punch which he won the title in the 13th round at Philly from Jersey Joe Walcott be a dif ferent story Moore has proven him self in winning 11 fights since he lost to Marciano and something like that restores a confi dence Patterson rough enough to beat Moore but I think Patterson will some day become the Patterson at 21 could become the youngest heavyweight champion in history Louis won his title at 23 when he knocked out Jimmy Brad dock in 1937 think I was at my best when I won the championship" Mil KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON III Illi I WHISKY I I lIllIiB lllllffll 11 11 BOTTLED' IN BOND II I li ioo proof I I i iH IM1 50 I I 45 QUART hHA hIw illiiiliiU Hub I ill Ml MUM fl IM I 11 ily jHl II HMflgflflH Illi i Ml la QB I ill i 1 mi MB KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY BOTTLED IN BOND 1OO PROO BROWN ORMAN DISTILLERS CORPORATION AT LOUISVILLE IN KENTUCKY A said Louis say I reached my peak between 25 and 26 Experi ence will be against Patterson you Asked if Patterson could win by using his speed to stay away from the 39 year old Moore who has had 157 fights Louis smilingly said: can run but you Moore put in a sluggish three rounds yesterday and will wind up his sparring sessions today Patter son will finish up with road work West Virginia Places our On All Star Team RICHMOND Va West Vir ginia which won its fourth straight Southern Conference football title this fall unleashed a similar land slide in the All Star team select ed by the Southern Conference Sportswriters Assn Winners of 21 straight league games the Mountaineers put their rampaging fullback Larry Krutko and four of their linemen Guards Gene Lathey and Joe Nicely Center Chuck Howley and Tackle Bill Underdonk on the team George Washington the team with the best over all record and William and Mary the team with the poorest ledger each had two players on the first team award winners were End Paul Thompson and Tackle Dave Lid dick won recognition with End Walt Brodie and Halfback Charlie Sidwell Directing the All Star cast is Quarterback Jimmy Lugar Vir ginia only first team berth winner and the total of fense leader Sam Wool wine at halfback completed the honor team Juniors outnumbered seniors on the first team with the whole backfield of Lugar Sidwell Wool wine and Krutko being third year men Howley and Nicely also have another season of eligibility Brodie Thompson and Lathey are repeaters from last team Woolwine moves up from the second team The second team has Joe Kop nisky of West Virginia and Grover Jones of Virginia Tech at end Jim Mcalls of VMI and Pat Lamberti of Richmond at tackle Ed Sakach of GWU and Lou anner of VMI at guard John Hall of Virginia Tech at center and Ray Looney and Mike Sommer of GWU Mickey Trimarkl of West Virginia and Bobby Wolfenden of Virginia Tech In the backfield TROPHY PRESENTED PHILADELPHIA The first Ivy League championship football trophy was on its way to Yale to day If was presented last night to Yale Captain John Owseichlk for the first championship in for mal Ivy competition The trophy was donated by the class of 1925 of the University of Pennsylvania and was presented by Jerry ord Penn State athletic dierector and chairman of the Ivy League Administration Commit tee at the Penn football banquet The league consists of Yale Princeton Cornell Columbia Dartmouth Harvard Brown and Penn SMART IS REAL HUSKY NOW SEATTLE Wash Doug Smart who made a practice of smashing all of Bruno bas ketball scoring records in high school and then as a University of Washington freshman has added 25 pounds to his foot 7 frameJ since last season Ha now goes 240 1 HI imi mwi I i ail I III II III laiaii AN ARE By Ditxti HE OA4 NOU A STUCK HIM W4 1MB I byi in iHeTHKP ycwS ANP BY THE SIXTH A IT EkT UKE HE I HAP A TREE TRUNK in JN HJEYE I7I 6UC4S COULD 5AY Eg iNSBCXTA BSRERN TMUMBj Americans Reach Doubles inals ADELAIDE Australia The South Australian men's tennis doubles championship will be an Australian American a a ir be tween Lew Hoad and Ken Rose wall ranked as the best amateur doubles combinations in the world and Vic Seixas and Sam Giam malva of Philadelphia and Hous ton Tex The singles will be an all American affair between Shir ley ry and Althea Gibson Seixas and Gianunalva had the fight of their lives to survive against the young British pair Billy Knight and Mike Davies to day 2 6 4 6 6 1 7 5 10 8 The final and deciding set see sawed until Seixas and Giammalva broke service to take the match In the other semifinal Hoad and Rosewall beat Ashley Cooper and Neale' taser 6 1 7 5 13 11 Shirley ry of St Petersburg la had no trouble beating Lor raine Coghlan Australia 6 1 6 0 in the singles semifinal 13 TD's OR PEAKS IN 3 YEARS EAST LANSING Mich Clarence Peaks ended his Michi gan State career with 13 touch downs He gained 932 yards in 179 plays for a 52 yard average in his three years with the Spartans Players Given Plans or 'Operation Upset" Underdog Army Team Prepares or ootball Classic With Navy WEST POINT Ten sion mounts in "Hate navy weex" at West Point as the underdog Army team completes preparations for its football classic under heavy guard while the cadet corps roars Its sentiments scross the wind swept Plains EarL (Red) Blaik gridiron genius of this Hudson river fortress is giving' his players the final battle plan for amidst tight military security The oft injured Cadets in their best physical condition this year are working behind the well pa trolled gates of Michie Stadium Normally they would drill within the canvas enclosure of the prac tice field on the Plains which form the main part of the campus While the second team scrim maged yesterday the starters have been limited to dummy practice and signal drills since Monday Only a handful of visitors on hand at this time can begin to understand the high feelings which run through the service academies They approach the seriousness and intensity of a crusade Navy has lost only one game and tied another of its eight to date and Is the favorite In Saturday's service struggle before a sellout 100000 at Munici pal Stadium But you find a Cadet who will be convinced the Middles are the choice The electric feeling at West Point is punctuated periodically by the throaty exhortations of the corps In support of their team which has a 5 3 record' the grey clad Cadet companies try to outdo each other in chants of Army beat while they assemble in the barracks areas prior to marching to the dining hall Competition is strong too in signs and cartoons hung from room windows and scattered about the grounds One mechanical board in per petual motion depicts a Navy man being booted forward by an Army foot and shoved back again with the pitchfork Another shows a Cadet arm reaching out or ine water to pusn Navy sailor ship and all below the surface The Cadets are showing restraint only in financial matters When the Middies issued a chal lenge to bet bathrobes on the out come only about 500 Cadets re sponded not a lack of support for the team explained a West Point official The plain fact is that the Middies can buy their robes as they are termed in academy lingo for $400 while the Cadets must pay $800 for theirs our Teams In Running or Cotton Bowl DALLAS (A5) our teams Navy Tennessee Georgia Tech and will furnish the visiting team In the Cotton Bowl and the selection will be made Saturday President Bob Cullum said to day that the field to provide Texas opponent in the Jan 1 football game here had been nar rowed to these and that Pittsburgh which had been a contender had been dropped because of a late game Pitt with a 6 2 1 record plays Miami Dec 8 at Miami and too late for the Cotton Bowl to wait He would not indicate which of the four left in the running was the leading contender but indi cating that they all are being said com munication lines would be estab lished for a quick conference with all when games involving three of them were over Navy (6 1 1) plays Army at Philadelphia Saturday while Ten nessee (9 1) clashes with Vander bilt at Nashville and Georgia Tech (8 1) plays Georgia at Athens Ga Syracuse has already finished the season with a 7 1 record its only loss being 14 7 to Pittsburgh The Cotton Bowl is waiting un til Saturday to make its choice be cause of a rule In the Southwest ern Conference of which Georgia Tech and Tennessee are members that no bowl invitation can be ac cepted before Dec 1 Also the se lection of Navy will hinge on whether it defeats Army is as sumed that Navy would not accept a bowl bid unless it defeated Cullum said the accepted policy of the service academies because this is the big Cullum said the announcement of the visiting team would be made in the press box at the Cotton Bowl Saturday where Texas Chris tian closes the season against Southern Methodist BIXBY DOING BETTER HANOVER George Bixby 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