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Baca Suudaw ariliuue aB Jinx HotShots Page 7 WACO TEXAS SUNDAY JANUARY II 1951 RICE ARKANSAS GAME POSTPONED Here's the Gal We've Been Waiting or Aggies Upset TCU rogs Groesbeck Wins Tennis 12 15 16 39 Basketball Scores Drake Pro All Stars i LOS ANGELES Jan 13 The dream teams American Eleven Your Host Breaks Seasonal Switch Rolfe Sinns Rote entry In the mile Evening al 413 i I 4 LE LT LG 4 0 4 1 T7 A aL A the two the nno Here i Charles to ight Walcott in March 33 7 ft pro run Huffman 0 Howard "Not even Beach cnuld run when ields was out for it is with the mighty blocking of Cliff Taylor and Tommy ields and eight other linemen who seem to know we are going to win Bier Jim Konctnnf of ficiates college basketball games in the East daring the oif seacon The Phil Iron Nan became the first relief pitcher to be named the most valuable player In the major leagues Tennis Meeting Called A meeting of the Tennis layers Association of Waco will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel at 7:30 Wednesday to work out arrangements for the Bobby Riggs tennis matches here eb 13 association Pres ident Charles McCleary has an nounced All persons interest ed in tennis particularly those in neighboring towns are in vited The matches are being sponsored bv Baylor University and Waco Tennis Association COLLEG A inx Jan 13 Texas A and upset previ ously unbeaten Texas Christian University tonight 39 to 36 to win a well played Southwest Con ference basketball game The vic tory left Texas and the Aggie at the only unbeaten teams The Aggie were ahead all the it rt 0 2 performance ft II nt tn1 Park 6 5 17tCn ollf 5 3 4 13 AndersonJ 13 3 ItBernetc 5 13 It'Barnesr 0 0 Jcn sr 1 1 1'Golhrd 3 2rMrt IMortonf Arthur Manager PORT ARTHUR Jan 13 AP William (Bill) Currie today was named general manager for 1951 of the Port Arthur club of the Class Gulf Coast Baseball League Currie has been busi ness manager of the Beaumont club of the Texas League for the last three years Missouri Uhscts Sooners NORMAN' Okla Jan 13 Missouri wonits first Big Seven Conference basketball game in three starts here tonight nosing favored Oklahoma 0 39 Of the Madison' Square Garden crowd said immediately after ri day night's fight that he would defend his fo the seventh time as soon as his cut and swollen left eye healed The Cincinnati champion scored a technical knockout in the 10th AImha Gttsslo Moran ivlto crpnlrtl quiff a stir at Mnlil old Mlmblcdon England sciernl years atro with her janllo costume Slip'll be trading shot with tennis rharnp Pauline Bcfz Addle nt Bnjlor trym eb 13 In matches which also hrlnp 1o Waco world champion Jack Kramer and hl court rival Segura that placed Austin for the State with him Without him they were the team that couldn't score against Breckenridge Pampa and Abilene One husky lineman early in sopson Tommy ield is playing we have the best team in the State without him we just don't have a football team' A quick way to make sandwiches is to lay out' the matching slices of bread side by side Spread all the slices first the filling you are using then add any dcsired salad greens Clos matehlnc ilkei and eut Gchrmann Nips Swedish Miler With Torrid Kick WASHINGTON Jan 13 UP Lanky Don Gehrmann put on a tremendous finishing kick to beat Ingvar Bengtsson of Sweden by a foot in 4:166 tonight in run of the Washington Star games Bengtsson' a surprise the mile event led Gehfmfann into the home stretch only to be over taken by the former Wisconsin Star's powerful late spurt It was 33rd consecutive vic tory at the mile distance Alf Holmberg another Swedish runner now attending the Univer sity o'f Tennessee was third about 12 years behind Bengtsson 1 1 MDovetlr 0 1 2 1 1 2 I 13 10 19 36 Touts Troians Seek aurot DALLAS Jan 13 Don aurot Missouri football coach said today he had conferred with Southern California Athletic Of ficails regarding the coaching job there but "nothing ha cJmnt Creekniur McGraw Edward Waferfield Davis Grinic Hoernor Referee umpire Cletus Gardner Villanova hack judge Norman Duncau UCLA field judge Har Bru baker Invnla linesman Jacques Grenier New Hampshire RGRTRElQRLHRH Ross Bowen go McLeod wall scorer for the evening! opping through 13 points i aiiure oi tut to taxe advan tage nf free throw tossc cost them the winning margin The rangy McLeod missed three while hi teammate failed seven more DETROIT Jan 13 Man ager Robert A (Red) Rolfe signed his 1951 contract with the Detroit Tigers today for a reported $42 500 second highest managerial salary in the American League The42 ye ir old Rolfe beginning his third season as pilot of the Tigers will take a back scat only to Casey Stengal of the New York Yankees it comes to salary Stengel recently signed a two year contract calling an esti mated $70000 to $80000 in 1951 and 1952 Rolfe's new contract is for one year General Manager Billy Evans said Rolfn's salary was the high est the Tigers ever have paid to a manager He added that former Manager Stovo O'Neill paw host of the Boston Red Sox got more mnuey in one season with the Tigers but said that was due to a post season bonue Rolfe described himself well satisfied" with the new' con tract Best guesses were that the new contract gives him a boost of $12 (W) over last year's figure The Tiger front office lauded Rolfe for "a fin job in finishing second with the Tigers last season" 'Evans pointed out that Rolfe was named of the in a poll by Sporting News a baseball publication honor was richly said Evans Tev A and 39 T( 36 Al 7 I UKiaunnm mm (three overtimes) Minnesota 78 Purdue 55 Tulane 71 Tennessee Texa Weslejan 79 Payne 56 Missouri 11 Oklahoma Northwestern Illinois 68 Michigan 17 kans is 51 Colorado 18 Kentucky 65 i 48 Xavier 6ft Notre Dame 52 Wake orest 70 William and Mary 52 Princeton "0 Navy 57 Columbia 90 Ynle 48 Wiscon in 74 Ohio Stalo 87 Utah 19 Denver 47 Bradley 78 Niagara 74 Indiana 17 Michigan State 37 Pennsylvania 71 Syracuse 67 Midwestern 54 Houston 53 Marquette 68 Wayne 49 LnSalle 77 St Joseph's Kt Bueknell 74 Rutgers 56 Maryland Georgetown 47 ArmV 67 Harvard 51 Vanflerbilt 70 Mississippi 63 Duke 76 ast Virginia 73 Arizona 67 Hardin Simmons 65 Cornell 58 Dartmouth 43 lorida 56 Georgia Tech 5t Holy Cross 75 ordham 63 Williams Set Irish Record NOTRE DAME AP Notre Dame's 1950 quarterback Bohbv Wiliams threw 210 passes most ever thrown by an Irish Uack He completed 99 tossc for another' record His heaves good for 1035 yards ind 10 touchdown thinks hc has fill her shots work ing at their best On her nationwide professional tour Gussie stands to make S75onn or more out of her matches She has been guaranteed 30 per cent of the gross receipts by Riggs who sees In her just what the doctor i rdered to offset the inability of amateur tennis to pro duce a suitable new challenger to his pro master Jack Kramar It the tour grosses $250000 Gus sie's take will he a flat $75000 It it goes higher her 30 per cent cut still holds good In addition the astute Miss Moran will coin more money by exploiting her fame in other directions making her prob able take about $100000 a sum that puts Gussie in the same in come class with such sports greats as Joe DiMaggio Ted Williams Joe Louis Sam Snead and Ben Hogan Not many nf the boys can aspire to a lofty figure But then none of the boys has Gussie's figure Section II Clark Houston Pre tport editor and who hat been with that newspaper for many years is resigning there to become sports editor of the Houston Pest effective eb George rigbt I he has been sports scribe for the Pr long time will become the sport editor Clyde LaMotte who has been senior as sport editor of the Houston Post will to back to the dek job he had before) rrpbieing Morris rank as the sports editor Information get is that Duh King Baylor sport publicity director ha been offered the joh on the Press to be vacated by Wright nt an increase In the salary he receives at Baylor but it costs much more to live in Hous ton and it I very doubtful if any one Mould want to live In Houston after living in Waco ive Southwest Conform ep as ketball game arc booked this week and then things will slow up for a week due to mid term exams at most of the conference schools The University of Texas team will play Aransas in ayette ville Monday night goes to Houston for a game with Rice Tuesday night and at the same tlm SMU will play A and InDallas Baylor makes Its an nual long trip to Arkansas for a game Satur day night meet ing the Porkers in ayetteville Last year the Boars played Konstanty Given Big Raise PHILADELPHIA Jan 13 The Philadelphia Phillies had fire man Jim Konstanty signed to a one year contract today with an increase that puts him in baseball's "highest salary Knnstanty voted the National League's most valuable player for 1950 signed th' contract after he was offered a ovr last year's salary figured at about $10000 Guesses put the new salarv at $17500 and possibly as high as $22500 A Phillies spokesman said fol lowing announcement of the sign ing early last night that the boost him in the highest salary in the game The world champion New York Yankees added three players tn thir contented list but 'learned they had lost the services of third baseman Bobby Brown to Unde Sank VI1H Ultlliauivilly Waco Tech Loses GROESBECK Jar 13 SPL Without ever being tully extended in any rtf the four games Groes fiery red shirted Goats cap tured the championship of their own invitation basketball tourna ment with' a 46 40 victory over Mart here Saturday night Just as they had in all other games the Goats grabbed an early lead and never trailed Mart after the first quarter Groesbcgk had a 25 16 half time lead and was paced hy Jimmy 18 points Lou Honeycutt was top for Mart with points During the entire tourney Hlrth poured in 79 points In the third place gnir Huntsville' Hornet ucre sizzl ing hot and roared over Waco Tech 51 20 with a terrific dis play of shooting power Weldon Gate led the assault with 19 and Joe Hoagland the Waco leader with eight lies The afternoon semi finals rfncAri one rood came and one away Mart racked up a thrilling 42 41 victory over Huntsville with Honeycutt sinking a free throw after the final gun had sounded to break the tie However Phil Wells was the leading scorer with 12 points Pat Driscoll made 11 for Huntsville Groesbeck had too many guns for Waco Tech and stormed to a 52 31 victory with the great Hlrth amassing 27 points Jimmy Hyde scored 12 tallies and Gordon Campbell seven for Waco Tech The lour quarter finals in the morning saw Mart eke out a 25 22 triumph over a powerful Ben Hur team Huntsville slaugh ter air Oakes 57 21 Groesbeck outscore Mexia 46 35 and Waco Tech nudge past Marlin 28 27 in a pulse throbber The victorious Groesbeck team now has won 11 of its 15 games Its four losses were to Mart Waco Tech Ben Hur and West WM Gottll br sinwf Mfrrittc Coowrr Conntlivr ft Cobbc 0 Simpson 1 a sittr: Dtvise 1 15 3 etu 3 limsnea out oi tne money The four year old chestnut colt by Alibhai out of Boudoir II is owned by movie producer William Goetz and trained oy Harry Daniels He as purchased by Goetz as a two year old at the Mayer dispersal sale for $20009 His first stakes win was the Del Mar uturity in 1949 That same season he won the California Brooders' Championship at Santa Anita to push his 1949 earning to $83970 A Great Thrcc Ycar Old It was as a three vear old that he established himself as one of the greatest thoroughbreds ever to come out of the west however He u'on the San elipe stakes Santa Anita Kent Stakes Dick Wells Stakes Sheridan Handicap Golden State Breeders' Handica and Thanksgiving Day Hindicap That year's racing pushed his earning to $253375 for 1950 Although just starting his third year of racing he already ranks as the third California bred money winner of all time surpassed only by On Trust and Honeymoon He Had Won $37179 This year he had won $12450 tp push his all time total to $374795 22nd on the money winning list Today's race was regarded pri marily 'as a prep for the $100000 Santa Anita Handicap next month for which he was being pointed With Your Host out of the raceMoonrush kept on running smooth ly in front inishing behind Manyunk were the South American Repeluz third and Bolero fourth NCAA Adopts Milder Bylaws DAILAS Jan IS The National Collegiate Ath letic Association Its regulatory teeth extracted earlier closed its 45th annual convenion today by re electing its' chief executives and adopting a new and milder constitu tio and by laws The NCCA as such still was a going concern under its new guid ing principle but it no longer will have the regulatory power it had wielded over athletics during the three years the controversial sanity code was on its books Tranquility marked the closing hour of the convention in contrast to the hub bub surrounding the dying gasps The convention unanimously re elected Hugh Willett of South ern California to his second term as president and kept in office Secret ary Treasurer Kenneth (Tug) Wilson commissioner of he Big Ten Conference our hew vice presidents were elected four le elected The new constitution and by laws approved unanimously today were revised from the old consti tution and were virtually ihe same except for omission of the sanity code It is to become effective eb 1 1951 Several Amendments Addl'd Several minor amendment were stuck Into the new version as it was taken up section by sect inn for discussion but none of them were of a major nature The two most important were: 1 Permission for Ihe NCAA council to waive cligibilty rules for national championships in case of a national emergency This antici pated that some conferences might permit freshment to compete on varsitv teams as they did in World War II Under the by laws with out the waiver rights frosh would have been ineligible in national meets 2 Voted to lower competing minimum share of bowl game receipts from RO per cent of the gross receipts to 75 per cent This one had in mind easing the possible financial strain of some sponsors in trying to stay out of the red on the 80 per cent formula Membership Suspension oir The convention rejected 71 47 a proposed amendment which would have called for membership suspension only on a two third ma jority vote the same as for expul sion' A simple majority will be necessary for suspension If also rejected a motion by a 68 52 margin to eliminate the compliance committee which had been concerned with sanity code violations In this connection the policy making NCAA council had NEW YORK Jan 13 Ezzard Charles who1 hisheavyweight championship against Lee Oma riday night will defend his title again against Jersey Joe Walcott at Detroit nn March 7 the International Boxing Club an nounced today Onntrarts were sitmed this morn ing at a conference attended by round over flat footed and flabby Jim Norris president of the In lOma of Buffalo before 21 ternational Boxing Club Jake 504 fans Mintz Charles' manager and Nick I Lonrios the JBg matenmauer tn Detroit Charles will receive 4(1 Prr cent of the gate and Walcott 171 per cent Churl KnutUsf bom th boo announced it had "honest doubt just where we stand In regard to the sanity code" It was brought out by President Willett that the word "enforce ment" was not included in the amendment passed yesterday which killed the code It men tioned only and regula The incoming council was in structed by resolution to study the implications involved and report to the membership It findings in a later circular Bowl Committee Recommend Included in the new bylaws was the bowl recommenda tions returned to the 1950 con vention which included Membership on a howl came ad ministrative committee of at least two representatives of NCCA member institutions no more than one bowl game per academic ear per school no less than one third of all available tickets forJhe competing schools and the 75 2o ratio of receipts division The Pacific Coast Conference served notice on the convention it would offer an amendment at the 1952 convention in Cincinnati calling for abolishment of Spring football training And added that it would seriously consider taking such a step alone if the NCAA did not go along with the idea Three Dead Members Honored The convention adopted a special memorial resolution honoring three of its members who died in recent William A Alex ander nf Georgia Tech Sam Bar rv of Southern California and St John of Ohio State Now vice presidents elected were! William II McCarter athletic di rector at Dartmbuth District I red Lewis Vanderbilt facnliy representative District III Wil liam Brenneman Indiana facul ty representative District IV and Edwin Mouzon Jr Southern Methodist faculty representative District VI 'Holdovers were Carl Schott enn State athletic director Dis trict II George Small Tulsa faculty reprecentative District King Hendricks Utah State facul ty representative VII and Everest University nf Washington faculty representative District VIII Hamilton Completes 1951 Grid Schedule HAMILTON Jan 13 SPL Hamilton's football schedule for 1951 has heen completed with the adding of the Ranger Bulldogs Ranger was a district opponent until Hamilton was transferred from the 8 A loon to 22 AA The game vjii be played in Hamilton on Oct 5 Other non district opponents for the locals this year are Hico )oi Goiathwaite ana lormer district a I opponents Dublin Eastland and George Owens and Bill Hunt led 1 Comanche District games are the way with 16 and 14 points carded with Gatesville Lamps sa reipectlvely 'Killeen and San Saba However TCU six foot seven times The Al tniswd omy inch center Gaorze McLeod was (three at the free throw line LITTLE ROCK Jan Bad firing weather forced can cellation of a Mutlntest ference huketball game sched uled for Little rcek tonight be tween Rire Institute and the I ni ter Jty of Arkansas The Rice team left Houston by chartered airliner this morning The plane tried until after 5 to get in but a low ceiling pre vented landing The plane then headed for Shreveport La the nearest spot where they could land to refuel before returning to Hous ton When It wa learned the plane could not land here nor clos enough to get here 'overland in time to play officials postponed the game TCP rronmef Ke noldst McLeodc Svslmt EthrlSt't CarpbsU Attend JTwier T0UI1 Licks Hawaii 48 45 In ootball inale HONOLULU Jan 13 AP Ev erett Grandellus Michigan State's great back slashed over for four touchdowns today to lead a college All Star team from the mainland to a 48 45 victory over the Hawaii All Stars It was the final college game of the belated 1950 football season A crowd of 17000 saw the main landers win their second straight game from the Hawaiians who were reinforced by Pro Stars Sammy Baugh and Leon Hart and Southern Methodist's Kyle Rote The place kicking of Jim Mo nachino of California on points after touchdown gave the col legians their victory He hit five out of six Teammate Chuck Ort mann of Michigan kicked the point after the seventh touchdown Grandelius scored on runs of eight 70 and 71 yards and on a 16 yard pass from Quarterback Bill Weeks of Iowa State Weeks threw two other touch down passes One went to Joe Cloidt of Washington and the other to Don Stonesiffer of Northwest ern Baugh was his usual masterful passing self even in defeat He pitched five touchdown passes in cluding two to Hart and one to Rote The Hawaiians final touchdown camg in the last minute of olay Rote tossed a short pass to Hart in the end zone Easy on Ihe Eyes When former amateur and pro tennis champion Bobby Riggs brings his all star cast of netters to Baylor gymnasium eb 13 the star of the show wip he a anta Monica Calif beauty whose tennis court glanlor may well net her $100000 this year Gertrude Moran is the curvacious racquet xwinger' name although sports followers the world over know her simply as Gorgeous Gussie In Waco be trading shots with Pauline Betz Addie four times winner of the National singles cham pionship at orest Hills Jack Kramer and Pancho Segura will meet In the ecnnd match nf the night hut eves will he focused nn Gusie despite the fact that Kramer recently was voted the ecnnl mnt outstanding tennis plairr nf the half century and Segura is a top notch pro himself At first glance one might assume that Gussie is being overmatched in her contests with the agile aggressive Pauline But that glance would be de ceptive Gussie winner nf the National Women's hard court single title In 1948 and the National Women's indoor singles crown In 1949 is vastly more at home on the harder surfaces than is her hard swinging opponent The Santa Monica whole game Is made to order for hard court piny The Indoor surface places a premium on and Guie has if She hits a blistering sene unusually severe for unman anl ran follow it into Ihe net in the best California fashion When he puts away an overhead it stay put away Gussie has nothing to do with tea party pat ball tennis She likes tn hit the ball hard and she knows that the harder hitter usually wins the power is accompanied hy control The Moran girl smilingly acknowledges that her control isn't always what it should bo but she has practiced long and pains takingly for this tour and she Highland Park Nips Waco 50 48 DALLAS Jan unpredictable Tigers lapsed back into one of their old habits they hoped they had folding In the last and dropped a 5O 4S spine tingle? to the powerful Highland Park Scotties before a frenzied crowd of fans hero tonight This was a "surprise game" for the Tigers because very few Waco citizens even knew they had a Saturday game booked A usual Warn wji in rnm mand throughout me nrsi mree quarters oivanHiK A aj au uc that existed as the first quarter ended tha youthful Bengal forged into a 31 27 halftime lead and still held that four point margin 40 36 as the third period ended Waco had an eight point lead at one time during the fourth quarter Unwever tha hustling Scot tie who are alwaj superb in the clutrh rallied to trim thecnre to 16 41 with two minutes remaining Ronnie Jones slipped through the sen defense tn sink a erip shot and was fouled hy Donicr Raines He made his free throw fnr a 47 16 lead Then the Scotties becan freez ing the ball The tricky Jones slipped in for another crip shot and Arthur Barnes made a gratis toss for a 50 16 lead With only seconds remaining Waco's Accy Cooper sank a long toss from near mid court but it was too late The Tigers never got the ball again Once more reddie Gottlieb was top scorer with 17 points barely nosing out Arthur Barnes who made 16 for the 'Scotties Cooper played a fine floor game for the Tigers and came through with 13 points to tie Jones for sec ond place in the scoring parade Waco boasted a slight height ad vantage but Highland All State footballer Ed Berret out jumped the Tigers under the back board and turned in a fine all around uav 1sidineT 1 at tha half 1 behind the steady shooting oft inch cent JewII McDowell John DWjttlop point and Marvin Martin dropping McDowell Amarillo guard racked the net with 10 point while DeMitt and Martin looped through eight apiece Leg in Big Race ARCADIA Calif Jan UP4 was established as the favorite but it ti kla Iazt finschari nut nf the nnnAV jour nun itu uu uiuac gu going into the far turn of the $59090 San Pasquel Handicap at Santa Anita today and lightly weighted Moonrush vent on to win the race rays showed Your Host the pride of California race fans had broken the ulna bone just before the shoulder in four places track veterinarian Dr Cook an nounced It was announced that the horse will not be destroyed unless com plications set in May Never Race Again It appeared almost certain how ever that he never will race again although no announcement was made to that effect The accident occurred on a slip pery track while Your Host was running in third position in the race He threw jockey Guerin clear and both horse and rider stood up immediately after the spill Guerin was unhurt Your Host held his right front foot up as if he could not stand on it however and he was taken away in the horse ambulance as the 49009 fans waited anxiously to learn how seriously the horse was hurt They were more in terested in the fall than tn the finish of the race and hardly saw Moonrush stand off a stretch chal lenge by Manyunk to win Big Things Mere Expected The injured Your Host was de veloping into one of the top handi cap horses of the west and was looked to for great things despite a disappointing performance In the Kentuckv Derby last yearwhen he fft pt 3 a I 3 7 Mtrtfnf 16 2 8 a 1(18 4 2 0 0 10 "In the fir'f Cnynte game against Denison in Sentember ields play ed quarter and at that tim the score wa 33 0 At the end of See HOT SHOTS Page 8 JINX TUCKER that team in Little Rock and sur prised one and ail by defeating Arkansas with ease It was a memorable occasion Between halve Otis Douglas the new Ar kansas football coach was intro duced and he stated that it was hi aim and ambition to defeat everything In Texas That pleased the Arkansas gathering very much and they cheered long and loud over that statement It is a good thing they did because they had little to cheer about during the season when Arkansas finished in the cellar with only one conference victory Rice plays SMU in basket ball in Houston Saturday night and that winds up the week bas ketball entertainment 4 Baylor hr the way does nnt piny another conference game at home until Jan Jft when it meets ini here but while rivals are grap pling uith exams Bnjlor on Jan 23 will meet Oklahoma City I'ni versity In Oklahoma City Baylor rfefentod Ihnt team hy to point In the Oklahoma CSty Tournament Th ladies will appear a an added attracted at right' Play house tomorrow night Miss Nell Stewart will meet Miss Millie Staf ford in a 45 mintite bout In another bout Jack Kennedy will meet Ruffv Silverstlno Big Humphrey will clash with Tom Rice Both will be 45 minute bouts and all will he best two out of three falls Ed Bench of the M'icbltn alls High team made the All State team and Tommy ields a Senior back failed to do so One M'lchlta all fan writes In saying ields wn a more valuabla jnan to the team than was Beach pointing out that the Coyotes could pot have wnn the title without ield which mnV he true but we will hastily add that the Coyote certainly would not hate been In the final had it not had Beach He lmnt tingle handed defeated Highland Park In the semi finals and hi record for the season was abso lutely marvelous causing him to lead In the voting hy an over whelming majority over his team mate However In tha two games we naw the Coyote play ields Was marvelous a a blocker As a ball carrier he did not remotely compare with Reach nnn paing did much tn win final games particularly agn1nt Highland Park the letter: 4 sure you are wondering why all the griping in Wichita PH sav vou would have to have been In Wichita alls this past sea son of football to understand to have seen the Coyotes play foot ball and then It would be very simple Many sports writers over the State and I suppose coaches well have wondered how the Coyotes could lose four games In a row and three games without a score and then come hack and win State so easily If you had seen the captains of Wichita alls and Austin as they walked across the field and taken notice of Tommy ields nf Wichita alls and BiUy Harris as they mot the six larger captains of Austin A fan in the crowd cried 'what arc they trytiN to do scare "Another said proudly but they will not scare Harris and ield thifse boy epo dally ield' "The Covote captain walked very proudlv and confidently out to meet the six larger boys from Austin ields might have looked small and hopeless if you had no ticed size only but if you had taken a second look you would have noticed a very dynamic power in a small package 4 time you spe ield walk ing down the street in school or at work you see the power as If he owned all the world with out any troubles and pt this tme he does hove all of Ihe Cojoto fan at h' feet for the Coyote fain know without doubt that ields Is the mot valuable man to his team is 5 ft 8 In tall and weighs 165 pounds and he is small for that weight as he is as hard as steel He proved to be the most valuable plaver to Ihe team not only be cause of Ms ability to play good football because Of tlxe trust and confidence he somehow gives to his teammate Hre the mighty champion Barwegan 1 Pz litnl 0 0 0 2 Touts 18 12 15 481 Totals 2010 18 50 A 4 Battle Today of professional football all star squads from tho National and American Conferences qf the National League clash Sunday in Memorial Coliseum in the first annual mo bowl game 'Although the best players in both conferences of the lague as' chosen by the votes of fans and sports editors were represented on the two squad the game came close to being a rematch between the Los Angelas Rams and the champion Cleveland Browns who met lost month for th league title Ranis Browns Dominate Teams The Rams and Browns each are represented by seven players In addition the National Conference team is coached by Joe Stydahar of the Rams while the American Conference has Paul Brown of Cleveland at the helm But augmenting the Rams are such stars' as John Lujack rankie Albert Billy Grimes Spec Sanders Doak M'alker George Conner Cloyce Box and Ed Spiingle of the National Conference The American squad In addition to the Brown stars includes Hany Gilmer Pat Harder Elmer Aangs man Bill Dudley Joe Geri Gene Roberts Chuck Bcdnarik Pete Pihos and Arnie terfield vs Gru ham Bob Waterfield of the Rams and Otto Graham of the Browns were named as starting offensive quar terbacks renewing their duel that started in the league championship clash The game is sponsored by the Los Angeles Newspaper Publishers Association with the net proceeds earmarked for charitty In addition to the pitching duel between Waterfield and Graham the was expected to prove whether Dick Hoerner of the Ram or Marion Motley of the Browns is the better fullback In pass receiv ing Tom ears of the Rams again matches his abilities against Mac Speedie of the Browns Both teams have been practic ing for the past 10 days and the coaches said they were well co ordinated units and not just com binations of individual stars A special trophy has been set up by the Helms Athletic oundation for the individual star of the game PROBABLE STARTING LINIPS NATIONAL Pos AMERICAN Sperdie Groza Humble Milli Mistert xhnw Graham Robert Angsmann Motlev Baptists Triumph 47 6 The Columbus Avenue Baptist team ran wild against St Church to rack un a 47 6 Inter I A I A 'It A 7 ah basketball victory Saturday i the wav with 16 and 14 uoints Kiueen and ban baoa cs 8 I jfcl'll HHVy klvTf I 4 a Xx aft i KT fit Jw rsES twtir JU "JR IK wl I 7 7 i Jb I 'JOT' a Lush Conti A XXCAX j1 Ik I T' Al 1.

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