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I I -WV1-- '9 t- HV fr. rtrV'V'-r I 0 Passaic-Clifton, N. J. THE HERALD-NEWS, MONDAY, MARCH. 24, 1953 19 ir ROBINSON iBASWOl AGE 30 Tremendous" Bengals Win State Cage Crown Basilio 8-5 Favorite To Beat Back Robinson WEIGHT 152 I HEIGHT 5ft.6'z REACH 67in.

Ring Physicians to Prevent Use Of Any Forbidden Coagulants on Cuts Celia's Bloomfield Five Beats Linden, Ups Consecutive Victory String To 50 trv By Bob Hardinr Hi-rald-Nrn Staff Writer Three little words They were tremendous about five skinny boys Mai Abernathy, Steve Brennan, Fred Cerrato, Barry Elson and Andy Karpinski were on George Celias lips Saturday night. 'k Celia, who had just had a riot cki ride to the locker room on the I 2 ft' wmr i CHEST 36ft in. CHEST 38jn. WAIST 28 ft in. THIGH 19 ft in.

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his short tribute was more than enough because THEY WERE TREMEN George Celia Hit Bengali Champs (Compiled by AP A UP) Can Sugar Ray Robinsott do it again? That same question has been .1 popping up frequently through i the years and so far the old mas-4 ter of the ring has been apswer-J ing it with a resounding yes. The years may finally catch up on him, however, in Chicago Stadium tomorrow night when he makes a bid to win the middleweight crpwn for the fifth time In his return bout with champion Carmen Basilio. Basilio, 30, is an 8-5 favorite, to beat back the challenge of 'tl the 37-year-old veteran whom he dethroned by a split decision In a stirring 15-rounder in Yan-, kee Stadium, September 23, 1957. Britains Randy Turpin was the I first one to lift the middleweight crown from Sugar Ray Robin-I son stopped him in the 10th round of the return. Gene Full-j mer was the next to take the middleweight jewels from the Harlem Dandy in combant.

The Utah strong boy was flattened in the fifth round of the second fight. Although hes only lost the title three times he retired once Robinson will be trying to win it for a record fifth He took it first from Jake LaMotta in Chicago, February 14, 1951, lost it to Turpin in London and regained it from the Briton in Mai Went Up With The Gun R- s-v 1 Bob Harding's Sports Whirl if' HOW THEY SHAPE UP Here is a comparison by numbers of middleweight champion Carmen Basilio and challenger Sugar Ray Robinson as they prepare for title fight tomorrow night in Chicago. the samfeiyear. He retired 1952 and came back two year later to flatten Bobo Olson for the title. Then came his fights with Fullmer and Basilio last year.

The fight, scheduled for 11 p.m. (EST) wont be seen on home television. It will be sent over a closed circuit to theaters and auditoriums coast to coast and in Canada. Ring physicians have been ordered to climb into the corners of' Basilio and Robinson to prevent the use of any forbidden coagulants on face cuts. Chairman Frank Gilmer, of the Illinois State Athletic Commission, made that disclosure today and added, it will be the first time in boxing history for such preventive action." Doctors Irving Slott and John Pribble will do the policing during this return 15-round match In which 36 or 37-year-old Robinson-tries to recapture the 160-pound crown from 30-year-old Basilio.

We are doing this to prevent any possible repercussions in case either fighter suffers face cuts," Gilmer explained. We believe that the managers of Basilio and Robinson have been making mountains out of molehills with their shouts about cuts, but were taking no chances. George Gainford, acting manager for Robinson (who has no official pilot), twice requested Gilmer during the past week to prevent Basilios handlers from using a blood-stopper that allegedly contained chloroform and that, when rubbed from Basilios salved brows onto Robinsons nose during clinches in their fight last September, almost stupified and blinded him. Chloroform is one of the many drugs banned for ring use. Joe Netro, co-manager of Basilio, declared Gainford is just a big cry-baby.

We never used anything containing chloroform to stop cuts." Welters Fight Garnet (Sugar) Hart, of Phila- delphia, and Charley (Tomb- stone) Smith, of Los Angeles, couple of hard-hitting welterweight contenders, collide In the TV headliner Wednesday night (ABC, 10 p.m.; EST) at the Philadelphia Arena. An interesting bout Friday night (NBC TV, radio, 10 p.m., EST) at New Yorks Madison Square Garden pits young, promising Mickey Crawford, of Saginaw, against veteran Gil Turner, of Philadelphia. Kentucky Wins Fourth1 NCAA Title in 11 Years Wildcats Rally from Nine Point First Half Deficit to Turn Jtack Seattle, 84-72 The gun went off and Mai Abernathy went up. It was almost simultaneous. The smoke, and there actually was smoke, from the blank cartridge hadnt even parted from the barrel before the Bloomfield players swarmed around their lean Negro star land hoisted him skyward on- their shoulders.

This was Saturday night at the Rutgers University gymnasium. Bloomfield had just beaten Linden, 71-64, for the state Group Four championship. Whats more, the Bengals had extended the Bloomfield victory string to 50 straight, 26 last season and 24 this season. Abernathy was the only starter on both teams and now, in the bedlam that reigned on the court, he was bouncing around, his usual poker face shattered with a wide grin, Then the Bengals seized Steve Brennan, the only other starting senior on the team, and sent him sailing toward the rafters. The mob rushed toward the lockerroom but suddenly stopped.

They had forgotten something. They turned and looked frantically over the screaming crowd. Then, with junior Don Heeb leading the pack, they rushed madly through the throng, trampling spectators in their frenzy. They pounced on their prey. He was a willing subject.

His name was George Celia and he was the coach of the team. Up he went, midst wild cheers. Off he went, bouncing madly on the shoulders of his idolatrous boys. He went like a man a happy man. He smiled, waved and gaily rubbed his hands along the perspiration soaked heads of his boys.

Stein Gains MVP Award Sparks Xavier Five To NIT Championship LEXINGTON, Ky. (UP)-The University of Kentucky put its "Fiddlin Five in a niche alongside its Fabulous Five today in celebrating its fourth NCAA basketball title in 11 years. The Wildcats homecoming yesterday passed nearly unnoticed as only a handful of rooters showed tip to greet the new champions. However, their vic-tory was formally recognized today at a convocation attended by students, school officials. Gov.

A. B. Chandler and other dignitaries and classes were dismissed for the remainder of the day. i "All we have is a bunch of fiddlers. We need violinists to play Carnegie Coach Adolph Rupp said at the start of The Greatest Kids In The World Mrs.

Philip Cudone In Coif Final Mrs. Cudone to Oppose Miss Mclntire in Final Down In the lockerroom, after the initial frenzy had sub-i sided slightly and the crowd of well-wishers had thinned out just a small mob, Celia was asked which team he thought was better, this one or the 1956-57 aggregation. Here they are, he said. Look at them yourself. They are the greatest bunch of kids in the world.

It wasnt as direct an answer as the reporter wanted, so the question was put to Abernathy, who, because he started on both teams, must be considered an expert on the subject. This years team was a better shooting team, said Mai in soft, carefully measured words. Last years team was better rebounding. All in all, this club was smoother than last years. The smoothest of them all, of course, is Abernathy.

He is a deceiving ball player because he often looks more dead than alive. He doesnt run, he lopes along in lackadasical strides. But put a ball into the air-end nine times out of 10 hell come down with it, firmly grasped in one of the greatest pair of hands tcf play in these parts. This isnt one mans opinion. It is shared by Celia.

Mai is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, rebounder Ive ever seen in high school, said Celia. As for the rest of the team, Celia said they were just great. As for the coach, it was the unanimous opinion of the team, 1 that he was the greatest. DOUS. With valuable assistance from teammates Don Heeb and Bob Woollard, the five boys successfully defended their state Group Four championship by winning their 50th straight game.

The Bengals accomplished this by beating a scrappy Linden team, 71-64, before 2,800 screaming fans at Rutgers University in the finals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Associations tournament. Thus, Bloomfield completed Its second straight undefeated bas kctball season. The Bengals won 26 in a row in the 1956-57 season and added 24 straight this season. The state title won Saturday was their second straight and the third for Celia since he began coaching at Bloomfield, Abernathy, Cerrato Star Abernathy, a 6-3 senior and the only starter from last seasons team, came up with one of his finest games Saturday night. He scored 20 points, 10 from the foul line, and picked off 15 rebounds.

But Mai, great as he was, wound up second In scoring to Cerrato, a 5-10, 140-pound junior. The little guard enjoyed his best night of the season as he popped in 21 points, most of them on long one-handers. He also played a fine floor game on both offense and defense. Elson, i rangy guard, backed up his team mates with 12 points. His passing was excellent and he was credited with seven assists.

Brennan, the only other starting senior on Bloomfield, was hampered by fouls most of the night and eventually picked up his fifth late in the game. But, before leaving, he added eight points. Karpinski, a 6-4, 160-pound junior, scored only one field goal but came up with his usual strong board game. Heeb, a junior, filled In for Brennan when the latter was on the bench, and scored eight points. Woollard, a 6-8 senior, didnt score but his size was valuable oft thq boards.

Tigers Aggressive Linden couldnt match Bloomfield in height but the Tigers were an aggressive team and battled on even terms with the Bengals for the first half. George Roper, a little guard, gained some solace for his team by taking high scoring honors with 23 points. The losers played a fast breaking game and combined this with near flawless foul shooting. They missed but two of 18 free throws while Bloomfield made 19 of 27. Linden also had the edge in shooting from the floor.

It hit on 24 of 55 shots for 43.6 per cent But Bloomfield, which is usually stingy with its shots, had too many opportunities from in close. The Bengals hit only 36 per cent (26 of 72) but they got hot in the third period when they made nine of 17 shots to break the game wide open. Bloomfield started the third period with a four point edge, 28-24, but it was down to one point, 29-28, after only 55 seconds of play. Brennan then hit with a jump shot and Cerrato with two orle handers to put J31oomfield in front by seven, 35-28. Roper and Larry Zier brought linden back to within four points, 37-33, but Elson, Heeb, Karpinski and Cerrato all had a hand in an eight-point Bloomfield burst which upped the advantage to 12 points, 45-33.

The Bengals led going into the final period, 47-35, and with Abernathy, Cerrato and Heeb doing all the scoring' they had a 14-point bulge, 56-42, with 6:45 to play in the game. Brennan Scores Once again Roper and Zier began to find the range for Linden and they cut the lead to seven points, 59-52, with 2:55 to go. Abernathy then banged in a lay up and Brennan collected two baskets, one on a neat tap at the end Of a fast break and the other on a driving layup. That gave Bloomfield a 65-52 lead with only 95 Seconds to play. Bloomfield had a rough time in the first period as Linden played an aggressive man to man defense.

Elijah Herriott dogged Abernathy continually 'and held him to a lone foul shot in the first eight minutes. Cerrato and Elson combined to keep Bloomfield in the game and the Bengals managed a 10-10 tie at the close on Cerratos long one hander. Elson Sparks Rally Ziers jump shot, off the tap play, put Linden on top, 12-10, seconds after the start of the second period. Elsons free throw, his scoring pass to Abernathy and Cerratos one hander put Bloomfield back in the lead. The Bengals stayed there the rest of the game but they still had a fight on their hands.

After Herriott was charged with his third foul early in the second period, Ron Dooley came off the bench to combine with Roper for a burst of five points, to bring Linden within a point. 88 23-Year-Old Defending Champ Faces Two Jinxes in North-South Tourney E. Rutherford Gains Final the season. As it turned out, he didnt have a soloist in the bunch, but he did have a solid outfit that made some beautiful music together. There wasnt even an all Southeastern Conference player on the Kentucky team that came from nine points behind In the first half Saturday night to whip Seattle.

84-72, for the NCAA title in the finals at Louisville. Maybe this bunch of fiddlers isnt as brilliant as the Fabulous Five built around Alex Groza and Ralph BAard a decade ago, or the Cliff Hagan-Frank Ramsey team of the early 50s, but it succeeded in drowning out bitter echoes of 1952 when Kentucky was forced to sideline one of its greatest teams after an investigation stemming from the point-shaving scandals. This team had Vernon Hatton, a slashing, driving guard who rammed home 30 points; and Johnny Cox, a lean and lanky mountain boy whose deadly shooting eye accounted for eight straight field goals in Kentuckys second half surge. There was John Crigler, a solid workman at forward, who kept the Wildcats from being overrun in the early stages with four baskets. There was steady, reliable Adrian Smith, whose free throws accounted for what proved to be the winning points.

Above all there was Rupp himself. The brown-suited, sometimes acid-tongued veteran of 28 years of coaching has no peer at basketball tactics, which he proved again Saturday night Baylor MVP First he sent Crigler driving down the baseline into the defensive territory of Seattles great star, Elgin Baylor. The result was three-first-half fouls for Baylor that forced Seattle to abandon its man-to-man defense in favor of a zone. Cox then proceeded to destroy the zone setup with his brilliant shooting and the Chieftains returned to their man-to-man, Rupp then ordered up his favorite weapon -a series of guard-around plays that sent Hatton and Smith crashing down the lane past Baylor, now rendered defensively helpless by his fourth personal foul. Bven so, Baylor scored 25 points and collected 23 rebounds against Kentucky.

Defeats Garfield In Gold Medal Play NEW YORK (UP) All-tournament honors were heaped on members of Xaviers surprising National Invitation Tournament champions today, along with pre dictions that the upset kids from Cincinnati will once again be national basketball power next season. Hank Stein, whose six in the overtime period carried unseed ed Xavier to Its title-winning 78-74 Upset of top-seeded Dayton on Saturday, was the only unanimous choice today on the all-NIT team picked for the United Press by 21 sports writers covering the tourney. Second-team honors went to three more Musketeers, little Ducky Castelle, rebounding ace Frank Tartaron, and pop-shooting Joe Viviano. Stein, who scored 23 points In thf title game and a grand total of 90 In the four upset wins by Xavier here, won the most valuable player award given by the tournament committee. And he received first-team votes from all writers in the poll.

Cunningham in Team Frank Case, the sharpshooting soph who was Daytons big gun, just missed unanimous selection as he received 20 first-team votes and one for the second team. Other first-team picks were Jim Cunningham, of Fordham, Don Lane, of Dayton, and Alex (Boo) Ellis, of Niagara. Also picked on the second team were Jack McCarthy, of Dayton, and A1 Seiden, of St. Johns. Xavier, which lost twice to Dayton in regular season games, fought to a 67-67 tie at the end of regulation time in the NIT final.

Then Stein took over for keeps. He had 23 points for the game against 21 each for Case and McCarthy. As for Dayton, another sad chapter has been written in one of the most amazing stories of frustration in sports. The Flyers now have come to the NIT seven times and lost in the final round five times. A String And A Line In The Future As for next year and the chances of keeping the victory-string alive, Fred Cerrato, Barry Elson and Andy Karpinski, the three returning starters, voiced their opinions in practically identical terms.

It amounted to were sure going to try and keep it going. But Celia had little to say about the future. Im not even thinking about next season. I feel as if someone has lifted a big house off my shoulders. Now I can relax.

All I want now is to do some trout fishing. Stjrange, thought the reporter. How can a guy, whose basketball teams rack up 50 straight victories, go in for fishing? After all, theres a limit on trout. PINEHURST, N. C.

() When Barbara Mclntire, the defending champion, meets Mrs. Philip Cu done, the medalist, in the 18-hole finals of the North and South-Amateur golf tournament today, two formidable jinxes also will be opposed. Over the last 12 years, only one champion has successfully defended her title and only two of the last 10 medalists have gone on to win this 56-year-old tournament Miss Mclntire. formerly of Toledo, Ohio, now a Lake Park, resident, scored a one-up semifinal victory over Mrs. Barbara Romack Porter, of Sacramento, Calif.

Mrs. Cudone, of West Caldwell, N. eliminated Mer-iam Bailey, of Evanston, 111., 3 and 1 for her finals berth. Victory for Miss Mclntire avenged a 4 and 2 loss to Mrs. Porter in the second round here three years ago.

The defending champion won the first hole and never trailed, although her doughty little rival from the Pa eifle Coast twice drew even on the back nine. Six Over Par The 23-year-old Florida girl was six over par for her trip around the No. 2 course of the Pinehurst Country Club. Mrs. Cudone is a 1956 Curtis Cup team member, and a player highly regarded around the New York-New Jersey prea, but comparatively unknown to galleries elsewhere.

Miss Bailey, Western Amateur and National Collegiate winner last year, was two down as they reached the 17th. There Mrs. Cudone pitched a four-iron shot she later described as her best in a long while to about to-dozen feet back of the pin. She rolled in the putt for a winning birdie two to close out the match. Afterwards, she confided: I was just trying to cozey that putt up close for a par three and take half, which would have been enough to win.

She was three over par for the 17 holes after a par 37 on the front nine. Mrs. Cudones medal-winning 77 score four days ago was 10 strokes better than Miss Mcln-tires qualifying score. East Rutherford gained the final round of the Fair Lawn Rec Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. Saturday.

East Rutherford defeated the Garfield PAL, 33-24. East Rutherford iced matters in the initial period when it scored nine points and held Garfield without a marker. The two teams had 10 field goals apiece while Garfield had four fouls and East Rutherford cashed-in on 13 free throws. Ken Huebner, of Garfield, was the games highest scorer with 13 markers while Gentle had a dozen points to lead the victors. Garfield C.

Botherferd MS G- r. I 1 1.1 Mrkl 1 3 Gentle 0 ft ft Irbv fft4 Fisher 0 ft ft Bradley 0 ft 0 MathlM ft ft 01 1 1 81 1 0 SI ft ft 01 Huebner Stmoldonl Reinhart Bernice Cody Borvczewski Stemmier Castanet Toth Azzaro More Trades On Line for Giants said another deal in the neay future was possible. Manager Bill Rigney also said discussions are in progress that might produce a deal, but refused to say which clubs or players were involved. PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) Trade talk continued in the camp of the San Francisco Giants, who Saturday dealt veteran outfielder Don Mueller to the Chicago White Sox for an estimated $25,000.

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Toronto ft. Boston 8, Montreal 8. Chicago ft Detroit 4- 1 BUY TICKETS NOtf-. it bit brcIbsIvb TELECAST direct yvtv freariigsMeif, ft Rigney said he would like to have another left-handed hitting outfielder. Mueller, 30, who bats left and throws right handed, had been a regular outfielder with the Giants since 1950.

He hit .333 in 1953 and .342 in 1954, when the Giants in New York won the World Series. He had .306 in 1955 but dropped to .269 in 1956 and .258 last year. His lifetime average is .297. Xavier Given Biggest Welcome Since Cincinnati Redlegs Won Flag in 1940 1 BOAT snow BOATS OUTBOARDS rn an rn rfi.ni.tr A' BOATS OUTBOARDS y. TRAILERS on display Montreal New York Detroit Boston Chicago Toronto Twsdoy Night MARCH 25th al TED KOtYALS 48 MAIN AVE.

I V. WALLLNGTON I WILL NOT Bi ON HOME TV College Basketball and said he always thought they had the opportunity to win. At the close of the ceremony, the players stood' up and pelted the fans with plastic snowballs, a jibe for the real snowballs that were hurled at them as their bus left the campus to go( to the tournament. awviflg Mi mumatoWMil NCAA Tournament Kentucky 84 Seattle 72 (chamolornhipl. Tempi 87.

Kansas State 37 (for third). NIT Tournament Xavier (Ohio) 78, Dayton 74 (championship, overtime). St. Bonaventurft 84, St John's (N (for third). National JC Tournament Kilgore (Tex.) 88.

Weber (Utah) 87 (championship) Hutchinson (Kant 97. Cameron (Okla.) Assies 88 (for third). Consolations Joliet UH 88 Broome Tech (NY) 74 Coffewiile (Kan.) 70. Brewton Parker (Ga 80. East Writ at Kansas CUy East 71.

West 66. torcade to the campus whef-e another three or four thousand fans greeted them at a special ceremony in the field house. First, however, the team stopped off at the Our Lady of Victory shrine on the campus and held a brief ceremony of their own. McCafferty The team receive? several standing ovations and McCafferty was given two. Short speeches were made by Mayor Donald Clancy and Robert Drennen, president of the Xavier Alumni Club in Dayton.

He presented the team a copy of Daytons Sunday newspaper, the Daily News, which had the game results in big black headlines on the front page. McCafferty lauded his players CINCINNATI, Ohio (UP) Xaviers NIT champions received the largest welcoming ever afforded an athletic team since the Redlegs won the pennant in 1940 yesterday when they returned from New York. About 10,000 persons jammed the airport as the plane carrying the team touched down. As a precautionary-measure, the planes engines were cut well out on the runway and it was towed to the ardent rooters waiting at the administration building. First to emerge from the plane was Coach Jim McCafferty, who only a m'onth and a half ago was burned in effigy by irate Xavier fans after the team had lost six games in a row.

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