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THE PLAIN SPEAKER; HAZLE1 ON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 7, 1955 PAGE 16 frday SUMS (SMFEKE eastem mm Mountaineers Cheerleaders For 1955 Season Largest Scholastic Football Circuit In State Ready For Banner Year; Hazle Twp. Berwick And West Hazleton-Pottsville In Southern Division Sarno FRIDAY NIGHT Northern Division Newport Twp. at Larksville. Archbald at Taylor. Olyphant at Durimore.

Southern Division Ashland at Schuylkill Haven. Hazle Twp. at Berwick. Cass Twp, at Minersville. St.

Clair at Mahanoy City. West Hazleton at Pottsville. W. Mahanoy Twp. at Shenan doah.

Summit Hall at Tamaqua. SATURDAY NIGHT 0 fl 0 2 the Northern Division, both on Friday night. Dunmore, which could prove troublesome to the title threats in the Northern Bi. vision, will entertain Olyphant. Archbald will invade Taylor.

West Scranton, Northern Division Champ last fall, was to re-new its old rivalry with Scranton Tech. But effects of the flood in the Scranton area caused postponement of this natural' until Oct. 22. As a result, West Scranton will start off in a home game with Plymouth, Sept. 17.

On the preceding night, Mount Carmel, Southern Division which took the measure of West Scranton in the Conference title playoff, will open against Tamaqua at Mount Carmel. Here's how they finishedJast- SOUTHERN DIVISION Ten city lassies are on the Hazleton High School's cheerleading rehearsals during the past month and will be seen stirring up enthusiasm at Harman-Geist stadium in eight games this season. Front row, (1-r) Florence Kapes, Gerry Congell, Elsie Balas, Jeanne Tarone and Bea Bellucci. Second row Marie Melnick, Anna Jean Cameron, Ann McLaughlin, Gloria Palermo and Jean Greshko. Basilio And Turner To Mix Leather Tonight -by Phil Pottsville High, the host club for the opening game of the 1055 football season Friday night against Jim Horn's West Hazleton Wildcats, is going all-out tnis ween to improve its forward wail, prin rinallv in blocking at the scrim mage line and downfield.

-oo In a scrimmage against Al-lentown, the Canaries smashed their way, almost at will, through the Potters line to smear the ball carrier and this caused some alarm for Coach Bud Bossick. Realizing that the Wildcats will be tough, Bossick wants his tacklers to do their job most effectively on both the offense and defense. West Hazleton has a hard-charging line, its backfield is problematical yet until some seasoning is received, while the Potters have speedy ball carriers, who may break away, for long runs at any time, the emphasis is strictly on the tacklers, guards and center. The backfield consists of Vine Schuster, senior quarterback; Ir-Tin Klinger and Joe Rosenberger, seniors, and Him Whitaker, a Junior halfback. Schuster will be the man to watch for the aerial attacks, while the other three are capable punters when the occasion warrants getting the ball out of dangerous territory.

Hazleton High Schools major ettes will have to do some hustl ing to get their formations mem-orized and rehearsed to a point of perfection, Thus far, only four holdovers from last year make up the squad. They have not had a chance to work out until the others are named, possibly next week, a few days before the opening game against Allentown Central Catholic High here. oo The majorettes at all other schools in the region have already completed several weeks of drills. In commenting on our recent story about Coach Eddie Bromin-ski's players who shied away from practice with poor excuses, Sports Editor Walter Faiquhar of The Pottsville Republican says he experienced worse situations. "There was one time," he said, "when there weren't a sufffcient number of players around to even "hold a scrimmage." Ron Northey, the Frackville slugger, who played the outfield with the Phillies and St.

Louis some time ago, is apparently overjoyed that he came out of retirement this year. After playing with Charleston, in the American Association, and then being traded later to the Chi cago White Sox blasted a home run in the second game on Sunday against Cleveland. Southern Division Blythe Twp. vs. Coaldale (at Lansford).

Frackville at Kulpmont. Scranton, Sept. 7. Although some of the top title threats will wait until later for their conference debuts, lots of action will be on tap as the 51-school Eastern Pennsylvania Interscholastic Football Conference opens its 1955 pennant race Friday night. Most attractive of the 10 games listed is Pottsville's Southern Division home test with West Hazleton.

The Potters again are 'expect ed to rate with the strongest clubs in the far-flung circuit, while West Hazleton was defeated only once in 11 starts last fall. Also watched with special inter est will be the debut of Schuylkill Haven against Ashland, the cur tain-raiser for Minersville against Cass Township, and what looms as an evenly-balanced clash between Mahanoy City and St. Clair. These three tilts are scheduled for Schuylkill Haven, Minersville and Mahanoy City, respectively, In other Friday night Southern it'll be: Hazle Township at Berwick, West Mahanoy Town ship at Shenandoah, and Summit Hill at Tamaqua. On Saturday night, Kulpmont will play host to Frackville and Coaldale will take on Blythe Township at Lansford, McAdoo, a Southern Division member, will play Marian Catholic in a non-conference game Friday night.

Only two games are booked in Duffy Has Tickets For Marciano Bout Phil Duffy, manager of the Grand Theatre, announced last night that he has a limited number of tickets for the closed-circuit television showing of the Rocky Marciano-Archie Moore world heavyweight boxing championship bout at the Yankee Stadium, New York City, Tuesday; September. 20. There will no Home television of the bout. Duffy has tickets for the Shawnee Theatre, Plymouth, which will be the closest playhouse to this city carrying the bout on a full-size motion picture screen. The ducats are priced at $3.50 each.

TTD aseball ill) Log AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results No games scheduled, W. L. Cleveland 83 54 New York 82 54 Chicago 81 55 Boston 79 66 Detroit 70 67 Kansas City 56 79 Washington 47 85 Baltimore 42 90 Pet. .606 .601 .596 .585 .511 .415 .356 .318 G. B.

1 3 13 26 33 38 ft TODAY'S GAMES Chicago at Washington (N). Cleveland at Baltimore (N) Kansas Cit yat New York. Detroit at Boston. NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results No games scheduled. Won Lost Pet.

G.B. Brooklyn 90 46 .662 Milwaukee 76 62 .551 New York 71 66 .518 Philadelphia 71 68 .511 Chicago 67 74 .475 Cincinnati 67 74 .475 St. Louis 57 79 .419 Pittsburgh 54 84 .391 TODAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at Cincinnati 15 19 V4 20 25 25 33 37 (N). Brooklyn at Milwaukee (N). Pittsburgh at Chicago.

New York at St. Louis (N). Paul Rapach Sets Record Paul Rapach, one of the town's most consistent standout bowlers, turned in a noteworthy feat at the St. Joseph's Alleys over the week' end, rolling a superb 290 single game to set a new alley record. Rapach started off with a spare and then added nine strikes in a row to amass his record total of pins.

He later racked up singles games of 200 and 193 for a dazzling 683 triple. Bill Fortwangler, of Weatherly, set the previous St. Joseph's single game record just a year ago this month when he registered 289 score. Loud Bell Is Being Sought North Adams, Sept. 7.

(JP) Manager Charley Johnston said yesterday he was going to demand "a bell that can be heard all over Yankee IStadium," on Sept 20 when Rocky Marciano defends his heavyweight crown against light heavyweight champion Archie Moore. Johnston, manager of Moore, said also he was going to ask Commission Chairman Julius Hel-fand to have the bell tried out the night before the fight. i don Know Marciano is deaf," said Johnston in a discus aion of the heavyweight chanv pion's fighting tactics, "but he has a tendency to hit after the bell and has done it in many of his fights, "He always claims he does not hear the bell. Well, in this fight, I don't want any doubt. I want a big, loud bell, one he can hear even if they have to get the gong off fire engine." Classified Ads Bring Results Rat- inff Mount Carmel 9 0 1 .681 Schuylkill Haven ..8 0 0 .628 Coal Township 6 0 1 .620 West Hazleton 9 1 0 .600 Minersville 7 2 0 .456 Mahanoy Township 8 0 0 .414 Sunbury 4 2 0 .345 Mahanoy City 7 3 0 .305 Saint Clair 6 3 0 .288 Nesquehoning 6 1 1 .284 Hazleton 4 4 0 .257 Tamaqua 6 3 1 .242 McAdoo 4 2 0 .203 Pottsville 3 4 0 .134 Hazle Township 2 4 0 .134 Shamokin 4 5 0 .106 Kulpmont 3 5 0 .058 Coaldale 3 7 0 .056 Cass Township 2 5 1 .054 Lansford 2 6 1 .051 Berwick 1 8 1 .046 Frackville 2 6 0 .036 Ashland 1 9 0 .036 West Mahanoy Twp.

2 7 0 .014 Shenandoah 1 9 0 .013 Summit Hill 1 6 0 .000 Blythe Township 0 10 0 .000 NORTHERN DIVISION Rat- intr West Scranton 8 0 0 .641 Oi Forge 8 0 0 .635 Wilkes-Barre GAR 9 0 1 .596 Scranton Central ..6 2 0 .448 Wilkes-Barre Meyers 8 1 1 .411 Plains ,..6 3 0 .293 Claiks Summit 4 1 1 .270 Dunmore 6 3 0 .250 Luzerne ....4 4 1 .232 Jessup 4 2 2 .222 Swoversville 5 3 1 .203 Archbald 4 3 1 .198 Coughlin. 5 4 0 .187 Plymouth 3 6 1 .155 Blakely 4 4 0 .154 Kingston 3 6 1 .144 Scranton Technical. 2 6 0 .129 Larksville 3 6 0 .083 Hanover Township 1 8 0 .083 Nanticoke 2 8 0 .009 Newport Township .2 6 1 .043 Carbomlale 1 6 0 .000 Olyphant 0 7 0 .000 Taylor 0 8 0 .000 In the first game, he struck out as a pinch-hitter. He can still tag a long drive and may be of help to the Sox in the pennant drive. oo- The polka may be boycotted by Jack Muldowney of Pittsburgh, left tackle and co-captain of the University of Dayton.

He has been unable to take part in practice because of a leg infection resulting from the flareup of an old football injury. Two weeks ago, Muldowney attended a wedding party and did considerable dancing. The next morning the infection was visible in his leg. "It wasn't the jitterbugging either," he said. "I know it was that darn polka!" Allentown drew 2,559 for the Labor Day doubleheader at Brea- don Field against Reading in the Eastern League.

The Cardinals double victory over the league-leading Reading Club was a thrilling point for the home fans. Allentewn's attendance for the season thus far has been slightly above the 75,000 mark, and with the club being in second place and soon to enter the playoffs an additional 10,000 fans is expected. Pottsville is offering special price on season tickets in the amount of $6 for six home games. No high scl.ool football uniforms will be allowed to have white stripes after the 1956 season. Another new rule is an automatic safety when an illegal forward pass is attempted behind the goal line.

That's to prevent a passer from grounding the ball when caught behind the goal line. Loop Playoffs Start Tonight The Eastern League Governor's Cup playoffs get under way tonight in the home fields of the Champion Reading Indians and the runner-up Allentown Red Birds. The fourth-place Schenectady Blue Jays will take on Reading. The third-place Binghamton Triplets will be pitted against the Red Birds. The teams that win three out of five games in the semifinals will vie for the cup.

Reading has a 12-8 advantage over Schenectady in the season play, and Binghamton has an 11-9 season lead over Allentown. GREAT BLOCKER Buddy Alliston, Mississippi's star guard, blocked 21 punts dur ing his high school career. On the subject of his own chances of repeating, he said he thought he was playing about as well as ever. "Any of a half dozen of us could win it," he observed, "besides myself, there is Tony Trabert, Ham Richardson, and the three Australian!) Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad and Rex Hartwig. "I think Trabert is the boy to beat.

Tony is eager to make up for his below-par performance in the Davis Cup challenge round. That makes Tony twice as dangerous as ever." Navy-Penn State Came Is Sellout University Park, Sept. 7. (JP) All seats have been sold in advance for the Oct. 15 football game between Navy and Penn State at Beaver Field.

II. R. Gilbert, business manager of athletics for the IS'ittany Lions, said it was the first time in the school's history that all seats for any one game had been sold before the opening of the season. Auto Racing At Evergreen Promoter Frank Price of Nan-ticoke, newly-appointed manager at Evergreen Speedway in St. Johns, announced last night that he will present his second stock car racing program at the valley oval Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock.

Open competition will again pre vail with both the Sportsman and Standard Class cars getting into action in a minimum of seven events. The well-known Anthracite Auto Racing Association will again sanction the card, sending most of its top point leaders here to compete. Price made a good impression on the fans last Saturday night when his first presentation proved to be a well-run, action-packed speed card. He hopes to have an even better show and field this week and may announce one or more added special attractions today or tomorrow. Young AdultJBowling Group Starts Sept.

17 The Protestant Young Adult Mixed Bowling League will open its fall season Saturday, September 17, at 7:30 p. m. at the Playhouse Alleys, it was announced at a league meeting last night at Christ's Memorial Church, West Hazleton. Any church that is interested in joining the mixed league should contact William Drumheller, tele phone GL 5-4016, on or before Sunday. Racing Results (By The Associated Press) New York Crash Dive ($7.30) was awarded first place after Ded icate was disqualified in the Larch- mont purse at Aqueduct.

Atlantic City, N. J. Jockey Sam Boulmetis rode four winners, including Combustion ($7.40) in the Feature of Atlantic City. Salem, N. H.

Go-a-Bit ($6.40) led all the way to take the Feature at Rockingham Park. Chicago Dania ($11.60) held off the favored Tuosix in the stretch to take the Hawthorne's inaugural handicap. Del Mar, Calif. Half-Caste ($11.50) scored by a length and a half in the City of Hope purse at Del Mar. TO HOLD OUTING The Tomhicken Tigers of the Anthracite Baseball League will hold their annual post-season outing Sunday afternoon at the Tomhicken Town Hall starting at one o'clock.

A large turnout of players and guests is expected to be on hand for the gala affair. Manager Joe Karmonick is in charge of ar rangements. Classified Ads Bring Results Syracuse, N. Sept. 7.

(JP) Welterweight King Carmen Basilio takes his middleweight title aspirations into the ring tonight in a 10-round bout with fast-punching Gil Turner, 10th ranked fighter in the heavier weight class. Basilio was a 12-5 local betting favorite to launch successfully his campaign for the crown worn by Middleweight Champion Carl (Bobo) Olson. Turner, however, hoped to turn the tables and put himself in line for a shot at Bas-ilio's title. The fight, in the County War Memorial Auditorium, will be broadcast and televised nationally (ABC, 10 p. m.

EDT). Basilio sees himself as a knockout victor over the Philadelphia negro, and feels a triumph over Turner will qualify him for a title match with Olson. Turner vows to whip Basilio, then demand another crack at Carmen this time with the 147-pound championship at stake. Turner, who campaigns alternately as a welterweight and middleweight, plans to enter the Ting weighing 151 pounds. Basilio expected to weigh in at 149.

The in-again, out-again Turner is climbing the comeback trail from an upset loss to Al Andrews last year. Basilio previously took all 10 rounds in a bout with An drews. Turner blames his showing against Andrews to lack of proper training. Since then Joe Louis, the former heavyweight champ, has helped train Turner, and Gil feels he's ready. Basilio, usually reticent to predict the outcome of his fights, has stated flatly: "I intend to knock Turner out." i At Basilio's last outing in Mad- Freak Goal Wins Game Minneapolis, Sept.

7. (JP) A freak "second-chance" field goal by Ben Agajanian with nine seconds remaining earned the New York Giants a 17-14 victory over the Baltimore Colts in their National Football League exhibition before some 20,000 here last night. Baltimore seemingly had earned a tie when Bert Rechichar stormed through to block Agajanian's first kick from the four-yard line. But. Baltimore drew a rarely-in voked penalty when one of its players left the field on the wrong side during a substitution before the first field goal attempt.

Granted a new lease, Agajanian plunked his second try through from two yards out. Rechichar had a chance to tie it up on the last play, but his field goal at tempt from 45 yards out was par tially blocked. STEP UP YOUR SAVINGS Vic Seixas, Tennis Greybeard, Eyes TV Sportscaster Career 0 miafifl squad, which has been holding ison Square Garden in' July, the crowd booed his efforts to catch up with Italo Scortichini. The champ won the decision but has been smarting from the boos. He says he will please the crowd this time.

Speaker League Rolls Thursday The Plain Speaker Bowling League will' inaugurate its 23rd annual season on Thursday night at 7 o'clock, at the Bowl-Arena alleys on East Green street. Teams entered are as follows Linotypers W. Smith, R. Smith, T. Wargo, E.

Filbert, J. Kelshaw. Carriers A. Yeager, E. Yeager, R.

Wendel, H. Facenilla, H. Stancavaee. Reporters C. Schneider, A.

Schneider. A. Schneider. S. Fry, D.

Thomas. Composers J. Smith, J. Witanik, J. Jones, V.

Dougherty, C. Tunnessen. Printers D. Davis, A. Davis, J.

Volkenand, C. Ehrenberg, A. Ziegler. Publishers A. Wendel, M.

Dubovik, D. Young, S. Geltzer, Krisher. Editors J. Davis, J.

Price, J. Roskos, L. Kaufman, T. Powell. Pressmen J.

Malone, E. Bogdon, W. Burkhardt, E. Miller, J. Blose.

IMMORTAL LINE GONE All seven members of the 1954 UCLA line which yielded only one touchdown have been graduated. Junior Cage League Will Meet Tuesday A special meeting of the Public-Parochial Basketball League will be held Tuesday, September 13, at 2:30, in the Hazle Township High School building. President Sammy Boyle of McAdoo announced that a new treasurer will be elected, and a discussion will be held on officials, dues, and other league business. All teams should be represented. au mis NARROWS SUIDIS DU PONT ORLON 5)94 CWEATERS LONG SiEEVES All COUNTS $o)94 I NFIBRENES GABARDINES UNCONOInONAllT.GUAMIIIKO I Rsrvfli I 12) 5 I I ti LT flS MI XnA Forest Hills, N.

Sept. 7. (JP) Vic Siexas, at 32 the greybeard of American tennis, admitted today that he'd like to stay on the tournament trail forever, "but since I've got to think of my future I'm afraid tennis is going to be secondary with me." The defending national champion and, as usual, the forgotten man among the big names discounted reports that he would re tire to a plush job with his father's Philadelphia plumbing business and revealed that he'd like to try his hand at television. "I definitely don't want to go in the plumbing business," hesaid. "I'm just not that interested.

I'd like to enter television, first perhaps on the sports side, then maybe as a master of ceremonies. "I've had some feelers, but I don't even know yet if I could do the job. One thing is certain in television you find out right off if you can handle the job." Not Retiring Yet Seixas said he wanted to make it clear that he wasn't retiring. "Let me put it this way," he said. "The amount of tennis I play will depend on how successful I am in my work." GOING PLACES TRUCK'S BUSTED AMD THE HOSPITAL 0S AM.KJ vK TOPCOATS RACKS OF NEW GABARDINE" DOUBLE TWIST FALL toy on Acitottj 1 Docron Amazingly FACTORY Jp I PRICED! USE OUR FREE IAYAWAY PLAN ALTERATIONS FREE THIS CALLS FOR I I I E-FSJS! I WATER REPELLENT WRINKLE AND STAIN RESISTANT 1 IV EXTRA POWER! 7 I IV r- I I I onuco arvTCTI I I I UtlN.rxv I viuis WITH NEW LOOK WASHAtlt tTes 1 ilK EMBROIDERED I fjj CZfiiIQMJj.

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