The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 24

Sports ICM Coreaebs Mew Iradk-Field Serap OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER OGDEN UTAH THURSDAY EVENING JAN 11 1962 $25000 OPEN ATTRACTS War Continues Against AAU Chicago Meetings Continue a mi nm Jim i njnt win mi nm i jji uummiLuinjiwiiaim jujimiw i mm hijlu yemn J-1-1- '( Nv -m I i mI Lf i as" FINE GOLFERS SAN DIEGO Calif The $25000 San Diego Open gets under way today with the promise of sunny weather land with the outcome of the 72-hole event as usual subject to profound speculation Arnold Palmeri last year's winner Gary Player of South Africa and US Open champion Gene Littler a popular San Diegan shared top attention But the most attention for better or worse centered on Phil Rodgers of nearby LaJolla Rodgers scored a runaway victory in the Los Angeles Open a 9-under par 62 and a 9-stroke margin of victory Play is at the Stardust Country Club which measures 6725 yards with par special committee on AAU-Olympic relations headed by Wilbur Johns athletic director at UCLA The council policy-making arm of the NCAA last August approved creation of a US federation in basketball All three are steps in the power struggle that has' been raging for more than a year between the colleges and the AAU over control of US amateur sports particularly as they relate to foreign competition including the Olympics The new step in the NCAA-AAU squabble climaxed a busy day that also included four more reccom-mendations by the rules committee of the American Football Coaches Association two decisions by the council on reviews of infractions and nine recommendations from an AFCA committee on football injuries and fatalities The council ended the one-year probationary status of the University of Arizona which had been slapped for football recruiting violations but refused to lessen the four-year penalty on all sports handed to Indiana in April of 1960 By Don Weiss CHICAGO (AP) The power-wielding council of the National Collegiate Athletic Association is expected to open further the break between the colleges and the Amateur Athletic Union today by approving programs for creation of new federation for US track and field and gymnastics Council approval tantamount to acceptance by the NCAA as a whole would follow endorsement of plans for federations in the two sports by the NCAA's executive committee i In its endorsement at- Wednesday's third session of the NCAA convention the executive NCAA Executive Director Walters Byers reported felt "these new federations will greatly advance and improve these sports in the United States in all of their phases" The executive committee acted on recommendations submitted by the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association the National Association of Gymnastics Coaches and a I-" 4 4 GOOD AT MAT HOLDS Utah's Senator Wallace Bennett tests his skill at Indian wrestling with Utah State University tackle Clyde Brock former Ogden High athletic great Senator Bennett was the sponsor of the big USU lineman who played in the first US Bowl Game at Washington DC last weekend I J- NEW LEAGUE GEORGE MARSHALL'S IDEA Hands Of! rechler Stars Play for ECeeps In Big Pro Bowl Game Explains irotas Treat' Fans That was like telling Walter O'- Circuit PRACTICE Bobby Walston Eagle end and place-kicking specialist practices bis specialty with Dick James (Redskins) holding in a recent workout for Sunday's Pro Bowl game at Lbs Angeles Last season Walston set an NFL all-time scoring record of 833 (UPI Telephoto) Malley Ebbets Field was the only baseball park for the Dodgers Schissler rose to the bait "Let me take a crack at it first" he urged Marshall CHICAGO (AP) i- The commissioner-to-be of the new Western Athletic Conference Paul Brechler lo Zany Cage Amities 3500 Fans See Globetrotters Special Acts at Warrior Gym says conference competition THE SPORTS HIGHWAY WITH AL WARDEN football basketball! track and most other sports will begin next school year one year ahead of schedule Contacted at the NCAA meeting By Murray Olderman LOS ANGELES Leave it to George Preston Marshall to extend the football season into the middle of January Without pressure from the Department of the Interior The 12th annual Pro Bowl game at the Los Angeles Coliseum Jan 14 under the scrutiny of some 60-000 sun lovers and a few million snow shunners (via television) got its inspiration from? a veranda session at Eagle Rock where the Washington Redskins train in southern California It was 1950 and there sat Preston talking to whoever would listen Paul Schissler a some time football coach and Los Angeles promoter was the captive audience of the owner of the Redskins who in Chicago Wednesday Brechler said only Arizona State University will be unable to compete for the football crown next fall because of Policy Is Adopted PHILADELPHIA (UPI) The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission will pursue an hands-off policy briefly at least in the Sonny Liston-George Katz-Jack Nilon managerial triangle attor-' ney Al Klein said today Klein the Philadelphia member of the three-man commission stressed however that if heavyweight challenger Liston manager Katz and would-be manager Nilon can not come to some amicable agreement then the commission will decide whether to intercede Klein explained the situation as follows: of Chester Pa a wealthy concessionaire has indicated to the commission that he wants to jman-age Liston and arrange for a title fight with champion Floyd Patterson of Philadelphia has indicated to the commission that he cannot get along with manager Katz without giving any concrete reason for the situation of Philadelphia has indicated to the commission that he and Liston have had disagreements also without giving any concrete reason" for them ''Neither Liston nor Katz have made any charges against each other or any defamatory statements" Klein emphasized "It seems they just can't get along prior scheduling commitments All others he said Utah Brig- It was probably the best-moving show in many years as seven specialty acts plus the game were staged in two and a half hours: These same Trotters have played before large audiences in all of the 50 states and 80 foreign countries including Russia and Iron Curtain countries i ham Young Wyoming New Mexico and Arizona will play at least 'The Beard' Fits in Fine With Professional Basketball Team Charles (Big Pete) Peterson better known as the "Beard" program director for radio station KLO Ogden donned a uniform of the famed Washington Generals bas four conference games When the WAC I was organized with Arizona State from the Border Conference Arizona from the inde were conditioning at Occidental College "Going to get the league" said Marshall "to have an All-Star game like they have in baseball Miami's the place" ketball team and played against the Harlem Globetrotters pendent ranks and the other four schools from the Skyline it was at Weber High School last night before a turnaway crowd thought football competition on a conference level would not be pos fine of Red Klotz owner-coach of sible until 1963 Competition also will begin dur- ALL LOS ANGELES newspaper publishers were drawn into the act and so was born the game that at first was "an isolated California production and has now progressed in esteem to the point where it's the official closing curtain on the season The show has several things going for it that place it- beyond baseball's All-Star games as a sports event First the participants aren't reluctant Charleys They want to play There's a little matter of $800 for each winning squad member $600 for each loser In the National Football League there's also a genuine rivalry between East and West "I'm rooting for Green Bay when they play the Giants" nodded Les Richter who has flexed his calves for the West the past seven years "because they make our 4-10 season record of the Rams look better We want to prove we play better football in our division" The West has a 7-4 edge in the series thanks mainly to stunning performances the last two years by Johnny Unitas "It's a different world" explained the Baltimore Bullet after last year's extravaganza "No red dogs" BECAUSE THE TEAMS have only a week to prepare and it would be impossible to organize line blocking in detail there has been a gentleman's agreement to forget the critical maneuver So guys like Unitas and Bart Starr A Tittle and Sonny Jurgensen this years live to see another season That doesn't mean the boys don't knock heads Bob Toneff the Rainbow Bar ing the 1962-1963 school year in bas the Generals to invite me to play GOLF FOR WIVES ketball swimming wrestling gym nastics tennis golf track and field "GOLF TEACHES WOMEN qualities they don't learn in i duties as housewives" says Gary Player "Well meaning husbands and baseball Brechler will establish his com The Harlem Globetrotters provided another hilarious i show in Ogden Wednesday night as some 3500 people jammed Weber (High School gymnasium see the famous aggregation I The traveling Wizards toyed with the Washington Generals and as expected easily posted a 69-59 victory Not one of the thousands of fans expected them to lose There were some new faces and a few new tricks but in most part it was the same zany antics and the fans who braved a cold evening to attend all loved it Most "of the laughs were provided by Meadowlark Lemon a willowy laugh-maker who does a little of everything But a greit deal of the comedy routine was provided by Charles (Tex) Harrison who also serves as Lemon's straight man And Murphy Summons one of the greatest dribblers in the business played his part well with an unbelievable performance He also figured prominently in the comedy routine in the second half OUTSIDE SHOOTING Few laughs were provided by Clarence Wilson the 5-11 "midget" who serves as coach nor Willis Thomas the 6-4 former Tennessee State University ace But their shooting Wilson's from the corner and Thomas' from outside the keyhole brought repeated applause from the crowd missioner's office in Denver which should encourage their wives to Loses in Overtime spend more time at the game" has been headquarters for the Skyline league: The Skyline will be disbanded this spring It took the Globetrotters only seconds to get their first laughs as they started theirj first antics during the introductions and then went to their warmup drills to the tune of "Sweet Georgia Brown" And Riley Petkin who was always in the right place at the right time didn't hurt the show one bit SPECIALTY ACTS The specialty acts included Guy Allen with his juggling of flaming batons Max Patkin one of baseball's great clowns whoa as a relief pitcher" was unable to get out the side a table tennis exhibition between two of the world's best Richard Bergmann of England and Ghana's Emannuel Quaye Kimi Kokoi of Japan and her intricate tricks on bicycle the Parry family which gets better each year on the trampoline Bob Foy and his juggling while riding atop a unicycle and the acrobatics of Canadian Mike Lemay The traveling unit concludes its tour of Utah cities tonight as it puts on a performance at the Utah Fairgrounds Coliseum in Salt Lake City Game time is 8 pm In an exclusive article in the February issue of Golf Digest (on sale now) the handsome 1961 Mas Accordingly we have made ciear io Nilon that the commission still recognizes Katz' binding contract ters champion and golf's leading "The Beard" likes 11 sports Last August when Florentino Fernandez of Cuba was drilling for a title shot against Utah's Gene Fullmer at Ogden stadium "Big Pete" showed up and sparred two rounds with the challenger More than 1000 fans jammed the Weber College gymnasium to watch Pete toss leather against the Cuban With only amateur boxing under his belt Pete did himself proud He was accorded a tremendous hand at the close of the drill With a standup crowd on hand last night "The Beard" fit in fine with the generals offense tallied a two pointer and set up three other buckets ON ON OCCASION he assisted Tex Harifison of the Trotters in moving tie leather goalward as the fans roartd approval "I like all kinds of athletics" said "The Beard" today "Entertainment jsuch as the Trotters dish out is just what the doctor ordered all over these United States in these troubled times "Gee It was happy to be a part of last night's splendid entertainment program And was mighty money winner goes on to advise golfers how and why to develop Salt Flats golfing wives' Says Player "When it comes to women golfers I know whereof I speak" His own 1 wife Will Vivienne was a two-handicap golfer 6 before the couple started raising a family "On the course says Flayer a woman learns how to compete and to accept victory and defeat She which is on file with us And tnere is no reason why the commission should take the initiative in dissolving it" Twenty-ninth Is Winner Of First Half Ogden Twentyiaiinth Ward won the first half championship in the Ben Lomond South Stake M-Men basketball league winning a playoff game over Fortieth Next Thursday's schedule is: 7 pm Fifty-ninth vs Forty-eighth 8 pm Sixty-third vs Twenty-ninth 9 pm Fifty-fourth vs Sixty-second Fortieth bye Ogden Twelfth Ward was forced to go four overtime periods Wednesday night before edging Rainbow Bar 66-65 in an Independent Basketball League "game at Weber College gymnasium The victory allowed Twelfth Ward to retain its tie for the league lead with the Wall Hepcats The Hep-cats edged Tucker's of Morgan 49-44 in another good game In the otherj contest The Troc whipped Smith Construction Co 62-43 I Ted Smith and -Art Bramwell led the scoring for "Twelfth Ward Smith hitting 25 and Bramwell picking up 22 It was Smith's long shot in the final seconds that provided the win! Rainbow Bar had chances to win the game in 'the second and third overtime periods when they missed foul shots Wall Hepcats failed to score in the first six minutes of their game but finally got going to win their fourth league game Eddie Tillman led all scoring with 27 points Four players for the Troc scored in double figures as it easily defeated the construction firm Box scores: learns how to be patient and to control her emotions She learns quickly that you can't fly off the handle and expect to play good golf "These are lessons that will make a better mate and mother She will suddenly become sympathetic to hubby's golf problems She might even understand when rhe leaves the lawn uncut to play a round with the boys" Player urges that a golfing wife take her husband's advice with "a Dick Hoover Takes Over Top Post at Pin Series grain of salt" unless he is a low- Box score: meaty Washington tackle has been pouting for a year because Unitas slipped out of liis caress to throw a touchdown pass that meant the game For Richter the most memorable of Pro Bowls was the year Bert Rechichar kicked three long distance field goals to win the outstanding player trophy and couldn't tell the writers after the game what happened "He'd been hit in the head" explained Les "and was walking on his heels He didn't realize his performance" An integral part of the week's festivities is also the presentation of the Fleer trophies to the All-' Players' All-Pro selections conducted by Newspaper" Enterprise Association The Pro Bowl has become a kid's game: Junior drags the old man down to Figueroa and Exposition so he can gawk at his new heroes Roger Maris? Never heard of him TWENTY-NINTH Hunsaker -12 4 2 26 Huss 7 1 1 15 Downs 8 12 9 Buhler 0 5 3 3 Rasmussen 2 0 0 4 Maccarthy 0 10 0 FORTIETH 7 1 1 15 Rippon 7 54 18 Hipwell 4 10 8 Asnton 12 13 Hoffenbeck 110 2 Griffin 2 10 4 Bohman 0 0 0 0 Call OOOO Knight 70's shooter However he gives some sound advice himself including some unusual home exercises One bf them uses a familiar household an ironing for an exercise designed to improve muscle tone "Place the seats of two chairs under the ends of an unopened ironing board" Player advises "Then lie on your back on the board grasping a brick or similar 29 23 15 73 Totals 22 11 6 50 12TH WARD Smith 9 8 7 25 Evanson 2 87 11 Bra mvell 10 3 2 22 Barclay 3 10 6 Hansen OlOO Campbell 10 0 2 RAINBOW BAR 10 3 121 Subic 5 74 14 Millspaw i 4 3 2 10 Caro 2 7 4 8 Berrett OOOO Nelson 6 00 12 Knacktedt 0 A Berrett OOOO Lloyd object in each hand Lower your Gets Racing Post STANTON Del Lawrence Abbundi has replaced Charles Trip-lett as assistant racing secretary and handicapper at Miles Park in Louisville Ky hands to the side below the board and then with arms extended raise the bricks over your head 27 20 11 65 2S2I 16 66 Totals A great exercise also for the bust line!" NOTES ON A NAPKIN Busy Again SALT LAKE CITY (UPD-Direc-tors of the Bonneville Speedway Association voiced optimism today that 1962 would be1 an "outstanding" racing year at the Bonneville Salt Flats in western Utah provided the -area continues to receive adequate rainfall The group's board of directors met here today and mapped tentative plans for this year and also replied sharply to criticism in some quarters of its handling of the famed racing area during the past few years 1 William Backman executive secretary said all indications pointed to "improved salt conditions" this year because of heavy rainfall since the close of the 1961 racing season Backman said "severe drought conditions" during the past several years were mainly responsible for poor track conditions" The directors also voiced opposition to federal aid to improve conditions at the famed speedway The directors claimed if federal assistance was accepted use of the salt flats for racing "would be greatly restricted" The association said it was more receptive to the idea of putting the speedway under control of the Utah State Park and Recreation Commission I Howoveri Backman said "limited funds" were hampering the Park Commission's "ambitious o-gram" i Backman also announced that the 1962 Bonneville National Speed Trials will be held Aug 19-25f He said the trials would be followed by the Bonneville International Speed Trials a new event He also announced that Dr Nathan Ostich a Los Angeles physician tentatively has the course reserved Aug 6-11 for more attempts to reach 500 miles per hour in his jet-powered "Flying Cadu-ceus" car Neither American speed king Mickey Thompson or British racer Donald Campbell has contacted the association regarding possible use of the flats this summer Backman said i Anthony Gramatelli Santa Monica Calif has the course reserved July 14 He plans to drive 500 miles in a 1962 Plymouth on a circular course hoping to reach speeds of up to 160-170 miles per hour Now is the time for all good men I i MORGAN Gary Randall 10 0 0 20 Greagor 3 2 17 Deardon 14 3 5 Randall 3 10 6 Brooks 3 10 6 WALL 13 1 1 27 Ed Tillman OOOO Dixon 0000 Robinson 7 3 2 16 Jenkins 1 0 2 Green 1 0 0 2 JGreen 1 1 2 Tillman 7 of 8 games scored 1663 pins and had 40-13 points The women bowled two game blocks Jin the finals The most startling development of the day was the poor performance by Marion Ladewig of Grand Rapids Mich who won only one of eight games and was in 16th and last place Mrs Ladewig seven times All-Star champion paced the women's qualifying play BASKETBALL RESULTS Associated Press EAST Villanova 60 Temple 53 Duquesne 79 Dayton 59 Army 64 Lehigh 59 Pitt 78 Geneva 65 Fairfield 92 Fordham 86 Holy Cross 98 Mass 58 Vermont 74 Middlebury 70 Colgate 97 Rochester 95 ot Amherst 69 Springfield 68 Gettysburg 67 Johns Hopkins 45 Maine 76 Bates 61 SOUTH Wake Forest 91 Carolina 72 South Carolina 93 Furman 84 Maryland 83 Georgetown DC 70 VMI 71 The Citadel 69 ot Ky Wesleyan 87 Evahsville 62 MIDWEST Bradley 70 Cincinnati 68 ot Kansas State 70 Kansas 45 Nebraska 57 Oklahoma 56 Bowling Green 66 Toledo 60 FAR WEST Air Force 75 Western Colo St 53 Portland 68 Gonzaga 55 "The March of Dimes" Weber County committee realized a nice sum last night at the basketball headliner Chances on a new Buick ARMSTRONG TIRES 1962 model car were picked up by Rigid Exams Urged for Grid Players CHICAGO (UPI) A physician has urged! more rigid physical ex-amination- of football players to curb deaths on the gridiron Dr Floyjd Eastwood of Los Angeles State College told the college football coaches convention Wednesday that 22 per cent of football fatalities due -to heart conditions over the past 11 years could have been diagnosed through proper examination He said a study of fatality reports this year indicated a letdown in requirements for pre-season medical examinations He listed as part of nine recommendations a requirement for thorough examination including electro cardiogram before the first practice session Eastwood a member of the coaches committee on injuries and fatalities since 1931 said that 20 players died this year as a direct result of football He said most deaths came from blows on the head or torsion on the spine He recommended a production of a more effective helmet better nose guard protection and a 60 second -warmup before entering a game or scrimmage He also cited the need for more extensive use of the "quick whistle" to minimize piling on situations more consistent calls on the illegal block especially face blocks and more emphasis teaching players to keep their head up at all times Alabama Wins Award WASHINGTON The Washington 'Touchdown Club announced Wednesday that Alabama would receive the club's annual award as the top college football team of 196L The trophy will be presented to coach Paul Bryant at the organization's 27th annual banquet Saturday night 23 3 49 Totals 20 4 44 some 200 of the fans" MIAMI BEACH (UPI) Dick Hoover who won the All-Star Bowling Tournament in 1950 the day following his 21st birthday carries the lead into the second day of match play competition in the $100000 event today Hoover of St Louis fired a near record 991 series in the fourth round Wednesday night to take the lead from Dick Weber of St1 Louis who Jed during the first three rounds Hoover had games of 277 266 205 243 in his 991 set The record for a four-game block 'in All-Star finals is 995 bowled by Bill Tucker of St Louis in 1961 Hoover won 12 of 16 games knocked down 3509 pins and had 82-09 Petersen points Weber who won eight straight games during the first two rounds won 11 of 16 games" knocked down 3522 pins and had 81-22 Petersen points Competition in the finals is on the Petersen point system which allows a bowler one point for winning a game and one point for each 50 pins knocked down Shirley Garms of Chicago bowling a 208 average was leading the women's division Mrs Garms won Touchdown Club Picks Romig As Top Lineman WASHINGTON The Washington Touchdown Club today selected Joe Romig Colorado guard college lineman of the year Romig will receive the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy Saturday night at the 27th annual Touchdown Club awards dinner The club announced previously that Ernie Davis of Syracuse Heis-man Trophy winner would be honored as college back of the year The club announced Wednesday night that Alabama's national championship football team had been chosen college team of the year" UTAH STATE cagers battle Colo TROC Walker 1113 Hogge 4 3 3 11 Fowers 5 1 0 10 Monson 6 4 3 15 Rice 7 1 014 Connelly 3 3 3 9 SMITH CONSTRUCTION 3 0 0 6 Wayment 0 2 11 Smith 5 2 2 12 Oraayer 1 4 3 5 Bradley 3 75 11 Perkins i 0 10 0 Bridges 3 3 2 8 Lovell 15 19 13 43 Totals 26 1310 62 The point we're trying to make is that Everybody's going fo Marler's for their Armstrong Tires and Recapping FIGHT RESULTS Associated Press MIAMI BEACH Allen Harmon 172 Miami and Henry Hank 169 Miami drew 10 UNION CITY NJ Carlos Quiles 140 New York outpointed Marcel Bizien 1 137 Jersey City 8-v" in95 plus tax Li hJ and casing 750x14 RHINO Whitewall rado State at the George Nelson Field House Friday night and Wyoming Saturday night Sellout crowds' will watch the action Ogden and Weber High cagers collide head on 'at the Weber High court Friday night-Like the grid game inthe fall this series has come to be exciting and traditional Oh yes' the place will be packed GENE FULLMER and Marv Jen-son plan to dine with the greatest heavyweight" of all time Jack Dempse either Friday or Saturday night in New York City Demp-sey will be on hand Sunday at the Waldorf-Astoria when Fullmer is named "Fighter of Ithe Year" DempseyMs a former winner of the Edward Neil award The Wyoming Golden Gloves boxing championships will be staged at Casper Jan 18 19 and 20 Many Ogden and Salt Lake City amateurs will perform -2 mmi 'mm i I fo 1 4t Ride Triples BIMINI Bahamas Yama 'Ba: hama 158 Bimini knocked out Don Carrano 155 Washington DC 7 MANILA Bert Somodio 140 Philippines stopped Adisak Kwa-engmechai 140 Thailand 3 CORAL GABLES Fla (UPD-Jockeys Avelino Gomez and Walter Blum each rode a triple at Tropical Park Wednesday Gomez climaxed his consecutive trio with a victory aboard Billy Overman in the feature race Corntr ot Well Avnv and Rivtrdal Rd i -v 'V.