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CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC IJ3KART CHATTANOOGA THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES: CHATTANOOGA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1951. SPORTS NEWS 11 UC Beats Southern, 19-7 Marciano Stops Louis in 8th (3pwpjp.yl SI i 1 STUNNING TKO WIN 74a, Jjcwa. NOTCHEDBY ROCKY BY WIRT GAMMON LAGOD BRILLIANT DEFENSE ROLE Moc Squad Sparkles in First Half 11,500 Fans See Game End in Fight Bout Halted After Ex-Kiua i jr. STATISTICS 1 life I I iliililiili 'I 9 v' v. Y7 fiiiiiiiiii 1 Am HART SCORES FOR SOUTHERN Sammy Hart (in dark jersey) dives through right guard for two yards and Mississippi Southern's only score at Chamberlain Field last night as the Moccasins defeated the visitors from Hattiesburg, 19 to 7.

A 33-yard pass completion on interference and a 15-yard penalty against the Moccasins aided the Southerners in the 58-yard drive. Times staff Photo by Bob Espy. Mocs Eliminate the Confusion Mississippi Southern's Chattanooga-like uniforms of gold and black were confusing to onlookers, but white-arrayed Moccasins were sharp and spirited enough at the outset to score two quick touchdowns, and leave no doubt about who was who last night. In fact, it looked at the time as though a rout was coming up. But Southern stiffened as their peppy, small band of rooters waved Confederate flags and yelled.

It developed into a rough game and penalties occurred often. Yards from infractions of the rules helped Southern considerably In its touchdown drive. But from there on the penalties hurt Southern much indeed. The radar-eyed arm of Hal Ledyard showed some of the superb performance that Gen. Bob Neyland was talking about at the end of the Chattanooga-Tennessee game.

He is a fine marksman. His line, to which he gave profuse praise after the Vol game, and which didn't protect him so well in the Dayton game, gave him wonderful support on almost every play last night. i Ex-Mocs Praise Ledyard Ex-UC players sitting along the sidelines for the home-coming occasion liked Ledyard's throwing. Tubby Haswell spoke up that he believed Hal could pass with any other back today, Vito Parilli included. That was after the third touchdown, when Ledyard hit one of his many bull's-eyes in tossing to Frank Kerchner when in scoring range.

Kerchner sped for the corner of the field to outrun defenders. Paul Stone liked the second touchdown, on which Ledyard tossed to Dick Hostetler on a flat pass to (he left to take advantage of a Southern right end who was crashing too fast. "Hosty" took the pass with several yards to go and Chet Lagod made it good for a touchdown by a pulvering block at the goal line. Hostetler sped right over this spot, which was close to his left sideline. Lagod was a brilliant performer up front all night.

Ledyard also passed for the first tally and it was a good one, too. Bill Brown, left end, Fort Payne boy, went down and out to take the short aerial and burst over. Chattanooga's pass defense was fine, by contrast with the Dayton game. Frank Kerchner and Bob Taylor, halves, and Sammy Hurt, safety, were on their toes to prevent long passes. Each saved touchdowns several times by great "saves" in batting down overhead shots.

Earl Dukes was hobbled off the field early with his leg injury. But he played more later. "I want to play," he told the coaches. Other Mocs who were handicapped by injuries did well enough. This was to be a tough one to get by this Southern game and the Mocs made it, cripples and all.

Dick Young, in Dukes' fullback slot at the start, sparked the ground drive to the early, pay-off lead. He burst through for great strips of yardage, driving hard and low. He is tough, and his only problem is keeping his feet once past the scrimmage line. Sammy Hurt, too, helped much in the second touchdown march. Reversing his field and running the width of it on a punt return, he skipped to the Southern 35.

Old grads on the sideline yelled, "Run, Sammy, run." Southern had trouble handling kickoffs and punts cleanly. But they were better at stealing the ball. They performed this trick twice. They also set some sort of record just before the half, when they threatened to score and were barely stopped. They were close to the goal line with 30 seconds to go and ran five plays before the buzzer rent the air.

This was done by saving their time outs until this point. They used four between plays in 30 seconds. Drake's Important Tackle Southern backs were light, but fast. Chattanooga outweighed the Mississippians. Scrappy Hart and Buck McElroy were elusive and swift.

Tom Drake made one of the most important tackles of the game in the third quarter. Chattanooga, around 4MidfieMttie, screen pass, with Art Conroy throwing. He was rushed so hard that he just flung the ball straight ahead, and it was short of the Moccasin screen, Southern intercepting with a clear field ahead. By a great sudden lunge, Drake nailed the interceptor before he could start. Sammy Hart was playing against former team-mates at Hinds Junior College in Mississippi.

It was a theory of a few before the game that Southern made ft fine showing against LSU (who won, 13-0) because LSU was trying out many freshmen. Thus they reasoned UC would win handily Perhaps they were right to a certain extent. Rossville Celebrates Home-Coming With 26-to-6 Win Over Soddy-Daisy Coach Glenn Wade's Rossville Bulldogs celebrated home-coming at Memorial Stadium last night with a resounding 26-6 triumph over the Soddy-Daisy Trojans. An estimated 3,000 fans attended, the game in perfect football weather. Although outrushed on the ground, 196 yards to 167, and on the short end of the first-downs, nine RAY AYERS' 'POME' FIRES UC PLAYERS Tackle's Ditty Sets Up War Cry to Beat 'Ole Vandy' Coaches All Pleased BY BOB WEATHERLY "JUst as sure as the Southerners head back south, they'll be hanging low in the mouth." That was Tackle Ray Ayers' contribution to the stream of jovial chatter that flowed into the Moccasin dressing room last night after the win over Mississippi Southern.

When all of the boys started laughing, Ayers broke in and said, Wait a minute, fellows; I am through with that poem yet. After some quietness was restored, Ray continued: In winning tonight, the Mocs looked dandy, so come on fellows, let's beat ole Vandy." An overwhelming approval of Ayers' ditty was expressed by cheers and yells that reached throughout the dressing rdbm. Opportune Time Ray's battle cry seemed to have come at an opportune time, since he was the prominent figure in the huge huddle of players from both sides that gathered in the center of the field after the game. "Just what happened, anyway, Ray?" one Moc inquired. "Well, I'll tell you just how it was," the rangy tackle replied.

"In the last six plays of the game it looked like the whole Southern team wanted to get a knock at me, so after the game I thought I'd look into the matter and eee what was going on. While the boys were hooping and hollering it up in their quarters, Coach Scrappy Moore was taking things easy in his den, managing to spring forth with a smile every now and then. "Boy, am I whipped down," Scrappy said. And sure enough, he looked as if he had been in the game, himself. "It was one of those games that makes it hard for a fellow to sit still," Moore grinned.

In looking over some of the standouts of the contest. Scrappy at first decluied to say, in view of See Page Twelve, Column Five Is Floored by Savage Blows of Underdog BY JACK HAND Auociated Pret Sportt Writer. NEW YORK, Oct. 26 UP) Jo Louis sprawled at the end of the glory road tonight a stunning technical knockout victim of the crunching fists of savage Rocky Marciano, slugging son of a Brock ton, shoemaker in 2:36 of the eighth round at Madison Square Garden. Referee Ruby Goldstein never bothered to count when a stunning left hook and right to the jaw dumped the once great Brown Bomber on the ring apron in helpless condition.

The balding 37-year-old vet had just got up from a eight-count knockdown when the end came. While a near-capacity crowd rocked and rolled with the impact of this sensational upset, Louis stretched on his back, out for several seconds. The Marciano crowd from New England swarmed to. ringside in wild-eyed exuberance at the success of their favorite son, a V-to-5 underdog. Stopped for the second time in his glorious 17-year career and for the first time since Max Schmeling knocked him out in Yankee Stadium June 19, 1936, Louis was a badly beaten shadow of his old self.

Probably the largest crowd ever to see a fight watched along the links of a coast-to-coast television network as a great ex-champion came to the end of the road. The youth of 27 years and the power of this untamed bulky boy was too much for the man who held the heavyweight title longer than any other. Louis weighed 212 to 187 for Marciano. With the knockout loss went Louis' dreams of becoming the first man ever to recapture the heavyweight crown. Now he can go and muse about his spent youth with others who tried and failed.

All three officials had Marciano on top going into the eighth round. Referee Ruby Goldstein had it 4-2-1, Judge Joe Agnello 5-2 and Judge Harold Barnes 4-3. The Associated Press card also had it 4-2-1. All gave Louis the fourth and fifth. Barnes also gave him the third and Goldstein called that even.

Weight Advantage Louis' 25 -pound advantage and his edge in reach did him no good against this determined ex-GI who learned how to fight in the army. They scoffed at Rockys "buildup" record of 37 straight and 32 knockouts in his brief unbeaten pro career. They said the Weill family that guides his destinies were giving him humpty-dumpty opponents. Even after Marciano flattened young Rex Layne July 12 in six rounds, they said it was because Layne was poorly conditioned. But now they have no more reason to doubt the punching power of this young man who seems destined to wear the heavyweight crown.

Time after time Marciano, wild and eager, threw right hands that traveled almost as high as they went in length. In his heyday, Louis would have scorned such punching and stepped harmlessly away: But the Louis of his heyday is no more. This Joe Louis, with, blunt reflexes and only mechanical motions, couldn't take advantage of his many opportunities. Scowling Young Bull The scowling young bull swarmed over Louis in the very first round. Where was the famed Louis jab that was to slice this boy to ribbons? Where was the ring generalship that was to put this awkward youngster in his place? Just before the first round ended, a looping right hand to the jaw shook Louis, bringing a pained and surprised look to his face.

They fought after the bell, and when Joe returned to his corner, Trainer Manny "Seamon yelled in his ear, "Are you all right? Are you all right?" Joe was all right then, but not for long. Again in the second he wore that worried look as Rocky bulled him with a hook to the body, a stinging right to the kidney and another hook. The swarthy kid with the furrowed brow was burrowing low with head down, taking charge of this defanged Louis. It was close in the third, with" Marciano swinging wild rights from way back that just grazed the Louis jaw. The ex-champion was able to control matters inside for the first time.

In the fourth and fifth rounds, Joe's jab started to beat out a bloody message to Rocky's nose. For a change, he pushed Marciano back. Joe seemed to run out of gaa in the sixth when Marciano hooked three solid blows home, and in the seventh he really started to work. See Page Twelve, Column Six FOOTBALL SCORES HIGH SCHOOLS AND PREPS Msdel Saramervlll 4 Edison 14 Miami Jmrkssn i Ellljaj 18 LaFarette 14 Rassvtlle Soddy-DlsT 4 Sprint City tl Oak Rldre 89 Greenrllle S3 Darling-ton 1 Knex Kale 1 Jefferson City 11 Newport Castle Heichta ttnntland 87 vtaynesDor South Pi tUba r( S3 Hizson MrMinnville 6 Tracy City Whitwell 30 Bridgeport Dalton IS Cartersville Lakeview 7 Trlon Colombia BGA Tnllahoma IS Winehette Sparta 27 Fayettevilla 14 Lebanon 4S Cookevtlle 21 GMA KO TMI Alcoa 47 Lenoir City Kingsport 32 Bristol (Tenn.) 13 Monterey 39 York 8 Franklin 43 Moant Pleasant 7 Hohenwald 21 Centerville 1 Chapel Hill 7 LynnvUI COLLEGES Chattanooga 1 Mississippi Son. 1 Wofford 21 Newberry Oklahoma AM 20 Detroit 7 Miami (Fla.) 8" Mississippi 7 Mississippi Fresh.

19 Vandy Fresh Appalachian 14 Tampa 13 Temple 20 Boston J3 Mid. Tenn. State 20 Emory and Henry 20 Furman 19 George Washington 1 Quantico Marines 84 John Carroll IS to eleven, Rossville left little doubt as to the outcome of the game after the first six minutes, leading, 620, at that stage. Lamar Byrd scored two of Ross-ville's touchdowns, Bobby Case one and Pete Day one. Byrd's two tallies and one point after touchdown boosted him into the lead in Rossville's scoring for the season with 31 points.

Impressive between-half ceremonies featured the crowning of Myrtice Wooten, Rossville High senior, as home-coming queen. Her attendants were Shirley Houston, Ardeth Steele, Yvonne Elrod and Joyce Hamlet. Rossville marched 92 yards for the first six-pointer, needing only 10 plays for the payoff. Byrd went over from 11 yards out, after taking a pitchout from Toppy Vann. Key plays that put him in scoring position were Alternate Capt.

Tommy Mize's 15-yard burst through right tackle and a pass, Vann to Day, good for 31 yards. Byrd's line-smash try for the extra point was stopped by, a swarm of Soddy-Daisy tacklers. After Soddy-Daisy failed to gain following the kickoff, Mize took Sam Patton's 49-yard punt on his own 40 and returned to the visitors' 31. Six plays later the score read Rossville 12, S-D 0. The touchdown play was a beauty, V.ann passing to Day in the end zone.

Day jumped high for the ball, juggled it an instant, and caugt it as he fell to the A 13-yard jaunt by Mize and Byrd's pass to Day on the extra-point try was incomplete. Fred Teague took the Rossville kickoff on his 10, returning to the Soddy-Daisy 28. Tommy Jones, who shared ball-carrying honors with Teague, picked up 12 yards for Soddy-Daisy's first first down on the 40. On the third play following this, the pass from center was deflected, flying straight up in the air, Reed McCroskey recovering for Rossville on the 30. Rossville scored in eight plays, Miss.

TJC First downs 11 11 Rushing yardage 144 Passing yardage 10 Passes attempted 25 Passes completed 7 Passes Intercepted 1 Punts 9 Punting average 31 Fumbles lost 0 Yards penalized 83 70 163 13 11 0 7 30 3 6J By BUSS WALKER The UC Moccasins scored three touchdowns in the first half at Chamberlain Field last night to defeat a hard-fighting and well-coached Mississippi Southern team, 19 to 7. The game, which ended in a free-for-all between players of both teams, was witnessed by an estimated crowd of 11,500, one of the largest ever to see the Moccasins play on their home field. The fight was broken up Dy coaches and police with little dam age done, and Coach Scrappy Moore apologized to Thad Vann, coach of Mississippi Southern, for the incident, which was brought about by hard feelings between two players on the preceding play, The Mocs scored on the first series of plays after the opening kickoff and although they kept a fairly safe lead, the Southerners were a continuous threat almost to the last with long, accurate passes thrown by Tom LeGros, a senior and one of the sweetest passers seen here this year. Mocs Were 'Up' Coach Moore had his Moccasins "up" for the game, despite the fact that several injured players seemed to handicap the squad. Alt.

Capts." Chester Lagod and Rufe Evans played brilliant ball throughout the game, Lagod making a deep impression with his blocking and tackling. Evans was in the middle of everything until injured. Bill Brown, the other end from Fort, Payne, continued to play the kind of ball that has made him a favorite with the coaches and the public, and Hal Ledyard set the crowd on fire with 11 of 13 passes completed for 163 yards and two touchdowns. Hal completed his first three passes in a row, missed one, tnen nit the next tour. Best Defense The Mocs showed their best pass defense of the season, and for the first time this year LeGros failed to complete one of his long aerials for a touchdown.

On the second one he tried into the Moc end zone it seemed there were six Moccasins crowded around the Southerners' intended receiver to hat down the ball. The entire defensive team played standout ball throughout and received praise from the Moccasin coaches aftep the 'game. Speaking of the Southerners, Coach Moore said they have a better team than the one that beat the Moccasins at Dayton last week, and that it took the best efforts of the UC squad to earn the victory. Thad Vann, coach of the Southerners, was deeply impressed by Lagod and Hal Ledyard, and by the coaching of Scrappy. "This Ledyard is terrific," he said later.

"Ledyard and Scrappy Moore are the two men who beat us." On the two passes that Hal failed to complete, one was a jump pass intended for Evans. Hal threw it too high. The other was an interception of a flat pass that he had to get away hurriedly on the last play of the third quarter. All his other flips found a happy home. Dick Hostetler, Frank Kerchner, Dick Young, Sammy Hurt, Bill Koons sparkled on offense, but there were plenty of others.

Action The first half was jam-packed with action every moment of it. The second half was almost the opposite, with the Moc offense stopped cold by the Southerners, and the Southerners held helpless by the defense of the Mocs. First downs were 11 each. The Mocs gained only 70 yards on the ground, 163 in the air, completing 11 of 13 passes. The Southerners gained 144 yards on the ground, 70 in the air, with only seven of 25 passes completed.

Failure of completions for the visitors was chargeable to the fine defense of the Moccasins, not to the inaccuracy of LeGros' throws. Mocs Scored Early The Moccasins scored on the first series of plays after the opening kickoff on a 55-yard drive, with Hal Ledyard passing to Bill Brown for the final 10 yards. The second Moc score also came in the first quarter after Sammy Hurt naa returned Scrappy Hart 51-yard punt 39 yards to the Southerners' 35. It took nine nlavs to score, Ledyard passing to Dick tiosieuer ior tne last eignt yards. Hurt had been enabled to start his long run by a beautiful block by Frank Kerchner as he reversed his field and erot under wav back on the Moc 26.

Hemmed against tne ngnt sideline. Hurt turned, headed back toward the goal behind him, then started slanting out toward the left side. He was about to be overtaken from behind when Kerchner came through, as though snot out or a catapult, to ride the would-be tackier to the ground. Southern scored her onlv tonrh- down midway of the second period on a os-yara drive, highlighted by a 33-yard pass from Tom LeGros to End Bob McKeller. cnmnleted on interference.

A 15-yard penalty against cjnattanooga put the ball on the 2, and Hart drove through right guard for the score. Later in the second quarter the Mocs took the ball at the 20 on a touchback and drove 80 yards to score, the drive sparked by two long passes from Ledyard to Kerchner. The first was good for 51 yards to the Mississippi 29, the See Page Twelve, Column Five New Charge Against Ex-Cat Cagers Covers Team's Entire 1948-49 Card Football Today MID-SOUTH TEAMS ON 3-GAME SLATE Raiders in Home Debut With Edwards, 2:30 Irish Mix With Lions, Blue Host, 8 BY GEORGE SHORT Saturday's heroes of the preparatory school variety bloom on the local gridirons today. A three-stemmed bouquet of games by the three private schools Baylor, McCallie and Notre Dame forn a three-way football program offering City Prep League, inter-state and state-intra-sectional contests for the fandom. Baylor's Red Raiders open the floodgates, appearing at home for the first time this season against Edwards Military Institute of North Carolina on Rike Field at 2:30.

The Raiders are unbeaten but have been tied. Tonight Notre Dame mixes with Red Bank in a City Prep League game set for Chamberlain Field at 8. Scheduled at the same time is a choice inter-class struggle between McCallie's unbeaten Tornado and Murfreesboro High. The Big Blue is not only unbeaten and untied but to all outward appearance is un tested to date. The battle tonight is pitched on Patten Field on the McCallie campus.

Triangular All three games have enough angles for the most discnminat ing devotees. The City League scrap at UC, for example, catches an m-and out Notre Dame squad with its post graduates down against the Red Bank Lions. It will be the first effort this season for the Irish when they have had to sideline their imported players needed to keep pace in the power-packed Mid-South Association. McCallie, with a heavy percentage of ridge-raised heroes to bank on, showed little loss of power last week against City 'High but their TSSAA ehgibies may be much harder put for victory against Murfreesboro tonight. Baylor's foe is of unknown quality and quantity but so are the host Red Raiders, so far as eye-witness appraisals are concerned.

Humpy Heywood's erstwhile Tigers only last week cast off a scoring famine (beating Episcopal High in Alexandria, 35-6) that had cost them one tie (with GMA, 13-13); a one-point, TD-apiece squeak past Marion Institute and a 2-scores-to-1 victory over Alexander City, High. INAUGURAL HANDICAP TOPS CHURCHILL CARD LOUISVILLE, Oct. 26 UP) A field of 16 horses was entered today for the $5,000 Inaugural Handicap featuring the opening of Churchill Downs' 19-day fall race meeting. Five stakes winners are listed to go in tomorrow's seven-furlong handicap. They are Ruhe, owned by Mrs.

Emil Denmark and third in the Kentucky Derby last spring; Aarons and Hokin's Andy B. J. J. Starling's Fair Game, Hater and Haber's Ari's Mona and DixJ-ana Farm's Wondring. Other entries include Sabaen, owned by Valley View Farm; Bee Lee Tee, owned by Theodore D.

Buhl; Traveler, owned by Henry Forrest; French Admiral, from the Reverie Knoll Farm; Miss Highbrow, Brown Hotel Stables; War Talk of the Walmac Farm; Bota-fogo, owned by J. Chambers, Bugledrums, owned by Sam E. Wilson Coffee Money, owned by K. C. Marshall, and Mr.

Fox, and Almenow, owned by G. G. Stables. FOOTBALL WEATHER (For Today's Games) At Nashville Georgia Tech vs Vanderbilt Mostly cloudy and warmer with possibility of showers. At Athens Boston College vs Georgia Same as Nashville forecast.

At Knoxville Tennessee Tech vs Tennessee Same as Nashville forecast. (Courtesy ol weather bureau.) at Cleveland, Jan. 11. 1949; Bradley at Owensboro, Feb. 5, 1949; Xavier University at Cincinnati, Feb.

25, 1949, and two Sugar Bowl games in New Orleans, Dec. 29 and 30, 1948, with Tulane and St. Louis University, respectively. Indicted as alleged fixers were Nicholas Englisis, Anthony Engli-sis, his brother; Saul Feinberg, Marvin Mansberg and Nathanial Brown. All but Brown have been named in another basketball fix involving Bradley University.

Mansberg was released on $2,500 bail and the others on $10,000 each. Brown is accused of being the "contact" man, who followed Kentucky on the road and made the deals. Vann passing to Mize in the flat for 17, Byrd hitting through center for 12, and a jump pass, Vann to Dale Westbrook in the flat made it first down on the 4. Case crashed over two plays later. Byrd's end run for the point was gbod to make the half-time score read Rossville 19, Soddy-Daisy 0.

Jones and Teague teamed up in the second half to rally the visitors, picking up six of their first downs and 112 yards rushing, while Rossville was fought to a standstill. S-D marched down the field 71 yards to score in the third quarter on a sustained drive, Patton scoring from the 1-yard line. A screen pass, Iratton to Teague had moved the ball from the 15 down to the 2. Jones was stopped on his at-tempted jjd jip. Jar the extra p6int.

Rossville's fourth touchdown wa3 scored with 48 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Mize took the kickoff on his 15 and returned to his 36. A pass Vann to Lindsay Bennett moved the oval to the Soddy 43, Bill Steel moved it down to the 36 on a hand-off from Vann, and Byrd went al the way on a quick opening play. Case's pass to Day was good, to make the final score Rossville 26, Soddy-Daisy 6. Defensive standouts for Rossville were Toppy Vann, Lamar Byrd, Ed Doss, Tommy Mcintosh, Roy Stiner and Buddy Strickland.

For Soddy-Daisy they were Jimmy Johnston, Burton Johnston, Fred Teague Ronald Mayberry and Tommy Jones. In other statistics, Rossville picked up 54 yards on four pass completions out of six attempts to S-D's 16 on two completions out of eight trys; Case and Patton each punted three times, averaging 47 yards; Soddy-Daisy lost the ball twice on fumbles and each team was penalized 20 yards. ROSSVILLE Ends Wilson, Day. Westbrook. Mc-Croskev.

Tackles Stiner, Rlchey, Shambaugh, Brothertan. Guards Strickland, Jenkins. Rlheldaffer. Putnam. Anderson.

Centers Youn. Mcintosh. Backs Case, Mize. Steel. Bvrd.

Carmi-chael. Vann. Veazey, Williams, Doss. Nolan. SODDY-DAISY Ends Levi, Allen.

Snyder. CUft. Tackles Alexander, Cornellson, McCree. Skillern. Guards J.

Johnston, Phillips, Penny. Center B. Johnston. Backs Patton, Teague, Irwin, Mayberry, Mulky, Jones. SCORE BY PERIODS Rossville 6 13 7 026 Soddy-Daisy 0 0 6 0 6 Touchdowns Rossville: Byrd 2 1 11-yard end run, 38-yard line phingei, Pete Day (11-yard passl, Bobby Case (one-yard plunge).

Soddy-Daisy Sam Patton lone-yard line plunge). Points after touchdown Byrd (end rum, Pete Day (pass). Referee Bill Bates. Umpire Max Jackson. Headllnesman Jack Allison.

Field Judge Spitty Ellis. WRESTLING RATINGS (From Boxing and Wrestling Magazine) Best Wrestlers Lou Thess. Bert Assiratl. Verne Gagne Frank Sexton. Ruffv Silverstein.

Wladek Kowalski. Yukon Erie. Buddy Rogers. Yvon Robert Don Eagle. Ton Villains Ab Kashev.

Fred Atkins. Lavern Baxter. Dick Raines. Killer Kowalski. Bill Longson.

Ernie Pusek. Great Togo. George Bolls. Ivan Rasputin. Most Popular Antonio Rocca.

Don Eagle. Bert Asslrati. Primo Camera. Gene Stanlee. Lou Thesz.

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7. 8. 9. 10. Saddler Suspension Lifted NEW YORJC, Oct 26 UP) The New York State Athletic Commission today lifted the suspension of Featherweight Champion Sandy Saddler, effective Dec.

5. Saddler was handed an indefinite suspension and Willie Pep's license was revoked Oct. 5 as a result of their roughhouse title fight at the Polo Grounds Sept. 26. Both were accused of violating ring rules.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (JP) Three former University of Kentucky basketball stars were indicted today on charges of fixing a 1949 tournament game and at the same time were charged with conspiracy covering the team's entire 1948-49 schedule. The district attorney's office said the thre ealso told of discussing fixes on nine other games. The players Alex Groza, Ralph Beard and Dale Barnstable pleaded innocent and were released on 11,000 bail each. Five alleged fixers also were indicted and released on bail ranging from $2,500 to 5110.000.

The players specifically are charged with shaving points in the National Invitation Tournament frame at Madison Square Garden March 14, 1949, against Loyola of Chicago. Loyola the game, 67-56. Groza allegedly received $1,000 and Beard and Barnstable $500 each for keeping the score below the point spread. Kentucky was a 10-to-12 points favorite. Thus Kentucky, which had a 21-game winning streak going, could have won by nine points and remained within the spread so those betting against the Wildcats would have collected.

Three counts of the indictment co the Kentucky-Loyola game, while a fourth charged the three with conspiracy covering the entire schedule from November, 1948, to March, 1949. Assistant District Attorney Vincent A. G. O'Connor sadi the players admitted getting $100 each for each of three games which they won by more than the point spread. These games were DePaul at Chicago Jan.

22, 1949; Vanderbilt at Nashville, Jan. 31, 1949, and St. John's in Madison Square Garden, Dec. 18, 1948. O'Connor said the players told him they had been showered with bonuses by alumni and boosters and they saw nothing wrong in taking money from gamblers for topping the point spread.

The assistant district attorney said conversations were held between the players and alleged fixers on six othre games, but the players would not admit to any deals. These games, which also involved going over the point spread rather than shaving it, were: Notre Dame at Louisville. Jan. 29, 1949; Bowling Green University JN. 1- CX If Sfv JI Tide, Maroons Vie Today STATE COLLEGE, Oct.

26 (JP) Alabama and defensive-minded Mississippi State meet here tomorrow in an important Southeastern Conference battle. A home-coming crowd of 25,000 is expected for the 36th clash between the neighboring state schools. Injured Gridder Ruled 'Employe; Must Be Paid DENVER, Oct. 26 (JP) The Colorado Industrial Commission approved today a finding by one of its referees that a Denver University football player who suffered injuries is entitled to workmen's compensation as an "employe of the school." The commission announced its findings late today. The university and its insuror, the London Guarantee and Accident Company, had appealed the ruling of the referee, David H.

How, to the full commission. The decision came in the case or Ernest E. Nemeth, who suffered injuries during spring football practice in 1950. He claimed he lost a job and free board and room because of the injury. The decision ordered the university and the insurance company to pay Nemeth at the rate of $11.87 a week from June 11, 1950.

It also ordered that Nemeth be paid for "the necessary medical, surgical and hospital expense incurred" up to $1,000. Times Staff Photo by Wolf Lebovltx. ROSSVILLE'S DAY PULLS DOWN TOUCHDOWN AERIAL Rossville's Pete Day leaps high In the Soddy-Daisy end zone and takes a touchdown pass from Toppy Vann, Bulldog quarterback, in the second quarter of the game at Rossville' Memorial Stadium last" night. The black-shlrted Trojan defender is Tommy Levi. Coming up fast in background is Grady Wilson, other Bulldog end..

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