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SYSTEM RANKS UNC SECOND IN Wilton Garrison's FORT FARAD Williamson Crowns Michigan King No 2 and No 3 Teams Meet In Sugar Bowl Shrine Bowl System Needs Remodeling npHE Shrine Bowl football game here is staged in mag- nificent style each year and its promoters do a wonderful job which requires a lot of work Off the field the game is a big-time production But on the field there are problems which have never been solved Yesterday the tide of complaints rose again most of the boys get to play enough some hardly any It follows that if a player is good enough to be picked to play here he should be good enough to play at least half of the game But there enters the problem The coaches soon chbose a lineup which they believe is the best for offense and defense plus a few changes They want to win so they stick more or less to this system They make substitutions so each boy can play some but often not enough to give him a chance After the game one North Carolina player told ust my life dreamed of playing in this game I got in but I did hot get a chance to run with the ball I know I could have gained Now what will the college coaches think of Another fine player was used for one play He threw an opponent for a 13-yard loss and was taken out There are 30 players on each squad That is two full teams with four substitutes each Why not a rule that the coaches use one team the first quarter the other team the second quarter etc and see that the eight subs also have an equal chance? In this way practically every boy would get a chance to play half the game and an opportunity to show his wares Both sides want to win the game but winning it is not as important as giving every player on the squad a chance to display his ability Put a clerk on each bench as they do the College All-Star game in Chicago and keep a record of the minutes each player competes All the boys want is a break Oklahoma Is Going To Be Rough Rival BY PAUL WILLIAMSON THE first of last two earth tremors in Southern California had its effect on the final 1848 regular-season ratings of the Williamson system Because of 14-14 tie with thrice-beaten Southern Cal Notre Dame slipped to fourth place The Sugar Bowl opponents North Carolina and Oklahoma thus moved up to second and third respectively behind Michigan the almost unani-mous choice for the National championship The Sugar Bowl will bring together two of the highest-ranking opponents to meet in a New game in recent years The Tar Heels rate only one-half point higher at 965 than the Sooners Other leading bowl games will pit California (No 8) vs Northwestern (No 8) in the Rose Bowl (No 16) vs Oregon (No 18) in the Cotton Bowl and Clemson (No 7) vs Missouri (No 14) in the Bowl Thus changes can still be expected in the top 20 before ratings including the post-season games are made FORECAST COMPARED Every fall for many years the Williamson System has issued a preview story attempting to call the shots on the up and coming current football season Here under the column headed "Predicted" is tabulated briefly the final grid leaders of 1948 as the System saw it last September Under the column headed are the actual final standings based on results for each team both in and out of their com ference Jt may be noted that among th teams predicted in September by the Williamson System to end amoni the first 20 of the 1948 football season 14 of them did just that In fact Northwestern Army California and Notre Dame finished among th first ten as predicted by the System last September It was not all bouquets however because Penn Stats (22) Michigan State (23) and William and Mary (36) did not end among the first 20 although pretty good outfits at that Columbia TCU and Nebraska disappointed the and nearly everybody else Among those which surprised wen Michigan Clemson Cornell anc Ohio State The final 1948 Williamson eeasoi ratings eompared with the pre-sea son forecast: Is Clipper End Dick O'Hair the official is Umpire Humpy Wheeler the nose-guarded Clipper Is Jim Hough and No 2 is Guard Bud WedcL Bottom right former Army All-American Lt Doc Blanchard says a few words at halftime Clipper President Bob Allen is beside him No 7 Is Clip Jim Elvington whose Held goal finished the scoring Elvington doubled this season as an assistant coach at Belmont Abbey was presented with a gift from his players at Intermission (Observer Staff photos by Jake Houston) THRILL SHOW COURTESY CLIPS COLLEGIANS! Charlotte Clippers and College All-Stars played Memorial 41at game of the season here Sunday and a crowd of 10000 was convinced that life begins after 40 The pro Clips won the stirring battle 30-21 Some of the high spots: top Fred Folger of Duke eludes the Dwight Holshouser In the third period and gets off on a 29-yard punt return to the Clipper 10 Center left Rocrl Spadacctnl Clipper end hauls in a Butch Butler pass In the second quarter and completes a 28-yard gain to the 20 before being hauled down by South Jack Couch All-Star No 37 Is Jake Land of Clipper No 18 is George Speth and No 10 Nick Ognovlch Bottom State's George Blomquist who went from hero to goat on a fourth-period interception followed by a fumble which decided the game eludes Holshouser after taking a third-quarter pass from Tom Fetter It was Holshouser who picked up fumble ran it over for the winning touchdown Top Maryland's Harry Bonk rings the bell for the game's first touchdown on a two-yard plunge The omniscent M( Holshouser kneels beside him No 14 Could Be Coincidence But Champion Recalls Conn As Toughest Opponent Scouts Say Sooner Club Is Powerful Clips Close Year Look ToNextOne ACTUAL 1 Michigan I No Carolina 1 Oklahoma MO 4 Notra Dame 95 8 Army 9S7 5 Georgia 98 7 Clemaon 983 California 981 9 Northweatern 980 10 Tulane 11 Ohio State 948 94811 PXIDICTSB 1 Ge Tech I Taxi 3 Northweatenl 4 Army 8 Columbia 5 California 7 Mlnneaota Vanderbilt 9 Notre Dame 10 Miaaourt Nor Caroling 12 Mlaa 94 3 12 Penn State 13 Cornell 94211 Tex Chrlatlen 14 Mlaaourl 94 1 14 Oklahoma 18 Minnesota 940118 Miasi-alppl 1 18 Sou Meth 93918 Sou Methodlat I 17 Ga Tech 93817 Wm and Mary 28 Oregon 93718 Michigan State 93 8 19 Oregon 93220 Nebraaka U' Tar recess in jis' Vanderbilt so- Tex u- not1 much doubt about which football team will be rated No 1 for the season Notre tie at the hands of Southern Cal fixed that Michigan will be No 1 with North Carolina No 2 Army has sent Navy the ball used in their big game Army won it on a coin toss but Capt Bill Yeoman wrote the Middies that they hat earned it with their moral victory Charles Cardwell of Madison earned a backfield letter at Greenbrier Military school this' year Sport magazine will award Oscars to the outstanding performers in 11 major eports January 19 in New York The strength of football teams in November often varies from September California Indiana and Georgia Tech started strong but have the stamina Vanderbilt Tulane and Mississippi started slowly but finished strong Regarding Oklahoma North Sugar Bowl foe a sports expert said recently: the Sooners would be a terrific assignment for Michigan Notre Dame or The Tar Heels have a job ahead of them Barney Poole who started playing at Mississippi in 1942 and then moved to North Carolina Army and back to Ole Miss played his 64th varsity game the other day Most players never get in over 30 although some played 40 during the war years One of the finest high school coaching jobs was donetby Vally Shelton at Mount Airy He began in September with not a single starter from 1947 won the state Class A championship Arkansas State has elected Harry Larche 235-pound tackle as captain of its football team Three years ago they had to show him how to put on a uniform The Carolinas Basketball association wants to hold a district tournament for Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties Somebody like to promote it? Contact this column Bill Milner former South Carolina and Duke lineman sent Steve Wadiak to the Gamecock's Odds And Ends From Here And There A WINNING team pays The Boston paid admis-sions jumped from 304600 in 1940 to 1390647 in 1948 Taft Wright the Tar Heel sold recently by the White Sox to the Athletics has always been philosophical about batting slumps just keep Taffy says I get a hit now and then Even a blind hog roots up a few Connie Mack will have a strong Caro linas flavor on his club next spring with Wright Coaker Triplett and Lou Brissie as regulars Bill Corum has an irtteresting story in the new Cosmopolitan magazine on the 10 great sports upsets Merlyn resignation as backfield coach at West Virginia breaks up an old team He and Dud DeGroot were together on the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Dons Carl Snavely has coached two All-America backs Clark Hinkle at Bucknell and Justice at Carolina But he try to compare them Hinkle was terrific as a line bucker and on defense while Justice is a runner passer and kicker Justice is also onf of be'1 defensive men and proved it against Virginia writes a fnn the slupgingest heavyweight fight in The champ seems to be one of the rhortest It was the Dempsey-Firpo bout September 14 1923 at New York It lasted only five minutes but it was murder first punch floored Dempsey Jack got up and ripped Firpo with lights and lefts Seven times the Argentine went down five times for counts Stunned Firpo threw another right It knocked Dempsey through the ropes into the press row ind sports writers pushed him back into the ring at the count of seven As the second round opened Dempsey dropped Firpo with a left and again with a right Another left and right and it was over knockdowns in five minutes CHAPEL HILL Dec 6-vP)-For North Carolina's football Heels the honeymoon was today following a they grimly went back to work sunny weather but on a muddy field in preparing for the Sugar Bowl game w'ith Oklahoma New Year's Day Coahces Jim Gill Russ Murphy and George Radman appeared with tomes of terrifying facts and figures i ivy on the mighty Sooners and calmly Southern told the Tar Heels that they un- doubtedly would be facing their mg toughest foe of the season Among Midwest ind the figures cited was that the Soon- 'My Jlj ooo Mo Val Conf Okla A AM ers had scored 336 points to 115 Pac Coit Calt(0rnit for their opponents and had gained pec Coast ind'santa Clara 2717 net yards rushing Border Conf Texas Tech Jackie Mitchell Darrell Royal George ij1 Cniutah Thom and Leon Heath were described Calif CAA San Joae 1948 NATIONAL AND LINE-UP PREDICTED No 1 Gt Tech Army Columbia Carolina Southeaatern Ga Tech Texaa Northw Notre Dame Miaaourt Chicago Dec -it could be coincidence but Billy Conn whom he meets in an exhibition here Friday night was rated by Heavyweight Chamnion Joe Louis today as his toughest opponent Asked to pick his 10 ranking rivals by Sports Editor John Carmichael of the Daily News Louis listed: 1 Conn (first fight) 2 Jim Brad-dock 3 Max Baer 4 Tommy Farr 5 Max Schmcling (first fight) 6 Joe Walcott 7 Arturo Godoy 8 Bob Pastor 9 Jack Sharkey and 10 Tony Galento Louis admitted that Conn was "close to a the night of their June 18 1941 first encounter for the title "I knew I had to knock him out to recalled the champion "I knew it before the 13th round Billy told me so himself in the ninth He said: 'You got a fight on your hands and I told him I knew it He was tough He kept at me He let me get set I never had to fight harder" Of Braddock from whom he won They say he quit Well I sure poured it on him" Joe said Britisher Farr was "strong and in good condition He made me miss and went the Louis said he rated Schmeling the only man to kayo him as a pro fifth because of his own carelessness was my own fault and the German was under-rated" Walcott Louis admitted was "pretty strong He hit hard enough to knock me down but he wasn't a bruising puncher like Braddock or Baer Besides I was awfully bad that night Underweight and no timing" Godoy was tough and hard to hit because he fought in a crouch Louis said while Pastor was ranked No 8 because "he knew how to run and was a good boxer although not as good as Louis said of Sharkey who suffered a terrific beating from the Brown Bomber "He was game" Joe whep he recalled Ge'ento tunny guy and awkward But he was pretty stronc and he did almost kno-k me through the ropes at that" SECTIONAL ACTUAL No 1 Michigan Army Cornall No Carolina Georgia RMU Michigan Notre Dem Oklahoma TUESDAY DEC 7 PAGE 2-B Okla AAM California Santa Clara Texaa Tech Utah Ran Jose BY HERMAN HELMS THERE was a going-awny atmosphere around Clipper headquarters yesterday The Charlotte pros who concluded what was probably their greatest season by trimming the college All-Stars 30-21 in a corking Sabbath scrap were packing away their pads and calling it quits for the season Efforts to book a return meeting with the Weirton Va Weiriters who lost to the Clips by S0-14 last week fell through because the Weiriters disbanded after returning home from the local engagement Still front office hands were busy renewing efforts to form a league to put their club in next season Weirton and McKeesport's Ironmen who gave the local pros a run for their money too before losing a 14-0 decision three weeks back definitely will tackle the Clippers during the '49 season General Manager Bob Allen said yesterday And both are interested in hooking on in the same league with the Charlotte team their officials have told him the title in 1937 Louis said: "He could punch awfully hard He had me down and I slip He afraid and I didn't want him to get another good shot at me" Baer dethroned by Braddock was accorded this comment from Louis: "I never hit nybodv harder tha i I did him I had to because we knew Max could hit He could take a lot of punishment around the head by the scouts as superlative hacks Paul frac Ind iPepperdine 'Buddy- Burris Oklahom'a all-America Midwest ConflComell Col guard they said is only one of many IN Cent Conf Iowa Tchrs powerful linemen Coach Gill said un- Mld-Am Conf Miami Ohio equivocally that Myrle Greathouse of Texas Conf Ab Christian the Sooners Is one of the finest line I rm Min i-rriniiv rt backers he had ever seen Eng Min Trinity irxers ne nan ever seen rB mia u-1 Nevada Rlpon Iowa Tchr Miami Ohtr Ah Chrtitta Wexleyan Carroll ICatawha (Appalachian Lafayette ILalayelle Sprlnf (SWl Mo Valley Tex State'San Marco The Tar Heels spend the aflcrnonn C' 'p in a routine session as defense were set for the Sooners Considerable lime was spent In loosening up following the week's layoff Frank Leahy Has Words Of Praise For Trojans North State Faatem Mill Mo Group Lon Con Okla Conf Gulf Stnte Nebr Conf Dakota Ark Conf Wanh Conf Penn Group Mich Conf Minn Conf Ind Group Edmond Mlaa South Wayn Minot Ark Poly Elleuhur Muhlenberg Alma Si Thoma iEvanvtll Durant Rwtrn La Chadron Ellenriala Ark Toly riicncy Gettyahurf Htllrriala Ci Adnlphua Evanavllla RETIREMENT TIME This also Is "retirement time" for those Clipper veterans who will need until next August to decide to make this season their last one OS ANGELES Dec 6 CAROLINA CALLS HALT TO TICKET REQUESTS CHAPEL HILL Dec 6-Pi-University of North Carolina athletic officials today issued a request that no more applications he made to their office for Sugar Bowl football tickets The red light was turned on when a careful cheek disclosed that more DURHAM Dec my personal opinion Charlie Justice I has played better football this gra a coaching clinic in Honolulu The writers by ballot named Don Doll USC halfback as the outstanding back in college circles In this section Glenn Dobbs of the Los Angeles Dons got the nod for the best professional back Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams was Coach Frank Leahy of the Last year there were a half-dozen Notre Dame football team today headgears allegedly hung up for heaped lavish praise on the Univer-good but a good percentage of the'sity of Southern California Trojan boys returned after all squad and reiterated the hope the First on the list of "This was my Irlsh-USC series will continue for last game" announcements was by 'many years End Rocci 96 points Spadncclni who scored Leahy appeared at the weekly to lead the Clippers poothail Writers luncheon where son than Dunk Walker Those words spoken by Harry Wismcr American Broadcasting ft compauy sports announcer at the ccivcd than there are tickets voted the outstanding pro lineman and Bob Stillwell USC end the BASKETBALL SCORES Stata 88 Grorie Whlnlnn 17 Nnrlh Carolina AH Eton 87 Chatham lllanketeera 88) tilth Point Kal Teunriaea Stale AH Appalachian 1 Ohio Stale Marquctla 41 Cnliata 84 NYU 83 Purdue 81 Detroit 4t St of Brooklyn SS Denver Invertime) Indiana 4K Mlrhltan Stata 88 Writ Vlrilnla Tech 81 1 Rio Grande 4 Stale Froah 48 Red Sprint Rr Robin 14 lurlmoulh til Vermont 41 MIxImIppI colic Ml Strtaon 48 llampden-Sydney 7 1 1 Tom mii Slat Si Mlnneanta 81 Nrhraaka 8J Rndnlnh-Mcnn 88 1 Union Thrnlntlc amlnary 35 Sines tha announcement marie that North Crolmi would play Oklahoma in tha Sugar Bowl tha Athletic Office ha hern twampad with application for tlc-keta All have been vaia-fully tabulated and checked although no ticket will ba mailed out until around Dec IS Oder received far will ha filled In the aame manner In which ticket ware dialrlhuted to all of home game The vt majority of re-nueat for ticket hva come from faculty tudent and tlumnl BY JEFF KEATE TIME OUT! Roster Colored Aces through 12 games the last 10 of which were victories In the approved fashion of Don Hutson the thirtylsh pass-grabbing genius revealed hla plans to quit the pro sport Maybe he will but moat likely he And if by chance he sticks by his guns after the first whiff of autumn in '40 Rocci will be retiring after his most outstanding season Clippers bossman Allen nnd Coach Gene McEver were happy to aay yesterday that Spadoccini hadn't quit yet anyway "If he'a quitting neither Conch McEver nor myself know anything about It" Allen said yesterday "And anyway I don't believe Rocci can resist the urge to get In there again along about starting time next season We needless to say hope he will be back" By whipping the All-Stars the Clippers ran their season record to ID wins against two defeats and 459 points against 148 points for their opponents tAMPtfs CORNER SHOP leading college lineman Coach Butch Larson of the un beaten untied Duluth Minn Junior college was pessimistic about hla team's chances in the Little Rose Bowl game at Tasadcna Saturday Rival Coach Tay Brown of Comp ton collegq was optimistic and Raid if Duluth wins it will have beaten what he thinks Is the greatest Junior college team in the nation LOU BOUDREAU GETTING WELL CLEVELAND Ddc 8-T)-Man ager Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indiana Is recovering from a minor operation that removed a blood clot from his right side The operation was performed Inst Monday the Tribe's front office raid today In home town al Harvey III to clear up an Injury ho received In a collision with Gil Coan during a game with the Washington Senators August 6 The riot caused him considerable pnln and he was benched for a while Physicians expect no ill effects and Boudreau Is up and around even though he must have the Incision drained twice a day at Harvey The Indian said Boudreau hopes to meet President Bdl Vecck at Minneapolis the middle of this week to attend the minor league meeting If his operation la cleared up by them annual closing banquet of the Dur hnm Quarterback club at the city armory tonight brought forth a tremendous ovation from more than 400 persons attending Wismcr was the featured speaker at the gala dinner which saw the local Quarterbacks pay tribute to three of the best football blockers and Clemson' Frank Howard the Southern Conference's Coach of the Year The blockers honored were Bob Bowlby North Carolina State for tho Southern conference Truett Smith Mississippi Stnte for the Southeastern conference and Bob Martin Clemson for tho state of South Carolina They received the trophies originated by Dr Wtl-Ham Jacobs of Clinton late fl educator textile man and Sporting 1 wilh th1 Southern ares In Magazine publisher i tho big North-South college Negro Wismcr who will broadcast (he nll-ainr game at Memorial Stadium North Crolinn-Oklahoma Sugar here St-nday afternoon will field Bowl game on Now Year's Day rc-i chib lifting some of the top pel-viewed some of the top games lie has ored gridiron slat in the game seen this season pointing nut suv- today end outstanding games and Ind- "Big Dog" Thomas a former North donees Harshly critical of the? polls Carolina college standout who star-which weekly rate the lop football red for Lon: P-lrnd university sev-trams Wismcr listed his lop five as'eral srorons back nnd is presently follows: member of the New York Drown Bombers Herbert Cooley ex-West Virginia Stnte star Bob Taylor who made name for himself at Bergen college In New Jersey Bill Byron former Morgan State great Thomas Ingram one-time standout at Alabama state and Mllea Washington who formerly performed at Lincoln university will he among the itari th Northerners will North All-Star Lists Top 1 Michigan 2 North Carolina 3 Notro Dante 4 Oklahoma 5 Army "Doak Walker is a good football player and deserves everything that he gets including (he Hctstnan trophy" Wlsntpr slated "But for my money Charlie Justice has been a belter ball player this year from standpoint of consistency" talk centcrod on the spectacular 14 14 tic between the elevens Saturday Leahy paid tribute to Trojan Conch Jeff CrHvath as oive of the finest mentors in the game and his team as one of the hardest hitting outfits he faced this season The loss of Quarterback Tripucka Injured lif the last play of the first half when Notre Dame was leading 7-0 was felt but it was not the reason the Irish emerged with a tie Instead of a victory Leahy said He reminded listeners sub Bobby Williams was superb ss a replacement Tripucka will be flown back to South Bend Wednesday or Thursday He Is in Good Samaritan hospital here suffering from a chipped vertebrae and cracked ribs Leahy praised hla team for coming from behind in the fading sec-nnds of the gome to earn a tie and said it was the finest exhibition he'd seen all year Ho nutde no direct comment on tlu puss Interference penally called on a USC defensive back which gave Notre Dame the ball on the one yard line and set tip the tying tally But it was reported Gene Beck the defensive man was charged with "face guarding" the Intended receiver Billy Gay by waving his arms In front of the oncoming ball Leahy anlcf If this were true It would be ruled a foul under rule Interpretations in the Midwest Leahy will remain here-until Friday aaillng with hla family lot throw into the battle Tho Rebels rress report aa will be rugged too end sponso of the buttle expect a wlrie-op nnd tight sernp Lnrry Doby the star outfield of the World Champion Clevrlm Indians will be a member of Northern coaching stuff Promot A Hammonds said yestprda Doby will assist Spank Smith Llnrofn university tho head coni of tho North trnm Jnckle Robinson Brooklyr greut Infield stnr who was prevlot ly scheduled to come here for tl game probably won't be here aft all The possibility of hla appearb along with Doby seemi slim nov A block of 1400 sonts will reserved along the 50-yard line while spectators Hammonds tt yesterday- PRAISE FROM PFAIII'AD Since most of their attack an through the sir the Clips should have been pleased to hear the All-Stars' coach Walker call their passing attack one of the best he's ever seen Yesterday was paslng-out time for the "nsrars" too IBuli'h Bullar who tin arllnn In (he Ur fray mvs (h hnhhlg in amt tea a pan (More Page I Col L) I.