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CHARGE AIMED AT BACKFIELD STAR Temple Files Protest Against Port Neches TEMPLE, Tex. Temple high school plans to file a protest contesting the eligibility of a Port Heches high school backfieltl man "possibly others," it was learned Tuesday. A protest definitely will be filed against Port Neches player Gordon Le Boeuf, and "possibly some others," Newman superintendent of Temple schools, said Tuesday. "There may be some other protests made," he said, but refused to comment further on that subject. "We're still investigating." Temple plays Port Neches Sat- Today's Sport Parade By OSCAR FRALEY 'NEW YORK UP This is the All-America season and you can take it from Coaches Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Stu Holcombe of Purdue that their Howard (Hopalong) Cassady and Len Oawson both belong front and center and anybody's ball club.

Hayes was absolutely estatic over his 21-year-old, 172-pound speedball. He didn't stop by asserting emphatically that young Hoppy can be classed without hesitation right alongside the immortal Red Grange. "He is." Hayes insisted, "the greatest football player I've ever seen." 'Holcombe backed him up, to a point. urday afternoon at Port Neches in a bi-district Class AAA playoff game for the state championship. For Clarification "The protest is strictly a matter of clarification," Smith said.

"If the boy (Le Boeufi is eligible to play, we're in favor of his playing; but if he is not eligible, we 'don't want him to play." Dr. Rhca Williams, athletic director of the Texas Intel-scholastic League, said in Austin Monday night that he "understood" that Temple school officials had mailed (he letter of protest. He said a hearing probably would be held Wednesday. Dr. Williams said he understood the protest alleges that Le BoeuC violated TIL amateur rules by accepting a free ticket, transportation and meals to witness the Southern Methodist-Tcxns football game at College Station.

Smith confirmed that this was one of the alleged violations being considered in the protest, but he added, "We're investigating some others, too." He said this also included some other possible violations by players other than Le Boctif. Believed Already Cleared At Port Neches, meanwhile, school Supt. B. E. McCollum said a district TIL executive meeting at Liberty, on Nov.

1Q cleared Lc Boeuf "of any violation of TIL rules." "It was the unanimous decision of the committee that no rules had been violated," McCollum said. FIRST AS USUAL oiu saiu, DUL my Len Dawson Is the best quar-1 terback I've seen." "Cassady is the best running A A A til I OH back I've seen," Stu said. "But! HK ML) Writes New 'Top' Mark Nobody thought to ask Hayes to substantiate Holcombe, as the Purdue coach had backed him Not that either of them needed' help. Hayes, however, must be conceded the winner of their conversational canter before the New York Football Writers Association. He took the opening kickoff; and nobody laid a comma on him.

Briefly, his opinion was, in addition to Cassady's brilliance, that the Ohio State team was the best i in the Big Ten and should be in i Rose Bowl against UCLA even though Michigan State will get the trip because of the two-year rule. "Cassady is the greatest," i Woody said in wanning up. "lie averaged 125 to 150 yards a game, even though he was defensed in every game. They just couldn't stop him. He's an All-America game buster.

We'll have a good. team next year, but we'll never replace him. You can compare, this kid to the greatest ever and you're not over-estimating him. He's a great blocker. too, and on I defense, well, just don't throw the ball unless you want him to inter-' cept it." Regarding the Big Ten, Hayes I left no doubt but what for his pesos the conference was the best! fci the Ohio State the fcest In that land.

Holcombe was not as vehement: but just as direct. "We in the Big Ten respect a lot of other schools, such as UCLA Oklahoma and TCU just to name i a few," he declared. "But generally the 10 teams in our conference i can beat you on any given Satur-' day." Getting back to Dawson, Hol- Combe began to glow. "Casssdy is the best running' back," he admitted. "But Daw- ion undoubtedly is the best quarterback in the country.

You know, we don't get soft touches Satur- day after this kid did one of the grandest jobs week In and week out that anybody'll' ever see." Hayes just nodded, but happily. DALLAS Abilene's de- feuding champion Eagles reigned Tuesday as the only team to ever lead the weekly Class AAAA high school football poll conducted by the Dallas Morning News for every single week of the season. Abilene was picked first again yesterday in the final weekly football poll, with ail but one 'of the participating sports writers putting Abilene in the top spot. Tyler, another unbeaten team, again ranked second to remain in the runner up position for 10 of the 12 weeks of the season. The next four teams also stayed in the same place in the rankings with Baytown third, Wichita Fails fourth, Corpus Christ i Miller fifth and Corpus Christi Ray sixth.

Pasadena leap-frogged over San Angelo for the seventh position, as San Angelo drooped one spot to eighth after losing to Abilene. Dallas Sunset held onto the ninth position, and Houston Reagan earned a berth in the top 10 by replacing Midland. Pettit Making Big Hit As Pro Cager NEW YORK Bob Pettit of the St. playing only his second year in the pro ranks, is bidding to take over as the National Basketball Association's dominant player as the top icorcr and rebounder. Pettit, former Louisiana State star, is firing points through the hoop at the rate Of 23.6 per game to pace all oilier shooters, weekly NBA statistics disclosed Tuesday.

And big Bob look over as top rebound ace with a total of 167 rebounds to 163 for huge Clyde Lovellette of the Minneapolis Lakers, although Lovellette has played in three more games. Lovellette, thanks to those extra games the Lakers have played, remains the league's leading scorer for the third straight week on a basis of total points with 2-16. He's followed by Paul Arizin of Philadelphia with ilcfeiuiinu scoring champ Neil Johnston of Philadelphia with 219, Petlit with George Yardlcy of Fort Wayne With 203. SPEED "On (he Spot Relief for Heartburn IQionl OKLAHOMA LEADS ALL-BIG 7 TEAM By LYLE SCIIW1LLIXG KANSAS CITY guard Bo Bolinger and halfback Tommy McDonald of Oklahoma re near unanimous choices for the 1955 United Press Ail-Bis Seven Conference team announced Tuesday. The two standout Oklahoma players, along with Missouri cud Harold Burnine, lead a team averaging almost 194 pounds a man picked by sports writers, sports casters, coaches and publicity directors.

i Bolinger and McDonald, who made the United Press second team All-America, also were near unanimous selections as lineman i and back of the year. Bolinger I was the only man on the first team who also was on the team last 1 year. Six Oklahoma players were on the first team, two from Nebraska and one each from Colorado, Kansas State and Missouri. The U)S5 United Press AU-Hig Seven Conference football team: FIRST TEAM i ENDS: Harold Buruinc. Missouri senior from Richmond.

and Jon McWilliams, Nebraska I senior from Sidney, Neb. TACKLES: Kd Gray. Oklahoma junior from Odessa, and Sam Salerno. Colorado senior from Trlu- idad. Colo.

CU'AHnS: Bo Bolinger, homa senior from Muskogee, and Cecil Morris, Oklahoma senior from Lawton, Okla. CENTER: Jerry Tunbs, Okla- I homa junior from Breckcnridce Tex. i QUARTERBACK Harris, Oklahoma junior from Ton-ell, Tex. HALFBACKS: Tommy McDon- I alii, Oklahoma junior from Albu qui'i-quo. N.

and Willie Green law. Nebraska junior from Port land, Maine. Dou In er Kansas Stute senior troin MiUord Kau. "That also Is our opinion at Port Neches." "This boy (Le Boeuf) hitchhiked a ride to College Station with someone here at Port Neches," he said. "That's about all it amounts to." Le Boeuf has been a backfield star at Port Neches for the past two seasons.

Port Neches won the Class AAA championship in 1953 and was in the state finals last year. TCU's Abe Still Same, Solid Guy Who Lost In '54 By ED FITE FORT WORTH UP Othol Herschel Martin, at the peak of a quarter-century of coaching football with his Texas Christian team headed for the Cotton Bowl, has a fundamental philosophy: "If you do the very best you can with what you have, honorably and hontestly, you'll come out all right in the end. One thing is sure. If you do what you think is right, you'll have a lot of friends, no matter what happens." Martin, whose friends are hard pushed to remember his first names since he's been known as "Abe" since his playing days at TCU in the late 1920's, has nearly always "come out all right" in his career. Losing: seasons have been few for the tall, friendly, 47-year-old Martin, who spent 15 highly successful years in high school ranks i before returning to his alma ma-! ter a decade ago as assistant to i L.

R. (Dutch) Meyer. i Martin's schoolboy elevens at El! Paso, Lufkin and Paschal High! here in Fort Worth won 95 games, lost only 14 and was tied once, winning seven district titles and'; tying for two others during that span. But, adversity of a sort set in! when Martin was named to sue- i ceed Meyer in 1953 when the ven- erable Dutchman decided to step upstairs to the athletic director- ship. He scuttled Meyer's old single and spread formations in fa-1 vor of the T-formation and had to rebuild from the ground up.

The first year his team won only I three games, last year only four, but they were never beaten badly and nearly always managed to generate a fair offense despite the transition stage of their attack. At the start of this season. Mar- tin told Ills players that he had a forward Pass On Decline In College Kerr NEW YORK trl-' umph over Navy and Ohio State's victory over Michigan for the Big i Ten championship were cited i Tuesday as evidence that the for-! ward pass is declining in impor- i tance in college football. Andy Kerr, former Colgate coach who became known as a great inventor of strategy, said Monday that "now the pass is for balance." Kerr, now business manager of the East-West Shrine game at San Francisco, pointed to Army's 14-6 win over Navy in which the' Cadets threw only two passes, one Intercepted and one incomplete. And to Ohio State's 17-0 win over Michigan for the Big Ten crown in which State completed one pass for four yards.

Ken- said that this trend toward a running game has produced a rash of fumbles because coaches brought up on passing have given tlieir players "too little coaching on how to carry the ball." Former Minnesota Coach Bernie Bierman concurred with Kerr on the fumbles and said that bobbles and interceptions have become the greatest factor in the same today. "Lose the ball two or three times on fumbles and suffer a couple of interceptions and you have lost 50 per cent of your scoring opportuni- tics." Bierman said. first tackier stops the man iand the second tries to grab the jball," said Hicrman. "That's why i you have to hold it with both 1 i i Honus Wagner Is In Critical Condition I PITTSBl'HGH Pet- er illonu.o Wagner, ail-time great Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop who i It'll the National League iu hatting i eight times, was reported iu weak condition Tuesday. I The 81-year-old Wagner, ono of baseball's first legendary heroes, I was able to take only little iiour- ishmcnt and was unable to ivcog- anyone.

He injured his hip in a fall at his home in nearby Car- I ncgie several weeks ago. Doctors ELLIS ELLIS OPTOMETRISTS Dial 30184 for Appuluttueat IT TOPS 'EM ALL GET Palmer, Early back, seems to be trying to push Marble Falls tackier away after short gain in bi-district game Friday night. The Mustang made tackle, with help of Bob Lewis by Nobs). "hunch" this was going to be TCU's year and that the team might go all the way. He said, "We just missed having: a fine team last year." He didn't miss this season, winding up with a 9-1 the Southwest Conference championship and the team's eighth bowl bid and the fourth in the Cotton Mississippi, a team coached by an old TCU teammate Johnny Vaught.

There were-times of frustration and heartache, unkind letters from disappointed usual things that harry a losing coach. But, now, Martin philosophises: "I'm still the same guy who lost all those games in 1953 and 1954. I'm coaching just like I always did and so are the others. We have the horses, like Jimmy Swink Hugh Pitts and Bryan Engram. We have the spirit and the purpose that make a team great.

That's all." Vandy And Auburn In Gator Bowl JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Auburn's Plainsmen swallowed their disappointment over being ignored by the Sugar and Cotton Bowl committees Tuesday and elected to "play a final game together" against Vanderbilt in the Gator Bowl on Dec. 31. The players at first indicated they did not want to go to any bowl as a gesture of resentment against the Sugar and Cotton, but reconsidered at the urging of seniors led by Joe Childress and Bob James. The decision was hailed by Sam Butz, chairman of the Gator Bowl committee, who said he was "delighted and looking forward to seeing one of the best bowl games in the country." Auburn had an 8-1-1 season's record under Coach Ralph Jordan and finished second in the powerful Southeastern Conference.

Vanderbilt, returning to the nation's gridiron powers after years of de-em- pliasis, posted a 7-3 record but lost its chance for a bid to either the Sugar or Cotton Bowl when it bowed to Tennessee last Saturday. The Gator Bowl seats 35,612 spectators but probably will be a sellout this year and may reward Auburn and Vanderbilt with 000 each. The game will be the llth in the Gator Bowl series. Three Nations Enter Olympics CORTINO D'AMPEZZO, Italy Holland, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania fUed entries in the winter Olympic games Monday only 48 hours before the deadline for national applications Turkey will be competing for the first time. BROWNWOOD BULLETIN, Tuesday, isov.

z9, 1955 -8. DRESSEN PICKS ROOKIE Heat On Hurlers In Baseball Draft By CARL LUNDQUIST COLUMBUS, Ohio Charley Dressen of the Washington Senators set the trade tempo Tuesday for the winter baseball meetings when he said "one good pitcher is worth three first basemen, and that's why I picked a pitcher in the draft." Dressen stunned most experts Monday when he selected kid pitcher, Connie Grob, just one year out of Class baseball, as his lap choice in the major league draft. Grob was taken from the Montreal roster, even though he had only an 11-9 won and lost record with Mobile of the Southern Association in 1955. Dressen needs a first baseman to replace Mickey Vernon, who was traded. One Deal Made There was only one deal to enliven the winter activity, a player-for-player deal in which the Chicago Cubs traded relief pitching specialist Hal Jeffcoat to the Cincinati Redlegs for catcher Hobie Landrith, a left-handed hitter.

Jeffcoat, a converted outfielder, wound up with an 8-6 mark. Landrith batted .253 for Cincy. Tuesday, the top minor leagues begin their draft whirligig. The open class Pacific Coast League starts it out and it can draft from all minors of lower classification. After the Coast League finishes, it will be the triple-A class American Association and International League.

Then the double-A Texas League, Mexican League, and Southern Association get their chance for prize selections from leagues below their Charley Dressen Monte Irvin level. The day winds up with the three Class A Eastern, the outh Atlantic, and tha Western making their draft choices. Monday, eight of the 10 players picked up in the major league draft wero pitchers. The only exceptions were ex-Giant outfielder Monte Irvin and ex-Chicago White Sox first baseman Bob Boyd. Irvin, after a .352 hitting year at Minneapolis, was grabbed by the Chicago Cubs.

Boyd batted .309 at Houston and was taken from the Rochester roster. Elsewhere the big heat was on the pitchers. After Grob, left-hander Jack McMahan was taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Denver. McMahan won 11 and lost five, all in relief at Birmingham. The Cardinals chose 24-year-old Billy fet from Los Angeles, a 10-4 winner at Shreveport, and the Kansas City Athletics grabbed BUI Herriage of Oakland.

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