Record-Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 14

I Meriden Record Fridsy Morning November 24 1150 Panciera Resigns As Rocca Defeats Lenihan Trinity Eleven Hands Tufts 48-6 Walloping Hartford Conn Nov 23 Hum DelMastro' reserve fullback A powerful Trinity attack con- scored the remaining two touch-fusingly compounded of both downs one on a one-yard buck QjjJ 84800 High pacing and running plays rolled and the Other when he received See School up a 48-6 victory today over a a pass from Bernie Lawlor on Tufts team that kept fighting Tufts' eight-yard line and ran over Withe end but" just couldn't de- for the score 4 freeaiiw tentoeratiires crowds vejop a scoring pdnch i drove back from their own 'total 84 80q' witnessed From early in the fust period 20-yard line to Trufify 31 but footba VPS when Tufts made its only touch- the scoring Chance Conn(cticu ag lhc Scho- down after recovering- Trinity spoiled when Jcssee put back in tradT fumble the visitors fighUng his seniors They threw Paul Talbo TJianksgivi rivalries A expected the biggest stadium drew the biggest crowd 23000 sitt a hopeless battle Trinity quickly I Tufts halfback for a 13-yard loss grabbed back the lead 7-0 in the as the game ended In Local Mat-Feature Antorvino Rocca clever Argen- star drew a crowd of about 1200 tine matman added Geftrge Lenihan Boston veteran to his long list of victims in his debut last night in the star bout of Silver City A wrestling show at the City Hall Auditorium The much televised wrestling Curt Gowdy 1 Named Speaker AT KC Party to the auditorium the largest sinci Golden Superman jammed the hill to overflowing several years ago Rocca pleased the fans as he dug deep in his bag of fancy wrestling tricks to defeat the Boston Irishman in 20 minutes and 40 seconds It was an exciting match for the most part despite the fact that the fancy Rocca had best of the going all the way Displaying his famed skyrocket ing tactics the Argentine at times looked like a' man on a flying trapeze His unorthodox style first period and put over three! ih in HWhou High of New touchdowns in the second and pirt booted five of the six points Uwhe New Haten West thrtfe mure in the final quarter to championship by beating pile up the top-heavy Score Individual stars for Trinity Jockey CullUOne Widens HU Lead Ed Ludorf whose play-calling kept Tufts and whose passes Haven in the Yale Bowl Ah intra-city found 10000 fans willing to brave the weather to watch On-( tral High beat Warren Harding "1 a crowd of equal size saw Bulkeley of Hartford complete its first undefeated united season by defeating New Britain on the gridiron Pep Bride Oi 4 Months Asks Divorce Hartford Nov 23 Willie Pep who lost hi world feather weight championship last Sptem her said today that he ia being sued for divorce by his bride of four months The 28-years-old Hartfood fighter has been ordered to appear in Superior Court one week from today to arrange temporary alimony for the former Dolores Von Frenekell whom he married in Eikton Md last July Mrs Pep is being represented Ky Attorney Jacob Schwolsky and charging "intolerable her suit Pep was notified of the action as he was making plans to leave for Florida He had attended the Johnny Ceaario Johnny Bratton fight in New York Wednesday and had been examined by Dr Vincent Nardlello of the New York State Athletic Commission prior to that- doctor said my shoulder was coming along good" the former champion said "but he advised me to go to Florida for a few weeks to get some sunshine I was going to leave tomorrow but now have to stay Pep suffered a partial dislocation of his shoulder in his losing battle with Sandy Saddler Sept 8 and he has been out of action since He had planned to start working for a tentative February championship match as soon as his shoulder healed but the court order may cause him to change his plans bc-wildred his opponent who protested to Referee Joe Skubas n-bout Argentina's excessive use of his bare feet He applied His back-breaker to make lenihan holler The Fostonian fell limp to the ring floor as Rocca released his grip In the first bout Mickey Cnrfo-lano young Long Island wrrotler won over Johnny Heideman who! the Bronx bad man was disqualified by Referee Skubas for illegal tactics The bout was stopped after 16 minutes and 27 seconds of grsoptfng Coleman of New York and Stone minutes to a draw in a good bout and in another crowd pleaser Johnny Rerand handsome Rochester athlete defeated Kola Kawri-ani big bald Russian in 11 minutes and 30 econds guessing were good for 173 yards resulted In two touchdowns and set up two others and the running and plunging backs Dick Nissi and B'll Goralski Nisst who gained 11 yafris during the game scored two at Bowie today While Shoemaker of Trinity's touchdowns and lxxje a triple at Hollywood Cul-Gofalski bulled over for three mone now leads by five 341 to 336 In the first period Trinity's Culmone won on Fulgara $860 Digk Garrison fumbled a pass on Eva's Toy $740 Sunglow $260 hiEown 29 op the first play after Oats $260 and Cactus foot $580 th kickqff and Tufts recovered He was deprived of a sixth win-In mine plavs Tufts drove to the ner when Bold was disqualified oniyard line and Dan Bennett and placed second Shoemaker won sliced off tackle from there to on Cash Reward $630 War Pep gcarp $920 and Rice's Regards $12000 Only a few minutes later Ludorf By The Associated Press I Jockey Joe Culmone widened his lead over Willie Shoemaker in their race for national riding hon- ors by booting home fine winners Here's how thy fared today: Smallest crowd-3800- watched East Haven shellaek Branford This Was the only scholastic contest In the state where the estimated attendance did not equal or exceed that of the only college game played In Connecticut yesterday Tfie Trinity-Tufts crowd at Hartford was estimated at 4000 0 Jockey 1st 2nd 'ng yesterday Putnam and Kd Culmone 8 5 1 Shoemaker 8 3 0 1 drew an estimated 6500 They saw Killingly win on its home field And how they stand for the year Culmone 1486 341 260 188 Shoemaker 1438 336 234 198 tfUfage Joseph Boi Toastmaster Curt Gowdy popular New York baseball announcer who was recently signed to broadcast qt th the games of the Boston Red Sox The news of ihc Wo action came with the same surprising wn bp a t)eakpr af (hp Knights suddenness as the word of his of Columbus next Wednesday night at St Rose Community Building George Ham rah general chair- marriage Pep had been scheduled to fight Robby Bell in Washington July 9 when he Ho papsed froip 34 to Bill GuMaski ho received on the 15 yatl line and raced over for first touchdown Bill ViSprt converted putting Trinity ahead Ip the second period it was all Trinity with the ball always In territory NIssl scored both on inside tackle plays one from 15-yards and the other from the nine-yard line Two plays after the second touchdown Trinity recovered a fumble and Ludorf paSsert to Goralski who ran 17 yards for anqther score Tufts bounced back In the third keeping Trinity on the defensive most of the time The visitors drove from their own 10-yard line to TrlnitJ-'s 14 but there their attack stalled Trinity regained possession and drove back all the way to the 6 when the per lofr ended In the final period Goratski bucked over from the one-vard line on the third play Coach Dan jessee then pulled out his senior team and threw in the reserves Asked To Be Relieved Of Duties Last Month The resignation of Tony Panciera as coach of the Meriden High School footbqil team was announced last night by Principal George Magrath Panciera who succeerfed Frank Barnikow as head coach of football anti basketball in 1947 was relieved of coaching duties at his own request The high school principal announced fhe coach's resignation in a letter to the sports editor of The Record In (he letter Principal Magrath said Panciera had ritten him In October asking that i be relieved of my present assignment In football whenever most appropriate and cenvenl- ent for all The coach finished out the season at the request of Principal Magrath and succeeded in bringing about a steady improvemen! in the team Principal letter says is to Mr credit IlftRI uCOTfl that he carried on in his coaching UUvlU The team improved steadily as the season progressed and the Danbury game was in every sense a moral victory I am personally proud of way in which Mr Panciera conducted himself both on and of the field His personality and character are of the type which we desire our coaches to possess of today (Nov 82) I am relieving him as head football coach and his successor will named when all coaching duties tor next year are announced late this spring This resignation will not eliminate him from the athletic picture With his background and experience we shall continue to use him in our overall athletic Panciera was relieved of his duties as coach of basketball last spring when Principal Magrath announced the school's entire coaching set-up for the 1950-51 term At that time school authorities established a new policy which ruled that in the future no coach of athletics would be assigned to more than one sport-Floyd Brackley former baseball coach and assistant basketball coach was named his successor and is now engaged In getting the hoop squad ready for the opening game of the season a week from tonight against Hamden High at Hamden Bernie Sprafke was given the assignment of baseball coach The high school football team lost all six gsmes of a schedule which closed Nov 11 when the team lost 21 to 0 to a highly rated Danbury eleven which close observers of scholastic football had peed-dieted would whi with ease The local eleven keyed up for this one put up a battle which waa a credit to all concerned especially to Coach Panciera Danbury Inatead of scoring if win is hid been -expected was fortunate to reach TD territory three times Panciera who had been discouraged with the team's progress early in the season praised his boys for their fine work against Danbury a team rated the second beat at the time of the game like they put on against he said have won a couph of our earlier The resigning coach played three years of varsity football at the University of Connecticut after getting his first gridiron experience under ex-Coach Barnikow at Meriden High School After graduating from the Storrs institution he accepted a teaching position at Old Saybrook High School where he was varsity baseball roach and coach of jayvee basketball After a year at Old Saybrook he entered the United States Coast Guard in which be served for three years before returning to his teaching position at Old Saybrook He spent two more year? at ttie shoreline school before coming to Meriden High School in September of 1947 33-0 Victory Over Browns Providence RI Nov 23 -Columbia University's Lions powered and passed way to a lopsided 33-0 victory Brown's luckless Bruins 8000 at Brown Field Held scoreless during fhe period the Lions cut loose for touchdowns in the second added another in the third two more In the final reached Columbia's 23-yard in the' third quarter arid the in the fourth but lost the fumbles each time Howard Hansen scored the touchdown on a one-yard buck a 42-yard seven-play at 4:35 of the second period Wynott galloped 80 yards the sidelines for the second ute before the end of the Columbia carried the second kickoff back' 65 yards tq a in 16 plays The running of Wynott and Frank Toner a 10-yard pass from Kermit to Wesley Bomm accounted the yardage Toner scored the four on a burst up the The final two touchdowns came in rapid order in- the quarter They went 36 yards six plays with Don McLean on a 12-yard pass from It was McLean's 35th catch his first touchdown of the Columbia gained possession the ensuing kickoff when Gregorowicz recovered Jerry fumble at the Brown 35 third down Dave Salvatore off right guard and scored up A1 Ward converted three of the touchdowns The triumph waa fourth against five defeats season Brown closed its campaign with but one victory flint: defeats Score by periods: Columbia 0 13 7 Brown 0 0 0 Columbia scoring Touchdowns Hansen Wynott Toner Salvatore Conversions A1 3 National Basketball Ann Anderson 99 Louisville 78 Indianapolis 92 Syracuse Grand Rapids 86 St Paul New York 109 Washington Philadelphia 89 Rochester Boston 94 Tri-Cities 78 American Hockey League Cincinnati 2 Hershey 1 Indianapolis 9 New Haven Virginia Tech Bows 27-6 To VMI Roanoke Va Nov Virginia Military Key dets sparked by quarterback Jimmy Coley scored in every period today to rout Virginia Tech 27-0 and pile up the largest margin ever achieved by a Keydet eleven in the 46 years of the military series A Thanksgiving day crowd of 25000 saw the clash-the ninth consecutive loss of the seasnfor winless Virginia Tech Virginia Military 7 7 7 6-27 Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0-0 Virginia Military scoring Touchdowns Petree Stump Leek Anson Conversions-Graf 3 wired his trainer Bill Gore that man 0f (hP affair completed ar-he was getting married and he rangements last night for the failed to show up for the fight young baseball ap-Facing suspension in every Na- pearance here It will be his first tional Boxing Association state he Connecticut visit as a speaker He Another Stonington played before 5000 in Westerly I losing by a one toiwhdmvn margin Other estimated attendance figures Fairfield Prep at Stamford 7000 Weaver (Hartford) vs Hartford' 6000 Derby at Shelton 6000 Wilby fWaterbury) vs Leaven worth (Waterbury) 6000 Stratford at Milford 4500 Bassick (Bridgeport) Vs Roger Ludlowe (Fairfield) 4000 Danbury at Norwalk 4000 Ansonia at Naugatuck 4000 The scores Naugatuck 6 Ansonia 0 Wilby (Waterbury) 8 Leavenworth (Wrier bury) 6 Westerly I 13 Stonington 6 Killiigly 45 Putnam 18 Central (Bridgeport) 20 Jfarding 13 Bassick (Bridgeport) 31 Roger Ludlowe (Fairfield) 6 Stamford 28 Fairfield Prep 6 Danbury 37 Norwalk 12 Shelton 25 Derby 0 East Haven 32 Branford 0 -Hillhouse (New Haven) 26 West Haven 6 Hartford Bulkeley 21 New Britain 6 Stamford 26 Fairfirld Prep 6 Milford 9 Stratford 0 Hartford Weaver 13 Hartford Fub- will share the night's honors with Ed Lopat southpaw pitching star of the Yankees Gowdy spent the W-L Trounces Richmond 67-7 Richmond Va Nov (AP) Washington and Generals playing with their regulars on the sidelines nearly half the game stormed to an easy 67-7 virtorv over the University of Richmond Spiders here today for their first Southern Conference football championship since 1934 The triumph was the sixth wot bout defeat against league foes Six thousand spectators watched Gil Bocetti the pitchout artist and Walt Michaels their fine-crashing fullback lead a brilliant offensive show the first half Michaels was the day's Hi" point-producer He slammed through the line on runs of 11 six and seven yards for three touchdowns The big bruiser from Swoyerville Pa converted seven times from placement for a total of 25 points v' finally went through with the fight several weeks later after a brief honeymoon Pep had previously been mar- asf seasons as Mell ried to the former Mary Wood- Mutant and made such a hit cock in December 1942 Theviwith the fans won himself the were divorced in Hartford July 6 1 Joh of head man in Fenway 1948 and Pep wai given custody broadcasting booth of their two children Mary Ellz-r The party chairman also an- football their over before today first two period and Brown line four ball on first climaxing drive Vernon down a min half half score Hansen and Tracy for from middle final in scoring Tracy but season on Ernie On sliced standing after Columbia's this disastrous and McLean Ward 85 79 78 71 1 abeth and William Jr nounced that Judge Joseph Bog-danski will serve as toastmaiter Tickets for adults and children are on sale at the following places: Jewelers Vuolo's Barber Shop Dobsons Grill and the Meriden Battery Service Underdog Detroit Lions Whip Yankees 49 To 14 Detroit I fLATTEeK MAYFIELD FOUR-STAR TOPCOATS Yale Holds Final Home Practice New Haven Conn Nov 23-(APt The Yale football squad held its final practice on home grounds for the Harvard game at Cambridge Saturday before settling down to a traditional Thanksgiving Day feast Coach Herman Hickman gave the players a blackboard drill and then put them through a two-hour scrimmage in which he reviewed all the offensive and defensive plays he he cooked Un for the season's climactic game A Yale spokesman said this was the probable Eli lineup: Line-ends Capt Brad Qunck-enbush and Hal Woodsum tackles Joe Finnegan and Walt Clemens: guards Art Merrlman and Jack Downey center Baird Britting-ham Rackfleld-quarterback Sfu Ti dale: halfbacks Ed Senay and Jerry Conway and fullback Bob Spears -re meyer and a 63-vard pass play from Layne to end Cloyce Box It was the second triumph in five days for the Lions who nipped the Green Bay Packers 24-21 here le) Sunday to snap a four-game los- T' ins streak Grid Broadcasts They scored in every period and climaxed their offense by banging over their final tally in the last three seconds of the game That was on a 21-yard pass from quarterback Fred Enke to Box their third NFL defeat They beat the Detroiters 44-21 earlier this season and were a 7-point favorite today The Lions struck inevery way imaginable for touchdowns with the most spectacular fellies coming Qn jt 96-yapd rub from scrimmage by halfback Bob Hoemsche- College Football Via 1:45 MBS Micigan State at Columbus announcing 2:15 NBC Illinois vs Evanson western Stem 2:30 CBS Three-hoqr conducted from New Connie Desmond 5:30 NBC Half-hour conducted by Bill Stern anston 7 vs Ohio A1 Heifer North-at 111 Bill Nov (AP)-The Detroit Lions stuffed themselves with seven tpuchdowns today as they whipped the New York Yanks 49-14 before a Thanksgiving Day turnout of 30206 fans one-sided decision of the Detroiters just about ended the hopes of winning a division title in the National Football League race The third-place Yanks now have a 6-4 record and apparently will have trouble in holding that spot against fourth-place Detroit which has a 5-5 slate was the highest score runs up by the Lions this year and the largeW total they ever scored in their home pasture Briggs Stadium Quarterback Bobby Layne formerly No 1 man in the attack made the holiday an unahppy one for his old teammates He threw two touchdown passes and scored a TD himself to pace the Uori to- their win I The Yanks were outclassed all the way as they went down to RIGHT AIL WAYS! 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Zaro-shrunk imported and domestic fabrics that will take your breath awayl It help but Ratter YOU! 39 Wyoming Closes Perfect Season roundup York by roundup from Ev' Via Television's NBC-TV Dartmouth vs Princeton at Princeton Bill Slater to eastern network 1:15 CBS-TV Fordham vs New yprk University at York Red Barber to eastern netwdrk ABC-TV Cornell vs Pennsylvania at Philadelphia George to available stations Dumont Yale vs Harvard -Cambridge Mass Mel Alien full network CBS-TV and ABC-TV aft trr-gamo roundups Television ABC TV National pro Los Angeles Rams vs Chicago Bears at Chicago Red Grange and Joe Hasel to select network mm LIKINGS OTHER0 FAMOUS BRAND COATS S4S to 145 Movies traveling via truck now are reaching six camps in rugged Australian country where gangs are working on the Snowy River water-conservation project College Football (By The Associated Press) East Columbia 33 Brown 0 Trinity (Conn) 48 Tufts 6 Ohio University 14 Marshall 6 Maryland State 34 Delaware State 0 'Franklin and Marshall 59 Gettysburg 20 South Benedict College 39 South Carolina State 6 Presbyterian 20 Newberry 6 Kentucky State 16 Bluefield State 14 Washington ft Lee 67 Richmond 7 Allen (Columbia SC) 36 Chalf-Hn (Orangeburg SC) 0 Greensboro A fc 25 North Carolina College 13' Dayton 7 Chattanooga 4 (CQ) Lenoir Rhyne 6 Catawba 0 Midwest Missouri 20 Kansas 6 Xavier (Cincinnati) 21 St Bona-venture 14 Missouri Valley 26 Springfield 0 Southwest Tulsa 28 Arkansas 13 Far West Wichita 37 Nevada 19 College of Idaho 66 Eastern Oregon College of Education 6 Western Washington 25 Univer sity of British Columbia 9 Utah 46 Utah State 0 Pekrl Bowl Lewis and Clark 61 San Francisco 7 MAYFIELD lour-Star CLOTHES Denver Nov 23 freezing wind made the scent of Orange Blossoms doubly tantalizing to Ihe Wyoming Cowboys today as they closed out their first perfect football season by dumping the Denver Pioneers 42-12 Their victory over a fired up Denver team that was shooting for an upset gave Wyoming the Skyline championship for the second straight year along with a-Kae chance for the Sugar Orange oi Gator Bowl The Cowboys one of the best teams ever turned out by the Rocky Mountain region were reported in the running for the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans if Oklahoma want it and were rated top contenders for the Orange and Gator Bowls at Miami and Jacksonville So intense was the rivalry between the teams that players twice were banished for fighting Once in the fourth quarter a battle between Jerry Taylor of JVyoming and Fred Nanni of Denver touched off a chain reaction that brought both squads swarming on the field and threatened for a time to break up the game Earlier Sam Etcheverry of Denver and Vaughn Hillp of Wyoming were thrown out fighting Tailback Eddie Talboom Wyoming's choice for the All-America scored three touchdowns passed for another and booted six conversions to boost his season's total to 130 and clinch his third straight conference scoring title An audience of 28700 came out In sub-freezing weather to see Wyoming win its ninth game of Otis season and its tenth in a row Wyoming 7 14 7 14-42 Denver 0 0 0 Wyoming scoring: Touchdowns Talboom 3 McConnell Gekiien Melton Conversions Talboom 6 nver scoring Touchdowns Rillos 2 1:15 Walsh 1:20 at to 4:00 Via 1:55 ed New Maurice the a Pistons over came which The field the low was bottom a last he tors score to the coaches referees a tomorrow 19-18 NBA Score Draws Protests Haven Conn Nov Podoloff president of National Basketball Association said today he is investigating charge that the Fort Wayne resorted to in scoring a 19-1 viefi the Minneapolis Lakers it Minneapolis last night Podoloff said theaccusation from the Mineapolis team also filed a protest score was the lowest in the association's history Only eight goals were scored breaking previous pro basketball record of 13 the total score of 37 one under the previous pro of 38 Podoloff said the NBA has been high scoring league and that night's score was in itself facie cause for "Whatever may be the desir-ahk features of winning a said "the interest of the specta is superior to that Last indicated complete oblivion interest of the Podoloff said he had called the of the two teams and the at last game to meeting to be held in New Yyk All eyw in an riia Fnur Stanl )m II so wSy one yea a triad ee a now Moyftoli tour Star trill itylad ahaari and Inilafad to poriaefion Il mod hottor to lad lengar S545 Other Famous Broad Saits SID S41 MAWS 34 COLONY ST Oearf Lew In Open Mondays Harold Walertari AUTHOMIZtD DlALtKS FO DUMONT RCA VICTOR PHIICO ZENITH EMERSON MOTOROLA WESTINOHOUSE GE ADMIRAL falavitioa Dap SBC US BEFORE Voq BUT SAIJCS and SERVICE liberty AUTO STORES HAWKS 4 BRUINS I Chicago Nov 23 The Chicago Black Hawks snapped their four game losing streak tonight and rose to a tie with Montreal for third place in the National Hockey League by defeating the geDar-dwelllng Boston fcrulns 4 to 1 bemuse 10238 fans Tat 7-fJWl rn Mam St.