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I oil Rock SPORTS ROW By BOB PANELLA Sports Editor Odds Soar As Bout LANE SAYS HE'LL QUIT FOR CERTAIN CHICAGO UP) Frank Lane says he definitely has made up' his mind to quit as general manager of the Chicago White Sox He will ask for cancella- tion of his contract has another five years to go at a meeting with Mrs Grace Comiskey dub presi- dent in two or fhree days Lane asked that Vice President Charles Comiskey and other Sox directors be present He says his position is untenable because of young Comiskey By JACK CUDDY NEW YORK The Rocky Marciano-Archie Moore heavyweight title fight was postponed for 24 hours today because of Hurricane lone And as a result odds on Marciano to retain his heavyweight crown stood at a husky 4-1 early today after a steady climb Marciano had been quoted a 16-5 choice yesterday but last night the price rose to 18-5 and finally to 4-1 Due to the postponement odds-men said they expected Marciano to be an even heavier favorite The delay will be another frustration and perhaps a costly one I CITIZEN-NEWS GOUX BACK AT SC A Repeat of History Tomorrow? There's a good' chance that1 be watching' a return of the cycle tomorrow night at the Hollywood Pantages Theater when ancient Archie Moore trods into the ring to try to -separate Rocky Marciano from heavyweight championship The details were slightly -different a few years back Marciano' was the challenger and foxy old Panella was telling you that: (a) Marciano was a rough youngster out of his class (b) that he really had no skills Inside a ring anyway (c) that Champion Jersey Joe Walcott old as he was would teach this clumsy fellow a thing or two about bow a craftsman should conduct himself in the ring That fight was on theater TV too And I sat in my chair and riDdded knowingly as Walcott came out and decked Marciano the first such time that Marciano had ever been on the canvas BOB PANELLA or since And then for 12 rounds I watched the' fight unfold as I knew it would Marciano looked pitiful "i Ah what beauty! To see skill and know-how taking Its toll over brute power And then the lights went out Actually they went on in the theater and was asking which way did they go? I knew which way Walcott went It was down down with a shocking suddenness as this plodding challenger with little more than a chin cf steel and a punch to match finally landed his one punch in the 13th and Walcott was no longer champion The second time around it was 'even worse Marciano caught Walcott In the first round And I began to believe that perhaps I wa in error it's true I mused in plodding retrospect that Marciano could not box Also true that Walcott knew more about fisticuffing than Marciano ever' dreamed existed Yet there was Walcott on the door and- Marciano who was I Insisted a horrible examplO'Of'a fighter standing up At first I raised my eyes to the heavens and protested that this was not as it should be Slowly Began Seeing Light Bat gradually I began to suspect that somewhere along the line perchance there were a few factors I had missed in my evaluation of Mr Marciano I rame to the conclusion that at first I had said all this fellow lias Is sock stamina and a hard chin and no skill whatsoever My second way of putting If 'was that he had ALL of sock stamina and a hard and who needed skill with a combination like that! And here we are at the swing of the cycle- again Marciano is fighting Archie Moore an like Jersey Joe Walcott who cart box throw combinations of punches slip punches and do everything else a fighter- should be able to do Moore can hit too although he definitely cannot hit as hard as Walcott could' If this wer a five-rounder I have little doubt that a new champion of the world weuld he crowned tonight Archie la going to make Marciano look' silly for five rounds Maybe even do It for 10 But men I am a believer I have seen too many men like Ez Charles and Roland LaStarza all of whom were fighters than Marciano wind up on the deck seen theni look terrific then simply wilt because The Rock is aptly named He keeps coming You hit him And he keeps coming Eventually they all wound up on the deck or as in the case of Charles in the first! fight a bruised and beaten hulk at the end Obviously Archie Moore is not without a chhrice tomorrow night -There been a sure thing since -Joe Louis fought Klngflsh Levfhsky Soyou can dream about these possibilities as the fight unfolds: Hill Booms Bruin Team a miner conflict with tomorrow middleweight fight between Bobby Dkes and Georgie Johnson at Miami Beach Fla The Marciano-Moore extrava- ganza will not be televised to homes only to 128 theaters and four' hospitals in 92-cities on a dosed circuit However some of the coaxial cables necessary for that circuit -will not be available until after the Miami Beadv fight which will be televised nationallyto homes -The American Broadcasting Co scheduled to radio both fihts nationally to homes will present only Marciano and Moore and eliminate the 'Miami Beach fight Promoter Norris was un- certain how much the one-day washout would hurt the gate Meanwhile both fighters who flew in' frpm their camps yesterday were' quartered in metropolitan hotels Rocky in the Bronx and Moore in mid-Manhattan Coincident with their arrivals each issued a pre-battle statement in which he predicted victory Moore xleda red said a lot of things about Rocky and this fight and I-meant every one of He apparently referred to his charge Shat Rocky was not merely a rough fighter but a foul fighter Rocky denying said never been a dirty fighter Noth-ing not even the heavyweight ti- tie would make me stray from the way my parents trained Moore claims he has been aiming at this title shot since I was eight years old" But later when he came fighting out of St Louis he went through 19 years of frustration as a professional before getting recognition as a'-challenger for the golden heavyweight crown It was not until last October that he even got a fight in Mad-ison Square Garden although he had been a top-flight boxer for 14 years' and had taken the light-heavyweight title from Joey Maxim in' December' 1952 To get fights during most of his career 1 he was forced to campaign through -the hinterlands and even journey to Australia and Argentina' He was ready to hang up his gloves in despair in 1949 but was talked out of it by kind friends: Those friends helped him with his press campaigns that helped him get the light-heavy title shot at Maxim and this week's 'shot at 31 -year-old Marciano GETS CHANCE Now he the chance he dreamed of as a but at 38 an age when no man ever won the heavy crown 1 And facing the jinx that -has prevented any previous light heavyweight champion from stepping onto the heavy- throne Archie clinched the shot at Marciano by outpointing big Nino Valdes then top heavyweight contender in May and by knocking out Middleweight Champion Bobo Olson in June Boxing jnen general recognize him as the best combination boxer-puncher in any division: He can' fighf from the upright or the bob-weave His "unusually long left jab has-a kick that could threaten- a like Rocky He is an authoritative left-hooker and a with his sneaker right Boasting 21 straight victories he goes into thie ring with a 120-19-5 record that includes 82 knockouts Casey Thumbs Nose At Tribe NEW YORK (TP Yankee Manager Casey Stengel who could still lose the pennant to the? Cleveland Indians belittled his rivals today as a mediocre ball dub The gray but gay boss of the Yankees before going to Washington and a game with the pesky Senators tonight said if Cleveland should win the pennant they still be the best club in the league" he declared all that keeps the Indians up Then he asked: do you think they would be if they have a SPORTS CALENDAR TONIGHT AMATEUR Valley Garden Arena 8:30 pm PRO WRESTLING South Gate Arena 8:30 pm TOMORROW HORSE Los Ange les County Fair pm TENNIS Pacific Southwest Championships Los Angeles Tennis Club all day Mike Green a member of the 1954 and 1955 Junior Davis Cup tennis teams will do his col-1 legiate playing for UCLA SC's top new tennis prospects are Juan Jose singles champion of! Manila Philippines and Earl' Baumgartner of Oakland The perennially powerful SC track squad will be bolstered by two top junior college athletes Chuck Kirkby half miler from Mt San Antonio Junior College and Dick Dorsey of Santa Monica City College Ken Duffy a first baseman and Dale Zeigler a pitcher two Los Angeles high school stars enrolled at SC Slade Too Agile For Lumbering Foe NEW YORK When Jimmy Slade feels like moving he's hard to catch The shifty New York-heavyweight in the mood last night easily outpointed lumbering Archie McBride of-Trenton NJ in 10 rounds Outweighed 189 to 180 Jimmy flitted backwards and sideways and often behind the bewildered Jerseyite Usually when stalking Archie figured he had caught up with Slade Jimmy would jab him on the nose or hook him to the jaw or stomach SC's Coach Jens Hill reporting that his center Marv Goux would be medically okay for action this season a fact which was clouded up now due to a back spent a good' deal of his time at Football meeting praising his crosstown rivals the UCLA Bruins Hill said he felt the Bruins off their showing ini the Texas game were potentially a finer team fhan they were in 1954 when'they won the mythicar championship nods in several quarters has power' and speed" said Hill Knox can throw and he can run and they have fine receivers and a good line up front While I say the Bruins look as strong at this stage as they did last year their potential looks Hill predicted UCLA would beat Maryland Saturday a walk" UCLA Coach Red Sanders however was not so outspoken regarding the game in College Park Md against the strong Terps who encountered unexpected difficulty in beating Missouri 13-12 in their opener LOOK TIRED scouts thought that- Maryland looked a little tired while the Missouri ball carriers looked as good as Sanders said have the proper respect for Tatum and his players that their record calls Sanders cautiously praised Knox who threw fhree touchdown passes in the 21-0 win over Texas said Sanders enough ground to justify The coach then said UCLA will rely more on passing this season than in 1954 Hill said his Trojans a lot of breaks" in their 50-12 tout of Washington State State wasn't as tough as we expected but even at that we didn't run roughshod over he said Arnett played an excellent game for the first of the season and our sophomore second-string fullback Roberts showed tremendous possibilities for so The Trojans meet Oregon Friday night in the Coliseum Hill said Oregon has a fast young team and the Trojans would not be caught unprepared by the Pacific Northwest squad' POSITION CHANGES HANK GREENBERG SAYS CLEVELAND NEEDED VERNOft CLEVELAND tJF Inability to conclude a trade for First Baseman Mickey Vernon of Washington cost Cleveland the American League pennant Hank Greenberg said today The Indians' general man-- ager estimated the Tribe probably would be several games in front instead of two behind the New York Yankees had the proposed deal gone through last June Greenberg reaffirmed his complete faith in Manager A1 Lopez despite the club's recent foldup think Lopez did a much more outstanding job this season than when he led the club to a pennant and a record breaking 111 vic- tories in 1954" Greenberg said consider: Six of our key men last big six had off seasons A1 Rosen Larry Doby Bobby Avila and our top three pitchers Bob Lemon Early Wynn and Mike Ashburn Near Batting Title NEW YORK Richie Ash-burn of the Philadelphia-Phillies finishing strong in quest of his first National League batting championship held a commanding 18-point lead today over run-nerup Roy Campanella of Brooklyn Ashburn who has hit safely in his last 10 games upped his average seven points to 341 Campy hitting 323 Only Chance Lies in Cuts 1 First Marciano can be cut He was cut and cut badly by Ezzard Charles That fight was almost stopped but despite the badly sliced nose Marciano still continued to bang away' Secondly a fighter over SO is always risk lio matter how Imposing his record Is never been defeated but there a first time for everyone 31 He a natural fighter liSe Moore so even though 38 the age difference might not be as great as it appears at first glance Moore has good stamina himself He finished stronger than Valdes inlLas Vegas So be has to be given some kind of a chance But not by me tired of diagramming what a lousy fighter Marciano is pick him to win The end shquld come in the eleventh round for the long-thwarted 38-year-old challenger who figured to be bothered far more by the waiting than placid Mareiano Harry Markson managing director of the IEC said he did not expect the postponement to hurt the crowd or the gate forecast for tomorrow is excellent" Markson said have a $650000 advance sale and there is no question in my mind that the gate will exceed the $750000 which was our original target TIME DIFFERENT Tomorrow night's starting time will be 7:45 pm' because of Tuesday September 20 1955 hour defensive drill against Mary'and's split-T formation £fterwafd 5nox Brown worked on passing Irt another personnel change Sanders moved Tom Thaxter otti and Fabian Abrams were moved to first string tackle Neither started last Saturday Ells Kissinger played first string quarterback in drills Hill reported that blocking was much sharper in drills than it -was against the Cougars In the ballpacking line Don Hickman Jon Arnett and Roberts showed up excellently Despirito Condition From Spill Injuries Serious Says Medic NEW YORK lP) The condition of Jaickey Tony Despirito seriously injured in a' spill at Aqueduct last Saturday remained unchanged today at Physicians Hospital The 1952 national riding champion is being treated for brain lacerations and a fractured jaw Dr Alexander Kaye medical advisor for the Guild said Despirito will be hospitalized a minimum of three Sidney Cble and Pete Anderson two other jockeys involved in the same accident have been released from the hospital In fact Anderson' returned to action yesterday at Aqueduct and won the first race Freshman Crop Produces Prep Stars at UCLA SC UCLA and the University of! basketball squad: Kaz Southern California each landed (Shinzato an All-City basketball several' outstanding high school guard from Los Angeles en-athletes as freshmen students rolled at SC I- RAIN GO Both Archie Moore (above) scanning Hurricane lone headlines and Casey Stengel (right) would prefer it to come again some other day The hurricane forced a one-day postponement of heavyweight title fight with Rocky Marciano anjd Casey' with glame between his New York Yankees and the Washington Senators already postponed w'as worried that lone might force postponement of scheduled twro games SC NINTH UCLA Leads First-Week AP Canvass By ASSOCIATED PRESS UCLA pre-season pick of the experts held its place as the No 1- college football team today in the first1 regular-season Associated Press poll of the country's sports writers and sportscasters The Udans who opened their campaign w-ith a clear-cut 21-0 victory over Texas had 34 of the 58 first-place votes On the usual basis of 10 points for first place nine for' second and so forth UCLA pilfd up 512 points Well ahead of second-place Georgia Tech which skyrocketed from 10th place In the pre-season voting Tech had 364 points 1 The Yellow' Jackets defeated strongly rated Miami 14-6 in their debut Tech's meteoric climb shoved Oklahoma and Michigan down a notch to third and fourth -respectively while Maryland retained its fifth spot despite a close call- in its 13-12 victory over Missouri Southern California rested in ninth place The leading teams with first-placevotes ip parentheses: 1 UCLA (24) 3 Georela Tech (3) 3 Oklahoma MO) 4 Mlchlcen (6) 5 Maryland (1) 6 Ohio State 7 Pittsburgh a Mississippi 9 UBC (1) I 9 Navy (tie) The second 10: 11 Notre Dame -U Texas Tech 13 Rice 513 364 14 Army 15 Mtama tPla) 16 LSIT 17 Arkaiuaa (1) 16 Baylor IS Purdue Hi 19 Florida (tie) Golf Field of 175 Set: for Trans-Miss OKLAHOMA CITY tCU) A Leonard Wants Sandy Hollywood Legion Matchmaker Jackie Leonard now in New York for the heavyweight title bout plans to confer with Chaf-lie Johnston manager of featherweight Champion Sandy Saddler in regards to Saddler meeting the winner of Saturday night's Lauro Salas-Jorge Macias bout at the Legion: Martin to Coach Cubs sis -2M Ii57 I124! 11! -Mi I 63i 51 STANDINGS BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUES for the fair semester the schools disclosed today Football basketball tennis and track coaches at the universities could look forward to services of some of the West's top prep stars Clint Whitfield a 190-pound guard who was the Los Angeles AMERICAN LEAGUE -Kansas City 000 000 0 Detroit 000 Oil 4 0 0 Craddock Kerlazakoa 17) and- Aatroth W- Shanti Black and Porter NATIONAL LEAGUE Chics SO 100 000 400 5 13 0 Si Louis 000 000 230 i 13 1 Vinner Tremel Davis 9i and Cooper: McDaniel Smith tl Wrlsht (10) is Detroit's A1 Kaline -has just I Sanders moved Knox onto the about clinched the American first team yesterday The Bru-League title Breaking out of a jns went through a brisk two- MAJOR LINE SCORES and Burbrink MINOR PLAY-OFFS TEXAS LEAGUE Koilston 1: Shreveport 3 (Houston leads-beat of seven final series 3-1) SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Mobile 3: Birmingham 1 (Mobile leads best of seven -final aerlea' 3-3) 49ers Slice Three Trim Squad io 35 SAN FRANCISCO (41 The prep football of the in 1954 enrolled at UCLA Other top football candidates registering at UCLA were Wenz of Sacramento Dick Wallen Alhambra and Rich jPha res Glendale all backfield performers Top football catch at Southern California was Robin Hill a prep fullback while playing in Las Vegas last season Carl KrUcger a Cody Wyo end who was named his outstanding hjgh school player in 1954 also enrolled at SC Three junior college transfers £ill Eblen of Chaffey Dick Ban ton of Compton and Jim Hal-sten of Valley will be candidates for UCLA coach Johnny 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet New I York Cleveland Chicaeo Boston Detroit etpisiR raw Games behind leaner I YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Detroit 4i Kansas CltVT 0 New York at Waahlnaton rain Only names scheduled) I TODAY'S OAMEB New' York at Washlnaum il) Cleveland at Chicago Baltimore at Boston 3 Kansas City at Detroit REMAINING GAMES OP BIG 9 Cleveland 5 away: Chtcato 2 '-Sept 30 31: Detroit 3 Sept 33 24 25 i-New York 7 away: Boston 4 Sept 33 33 24 25 Waahincton I gept 30 20 21 Chtraao A home Cleveland 2 Sept 20 Kansas City 3 Sept 23 24 33 I GAMES TOMORROW Cleveland at Chiraso nisht i JKanaas City at Detroit New York at Waslunyton nlfht Baltimore at Boston i NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet Brooklyn 35 53 642 Milwaukee 13 66 557 ll'i New York 76 72 516 Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago St LouU Fittaburah 75 74 soj zoi 70 79 aio 2ji so1 51 39 39 N't Games behind leader 1 I YESTERDAY'S RESULTS St I Louie Chiceeo 5 (12 innlnss) Only game scheduled TODAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at Brooklyn twl-nlffat doubleheader Pltteburah at New York 2t Milwaukee (Burdette 12-1 1 at Cincinnati 10-6' night Chicago I Jones 13-19) at 8k LouU (Flower 6-0' night GAMES TOMORROW Milwaukee at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at New York '2' Chicago at St Louie night Only gamee eeheduled SI 349 M's Washington 1 5 340 M's slump with six hits Jn the final two games against Cleveland last weekend Kaline upped his average to 340 Vic Power of average to 340 Vic Power or Kansas City is second at 318 Roost for Dunn BALTIMORE CiP) Jack Dunn into the starting right guard position tp replace converted full-TTT back Shinnick who 'may of mi5g the Maryland game Satur- the Old Internationa League' day because of a rib injury San Francisco 49ers cut its squadJfield of 173 of the top to 3j by putting three of its pro women golfers' teed off today at the Twin Hills Country Club in qualifying rounds in the women's Trans-Mississippi Golf Assn tournament Qualifying play will pare down the field to the 32 low scorers to begin match play Wednesday The single rounds of match play will d'max Sunday with a 36! hole- final round to determiner the winner footballers on waivers They are halfback Bobby White from Stanford and two rookies Halfback Frank DiPie-tro from Georgia and Linebacker Carl Brettschneider from Iowa State" sot? TheVd Win SO gamps' You Baltimore Orioles was promoted 52SS? 2 League counterparts Gayleway Returns Gayleway winner of of the honors at the Western Harness Racing Assn meet last spring returnk to the local trotting wars at Hollywood Park this fall and is scheduled to make his first stakes appearance in Beverly Hills' Trot Oct 22 WHRA meet Opens Oct 7 at Hollypark Cplts Drops LeSane BALTIMORE (JP Jimmy 147 71 194 Sane" defensive halfback from wer Kansas' city 143 79 lit sis Virginia wai released on waiv-i Xuenn Detroit un ant a 11 yaifcuua icitaru un icei AMERICAN LEAGUE Hwr jn( Club CJAB Kalin Power unn Detroit 1 40 01 9 133 30 ea Chicago 134 413 2 is7 so ers today by the Baltimore Colts City Net Leagues 1 To Have 60 Teams Assignment of approximately 60 teams to the 1955 Municipal Winter Tennis Leagues will be completed at a meeting at 8 pm tonight in Room 150 City Hall according to the Los Angeles City Recreation and Park Dept Slated to feature eight Sundays of play by more than- iOOO net tors Los' winter leagues are rated the larges continuous tennis program conducted in the Untied States Play will start Oct 2 at public courts throughout the Los Angeles area MOORE WIN SEEN NEW YORK TE) Only four sports writers in a poll or 48 today picked' Archie Moore to beat Rocky Marciano tomorrow night Pat Hannon of the Cincinnati Post and Don Wolfe of the Toledo (O) Blade forecast Moore knockouts in the ninth and third rounds respectively Jack Murphy of the San Diego Union and BUI Boni I of the Spokane' (Wash) Spokesman Review said the 38 year old Archie would win the decision -Mamie New York 145 515 131 15S J07: NATIONAL LEAGUE SUSJSS! WRESTLING ROUNDUP fiUSlal St Loui 146 542 35 173 2Tunewki Cind 593 111 16 314 Aaron Milwaukee 149 33 10 163 314 CHICAGO Pepper Mar- tin one-time base-stealing stariRY A OUT OF 48 of the St Louis Cardinals' maybe -know they might have trouble to stay in the first division even" luno Nabs Honor Juno Stover Irwin of Pasadena has been named Southern California of the for by the Helms Athletic Foundation for her victory the Q-meter diving -event at the AAU National Outdoor Championships in Fhila-delpiha The win marked the first national 10-mtter title for Mrs Irwin Arcaro in Running NEW YORK Eddie Arcaro today was listed as one of the nominees for the 1955 Hick--ok Athlete of the Award The veteran jockey qualified -for the award after piloting Nashua to victory over Swaps in last month's match race at Chicago FIGHTS LAST NIGHT HEW Jimmy Slade 166 Heir York outpomted Archie lfcBrido 163 Trenton 10 BIRMIKOHAM Rondr Tur-oia 177 Entiand outpointed Ed (Foil rl Smith 176 Bermuda 10 heavyoreif hn KEW ORLEANS Charier Joocph 16 Rev Orleami outpointed Sammy Walker 1354 Spruifflcid Mau It GILLMAN CUTS 2 VETERANS 3 ROOKIES FROM RAM SQUAD Two veterans and three rookies were cut from the Los Angeles Rams as Coach Sid Gillman moved to get down to the National Football League limit of 35 by noon today Veteran Guard Stan West former University of Oklahoma star was traded to the New York Giants for a 1956 draft choice and another veteran guard Harry Thompson of UCLA was released on waivers Rookies released on waivers were Allan Webb of Arnold College Don Wade of Vanderbilt and Corky -Tharpc of Alabama Wade is the brother of Ram Quarterback Billy Wade The squad cuts left 36 players on the Rams roster Gillman may make the 35-player limit today by placing Halfback Quinlan on the injured reserve list Quinlan Underwent- knee surgery Saturday and is expected to -be sidelined for at least five weeks Gillman said thp Rams would give a good account of themselves Sunday in their game in San Francisco against the favored' 49ers He told Southern California football writers yesterday that they should not Mcount the Rams out of the Professional wrestling action shifts to South Gate Arena tonight as Lord Carlton and his swami tie into Doug Dawkins and Woody Strode both former 117: Rank cub Jenn Rd bo college football greats in the snider Dddcen i2 Mamie: tag team main event bnekerfcliiiMayInolfnta ill Back at Hollywood Sandor Szabo topped Tosh Togo in the Kuen Tlcer iM-tPower Athletics Legion main event last night Other results: Hard boiled Haggerty and Gene DeBuque'def Vic and Ted JS4 PITCHING Bii6d on 14 Decision) Flt5r u( Clnk Pri House will be a coach on the Chicago Cubs next season Martin is managing the farm team at Des Moines Iowa in the Western league which is now competing in the playoffs 'Skins Cut Durham a WASHINGTON (TJ The Washington Redskins cut Rookie Tacklp Len Durham from their National League Football League roster today but gave him a job in their front office because they want him to try out for the team again next year Durham starred on Army teams but had no college grid experience i J-'lSXj'ty Joe Blanchard drew with gjiasa ii Jack Mac- LaMnat Dodacrt 5 70: Donald def Fran) Hurley i 1 i i.