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The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 23

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D4 Campanella Faces Los Angeles Move Brooklyn resident Kewcombe who came to the Dodgers in 1949 also a year-round resident of these parta living in nearby Rahway NJ Campandli in double jeopardy He did not have one of his better yean hut season Hb hand injured several years ago sliding into a base still a the tail and winter and run up from Philadelphia to see how things are gang whea we are playing there Only takes an hour and a half by train had ail kinds of calls from people wanting to buy my business and my home They saw where I was selling the yacht and figured everything else was for sab wife takes the move in stride and the kids naturally are all enthused They think Tt wonderful moving out to California Kids are always eager for a change The spirit of adventure 1 guess "My children range in age from 18 down to four The two older ones are girls and the oldest has finished high school She doesn't know about going to college Found House "My oldest boy 14 and he bn't particularly interested in sports He likes music belongs to some choral society The 9-year-old boy Roy Jr and he likes baseball Plays on a little league team Tve put my yacht up for sab Maybe you saw that I paid $38000 lor it and then added some stuff so I've got more than that in it I don't expect to get anywhere near what I 'paid for iL "I bought it two years ago had it made It sleeps eight and had a lot of fun on it I've had it out to sea Went fishing for tuna and caught two giant blue sharks Took me an hour to bnd one of them "I used to pilot the boat to Jersey City when we had games there I took courses in navigation and can get around I always did like the water and fishing I guesrf I'm going to miss the boat about as much as anything going to keep our home It's on an island off Glen Cove on what was once the Morgan estate Keeps Store Tm also keeping this liquor store It's been doing all right I can operate it personally in neat and well-stocked sales room down winding iron stairs and across the equally well-stocked basement to a small office in a comer "Used to be a night club here during prohibition" he said indicating the gaudy decorations on the ceiling now somewhat begrimed "It was a fra-ternitjjr building a club when He shed hb wraps and settled comfortably behind a desk switching on an Intercom system to give instructions to an employe upstairs "What will the move to Loa Angeles do to me?" He repeated a question then shrugged hb beefy shoulders "Well in thb business you have to take what comes I don't know how many years as an active player I have left but I want to stay in baseball in some way when I play any more Maybe as a coach A lot of these young catchers caning up could benefit through experienced coaching Mnellm answered the telephone- Or rather he didn't answer he was asking "What happened now?" he asked apprehensively tt was probably an expre sion of what Is goh the minds of a lot or rather Los An ers evenr time the these daya If the fans of Brooklyn and Los Angeles an confused the uncertainty of those who make their living playing for the dub can be Imagined Campanella is one of those pbssiUy more ctmcerned thaw hb team he has he has established himself teammates In the 10 years he has been with the Dodgers lmself as a permanent resident of this community He owns a cdmfortable home at nearby Glen Cove He owns a yacht Hb sizeable family-wife and six children established in the community He owns and personally operates a thriving liquor store In Harlem ting him from length available He mightbe gripping put on the market So it little wonder hb first words were: "What happened now?" He might have been traded or sold The news might be that the Dodgers were coming back to Brooklyn and he would hare to cancel any moving arrangements he might have made Before the transfer of the franchise he had figured to go on as a permanent resident here 12 months at the year with hb schooling interrupted only by a pleasant trio to Florida during spring training He would be able to enjoy hb vacht in the summer and take So what it like for such a comfortably situated citizen to be abruptly pulled up by th roots and transplanted to soil tar far away? Most of hb teammates had not established permanent residences here although the metropolitann area had become sort of a second home to them in that they lived here bout six months of the year TTwy had formed their circle of friends they were acquainted with the geography of the ran their summer living arrangements were carried over from year to vear For them the switch to Los Angeles bad enough although actually no worse than any bail player victim of one of the snort's occupational hazards who suddenly sold or traded to another dub some distance away Major Projects But with Campanella and Gil Hodges and Dm New-combe such a transfer a major project Hodges who Joined the Dodgers in 1941 established as a year-round AND SUNDAY LEDGER ER 22 1857 THE SUN WfiMfcNEWS TRIBUNE 'I went out -to Loa Aagebr to try to line up a place to--live Think I found oat-about' 30 minutes from Chaves Rs vine or whatever they call the place they are going to build -a ball park" A voice from upstairs came through the intercom and Campanella bustled out to -a dumb waiter which eras loaded with new baskets to be filled with liquor for the Christmas trade he sad admiringly "Can be used for picnic baskets afterward 1 nave a lot of orders for thoiL and I every bottb myself wrap ev He checked the condition of each basket counted the bows whbh came separately then tugged on the heavy rope to-haul the dumb waiter upstairs for another load "It's a good business" he commented again "It's some thing 111 have when my ball playing daya are over although 1 want to stay In baseball aomq way" Elgin Hits 29 loTop Chieftains i LOUISVILLE Ky -Seattle the nation's 12th-ranked team scored an easy 80-51 victory ovar Army Saturday night for third dace In the Bluegraae Holiday Festival basketball tournament Defending champion LoulsvHIA -met iSan Francisco tor -the title in the second game Seattle had too much power for an Army team that was unable to find the range The cadets made only eight of 42 shots from the floor In the first half while the Chieftains hit 16 of 40 to build up a half-time margin of 36-21 The issue was never in doubt after that Elgin Baylor hit 29 points to pace all scorers while high- jgh-point i Darryl man for the losers was Kouns who collected 21 points Joe Bobula the boy who was a thorn in San aid last night was held to seven points Charley Brown was second high for Seattle with 11 points and' Francis Saunders and Don Ogorek contributed eight each EATTLB (aai SUNDAY MMRRMRMRARMMRMRMWIMMMMMMfMMMMlWIMMWIMHMRMbMWbMMM Sports log WALTON (Note: While Dan Walton vacationing ether members of the staff are substituting in the role Armed with meodTSl paste pot and a piagtarMie meed together what follows) care of hb liquor store business Now with no National League teams here he wont see New York for six months of the year except for quickie trips he might make when the Los Angeles Dodgem play Philadelphia The prospective change In environment being taken in stride by the stout fellow with the bubbling good nature and an almost amateurish love for baseball as a game He hat trying to look too far ahead except In a general way making tentative plans for a new summer residence in the west We met him In his Harlem package store and found him going serenely about hb busi-Hb extremely broad i girth were accentuated by heavy winter shoulders and ample bv ncftv clothing and he looked more like major too many yearn ago had been named the moat valuable player in the National League He led the way through the jolly kewpie doll than a league catcher who not Bowl Data By ammwm pm Km In thr late IMS i af Km imrM at-tratenrr Man af fclrttf Oa raa af TV aai rate- artwatfc air Haw Is fill DOT SB Xateb-Baatb raw at MlamL 3S SS Mattel Ms SUB ms DOT ta (later Baal at JtehawWr Fla Traaraaap IT-SI ts Tlsaa A IS4I 4tm CM TV ate lasia pja lap filar gam af Ate-SlAlia XK TV 10:41 iji Eate-Wrte Miter aaaip at faa Fima fima SOSUS xac TV aa rate I pas DOT SB BatriHte Bawl at Cataa 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Eight tournament at Kansai City rpns four days Dec 26-30 Others getting under way Thursday include the Holiday Festival at New York the Ail-College at Oklahoma City the Southwest at Houston the Dixie Classic at Raleigh the Louisiana Invitational at Shreveport Lathe Union (NY) Tournament and the Midwest at Terre Haute On Friday the following start: The Far West at Corvallis Ore the Motor City at Detroit the Richmond Invitational at Richmond the Holy Crow at Worcester Mass the Mississippi State the Hoonier Classic at Indianapolis the New Mexico Field House at Albuquerque and the Evansville (Ind) Tournament The Queen City begins on Saturday at Buffalo so does the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans NAMED BY PRIEST MIAMI Fla JP Mrs Fred Hooper paid S7000 for a yearling filly which has shown speed in workouts The filly scheduled to race this winter at Hialeah is by Discovery Bridal Toast She was named bv a nrlpit and is called Sweet Revelation TRUCKERS Jimmy Ashmore a former Mlsilwlppl State guard who was mentioned aa every All America squad last season and after avenging ISA points per game will he ia aettaa Saturday night with the Denver-Chwage Truckers Pacific Lutheran College team at the FLC gymnasium PLC Meets Sternest Test With Truckers PUt Stafp ILL uUllv Grabs NAIA Championship ST PETERSBURG Fla JP-ittsburg (Kan) State CoUeL just barely staved off a last-min- iite passing attack by Hillsdale Drill! ant Doug Maison to squeexe out 27-26 victory in the holiday football game Satur- £cne Waynberg Intercepted a Maison pass in tne end zone aa the gun sounded to preserve the Pittsburg victory An attempted conversion by Wayne O'Shaughnesay that went wide only a minute and a half from the end lost Hillsdale a tie and broke its 34-game winning longest in the country Pitt Power crowd of 7500 saw the nationally televised game (CBS) for the National intercollegiate Athletic Assn (NAIA) crown Power packed Pittsburg used passing in the pinches to win Hillsdale had vlrtuall except the passing of Maison Maison passed for three Hillsdale touchdowns and scored the other one on a sneak of a few Inches after passing set up that score Early Lead Pittsburg lumped into a 20-0 lead in the first 10 minutes taking advantage of three breaks then Hillsdqle came back behind passing and trailed only 20-13 at the half Hillsdale tied the score early in the fourth quarter but then Pittsburg began clicking again Draw plays and the passing combination of John Matous to Paul Brandell were the main threat! for the Kansas team Pittsburg seemingly had the game sewed up 27-20 when Jim Reynolds blocked a punt on the Pittsburg 48 Maison struck for one quick touchdown hut quite pull it out nttebunm so si HIIMalt 0 13 36 Gray Phantom Nears Record MIAMI Fla Gray Phantom winner of the Ponce de Leon Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth last Saturday' ran six furlongs in 1:09 25 to annex the SlOiOOO Coral Gables Handicap this Saturday at Tropical Park The Wheatley Stable- horse came within two-fifths of a second of the track record edging Rand SL Amour Ana by a noae John A Missile was a length and three-quarters behind SL Amour 2nd Gray Phantom paid 81540 to his backers in the crowd of 10153 DINGHY FINALS SET NEWPORT HARBOR Calif JP Intercollegiate Yacht Racing JUsn of North America has planned the 22nd annual Henry A Morris Memorial Trophy Intercollegiate dinghy railing championship for next June 18-20 at this port particularly after the bif ln athletes the kids whole That eminent manager Clarence (Pop) McMurtry stole a couple of minutes from the chores attendant to his bread truck route the other day to telephone this department a couple of bits of information Item No 1 consisted of reference to the pictorial spread given son Patrick Terrence the fifth-ranking heavyweight pugilist in the January issue of Police Gazette the photo of the same young man on file cover of the January edition of Ring Magazine and editorial bits on Pat in both publi cations Hie second tidbit in fact he mentioned this one first concerned Bob McKinney promising Tacoma lightheavyweight who has won his first four professional starts under the managerial guidance of the elder McMurtry The Police Gazette pix which show Fat standing over the prostrate Carl (Bobo) Olson top Lester interesting article NEW Blood Cure the Dying Fight Game?" In the piece Bromberg reports that McMurty the toughie from Tacoma is advancing rapidly despite his 1856 decision loss to Willie Paatrajno the will the wisp from New Orleans and Miami who enjoys No 3 ranking among the challengers to Floyd Patterson's heavyweight title The widely known boxing scribe goes on to say: managed by his father is a heavy-fisted plough-in type He was at a disadvantage against Pastra-no of course When faced with someone open up with him Pat invariably fared better One of his outstanding performances was a victory over Ezzard Charles former heavyweight champion while Ezzard Charles 'still had something In" Ring mag Editor Nat Fleischer quoted Jack Dempsey on the current heavyweight crop and here is what the old Managua Mauler had to say in answer to Fleischer's question on what he thought of the Tacoma Tkgger: looked mighty good when I saw him stop Bobo Olson Like (Zora) Folley Pat faced the kind of opposition that gives one a good opportunity to judge his worth but a hero among his folks They think the world of him in the Northwest and are willing to go down heavily on his chances against any of the top heavyweights one fellow who should have been brought East by the International Boxing Club I understand why he has been neglected Remember Rex Layne? They did the same thing with him until your magazine forced the issue and then look what Rex did as an attraction I think McMurtry would duplicate the interest Layne showed on his first appearance in New York" Our gratitude Messrs Bromberg Fleischer and Dempsey and to you too for the collective assistance in performance of the substitute chore About McKinney Ring Magazine dutifully chronicles six-round decision over one Hugh Wil Pacific Lutheran College basketball forces will meet their sternest test of the season here Saturday night when they take on the star-studded Denver-Chl-cago Truckers of the National AAU League The roster of the -Denver club reads like a "Who's Who of Some of the stars are: Art Bunte 6-4 235-pound All-America from the University of Utah Dick Eicher 6-5 205-pound former Eastern Washington star who made the AAU All-America last year Terry Rand 6-9 225-pound center from Marquette voted! most valuable player in the Ns-1 year a Averaged 28 A tional' I us rl a 1 Marquette votlj the Na- Basketball District All-America and in the East-West ail-star last year Former Cougar Frank Kurara guard Francisco two-time honorable mention All-America Max Hopper 6-5 forward Illinois Played for Air team which won AAU title last year Ron Bennink-6-2 from Washington State two-time all-coast choice honorable mention Jimmy Ashmore former guard who mentioned on every last year Averaged 283 per game last season 7 Top Horses Nominated For $100000 Race MIAMI Fla JP Bold Ruler Gallant Bun Iron Liege Pucker Up Bardatown Round Table and Social Climber are among the outstanding thoroughbreds nom inated for $100000 added Widener Handicap to be run on Feb 22 1038 Virtually all the 50 eligible including 24 winners of 71 major stakes this year are already on the scene of the mile and a quarter handicap scheduled for its 21st running Nominations closed Monday and the list was released today Bold Ruler horse of the year Gallant Man his arch-rival: Iron Liege Kentucky Derby winner Bardatown defending Widener champion and Pucker Up champion handicap filly are at Hialeah now in preparation for the winter campaign Two Honrs May Fly Round Table the top money-winner and Social Climber who defeated Round Table in the Californian may fly here for the Widener since the race doe not conflict with any major West Coast Stakes Either could become the first horse to win a "hundred grander" on both coasts the same winter One of the most-traveled Widener nominees is Spinney winner of the Santa Anita Maturity the Canadian championship and the Exterminator Handicap at Pimlico The Widener could bring another meeting of Wheatley Bold Ruler Ralph Lowe's Gallant Man and Travis Round Table who finished that way in the Trenton Handicap at Garden State the race that cemented Bold claim to the 3-year-old and horse-of-year titles One Female Eligible Pucker Up lone female eligible for the 1958 Widener beat male racers in the Washington Park Handicap Joseph Cu foreign-born Grancanal and Maine Chance Farm's Liberty Ruler are the only 3-year-olds in the Widener Imported nominees include England's Gallant Man Bold Nero Aberion Mahan Tudor Era St Amour II and Ben Lomond: Stephanotis Prince du Hnulme- and Siam and Chile's Meeting Calumet Farm leading money-winning stable of the year tops the Widener nominations with four: Iron Liege Bardslown Fab-ius and Pintor Lea Round Table leads the Stakes winner with 10 while Bold Ruler has won nine and Gallant Man six Iron Liege Bardstown and Manteau won four each Celtics Bury Laker Quint BOSTON A The Boston Celts given needed impetus by a second period flurry buried Minneapolis 140-119 Saturday under a fast break avalanche in their National Basketball Assn game Deadeye Bill Sharman parlayed his assortment of shots in a scor-in honors total of 41 points but it was amazing Bob Cousy who pulled the stopper Still heavily bandaged on the right thigh from an injury which sidelined him for much of this young season Cousy hit two free throws a the first period ended to edge the Celtics ahead 32-29 Boston went on to run 11 more points as the second quarter began and the burst was too much for the Lakers to overcome in the nationally televised contest The Boston steamroller running up its 10th straight home court triumph came within two points of the NBA record high for a single game Philadelphia beat the Celtics 142-120 March 8 1956 As the second period got un derway Sharman cot two free throws Bill Russell scored a layup off a Bob Cousy pass Then Cousy tallied on a set shot and a drive Sharman added a three-pointer before the Lakers could score again it was 43-29 Frank Ramsey contributed 19 points to Boston's total while Russell who grabbed 22 rebounds scored 16 ana Cousy 15 Larry Fouts paced the Lakers with 27 point followed by Dick Carmaker and Dick Schnittker with 18 each The victory was 22nd in 26 starts as the defending world champions Ohio Staff Gets Scholarship Fund COLUMBUS Ohio A drive to set up scholarship funds for children of Ohio State grid coach Woody Hayes and his assistants was launched here Saturday Dr Jimmy Hull former Ohio State basketball great is chairman of "Salute to the Coaches" committee The scholarship move started after Hayes had rejected a plan to present him with an automobile Dr Hull said Hayes endorsed the scholarship plan because it made provision for the sons and daughters of his assistants as well daughters as his 11-j year-old son Slevle 18 1648 Mill KiKtstieiieMi 86 aeaaalOOOeayaa 14 81 Araqr 88 Kramer Frets Jver Too Much TennisTalent MELBOURNE JP Loaded down with more talent than can comfortably pay for pro tennis promoter Jack Kramer ia not interested In signing a new name from the amateur ranks this year "Mai Anderson and Ashley Cooper are good prospects hut are not interested in them yet" Ted Schroeder Kramer's advance representative said today one thing neither has established a record For another we have enough players for the tour now" Anderson on the basis of his U-S national victory and tounuu ment triumphs In Australia ra centhr looms as the best amateur in the world and a likely pro prospect But he probably will nave to win the Wimbledon championship and a few other titles to become a drawing card- Aadersea UadeeMed League (AAU) last season I Harv Schmidt- 6-6 forward from Illinois who was All-Big i Ten and played in New York ana City East-' Kansas City East-West Shrine games Tom Stelnke 5-11 guard from Brigham Young who made the Helms All-America the NCAA Sievers Voted Club Honor WASHINGTON JP Roy Sievers the Washington Senators' distance hitting outfielder was honored Saturday as athlete of the year by the Maryland Club The rlub made up of pest University of Maryland letter winner also chose Gen Curtis Le May Air Force vice chief of staff' for its Distinguished Service Award Sievers in town for salary talks with the senators led the American League in homers run batted in and total bases last comeback after separation seemed like to doom his baseball career 98-Pound Halfback FORT LAUDERDALE Fla JP Pinecrest High School boasts one of the smallest and lightest playing high school in Florida John Walden weighs only 98 pounds Writers Say Athletes Should Get (Free Ride 9 By the Associated Frrsa In college athletic circles a "full ride" has nothing to do with horses a convenient name for the type of scholarship or grant- played game from San AAU All-America collegiate from Force national forward who was and All-America Mis-State was All-America points Joe Belmont Duke University produrt who was All-Atlantic Coast Conference choice last year end honorable mention All America Dick Gunder guard from of Alabama where he was All-Southeastern Conference choice in '56 Ken Jaksy 6-5 220-pound center from DePaul where he scored 173 average end led in field goal shooting percentage at 48L Rated Seeaad Leon Marlaire Alabama product where he ended up third in all-time scoring and was considered one of tne best guards in Southeastern Conference Jerry Vayda 6-3 tt toward from North Carolina where he was All-Atlantic Coast Conference choice in '56 Thus far in AAU play the Denver crew has knocked off such clubs as Akron the Wichita Vickers and the Peoria Caterpillars In pre-season' ratings they were picked second to Phillips 66 in the AAU loop How do the Lutes figure to of talent? coach sayk mr very best shooting eyes that night If we are going to keep within hailing distance of that terrific gang But I know our boys will give them a good game" Tickets fa- Saturday night's game may be obtained by contacting the Public Relations office at PLC "We'll need our Oiympia-Baeki: Pate Cta-tralia Lia- Larry Date Hoqteaa Kle harden Ward-low Bin Cn-Laooard Dava Ouarda: Maim Jascart Llaaahi Ztaa Km Llama: Tarry Mattalar Olympia Tim XaadalL Abardan Jarry Bwnaaa Cam rail Nate Wate Stud lorn Ctniar: Alan Lima Ltoeata Back: Dick Btembar Haquuua: Tad Cursockl Abardan Doa Platr Hya pia: Bua Paata Cantrclla Tam Jumea Abardan Bab late Abardan Kenan discussion during the past football season release of a faculty study which called coll ness and suggested that players were entitled to a share proceeds In this case the faculty men merely intended to say that certain scholarships or grants derived from football income appeared to be In order but the report was variously interpreted Recognizing the renewed interest in tne subject the annual Associated Press post-season ques-tionaire polled sport writers and editors on their opinion of foot- football a flatly for salaries to college one adding or suspend the Ivy League Plan About a half dozen the belief that an athlete not receive a scholarship get because of achievements just Tigers Abes Dominate Capital AlbStar Team Aim Anderson has expressed unwillingness to turn pro at tM 1 moment "1 want at least more amateur tour and possil more and If I turn pro it will just as a hobby anyway" Andera son said Anderson is the ran of'S wealthy Queensland cattle rands owner -m Kramer's new tour win feature' champion Pancho Gonsalan against Australia's Lew Hoad be ginning at Brisbane Jan 1 Thera will be a new lineup in the show Ken contract expires Jan 13 and it appears he will bo dropped aa a regular tourist aW though he recently won a 20-match series over Pancho Segura Frank Sedgman and Hoad Head Beats Ken Hoad beat Rosewall 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the find round of Kramer's round robin tournament In Canberra Saturday night Rose- wall however already had won the 2240 first prise In the other match Segura downed Sedgman 6-4 6-4 Hoad and Rosewall won the doublet from Sedgman and Segura 9-7 3-6 6-2 Tony Trabert former Wimble- don and champion is reported ready to forsake a business career In Loe Angeles and give -tennis ana her whirl He here for the professional founts- ments In January Kramer probably will find It necessary to drop RoaawaU because of his expensive contract 1 which cannot be carried along with the big contracts of botb Pancho Gonzales who gets 25 expressed football should he his academic like any other student This is the Ivy League program combining academic ability and need Others favored the Big Ten Pacific Coast theory of grants awarded on basis of need requiring the student or his family to contribute as much as possible toward his education Most conferences and colleges which have legalized grants or scholarships awarded tor athletic ability permit the recipient to work for extra money during the school year They count on his getting a summer job to earn spending money The writers generally agreed with this theory It is too much they said to expect a boy to practice and play football keep up in his studies and work at a job halfbacks Stadium the football seven teams Chuck and earn and both teams unanimous liams of Portland despite that atop the same column the same Mr Williams is listed as the light-heavyweight for the jt fa Tailing Cngo Cnot'hp Out at the East Side Club Jack Richardson needs help in his campaign to chart recreational paths for McKinley teenagers Jack asking for monetary aid however what he wants' is 'six qualified coaches tohandle basketball teams Surely enough' tutoring talent around to take care of the problem for the next two or three months a strong possibility of reward too the area which has spawned a bounteous basketball crop In years gone such cage stars as Phil Sarboe Erling Harold and Rudy Tollefson Don Gordon Stan Sather Cart and Dick Wasmund Bob Talbot and dozens of others Itejg Pallcrffon Killed By way of Dick Greco comes the sad news that Reg Patterson a longtime baseball figure in Victoria CT was killed in an automobile accident the other night Patterson a great athlete in his day was one of a handful of eternal optimists who fought the battle of the Western International League in a community where baseball wasn't the earnest commodity to sell Beyond that problem there were such other obstacles as an ball park a triangular field where the distance to the centerfield wall was a mere 320 feet and strict enforcement of the law against Sunday sports Through it all however Reg maintained his steadfast devotion to baseball and kept Victoria in the W-I practically as long as there was a circuit which answered to that name Happy llirlhdnyfl To: Belatedly to Freddie Steele formerly the middleweight boxing king bom Dec 18 1812 in Seattle A1 Whitman Tacoma banker and onetime boxer and City League baseballer bom this day in 1800 at Nevada Mo ball's big business aspects and to what extent the athletes should share in the money The replies were overwhelmingly in favor of the "tail ridjF with the restriction that athletei must live up to ordinary academic standards although replies as to whether they should share In the cash were almost equally divided between positive and negative Free Ride Gets Votes Thirty of the 65 writers replying to the questlonaire came out for the "full ride" aa now ragl fercnces wlthout exception The neral idea expressed was that tablished in many major con i fn retum for iheir services as football players the boys were entitled to a free education but not a rent more they demand a cut in the profits college football should he one writer commented bitterly About 10 others proposed the should be usual "ride" aug mented by salaries paid for non-athletic work outride the football season and several suggested In- and Lincoln dominated Capital League xil-opponenl selections this fall with players picked on the offensive and seven on the defensive Pruett Dave Kerrone Jerry Williams of Lincoln Dave Kerrone received enough vote to make the offensive and defensive as ass choice afaty frrajterwwajiashm Doug McClary was a dose second for offensive quarterback Bob Plata Noel West and Kermit Olson of Stadium received honorable mention a diL Norm Juggert Stan King AlagApSi Lima ana Doug McClary of LiiNqrt CMltr: Waxaa PavHc BtaSlaaL QuartMtacfe: lfti Mtela Uava Kwrcaa Suaiaai: RuteiftMt Marten Larry WarraU Kitea: Jarry WUUaau Jua Joaaa Taektea: Chock Pruett Chute Pat Otympt Oaard: Bob Hhoado atoSlum WorrteL Caatimllo Uaokackon: Ka Pry Coatralla: Cask Ltaeola Halfhacki: (Mao NMosa Bab PMU Stadium men Cbntralla Laac Taltey A Thcraa Tieknoc Ccatmllu Jack Hoquuai Taehl: Tad Bcowar A harden Olympia Bob Hutchla Maczaa Olympia arltelch A Herd can too Besides to start handing out money even for work would encourage cheating and phony jobs the scholarships uniform Make ind suspend violators the only way" said one Contrary opinions included: legitimate scholarships such as Ivy League plan These must be based on need and ten- per cent and Hoad who gets 36 per cent Gonzales is locked up through options until Much 1962 contract rune to August 1959 Kramer will use Gonzales and Hoad aa a feature attraction and probably rotate the others jh- eluding Rosewall Trabert So-gun and Sedgman cdn The choices as picked by the ads fat Ilx KimIi: Harvey Wtte ayawu: Jony William Lincoln Tackle Chuck Prutet Llncolu VM Dtktewalrk Stadium Ouante: Bnh JUwuU Stadium: Bab Lm AOtrdMU creases In present allowances for demlc ability" incidentals This 815 or $20 a i "Colleges are still first educe-month doesn't go very far these tlonal institutions and as such days particularly if the athlete! should be essentially amateur A is married they pointed out should still want to plav for Only two of the 65 came out'hia school and for nothing else".

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