Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 8

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Player of Year ERA Win Marks Nod in NL Vote NEVADA STATE JOURNAL SPORTS Bavis Cuppers 8 Reno Nev Dec 23 1954 By 6 0 Score $7 iMork Ye WeH Gats By BILL RICHARDS spot Served In The the GORDONSi 1 £2 fa and httint ft tastes better Six THE PE CT TEAM OR RESH BATTERS OOD THE CLUB Virginia Jerry Barger Duke Back Willie Greenlaw Nebraska Back red Campbell Duke Tackle Bert the Dan Brown Nebraska Back Doug Knotts Duke Tackle Bob Smith Nebraska Back When boned and stuffed with ELECTRIC SHAVERS WRITTEN UP BY THE LEADING MEDICAL JOURNAL AS ANATOMICALLY CORRECT NO TWO HERNIAS ARE JUST ALIKE SO THE NEW PERSON ALIZED 10 65 PAD IS INDI VIDUALLY SHAPED TO YOU HOLD COME IN AND GET THE BEST SUPPORT EVER DEVISED OR HERNIA We Sell Remington sunoeam Noreleo Schick Ronaon SAN RANCISCO Dec 22 (TP) Manager Sid laherty said today that Carl (Bobo) Olson not be inter in defending his crown for against Peter Muel ler of Germany in a proposed bout in Milwaukee I got a long telegram' from a guy named reddie Summers offering us $50000 for the said laherty had much better offers than that from well known promoters would not be interested in this match under the pres ent top the the as ALL PURPOSE READY TO USE dressing (IP) de RUPTURED? GET COMORT THE LITTLE DOCTOR TRUSS White Will Retire rom Pro ootball MESA Ariz Dec 22 Wilford (Whizzer) White former Arizona State College at Tempe halfback said today he planned to retire from professional foot ball after being thwarted by in juries in the past two seasons White who led the nation in rushing while at Arizona State in 1950 played halfback for the Chi cago Bears of the National oot ball League in 1951 and 1952 But injuries in 1953 and 1954 kept him sidelined Capt Billy Talbert igures Easy Win Over Aussies LOS ANGELES Dec 22 President Dan Reeves of the Los Angeles Rams said today no one at the present time is being con sidered for the coaching job of the National Professional oot ball League team statement squelched a series of reports that at least two top drawer college coaches were under consideration for the job vacated riday night by Hamp Pool The Rams office said the club has not had any opportunity yet to go into the job of picking a new mentor Various reports none of ficial were that Blanton Collier of Kentucky and Ivy Williamson of Wisconsin were among candi dates The Rams chief denied this had been offered the job because no successor has been decided upon and probably be for Reeves said The Rams office said a list of eligibles would be drawn up and studied thoroughly before any moves were made The list is like ly to include collegiate coaches as well as a number of professionals and retired pro coaches the office said Champ Bobo Olson In $50000 Maureen Connolly Unranked After Leg Break SYDNEY Australia Dec US Davis Cup captain Billy Talbert surprised Australian ten nis experts today with the bold prediction that his team will shut out the Aussies 5 0 in next challenge round It was the most confident fore cast made by apy cup captain in recent years but it was exactly the same forecast lhat Talbert made lor the interzone cup finals against Sweden a prediction that came true "I have never seen any Ameri can team as keen as this explained Talbert boj's are right at the lop of their form'now and on present form I think the Aussies will take a Talbert based his statement on the fine play that former champion Tony Trabert of Cin cinnati showed in the inter zone finals and in workouts since then as well as the continued good form of US champion Vie Seixas of Philadelphia brave words made lit tle impression on Harry Hopman the dour manager of the Aussie team entitled to his said Hopman with a shrug forget that last year Talbert pre dicted a 4 1 victory for the Ameri cans and we still have the ST LOUIS Mo Dec 22 The Sporting News today named Lou Groza place kicker of the Cleveland Browns as the most valuable player in the National ootball League Groza thus became the first winner of the baseball weeklyis new annual trophy The Sporting News all star team of pro football players an nounced at the same time lined up as follows: Ends Pete Pihos Philadelphia Eagles and Harlon Hill Chicago Bears tackles Groza and Lou Creekmur Detroit Lions guards Les Bingaman Lions and Bruno Banducci San rancisco center Chuck Bednarik Eagles backs Doak Walker Lions Joe Perry Otto Graham Browns: and Ollie Matson Chicago Cardinals Three 5100000 assigned pounds winner of the lorida derby and the Wood Memorial Hasty Road winner of the Preakness and Im bros winner of the California and stablemate in the A Crevolin barn of Determine Calumet Lea which missed much of the season with a foot injury shared the next bracket of 124 pounds with the imported Tarjoman A pound below them at 120 came Blue Sail II leet Bird Jet Action and Jupiter II while two dependable western horses Gold en Abbey and Stranglehold fol lowed with 119 pounds There were 103 nominations for the 1955 running of the race which carries a guaranteed purse of $100000 to the winner largest number to be named since 1948 race i commercial roui renoitoVAOTMUSXKD t70 Dim tic If'? REPAIRED quickly Mail ar bring tu Jack Crampton' Hale Yarber rugged fullback from Westwood was named most valuable player of the 1954 squad by his teammates at the Lassen Junior College football banquet last week at the Mt Lassen Hotel Susanville Jeff Manning Bakersfield half back was voted the sophomore of the year A three way tie resulted in the poll for the most improved line man as Dave Larsen Acalanes Rod Thayer Oakland and Bartlett of Helix shared honors The most improved back went to Allen Robinson speedy scatback whose prep school was Tallulah Ala High School Guards Jack Hemphill from Lassen High and Don Hudson from Hoover in San Diego were chosen as the most inspirational members of the squad The most promising second stringer honor was awarded to Ralph Miller tackle from Lassen High School Highlight of the banquet was the showing of the UCLA Oregon football film Student body prexy Rod Thayer was master of ceremonies if game in Miami la January 1 Duke is favored because of its record which was 7 2 1 compared to the mark of 6 4 Duke is coached by Bill Murray (International) By EARL WRIGHT UP Sports Writer NEW YORK Dec 22 Joe Perry San ran cisco orty Niner fullback who won the National ootball League rushing championship for the second straight year today was named pro placer of 1954 in the annual United Press poll Perry who gained 1018 yards in 1953 collected 1019 this year to become the first NL player ever to gain 1000 By WILLIAM A SHIRES ilnited Press Sports Writer RALEIGH Dec 22 (UR) The rafters will rock and All America selectors will have a field day here next week when six of the finest basketball teams square off in the sixth an nual Dixie Classic Duke is the defending Classic champion having defeated sharpshooters in the finals of last three day holiday season event at the 12500 seat William 'Neal Reynolds Coliseum TheBlue Devils are regarded as strong enough to defend that title Wolfpack avored The pre tourney favorite how ever will be host North Carolina State the team that currently is ranked fifth in the national rat ing The Classic also will pit Wake orest boasting All America can didate Dickie Hemric and West Virginia current leader of the Southern Conference pairings match North Carolina against Southern North Carolina Stateagainst Cornell Wake orest Minnesota and Duke West Virginia A total of Tjsome 65000 fans is expected to see the action spread over 12 2games in three days Trojans Return Southern California defending Pacific Coast champion will be making its second appearance in the Dixie Classic Cornell de fending Ivy League champion also is making a return appear ance Minnesota paced by Dick Gar maker is a perennial contender in the Big Ten and the Gophers will be in the Classic for the first time as will West Virginia North Carolina given an out side chance on the strength of coach rank sopho more sensation Lennie Tosen bluth will be the only one of the host to rate as the un derdog in the opening round Duke boasting a better balanced and taller squad than last title winners will be only a slight favorite over West Virginia in the opening round Monday Hem ric will make Wake orest the choice over Minnesota Robert Watson of Los Angeles bowled a perfect 300 game at the age 70 He is the oldest medal winner in American Bowl ing Congress history IKE DECLINES NEW ORLEANS Dec 22 President Eisenhower has dined an invitation to attend the Sugar Bowl game between Navy and Mississippi because of a heavy holiday schedule it was an nounced today Wolfpack Gets Vote As Pre Tourney avorite Overcame Handicap Of Short Arm As Champ Doris Hart Top Player In Net Ratings Ed urgol Pick In Hogan Award or Golf Play OG Directors tWeet to Name New President Groza Elected Top Man By Sport News NEW YORK Dec 22 (IP) The ranking committee of the lawn Tennis Associa tion today rated Doris Hart the national champion the No 1 lady player in 1954 and failed to rank Maureen (Little Mo) Connolly the inter national queen Miss Hart the slender Coral Gables la star was a runner up five times for the national singles crown but finally won it last December with a 6 8 6 1 8 6 victory over Louise Brough of Bev erley Hills Calif Miss second place finish earned her sec ond ranking in the listings which must be approved by the USLT A at its annual meeting in New York January 22 Miss Connolly of San Diego Calif broke a leg while horse back riding last summer and could not defend the LT title she won in 1951 52 53 Those triumphs earned her the No 1 ranking for those seasons Mrs Beverly Baker leitz of Long Beach who returned to the courts this year after stopping tennis to start a family was ranked third behind Miss Hart and Miss Brough Shirley ry of Akron was listed fourth and Mrs Betty Rosenquest Pratt of Montego Bay Jamaica was rated fifth Barbara Breit of North Holly wood Calif and Darlene Hard of (Montebello Calif two of the youngsters who came east this year and gave some of the older stars tough competition were rated sixth and seventh respec tively Lois elix of Meriden Conn Mrs Helen Pastall Perez of Encino Calif and Mrs Bar bara Scofield Davidson of Milwau kee Wis rounded out the top 10 in that order The second 10 in the singles in order were: Jean Clarke Birm ingham Ala Althea Gibson New York Dennis Bradshaw San Diego Calif Mrs Constance Clifton Daytona Beach la Margaret Varner Boston Janet Hopps Seattle Wash Mary Slaughter Charlottesville Va Karol ageros Miami la Ethel Norton San Antonio Tex Mrs Lucile Davidson Lee's Summit Mo NEW YORK Dec 22 Ed urgol of Clayton Mo the Open champion and recent winner of the Havana Open was named winner of the Ben Hogan trophy today by the Metropolitan Golfj Writers Assn which makes the award annually to the golfer over coming physical handicaps The award which went last year to Babe Zaharias who sur vived a cancer operation to be come National Open champion will be made here to urgol January 27 Hogan will make the presentation urgol fell from a tree as a youth and his left arm is now 10 inches shorter than his right Despite the handicap he iias risen to a place of national prominence in the golf world Other champions who will re ceive awards at the din ner here are Chick Harbert of Detroit national PGA champion Arnold Palmer of Latrobe Pa US amateur champion Ellis Knowles of Rye US senior champion Barbara Romack of Santa Barbara Calif US wom champion Otto Griner of Tenafly metropolitan open champion Mrs Sophie Unter meyer of New York women's met ropolitan champion rank Stra faci of Garden City seven time metropolitan champion Bar bara Bruning of Chappaqua New York state cham pion and Mrs Zaharias US open champion The writers previously named Billy Joe Patton of Morganton the amateur sensation of the 1954 Masters and US Open tournaments as winner of their Gold Tee award given annually to the person deemed to have done most for the sport during the year Yarber Named Valuable On Lassen JO There's no Gin like GUI UUII 5 944 PROO 100 NEUTRAL SPIRITS DISTILLED ROM GRAIN GORDON'S DRY GIN CO LTD LINDEN 1 record of the famed Seabiscuit in three times being assigned weight Seabiscuit was given honor in 1938 39 40 winning race in 1940 Seabiscuit was signed 134 pounds in 1939 but did not get up to the race that year just as Mark ye Well failed to run last year Determine who was the 1954 top money winner with $328 880 and captured two $100000 stakes during the year the Kentucky Derby and the Santa Anita Derby was weighed with 129 pounds just one less than Mark ye Wel! As a coming four year old De termine is seeking to equal Mark ye feat of two years ago in capturing the $100000 added maturity and Santa Anita handi cap The race drew the nomination of another Santa Anita handicap winner Rejected The King Ranch thoroughbred however was as signed 126 pounds two less than William Hellis Helioscope who was third in weight with 128 pounds Three Set Equal horses who all won the races during 1954 were equal weights of 124 They are Correlation SAN RANCISCO Dec 22 (IP) Directors of the Pacific Coast League will meet here Dec 29 to discuss the selection of a new league president Damon Miller of the San rancisco Seals re ported today Miller said the meeting was called by acting PCL president Bill Starr president of San Diego baseball club will be a lot of little things on the Miller said selecting a new league presi dent will be the most Clarence Rowland re signed the top PCL post to be come executive vice president of the Chicago Cubs I I KJ KI I I in Big Seven Conference Nebraska TX IN coached by Bill Glassford meets Duke University Atlantic Coast Conference leader in the Orange Bowl I or more yards rushing in consecu tive seasons Perry did not dominate the bal loting A nuiAber of players had outstanding seasons and 12 drew one or more votes in balloting by 29 sports writers who covered the campaign in the various league cities Graham Matson The 27 year old orty Niner fullback received six votes to beat out Otto Graham of the Cleveland 3rowns and Ollie Matson of the SZ ZS i ZZm'a' I Chicago Cardinals tor the honor I Graham who easily won the 1953 player of the year title and Matson tied for runner up honors with four votes apiece Quarterback Bobby Layne wholed Detroit to the league cham pionships in 1952 and 1953 and who leads the Lions against 1hc Browns in this year's title game next Sunday was next with three votes Doak Walker Detroit halfback Jack Christiansen Detroit safety man Lou Groza Cleveland star place kicker and quarterback A Tittle of San rancisco each received two votes One Vote Each Bob Wilson Philadelphia end who won the 1954 individual scor ing title with 114 points although he suffered a broken jaw early in the season halfback Hugh Mc Elhenny of San rancisco quar terback Tobin Rote of Green Bay and end Harlan Hill of the Chi i cago Bears each received one vote total yardage this sea son was the third best rushing mark in NL history Only Phil Steve Van Buren who gained 1146 in 1949 and Green Tony Canadeo who collect ed 1052 in 1949 ever had a higher total for one season I Perry Carried 173 times this I year In seven seasons for San rancisco he had gained a total of 5517 yards averaging better than five yards per try One Says Ram Prexy In Coach Case Ry ALEX KAHN UP Sports Writer ARCADIA Calif Dec 22 (UP) Calumet Mark Ye Well winner in 1953 of the $100000 Santa Anita Handicap today was assigned top weight of 130 pounds for the 1955 running of the mile and a quarter classic on 26 racing secretary rank (Jimmy) Kilroe announced In receiving top impost Mark Ye Well equalled the i It's great to give Gordon's Great to get it! EflT All You Wish HERLONG (Major League) Rolling their games early since the alleys will be closed for re finishing during the holiday sea son the major league standings were unchanged this week The Mark leading the league was held to one win by the Military High for the Mark was rank Stewart with a 514 while Capt Brost was high for the military with a 526 In the second contest Royal Grocery second place team sal vaged one game as Joines Build ers paced by Bob 595 trimmed them for two games High for the Grocery was 540 Auto the cellar team blanked the Bums for three games Gail Goekler and Tom Goodwin tying for high spot for lhe Bums 456 each Ben Murray was high Jor the auto service on a 536 League Standings: Mark 31 14 Royal 27 18 Military 23 22 Joines Builders 21 24 Bums 18 27 Gordons 15 30 Over 2C0 games for the week: Herb Little 202 Bob Stevens 203 twice MAPES SKYROOM Week Days Noon 2 pm Rune Electric Shaver Shop new location 230 Sierra nrrnt Vtrom Soar Head quarter for prac tically everything if lt for 2 6501 $5 to $750 trade in allow ance for any old shaver I Top Weighted Spot or $100000 Race By MILTON RICHMAN UP Sports Writer NEW YORK Dec 22 (UP) Johnny Antonelli of the Giants became the I2th National leaguer in history to gain both the earned run title and the highest won lost per centage the official averages showed today 229 earned run mark gave him a distinct margin over Lew Burdette of Milwaukee who was second with a 276 average while the 750 percentage he posted on the basis of his 21 7 record topped the 714 mark turned in by Brooks Lawrence (15 6) of the Cards Antonelli also led the league in Shutouts with six As usual Robin Roberts of the Phillies wound up as the work horse of the circuit The rubber armed righthander won the most games 23 made the most starts 38 pitched the most complete games 29 pitched the most in nings 337 faced the most bat ters 1331 allowed the most hits 289 yielded the most homers 35 and led the league in strikeouts with 185 Right hander Ruben Gomez of the Giants gave up the most bases on balls 109 while Lawrence hit the most batters eight Jim Hughes Brooklyn relief ace made the most appearances 60 and Johnny Hetki of Pitts burgh finished the most games 46: Murry Dickson of the Phillies lost the most games 20 The longest winning streak was 11 games Antonelli and southpaw Warren Spahn of Milwaukee each reaching that figure victory string fan from May 25 to Aug 1 and string stretched from July 18 to Sept 8 Jim Wilson of Milwaukee pitched the only no hit no run game on June 12 against lhe Phillies Roberts hurled a pair of one hitters one against Mil waukee the other against Cincin nati The New York Giant pitchers turned in the best collective earned run average 309 while Pittsburgh was at the bottom of the earned run list with a 492 average the Talk of Reno Diet ends and good eating starts here! never tasted anything so delicious! 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