The Columbus Ledger from Columbus, Georgia • 45

1 THE COLUMBUS GA LEDGER THURS NOV 12 1959 45 1 Divide irst Place Ballots Between Them 1 irst White Sox Player in History BY ROSS HAGEN Cincinnati Ace Mi SENSATION! Mens Wash and Wear SPORT SHIRTS in 0 $0 Bowling Along UJ Sizes Macon Road Cross Country Plaza WHERE ELSE BUT AT IT Weaver Marino W' ft ft INANCE MANNElly 1 UNDERSTATE SUPERVISION NATURAL SHOULDER CLASSICS' A Brighter horizons begin tonight make 42 because light! totrg Map DuDw BLENDED WHISUOfJUGmt ht Gnm Mtl 4 A I CAi 11 A' Mi the New Day footba When the invitation first was extended to top ranked Syracuse Chairman Van Kussrow of the UJ tn 'N AL Lt i 'A Pvi jJl 1 4 kj is in A Next To Bowen Shoe i 175 174 25000 seats lines the south wall Another grandstand is planned for the northwest corner These coupled with the infield will eventually accommodate 125 000 A 16 mch thick ribbon of con crete protects grandstand spcc Cw Country Plaza It is considered a real chal lenge to drivers Atlanta International Raceway built the track at a cost of two million dollars Only Indianapo lis and Daytona Beach are larg er at 2 1 2 mnes A concrete grandstand with ATLANTA Nestled among the pine trees in the fictional homeland of Scarlett O'Hara is a 1 1 2 mile asphalt auto race track which one official says separate the men from the boys in a The oval is located about 20 miles south of Atlanta near Jonesboro named in With the as site of Miss home To comprehend what the race face picture a car go ing 125 mph heading into a turn banked at 24 degrees He has approximately six seconds on the straightaway before hit ting another turn The turns are banked so se verely that it would be unsafe to park a car on them for fear of overturning A speed of 80 mph must be maintained on the turns or the cars will slide downward Even the straightaway is banked slightly tators and a heavy double height steel guard rail rims the turns The infield is protected by a steel guard rail which has four slots for ambulance fire fight ing and towing equipment A fully equipped field hospital is situated in the infield Bluebonnet Bowl Eyes our Games HOUSTON Tex (AP) Hous Bluebonnet Bowl scheduled Dec 19 will be eyeing teams in four games Saturday Scouts will watch the Missis sippi Tennessee Texas Texas Christian Alabama Georgia Tech and Uulsiana Statc Mississippi State games Elvin Smith president of the Greater Houston Bowl Assn said Clemson Georgia Southern Meth odist Arkansas and Syracuse also had been contacted He added that all except Syra cuse expressed interest BTW Cops 24 2 Win Over Canty BTW took a 24 2 decision from Elizabeth Canty in Midget League football action Wednesday in a game played at BTW Robert Toombs picked up two of the BTW touchdowns and Pres ton Johnson and Jessie Watkins scored one each In action Cusseta Road plays' host to Kendrick Quarters a came slated for 3:30 The materiols found in these shirts are the same as those used by famous manufacturers of shirts retailing at $595 and up The values are out standing and the shirts feature long sleeves authentic Ivy orm it styling with dress shirt tails ox Edges Aparicio for MVP Award 7 (API Wirephoto MVP OX CLEANS UP HIS SHOTGUN Prepares to Go Hunting in Pennsylvania Bibb ox Gain Volleyball Wins Bibb won a 55 11 decision from Morningside and ox took a 52 22 verdict from Nankipooh in girls Sixth Grade Volleyball Lea gue action Wednesday leading Bibb was Martha Allen with 18 points High scorers for the losing Morningside team were Judy Little and Angela Poteete with three points apiece Cotton Bowl Maps Scouting Strategy DALLAS Tex AP) The Cot ton Bowl Selection Committee is scheduled to meet today to map plans for a weekend checkup on possibilities for the Jan 1 foot ball game? elix McKnight chairman of the committee said a decision would be made on where to send representatives Saturday McKnight stressed that while there are eight teams on the pros pect list none has been issued an invitation Syracuse the No 1 team may be leaning toward the Orange Bowl since its players voted the lorida classic as their choice However Syracuse offi cials would not say what they planned McKnight said none of the teams on the Cotton Bowl list had an advantage over another but he ad mitted that the Mississippi Ten ncsscc game at Memphis Satur day as so is Texas and TCA at he grinned ATLANTA'S NW AUTO SPEEDWAY WLL SrPARATf MEN ROM BOYS committee of the Baseball Writers Assn of America ox and Aparicio who provided Chicago with vital up the middle defense in the White drive for their first pennant in 40 years were the only two players listed on all ballots They divided all the first place votes between them ft ft ox Polled 295 points in the vol Cop Tag Match On Mat Program lashy Johnny Weaver and Tony Marino won the feature event at the arena Wednesday night when they came out on top in the four man tag team match from Lenny Montana and Baron Gattoni Montana won the first fall from Weaver in 14 minutes us ing a scries of elbow blows and a body press Weaver countered in 18 minutes to defeat Montana with a roll over jack knife Ref eree Charlie Harbin disqualified Montana and Gattoni in the third fall when they both jumped into the ring Adrain Baillargeon won the semi final from Ed Sharpe in the best two of three falls Weaver and Gattoni battled to an exciting draw in the opening event NATURAL SHOULDER JACKET Assuredly the astute trader will hastily profit by the purchase of this jacket The sound tailoring represent a mutual fund of value and correct fashion as' to highly profit the gentlemanly appear ance $4500 and $5500 SEE PLAYO RECORD DETROIT 'UPD Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings holds the record for the most points scored In a National Hock ey League playoff series Howe scored nine goals and assisted on 11 others during the 1954 55 play I offs BY BOB GREEN BOSTON (AP) Tobacco chew ing Nellie ox the Chicago White gritty little second baseman today was named the American League's most valuable player for 1959 ox edged teammate Luis Apar icio the shortstop half of Chica brilliant double play combina tion in balloting for a 24 man OR fflOW $50 to $2000 1 4th and Broadway Signature urniture 0 Auto 0 Rial Ettat NEW (AP) Cincin Ed Kovac a free wheeling halfback with a consistent scoring remains major college foot ball's top scorer of the 1959 sca son Statistics from the NCAA Serv ice Bureau released today show Kovac with 13 touchdowns for 78 points and a seven point lead over Nolan Jones of Arizona State Jones had scored seven touch downs but has added 20 conver sions and three field goals for a total of 71 points Abnar Haynes the attack leader for unbeaten North Texas State is next with 70 on 11 touchdowns and four con versions Kovac had two games remain ing in which to protect his lead Chris Burford of Stanford grabbed six passes in his team's 55 13 loss to UCLA and leads all receivers in number of catches with 42 However Dick Evans of VMI has taken over as the yard age leader with 513 yards on 27 receptions Burford has gained 503 yards Evans also has caught seven touchdown passes one less than the leader Paul Maguire of the Citadel In punt returns All America Billy Cannon of LSU remains the leader with 214 yards on 13 re turns compared to 210 on 12 re turns by Jacque MacKinnon of Colgate Calvin Bird is the kickoff return leader with 315 yards on 12 returns to 314 on 10 returns for Pervis Atkins of New Mexico State and 313 on 13 by Paul Choquette oulard Paisley Designs ft Block Prints HI HHHHO HITLESS WONDERS HAVANA UPI The Hava na Cubans winners of the Little World Series were seventh in In ternational League team batting this past season with a 239 aver age JACK LITTLE MGR' ft 1 A 4 3643 INANCE HlS TURNS BANKED SO STEEPLY AUTOS MUST MAINTAIN SPEEDS 80 MPH SPORT COAT HEATHROW BLAZER Narrow lapels High gorge Natural shoul vonfc 4 natch nnekets lower two' with flaps inch gauged stitching cloth of choice woof shetland plus the on lapels pockets and pocket flaps 3 button front Metal buttons Ancient Mad der Lined Green Blue Red Sizes 36 to JZ45Q College ootball South Dakota Tech 20 Black Hills Tchrs 19 Southern SD 29 Dakota Westevan 7 Central (Okla) 12 Emporia State 0 Gen Beadle Techsr 40 Yankton 0 Pro Basketball NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSN Wednesday Results Boston 151 Cincinnati 118 Philadelphia 119 Detroit 105 Thursday Schedule Minneapolis vs Detroit at New York Syracuse at New York Philadelphia at Cincinnati riday Schedule No games Pro Hockey NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Wednesday nesuus New York 6 Boston 3 Thursday Schedule Detroit at Boston Toronto at Montreal ight Results CHICAGO Harold Johnson Philadelphia stopped Sonny Ray rhiroon 1A TOKYO Leo Esninosa IITL Philip pines outpointed Hiroshi Oda 117a4 Japan 12 (Espinosa retained Orient bantamweight title) Holds Io Top Scoring Spot The Scoreboard Miami Is Giving Syracuse Time writers took over the award in 1931 selection gave Chicago a I sweep of the MVP awards only the fourth time a single city has had both American and National league most valuable players The Ernie Banks was named to the National League MVP award last week Other principal American League vote getters were Cleve land's Rocky Colavito and Tito rancona Al Kaline of Detroit Jim Landis of Chicago and Harvey Kuenn of the Tigers ft ft ft ox contributed 191 hits and a306 average to Chicago's pennant diive But it was his play in the field as much as anything else that brought him the honor one of most coveted annual awards The little (5 feet 10 160 keystone man handled 827 chances with only 10 errors for a sparkling988 fielding average and the ox Aparicio defensive play around second is generally considered a major factor in the light hitting White pennant winning effort ox played in 156 games this season boosting his consecutive game mark to 669 a major league record for second basemen He has 1902 hits in his 13 year major league career second only to Bos ton's Ted Williams among active players He was listed first on 14 ballots and shared four other first place selections with Aparicio He was listed no lower than third on all ballots The fleet agile Aparicio whose 56 stolen bases topped th emajors drew six first place votes plus the feur he shared with ox and was listed no lower than third He batted only 257 but his blazing speed on the bases put most of the in the go go Sox Wvnn a husky scowling 39 year old veteran topped the ma jors in pitching victories with 22 He lost 10 Earlier he was named to the Cy Young Award as the outstanding major league pitcher of the year MIAMI la The Orange Bowl committee giving Syracuse time to decide if it wants to play 1 game nere ViCHlUC JJUW1 OCICVUUil VUIIUIHIICCI said an immediate decision wasl wanted or other teams would be I considered However other committee members Wednesday counseled against a quick decision In addi tion the committee learned it will have to wait until after the South eastern Conference season ends before it can invite such teams as Georgia Georgia Tech and Ten nessee all mentioned as possi bilities by Kussrow Syracuse players have voiced enthusiasm for a Miami game but athletic officials at the school said other factors must be considered The other team in the Orange Bowl will come from the Big Eight Conference Wynn Chicago's burly right hand er drew 123 poinls as the White Sox swept the first three places in lhe poll It was the first such award for ox a quiet unassuming31 year old veteran whose huge cud of tobacco is almost as much a trade mark as his consistent deter mined play Il also marks the first Lime a White Sox player has ing while Apaicio had 255 Early been selected since the baseball 'A I I I i I' i IW i XS i A 1 i I I I 1 1 1 4 i I i i'il 1 Wx UO i iO A I i henletj it 13 A A 4 1 Immumh S' 4' 1 I 1 ri I II nr T7 Hl 1 7 7 SVce L'Mi 3 IV nuu IK i 1 9 WHERE ELSE BUT AT 1 I I I i 3 Sm I 1 I I LLLJln ffilw ft wfswi If Bffitl lilillwi IWWmWhWMwW WiRm rail st I fttT i 1 I I 1 it i I 4.