The Courier News from Blytheville, Arkansas • Page 9

TUESDAY, JANUARY, 5, 1954 BLYTHEVILE (ARK.) COURIER NEWB PAGE NINE Kentucky, Duquesne Indiana Garner Wins By RIP WATSON NEW YORK (AP) It looks like pretty clear sailing now for Kentucky and Duquesne, two members of travel. the basketball big three, but Indiana, third member of the trio, has a rough road to Kentucky's Wildcats, rolling along at the head of the Associated Press poll, defeated stubborn Xavier Ohio team 77-71 last Hight while Duquesne WAS beating Dayton 70-52. Indiana, meanwhile, had its second successive close shave in Big Ten competition beDiore downing Wisconsin 70-67. Eight in Row Kentucky, with eight straight victories In a' triumphal return to the college cage scene nfler an enforced year's absence, has only De Paul and Vanderbilt to worry De Paul Is always tough in the Chicago Stadium and Vandy upset Kentucky three years ago In the Southeastern Conference tournament. But they shouldn't prove any -more troublesome than Xavier, which outscored Kentucky Dukes Creeping Up On 'Cats in AP Poll By NEW YORK (AP) up on Kentucky in this poll but the all-winning narrow margin of 81 points.

They led by 150 points a week ago but Duquesne's sweep through 1-istraight games and the Garden Holiday Festival in New York sent the Dukes' stock soaring. DUquesne and Kentucky both won again last night after the polls closed. The Wildcats have won 8, Duquesne 12. Hoosers Third "Indiana stayed in third place and Minnesota In sixth but the rest of the underwent thorough positions, mainly as result holiday tournaments. Oklahoma winner of the Ail-College Tourbey at Oklahoma City, moved up from fifth to fourth, and Western Kentucky, seventh a week ago, jumped to fifth miter winning Louisville Invitational.

Western bas taken 12 straight this season. "Holy Cross broke into the top 10 in seventh place as it ran its record to 8-0 In winning the Sugar Bowl Tournament at Now Orleans. The biggest advance, however, wns by Duke, winner of Raleigh's Dixie Classic. The Blue Devils were unranked week This voling by 99 sports writrs and broadcasters. Ten points were awarded for -place vote, vote, nine for second, etc.

Oregon Drops Oklahoma City moved up from 11th to ninth and Oregon State, beaten twice in three games in the Dixie Classic, dropped from fourth to 10th. Illinois, North Carolina State and Fordham, 8, 9 and 10 a week ago, dropped out of the top 10. The results. with first-place votes In parentheses: Kentucky 36 805 2. Duquesne 19 725 3.

Indiana 688 4 Oklahoma 12 443 5. Western Kentucky 6 381 6. Minnesota 3 325 7. Holy Cross 5 218 8. Duke 188 9.

Okiahoma City 131 10 Oregon State 105 11. Rice 104 12, Tie between George ton 9 and Nicagara 103 15. Illinois 88 16. Tie between Seattle 1 and Kansas 79 18. Navy 74 19.

Vanderbilt 65 20. N. C. Slate 59 Brothers Win Feature Bout On Mat Card Brothers Lee and Don Fields made their debute here last night but it took action of the ring official to do it. Refren Jack Parker, policeman from Dyersburg, awarded Othe Flelds brothers the decision when he disqualified Charley Keene and Eddie Malone in the third round of the brawl for playing too rough.

Malone was substituting for Chico Cortez who failed to show up for the bout. Promoter. Mike Maroney announced to the crowd that he had been unable to contact Cortez and that absence from the bout was unexplained. The refree's disqualification cision gave the Fields brothers two of three falls, They won the first round but lost the second. The bout started off on a rough note and turned into A pier three hrawl early.

The Field brothers matched their opponents blow for blow during the first two rounds but experience and weight told on them in the final fall and both were near unconsciousness when the refree stepped in the final fall. Don fields won the first fall for his side in 12 minutes by applying a body press to Malone. But 'Keene and Malone came back to take the second In 17 minutes with Keene pinning Fields after a series of body siams, In the preliminary bouta Lee Fields beat Keene in 15 minutes and Malone beat Don in 12. Hogan Is Ninth NEW YORK (P)-Ben Hogan, four-time winner of the National Open Golt championship, finished ninth in the 1953 ilat of PGA money winners. Hogan won $16.604.

Lew Worsham topped the pros followed by Chandler Doug Ford, Lloyd Mangrum, Harper, Dr. Cary Middlecoff, Porky Oliver, Ted Krolt, Dutch Harrison and Hogan. Sikes Rumored For Aggie Job 'Be Nice to Deposed Kansas Tutor Says In the second halt but couldn't caich uP from an early 22-point deficit. Dukes Dayion Duquesne, ranked just behind Kentucky, is threatened by; a return game with Dayton and other match with Niagara, point victim of the Dukes in the Madison Square Garden Festival Tournament. Lanky Dick Ricketts Dayton the same brilliant shooting he flashed against Niagra as he popped in 24 points last night.

The victory was No. 12 for the unbeaten Dukes. Indiana, which went down to the final seconds against Michigan Saturday night, ran up 15-point lead against. Wisconsin, then had to play possession ball to stop Badger rally. Big Don Schlundt, pinying in the corners instead of his accustomed.

pivot spot, dunked in for the Hoosers. Conference Play Indiana has two games against ranked Minnesota and also bas home and home dates. with Illinols, a 66-85 winner over Northwestern last night. The Hoosiers' Saturday night date in Minneapolis sbould tell the story. Conference competition got going with a bang last night.

Kansas, which bowed to "adiana in the NCAA final last year, began defense of the Big Seven title by squeezing past Oklahoma 76-72: Duke, No. 8 team in the country, rolled along in the Atlantic Coast Conference by flattening South Carolina 89-69: and Wichita won GOLDEN GLOVE TIME its Missouri Valley opener with a 77-75 overtime victory over Debeen presented the Osceola troit. nual Northeast Arkansas In other Big Seven openers last started in Osceola Jan. 20. night, Nebraska turned back Iowa State 74-60 by sinking 11 of 13 field goal attempts in the fourth Roaming Stick Men souri quarter 66-82 and after Colorado downed MisMONTREAL -Jimmy nearly blowing A 13-point halftime lead.

In other Big Ten games, Iowa opened with a 73-63 victory over Michigan State, and Michigan downed Ohlo State 85-76 despite 35 points by the Buckeyes' Paul Evert. BIll Slattery of Navy stole the bail and fired in a basket to give Navy A 67-66 edge over Princeton. Fordham poured in 33 points In the final period to overwhelm New York University 87-60. Maryland beat Richmond 72-64, Utah edged Utah State and Wyoming belted Uew Mexico 81-51 in other leading games. NCAA to Get To Business First Day Routine Over, Important Committees Meet By FRITZ HOWELL CINCINNATI I--The National Coilegiate Athletic after.

day of dilly-dallying in Execulive Committee sessions, gets down to business today at its 48th annual convention. The American Football Coaches Assn. and the NCAA Television Committee nre slated for execuLive sessions, but no drastic recfor changes are expected from either. Changes Sought The coaches, with 1954 rules topping their, agenda, are tipped to string system, along with the on proposals to liber. alize substitutions some extent.

Some to do away with the four-minute rule at the end of the and fourth periods, forcing an the game der the same set of rules. In the television sector the only light against the current restricted program appears to be coming from the Big Ten conference. IL would like to have one of its games televised on a regional basis each Saturday, and the powerful circult may lead the way toward some loosening of the restricted plan in vogue in 1953. Poll Favors Rule The Television Committee meets today and tomorrow, and will submit its recommendations to the NCAA business session Friday. The conches will offer any rule change suggestions to the NCAA Rules Committee, which meets Jan.

11 in Sarasota, Fla, A year ago the Rules Committee ignored conches' poll favored the two on system by 9-1 margin, and installed the limited substitution plan. Lou LIttie of Columbia, chairman of the coaches committee on rules, sald the current poll was overwhelmIngly in favor of the single platoon style of play. Cage Scores By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Duqucsne 70, Dayton 52 Fordham 87, NYU 60 Salem (W.Va.) 100, Rio Grande 96 Indiana 70, 67. Illinois 66, Northwestern 85 Kansas 76, Oklahoma 72 Michigan 85, Ohio State Wichita 77, Detroit 75 (overtime) Nebraska 74, Iowa State 60 Colorado 66, Missouri 62 Kentucky 77. Xavier (Ohio) $1 Maryland 72, Richmond 64 Utah 71, Utah State 56 Montana 64, Montana State 63 Wyoming 81, New Mexico 61 LES Some $250 in boxing equlpment hns Bowles, Kiwanis vice president; Lefty Alexander, GG committee Athletic Association for use in the anchairman; Dr.

L. D. Massey, Kiwanis president; and Melvin Golden Gloves tournament which gets Lapides, Kiwanis alhielic committee chairman. Shown above are (from the left) Tim of the Chicago Black Hawks and lional Hockey League tenms. Cal Gardner of the Boston Bruins previously played for Montrnni, once tolled for New York, Toronto Peters have played with four different Boston and Detrolt while Gardner and Chicago.

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T. OLDHAM, Mgr. PHONE 6817 COLLEGE STATION, The resignation of Ray George head football coach at Texas following closely the departure two assistants, means an almost entirely new gridiron regime for the Aggie school. George, whose team lost its last live Southwest Conference games, quit yesterday with the announced intention of entering private bustness. He told reporters he is out of the coaching business.

Speculation today on his nor turned on these names: Mike Michalake, ARM 11R. conch. J. v. Bikes, former Texas (notball star who resigned as coach at Kansas last November after bad season.

Sikes reportedly has visited the campus recently. Dick Todd, former Aggie And professional football player now assistant on the Southern Methodiat staff. Maryland Coach Jr Tatum. "It Would He Nice" Army Coach Red Blaik. Sixes sald at Lawrence, he hadn't been approached but "It would be nice to go back to freshman coach in 135 and 138 If they want me." sikes was and assistant coach In 137.

George's resignation is effective Aug. 31. In his letter to President David H. Morgan, George said he wanted to give time for 148 new coach to organize affairs, and also "enable the college to take advantage of contacts with coaches from over the country attending the. NCAA meeting at cinnati." Expressing surprise and regret at George's decision, Morgan cepted the resignation and named George assistant athletic director until his resignation becomes lective.

BEN PHLEGAR towering Dukes crept week's Associated Press basketball Wildcats held on to first place by a Yanks Are Top Team Of 1953 Maryland Edges Browns For Second NEW YORK (AP) The New York Yankees who won a unprecedented fifth straight American League pennant and followed up with their fifth consecutive world series championships were voted the outstanding team of 1953 today in the 23rd annual Associated Press year-end poll. As they have monopolized baseball, so have the Bronx swept top honors In the AP poll, for this is the fourth consecutive year that Casey Stengel's men have voted "Best of the Year." Runaway It was a runaway for the Yan-1 kees, who received 79 first place votes from a total of 125 ballots cast by the nation's sports and sportscasters. The Yankees, who defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers In the world series 4 games to 2, rolled up 289 points on a 3-2-1 basis. The University of Maryland, unbeaten in 10 regular season fontball games and named: 1953's No. 1 college team in the AP poll last edged the Cleveland Browns for second place.

Maryland had 10 first place voles, while the Browns got 13, but the Terrapins had sufficient second and third place support to run up 109 points Lo 106 for Cleveland. Maryland, like Cleveland, came to the end of the road As the grid season ended. The Terrapins were upset by Oklahoma 7-0 In the Orange Bowl at Miami after the Detroit Lions beat Cleveland in the playoff for the National Football League title. Spartans in .52 This year's poll was similar 1952 Sm one respect--a college football team was second to the Yankeek. However last year, with 45 first place votes, Michigan State come much closer to the Yanks, who had 65.

The unbeaten but once-tied Notre Dame football team, sixth in the 1962 poll, was fourth this lime, followed by the Indiana basketball team, Big Ten and NOAA pion; the Milwaukee Braves, shifted from Boston and were in the National League pennant race, finishing second; the Detroit Lions, National Football League champions for a second straight year: the Minneapoils Lakers, National Basketball Associntion champions: the Navy Crew, unbeaten in two years of National competition; and BrookLyn's League champions. Sexias Loses, Trabert Wins In Australia ADELAID, Australia (P) Aus. tralla's unpredictable Rex Hartwig scored a smashing upset over vetVic Sexlas of Philadelphia today Tuesday the quarterfinals of the South Australian Tennis Championships. Hartwig won the match, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2. Tony Tarbert of Cincinnatti, probably opponent of Australia's 19- year old wonder Lewis Hoad in in the finals, entered the semifinals with 6-3, 0-3, 5-3 straight set conquest of Aussie lefthander Merwyn Rose.

Sexias' loss upset predictions the current meet would produce. severa) replays of last week's Davis Cup matches between the American and Australians. Solly Hemus lost the batting championship of the Pioneer League by .0001 In 1946. Eric Nesterenko of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League hails from the small community of Flin Flon, Manitoba..