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Ifi Tuesday. Nov. 27, 1951 DETROIT FREE PRESS Wayne Wows 9Em- in Cage Bow -''-v--'- 1 (k DON COLEMAN 'MOST VALUABLE' '52 MSC Captain Assumption Victim of 93-39 Rout All-Time Record Bettered with Ease BY GEORGE PUSCAS Wayne University opened its the talented Everett (Sonny) Grandelius in his sophomore season and then took over the starting assignment this falL The burly halfback from Chicago climaxed a fine season by leading the Spartan ground gainers in the season's finale with the University of Colorado. Don Coleman, sterling senior tackle from Flint, was voted the DON COLEMAN A watch for MSC Minute Man Stanford, Illini Get Bowl OK Old Feud Forgotten as Illinois Returns BY TOMMY DEVLNE There was no need of stuffing the ballot boxes to determine the outcome of the annual meet-i ings of the Rose Bowl selection committees. Illinois, Big Ten champion, was nominated to meet Stanford, Pacific Coast titlist, in the New Tear's Day classic at Pasadena.

Official votes by the faculty representatives of the two confer- ences confirmed Monday a game which had been prearranged by the rivals season performances on the field. ILLINOIS WAS undefeated for the campaign with eight victories and a tie. Stanford had nine tfi-; umphs against a single setback in its final game with California. For Illinois, the Rose Bowl appearance will be its second. Coach Ray Eliot's team represented the Big Ten in 1946, the first year of the pact.

Stanford will be making its first trip to Pasadena in 10 seasons. In its last bowl game, Stanford de Free Press Photo by Dour Kenned scramble of flying hands and a Ktraightarm. Wayne is wearing the whit uniforms, Assumption the dark. BASKETBALL is with us again but even it has a tinge of football about it. A loose ball in the Wayne-Assumption contest at the Coliseum produced this gridiron-like REDSKINS RAN 'EM DOWN Lions Study Reports As of TODAY Illini Need Recharge of Scoring Batteries By BY BOB LATSHAW Coach Raymond (Buddy) Parker and his three assistants were knee deep in scouting reports, the box office was knee deep in ticket customers and the Detroit Lions started work to work to protect their half-game edge in the National Football League.

That was the situation Monday as Parker, Aldo Forte, George Wilson and Earl Brown IT'S OFFICIAL NOW. Illinois goes back to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day and already has been established as a favorite to defeat Stanford. But if the Illini don't recharge their scoring batteries the five-year Rose Bowl mastery of the Big Ten over the Pacific Coast Conference could be snapped. In three of their final four games of the regular season, the Illini scored the not-so-grand total of exactly ONE TOUCHDOWN! That one was the big one in the final minute against Michigan and it gave the Illini a 7-0 victory. But after rebounding the next week-end to defeat Iowa in simple fashion, the new champs played their last two games without being able to cross into the enemy BEARS WOULD WATCH Lions Losers in Flip for Tie-Breaking Game PHILADELPHIA UPi The Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns won coin tosses in the National Football League office as Commissioner Bert Bell met with title contenders to make McAuliffe EAST LANSING Don McAuliffe, brilliant left halfback of Michigan State undefeated and untied football team, has been elected to captain the Spartans in 1952.

McAuliffe was named to succeed Bob Carey as the Spartans playing field leader at a team banquet Monday night. McAULIFFE played behind DON McAULIFFE He'll lead 1953 Spartans Educators Blamed for Grid Mess Lou Little Lashes Out at College Chiefs NEW YORK CU.R) Straight-spoken Lou Little, Columbia's long-time football coach, laid blame for the current collegiate gridiron controversy squarely at the feet of the nation's college presidents. Insisting that coaches would adhere to standards demanded by college presidents, Little said that much of the scandal could be stilled by a general rise in the level of college admission require-! ments. Little asserted that "the bar-1 ometer of a football team is its admission requirements." "If we all had the same require ments of admission it would do away with a great deal of abuses," he added. "THERE ARE a number of boys in colleges today who shouldn't be there.

I know of cases where boys were accepted with poor scholastic records behind them. "The trouble now, is that a boy knows if he can't pass the requirements at one school he can make the grade -omewhere else." Little asserted that college football players have plenty of time to study, if such is their desire. He added that scholarships should be removed from athletic departments and administered by the college on a strict academic basis. "Proselyting does not upset me," he said. "Every phase of activities has proselyting of some sort.

If the admission requirements are all right and the curriculum is all right, I see nothing wrong with it." Look Who's Criticizing! Says Harvard Coach BOSTON (P) In a vigorous attack on critics of inter-collegiate sports, Harvard "Football Coach Lloyd Jordan said that the senators and judges should clean up their own backyards before offering us suggestions." Jordan, who also holds the authoritative position of president of the National Football Coaches Association, told a meeting of coaches and writers that "emphasis should be on college athletics. It's a part of education now. No longer is it the tail; it's a part of the main body. We need athletics. "There are evils in intercollegiate sports and they should be de-emphasized." Thesz Wins Loui Thesz, National Wrestling Alliance's No.

1 heavyweight, defeated Louis Klein, taking two out of three falls at Fairview Gardens. Army-Bound WOONSOCKET, R. I. (P) Phil Paine, Boston Braves' young relief pitcher, was among 23 men inducted into the Army. nilrflir plans for possible playoffs.

In the event of a triple tie in the National Conference of the NFL, among the Los Angeles Rams, Bears and Detroit Lions, the Rams and Lions would meet in Detroit on Dec. 23 with the winner to take on the Bears Dec. 30. THE BEARS would play the end zone. They were held to a scoreless tie by Ohio State and then barely nudged Northwestern on Sam Rebecca's field goal for a 3-0 squeak.

But thanks to a great defensive line they now have their first undefeated season in 24 years. The Illini played three foes" in common with one-defeated Stanford this year. It's a cinch the odds-makers didn't use those games as their yardstick for making Illinois the Rose Bowl favorite. Stanford defeated UCLA by 14 points, 21 to 7. Illinois took the same team by 14 points, 27 to 13.

Stanford upended Washington, 14 to 7, a seven-point bulge. Illinois defeated Washington, 27 to 20, and again the victory margin was exactly the same. Stanford defeated Michigan, 23 to 13, while the Illini topped the Wolverines, 7 to 0. Lions Sure Santa Has Arrived DON'T TRY TO CONVINCE the Detroit Lions that Santa Claus hasn't landed already. That 31-21 upset of the Los Angeles Rams by Washington not only convinced them but shoved them right to the top of their NFL division.

The Lions had figured that Cleveland would defeat the Chicago Bears. But the thought that the Redskins would dump the squad's most valuable player. In recognition of the honor Coleman received the annual "Governor's Watch" award. The presentation was made by Governor Williams. THE SPARTAN coaches' "Oil Can Award" which goes yearly to the performer demonstrating the best team spirit was given to line backer Doug Weaver.

Dean Garner, senior guard, received the Coaches Award as the player who showed the greatest improvement during the season. The ball from the Indiana game was presented to Guard Frank Kush, while the one from the Colorado game went to Michigan State's president, Dr. John A. Hannah. In announcing the award to Dr.

Hannah, retiring captain Carey said "It goes to the man who deserves it most." Monograms were presented 41 players. Only 16 of the group are seniors. DANN. LYALL SMITH- PARKER Miracle to Maryland's Terrapins closed their perfect nine-game season by receiving 18 first-place ballots. They replaced Stanford in third place as that team fell to eighth after its loss to California.

Other changes found Illinois moving from sixth to fourth on Sam Rebecca's field goal victory over Northwestern while Kentucky dropped from ninth to 17th. fc i if 1.4 Marv Owen Released as San Jose Manager SAN JOSE, Calif. (U.R) The Boston Red Sox have released Marvin Owen as manager of the San Jose Red Sox, a Bosox farm club in the California State League, Owen disclosed. basketball season Monday with a record-smashing 93-39 tri-lege, but still left unanswered a key question about its 1951-52 prospects. The question is: How good are the New Tartars? No one in the sparse crowd of 600 who saw the Tartar debut in the State Fair Coliseum could rightly tell.

ALTHOUGH they piled up their biggest point total in history, the Tartars could have named their margin of victory and hit it without much- trouble. Assumption simply was no kind of test. With the exception of Center Jack Bruce, the Windsor team is an all-freshman unit which inherited a record of 20 straight defeats. This one, of course, boosted the string the 21, a span which began at the tail end of the 1949-50 season. All but two players Joined in the point parade which saw Coach Joe Mason's promising young club easily surpass the Wayne record of 86 points in a single game.

The mark was set against Northern Michigan in 1939. Key players from the first-string unit, Forwards John Kline and Ernie Wagner, Center Charley Primas and Guards Ron Condon and Bill Robinson, played less than 20 minutes. They still accounted for 54 points, with Condon, Primas and Wagner each collecting 14, Kline adding 12 and Robinson four. BEHIND THEM, too, the Tartars had scoring punch sufficient to whip the Canadians. Charley Dubas, a senior who was a regular a year ago, and Freshman Paul Dean, each pumped in nine points.

All but two players, Ralph Pershing and Bob Langas, made the scoring column. Mason ejected to start the combination of Condon, Robinson, Dubas, Gene Boldon and John Erickson, which carried Wayne to a winning record last season for the first time since the war. With Condon guiding the attack, that unit sputtered into a 12-7 lead in the first five minutes. At that point, Mason threw the actual No. 1 combination into action.

DRIVES and breakaways promptly shot the Tartar edge to 21-9 at the end of the first period. The score rocketed to 47-20 late in the second period before Mason sent in the subs again. At the start of the second half, the first-string combination went into action and shot the count to 70-35 before Mason sidelined them for the night. Wayne will have a definite idea of what to expect from its youngsters when they continue their campaign during the next two weeks. The Tartars have successive en gagements with Michigan State, Niagara and Loyola of Chicago.

All are considerably tougher teams than Wayne has been able to handle in recent years. WAYNE (93 ASSCMPTION (39 Erickson, Dulms.f Holdon.e Condon, Knhintton.g Primas. Wmcncr.f Kline.f Dean.r Adamg.c Boycf.e tonibear.r 3 a 1 1 4 1 8 Karrz.f 1 0 '-i Hrucr.e 4 614 Smith, 3 0 4 Brady, 6 2 14 6 10 4 10 1 1 4 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 8 14 Motr.e 2 12 Hrater.f 1 9 Collini.c 4 3 2 4 Totals 37 19 93 Totals 1117 39 Score at half: Wayne 47, Assumption 29. Heath Batting for O'Doul SAN FRANCISCO (U.PJ The San Trancisco Seals named Tommy Heath, former Minneapolis pilo as manager for the 1952 season. Heath, a major league catcher, handled Minneapolis for three years, finishing fourth in 1949, first in 1950 and fifth last year in the American Association.

He succeeds Lefty O'DouL who for 17 years skippered the Seals. They finished last in the 1951 Pacific Coast League race. Happen The top ten, with first place votes and season's records in parentheses: Points 1 Tennessee (92) '(9-0) 1,508 2 MICH. STATE (84) (9-0) 1,379 3 Maryland (18) (9-0) 1,257 4 Illinois (4) (8-0-1) 1,030 5 Princeton (4) (9-0) 876 6 Georgia Tech (1) (9-0-1) 727 7 Wisconsin (5) (7-1-1) 529 8 Stanford (1) (9-1) 463 9 Baylor (7-1-1) 406 10 Oklahoma (2) (7-2) 206 THE SECOND TEN It Terns Christian 144 I California 3 (8-2) 142 13 Virtinla 1 (8-1) 14 San Francisco (3) (9-0) 8 15 VCLA (5-3-1) 87 16 Teias (7-2) 75 17 Kentucky 7-4 73 18 Washington State (7-3) 47 19 Holy Cross (8-1) 32 SO Soatheim California (7-3) 30 on Rams the New York Yanks, 10 to 10. The reaction of the four scouts was tinged with caution, through all of them were highly pleased at Sunday's shuffle.

"The Redskins beat the Rams exactly the way we tried to do it here in Detroit," Parker declared. "They ran the Rams silly with GoOde, Xeon Heath and Bill Dudley doing the damage. "The Redskins never threw the ball unless Sammy Baugh found himself in trouble with long yardage needed on third down. Then he went into a spread formation and passed for the first down and returned to the running game. "Baugh completed seven passes out of the 12 he threw.

And two of them were touchdowns when he threw from the while close in. "The Rams were bothered by fumbles during the game. Apparently they don't like the cold weather." BROWN ANALYZED the 'Skins running attack with elaborate charts and showed that the Los Angeles club was vulnerable all day outside the tackles and running the ends. In the second half, Baugh alternated the wide stuff with an occasional jaunt up the middle that paid oft. Forte and Wilson were trying to co-ordinate their reports so the club could go to work on special maneuvers for the 49ers, who come Into Briggs Stadium Sunday.

They reported the San Francisco team as a rugged defensive club. They have several running backs, John Strzykalski, Verl Lillywhite and Joe Perry. Y. A. Tittle and Frankie Albert comprise the air arm.

The 49ers were bothered with penalties that hurt at critical times," Forte said. "With less than a minute to go they also fumbled on the Yank seven-yard line when they could have gone in and won. "THEY RAN very well, particularly in the first half. In fact, they looked as though they'd run the Yanks out of the ball park. They took only nine plays to go to a touchdown after the first kickoff.

But then the Yanks stiffened." Wilson reported that both Albert and Tittle had an off day on their passes. "They'll probably be hotter than a two-dollar pistol against us," Wilson said. "They usually are." Naturally pleased at being back on top, Parker and his aides still were not oozing confidence. "After all we have to play the 49ers twice," Parker said. "They have beaten both the Rams and the Browns.

Then don't forget we have to play those Rams again." THE ONLY WAY to make sure of winning the title seems to win all three remaining games. At least that's the way the coaching staff looks at it. And, believe it, the Lions are taking these games one at a time. There are no pushovers in the National Football League just take a look at Sunday's results for proof. returned from an "off day scouting the Lions remaining foes, the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers.

Parker and Brown watched, the Washington Redskins wallop the Rams in the season's biggest upset, which helped the Lions take over the lead in the National Conference. FORTE AND Wilson scouted the 49ers as they were tied by deciding conference game in either Los Angeles or Detroit. In the event of a tie between the Bears and Rams, the playoff game would be played in Los Angeles Dec. 23. Should the Bears and Detroit tie, the playoff would be in Chicago Dec.

23. If Detroit and Los Angeles are deadlocked, the deciding encounter would take place in Los Angeles on the same date. STAY-AT-HOMES Just Ducking Hunters1 Guns HAGERSTOWN, Md. VP) Hunters who shiver in a duck blind all day and then go home empty handed got this disconcerting news from Hagerstown officials: The city has 200 wild ducks for sale at 30 cents a pound. They were captured near the Municipal Park lake, right near the center of town.

Clipper Smith Resigns Post EASTON, Pa. (U.R) Maurice (Clipper) Smith, who had the worst season in his 30-year career in football, bowed out as head coach at Lafayette College. Smith asked the college not to renew his three-year contract which expired at the end of this season. Lafayette won only one of its eight games during the past season, scoring only 67 points to its opponents 269. Chips Celebrate MT.

A A Central Michigan's basketball team opened its 1951-52 basketball season and the school's new field house with a 56-49 triumph over Alma doughty Rams didn't even enter their most optimistic discussions. "That was one break we never expected," admitted Coach Buddy Parker. "But we still have to take our last three games. It'll be tough. Here's how it would be made more easy, Buddy.

While the Lions are playing San Francisco here Sunday, the Rams are playing the Bears. All that Detroit needs feated Nebraska, 21 to 13, in 1941 Illinois will play its return en gagement under far more auspicious conditions than marked its choice in 1946. AT THAT TIME there was an attempt to have the Big Ten-Coast Conference agreement set aside for a year so that Army's undefeated legion headed by Glenr. Davis and Felix (Doc) Blanchard might be sent against UCLA. The Big Ten refused to waive its participation.

Illinois went under the cloud of being a "cheese choice" and ever the violent protest of the entire Coast that the Illini's appearance would make the Rose Bowl a second-rate attraction. Eliot used all the blasts to key Illinois for its top effort of the season. With a chant of "So You Wanted Army?" hurled at UCLA on every play, Illinois riddled the Coast champions by a 46-14 margin. THAT TRIUMPH started the Big Ten on an unbroken string of Rose Bow1 successes. The University of Michigan's "Mad Magicians" pulverized Southern California the next sea son, 49 to 0.

With Michigan again the titlist in 1948 but ineligible for the bowl battle, second-place Northwestern was the choice. The Wildcats downed California, 20 to 14. Ohio State made the trip- in 1949 and beat Pappy Waldorfs California outfit 17 to 14. Last season Michigan turned back the Golden Bears, 14 to 6. Illinois already holds victories this season over two Coast Conference teams.

The Illini beat second-place UCLA, 27 to 13, and seventh-place Washington, 20 to 13. Those twin triumphs were the only ones the Big Ten scored this season over Pacific Coast Conference members. Champion Stanford beat Michigan, 23 to 13. Minnesota was trimmed, 25 to 20, by Washington, and mauled, 55 to 14, by California. FOR THE SIX seasons since the Rose Bowl pact was made the Big Ten has an over-all record of 22 victories, 11 defeats and a tie against Coast teams.

LUKE EASTER, the Cleveland Indians' huge first baseman, begins undergoing a physical examination at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital. Luke has been bothered by an ailing left knee. X-rays will determine if an operation is necessary. Cage Results MONDAY'S RESULTS COLLEGE Wayne 93, Assumption 89. Central Mich.

56, Alma 49. Kalamazoo 63, Olivet 49. NYU 82, Dickinson 69. Marquette 81, St. Norberts 37.

Parris Is. 78, Florida St. 46. Hofstra 72, Roanoke 59. Manhattan 71, Rutgers 32.

E. Kentucky 85, Xavier 46. Wheaton 63. Chlcairn Trhrs. K1.

Ky. Wesleyan 78, Morehead St. 62 7 is for that Ram-Bear game to end up a tie while the Lions bump the 49ers. Then when the Lions play the Rams in Loa Angeles the following Sunday, they could still lose and wind up in a three-way deadlock for the divisional title. Or is that asking too much of the gent with the white whiskers MSC Stars Award Nominees MICHIGAN STATE'S undefeated and untied gridders come to Detroit Tuesday night to be guests of Forrest Akers, Detroit member of the State Board of Agriculture.

After dinner, they'll attend the musical, "Oklahoma." Too bad it's not "Tennessee." Clark Scholes, MSC's great swimmer, has been nominated by the Michigan AAU as this state's candidate for the Sullivan Award. Don't be surprised if Tackle Don Coleman, also of State, ranks high on voting for the Ileisman Trophy although Dick Kazmaier of Princeton looks like the probable winner. The Tigers have their fingers crossed on Alex Garbowski, the shortstop they picked up from Seattle in the draft. He hit only .222 last year and .242 the year before that. But when he broke into organized ball in 1946, he hit for a lofty .390 percentage and then came back the next summer to bat .396.

He'll go to Lakeland with the Tigers, probably will wind up at Buffalo. Owen said he asked for his release to seek a better job with the Boston chain. He was told no other job was available, but the parent club agreed to release him immediately so he could look elsewhere. Owen said he will attend the majors minors meeting in Columbus, next month to look over pros- pects for an- lU other mana gerial Job. Owen Former third baseman for the Detroit Tigers, Owen has managed the San Jose Red Sox for five seasons.

His best showing was last season when the club finished second. Hockey GA 57 35 DETROIT 12 5 10 7 11 9 5 6 6 2 4 29 24 17 16 16 14 Toronto 9 Montreal 7 Eoston 5 Chicago 7 New York 5 44 47 32 42 87 82 51 37 52 50 TUESDAY'S GAME New York at Boston. WEDNESDAY'S GAME Chicago at New York. THURSDAY'S GAMES Boston at DETROIT. Toronto at Montreal B'Nai David Hangs Up No.

3 B'nai David continued as the only undefeated team in the Inter-Synagog Basketball League, winning its third straight game, 39 to 18, over Temple Israel. In the other games, both un usually low-scoring affairs, Temple Beth El handed Northwest Congregation its third setback in a row, 16 to 8, and B'nai Moshe edged out Shaarey Zedek, 19 to 17. Standings: I Pet. TW P. 3 1.000 92 53 2 1 .667 68 87 2 1 7 70 1 2 61 98 1 2 .333 8'i 4 3' 38 60 B'nai DbtM Temnle Beth EI B'nai Moshe Temple Israel Shaarey Zedek Northwest Finis at Furman GREENVILLE, S.

C. (JP) James G. Meade, athletic director and backfield coach at Furman University, has resigned effective Dec. 31. 'A Si ONLY WAY TO GET BACK ON TOP Spartans Waiting for TOO ENTHUSIASTIC They play Vanderbilt this weekend to close out their 1951 schedule and are expected easily to win their 20th consecutive game.

The Vols were so impressive in battering Kentucky, 28 to 0, that they received 92 of the 168 first place votes while the Spartans, who held a 88-point bulge over Colorado, were handed 34. Horse HQ AMD EN, S. () The United States equestrian team will tram at Camden this winter in preparation for the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki, Finland. Michigan State's "greatest season" apparently requires a "miracle" to help the Spartans win the mythical national 'football championship. State played second fiddle to Tennessee in the weekly Associated Press poll and held only a narrow margin over powerful Maryland, which moved up to third place.

Tennessee rolled up its largest vote of the season to strengthen its hold on the No. 1 position in the balloting which carries the national award. ONLY A MIRACLE could drop the Volunteers of Coach Bob Neyland from that pedestal. An Old 'Skin Game WASHINGTON (tf For the second tim? in their history, the Washington Redskins Sunday lost a man on injuries before the game started. Jim Peebles, 234-pound end, was practicing kickoff before the pro football game with the Los Angeles Rams whea he wrenched a back muscle and had to spend the afternoon on the bench.

In 1940 before a Redskin game with the New York Giants, Glen (Turk) Edwards, then a star tackle wjio later was to the Redskins, went out for the coin-tossing ceremony. He wheeled to trot back to the bench and his bad knee buckled on him. He never played again. I Fund Grows COLUMBUS, O. (U.R) The campaign to raise funds for Jim Thorpe launched here two weeks ago by George M.

Trautman has reached $500, Trautman reported..