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By LEO H. PETERSEN, United Press Sports Writer yon NEW YORK, Oct. 31—Southern Methodist supplanted Army Seven first today as the nation’s No. 1 football team. =~ ~ ~~. a week Et oe © Although idle last week-end, Southern Methodist was given ~ = “o¢'ip, 16 first place votes and a total of 306 points to take over the sitions as

~Jead in the United Press football ratings. Army dropped to sec- ~+ ‘ond place with 10 first place ballots and a total of 284. points after leading the weekly ratings for the three previous weeks. .

w= . The ratings are compiled from the selections of 35 of the" my - EE nation’s outstanding coaches on the basis of 10 points for a first ALTHOUGH victors over Washington and Lee, 20, Satplace vote, nine for second and so on down to one for 10th, urday, Tennessee dropped from eighth to 11th place with 37 points. Sp , su 8 _ Cornell, beaten by Princeton 27 to 0, fell from 10th place into a tie OHIO STATE'S once-defeated Buckeyes, impressive in their with Nebraska for 21st place with only three points. 83 to 21 victory over Iowa, jumped to third place with Oklahoma's Of the top 10, Southern Methodist, Army, Oklahoma, Caliundefeated Sooners dropping to fourth place. California, another fornia, Kentucky and Princeton are unbeaten and untied. Ohio of the nation’s eight major teams which are unbeaten and untied, . State, Illinois, Texas and Washington each have lost one game. was fifth with Kentucky, Texas, IJlinois, Prihceton and Wash- The other two unbeaten and untied major elevens, Miami

and Wyoming) placed 13th and 17th respectively.

' Team - 1—Sou. Meth, (18) .... 306

falling to receive a>sirigle point. The Aggies defeated 2—Army (10) .......0.. 204 DE Ee OIL A ee ar State (7) «eosss 261 starved Minnesota. ot 3 4—Oklahoma (1) +seees 221 © : §-=California Savana nsnen 76

point, Michigan State, which defeated the Irish 36 to 33, Southern Methodist became the third team to take over the

9: Georgia, 6; Wisconsin, 5. ; Others—Corné fo spot in the United Press ratings, climaxing a steady advance,

western, 1. i

Second 10— Tennessee, 37; Michigan State sylvania, 19; Maryland, 18; UCLA, 13; Wyoming (1),

and Nebraska, 3 each;

gO 5 a is ssass Ese. 1 7-—Texas PR 1441; 8--Illinois Si venssnsenes 9-<Prineeton issseseeey 81 10--Washington Sassen 471 , 26; Miami, 21; Penne 12; Clemson,

Stanford, 2; North-

‘ington rounding out the top 10 teams in the country in that order,

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For Lujack Has

Sweet Revenge :

Ratterman, Who Left ND in Huff, Wins Nod Over Leahy Choice | -

Jethroe, Dropo Win Rookie of Year Crowns; ‘O’Connell Mentioned

Bosox Slugger Noses Out Whitey Ford,

Who Piled Up Impressive Hurling Mark DY Slack, crentiy til soa By CARL LUNDQUIST, United Press Sports Writer plug of the professional New NEW YORK, Oct. 31—Boston contributed both of the major York Yankees, has been waiting’ Jeagile rookies of the year today, lanky Sam Jethroe winning thea long time to hear that. Ever honor in the National League and walloping Walt Dropo being since 1946, when he was a substiselected in the American in the United Press selections made by|tute for the widely heralded Lubaseball writers in each of the loop cities. 3 {Jack at Notre Dame. Both won by comfortable margins, Jethroe polled 14 out of a Big George was convinced, even

possible 24 votes in the National {then, that he had more on the ball than Lujack. But Coach

League in which five players rated) .. consideration. Pitcher Bob sie Baseball Officials Frank Leahy thought otherwise of the Philadelphia Phillies re-| |and, all through 1646, Ratterman| ceived five votes. Shortstop, rode the bench. At the end of the| Danny O'Connell of the Pitts-| 3 ® | |season, the tall blonde from Cin-| burgh Pirates got three, and First, ISCIISS d 10 einnad went to Leahy and asked ‘Baseman Monte Irvin of the New| ’ {him about his plans for 1947. Rat- ! {terman suggested that Lujack be

York Giants and Third Baséman| Bill Serena of the Chicago Cubs ishifted to left halfback and that {he be installed at quarterback.

Guard Against Crowd feceived one each. i Leahy Wouldn't Promise

»=Dropo won out in the American, Drop in Minors BR what was almost entirely aj] CINCINNATI, O,, Oct. 31 (UP)| Leahy wouldn't promise any-o-man battle, getting 15 votes, —Major and minor league base- thing. to eight for kid pitcher Whitey ball executives met in the offices So Ratterman turned profesford of the New York Yankees. of Baseball Commissioner A. B.sional and signed with the BufOnly other American Leaguer to/Chandler today to consider twoifalo Bills, a vote was Al Carrasquel, problems—radio and . television

raion of the White Sox, who and the Pacific Coast League,

By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Oct. ‘31—Four| years of frustration came to a happy ending today . for George! Ratterman. His coach finally told him that) {hé was a better quarterback than| Johnny Lujack.

| Leahy and his crippled Irish feel,

But the city’s No. 1 prep gridiron ‘headmaster, completing his Lujack continued -to star at/ 24th consective season at the West Side institution, isn’t doing much Notre Dame as a 1947 All-Amer- 0Vert lamenting about his Injyry-begotten, undermanned Conti-

Ex-Substitute Washington Continentals Plagued by Injuries

Washington's injury-riddled Continentals have a re-juggled lineup patched for its city series clash with Howe at Tech Friday afternoon. Shown (front row, left to right) are: End Bill Kern, Tackle Herschell Northern, Guard Jim Petercheff, Guard Bob Wittman, Tackle Dick:Linville, and End Elmer Lowery. {Se Jim Lee, Halfback Tom Crampton and Fullback Bill Cook. s = = WWW.

Bogue's Patched-Up Eleven Must Still Face Howe and Tech

By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS i Wily Henry E. Bogue, Washington's veteran bossman with the {fog-horned voice, and his Continentals, must know how Frank

Second row): Coach Henry Bogue, Center Sid Tillery, Quarterback Ed Kernodle, Halfback

received the otfer ballot. The major league executivelica and in 1048 signed. with the Nentals. He isn’t using the extra |

council and the minor league ex-/Chicago Bears, one of the best Tolls of tape to seal a. Discouraging Start ecutive committee will try to find/clubs in the National League. Lu- lowing.larynx; he can wJethroe, the 26-year-old nativela way to keep radio broadcasts jack's buildup continued. The He needs the swaths to hold Fast St. Louis, Ill, won the and telecasts of major league Bills, for whom Ratter his bruised Continentals together, ational League aceniade after a games from wrecking attendance|played, were in the All-America Not one given to Dy the discouraging beginning which{in some minor league parks. Conference, and not one of {wailing wall of woe, st he was one of the most awkward Because an outright curb on best in that loop. the atts gx Washington's o Joust looking players in spring train-isuch broadcasts might cause the room, wraps and turns, breaks ing. The Negro with the long, big leagues to run afoul of gov- Se ee Toor Ey onsclle ated) ut Os adjusts a sponge gkinny legs, found it difficult to ernment laws, the games's execu-| a. ¢ time, Ratterman Bo w with thigh pad, wraps some more, then acclimate himself to the impor- tives probably will go slow Ing. wow ‘York Yankees, squared/hobbles out to practice. : tant center field spot, but under|imposing any restrictions.- Base-| oo against the fellow who had!

the patient tutelage of Manager| ball now has a rule tne og kept him on the bench. |beefing about the 3-4-1 record. ate the wery,

TDs this year, is an end stalwart, and stocky Guard Jim Petercheff has a penchant for squirming into opponents’ backfields.

Billy ‘Southworth, he quickly ma-|broadcasting or telecasting “of Ratterman walked off with all: The Washington ‘archives have Be te a ne. white minor. oop ciuie opetataiic, nopors. Ho brought the Newtalloved at the pages whos ‘Yor ankees . n has los our He wound up with a .273 bat- Bi gi pr righodiogh. penclfle pitched and planned them to con-|city rivals in the same years, ting mark and breezed to the base oa te rom Yincing 38 to 27 victory over the three by one touchdown. eague ars } Lost 18-0

gtealing championship of both 8 ; leagues. His total of 35 {the annual‘ player draft. PCL" 0 was 1 compl eting! of 39 passes for 331 yards and|

was more | than double the 15 total with President Clarence Rowland and 5,

{1930, "32, and "44.

has figited. Now

hot offense. again in droppingi.rew of about 25 boys to face

Sox won the American League snatch title. Playing in 141 here. . games, Jethroe also showed abil-| AEoe Dudiey, plesiaent Oran downs—and set up three others. lost an 18 to 0 lead. ity as a long ball hitter, getting ae ta a A he | “Ratterman certainly proved to| Before the trees began shed18 home runs, eight triples and Shaughnessy, president of the n-ne the. better quarterback,” said ding their leafy coats this fall, 28 doubles among his 159 hits. terstional Jeague the other Sass Red Strader, coach of the the only football coach Washing- * Southworth correctly foretold AAA circuits, nteresied Yankees. ton has ever had, might have had! future of the Negro player listeners. Should the coast league, ——————————— dhe > ie) the Braves paid $100,- gain any concessions, Dudley and 000 in a deal with Branch Rickey Shaughnessy undoubtedly would B ler- Chan gs of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey, demand the same for their league. ing up Jethroe in what he de- = Tn ] s > gcribed “as the most dangerous Mangrum Faces LE deal I ever made,” might well) . Yomry. never started with to0have won ili Nations Lease Damage Suit : |heavy-a-manpower" stockpile - this| flag with the speedy fellow in hi | oh { Coach Ott Heller has shaken up fa], but once said in an aside,| outfield. : {| LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 (UP) the Indianapolis Caps’ . lineup: . ; v Gets no Fanfare |—Professional golfer Lloyd Man-aoain in an effort to correct dedi Jimallest teams ‘were our . Dropo had no such fanfare for grum was sued for $20,032 battery|geen, st ; ; his debut - in Boston this year. damages today by a housewife Sngive Mistakes |, Tempus Heralded in 1949 as a new “Hank who charged he knocked her unGreenberg” for his slugging Bnd) conseions with his fists. good work at the first base bag, Mrs. Ida Lucille Turner accused piyors erred too much in the | the big fellow just couldn® hit big Mangrum in a superior court sult! poole Bine to suit Heller. He saw|on rival Tech Nov. 10. His line-| league pitching and after 11/of a “malicious and unprovoked” poth contests from the bench as/UP.S 8 Patch-quilt of boys who | games was shipped off to Sacra- attack in front of her home. he sat it out with a’ broken! ‘to—and still can—play foot-, menton with a miserable .146 av-| The suit grew out of a fight all. A erage. (that followed a minor traffic acci- thumb ‘Blueshirts’ head man made Few local pigskiners'can match | " This year he wasn't even on the dent Nov, 1, 1949, when the golfer notes during his inactivity and de- tough Bill Cook for defensive Boston roster, but after a slow|lived across the street from the cided to put Clare Raglan ana! PUlk- Bogue shifted the versatile, gtart in Louisville, he was hur-{ Turner home. IMax kenbush togeth with Speedy tackle to the fullback spot > ’ {Max Quackenbush together Ig dut d now Bo riedly called in when First Base-| Mangrum filed a $103,000 dam-\ penny” Woit and Bill Folk ready| o> vies the only passer Ive man Billy ‘Goodman suffered an age st Jas May 24 against thelsor second duty. “I believe our SAY: “He's the only passer I've fnkle injury. usband, Contractor E. J. Turner, i _igot. | sDropo wound up with a .323 ®0°d son. E. J, Turner. Jr. on sg in| Despite his 205 pounds, Cook fiverage, driving in 144 runs with| Iie said. he suffered a fractured) yr game against the Cincinnati[S20. Tun. Cook haa scored three 84 homers among his 180 hits right shoulder and bruised, face nj hawks Thursday night here w TDs since his transformation.| For most of the season he was.» the fight and that his injuries yojjer said, ' {Last week he scored one and involved in a tight race for the KePt him from competing in golf = eller may be ready for action threw for two others. league home run leadership with tournaments. {against the Mohawks or the| , Washington's speedy Dacks Al Rosen of Cleveland, finally los-| {league-leading Cleveland Barons, 5% 8 y Injures, Beluds Sash Ing out as Rosen wound up with Fight Results The Barons will be met in Cleve- {T&R FoR Cratupton, ’ 87. : ; United P 1 Saturd nigh here . : ‘Had: Ford been with the Yan- a EU TU Sy a A oe pir has| The linemen are senior-studded kees all season he probably would | *RoCHEsTER. N¥. - Fritafe Pruden, Deen designed to protect Heller's) {10 DE Crane have made a closer battle of it 1{¢'. St. Caiharines Ontario, stopped left hand and he’s champing at| on, at left halthack, and ter. gor. the rookié honors. As it was = CORAL GABLES, Pia--Reuben Jones, the bit for game:duty. { he did well enough, winning nine! 14s Hartford, Conn Bi Hiowa, EL —— | straight games before suffering CHICAGO (Marigold Gardens) —Eddle, . i his only big league defeat, then Berfigan. nfvaikse. 130 (6) ied — Two Main Bouts g0Ing on to win the World Series de. N. J. outpointed Bert Hyland. 105, : : | glincher for the Yankees over the DE RANTON Pa Eugene Hairston, in Armory Friday Ee. | |New York, dutpsinted Kid Gavilan. 130. Rusty Cleek, the hard-hitting E . 7 NE en ORK _ (Jamaica ArenaBuly policeman from New Castle, has 1 ’ 138. Louisville, Ky. (5). “been signed to meet Joe ThompAtomic Blond on | ss eorse Fo of Louisville in a four-rouind-

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The Caps, who unveiled a red-| Bogue has rejuggled his sparse!

{week-end tilts to the B8t. Louis 11owe at Tech Friday, then per-|

off his bel-{nodle, at quarterback, are the 't afford it./juniors in the backfield that in{cludes starting senior Jim Lee,

clude: Juniors Bill Smith, Clyde Lee and Jack Scoggin, {Sophomores Tom Figg, {Springer and Wayne Lentz.

Bogue isn’t moaning. He isn’'t| Bill Kern, at end, have moved up

{illustons reminiscent of his three sparse, which makes city championship togas worn byplatoon system substitutions ithe fine Washington teams of rather infrequent.

| The 57-year-old mentor, who for its Silver Anniversary waltz old-fashioned Continental mask when the has been coaching boys for 31 (next year. - 1

adjust it without charge. Needed parts will be

tin. Zool] deallock. with 1 mans one tackle and Bob Witts 25-a eadloc! erre man occupies the other rd. @hich Dom DiMaggio of the Red former maior league g eutive one touchdown. But Ratterman Haute Gerstmeyer last week gave Center Sid Tillery will po are slie O'Connor push the case was terrific. He completed 10 of the sighs of the times. More key at his post again. /18 for 276 yards and two touch- boys were hurt and Washington, Juniors backing up the forward jwall list Bob Boone, Bill Powell, Bill Mattox, Charles Bruer, Richard Rover, Lowell Scotten and Don Repass.

List Junior Backs Supplementary backfielders in-

Dick Linville, at tackle, and

senior line. Elmer who has scored four |

Big Herschell Northern, at 225,

The sophomore line, too, is

Bogue's

Today's Halloween but here's a real Bogue-y man, Washing- . out with a bashed proboscis, will don an

Washington may have to wait fon Center Sid Tillery est Siders face Howe

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Mikan & Co. Drop Olymps Again, 69-57

Big George Gets 18 Points in Toledo Game

Times Special TOLEDO, Oct. 31-—The Indian< apois Olympians moved closer to their Wednesday opening of the National Basketball Association's 68-game schedule today after taking a 69:57 beating here last {night from the Minneapolis Lakers in an exhibition tilt. At the end of the first quarter, the Olympians led, 20 to 17, but {they were unable to hold the pace, At halftime, the Lakers were leading, 33 to 31. Mikan Scores 18 At the end of the third, the Lakers held a 51-44 lead. They {controlled the ball nearly all the {way in the final stanza. Lakers’ Big George Mikan and his teammate Jim Pollard each marked up 18 points to lead for the winners. . Paul Walther led the Olymps with 14 while Alex Groza collected 13. The NBA schedule officially gets underway toright with ons game as Washington plays at Rochester, . But the majority of the teams open play Wednesday night when Indianapolis goes to Washington, Minneapolis at Baltimore and Boston at Ft. Wayne.

Bruce Hale Put

n Ld . On Inactive List Indianapolis Olympians ara getting down to player strength for the NBA wars. The club left Toledo last night with 12 men, one over the league player limit. The local basketball pros: had previously put Sonny Allen, former Morehead -State star, on the waiver list. Bruce Hale, the ailing passing master, was relegated to the inactive list, The 12 “who accompanied the club to Washington, for tha league opener tomorrow night in cluded Wah-Wah Jones, Joe Hole land, Alex Groza, Player-Coach Cliff Barker, Ralph Beard, Paul Walther, Leo Barnhorst, Malcolm _ . McMullen, Carl Shaeffer, Bob Lavoy, Leon Blevins and Chuck Mrazovich.

Lincoln Downs Filly Pays $508.40 for $2

LINCOLN, R. I, Oct. 31 (UP) - {—The highest mutuel payoff of the year was recorded at Lincoln Downs yesterday when Minnix, & filly which did not race as a juvenile and failed in 10 previous starts this year, paid $508.40, $204.60 and $56.40 across the board. ;

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