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: SUNDAY, BEC 30, 1951 Be Seeing Bowl Games

By United Press & fans get their last

fling of the season

51 Verdict

Times Special Service

CLEVELAND, Dec. 29—

THE Pp PR ESS BOX Ott Heller's Indianapolis Cap-

; -. ,litols suffered their 19th deNEW YORK, Dec. 20—How good is Rocky Marciano? eo ¢ (10 season here toVery good, indeed, if you care to accept the assessment |, as they dropped a 5-1 declof Jack‘ Kearns. ‘The best since Dempsey,” the veteran sion to the Cleveland Barons bemanager insists. ? ris fore 7148 fans in a game that

ay 4 toda: wy was prolonged because of an inHe's the one guy arounc l0CRY| gyNOE SECURING a spectac-

v | ”. - | Bullets Win Tuesday ‘at 11 big and little New Year's bowl games. The ‘upwards of 400;800 fans who attend them may be seeing a

BALTIMORE, Dec. 29 farewell show of post-season collegiate grid extravaganzas.

jury to Cieveland’s goaltender, we want no part of,” he adds with something akin to a mild shudder. At the moment Mr, Kearns is the proprietor of Joey Maxim, the light heavyweight champion, who devotes a great deal of his ,professional energy to . exchanging clutches with : Ezzard Charles, aprogram of Williams frustration which is dismally remindful of the Korean truce con-| versations,

“The guy likes to fight, is game tion to fight for the championship Tomorrow night the two teams and can hit,” he amplifies. “In a! the same terms (better in this/ Play a return

heavyweight that's all you need.” n » ~

FOR MR. KEARNS’ money the (Mr. Kearns suggests, |come for them to put up or shut

lup. The martyr act is beginning kept the Caps from a shutout.

dethronement of Jersey Joe Walcott, the titleholder is a mere formality . . . “Rocky will knock him out sure.” The promotional blue print] calls for a championship battle " hetween Marciano and Walcott in| June, granted, of course, Walcott | gets past Charles, an in-between contest which may or may not] be held. “If it’s Charles, the guy’ll knock him out, too,” Mr. Kearns promises. “As I say he’s the] best.” | Marciano’s next appearance] will be against Lee Savold in| Philadelphia. Originally it had) been planned to expose the winter tourists of Miami to this one, but nation-wide TV facilities are not available in Florida and has necessitated a change. TV money has become a major factor in prize ring promotion today. Not infrequently it amounts to more than the box office returns. . 8 AT THE moment Mr. Kearns is trying to bait Harry Matthews into a meeting with his Tiger. This in itself is an unusual procedure — the champion challenging the challenger. “This guy claims he’s been getting a run around,” Mr. Kearns says. “Well the time has come for him to put up or shut up. We not only want him but”—and here Mr. Kearns seemed to blush—‘we are actually chasing him.” | > It does seem that the time has come for Matthews, or more spe-

ular win here a year ago Matthews has been touring the sticks and cashing in heavily. Not only on his ability as a fighter, which is sound, but in the role of a martyr. His crafty manager has|

built him up as a victim of the

» = n | prize-ring monopoly which is| BOWER emerged from the headed by Jim Norris of IBC, a| with a gash ‘lcampaign exploited so effectively P! up gasheq chin. A it has attracted the attention of| called while he retired to the

at least one crusading statesman in’ Washington, who apparently has nothing more serious to engage his mind. { " Whether Hurley and his Tiger| were asked to return here for-a

sum unworthy of their importance in the past is not pertinent to the|

current issue, which is an invita-

are offered to all It would seem, as the time has

instance) as challengers.

to grow dull. The popovers Matthews has been meeting have added little to his prestige. Is Matthews as good as he is made to look? . There is no better way to prove the point than to meet the champion.

Second Round Opens in

Dearborn Cage Tourney

Only 14 teams from the starting field of 48 remain in the holiday basketball tournament at the Dearborn gymnasium as the second round begins today. The schedule includes 12 noon —Block Busters vs. Heavy Motors; 1 o’clock—U. 8. Tires vs. Cornell Dubiliers; 2 o’clock—=8ilver Circle Bar vs. Koch News; 3 o'clock— P. R. Mallory vs. Kennington Five; 4 o’clock--Allison Jets vs. Blann Hardware; 5 - o’clock— Larry's of Irvington vs. Fox Norris; 6 o’clock—Mates White Front vs. Kinman Garage and 7 o'clock — Greenwood Lumber vs. Center Grove.

Oleander Bowl Starts At 10 a. m. Jan. 1

GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. 29 (UP)—It will be offense against defense in the fourth annual Oleander Bowl game here Jan. 1, in a contest to be played at the unusual hour of 10 a. m.

cifically his manager, Jack Hur-

Bowl Chairman Homer Norton

|dressing ‘room for seven stitches

|his teammates added three more (goals and treated him to a de-

Johnny Bower, Bower’s injury, accidentally inflicted by a skate, occurred at 4:45 of the third period while his team was leading, 2-1, and the Caps were surging around him in a bid to tie the score.

ten minute intermission was

and the extraction of a tooth. When he returned to the nets,

|fense. support which required him

{to make only four saves the rest (of the way.

engagement in Indianapolis. It was a tight game for two periods, with Eddie Bruneteau’s

second period goal being all that

” » » THE GAME was begun with Linesman Patsy Callighan .pinch-| [hitting for Referee Red Dunn,| |whose train from Buffalo had| been delayed. Dunn arrived at the {rink after 14 minutes of the first| {period had been played. | Neither side scored in the first |period, but the second was only 142 seconds old when Defenseman Bob ChrystaPplunked in the Barons’ first goal. It was somewhat lof a tainted tally as Chrystal’s shot, travelling through the air, appeared to have been deflected {into the nets by a shoulder or stick by one of the defending Caps. Bruneteau put the Caps back] on even terms with the Barons at 17:04 of the second chapter on a clever play. Larry Wilson started it with a pass to Hugh Coflin. The latter fired. the puck toward Bruneteau who was encamped a few feet to thé left of the Cleveland crease. Bruneteau didn’t bother to receive the pass and shoot. Instead, he reached out his stick and with a deft poke-checking motion, {changed the course of the puck |so that it angled past the sur(prised Cleveland goal tender’s | feet.

i = » EJ HOWEVER, four Cleveland goals in the final period turned the contest into a rout. Vie Lynn

banged what proved to be. the|*

winning goal at 3:14. Then, after the intermission for Bower, three

ley, to get down to cases. There is said officials decided to stage the more tallies were marked up by|

only one way to win the cham-/game — featuring San Angelo jerry Couture, Phil Samis,

pionship, fight for it. The financial terms, I happen to know, are

fair enough. Quite liberal when|the morning so as it would not|and you consider the terms Marciano have to compete with broadcasts lo major Bowl games that afternoon.

accepted in order to get a shot at Joe Louis.

Junior College of Texas and Hinds Junior of Mississippi -— in|

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and Joe Carveth. The Barons’ capt, Fred Thurier,| their . rookie winger, Ike)

|Hildebrand, were out of uniform STEEL, Birmingham

tonight and are also expected to] miss tomorrow night's game in Indianapolis. Hildebrand wa s|

Du FIRST PERIOD: None. Penalties: Stearns (7.47), L. Wilson (10:56); L. Wil son (16:50). SECOND PERIOD: 1, Cleveland, Chrystal (Lynn) :42. 2. INDIANAPOLIS, Bruneteau Reigle (8:04); Davies (14:28), Hay (14:28), J. Wilson (18:15). THIRD PERIOD: 3, Lynn (Stearns, Olson) 3:14. 4, Cleveland, Couture (Schultz) 12:57. 5, Cleveland, Samis {unasistec) 15:36. 6, Cleveland, Carveth Reigle, Olson) 17:15. SCORE BY PERIODS 1

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merly with dpdianapolis, shows his wife Tamara the mileage on his

practice

Encephalitis paralyzed Pierro eight months go.

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Cleveland .........ccucve. 0 — INDIANAPOLIS ...... 00000 0 1 0—1 On the Ice AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE Western Dipision GP WL T Pts G OG Pittsburgh .... 33 24 ‘6 3 51 140 83 Cleveland ..... 32 18 11 3 39 115 87 |St. Louis ...... 34 15 18 1 31 129 125 {Cincinnati .... 35 14 17 4 32 88 119 Indianapolis . 33 9 10 5 23 99 133 astern Division GP. W L T Pts G OG| {Hershey ...... 32 17 12 3 37 122 . 82 {Buffalo ...... 30 13 14 3 29 98 118| |Providence .... 34 13 19 2 28 122 144} | Syracuse 33 13 20.0 26 103 125| RESULTS LAST NIIGHT Cleveland 5. Indianapolis 1, Pittsburgh 7,\ Providence 1. Buffalo 4, Syracuse 3, Cincinnati 3. Hershey 1. TONIGHT'S GAMES Cleveland at Indianapolis (8:15), Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Syracuse at Providence. Hershey at Buffalo NATIONAL LEAGUE GP W L T Pits. G ‘0G Deetroit ...... 34 21 5 8 50 96 58 Toronto. ....... SF 15 12 T Jt 82 1 {Montreal ...... 34 15 15 4 34 BR 82] Roston waanddd 3004 9.29 10 82 [New York .... 33 11 17 5 27 80 100 Chicago 11 20 3 25 78 101

34 30 J RESULTS LAST NIGHT Montreal 7, New York 2, Toronto 4, Boston 0 Detroit 3, Chicago 1

PIERRO IMPROVING—Billy Pierro, Pittsburgh pitcher for oie ana take finish that had

8100 fans on their feet, The teams

bike the sidearm hurler uses to regain use of his legs. |played evenly in the, first half

which ended 36-34 forthe visitors. This slim lead was cut one point |by the. end of the third period| when the score stood 54 to 53. |

High-Scoring Mood

MONTREAL, . Dec. 29

(UP)—

'} The Montregl Canadiens were in

+a “high-scoring mood tonight as |they pumped in six goals in the | second period to defeat the New [yi Rangers, 7 to 2, in a National Hockey League game,

Bruins Shut Out | TORONTO, Dec. 29 (UP)—The | Toronto Maple Leafs, paced by | veteran Max Bentley's two goals, |

| Hockey League triumph over the, | Boston Bruins tonight. \

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(UP)—The Baltimore Bullets, paced by Forward Stan Mia-

sek, tonight defeated the In-

dianapolis Olympians 75-65, before a small crowd of 1734. Miasek led all scorers hitting seven field goals and eight. free throws for 22 points. High point man for the Olymps was flashy guard Bill Tosheff who hit five from the floor and four from the free throw line for 14 points.

A THE OLYMPS had a cold night

|it, too.

It is almost certain that some

of the little bowls will We curtailed next season in keeping with the general de-emphasis trend. in college sports. It is conceivable the NCAA could rule out the big ones, too. So for what may be the finale to a national hysteria that has spanned. more than two decades, the fans are hoping for a terrific show wherever they go.

tion's number one team, and Maryland, the fourth ranked outfit. There will be approximately 80,000 fans on hand for this 18th renewal of a classic that has provided some of the greatest thrills in post-season competition. But despite the similarly fine records of the antagonists, Tennessee rated an eight point fa-

vorite to win in a setting in which the forecasters predicted fair weather and perhaps a dry field. Showers were on tap for Mon-

- » ” AND THEY'RE likely to get For in the matching of opponents, especially for the five

big bowl games, the sponsors lined up teams in which not even the oddsmalers could foresee a great measure of difference. In addition to the fans at the games, there will be millions. of living room viewers throughout the nation for the television account of the Rose Bowl game between Illinois and Stanford at Pasadena, Cal, first of the postseason contests to be put on a nation wide video hook-up.

day but it was indicated the field would be dry by game time Tuesday. |

from the floor. They had more scoring opportunities than the Bullets, but couldn't make the ball stay in. Indianapolis led at the end of the first five minutes 8+«4, but at the first quarter stop the Bullets were in front 15-14. By the half, Baltimore had built its lead to 33-23 and the Olymps could never overcome the ten point deficit. Baltimore (75)

- ” ® IN THE closed shop Rose Bowl at Pasadena where the day's top crowd will be pulling for Stanford to win from Illinois and give the Pacific Conference its first triumph over the Big Ten since they signed the first Rose Bowl. pact Six years ago, the Califor{nians were six point underdogs.

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k oni fg ft pf fe tt pf ® na | amount 88 ilBarnnorst. 312° ALL OF the major bowl games| Illinois Coach Ray Eliot groused = Hannume. 2 1 Yjommt 2 2 2/will be on network radio broad- about the general unpreparedness Kudelks,s 0 0 4lGraveskie 2 3 6/casts and in the minor ones, the of his warriors, but Stanford JIRGES a 1 Jlkoteranc 0 © 3 radio accounts will be on a local Coach Chuck Taylor, who was {8colart,g 2 2 2(0'Brieng 0 o 1/basis, so the combined Jistening|named Coach of the Year for his |wospette 3 4 Jland| viewing audience Will be a fine job with a young team in his Tatals 24 27 21] Totals hi 75 | Duge segment. of the nation’s first year at the helm, said “here's | Halftime Score—Baltimore 33, Yndianap. | POPUlatIOD. : a tip—don’t listen to anybody's _ 4 |olis 23. Surprisingly, the only game in- complaints because we'll both be

ON TOP OF THE WORLD—Things look pretty rosy to Illinois Coach Ray Eliot whose "fighting Illini" will meet rariord in the Rose Bowl New Year's Day. .

Bowl Facts, Figures

OPPONENTS and RECORDS

Illinois (8-0-1) v. Stanford (9-1-0) X-NBC

Tennessee (10-0-0) v. Maryland ((9-0-0)

Kentucky (7-4-0) v. TCU (6-4-0)

Georgia Tech (10-0-1) v. Baylor (8-1-1)

Miami (7-3-0) v. Clemson (7-2-0)

Coll. of Pacific (6-4-0) v. Texas Tech 4-4-0)

Arkansas State (10-1-0) v. Stet- Ve son (8-0-2) Liberty 7 p.m. " ‘Houston (5-5-0) v. Dayton (7-0- ° 2) Liberty

Texas College (4-2-1) v. Beth-une-Cookman

BOWL AND SITE : RADIO Time (CST)

ROSE, Pasadena 4 p.m,

SUGAR, New Orleans

ABC 1:45pm.

COTTON, Dallas

NBC 1pm.

ORANGE, Miami

CBS ip.m

GATOR, Jacksonville

Mutual 1pm.

3:15 p.m.

TANGERINE, Orlando

SALAD, Phoenix

3 p.m.

resting because of an injury while! -0- —— Thurler was -out ne Tie (6-0 2) 2 pm in his wife’s family. | PRAIRIE, Prairie View Hockey Summary Prairie View (8-1-0) v. Arqsniee, So. Berer, sumer. San as Wochy; alternates: Reigle, williams, Reid, (6-2-1) —— 2 pm. Davies, Couture, Schultz, Olson, Carveth, ph oparoLs: Soll, Wil, dime OLEANDER, on Angele 3 feld. Bclisizzi: alternates: Durham. Brune- Galveston (6-2-0) v. Hinds ee la baal C747, (8-2-0) — 0m Referee: Red nn, » .

x—Also NBC-TV (Indianapolis, WFBM-TV)

MIGHTY TASTY—This could be stewed roses; but it happens to be Irish stew that Stanford Coach Chuck Taylor is tasting. Giving him an assist with the large spoon is his wife, Margaret.

TUESDAY ON RADIO

* Football's thrill-packed classic!

The Orange Bowl Game GEORGIA TECH vs BAYLOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, AT 1245 P. M.

WFBM is your seat on the 2 i 50 yard line dial 1260 ;

A GILLETTE v “CAVALCADE OF SPORTS" * PRESENTATION EXCLUSIVELY : OVER CBS RADIO

Free Throws Missed—Baltimore: Kudelka 1, Minor 2, Saul 1. Indianapolis: Barker 1, Gabroski 3. Lavoy 3 Officials—Phil Fox, Chuck Solodan.

volving unbeaten and untied in top shape.” teams, figured to be one of the| Unusual California weather most decisive. That was the conditions — which undoubtedly Sugar Bowl match in New Or-/would mean - rain—were con-

Pro Basketball {leans between Tennessee, the na- sidered likely. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION : . : | ’ Western Division | a = «= Confederate Air Raid lamell EB om | a # i.Bombs Out North, 20-14 ; Pet. GB By United Press | THE TOUCHDOWN and extra Boston .....oivieess 440 MONTGOMERY, Ala. Dec. 29 point by Reichardt stootl until the New York ...ii..e.. 481 4 |—A Confederate air raid led. by third quarter when Benners, the in Le il 47 4%rapidfiring Fred Benners of aerial artist of the Southwest,

Southern Methodist carried the pegan connecting with 10 and 12South from behind today to a 20 yarders. He threw six such comto 14 victory over the North and |piletions in an 80-yard march and its ninth in the 13 playings of the | ouisiana State’s Jim Barton Blue and -Gray all-star classic. scored from the one. | A crowd of 22,500 watched the! Louisiana's Chet Freeman, who 1200-pound Benners complete one was high scorer for the day with |aerial that traveled 48 yards to|14 points, kicked the goal to tie 4 |its Bark to enable the BT bE B arg ito tie the score in the fourth ain the big Blue rolled an Spartans Whip {quarter and go on to win. {Halfback Bobby Albert of Buck»y a a | nell got off on a 32-yard punt re-

. Princeton, 52-46 A YANKEE forewall bul-|turn to the South 12. Rollie Streh-

EAST LANSING, Mich, Dec.|warked by Michigan State stars|1OW of Wisconsin wheeled over 29 (UP)—Michigan State made had pushed the South around | around end and Reichardt kicked it a clean sweep for Big Ten earlier as ruthlessly as the Blue the point. . nim basketball over the Ivy League legions at Gettysburg and big r brand in the third annual Spar-| Bj]] Reichardt of Iowa was elo ovens, NOT Fegaied oo tan cage classic tonight defeat-|pattering ram of the North's at-| pan for two first do a ing Princeton 52 to 46. | tack. [Dal $08 Two Sirs) downs and then Minnesota beat Dartmouth in| put genners set up three touch-| aco Xe 1 : ya Faller 9 [the opener, 75 to 62. |downs the easy int way al-| 2g By or a Soe . erihs | Michigan State’s victory over iy; yon none of his throws PE the ee Princeton was its sixth straight|g,.eq an actual score. He moved Freeman scored and kicked the of the season. Coach Pete tn, goyth twice to the one-yard point. Newell's Spartans led, 17 to 1L,)ine and to the eight on the vic-| The Notth’s pass defense fell at the the end of the first, period, iory drive. lapart in the wani nut and 28 to 23 at the half. ' 120 Ye Waning Innples,As | The Blues’ heavier and unyield- | Benners got off first-down passes {ing line began to tell after a|to Barton, to South Carolina's |scoreless first period and the Steve Wadiak and to Freeman, | . . | Yanks scored on a 23-yard drive Barton replaced the weary Texan In Negro Circuit _|with Reichardt bulling through | at the eight yard line and flipped CHICAGO. Dec. 20 (UP)—The |for short gains and finally plung-| the game-winner to Freeman for

Negro American League will|ing across from the one. ithe clinching six points. Before You Buy . . . Se

operate with only six clubs next | sms e

season, it was announced today Designed to Receive

RESULTS LAST NIGHT Baltimore 75, Indianapolis 65. Rochester 75, Ft. Wayne 61. Philadelphia 68, Milwaukee 61. (Only games scheduled.) GAMES TONIGHT

Milwaukee at Ft. Wayne. New York at Boston. Baltimore at Syracuse. Philadelphia at Minneapolis. (Only games scheduled.)

Local Clowns Stay

at the loop’s winter meeting here. The Indianapolis Clowns stay in, along with the Chicago American Giants, Philadelphia Stars, Birmingham Black Barons, Kansas City Monarchs

and the Memphis Red Sox. The New -Orleans Eagles and the UHF and Color Programs Baltimore Elite Giants were STEE— dropped. ; EE Co TA See Our Complete Line \Gardner Mulloy Upset | Priced from

In Sugar Bowl Tennis NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29 (UP)| —Eddie Moylan of Trenton, N. J.,| upset top-seeded but aging Gard-| nar Mulloy of Miami, Fla., today to win the singles title of the 15th Annual Sugar Bowl Tennis tournament, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-0. Moylan also won the tournament in 1946. He was a little tense in the first set today and Mulloy took him, but Moylan quickly got his bearings. And it was Mulloy who became afflicted with unsteadiness.