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Show Hcisman Cup Awarded r To Leon Hart By John Barrtngtoa NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (INS) The 1M9 Heisman trophy race for college football's player-of-t he-year award proved a runaway Wednesdsy Wednes-dsy for Leon Joseph Hart, Notre Dame's gigantic end from Turtle Creek, Pa. ' i It was almost a foregone eon-elusion eon-elusion that the six foot four inch 245-pound senior would be selected for th annual award by New York's Downtown Athletic club. Sportswritere and broadcasters participating In the nation-wide Helamen poll msde it official by giving Hart 995 votes more then the total of the next four plsyers combined. i - Juatlee Seeetsl A dlirant runner-up was North Carolina's Chsrley Justice with 273 points. Doak Walker of Southern Methodist, the 1948 winner, wss third with 329. The balloting might have been closer hsd not both Justice and Walker been! handlcaooed ell -rear bv IntuHM I However, all those wh saw 1 Hart in action ahd hat audience included thousands of television ' fens, over hsit ths country considered con-sidered Leon a shoo-In. Hs caught ' passes, lugged the ball on end arounds, and even from the fullback full-back position lsst week, and blocked and tackled Ilk a fiend. One of the picture plays of the yesr wss Miks Swistowlcr's 80-odd 1 yard excursion down ths sideline In. th North Csrotln gsme, with Hsrt smbting slong before him, ' methodically arasingtackler after 1 tackier. , j Real AB-Amerleaa . ' ! Hart so completely overshadowed other individuals this year that International news service selected him for both the offensive and defensive units of Its two-platoon all-American team. He was the first draft choice of both major professional leagues, being claimed by the Detroit Lions of ths Natlonsl league and the Baltimore Colts of the All-America conference. arra Leon Is ths second llnemibJo ! win the Heismsn award and the first since 1936 when It went to Lerry Kelley. Ysle end. He Is ths third Notre Dsmer to be honored, others being Angelo Bertelii In 1943 and Johnny Lujack in 1947. Arnold Galiffa of Army and Bob Williams of Notre Dame, . who qusrterbscked this year's two top I elevens, finished fourth snd fifth I in the Heismsn balloting. Eddie Le Baron, College of the Pacific ace, was sixth, followed by Clayton jTonnemaker, Minnesota center, and Emil Sitko, Notre Dam full-1 Iback. ' . |