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Show SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, December 4, 1949 10 The Sports Beat Notre TH ft T n osres rast Miuistainiffs By RAY SCHWARTZ Herald SporU Editor lame E 27 Mi Television is really a wonderful thing, but it may eventually make "softies" out of sportswriters. There are those people, of course, who figure the scribes already have a "soft touch," and there is no doubt but what covering a big game, while confronting the atruggling reporter with many problems and headaches, has many gratifying and satisfying points. But if the fans figure the sportswriters are riding a "gravy train at the present, just wait'll television reaches its full potential and television sets can be purchased by the hard-working and not-too-prosperous reporters .without making it necessary for them to mortgage their false teeth in order to make the down t payment. More Versatile Expert . When that day finally arrives, -it will be possible for the sports reporter to sit befpre the fireplace at home, snap on the television set and give a completely accurate account of a football game in New York on Saturday afternoon and then see his favorite hockey team as it plays in Boston a ffew hours later. Some writers, like Jimmy Powers of the New York Daily News, are already making valuable use of television in covering sports events of the day. In fact, Powers says covering sports events by television will enable the sports reporter to see a greater number and variety of athletic contests a year than was possible during the pre-television days. Thus, it will make him a more rounded and versatile sports expert, Jimmy contends. - One thing is certain and that is it would be lot more comfortable covering a game by television. For instance, the sports scribes wouldn't have to sit inside that ice cube apometimes erroneously referred to as the Philadelphia Mu nicipal stadium pressbox while covering the Army-Navy game, their chattering-teeth keeping time with the clicking of the Western Union telegraph keys and their fingers so numbecVby the wintery blasts they feel as if they are about ready to drop off. Polar Bear Inn Neither would it be necessary for scribes covering 'a late season BYU football game to take a chance of : freezing to death at their typewriter while sitting in the Cougars drafty and over-crowded pressbox, some- times called "Polar Bear Inn, or get the blind staggers from looking straight into, the blazing sun while covering cover-ing a game on a balmy, early-fall afternoon. . There also would be advantages in covering indoor sporting events" by television. For example, the sports writer, while trying to bat out a story on a basketball game ahead of a fast-approaching deadline, wouldn't have to worry about the intellect with the inflated ego who leans over his shoulder blowing cigar smoke into his face and offering such sage advice as: "Hey, bub, you left a badly-needed comma out of that last sentence." Or; "What do you mean, 'Bucket-foot' Smith Vmade the winning goal from 10 feet out? It was only nine teet 11 and three-quarters inches out. No longer would it be necessary for the sports reporter re-porter to live in mortal fear that some wrestler will throw his opponent out of the ring and send him crashing crash-ing onto said reporter's lap, knocking the scribe's If- wema u wiv. iwvi cwiu jaiiuig ivusc tiuw ui ilia icviib '.;.,." - Remain At Home 1 1 - , - - :'t Instead with the coming of the television, it will soon be possible for the scribe to remain in the privacy of his own home. He will be able to sit. in an easy chair in front hof the fireplace away from the noise and racket of the play ing xiem and arena and watch the important plays unfold on the television screen, all the while munching apples, trunchlng popcorn and sipping cider through straw. ( J After the game, he will be able to sit down and "write up the account of the contest in the peaceful serenity of Ms living room rather than trying to concentrate in the maddening bedlam of the stadium or the arena. , I Yes sir, television . . . it's wonderful ! 'Moose Solters Is Blind But Manages To Smile Vigtory Keeps ' Irish Record Unblemished DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 3 (U.W Mighty Notre Dame finally wore out Killer Kyle Rote and Moanin' Matty Bell's magnificent Southern South-ern Methodist Mustangs Saturday to creep out with 27-20 victory and an unbroken string of 38 games over four seasons without a loss. The Fighting Irish's great ail-Americans ail-Americans had to take a back seat in the limelight of this fit- tlnir rlimiv tn a riismal season for SMU as the supercharged sa,d Proudly. "He played on the Rote bulldozed his way to all! neighborhood ball team last sum-three sum-three of SMU's touchdowns and m,er- And Just last week he made kept the Methodists in the ball J)1 school football team as half-fame half-fame until the final gun. back. Hntrn T)me's fine record was' A"c WMjr luc ivluOBC "Kurtrs n, ?tr.Pj"l' r-en,Ihis blindness resulted from a one- By RUDY CERNKOVIC PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3 (U.R) The courage and fight, which stamped Julius (Mcose) Solters as one of the best American league sluggers a decade ago, to day sustained him through a life of blindness. Just put of a hospital after a six week treatment fo. a lung and leg ailment, the Moose was smiling and cheerful. But he regretted re-gretted not being able to see his son, Joe, 12, play football. White Sox then and was preparing prepar-ing to play against the Senators in Washirton. "I came back to baseball before I was ready," he recalled. Now I'm paying for it. My vision began be-gan failing two years later and I dropped out of baseball after the 1943 season." Played With Four Teams As baseball's Gulliver, Moose played with four teams during his big league career which be kept intact here this alternately bright and desultory afternoon, but not a one of the 75.457 screaming fans in the giant Cot ton Bowl saucer would fail to grant that today's glory really belong to an SMU team that played its heart out with ail-American ail-American Doak Walker watching from the bench in street clothes. in-a-million diamond accident. But his tragedy has not dulled his zest for the game. He attends at-tends ihe Pittsburgh Pirates games at Forbes field. when Joe is his -dad's, "eye" they go to Forbes field. ".Trie ralle th nlavs in me " Fight Back ! Moose said. "And he calls 'em ,.., . f ' r, right, too." when Moose stays They fought back from a 13-0,. . llc.f 4V, ,bJ, ' halftime deficit that was heart- ,ta, ,. tUm rending in itself because of costly " .X' breaks that stopped touchdown " oUerf. blindness resulted from drives of their own. , ci,11ii K,,f-r.H .hr. The Irish's all-American Bob he was struck down by a ball Williams shot the Irish in front!durjng batting practice 1 te in the with two touchdown passes, one 1941 season. Moose was with the for 42 yards to Bill Wightkiri in1 the opening period and another for 35 yards to Ernest Zalski in the second quarter. Srinhrtmore Rill Barrett scored Mntr riam' either twn tmirh- I TOOELE downs, one from the three to put the Irish ahead 20-7 in the third cKtnd,ch' f quarter and another from the six Matekel, f midway in the final quarter to f levenson, c iwuini, g "Joe sure like sports," Moose Igan ir 1935. He was with the Red Sox, Indians, Browns and White Sox. In 1937 he hit .323 with the Indians, and polled 20 home runs. Baseball Commissioner A. B. Chandler only recently learned of Solters' plight from Le Bied-erman, Bied-erman, Pittsburgh sports writer. Biederman mentkned that Solters Sol-ters was never presented with a lifetime major 'ague pass. The' commissioner assured Biederman that he would secure a pass frr the one-time American Ameri-can league great. Amy Solters is constantly amazed by her husband's spirit. She and Moose operate a tavern to support themselves and their five children. Moose was surprised to learn of a man who ended his life because be-cause of failing eyesight. "He probably just lor' his spirit and his fight," Moose said. "That's one thing I'll always have. I'll never give up that easily." His Dad's 'Eye' Prep Bosketboll Box Scores break a 20-20 tie. Benched By Injury Bulldozing Emil (Six-Yard) Sitko lived up to his nickname with 84 yards in 14 plays to lead the Irish ball carriers, but he was overshadowed by the steam- rolling tactics of the 190-pound Rote, who almost made SMU fans forget Walker was an un willing benchwarmer with a leg injury. The big San Antonio, Tex., Junior put in his bid for a 1950 all-American berth with an amazing 261 yards running and passing against what Coach Frank Leahy and Notre Dame supporters had touted as perhaps the "greatest of all time." Rote churned his way inside the tackles and outside the end for 115 yards net. rushing and hit Renneau, g Evans, Taylor Davies Nelson Marian Perfili G. T. F. 1 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Park 1 P. B. Park 0 4iSor.enson 0 7Lunt 0 4' 4 ! Totals . . . : 6 LINCOLN G. 0 0 0 0 20 6 18 Totals 7 18 10 24 j PLEASANT GROVE G. T. F. P. I: Allred, f .... 6 11 3 15; Richardson, f .... 0 2 1 lj Hamann, c .... 3 4 3 9j M. Allred. g ... 3 2 0 6 1 Olpin, g 0 0 0 41 McFarlane 0 0 0 0 Robinson t ...... 0 0 0 0 Monsen 0 0 0 Ol Nelson 0 0 0 0 Totals 14 19 7 35: Score by quarters: 1 Tooele 5 10 2024! Pleasant Grove 4 14 2735! 1 1 Adams, f "!Judd. f "Booth, c . . 0 1 Edwards, g 0j Farley, g Peterson, c Verbantz, f Hideshima, g T. 1 5 2 5 2 0 3 0 F. 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 Australian Tag! Match To Top Rassling Show Floyd Hansen of Salt Lake City and Eddie Williams of Springfield, Mo., will attempt to do Monday night what no other wrestlers have been able to do- beat Tarzan Zimba and Buzz Jones in an Australian tag ttam match. Hansen and Williams will battle bat-tle Zimba and Jones in Monday night's main event at the Riverside River-side Roller .Rink irena. The match will be a best two-out-of-three with an hour time limit. It should be a rip-snorting match, ince Jones and Zimba are both colorful, tough and rough and Williams and' Hansen art both capable of .taking care of themselves in any kind of company. com-pany. Althot j.i Jones is rather small and light, he is fast and tricky. A great competitor, ha is just about as rough and mean as they come despite his lack ,of size. Zimba is probably a little more colorful, but not quite as fast or as rough and tough as Jones. Work Well Together Both work well together in a tag match and they have never been beaten in such a fracas, ac cording to reports. Williams made his Provo debut last Monday and made a great impression im-pression on the local mat fans by defeating Billy Sandow in two straight falls. Williams is big, powerful, fast and aggressive. His partner, Hansen, is a vet eran of many years of wrestling and hasn't been nicknamed "Roughhouse for nothing. Hansen's Han-sen's roughhouse tactics usually draw the jeers, but Monday night against Jones and Zimba they art more likely to bring cheers. Bartu vs. Hunter Totals 11 Score by quarters: 18 9 31 Officials 8 Id 13 1418 2231 Pardoe and Brooks. another 146 yards. He was tossed official. MrKnieht a for 31 yards in losses trying towood. iaxe over passing cnores ne naa-n't naa-n't handled since high school days. He also averaged 48 yards on five punts. Sent To Sidelines AMERICAN FCRK G. T. Burgess, f 2 Pierce, f ........ 3 Webster, c 0 The Irish's great line with a Seastran, g 1 oair of new snarklers in the form Iverson, m . ..... 2 of Bob Lally and Jerry Groom finally sent Rote to the sidelines briefly in the closing minutes. And, that may have saved them from the disgrace of another K Sportsman s A spoau a Language We Have a Choice Selection of Gifts to Suit Anyone's Taste BASKETBALL 4.95 up TENNIS RACKETS Official FOOTBALLS 6.95 up BASEBALL MITTS 4.95 up Mower .......... 4 Fraughton 0 Savage 0 Ingersoll 0 Kitchen 0 Green 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 F. 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SNOW G. Stubbs. f 1 Ross, f 3 Gurney. c 0 C. Rasmusscn, g. . 3 Hansen, g ........ 0 Keisel, c 0 "i Thompson, g 1 J. Rasmussen, f ... 0 Jensen, f 0 p Olson, f 0 4 10 1 Totals .12 SPANISH FORK G. T. F. Jones, f.. 1 1 0- D. Stone, f .... 1 1 0 Taylor, c 6 4 4 Zabriskie, g ..... 0 1 1 M. Johnson, g .... 2 5 2 Roberts 0 0 0 Chappell 0 0 0 Holm . 0 0 0 Larson 0 0 0 Christensen .... 0 0 0 R. Johnson 0 0 0 Bradford .... 0 0 0 Bingham 0 0 0 Jones . .7 0 0 0 Totals 10 12 - 7 : Score by quarters: American Fork .8 17 21: Spanish Fork ... 9 12 20: Officials Buys and Jones. JUAB G. T. F. Bird, f 2 8 4 Howarth, f 1 2 1 Sanders, c. ....... 0 1 0 Morris, g 1 0 n Totals 8 PROVO 2I ... . " iitoiimi, 1 t oiFrampton, f 2 gi Hoover, c n ! Richards, g ... 0!Kump, g .... n Glasgow, f ... 0 1 Tyler, c I Ford, g 29'Lf wrmney, i . . . . Harris, c Sturgiss, g P. 2 2 16 1 6 2: ! 0 SO 0 27 3 2 8 0 0 Totals 23 Score by quarters: Snow 3 Provo 10 Officials Kump and Buttle. T. F. P. 2 2 4 4 3 9 1 1 1 3 2 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 10 28 T. F. P. 5 3 11 1 0 4 3 2 8 3 2 6 3 2 18 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 59 11 1826 24 4559 P. 1 9 ! The semifinal event will pit Billy Hunter of Seattle In a best two-out-of-three-fall match with an hour time limit. Bartu, another roughhouse character, is returning to the Provo ring after an absence of several months. Hunter is ona of the more popular wrestlers now appearing in the area, so the n atch is expected to create plei of excitement. The matches will begin at 8:10 p m Provo, Lincoln, Pleasant Grove, A. F. Win Cage Tilts Coach Randy Clark's first Provo high school basketball team was away to an impressive start today after defeating Snow high, 99-26, Friday night in the Bulldog gym. In other Friday night games involving Utah county teams, Lincoln tripped Juab, 31-18; American Fork edged past Spanish Span-ish Fork, 29-27, and Pleasant Grove whipped Tooele, 3S-24. Coach Clark said Saturday he was well satisfied with the way his boys performed Friday night. Eather Well Pleased "Yes, I was rather well-pleased," he said in answer to a question. ques-tion. Of course) there are a few rough spots to iron out yet, but all the boys played well, considering con-sidering it was our first game. "I thought our team defense worked especially well. While Snow didn't appear too tough Friday night, I expect they will give us a better game when we play them down on their own floor." The Bulldogs were sparked to victory by Ronnie Kump who hit Cage Officials To Meet Today the basket for It points oa eight field goals and two free throws. Besides leading the scoring parade, Kump played a strong de- -, tensive and floor gama and along with Bill Richards, passed well . into the keyhole and forwards from the guard line. Tanks It Feints 1 Bob Collins scored 11 points -and teamed with Gary Hoover to ! take good care of the bank ? boards. , The Bulldogs grabbed a 10-1 ; lead In the first quarter and . were never In trouble at any . time, leading 24-11 at the half i and 45-18 at the end of the third ' ' quarter. Coach Clark flooded tha floor with reserves, but the score still mounted as tha Big Green coasted to victory over their' Class B opponents. '"! Leads Tigtn In the Lincoln-Juab game, tha Tigers turned on the heat in tha last half to defeat the Wasps handily after holding rather slender leads of 8-7 at the end of first quarter and 1S-10 at half time. Lew Edwards with IS points led the Lincoln to victory, while Bird was high for Juab with eight points. Hitting the basket for 18 points, I. Allred led Pleasant Grove to its victory over Tooele. The Vi kings trailed '4-5 after the first The Region 3 Basketball Offi cials Assn. will meet today at 2 p.m. at Springviile high school, fluartr. but reallv started ralline It was "Ported. jm the second quarter to lead-14- h AH new officials are especially 1 10 at half time and 27-30 at the " urgea 10 oe present, oincers iend 0f the third quarter. the organisation said. Prep Cage Scores Provo 59. Snow 26 Lincoln SI, J sub IS Pleasant Grove 35, Tooele 24 American Fork 29, Spanish Fork 27 Millard 42. Wasatch Academy 19 Milford 39, Cedar City 32 Jordan 32, North Summit 26 Millard 64, Cedar City SS (Thursday) Weber 46. Davis 42 Monroe 32, Manti 24 Bear River 51, Malad. Ida., SI Kanab 44, Escalante 23 season-ending tic such as Southern South-ern California hung on them last ,year. For right after Irish end Leon 1 Hart floored him with a 253-i 253-i pound lunge on a passing effort I late in the game, Rote had to I take a sideline rest with SMU (having a first down on the six, .where his power running could jhape been used to advantage. In stead sophomores tried two plays and failed, and Rote returned for two plays and failed and - the pressure eased on Notre Dame. Skiing Equipment Bindings Boots Skis C0 &0 Boxing Gloves Punching Bags 272 WEST CENTER WRESTLING Riverside Roller Rink 551 W 12 N Mon. 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