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Show 0 , Sunday, December 25, 1949 SUNDAY HERALD c Cats Ou To Regain Some Of West's Lost Cage Prestige; Team Reported In Good Shape Caigsirs Scfe to Leave M idwe iw By RAT SCHWARTZ Herald Sporta Editor Brlgham. Young university's basketball team will attempt . to regain some of the West's lost prestige, when it makes an invasion in-vasion of the Midwest this coming com-ing week, , Western basketball teams, especially espe-cially those from the Pacific coast haven't been faring too well this season against eastern and mid-western mid-western teams. San Francisco, Southern Cal, California and Loyola university of Los Angeles all have been taking the lumps in recent weeks. The Cougars will be out to see if they can rectify rec-tify the situation. '. "We'll be out to do our darnd-est darnd-est to regain some of the west's lost prestige." Coach Stan Watts : of the Cougars said Saturday The Cats are scheduled to leave Proyo by train Monday at 6:20 pjn. They will arrive in Denver Tuesday morning, workout there and leave for Chicago Tuesday afternodn. They will arrive in the Windy City Wednesday. They will travel by bus to Beloit, Wis, where they will meet Beloit university uni-versity on Thursday night. Tough Row To Hoe They will play the University of Toledo on Saturday, Bowling Green university at Bowling Green, O., on Jan. 2, and Loyola university of Chicago on Jan. 4. They will return to Provo on Jan. 6. "Well be playing some tough teams ; on this tour," Stan said Radiators Repaired Auto Glass Installed Specialised Work AHLANDER'S 499 So Oafv Arena IS Saturday. "Take Beloit. for in stance. They've been scoring up in the 90's in several games this season, indicating that they have a pretty strong - ouense. "Toledo has beaten Michigan and Bowling has tripped -Loyola of Los Angeles among others. And this Loyola o Chicago team placed second to san r rancisco in the National Invitation tourney last year. Have Regained Fire "So it looks as if we've got our work cut out for us. But we'll give all we've got. The boys seem to have gotten their fire back again and that is encouraging. We were tired in the Los Angeles tourney and we still felt some effects from the meet the first part of this pas week. "We have been bothered some by injuries and colds, but the boys seem to be getting back in shape, and I think we'll make a good showing back east if our shooting holds up. . , Hampered By Colds . Joe Nelson has been bothered with a sore ankle and feet, Roland Rol-and Minson with a sprained thumb and - toe, and Bob Craig and Jack Whipple with colds. But all four are reported to be improved and are expected to be back in top shape for midwest-em midwest-em invasion. The full 12-man traveling squad will make the trip. The traveling travel-ing squad includes Nelson, Minson, Min-son, Russ Hillman, D. Ray Fullmer, Full-mer, and LaVon Satterfield, forwards; for-wards; Mel Hutchins and Ike Beem, centers; Bob Craig, Jack Whipple, Dick Jones, Jerry Rom-ney Rom-ney and Byron Toone, guards. Accompanying the players will be Coach Watts, Athletic Director Eddie Kimball and Trainer Rod Kimball. Ac ho Beckett SERVICE STATION will be CLOSED From 12 Noon Sunday Till 8 p. m. Monday Parnell Top Pitcher In Junior Loop NEW -YORK, Dec. 24 (U.R) Slender Mel Parnelli sophomore southpaw of the Bostoi Red Sox, was officially acclaimed the American league's outstanding pitcher of 1949 today by virtue of his top rating in earned runs, total victories and complete games. The 27-year-old dark-haired dandy--from New Orleans,, who chalked up 25 Vriumphs for Boston Bos-ton while losing only seven games, posted an earned average of 2.78 and pitched 27 complete games. Kinder Tops List One of the few nlaces Parnell was not the leader was in the won-lost percentage column where teammate Ellis Kinder, a 34.vear.nld rieht-hander who won 23 and lost only six, led with a .793 rating. Parnell was run- nerup, however, with a .781 per Parnell. who pitched the most innings. 295, had the company oi two other pitchers who allowed less than three earned runs per same. Virgil Trucks, Detroit s JQ-came winner, nunc UD a .281 mark while bod iemon oi Cleve land was Just inside the wire with son Outside of Parnell and Kinder, the league's only other 20-game winner were Lemon with 22 con quests, Vic Raschi of the Yankees with 21 and rangy Alex Keuner of the Athletics witn zu. Strikeout King Trucks utilized his famed fast ball often enough to win the cir cult's strikeout leadership, fan ning 153 batters, nine more than teammate Hal Newhouser. Lemon and Kinder shared third place with 138 strikeouts. Lefty Tommy Byrne of the Yankees was the wildest hurler in the league, yielding 179 walks, while teammate Raschi was sec ond with 138 bases on balls. Among the pitchers who hurled 10 or more complete games, New houser was touched for the most hits, 277, while young Ned Gar ver, St. Louis right-hander, was charged with the most runs, 126. Tied for the most defeats were Carver and bespectacled Paul Calvert and Sid Hudson of Washington, Wash-ington, each of whom suffered 17 setbacks. Southpaw Joe Page of the Yankees Yan-kees appeared in the most games, 60, while winning 13 and losing eight in relief. His earned run average was 2.60, a mark that was topped by Al Benton and Mike Garcia of Cleveland, neither of wnom pucnea iu complete games Bucky Walters Joins " Braves As Coach BOSTON, Dec. 24 U.R) Wil liam (Bucky) Walters, after 12 successive seasons with the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Re'ds, Saturday joined the Boston Braves as a pitching coach. Walters, manager of the Reds during 1949, was made "a good offer;" according to Braves General Manager John J. Quinn, and agreed to terms from his Philadelphia home. s(w Us i - - ' 'at - 77 :yy - r K h' ft-isy )-': m&&m EE ;Vt S I 1 RAISES HIS OWN Coach Lou Alexander of the University of Rochester points out a touch of technique to his sons, forward Lou, Jr., left, and center Neil. They were leading scorers last season, sea-son, are seeing full service this trip. A third son, Roger, is a standout stand-out on the freshman team.- Rice 'Personality Boys' Carry Southwest Hopes Against N. C. U j ployees of Provo Electric Y ' " ?. I Power take this opportunity PtjF I to thank every one of you for y,, I your interest and support in f yamt I 1949' and to extend sincere - Jfj I wishes for a Happy and Pros- Smp I perous New Year. ! Sr n n " " n" n in :ln n il TT 11 ' HOUSTON. Tex., Tec. 24 (U.R) The opportunistic Owls of Rice institute, self-styled "team with a personality," will be aiming to extend the southwest conference's impressive post-season record in the Cotton Bowl game against North Carolina on Jan. 2. The Owls themselves never have lost a bowl game. They beat Colorado, led by all-American whizzer White, in the 1937 Cotton Cot-ton Bowl, 28 to 14, and trimmed Tennessee in the 1947 Orange Bowl, 8 to 0. In 11 Cotton Bowl classics, the Southwest conference representative representa-tive has come out on top in six games and tied three. And in 24 post-season clashes since the conference's con-ference's first bowl venture in 1936, southwest teams have won 14 games and tied four. Once-Beaten Team Coach Jess Neely's once-beaten team ruled a seven-point favorite to improve on that record against the Tarheels and their triple threat halfback, Charlie (Choo- Choo) Justice, at Dallas, come New Year's. The "team-with-a-personality" tag was pinned on the 1949 Owls by James (Froggie) Williams, the team's irrepressible end. "This is the best gang that ever played on the same football field," says Williams, named on the United Press all k America sec ond team. "We wort this year be cause we fought uphill as a single man. Why, this team is loaded with personality." But teammates are quick to as sure the Froggie's football talents played an even more important role in the Owl's victorious sea son than their intangible charm In Last 10 Seconds Williams' field goal in the last 10 seconds of play gave Rice 1 17 to 15 victory over Texas against Arkansas, Williams scored scor-ed all of the Owl's points in a 14 to 0 victory; and in Rice's 41 to 27 triumph over Southern Methodist, Froggie kicked five out of six extra points. All this in adition to his remarkable pass catching feats game after game The key backfield man in Neely's T-formation attack is To bin Rote, lanky six-foot, three inch quarterback whose height gives him an added advantage in spotting receivers, particularly Williams. Supporting Rote is what Neely calls a "Beckfield of Stars, Sonny Wyatt, who skirts the ends and slashes off-tackle; Bobby Lantrip, who bulldozes his way through the middle, and Billy Burkhalter, a dangerous break away runner, carried the brunt of the Rice ouensive this season Vernon Glass spelled rote at quarterback and John Riley, Harold Har-old Kelley, George Glausner and Harmon Carswell backed up Rice's heavy-duty first-string ball-carriers. , Santa Visits Pro Football Moguls Early By ED SAINSBURY CHICAGO. Dec. 24 (U.R) Santa Claus came early to pro football magnates. He arrived when the national football league and all America football conference merged to end a bitter four-year struggle which cost the pro owners $9,000,000. A United Press checkup of the costs during, 4he battle showed that the Loa Angeles Dons, owned, own-ed, by Ben F. Lindheimer, were the heaviest losers, dropping an estimated $1,425,000 during the four years. Lose Plenty of Money The Hornets and the Brooklyn Dodgers also lost more than $1,-000,000. The all America lost the major portion of the total expended In the fight. The survey showed the estimated expenses for the AAC teams was $6,480,000, while national na-tional league teams dropped $2-, 543.000- ' with the Boston-New York team owned by Ted Collins the hardest hit with a loss of about $900,000. Only two all America confer ence teams made a profit in any year of operation while one other broke even one season. The New York Yankees neither made nor lost in their first year, 1946, but lost every other season for a total deficit of $835,000. Lose Last Two Years The Cleveland Brovaas made roughly $60,000 in its first two years, then lost money in the past two seasons to be in the red approximately ap-proximately $165,000 at present. The San Francisco Forty-Niners lost money the first two campaigns, cam-paigns, then made a profit in both 1948 and 1949 to finish with a loss of $80,000 for four seasons. Two national league teams made money every season, the Chicago Bears and the Washington Washing-ton Redskins. The Chicago Car dinals made in 147 and 1949 but , lost in tne otner iwo years ior a net deficit of about $15,000. Colorful Fisher's Ghosts Schedule Game With Jaycees Fisher's Original Colored Ghosts, spearheaded by three of the trreatext veterans ver in war the Chosts' uniform, will meet ine rrovo jaycees basketball team Thursday at 9 p. m. in the Women's gym. Number one man in the colored team's attack is tiny, five-foot, two-inch Marland Buckner, who also plays as a first baseman on tne jfisner softoau team. He has sparked the Ghosts for the past 1 wd seasons. Another veteran on the team is Monroe "Rio" Collina. ft-1 guy who doubles in brass as the traveline secretarv on hoth th basketball and softball team. The third player with previous Ghost exDerience ia fi-fnnt. 7-lnrh W Willie Roseborough, ' a second year man who garnered high scoring nonors in nis iirst season sea-son with the club. The Rookies In addition to the three veterans vet-erans there are three rookies on the team. The prize rookie of the lot is Bill McQuiller, a scat for ward and guard who has been promoted . to Fisher's Ghosts squad after playing for a while with the Denver Daper Dans. Another of the rookies is Sam Sharpe, who stands six feet three inches tall and ' weighs 195 pounds. He plays the pivot post and ' it is reported that he ; can do. anything with a basketball; but eat it. Sharpe has had exper lence with other "name" travel ing clubs and is a decided asset to this season't edition to tha Sioux City, Iowa, colored coma dlans. ' ' ' The third rookie is Bob "Skull" Herring who played on the North Carolina College at Durham eaga team last year. . Skull is fast, a good shot and a hard driver. In the Jaycees, the colored team will be meeting one of tha top teams In the city recreation league. The team is sparked by such stars as Don Riggs, Floyd Giles, Rolfe Peterson, Glynn Peterson Pet-erson and the sensation' of tha city league, Eldon Fullmer. The game will be preceded by a preliminary game, starting at 8 p. m. . .. Married Men Hold Key To Success Of Ricks Quintet REXBURG. Dec. 24 4UJD Coach Ralph Maughan -- of tha Ricks College Vikings Is counting on a nucleus of married lattar men to bring home the inter mountain collegiate athletic con ference basketball crown a aee ond time. , : - Married men are the backbone of the Viking squad this year. Six vet cagera are married, with three boasting, of children. Tha fathers v are senior Delworth Ruesch, senior Vernal Stoddard and Sophomore Val Dalling. Basketball Scores Friday's Results West Virginia 61, Fordham 37. Kansas 53, Springfield 43. Marshall 94, Akron 81. Brooklyn College 71, Wagner 51. John Marshall 68, Queens Col lege 53- Tampa 79, Mississippi 77. Missouri 52, Southern .Methodist .Meth-odist 42. Northwestern 68, Michigan State 46. Southern California 57, DePaul 52. Kentucky 60, Purdue, 54. Iowa 73, 'Carnegie Tech 42. Ohio State 78, California 67. UCLA 65, Illinois 63. Nebraska 66, Idaho 45. Drake 39, Iowa State 38. Bradley 83, Fresno State 51. Wyoming 43, Washington State 37. Washington 62, Stanford 56. Eastern Washington 78, North laano ou. 1 look forward eacri year to charing witb our many rriencla trio brightneM an J good wffl of the holiday aeaaon. Anderson Lumber Co. 5TH SO. & 2ND WEST PROVO, UTAH Aa aH hearts echo and re-echo the joyoue word "Merry Christmas, we wish to Join in the spirit of titer season and add our greeting to all the vest. And may the New Year bring you every happiness, too 111 men's I 'A SHOP 77 North University Av. Phone 2811 is Mtr gimeerest wish that &e sptt of frien&mme aW good femt&ip s: 99&mgke yHr Christmas meny omeimd &at &e New Yew w& brimg to of good heakh, and happiness. L even s S 1 f yJs I J". II r': sMBaWsalBBlall |