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Show G rovers Capture Industrial Loop Lead on Ruling by League Leader TODAY'S SPORT PARAD 4 Big League Pifcts Wearing Wide Smiles Grove Nine Play:s I imps By OSCAR FR ALKY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK L'P You car.-- : league Thursday g PLEASANT GROVE Pleasant Rollicking Reed Nilsen, the jovial, took over , first place In Grove Provo football left of the Cougar team, former the second Industrial Tuesday evening and headed for his new position with half race today, League's a result of a as Los Anereles State, with the best wishes of the Provo ruling by League President H. B. Downtown Coaches Club. Makin. "a is who colorful and always Acting, on a protest filed by guy Nilsen, burly Pleasant Grove, Makin revealed ready to break forth with a joke at the least provocation, that Spanish Fork had used an has probably never received the recognition he deserved ineligible player in its Aug. 24 during his years as a football coach at BYU. with Pleasant Grove. Ma game When the play of his Cougar forward wall., was par kin ruled today that the game be ticularly good. few. indeed, were the grandstand quar awarded to Pleasant Grove on a terbacks who ever took the time to give him a pat on the forfeit and that a victory be added to the Grover's record and back and tell him that he had done a fine job. to the Spanish Fork record. d manner a loss But, when his line performed in a As result of the ruling. Pleasas it did on occasion, and often times at the most inop ant Grove moves out in front and fans the moments, sportwriters 2 Cougar portune with an record and Provo were never hesitant about lambasting him over the in- - dropped into second place with a ' record, v eptness of his line. disThus, man a little Thursday night's game to make was It any just enough at Grove between the Pleasant couraged and bitter about it all. However, Nilsen, Timps and Grovers will take on career at Provo added significance. A win for who started his football-playin- g High and finished it with the Detroit Lions, didn't Pleasant Grove wquld give them the second half title and the right become discouraged arid bitter. to d meet American-fForwith the in the On the contrary, the season's hula-lik- e championship playoff. hips of an Hawaiian dancing girl, kept his keen tThe Steelers won the first half as shine. and rain of humor through And, wit and sense crown. time went on the coaching club members started gaining The Timps can keep their a greatrespect and admiration for the big lugr chances alive for the second half It was hard to become sore at a guy who could tell title by defeating the Grovers those wonderful after' dinner jokes with all the necessary Thursday night. After Thursday night's game, which 'will start, at dialects, accents and mannerisms.. 8:15 m., both Provo and Pleas Nilsen, a kind of "Poor Man's Herman Hickman," ant p. Grove will have one more must-havbeen a great tonic for the Cougar gridders d to play on those long trips back home from games in which BYU ine limps are game scheduled to meet Helper Sunday at 2:30 p.m. warriors went down to inglorious defeat. at Timp Park and the Grovers on or field the worked harder ever practice Nobody will ring down the second half expended more energy pacing up and down the sidelines curtain when they play at Ameri during a 'game than rotund Reed. Although he liked to can Fork in a Labor en joke and kid a lot, his tongue could become just as sharp counter starting at 1:30 Day m. p. and cutting as a razor when he was forced to give his The standings: W L Pet charges a verbal lashing. 8 2 .800 He was captain of the only BYU football team, to Pleasant Grove Provo 7 3 .700 to 1942 he and beat Utah the belonged aggregation 7 4 .636 American Turk the old school of rough, tough, aggressive football. There Helper . . . 7 .300 3 were times when he felt his Cougar forwards were a Spanish Fork 1 10 .091 little too gentlemanly on the football field. "They're just not mean enough," he would frequently say. In This writer always had the feeling that Nilsen never thought he really had enough rock 'em and sock type of players to produce a consistently first line-coa- ch : ; - Y: vSM . 1 " ( 1 V regularly-schedule- rate line. But, Nilsen took the bitter with the sweet and always had a smile and a joke for his severest critics. That's what endeared him to members of the coaching club and why they thought enough of him to give a going away gift at their annual, steak fry Monday night. And you1 could tell that good oJ Reed was thrilled right down to his toes by the giftan inscribed trophy plate. Chuck Peterson really "butttred" Nilsen up during 1 . . spring 'ht- was tc homeless cae. There co.n- - a erf cnticism of the Phillies cr.t for dra,;in.2 him out on the crounds that neither his players nor c To up it off. the Phil-r- j it .pat with the same ' ' - r - i . ' y i j . - ing quality. For the three others, it is much better because they are still in the saddle. Alston, as example, was stand-- ' ing on the threshold this spring. eke. The GETS CLIPPED First thing on the schedule for Orlando Ferrante, veteran USC guard, is the loss He had to produce, or flarrti' under man's" temper of his "look of terror" beard and here teammate Leon Clarke starts the trimming process. Both "quiet tne stress ana tnere were Icuds teams and both and dissension. You and a lot of Ferrante and Clarke were prominently mentioned on 1954 Pacific Coast others still may not feel he is an to on be for expect opening practice Thursday. (UP Telephoto). ready "Uncle Wilbert" Robinson, 'you can't knock that big, fat k;ad All-St- :oy're ar in the cam-- ! .nt su-- i auKc-e- . ' ra- x.-r- a. a lot ratd He uas ef-:- defunct Browns JinaU. When Paul Generally as t !:i..r a serial mindsl : to take over uas given to i.-.- . stci! l'u ,1"5 a mere one-yea- r S to determine h :,cr I u ih to remain in the :ul field." In July the Ch.s it up and extended it liv : .: f. c reason: Martv the club in the thick of the pc nam chase riht to wire, a f l tun Itithards couldn't to ; has ki .5 ' SirritKS FR ACT l 'RED LEG IK.VI'L!:. Tex. iVP) Doyle who missed all of last ea-.kvSc if an injury, will Tra'.or. m Ijt be to the Baylor Collece foot ia!! team for at leavt half of th coming season. Tray I or. a Quarter-ba. fra. t :red his risht le Tues-ho ;r before fall 'l; prac' nee :s to bc.ia. liuttv AT COMMERCIAL TIRE SERVICE - PROVO Leaders Big Leagues By UNITED PRESS National League Player & Club G. AB R. H. Pet. Ashbrn, Phla. 119 454 77 151 .333 Cmpnla, Bkyn. 103 393 75 129 .328 Klszki, Cin. 134 535 100 170 .318 135 531 101 166 .313 Post, Cincm. Furillo, Bkyn. Ill 444 74 138 .311 American League 130 511 107 179 .355 Det. Kaline, the presentation. K.City 123 507 76161 .318 "That's the nicest introduction I've ever received. Powr, Smpsn, K. City 91 305' 27 97 .318 It's too bad I had to leave town to get it," he uipped. Philley, Bait. 98 316 49 99 .313 130 517 103 158 .306 Reed was but Smith, Everybody laughed, just getting Home Cleve. Runs Kluszewski, Red- to his oratorical endeavors. warmed up 43; 40; Mays, Snider, legs Dodgers "I've never known anything but BYU and Provo Giants 40; Cubs 39; Banks, and it will be tough leaving," he said with a nostalgic Mathews, Braves 34; Post, Red-leg- s tone to his voice. "I can remember when I was going 34; Mantle, Yankees 34. Collins a us Lob Runs Batted In to the Farrer and started teaching Snider, Dod gers 122? Enms, Phillies 108; few of the fundamentals of the gridiron. , Redlegs 101; Jensen, "The first time out some kid broke his leg. I guess Kluszewski, Red Sox 101; Campanella, Dodhim." I was pretty big even then. I fell on 100. "Whtn I was a little kid I wanted to be a jockey. gers Runs Snider, Dodgers 110; Ka Now look at me." line, Tigers 107 Mantle, Yankees Nilsen admits he's between the devil and the deep 106; Smith, Indians 103; Mays, blue sea as far as his going to Los Angeles State is Giants 101; Post, Redlegs 101. Hits Kaline, Tigers 179; Klusconcerned. zewski, Redlegs 170; Bell, Redlegs "I just can't win," he pointed out. "If Los Angeles 168; Post, Redlegs 166; Power, State should beat BYU this fall, everybody up here will Athletics 161. j 6.00x16 , yV "j plus tax end y recappablet.ro " -- 1 Newcombe, Dod say: 'Ya, that bum Nilsen, took all of BYU's plays down P'tching Yankees to California when he left.' 1M; gers Byrne, Donovan, White Sox Ford, "And, if the Cougars should win everybody up here Yankees Loes, Dodgers 4 will say: 'See what did we tell ya about that guy, Nilsen. It's a good thing we got rid of him. He's lousy coach. TAKES FIRE TO STATION Look, he gave Los Angeles State all of BYU's plays and RUTLAND, Vt. (UP) George ' they still couldn't beat us'." Lambert wasn't disturbed at all a guy who likes to live it up when rubbish That's Reed Nilsen in the rear of his and always manages, to smile and joke with his critics truck burst into flame. He drove even in his darkest moments. around the corner into Rutland's 12-- 14-- 4; 5; 15-- 6; 9-- ... - - Harry Stuhldreher, one of Notre Dame's famed "Four Horsemen" will be the principal speaker at a Provo Downtown Coaches Club meeting, scheduled for noon on Sept. 121 in the National Guard Armory. Stuhldreher, Inow a public relations man for U. S. Steel, will be in Utah at that time to get a look at the Geneva Steel operations, main fire station where firemen extinguished the flames. LIGHTWEIGHT it was reported. CHAMPION Two of BYU's 1954 quarterbacks are now in the LDS mission field. Henry West is in Switzerland and Dave Kimball in Australia. Young Kimball had been on the water for some 20 days when he arrived in New Zealand. "It seems as if I've been on the water for two years," he wrote his dad, Dr. Edwin R. Kimball, BYU athletic director. 31 0 , 600 Athletes Ready To Open Football Practice on Coast By HAL WOOD jlost a game yet. J And this club of mine might SAN FRANCISCO CUP) The surprise quite a few," says the rush for the Rose Bowl gets unae& usually pessimistic Waldorf. way in the West tomorrow when All told, there are 183 lettermen nearly 600 athletes in the Pacific returning to the nine schools. Ore Coast Conference start tneir an which has the only new gon State, nual fall football practice. coach in the conference, has the While the advance predictions most returning experienced, men race 26. say it will be a Southern California has ?4 between Southern California and coming back; and Washington UCLA for the conference titl 22 State Washington UCLA each. and only UCLA is eligible between has 23, Stanford 21 and Idaho 20. these two for the New Year's as cut which has the signment the other teams haven't fewest cauxornia, letter-me- n number of returning up given will have the turnout biggest With the exception of Oregon and The roster lists 83 California, there is a great supply for practice. of experienced talent. The Web- - men and Waldorf hopes he might fooU will start the season with find a few diamonds in the rough And Coach in this big listing. only 14 lettermen Pappy Waldorf at Cal will have The new coach at Oregon State only 11 men back who earned their is Tommy Prothro, late of the UCLA Bruins, the club that ad letters last year. Bu neither Coach Len Casanova ministered a 61-- , lacing to the of the WebfooU nor Waldorf has Beaveri last year. f GOD the LIGHTWEIGHT HV A ww. om lint wtigni lffiprv4 Mww AcKm m 0 IrM Stock bwitt-t- e clmfc mm .270,;30r06 It $'' ' CAL. $139.95 " SPORTING GOODS CO. 29 W.. 1st N. ' FR 3-71- : save with safety as we bring you one of the most outstanding tire offers of the s year! Goodyear's dependable Super-Cushion- d Cord body'Xor extra strength. You feature exclusive "fraction-safe" tread design that came en popular 1954 cars. get the same Check our low sale prices now on all sizes! 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It is interesting to note that even Walker has started to read the riot act, proving that ev en a genius can't make a nylon handbag out of a mule's ear. It is vindication for Stankey. but whea you're on the outside looking in the chuckle must have a mock- - :- o a enth place. k e In you are unemployed. But Stanky. as a very human man. must zct ' ' some sort of grim satisfaction nut of the plummeting fortunes of hi erstwhile St Louis Cardinals. W l.ei l4 he was fired in latf May. the cl,:b was tie dfor fourth place. u': the is club in buried Today 7-- 3 an h r? Dodders are sitting. icr the caje of Mayo P. : 8-- ex-linem- cf c slip-sho- 250-poun- ;n blame four major managers for wearing wide smiles to- U day although for one of them it must be tinged with bitterness. inree oi mem can I3uch ncr.t- out 'oud. They would be the Messrs Marty Marion, Walter Alston an j. ' r Ma vo Smith. The other Eddie Stanky. sti:: must wear the hurt of beir.z d.- - 'v possessed but he can grin in sta- '' tistical vindication. It is difficult to be cheerful a hen hard-wordin- , WEDNESDAY. Al'GUST 31, 19S5 Utah 0':nty, Utah DAILY HERALD ' i |