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Show i Redsttins-- USG Score Spurt To - ' i . 83-6- 6 Editor Newspaper Enterprise Sports NEW YORK (NEA) When Gene Fullmer first hit SALT LAKE CITY (UPD TournaSouthern New York late in 1954, it was written and said that the ment-bound LOGAN, Utah (UPD Utah closed its pre California had co put on a sizzling current National Boxing Assn. middleweight champion season home schedule Saturday wouldn't be around long. second half rally and then stall night with a second - half spurt for a minute and s 40 74-7- 2. 83-6- 6 - : Veteran guard Chris Appel sank strong in the early minutes of the second half to tie the score at Then USC's center John Rudometkin and the Aggies forward Cornell Green traded baskets in a thrilling finish. After the score was tied the largest margin was a advantage held briefly by the Cal-ifornia quintet. Rudometkin scored 23 points in the second half for a total of 28 and high honors for USC. Green had 21 in the second half and 36 for the game. G F P T USC (74) Martin ....... .5 1 4 11 5 10 2 . 4 Stanley 4 .10 3 24 Rudometkin 42-4-2. y. 4j nt ' s 1' : . 5; xl 4 T'k : ;f!::-- v . v- 2 1 0 1 ..0 ... Pafs"ons Hillman Wier ..... 0 Totals -1 1 0-- 0 0-- 0 2 0 2 that he could do enough age in. 15 rounds to do 1-- 3 3-- 4 4' .... 5 3-- ...10 14-1-7 1 ....4 1-- 2 3 2 0--1 3 . ' 1 I 4 3 9 13 34 9 4 72 16 9 26 Totals: 27. Halftime: USU 36, USC 22-2- Allen is practically, certain to wind up as one of the few prize fighters in history to win a million dollars with his fists. Fullmer had barely finished Benny. Kid Las Vegas in around Paret GENE FULLMER in a record the other night "Honest workman" title de eighth would which he Paul offered when Pender a fense bonus, give Gene the privilege of first taking a poke at Terry Downes. Terry has held the New York and Massachusetts version of the middleweight championship since beating . Pender in London. Winning from Downes would give Fullmer a clear claim to the title, and he assured Pender a whack at this within four months. Anything to keep busy, you see. It is easy for cold water throwers to point out that Fullmer has hardly waded through a cage of tigers, but that is what they have been saying about all fighters in more recent years. The answer to it is that the Mormon elder and; mink farmer has faced everybody who could '' provide aj worthwhile, payday. FdZtner took a decision from Pender in Brooklyn, Feb. 14, 1955, nearly two years before he outmauled Ray Robinson in 15 rounds to lift the title. Robinson kept Fullmer waiting two years and seven months after dealing Gene his only knockout, May 1, 1957, when the West Jordan plugger was hung on the end of a left hook as he bounced off the ropes, bouncing nd ... - Former NEW YORK (UPD Emile , i welterweight champion Griffith's superiority in the early rounds Saturday earned him a over veteran Isaac Logart in their nationally tele-at vised fight andhbiher shot the crown on March 24. Speedy young Griffith; took the early lead in their yuletide aptly staged at St. Nicholas arena; but. he slowed ' up in the second half - of the bout particularly after he had suffered a cut at the outside corner of his left eye early in the seventh round. There were no knockdowns but Griffith, weighing 149. pounds to Robinson gave Carmen Basilio the run around, too. LogartslSl, shook up former Then the onion got a chance to get his contender Ike several times in title Carmen, These were grower, administered by Fullmer, who lumps. the first half of the bout. to the vacated NBA middleweight throne Referee Arthur Mercante favor- thereby ascended ed Griffith on a rounds basis, on Aug. 28, 1959. There has been no stalling or bickering since by the and Judge Joe Agnello Birn-bauLeo But Judge agreed, middleweight leader. Spider Webb, Joey Giardello, Basilio called it even on rounds, again, Robinson twice more, Florentino Fernandez and The Paret all got their chance to go the and even on points way of all boxing flesh. United ; Press International had no Even longer are puzzled by Full-mer- 's pugilistic purists Griffith ahead, success. . 43-3- n . er, . y : . 2, m 7-- 3. 5-- 5. 5-- 5, 1. Gene showed what an honest workman can do Dixie College Posts Win Over Eastern Ariz. in the beak busting business of today. The con solation title in the Dixie Invita ST. GEORGE (UPD 3 -1 4 .12 8-1- 2 2 ! Collegiate !age Scores to By United Press International 93-7- 1 era Arizona. The tournament :v night:' continues :: Palo Verde of California beat Riverside of California 59 - 53 for seventh and eight while CSU beat 4 for third and fifth Snow 77-7' dace. ; east Pittsburgh 67 Fordham 66 Lafayette 69 Columbia 54 Massachusetts 68 Colby 60 1 0-- 0 0-- 1 i 1- -2 0-- 0 0 3 Pitts Hetherington Thurgood : Totals: , . 0-- 0 0-- 0 0 o-- d 17-2- 8 7 11-1- 6 6 .......1 3 .... 0 0-- 0 2-- 2 0-- 0 0-- 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 22 83 2 Oswego St. 87 Queens 73 SOUTH performance by Memphis St. 96 Richmond 77 . Despite a John LaVetter the Rebels widen Kentucky Invitational 2 ed a margin they had at Kentucky 06 Tennessee 69 halftime during the last 20 min Kansas" St. .75 Xavier 67 MIDWEST utes. Detroit 81 Regis 58 . Wittenberg 65 Eastern. Illinois 41 37-3- . ; PLEASANT GROVE Haycock Crystal. .L Atwood" Wright Walker Johnson 5 .. Totals OREM 0 0 10 21 29 17 53 .......... . 5 3 3 10 5 0 2 4 .0 0 ;...0 0 2 0 0 2 Howe Peterson Goulding Allphin , Langager Marshall . . Wright Peterson By NORMAN MILLER United Press International NEW YORK (UPD George Blanda of the Houston Oilers, who has experienced his share of frustration and discouragement pro football caduring a the 1961 was chosen reer, today American Football League "Player of the Year" by United Press International. CThe placekicking star won the honor ; ' -- Top Player in AFL quarterback by a wide margin, attracting 17 of the 24 votes cast in the anual UPI poll of three regular AFL writers from each league city. Blanda, once called a "major SOUTHWEST league misfit," recovered from a Houston Classic ' shaky start this season, regained Texas A&M 62 Auburn 50 all his passing 'and kicking fiHouston 91 UCLA 65 nesse, and guided the Oilers to WEST ', the Eastern Division champion...2 5 3 7 Ariz. St. 87" San Diego Naval 57 ship of the AFL. Houston closed 3 3 7 N.M. Western 80 Riverside 65 . 2 out the season with nine straight 8 11 6 22 Southern California 76 Wyoming 54 victories and qualified to meet 0 1 0 0 Brigham Young 69 U. of Pacific 67 the; San Diego Chargers for the 4 9 5 13 Utah 102 Arizona St. 89 league championship next Sunday. High School Box Score 1 Cornell 72 Illinois 60 Vanderbilt 77 Missouri 65 Evansville 94 Los Angeles St. 89 Bradley 105 Western Michigan . 83 5 Houston 54' Auburn 49 4 Northwestern I 93 Brown 74 20 Colorado St. 52 Oklahoma 47 2 Ohio St. 92 Pen St. 49 8 Kentucky Invitational Tournament 3 11 0 0 0 0 25 12 14 2 6 0 0 0 4 9 22 66 25 Totals: Halfttime: Utah 43, St. Marys 37. L- ' 16-2- f - , 20 19 10 50 SIGNS WITH CHARGERS SAN DIEGO (DPI1 Wayne Frazler, a 6-- 3, 234-pou- center-lineback- er nd from Auburn University, has signed with the , San Diego Chargers of the American Football League. He also had beea sought by the Chicago rsars cf the , rival ,Ntional Foot-1.- 3 . ! Lcrr--. Shrine Stars! Drill For K. E3 if Delaware Coach Appointed To more PROVO. UTAH COUNTY,- UTAH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1961 - y, st . ; Grid Battle SAN . j FRANCISCO i first-stringer- games: s. An-ge- lo I Dec. 30: , ers Uovtle at Jacksonville, Gator Bowl, Fla. Georgia Tech Pen State. Jan. 1:. ; 3 points oyer . . Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Minnesota 8 over UCLA Sugar Bowl, New . Orleans Ala bama 13 Switches Likely But there was some belief that there'll be switches made. Ron Miller of Wisconsin, playing with the second unit, was much more impressive in his passing than was Gabriel. Miller tosses the soft pass, easy to handle, while Gabriel was throwing sizzlers, several of which the intended receivers couldn't handle, The workouts of both teams, at Santa Clara and Stanford were in balmy, sunny weather. Coach Jim Owens of Washington, head man for the West, tried out a combine that had John Hadl of Kansas at quarterback; Curt McClinton, Kansas, and Mack Burton, San Jose State at halves; and Ronnie Bull, Baylor, at fullback. Wet Standouts Hadl and McClinton were the standouts in the first tests of this unit. Hadl's passes were to McClinton, Burton and end Oscar Donahue of San Jose State! Both head coaches were mum on whether they planned aerial or ground offenses leaving it to (guess. to the opposition up recent in yeats the However, been in have passing games can be put because they vogue "the than faster running together shows which require so much Intricate blocking, j j - N tion to his ether duties. -- - The have built ' a new' team around old defends its title against the rookies such as Earl Faison, Ernew today in the most drama-packe- d nies Ladd, Claude Gibson, George game in the short history Blair, Keith Lincoln and Bob Scar-piff. of the American Football League. The 'Houston Oilers, defending A test of the whole league is league title holders, who were un- at stake today. Can the Oilers able to sign a major draft choice, destroy the draft myth and repeat meet the San Diego Chargers, as champion with almost the same SAN DIEGO, Calif. (UPD ' o. ., . " team? : j j j The San Diego Chargers- Houston Oilers AFL cham- pionship game will be carried over Channel 4 today at m. (MST). loaded for with outstanding championship 2 p. j j f ( rookies, of the the league. On Jan. 1, 1961, the Oilers de6 on an feated the Chargers 24-1- pass from quarterback to halfback Billy Blanda George Cannon." The Oilers return to this championship game with almost the same lineup, but the Chargers 88-ya- rd . The game itself is billed as a battle between the Houston of fense which averaged 449 yards and almost 30 points a game against the San Diego defense which allowed 265.7 yards a game and an average of just over; 15 points. Since that title match last Jan 1 the Chargers have won three of four games between the two teams. In each of the wins the Chargers stopped the Oilers one-tw- o punch, Blanda and Cannon, ' cold. The Fourth was something else. (f Ilirp cainrae The oilers outpassed, outblocked and outtackled the Chargers to snap an winning streak: and Burst the Chargers' invinci bility bubble. Sunday it is a new game. It is the oilers who are bringing the big winning streak, nine straight into the game, and it is they who are the terrors of the league. match between It will be Blanda, who threw a record 3S touchdown passes this season against the Charger defense which picked off a record 43 . aerials. It will be a battle between the League's number one groundgain-e- r. Cannon, against the next; to stingiest ground defense in the League. But inversely it will be San Diego's number three offense in the league against vthe . oilers number two defense. 11-Ga- me . i . By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International' Missis- Louisiana MIAMI (UPI) Fearless Fra-ley-'s facts and figures from the North-Sout- h footShrine All-St- ball game: Franks, Davis Frank Howard Grab Coast Loop Honors SEATTLE, Wash. (UPD Hef man Franks, who "saved" pro fessional baseball in Salt Lake City, and John (Red) Davis, who led i the Tacoma Giants to the Pennant were named Pacific Coast League managers of the year Saturday. The awards were announced by Dewey Soriano, PCL president. Franks was named general man ager of the year and Davis was designated as field pilot of the past season. "Franks did one of the most remarkable jobs in the history of professional baseball," Soriano said. "He saved baseball for Salt Lake City. - S--cAs for Davis' honor, Soranio pointed out that the skipper had finished in front with the Phoenix, Ariz., PCL entry iiji j ' red-head- ed of Clemson, head coach of the South team, is welcome everywhere as a witty speaker but moans over the reception he gets from alumni when he takes his team into another section. "Go to Texas, and the alumni there says, 'You know how these Texans are, so beat 'em for us. Go to Boston and they'll say 'You know how these Yankees are, so beat 'em for, us.' Go to the Midwest and your alumni shows up and says 'You know how these Midwesterners are, so beat 'em for- us.' " "The only thing you can do,' he moans, "is win 'em all.". . . Howard hails from Barlow Bend, Ala., which, in case you don't know where it is, he describes as being "three wagon greasin's from Mobile.". . ."I left there," he grins, "walking barefooted on a barbed wire fence with a "wild cat under each - arm". . .tough feller. . If you think football players are 1958. ; t stupid take a necessarily "Davis is a topnotch manager ,f look at the South's Bill Hicks, a Soranio said. "He did a fine job Baylor center, and the North's of preparing many of the PCL Chris Cottle of Stanford, Paul Giants for big league careers." Garvis of Missouri and Alex, 50-5- 5-- . little-know- n c Sirola looked quite a bit better than that Saturday as he played a total of five sets in practice against Willi Bungert of Germany and southpaw Owen Davidson of Australia without losing a single game to either of these two unknowns. Italian team captain Vanny Canepele announced he was "very pleased" with the workout. But Canepele quickly admitted his team has "less than a 0 chance." Chance - "Who in this hemisphere would ; 50-5- 0-- 50 LOS ANGELES (UPI) Rookie head coaches Norman Van Brock-li- n of the Minesota Vikings and Kroll, everybody's Al Sherman of the New York center from Rutgers. Giants will be. the opposing coach es of the East and West teams Studies Medicine in Pro Bowl football the Cottle, who didn't, miss a, game ' in three years, is studying to be game, managing director Paul a doctor. Garvis,' a five foot, nine Schissler announced today. Van Brocklin was selected for inch guard, is a "B" student majoring in chemical enginering. his work with the Vikings in their Hicks, called the Southwest Con- first season when he welded a ference's most underrated player, band of rookies and veterans givstarted every game but one in en up by other clubs into a team three years at Baylor but this that surprised pro football follow minister's son maintains am "A" ers. average in psychology. Kroll is Sherman, in his first season as straight "A" as an English ma- head coach, guided the Giants to jor and Phi Beta Kappa. 4 ,what-tay- a the Eastern Division championship. mean, snap courses. . out that this Schissler George Karam, the six foot, was the firstpointed two time first ,year one inch Rice tackle been selected coaches head have from McAllen, Tex., is of Leba- to handle the Eastern West and nese descent. He confesses wryly ern Division in the that his friends call him "The of the Pro Bowl, Sheik.". . .which reminds us old which history will be played Jan. 14 in timers that Rudolph Valentino, the the Coliseum here. original, also played in "The "Sherman and Van Brocklin will Four Horsemen," another original each name two assistant coaches and not the Notre Dame back-fiel- as well as selecting one bonus choice for their East and West There must be something to squads which were chosen by vote this "chip off the old block" busi of the seven coaches in each diviness, at that. The father of North sion of the National Football Carolina quarterback Ray Farris League. was an guard at the same school. Michigan State tac kle Pete Kakela's father was an Jim Otto, Oakland Raider cenTen in lineman outstanding Big ter who hails from Wisconsin, was the early 30's and Miami guard relating how he happened to play Bui Diamond's brother, Charlie, football at Miami. Seems he was played m the 1958 North-Soutvisiting Big Ten campuses before game. choosing a college and then took Climate Impressed Otto a plane to Miami. All-Ameri- ca all-st- ar -- 221-pou- nd , all-sta- rs 12-ye-ar ' d. All-Southe- rn h el? MELBOURNE, Australia (UPD, Italy's Davis Cup tennis teamj showed4 a slight improvement in practice Saturday but even its coach admitted it has "less than 0 a" chance" and most experts here are predicting a 0 sweep for Australia in the challenge round starting Tuesday, The slim Italian hopes were dimmed even more on Friday when Nivola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola lost a practice doubles match to the Yugoslavian team cf Niccla-.Pili- Coaches Named For Pro BovI Game Clemson Football Coach Is Welcome Banquet Speaker ar Boro-Jovanovis- .- !ot u (2k over Arkansas Cotton Bowl, Dallas sippi 3 Over Texas Orange Bowl, Miami State 13 over Colorado. and OBilers . . of Boston College. CSU Grid Post effectiva Jan. 1. , games are big scheduled on Saturday, Dec, 30 the Gator, Sun, Blue-Graand East-Wecome and then games the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange Bowl games on Jan. 1. Coaches of both North and South teams were talking about passing as the two squads wound up the heavy phase of their training on Saturday. The key mn in the game, which is played foj: the Shrine. Charity program, were quarterbacks Eddie Wilson of Arizona for the North and Bobby Ply of Baylor for the South. North coach Duff Daugherty of " Wilson Michigan State called the best passer inj the "possibly country" while South - coach Frank Howard of Clemson warned that his passing combination of Ply and end Bill Miller' of Miami "will be hard to beat." At San Francisco, coach Joe Kuharich of Notre Dame for the East and Jim Owens .of Washing ton for the West put their squads through long , drills and came away with some idea .of their starting lineups. Back. Ron Miller of Wisconsin was especially impressive in the East workout while John Hadl of Kansas stood out for the West. Here are the way the oddsmak-er- s size up some of the leading Four - GETS COACHING JOB ABILENE, Tex. (UPI) Lester Wheeler has been named to suc75 70 Tenessee Xavier ceed Nick Nicholson as head footFORT COLLINS, Colo. (UPD Kentucky 80 Kansas St. 67 Mike' Lude, line coach at the ball coach at Abilene Christian an University of Delaware, was ap- College. Wheeler had been at the 81 I coach A&M Alcorn football 61 assistant Grambling pointed head football coach at Santa Clara 51 Tulas 47 Colorado State University Satur- assistant football coach at the Houston Holiday Classic school. day. Houston 54 Auburn 49 Lude succeeds Don (Tuffy) Mul-liso- n, UCLA 81 Texas A&M 71 who was fired at the end DIRECTS SCOUTING 71 St. Louis 61 Stanford NEW YORK (UPD Jack White, of the 1961 season. California 50 Nebraska 49u The new coach will have his former professional football star Arizona 77 Colorado State 50 work cut out for him. The CSU and later general manager of the Pepperdine 79 Valley State 50 lost their past 16 Richmond baseball club in the Rams have ' ? International League, has been Loyola 78 UC Santa Barbara 51 games. Idaho State 67 .. Portland 54 Bob named director of scouting by CSU Athletic Director Dixie .(Utah). 93 Eastern Arizona Davis said Lade's appointment is the New York Yankees in addi71 T. S&r . v ' . i Totals - Pass-minde- 3 games. 13 0 0-- 0 12--3 . 2 2 0 3 5 3 0--2, 0 Seybold 1 4 2 5 7 11-- 3 : 32 F P T G . 0 0 33 ST. MARY'S (66) 0-- 3 2 0 (UPI) Shrine gridders went through their second day of workouts at their ' training camps Saturday and when the smoke cleared away from the sizzling workouts, the head coaches had something of an idea on their "We'll look them all over and give them all good tests' ''said' Coach Joe Kuharich,. the Notre Dame man who heads the East. In his No. 1 backfield were quarterback Roman Gabriel of North Carolina State, halfbacks Ernie Davis, Syracuse, and Daberio, Notre Dame, and fullback Bob Ferguson of Ohio even State. The ends, who will be the major pass catchers, were Gary Collins of Maryland and Lou ' 12-ye- ar 25 S- By United Press Interactional d North and South 4 squads clash on Christmas Day 0 4 at jviiami, r ia., 10 open inv. Hol1 10 iday season of football boll 2 1-- 2--3 ......... Gray Ruona . Holmes Sheridan Newsome Schreiner Lee 7 -4 3 12 2- Hanson Miller 1- Ki-rou- ac Blanda Named tional Basketball Tournament here was won by Dixie' College Friday win - over East night with a ' Grid Battle Set Monday F P T G . split-decisio- V 7 m .. .. So Fullmer, a pure plodder, Black 160-pou- Griffith Gets Split Decision Over lice Log art fgy at halftime. North-Sout- h Bill'McGill, the nation's leading scorer, topped Utah scorers again hot and do this three times a Farrell Cozby year, if necessary. Moon .. 74 2 3 1 con- ner's Utes led 32 points. He showed more polished per- with UTAH (83) formers how to. get the more Aufderheide important money. His formula Crain .. is simple tackle the most at- McGill . tractive challenger while he is Rowe F P T 1 dam- siderably better than all right. 1 2 0 2 21 18-2-0 G UTAH STATE (72) . 2 1- -0 0--0 28 Holman ; Goldsberry Haney Green . ........... Johnson Hansen 2-- 2 IS 2 4 1 4 0- fvniiv 45-rou- nd 4-- 8--10 i cut out for the old which time the score was tied sev en : times and the lead chaneed days. But Fullmer demonstrated hands 12 times. Coach Jack Gard ji 2-- 4 'JXLi I 1-- Appel ft S .Ji - j . straight home court victory. St. Mary's went down to its fourth As Fullmer went along, this defeat in 'seven games. observer observed that the The Utes, off their usual form Jl young man could be 40 years in the first half, found the scorHe assimilates pun-- ing touch early in the second half lj too late. lstimft-ntbj? well p.s anv nf thfi to break open the ball game. St. Mary's, capitalizing! on poor ji renowned catchers, starting Utah ball handling and inability ;f with Battling Nelson. A stay-- to hit the hoop, gave the Utes a ijer from Sty ersville, he was tough, go In the first half during I all-Ameri- ca four-poi- ' stylish :j nine, starts. Edwards Sloniger Jshby WA The only thing intersec-tiona- l which produced an about Fullmer was his lack over St. victory Mary's of of it. He couldn't punch and California. he appeared to be too easy to Utah, which competes next week hit. All he seemed to possess in the Los Angeles Classic, gained t was aggressiveness and dura-bilit- its eighth win in nine games and 27th seconds before sinking the wining basket to beat Utah State, It was the first defeat this year for the Aggies in . Win By HARRY GRAYSON EdgesUs A TIME FOR GOOD CHEER 8rj(3Qp Poo give us even a 50-5-0 csnes chance?" he a comeback after a knee asked with: a smile. Pietrangeli and Sirola will handle all the assignments for Italy two singles matches apiece plus doubles. Wimbledon Champion Rod Laver has been named as one of Australia's singles players, but Aussie captain Harry Hopman hasn't yet announced whether the other singles berth will go to righthander Roy Emerson, who holds the U. S. championship, or southpaw Neale Fraser, the 19G0 Wimbledon champion who is making non-playi- ng opera- tion several months ago. May Get Nod It's expected that Emerson will get the nod in view of his consistent victories over Fraser in recent state championships. It would be Emerson's first challenge round appearance. Canepele was asked whether he would rather have his players face Emerson rather than Fraser. "The 1900 Emerson, yes," he said. "But the 1961 Emerson, no." |