| Show m f ‘i nm tr Graham 'Brown a Crown to Pro WjSn fjmis Ends Jinx Big fait fake ftibarie ‘S ie e k- - Spoils Mum y n- "k o-- at Salt Lake City Utah — Monday Morning — December 27 1954 " "V ' u- - '"t r? f v In 15 ' By C' Tilt 56-1- 0 Aoclated Pres ham in a second quarter' In- f4! Cleveland 21-pol- CLEVELAND Dec 26 — spired Otto Graham v The Browns moved ahead had 14-late in the first period quarterback “retiring” the when Graham passed 10 yards a dramatic hand in six touchJack Gardner the Ute coach has more charts than a Cleveland to Pete Brewster after Don downs as the pent-uPaul romped 33 with a Layne hospital accumulates during an epidemic Browns annihilated the Detroit interception to the Lion 8 Now along comes Bucky O'Connor at our old alma mater to I Lions and a long jinx 58 to 10 use weight lifting as a means of lifting the Hawkeyesby their On the first play of the second to win the National Football I bootstraps Cleveland made it 21-quarter title Sunday League on t Graham’s smash Vand “Our tallest boy is or when Bucky explains Before a Cleveland Stadium after Billy Reynolds scooted 42 11 you go against some of the teams in the Big Ten where the cencrowd of 43827 Graham pitched yards on a punt return ters tower near the seven-foo- t marker you’re in trouble - “But by three touchdown passes and! A theft of the ball from Layne using weights and lifting and stretching techniques we were able to increase the rebounding and jumping abilities ran three touchdowns himself' of some of the boys as much as five or six inches” O’Connor to personally smash Detroit's STATISTICS adds effort to win an unprecedented Cleve third straight league crown 411 land Dttralt THERE MAY be something to this theory at least last year I down 17 IS int I 114 140 Rushlni yard seven of the Iowa cagers scored 100 or more points 2 Vi point unBrowns The -: 163 195 rFasting yardage -- yv-jr k v 44 13 attempted derdogs struck for five first-hal- Passes IB Passes completed and a touchdowns 2 Passes 6 by Intercepted Stuff V Somesense ' v 6 4 r ' intermission lead to score Punts " f 41 43 average MARV JENSON reports that Gene Fullmer did not suffer a i' a 3 their first victory in nine Punting Fumbles lost S3 40 srds penalized broken rib in the Mueller fight as reported out of New York meetings of all sorts with the Lions since 1951 “Gene did break a rib a year or so ago” he says “and in his Brown guard Mike McCorlast fight he did pull the cartilage about the same place as the Graham who had announced by a in Lake Salt trained Nash Karahan who break” started the Browns to mack previous this was his last game after touchdown No 4 which Graham few years ago for a few weeks has been doubting as a nine Brown seasons thrilled the scored on a in the Northwest bounding Ralph Birkofer (Ogden) has throng in the big Lakeside Bowl run record in Colombian Baseball League and clouted a homer to with touchdown passes of 37 10 insure his latest win Rupert (Tommy) Thompson former’ and 31 yards and scoring STILL IN THE secend qaarmanager of the Bees and Magic Valley has been honored with smashes from the ter Graham passed 31 yards a solid gold membership card from the Professional Baseball t t line and line for a touchdown to Renfro who Assn Tommy is advertising a beer on the west coast line made a stumbling catch at full A letter to him in Bowman Calif should catch Old Rupe an inadequate figure speed on the three-yarGraham line A? Wrpbt Frank Bernard! of Colorado U has been voted the No 1 back in last week as the Lions whipped for a score Bill Tavener the Big Valley Conference area here In the The third t line on the first play In the second period of the Browns the Quarterback Otto Graham of the Cleveland Browns goes period produced two Colorado A&M’s center will wed Nadine Sherman June 11 final to win Browns league game Sunday com- more Cleveland touchdowns on hole in Detroit Lions’ forward wall to score from the pro championship grid tilt Graham paced huge through horses have been nominated for Hialeah’s Fourteen foreign-brepleted nine of 12 passes or a two-fosneak by Graham r-- v Widener Handicap this winter They say the reason Lefty 63 yards He received a tre- after he had passed 43 to BrewO’Doul left San Diego for Oakland’s managership was because Ex-Ut- e mendous ovatior as he left the ster and Morrison Curley Pres Bill Starr of the Padres thought Lefty spent too much time game with three minutes left rammed 12 to score on the golf course and was never around when Starr wanted FOR THE FIRST time in pro to talk baseball And speaking of golf bugs Eddie Lelshman The game turned into a football history at Cleveland rough match of ill feeling of the Bees put his sticks away when he took over the Salt Lake By Associated Pres fans swarmed on the field — before Chet Ilanulak scored Club “If I started playing golf I’d never get any work done” CLEVELAND Dec amid band tunes of “Auld Lange the The Bankers Bowling League of New York Eddie explains eighth Brown touchdown Tom Dublinski Syne”— and tore down the metal in the fourth period on a Herm 64 consecutive seasons still is going strong after Bobby Layne’s understudy Schettler former Utah bowler recently blistered the new Bag- suffered a severe ankle thrust sprain The browns had lost to the dad Bowling lanes in San Francisco with a 711 series In spite a few before of the end plays Brown end Carlton Massey Lions in last year’s playof spending $545000 on player development (a record high for the third in the quarter Lion guard Charlie Ane and and western the off between the club) the Cincinnati Reds wound up the 1954 season with footprofessional were eastern divisional In pitched out for fighting champions a net profit of $68000 ball playoff here Sunday the 1952 title playoff the Lions Lou (the Toe) Groza converted which the underdog Browns won after all eight Brown touchwon downs The closest the Browns preIn Footballers Make Grade Baseball Dublinski former quarterS T 0 O—IO viously had come to beating a Detroit 14 31 14 7— SO FREQUENTLY a coach doesn’t want his star players par- back for the University of Lion Clevnland Buddy Parker-coacheDetroit Bow touchdown icorlnc: ticipating in any other sport We remember Hopalong Cassady Utah was Only in the game team was a exhibition t'e mem (told ol Walker conversion Walker of Ohio State saying how he almost missed the boat in football for a few plays before being in 1953 Cleveland scoring: touchdowns Renbecause he reported for baseball in the spring and from removed fro 3 Brewster Graham 3 MorrUoni the injured Ilanulak: conversions Groza 8 Graham never modern-dahad thrown However here are just a few big league basegame a touchdown pass tn two preball stars who had more of their success in intercollegiate footGuard Dick Stanfel who vious title encounters and two ball: quarterbacks — Ben Tomkins (Phillies) played for Texas in went into the game recover10 at Ohio ing from a back injury was league games against " the Cotton Bowl in 1951 Gporge Spencer (Giants) Lions whose quarterback State and Mel Itoach (Braves) first string at Virginia U Half- also hurt late in the third Bobby Layne was at Minnesota Jackie quarter and taken out backs— Paul Giel (Giants) the bruising tyy at UCLA Vic Janowicz (PiRobinson (Dodgers) Browns Sunday Ohio at Sate Laurin rates) Pepper (Pirates) at Mississippi Southern Ransom Jackson (Cubs) star GREAT FINISH The Lions led briefly in the at from Texas and TCU and Alvin Dark (Giants) first quarter 34 on Doak Walk-er’- s 10 at Minnesota LSU Fulbacks — Harry Elliott (Cards) field goal but they and AI Lary Lloyd Merriman (Cincy) Stanford didn’t put across a touchdown from Alabama (Cubs) second team until trailing 21-- Bill Bowman crashed four yards to score in the second period YEAR Et!D SALE! Plea for Later Opening on Waterfowl Layne experienced all the frustration Graham had sufferFOR THREE years now the good hunting for the big northed in previous duels Ills passes ern ducks and the honkers came at the last weekend or so of the were area season this in intercepted with monotregular hunting By Aiioclated Pmi onous regularity and bis ballCLEVELAND Dec 26 — Otto All of which leads quite a few sportsmen to ask for a handling harmed by the later opening on the fall shoot and Graham’ passed the Cleveland Browns The game played in surprisSouthern Utah hunters long have complained that the ducks Browns to the National Football ingly pleasant weather for the just start arriving during the last few days of the annual shoot League championship Sunday witphoq day after Christmas was OF COURSE it is the sportsmen’s perogative to cast his vote and then announced again he studded with spectacular runs for earlier or later openings and if enough Share the same ideas was quitting professional foot Jack Christiansen formerly of Colorado A&M Intended for Darrell Brewster 88 Assisting and breaks — Selected Croups perhaps next year a later opening and closing could be asked Lions’ Christiansen is halfback Jimmy David most of them going against the ball Intercepts a Cleveland Brown pass for Detroit Formerly to Lions “That’s the way to quit go 1 Readers (Bless 'em) Write out on top” Graham remarked DETROIT DRESSING ROOM THE BROWNS got a break For Gaylen Rigby Salt Lake City Bob Feller nevclr startet after the Browns for their first touchdown midthe upended a game against the Yankees last season However he starte( in the first period but the way In the Detroit Lions four times against the White Sox He won May 31 won way the Clevelanders played It was Just a matter of time before Sept 3 and won Sept 21 If I can read my title game July 2 won to also he the Chisox lost 64 (Thanks to Bob Riley o’ THE FANCY PASSING writing the tide engulfed the Lions On a punt by Horace Gillom Magna fpr his info) whose passing has room Detroit the By Aisorlated Prtii dressing Layne who came to quarterback Lion Dec 26— CLEVELAND after the game Jerry Mains roughed the been a key factor in the Coach Paul Brown after a Brown booter and this not of Even big distribution the Browns’ losses of the chamObservation Ward standout career at Northwest- “Our luck ran out” Detroit a tackle to Lion offset for only each for $300 pay player ern University said he would Lions’ Coach Buddy Parker pionship playoff in the past receiver Jug Girard on a fair inUntil thn wilt ttnrtnd driving thn nr m motnrlttt mr knnw work extra of week the e be around for the pro bowl said Sunday after his what lin’d bnnn minting two seasons wouldn’t talk catch but also gave Cleveland volved the playoff failed to Football National! game and tbe college all star about what went wrong when first down on Detroit’s 35 cheer the beaten players League champions Two plays later Graham game but would stop then enthe Clevelanders made six imSilently they pushed the by the Cleve37 yards for a touchdown Sunday he completed nine of thumped passed in their pockets— portant Interceptions velopes to Ray Renfro speedy back for 163 yards and land Browns '42 criticize passes to declined Parker others some the bills counted MIAMI BEACH FLA Dec 26 feet high on the ocean three touchdowns He also ran “They got every break in Layne’s protection or try to who made a sensational catch of didn’t W) — Howard Miami side of the island in defeating over three other touchdowns the world— we Just weren’t Abbey a scoring pass by Gra- analyze what was wrong “They Just best the tar out runaShores planed his 56 other entries Only one boat from distances of two feet five supposed to win” of us” summed up quarterbout with a 200 horsepower enand one foot yards the driver and overturned WASN’T back Bobby Layne his shoulthat the MiJust IT of gine around the island ders drooping wearily as he Lions were beaten it was the ami Beach Sunday afternoon James W'ynne of Oshkosh Wis Beating the Lions Graham relaxed with a cigarette in at an average speed of 41 miles was not injured way it was done that took the continued was a “thrill' 'but front of his locker the24-milin e was entered by there was one victory even The event talk out of the big fellowi an hour to win Canada states 17 thon race which opened the racers from are 2 sweeter—tbe 3028 victory six first Cuba the but Bowl and places regatta Orange over Los Angeles in 1950 the He battled waves up to seven were taken by Miamians first the Browns played in superb the National League BASKETBALL coacnes leave few stones unturned in seeking magic formula of success IT ks te p d ‘I -- 6-- 7 " 3 two-foo- ieLj vft -- ' f 35-1- : 0 - V boxer-wrestl- er five-yar- d 8-- 3 five-yar- two-foo- -- d one-foo- d 35-1- 0 Seven-Missou- ri 14-1- 0 one-foo- t d Suffers ot Ankle Injury rterback ’ 19-ya- rd goal-post- s 17-1- 6 Cleve-land-Detr- oit 17-- 7 j 56-1- 0 d 24-2- 4 y all-Bi- g much-manhandle- Otto Decides To Quit Grid Fields all-Bi- g d ROSEN'S 36-yar- d 3 vicious-chargin- g Topcoats quick-changin- g I 3-- ‘Luck Ran Out’ Says Lions’ Parker 56-1- 0 3-- 2 3--1 7-- 4 2 two-tim- were Floridan Snares Boating Prize 56-1- 0 10-mil- e 31-yar- d 20-fo- i Shyline Cage Squads Slate Busy Week Across Nation “Detroit won the playoffs from Cleveland In 1952 and 1953 During his career since 1948 when tbe Browns were organized Graham has completed 4 1375 of 2417 passes for yards and 162 touchdowns 21-87- FOR WINTER DRIVING COME IN FOR FREE CHECK UP SEE CENTRAL AUTO SERVICE & SUPPLY CO FOR THE FINEST WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND WHEEL BALANCING AVAILABLE! 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NINE YEAR totals are second only to Sammy Baugh of Washington who played 16 niS years Coach Brown who declared! that “on sny given day this was the best football team I ever saw” expressed hope Graham would be back next season He admitted his hopes were based on the reaction of fall weather and the sound of a bouncing football on a veteran player 1 College basketball tournaments take the spotlight this week as the Skyline Conference teams go into action across the nation for the last time prior to the start of league games The loop will start on Jan 6 Denver gets the final practice week going with play In the City Invitational tournament at The Pioneers will play In the meet boro- Kyjm Monday for four days provided they come through unscathed- On Tuesday Montana State meets Utah State at Boze doubleheadcr man Mont in the first game of a two-daThen Wednesday Colorado A&M enters the Wichita tournament at Wichita while Montana tangles with St Johns University at Billings The Colorams will wind up action In the Wichita meet Thursday while Brigham Young University heads for Bowling Ky and a game with Western Kentucky Brigham Young plays Manhattan at Madison Square Carden in the finale of the practice tilts on Jan 4 points of quality There s' I 'SPARKLE SPARKLE you can you can —in Fisher Beer brewed SEE TASTE ve!ut ut hlr relor lxc!lt new drastic!! ra rici dv cad far YIAR-INClIAIANtt! 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