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Classic Data
Davis Cup Out Look Is Bleak
Sooners Get
Nod to Start
East-West
Top Ranked Cage Teams Face
(By The Assoclated Press)
| Illinois, No. 6, and Oklahoma
brings his University of Pitts-
Eight of the ten top teams in A&M, which advanced from 12th
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26 (fi-
Names headlined during the
ler at fullback.
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John Brodie, Notre Dame's Paul
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in the Jacksonville baseball park.
The Middies, who face Texas
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Decision Is Due
On Parker Pact
Gator Bowl Has
Varied Program
Starting Today
Texas Southern Top
Cage Pick in NAIA
ranked No. 1 college team in the
nation in the (API poll of sports
Little Texans Leave
For Pee-Wee Grid Tilt
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almost collapsed in the dressing
room afterwards. He was strick-
en with a stomach ailment late
only Princeton (Friday) this week.
The Aggies are dormant until
ment opening here Thursday.
Texas Southern, led by 6 foot 8
inch Bennie Swain who averaged
23.6 points per game last season
No. 3 when it upset two top ten-
ners in its own tournament last
week, will move further south to
compete in the Sugar Bowl tour-
ney at New Orleans starting Fri-
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night chef William R. Ely while at right Bengal stars Lloyd Harris,
left, and Jim “Spec” Rodgers dig into baked potatoes. Idaho State
meets Oklahoma City University in its first round game.
enough.”
The struggle with Rosewall
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come back from a 0-2 deficit
and won the cup. That was in
1939 when the same two coun-
tries went at it The Americans
won the first two singles, but
the Aussies rebounded behind
Adrian Quist and Jack Brom-
wich and won the doubles and
both remaining singles.
This U. S. team, however, can
entertain no such hope. Rose-
wall and Hoad were head and
shoulders over their Yank oppo-
nents. Their victories were pure-
ly routine.
True, Seixas caused a flurry
of excitement when he decided
to throw caution to the winds
in the third set of his match
with Rosewall, He won the set,
but it was a desperation mea-
sure. He tried the same strat-
egy in the fourth set and hit a
stone wall.
Completely outplayed In the
first two sets, Seixas began
rushing in on Rosewall's serv-
ices in the fourth and banging
the ball right back at little Ken's
feet. Vic caught Rosewall by
surprise and broke his service
in the third game, then let the
set run out following service.
Flushed with his success. Sei-
plays better in the forehand
court, a position he would play
as a partner of Flam. Also they
are experienced as partners and
have big wins together. But Gi-
ammalva has the stronger game
and especially a more formida-
ble overhead. This can't be a
snap decision.
"I probably won't decide un-
til an hour or so before the
match.”
The double defeat was a bit-
ter disappointment to the Amer-
icans who had reached peak
form and who anticipated a pos-
sible upset in the face of gen-
eral opinion that the superior
young Aussies would score a 5-0
sveep.
If the Aussies take the dou-
xas tried the same tactics in
the fourth set. But to fool a
player of Rosewall's caliber.
twice with the same trick is a
feat beyond the capabilities of
most players, Seixas included.
Rosewall merely trotted back
of the serving line and took
Seixas' returns on a big, fat
hop and bashed them back past
the 33-year-old Philadelphian.
His task was easy.
Once he found his new-found
weapon was rendered useless,
Seixas was completely out of
ammunition.
Rosewall started the operation
as though he intended to run
the match out in about 15 min-
utes. He crossed, passed and in
general befuddled Seixas in the
first set. Vic recovered some-
what in the second and ran up
a 4-2 lead on a third-game serv-
ice break.
But he couldn't stand the pros-
perity and Rosewall quickly
took over and busted right
through Seixas twice. By this
time, the former U. S. national
champion realized that he was a
dead duck unless he took des-
perate measures. That's how he
won the third set.
traded 64 of 107 first place votes
for 944 points.
fast company.”
Terry Brennan and Rip Engle
nominated Terry Barr of Michi-
gan, Jim Roseboro of Ohio State,
Navy’s Wilson Whitmire and Jim
Hower and Xavier's Steve Junker
as a few of the first rate but un-
ether. His winners were Land
Lash 17-30. Dru Away $39.10 and
G. Edward $5.40.
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and Duke and none of the other
tournaments on this week's bulg-
ing calendar have more than
two clubs rated.
Fahs attending the opening
night card will be treated to a
doubleheader Involving four
high-ranked outfits since Tulane
meets Seattle at 7:30 p.m. and
Idaho State challenges Okla-
homa City at 9:30 p.m.
Tipping off the All-College
Thursday afternoon will be
Marquette and Georgia Tech at
1 p.m. and Memphis State and
Texas Tech at 4 p.m. •
Marquette and Memphis State
both will be appearing in the
All-College for the first time.
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the tournament binge this week are also are unbeaten.
Kentucky, boosted from No. 7 to
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ALL-COLLEGE TOURNAMENT hopeful Idaho State eagers cele-
brated Christmas day here at their Biltmore hotel headquarters in
the usual fashion. At left tall Jack Allain keeps an eye on Biltmore
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Sooners as a sophomore.
Guepe said he would use Orr,
a onetime polio victim, for the
short passing and Duke's Sonny
Jurgensen for the long ones. He
can "throw 'em a mile,” Guepe
said.
The North starting line probably
will have Jim Hinsley of Michi-
gan State and Bob Khoenle of Pur-
due at end. Jack Caldrone of Penn
State and Dave Walker of Illinois
at tackle, Dick Hill of Michigan
and Tony Quintilian at guard and
John Matski of Michigan State at
center.
was to hit the ball deep and try
to keep Lew away from the net,
but this became a problem be-
cause of Hoad's strong attack.
I've seen Herbie play better, but
any man would have bad trouble
with Hoad today.”
Talbert named Seixas and
Sammy Giammalva of Houston,
Texas as his doubles team at
Tuesday's official draw, but re-
served the right to make a late
change.
"This is a big problem for
of Duke, taccles Art Demmas of
Vandy and Charlie Hutchings of
Miami, guards John Barrow of
Florida and Tony Cushenberry of
Georgia and center Mike Hudock
of Miami.
Finest Hour,” a book telling the
purpose and history of the game
which supports a crippled chil-
dren's hospital here.
Coaches from both teams prog-
nosticated on less prominent
23 was so much for Seixas that he
By JAY SIMON _
THE annual All-College fever
was spreading through Okla-
homa City and the state Wednes-
day as basketball fans braced
for the 21st annual classic at
Municipal auditorium Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
Six of the eight teams had
workouts scheduled at the Audi-
torium Wednesday to get in fi-
Neither the Lions' front office
nor Parker have come forth with
a clear picture of their differences.
But it is generally understood that
Parker feels his six-year record
with the Lions merits job security
not possible in a one-year contract.
The Baltimore Colts and the
Pittsburgh Steelers are reportedly
interested in acquiring Parker if
he leaves Detroit.
In the event the Lions' directors
let Parker leave, assistant coach
George Wilson is reportedly the
No. 1 choice as a successor. Wil-
son has been with the Lions for
eight years.
Drysdale Named
Brooklyn’s Top
Rookie of Tear
wil| find two other top ten teams
in the Dixie Classic at Raleigh,
N. C. starting Thursday. Coach
Frank McGuire's Yankee-tinged
Southerners moved up a notch this
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The poll, which included games teams jumped four pegs' over their
through December 22, is figured positions a week ago.
on the basis of 10 points for first. The Mountaineers are one of
nine for second, etc. three undefeated teams in the top
The two teams in the top ten off ten. Kansas and North Carolina
scheduled to play Rosewall in
the first match and Seixas to
meet Hoad in the second.
Talbert took the open day de-
bacle philosophically although he
refused to hide the fact that he
had hoped for a better perform-
ance.
"We met the best two players
in the world today and they
played like it," the U. S. cap-
tain said. "I thought both Flam
and Seixas had opportunities
which they missed, but there is
no faulting them. They played
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■ COMING up to the touma-
E • ment unbeaten are Idaho
M State, which has sailed past
■ eight opponents, and Memphis
E State with seven straight tri-
l umphs to its credit.
"T Coach Bob Vanatta's Memphis
eagers are the highest scoring
team in the tournament with an
average of 81.9 per game. Tu-
lane has compiled the best de-
fensive record while holding its
seven foes to an average of 57.4
per game.
The Green Wave surprised
previously unbeaten Ohio State,
75-71, its last time out and has
won four in a row following its
lone setback by Texas, 68-65.
Since several Indiana boys
A.a are members of the Tulane
■ squad the Hoosier segment of
■ the team spent Christmas at
home after the Ohio State game
and was flying in from that di-
rection Wednesday night. The
other Greenies were slated to
arrive a couple of hours earlier
from New Orleans.
COACH John Grayson's
• Idaho State Bengals, who
fleeted ih jWednesday's Associat-
ed Press national rankings
which listed four All-College
teams among the top 30.
TOP-SEEDE DOklahoma City
was rated No. 11, Tulane
No. 16, Seattle No. 18 and Idaho
State No. 30. The Dixie Classic
at Raleigh, N. C., contributed
three teams to the top 20 in
North Carolina, West Virginia
pitching, in three „
— a tow-day period.
Jon Arnett, to mention a few.
Football experts say the teams
are well balanced and have an
abundance of additional top flight
talent, which perhaps has not
been so highly publicized.
Rut tor Christmas
The 48 all-stars had Christmas
off and were visited by a football
DETROIT, Dec. 26 U—Members
of the board of directors of the
DALLAS, Dec. 26 IB—A bus load
of Dallas youngsters left Tuesday
for Winter Haven, Fla., where
they will play in the annual Pop
Warner Citrus bowl for the nation-
al pee-wee football championship.
The 23 boys, all under 13 years
old, left Dallas wearing cowboy
hats. They are members of the
Salvation Army's Compton Citadel
football team, the undefeated once-
tied champs of the North Texas
PF"ee football conference.
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The youngster from Van Nuys, too many tall Texans.
Calif,, finished with a 5-5 record,
winning few of his ganes from
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 26 (P.
The Rose Bowl football teams hit
the practice schedule again
Wednesday after a restful Christ-
mas that included watching sports
movies and lounging about their
respective hotels.
The University of Iowa squad
members each received a wrist
watch for their school and attend-
ed a team Christmas party. Ear-
lier they saw football movies.
Across town in Santa Monica,
the Oregon State Beavers watched
films of the Olympic games and
had a Christmas dinner party.
Beaver coach Tommy Prothro.
said be plans one-a-day workouts
from now on and Iowa coach For-
est Evashevski expressed similar
sentiments.
"We're going to buckle down,
said Evashevski. "We’ve got a lot
of work to do.”
Iowa left end Jim Gibbons and
teammates Bob Stifter and Toni
Hatch were involved in a minor
traffic accident Tuesday. Gibbons
was driving the other two players
to church when their car collided
with another. There were no in-
juries in either vehicle.
JOCKEY IS BUSY
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26-
Jockey George Hettinger rode four
winners at the Fair Grounds
Christmas afternoon. He was up
on Dejeune $11.20, Task Fleet
$14.80, Epic King $33.20 and Pecks
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and 17 rebounds lact season,
reached the finals of the NAIA na-
tional championship in Kansas
City last March. All the members
of last year's team are back for
this year's try.
Flam never was in the match
against Hoad, who ground him
down from start to finish.
Herbie, a former gob from Bev-
erly Hills, Calif., tried all right,
but he just wasn't in Hoad's
class.
The big, blond belter permit-
ted nothing to faze him. No
temper tantrums, not even a
dirty look at the umpires.
Flam tried to fight him at his
own game by standing at the net
and volleying. But this is suicide
against Hoad unless you happen
to be stronger than he. And
Flam isn’t. He managed to
break Hoad’s service only once.
That was in the first game of
the third set when he took a 3-1
lead. But Hoad quickly settled
down and won the next five
games.
Flam collapsed from ex-
haustion in the dressing room,
but was pronounced okay a few
minutes later.
"I'm sick," he said sadly. "I
wish I had done better. I thought
I had Lew on the rin in that
third set, but I couldn't pull it
off. He was too strong for me."
Said Captain Bill Talbert:
"Lew simply had too much
gunpower for Herbie. He put up
a great fight but he had nothing
to hurt a powerhouse like Hoad.”
Regarding two conferences he
meet in the opening game Friday Bob Bronzan of San Jose State
night, followed by the champion- mentioned Tom Gentry, a South-
ship game. ern Methodist end; Dick Foster,
The Gator Bowl golf tournament an Idaho guard; Galen Lanck and
began Wednesday with a pro- John Nisby, linemen from College
amateur event A 36-hole amateur of the Pacific. Bronzan said they
all "can handle themselves in
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rPHE listening past, tuning in first Terence Patrick Brannan,
I Notre Dame's boy football coach who had too many boys in
the lineup while playing a man's schedule this fall, as he replies, to
a question about whether a depression has set in on the Fighting
Irish forces-"! don't think so.
"Our sophomores and freshmen are all right Our juniors and
seniors just weren't very good, that's aU. There was sort of a void
MIAMI, Fla., Dec.
Bolstered by All-America half-back
Tommy McDonald and four of his
Oklahoma teammates, the North
ruled a touchdown favorite over
the South in the Shrine’s college
all-star football game in the
Orange bowl Wednesday night.
North coach Duffy Daugherty
planned to throw the multiple of-
fense his Michigan State powers
have used so effectively against
the Rebel squad coached by Art
Guepe of Vanderbilt.
Working with McDonald in the
North backfield will be Len Daw-
son, a passing master from Pur-
due, Dennis "The Menace” Men-
dyk at halfback and Jimmy Har-
ris of Oklahoma at fullback.
Guepe planned to counter with
a backfield punch of Vandy's Don
Orr at quarterback, Mississippi’s
Eddie Crawford and Wake For-
est's Bill Barnes at halfback and
Miami's All-America Don Bosse-
nal practice licks ahead of the
Thursday tipoff.
Tulane, arriving in two
"waves” Wednesday evening,
passed up a chance to try out
the Auditorium floor and Mar-
quette 1 s not arriving until
Thursday morning when the Mil-
waukee outfit rolls into town on
the Santa Fe.
The class of this field was re-
South Holds Head
The south has won six of the
previous eight games, sponsored
by the Mahi Temple to raise funds
for the Shrine's crippled chil-
dren's hospitals. One game ended
in a tie.
In an attempt to try to insure
a close game, game director Andy
Gustafson, university of Miami
coach, modified the riles so that
the team trailing at any time dur-
ing the game will be able to re-
ceive the kickoff.
A crowd of about 45,000 is ex-
pected. The contest will be broad-
cast nationally (Mutual) but there
is no television coverage. The
kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. (EST).
Players Juggled
Daugherty has done considerable
juggling with his backfield mate-
rial. In addition to switching Mc-
Donald from left half to right and
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b'.es Thursday as expected, the he also expected to use Oklahoma
final two singles Friday would center Jerry Tubs, another All-
be merely routine. Flam is , America performer, at fullback.
Tubbs played fullback with the
DUD WILKINSON, University of Oklahoma coach, commenting
D on reports that OU, UCLA, Southern Cal, Notre Dame, Army,
Navy, the Air academy and some other powers might form a
Transcontinental athletic conference—"It makes good reading.
"However, the possibility of it ever coming about are exceed-
ingly remote. One big reason is that most football games are built
on tradition. Of course, present day air travel does make the con-
ference possible. . .
RESCO THOMPSON, Brooklyn's vice-president in charge of
F farms and personnel, scoffing at predictions that the Dodgers
are about to collapse from old age—“We have two shortstops be-
hind Pee Wee Reese on the parent club, Don Zimmer and Chico
Fernandez, for whom we could get a bundle.
"And Jack Lillis, who spent this year with St. Paul, might eas-
ily beat out both. Lillis. who's 24, is a better hitter than Fernan-
dez, had 16 homeruns and was second in the American association
in two-base hits while batting .290.
"Charley Neal is still gonna be a big ballplayer at secondbase,
which is when Junior Gilliam will switch to the outfield.___
"Our organization has been shy only in the production
of catchers, but we have one now in 22-yearold Johnny Roseboro,
who hit 20 homeruns in the last five weeks for Montreal and two in
the playoffs. He can outrun any catcher in basebal
"Gil Hodges is hardly a pappy-guy at 32 and backing him
Up at firstbase is Jim Gentile. He's 23, lefthanded all the way
and a swatter who averaged 35 homeruns in the minors for four
years. He got 40 for Fort Worth this summer with a strong
wind blowing in nearly every day.
"Randy Jackson is back at third. He's only 30. And we like a
25-year-old kid named Dick Gray, who tied a Texas league record
with six grand-slam homeruns. There's still some question about
Grat ang-obuelagwene fiSH* 30,Sandy Amo-
ros 24 and Gino Cimolo, 26. Sure, Sal Maglie is 39, Reese 37 and
2oV-Smapnatacnubswoud"kke ibe «Ike the Dodgers. ■■
Kon FUROT, retiring Missouri football coach, looking back at
L his 28 seasons in the saddle, and 19 at Mizzou-"I‘ve enjoyed
evenzHowever the dual job of coach and athletic director has grown
too burdensome tor one man. I particularly am grateful to our ad-
ministration, alumni, faculty, students and friends for their gener
ous support of our program through the years. It s been a wonder-
ful relationship. ..
A A. SAMPLE, a soldier on foreign duty, writing to say he's
IN. convinced that Oklahoma not only has a great football team and
coach but also ardent and die-hard fans-"I am stationed in Alaska
with one of these Oklahoma fans, Harold Keeper of Mustang.
"He has so much faith and admiration in the Oklahoma team
that he gsve one of the soldiers in the barracks ... 52 points
against the single wing. He can tell you the name, position, weight
hometown and starting lineup of every Oklahoma team for the last
fVe.yeams an easterner and didn’t have much regard for the Okla-
homa team at the start of the season. But this Okie has con-
vinced me that there is only one team—Oklahoma. . . .'___
THURSDAY'S PAIRINGS
2 p.m.—Marquette (4-4) vs.
Georgia Tech (4-2).
4 p.m.—Memphis State (7-0)
vs. Texas Tech (1-5).
7:30 p.m.—Seattle (7-2) vs. Tu-
lane (6-1).
9:30 p.m.—Oklahoma City (3-1)
vs. Idaho State (8-0).
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for the night sessions
are priced at S3, 52.25 and $1.50
with all seats reserved. Admis-
sion to the afternoon twinbills
is 31 ter adults and 50 cents
for later games at Veazey's,
and younger.
Tickets may b purchased
for later games at Veaey's,
135 W Main, or for current ses-
sions at the Municipal Auditori-
um boxoffice which will open at
12:30 noon tor the afternoon
carde and 6 p.m. each night.
have been in town since Sunday,
were slated to open Wednes-
day’s succession of workouts at
the Auditorium with a late
morning drill.
Due to follow the Rocky
Mountain champs to the tour-
nament site were Seattle at 1:30
p.m., Georgia Tech at 3 p.m.,
Memphis State at 4:30 p.m.,
Oklahoma City at 7 p.m. and
Texas Tech at 8:30 p.m.
Marquette has been the only
team plagued with injuries to
any extent in the pre-tourney
games. Mike Moran, 6-8 sopho-
more center, slipped on some
. mor center, slipped on some
ice and sprained an ankle the
day before the Warriors met
Louisville. He was held out of
the Louisville and Drake games,
but returned to action against
St. Francis and Michigan State,
Jim McCoy, Marquette scor-
ing leader who is averaging 19.4,
also hurt an ankle in the St.
Francis game. He saw action
three nights later at Michigan
dot the lineups—Stanford’s writers and sportscasters, will op-
pose a tough crew in the Big
State, but scored only six
points, well below his normal
output.
OKLAHOMA City's top-seeded
Chiefs are in good physical
condition to shoot for their third
All • College championship. OCU
won the title in 1949 and again
in 1951. Abe Lemons, coach of
the host quintet, was a member
of the ’49 title-winning Chief-
tains.
Idaho State defeated Tulsa
last Saturday night at Tulsa and
arrived here Sunday to be-
gin preparations for the All-Col-
lege in which the Bengals were
consolation division champs last
winter.
Grayson, former Oklahoma
university assistant, said his
Idaho State team is in top con-
dition.
"We’ve bee, very fortunate
through the early games not to
receive any injuries,” Groyson
said, "I‘m keeping my fingers
crossed hoping our good luck
will continue.”
The Bengals enjoyed a Christ-
mas dinner party Tuesday
night at the Biltmore after a
long afternoon workout at the
Northwest Classen gymnasium.
OCU’s eagers spent Christmas
afternoon in a hard practice ses-
sion at the auditorium.
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Basketball teams of Clemson,
South Carolina, Georgia and Flor-
ida will arrive Thursday for the
Gator Bowl basketball tournament
in the Jacksonville university
gymnasium.
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Bowl beadquarters at Ponte
Hornung and’ Southern California’s Seven tournament starting Wednes-
day night. The Jayhawks, paced
Tough Tournament Schedules mdtch""thlbertAshid:uring the
C "The only advice I gave Flam
Kansas, again overwhelmingly January 10.
Second-ranked North Carolina
OMAHA, Dec. 26 (B-Texas day.
Southern, the all - Negro team ’ St. Louis will put is No. 5 rank-
which racked up 33 victories in 37 ing on the line at the Blue Grass
games last season has the No. 1 festival at Louisiville starting Fri-
ranking for the secbnd annual day and will find hometowner
NAIA "tip-off” basketball tourna- Louisville. No. 8 on the new list,
■ ‘ ~ in the same cast, itching to
move up.
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Vedra Beach on the ocean front
25 miles from downtown Jackson-
ville.
Michelosen scheduled workouts
for the Panthers at Jacksonville
Beach Wednesday afternoon and
Thursday.
The Georgia Tech squad's ar-
rival is slated forThursdaymornran named Santa Claus. He pre- _
tag. The Yellow Jackets will stay each player at a holday _
in a downtown hotel and practice party with a self-windtag wrist
" "" -t - watch and a copy of "Football's
the Associated Press' latest week- (a week ago to No. 10. Illinois,
l, college basketball pollwill de- ruenerunviattonalnaserwtecorpays
fend their rankings in Christmas - -
holiday tournaments this week.
FRANK HOWARD, gruff-speaking coach
of the Clemson crew that will challenge Colo-
rado in the Orange Bowl New Year day, talk-
ing about the impending return to the site
mmNKa where his Tigers looked lousy in dropping a
SN 632 regular-season game to Miami, 2I-O—"The
MMaVyu folks down there don't like us much.
KM h. "But we re going to try to put on a show
53%k Eh. against Colorado that will make the Miami
W fans start cheering instead of jeering. This
Eeh Kd game is a funny one.
Rrnn “You might roll up 500 yards to the
Terry Brennan other team’s 50 and still get beat. I think the
Clemson-Colorado game will be a very interesting one to watch
and we'll certainly show up for it. We’ll do a lot of running against
Colorado. We've got the backs to do that and the lineman who
can block..
Southern Methodist. No. 6. stung
by its 73-67 loss to Kentucky, will
take the court in the Southwest
conference tourney at Houston
starting Thursday.
Among the newcomers listed in
the second ten were unbeaten Ten-
nessee Vanderbilt, tied for No. 12;
Tulane, No. 16; Seattle, No. 18;
and unbeaten Idaho State, No. 20.
The top 10 teams, first place
votes and won - lost records
through December 22 in parenthe-
ses:
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the New York Giants. He gave > night, are plagued as usual by
the harried Dodger staff a lift lack of height, and coach Ben Car-
weekend by nevale believes this "weakness" is
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Detroit Lions meet Wednesday to
give coach Buddy Parker an an-
awer to his demands for a con- burgh football team here Wednes-East-West players return to prac-
tract of more than one-year dura- day for the 12th annual Gatortice Wednesday to start final
t The time and place of the meet- Eowlzame, g , qeogi, preparations for what promises to
the»directors was not rCnachanobhnahaddvenagsnck be one of tbe in
announced
Parker, whose contract expires
December 31, turned down an of-
fer last week for another one-year
contract to coach the profession:
al football team in 1957. He led
the Lions to two world champion-
ships in his six years as coach.
there as far aa talent goes. . , . ...i .
"No, I don't think there has been any de-emphasis of athletics
at Notre Dame, either. The entrance requirements were tightened
a little bit but they've been about the same
ET since the 1952-53 year. The current one just hap-
pened to be a lean group of football players.
"And don’t forget injuries hurt us a lot.
W Folks kept telling me, In regard to injuries,
- that it all balances off. Well, I waited all
gf t season for it to go the other way. .
Tech will bring his Yellow Jack t he 32 of the Shrine foot-
eta to Thursday. I
Upon its arrival by chartered - S
plane at noon, the Pittsburgh
squad planned to go to its Gator
tournament will be played Thurs-
day and Friday.
Navy Cagers Leave
For Texas Tourney
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 26 (B— heralded performers.
Navy's basketball team left for Brennan is the Notre Dame and
the Southwest conference tourna- East bead coach. Engle, from
ment at Houston, Texas, Wednes- Penn State. is helping him.
, day hoptag that it doesn't run into _--•-----
Named to start in the South' THREE CHRISTMAS WINNER
forewall were ends Buddy Frick MIAMI, Dec. 26 iB— it was all
of South Carlina and Buddy Bass or nothing for jockey Bobby Us-
‘ sery at Tropical Park Christmas
day. On four monunts he won with
three and finished last with the
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week. They filled the spot vacated
by -foot Wilt Chamberlin arid hiswhen,San Francisco plunged from
35.5 points-per-game average, at- West Virginia, No. 4, and Duke,
No. 9, will compete with the Tar
Hells for the Dixie laurels. Both
.. 10 in the fourth set and was barely
•• 5 able to finish. He came near
u fainting to the American quar-
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hum- g
ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec. 24
IB — Ken Rosewall and Lew
Hoad, a pair of 22-year-old court
precisionists, methodic-
ally wrecked America's plans
of stealing home with the Davis
Cup Wednesday by crushing Vic
Seixas and Herbie Flam in the
first two singles matches of the
challenge round.
While a crowd of 18,000 sat al-
most bored at the sun-drenched
Memorial Drive stadium, Rose-
wall, who won the American
championship less than four
months ago, blunted a bold
gamble by Seixas, 6-1, 6-4, 4-6,
6-1, and the tempermental Hoad,
tending strictly to the business
at hand, chopped down challenge
round rookie Flam 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.
Now the Aussies need win only
Thursday's double or one of the
remaining tw singles io retain
the cup that they won at Forest
Hills last year.
The Americans' task Is next
to impossible. They conceded to
Rosewall and Hoad the doubles
even before the challenge round
got under way. Their big hope
was in Seixas and Flam spring-
ing upsets. Neither could.
Only once before in Davis
Cup competition has a team
ll
BROOKLYN, Dec. 26 (B-Don
Drysdale, 20-year-old righthanded
pitcher, Wednesday was named
the Brooklyn Dodgers' outstand-
ing rookie of 1956 by the Brook-
lyn chapter of the Baseball Writ-
ers Association of America.
Drysdale thus became the first
recipient of the newly created
award and will receive the Har-
old C. Burr memorial trophy,
named in honor of the late Brook-
lyn Eagle baseball writer. The
award will be presented at Gar-
den City. N. , at the annual
Long Island Dodgers boosters din-
ner in February.
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