anaheim-gazette 1951-01-23

Kentucky Again in First, LIU Second in Cage Poll NEW YORK—(AP)—Kentucky reclaimed the top position in the national college basketball rankings today, barely beating out undefeated Long Island university in the sixth Associated Press poll. The Wildcats from Lexington, Ky., succeeded Oklahoma A. and M., which fell to third after having its 16-game winning streak snapped, 44-40, by Oklahoma last Saturday night. Four Top Teams Win as Expected NEW YORK (AP)—This is supposed to be the lull in the college basketball season, but four of the five leading teams in the land played last night, all winning as expected. Kentucky, the new national leader, plastered an 82-61 defeat on Georgia Tech in a Southeastern conference game at Atlanta. It gave the Wildcats a 5-0 league record and set the stage for Saturday's showdown with Vanderbilt, also unbeaten in league play. Vanderbilt, which entertains Tennessee tonight, has won six straight conference games. In outside competition, however, the Commodores have split eight decisions. Long Island university, ranked No. 2 in this week's Associated Press poll, warmed up for its long western trip by toying with Fairleigh Dickinson, 97-48. Fourth ranked Bradley rallied. Third Time It is the third time out front this season for Adolph Rupp's towering athletes, who led the poll the first two weeks before they were bumped by St. Louis in the Sugar Bowl. The 222 sports writers and broadcasters, who participated in the latest ballot, failed to shake anybody out of the first 10 although the order of the top drawer quintets was thoroughly scrambled. Columbia, which shares with LIU the only perfect major record in the country, held fast to seventh. All other teams moved up or back a notch or two. LIU Test After Kentucky, LIU and Oklahoma A. and M., came this order: Bradley, Indiana, St. John's, Columbia, North Carolina State, Kansas State and St. Louis. Kentucky drew 64 first place votes and a total of 1786 points. LIU, with 15 straight victories, polled 62 first place votes and 1643 points—only 143 less than the leaders. TOMMY HENRICH 'Farewell' Part Given 'Old Pro' NEW YORK (AP)—Tommy rich, the new Yankee coach ed about Tommy Henrich "Old Reliable" of the New ball club as a man he u know. The occasion was a just like the one they threw Charley Keller last year. Keller "unretired" later and most knocked the Yankees the pennant in a Detroit run. "Last year when you gave party for Keller," said He "I said that's for me. Little I think a later later I'd be t in the towel." "As far as playing next it's nice to hear. But my knee the same as it did last M And that's not the way to go Yankee Stadium and play." It fell to Red Patterson Yankee publicity man, to te Vanderbilt, which entertains Tennessee tonight, has won six straight conference games. In outside competition, however, the Commodores have split eight decisions. Long Island university, ranked No. 2 in this week's Associated Press poll, warmed up for its long western trip by toying with Fairleigh Dickinson, 97-48. Fourth ranked Bradley rallied to whip Pittsburgh, 82-59. The Braves were puzzled in the opening minutes by a strong Pittsburgh zone defense. Indiana, No. 5 nationally, took a firmer grip on its Big Ten lead with a 69-59 victory over Ohio State, the defending champion. Oklahoma A & M, which led the AP poll last week but dropped to third this week, was idle. In other leading games, Iowa trampled Minnesota, 69-47; Missouri stood off Iowa State, 49-48; Colorado A & M beat Utah State and Utah upset Wyoming, 45-39. If you drink! Don't drive. CHILDREN FREE ORANGE DRIVE-IN THEATRE TODAY "DALLAS" Gary Cooper Ruth Roman Show Starts 6:45 Harold Lloyd "Mad Wednesday" FOX "For Heaven's Sake" "California Passage" $$ WEDNESDAY $$ Joel McCrea - SHELLEY WINTERS Frenchie Technicolor and HABOLD LLOYD "Mad Wednesday" ANAHEIM John Wayne "Rio Grande" Bob Hope - Lucille Ball "Sorrowful Jones" $$ WEDNESDAY $$ LIU Test After Kentucky, LIU and Oklahoma A. and M., came this order: Bradley, Indiana, St. John's, Columbia, North Carolina State, Kansas State and St. Louis. Kentucky drew 64 first place votes and a total of 1786 points, LIU, with 15 straight victories, polled 62 first place votes and 1643 points—only 143 less than the leaders. The Long Islanders get their severest test of the year in the next two weeks on an ambitious western swing. They play San Francisco Friday and California Saturday in the San Francisco Cow Palace, then meet Arizona, Kansas State and St. Louis next week on the way back. Kentucky, meanwhile, will try for its 14th victory in 15 games against Vanderbilt Saturday at Kentucky. A & M Meets Bradley The second and third place teams—Oklahoma A. and M., and Bradley—tangle Friday night at Peoria, Ill. The Aggies received 1434 points in the latest poll and Bradley, twice beaten, collected 1124. Indiana, with 1026 points was the only other team to top 1000. The changes from last week in the top Ten: Kentucky moved from second to first and LIU from fourth to second as the Aggies dropped two notches. Bradley fell a peg to fourth. Indiana and St. John's changed places. St. Louis dropped from eighth to 10th, as N.C. State moved up from ninth. Kansas State jumped from tenth to ninth. Here are the leading teams with first place votes and season records in parentheses (points totals figured on the basis of 10 for a first place vote, nine for second, etc.): First Ten 1-Kentucky (64) (13-1) 1766 2-Long Island U (62) (15-6) 1643 3-Oklahoma A (64) (20) (16-1) 1434 4-Bradley (4) (16-2) 1124 5-Indiana (14) (12-1) 1026 6-St. John's (16) (12-2) 866 7-COLUMBIA (1) (12-0) 861 8-N.C. STATE (6) (17-2) 572 9-Kansas STATE (3) (12-2) 481 10-St. Louis (12-4) 308 Second Ten 11-Villanova (5) (13-1) 266 12-Southern California (5) (14-2) 185 13-Siena (6) (12-1) 150 14-Arizona (13-2) 110 15-Cincinnati (6) (10-1) 109 16-Milwaukee (11-3) 99 17-Illinois (2) (12-2) 86 18-Oklahoma (2) (9-5) 74 Del Ennis, Philadelphia outfielder, grounded into the double plays during the 1950 national League season. He barred into 25 twin killings. SPORTS MIRROR By the Associated Press "California Passage" $$ WEDNESDAY $$ Joel McCrea - SHELLEY WINTERS "Frenchie" Technicolor and. HAROLD LOYD "Mad Wednesday" ANAHEIM John Wayne Blo Grande Bob Hope - Lucille Ball Sorrowful Jones $$ WEDNESDAY $$ ABBOTT & COSTELLO "Naughty Nineties" "Night in the Tropics" WEST COAST "The Steel Helmet" "Rogne River" Color NEXT! Errol Plynn "KIM" Technicolor FOX Pagan Love Song" color "The Hidden Room" $$ WEDNESDAY $$ Tyrone Power "American Guerrilla in Philippines" "Two Lost Worlds" SPORTS MIRROR By the Associated Press Today a Year Ago—The Washington Redskins traded Dan Sandifer to the Detroit Lions for Bill Dudley. Five Years Ago—James J. Walker received the Edward J. Nell trophy as having done the most for boxing during 1945. Ten Years Ago—Mary Hardwick handed Alice Marble her first singles defeat since 1938, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Twenty Years Ago—Jack Berg defended his junior lightweight title by defeating Gordie Heas. Others receiving votes were Princeton, Washington, DePaul, Dayton, Texas, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Hamline, St. Bonaventure, Seattle, Pennsylvania, UCLA, Duquesne, Duke, West Virginia, South Carolina, Kansas, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky, Evansville, Canisius, Toledo, Stanford, Colgate, Michigan State, Beloit, Eastern (Ky) State, Murray (Ky) State. Slater Martin, diminutive guard with the Minneapolis Lakers, recently made eight straight set shots against the Tri-Cities team. SPEEDY by K.F. HELLYER Buick MY GOODNESS, WE WIZZLE PIZZLE! YOU LOOK DOWN HEARTED! ON MY KEEP MY WIRE LEFT ME WITH ALL THE FAMILY JEWELS AND MY CAR THAT'S TOO BAD MAN! OFFER YOU CONSOLATION YOU SURE CAN SPEED MY WIRE TOO EVER BOTH LEVEL OF THAT TOO! YOU MUST FEEL PRETTY BAD ABOUT YOUR WIFE DISAPPEARING I SURE DO IT BREAK ME UP IF ANY THING EVER HAPPENED TO MY CAR I BOUGHT THE CAR RIGHT HERE AT K.F. HELLYER BUICK AND I'M AFRAID ILL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LIKE IT. YOU'VE NOTHING TO WORK ASYETUDE WE HAVE ENTERTAINED EVEN BETTER ORANGE COUNTY'S LOW COST TRANSPORTATION HEADQUARTERS" 410 S. LOS ANGELES ST., AMANHEIM, PHONE 2297 BEYERLINES by Ernie Beyer A few weeks ago, three columns of space here were devoted to the pros and cons of an argument set up by Basketball Coach Phog Allen of Kansas on the feasibility of raising the basket to 12 feet to offset the advantage now enjoyed by the tall man in basketball. It was no secret that this writer did not share Allen's enthusiasm for the change, but since then Allen has come up with several other innovations which he would like to see put into the playing code, and the general impression here is that they are somewhat more deserving. Others, it is felt, are on a par with the 12-foot basket. No good, for example, will come from the return of the center jump after every basket—an idea sponsored by Allen. There is little to worry about here, however. More and more coaches are adopting the racehorse style of play and become completely befuddled when they run into the possession type of play. They are not likely to pass legislation that would help the opponent. But even if that doesn't come back, Allen would like to see a "batting order" for all jumps. Under this system, the players would alternate on all tosses. Allen does not specify just what the benefits of this system are, nor does he make any provision for What now Los Angeles newspapers? You have already signed practically every available male in the United States for the Southern California coaching job. After naming so many, it will be interesting to watch some of you crow, "I told you so," when the new coach is actually signed. One writer spent an entire column pounding himself on the back last week because he had picked Ray Eliot just after Cravath was canned. It did look as though he were going to be right for a while. No matter who the SC officials name, someone will take credit for "breaking," it first. So, just in case the 1951 Trojan coach is Ernie Beyer, remember that you read it first in the Gazette. P.S.: No, no nibbles yet. Cards T ST. LOUIS UP—The Louis Cardinal club still better than last year. The basile weakness of last year was the many injuries that we suffered. Field had only one stroke for example—and that is (Red) Schoedienst at sec. At first base we tried Jones, who was recovering an operation and Steve Bianco didn't hit major league adequately. At shortstop bothered by a knee injury in spring training by Miller was unable to play enough to take care of the tion. At third base, Tommy Viano had shoulder trouble handleapped his throw. Eddie Kazak was troubled weak ankles. Behind the plate, Joe G was out most of the season, a severe shoulder separa Sunset Play M Shuffle Stand At least two definite in Sunset League standing due to be made in games this afternoon, but there be no changes in the class Rings if form prevails through the games. Pennant in Detroit uniform. Last year when you gave the early for Keller," said Henrich. said that's for me. Little did think a later later I'd be tossing the towel. "As far as playing next year, nice to hear. But my knee feels same as it did last March. d that’s not the way to go into Nikee Stadium and play ball." It fell to Red Patterson, the Nikee publicity man, to tell the story about Henrich. How Stengel decided it would for the club's best interests to Johnny Hopp in the World Series instead of Tommy. And howorge Welss was elected to talk the news to Henrich who ready was on the series scene Philadelphia. Weiss called up Tom," said Peterson. "He told him what they had said. All Henrich said 'do you have an extra ticket?' sought a friend with me.'" Brown to Confer With Ohio State COLUMBUS (P) — Paul E.owns most controversial figure to State university, athletics ever known, will confer this kick with Buckeye officials about head football berth. Eesterday the natty mentor of Ireland's five-time professional mps received a letter fromletic Director Dick Larkins, ing him down for an interview. accepted immediately. Brown is just one of many midates being interviewed by Buck screening committee, he's "the one" who must be on the job or erased entirely a consideration before anyone can have it. Practically every talking about Brown, and have a brickbat or a bouquet. we are no neutrals. Ennis, Philadelphia Phil elder, grounded into the most le plays during the 1950 National League season. He banged 25 twin killings. SPORTS MIRROR By the Associated Press ART LARSEN Americans Move Up at Aussie Nets SYDNEY, Australia (P)—United States single-champion Art Larsen of Saint Leandro, Calif., and Dick Savitt of Orange, N.J., advanced to the quarter-finals of the Australian national tennis championships today — but not without fights. Larsen had to come from behind to beat Aussie Davis Cupper Bill Sldwell, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, while Savitt overcame Victorian Don Candy, 6-1, 6-3, 9-11, 6-0. Larsen next meets young Mervyn Rose of Australia, and Savitt goes against the veteran John Bromwich. In the other quarter-finals — all Australian affairs— Frank Sedgeman plays George Worthington and Adrian Quist tangles with Ken McGregor. SC Starts Coach Hunt from Scratch LOS ANGELES (P)—The coaching plum at the University of Southern California is still unpicked and future candidates are hereby advised it has the customary sour alumni pit. Ray Eliot of Illinois declined NFL Leaders Toss Schedule Worries to Bell CHICAGO (UP) — Commissioner Bert Bell started out today earning his $10,000 annual raise granted him by National Football league moguls. The 56-year-old pro grid czar, sporting a stubble of white whiskers after a seven-day, record-long league meeting, will map a plan of 1951 club alignments and game scheduling. This will tax all his powers—$40,000 a year worth. If 11 clubs agree on his set-up, it will become permanent. Otherwise, it will become mandatory for only one year. A 48-hour limit on returns was agreed. Stormy discussions of reshuffling the American (Eastern) and National (Western) brackets of the league carried the annual pow-wow into a hectic extra two days. Finally, Paul C. Lewis, secretary of the Philadelphia Eagles, moved Bell handle everything, seconded by Dan Reeves president of the Los Angeles Rams. Bang! It was over. SC Starts Coach Hunt from Scratch LOS ANGELES (AP) — The coaching plum at the University of Southern California is still unpicked and future candidates are hereby advised it has the customary sour alumni pit. Ray Elliot of Illinois declined the job with thanks yesterday as Trojan alumni continued their boom "for Brown or somebody real big." Athletic Director Willis O. Hunter said SC will continue to survey the field, which presumably still includes Paul Brown, the Cleveland Browns; Ivy Williamson of Wisconsin, Don Faurot of Missouri and Bowden Wyatt of Wyoming. Ellot said he just couldn't resist the appeals of Illinois alumni, faculty and every member of our football squad" to stay in Champaign-Urbana, his home since 1937. He added SC's offer, believed to be about $16,000, was "most flattering." Neither Ellot nor Hunter would say what the exact figure was. Sportswriters here openly blamed Trojan alumni for Ellot's dejection. "Disgruntled alumni let it be known that they wouldn't back him," said Braven Dyer of the Times. "They scared Ellot off," declared Bob Hunter of the Examiner. This opens the way for renewed overtures to Brown or Crisler," commented Sid Ziff, Mirror sports editor. "If they turn SC down, the next in line would appear to be Williamson or Faurot." Cards Tougher, Says Marion (This is the second of several stories by the major league managers for The Associated Press under their own bylines telling how their team shapes up for 1951 and rising up (the other clubs)) BY MARTY MARION ST. LOUIS UP—The 1951 St. Louis Cardinal club should be better than last year. The basic weakness of our team last year was the many, many injuries that we suffered. The infield had only one strong point for example—and that was Al (Red) Schoedelent at second base. At first base we tried Nippy Jones, who was recovering from an operation and Steve Bliko, who didn't hit major league pitching adequately. At shortstop, I was bothered by a knee injury suffered in spring training and Biddle Miller was unable to play long enough to take care of the infiation. At third base, Tommy Glaviano had shoulder trouble which handleapped his throwing and Eddie Kazak was troubled by weak ankles. Behind the plate, Joe Garagiola was out most of the season with a severe shoulder separation. Sunset Play May Shuffle Standings At least two definite changes in Sunset League standings were due to be made in games played this afternoon, but there should be no changes in the class B standings if form prevails throughout the games. Newport Pair Leads Scoring By scoring 17 and 10 points, respectively, against Anaheim last Friday night while Huntington Don Bollweg, who could very well make the grade for us at first base. I don't believe the military draft will affect our club too much. Hal Rice, George Munger and Cloyd Boyer are in the reserves and, of course, subject to call at any time. Very few of our young players may be affected by the draft. However, most of the players on whom we will rely are either over the draft age or exempt from the draft because of previous service or great number of dependents. No matter how I look at it, the rest of the league shapes up pretty tough. I believe the Brooklyn Dodgers have the team that everyone else will have to beat. The New York Giants finished fast last year and may keep it up during the 1951 season. Of course, the Philadelphia Phillies are league champions. The Boston Braves are a team with great hitting power. I believe that it is an eight club race, and one that could go any way in view of the uncertainty of the international situation. Tomorrow—Cleveland Indians. BASKETBALL STANDINGS CITY LEAGUE W L Pet Rita 4 0 1.000 Hatfield 3 1 .750 No. 7 3 2 .600 Cotter's 3 2 .500 Bob Williams 3 2 .500 No. 6 2 .500 Sunset Play May Shuffle Standings At least two definite changes in Sunset League standings were due to be made in games played this afternoon, but there should be no changes in the class B standings if form prevails throughout the games. The Anaheim-Santa Ana clash here was bound to topple one of these teams out of a second-place tie and give the winner sole rights to that spot. Sole possession of fifth place was also to be the dubious reward of the loser of the Huntington Beach-Fullerton game. The results, of course, will provide still another tie, with the user of the first game and the inner of the latter tied for third place. An Orange victory over Newport was not anticipated. Two ties also exist in the Bee standings, but they were still expected to be there tonight. Fullerton and Santa Ana were solid choices to lose their games to Huntington Beach and Anaheim, respectively. Orange tied for second with Huntington Beach, could hold on to its spot, but a predicited victory for the Panthers at last-place Newport is not quite so clear-cut as the others. In action this Friday, which will wind up the first round ofague play, the schedule is Anaheim at Orange, Fullerton at Santa Ana, and Newport at Huntington Beach. Newport Pair Leads Scoring By scoring 17 and 10 points, respectively, against Anaheim last Friday night while Huntington Beach was holding their closest rival—Santa Ana's Rex Babcock—to nine. Newport's potent one-two punch of center Glenn Griffith and forward Armand Nettles rocketed to the top of the Sunset League scoring race this week. Griffith is in the No. 1 spot, having tallied 44 points in three league games, with Nettles right behind him with 43. Last week Nettles and Babcock were deadlocked for the lead with 33 points each. Babcock fell to third in the race with 42 points. Behind this trio come three from Anaheim. Ira Webber is fourth with 36 points, and he is followed by Sheldon Welch, 32, and Ron Faulkner, 32. Santa Ana has the best representation among the scoring leaders, having four men who have scored 20 or more points in the three games. Three other teams—Anaheim, Huntington Beach, and Newport—placed three men among the leaders, while Fullerton and Orange each have two. Those who have scored 20 points: Griffith, Newport Nettles, Newport Babcock, Santa Ana Webber, Anaheim Welch, Anaheim Paulknier, Anaheim Sasss, Huntington Beach Rona, Huntington Beach Pennington, Fullerton Boyd, Fullerton Schurch, Huntington Beach Fouch, Santa Ana Peterson, Newpoht Davie, Santa Ana Alcantar, Orange Cruze, Santa Ana Sharum, Orange BASKETBALL STANDINGS CITY LEAGUE W L Pet Ilitz 4 0 1.000 Hattfield 3 1 .750 No. 7 2 .600 Cotter's 2 3 .500 Rob Williams 2 3 .500 No. 6 2 .500 Huntington Beach 1 1 .500 Hornets 0 7 .000 CHURCH LEAGUE W L Pet Grace Lutheran 6 0 1.000 Calvary Baptist 5 1 .833 St Boniface 2 1 .400 Zion Lutheran 2 2 .400 Cypress Nazarene 2 3 .400 White Temple 2 4 .233 Church of Christ 0 6 .000 Last Night's Score Calvary Baptist 47, White Temple 44. Last Night's Box Score White Temple Calvary Baptist 5 Meade F Herrera 17 2 Duncan F Koch 4 3 Ryan G Hatfield 5 12 Brummet G Kevorkian 14 4 Harlow G Clamp 4 Halftime score: Calvary Baptist 47, White Temple 44. Games Tonight 7:30-St. Boniface vs Cypress Nazarene. 8:45-Zion Lutheran vs Church of Christ. Mack A's Prexy PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Connie Mack, who stepped down last fall as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after 50 years at the helm, has been re-elected president of the American League club. Mack, 88, was renamed yesterday at the annual meeting of the board of directors. Kramer Wins Again RIVERSIDE (AP)—Jack Kramer defeated Pancho Segura 6-4, 6-1 last night, running the score for their professional tennis tour to 36 for Kramer, 14 for Segura. Pauline Betz Addie won over Gussy Moran, 6-4. Mrs. Addie has won 39, Miss Moran 9. They have tied twice. They had a GOOD TIME at LUM'S They had a GOOD TIME at LUM'S This happy group from the Alex Tamale So. was just one of many similar parties that have enjoyed our new banquet rooms. GEORGE and FONG SAY ... 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