Friday, August 17, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page II
On the Gridiron
UCLA, A&M Tilt
Will Be Clash Of
All-Americans
By ANDY ANDERSON
Battalion Sports Editor
Opening the 1951 football season, A&M will face the
University of California at Los Angeles in the Los Angeles
Colisium on Friday, Sept. 21 at 8:30 p.m. (PDT).
The Bruins, who had a six-three record
for 1950 against some of the nations top
teams, will count on Bonn Moomaw, a 6-4
tackle and linebacker to spark the team in
the coming season. ,
Moomaw, named to several all-America
teams as a sophomore, tips the scales at a
top of 220 pounds. “Dynamic Bonn” was
used only on defense last year but Coach
Red Sanders also plans to play him at of
fensive tackle during the 1951 campaign.
Not only was Moomaw a terror at back
ing up the line, but he also intercepted three
passes and blocked two punts along with causing seven
fumbles with his jarring tackles.
Sanders will mold his team about Moomaw and with 24
lettermen returning from last year’s third place finisher in
the Pacific Coast Conference, should come up with a team
that “might finish higher or lower” in his own words.
Sanders said, when questioned about the coming season, “We lost
heavily from the 1950 team, both in numbers and seasoned play
ers. From the starting defensive line we lost six men plus three of
the four starting offensive backs. We are relying on more inexper
ienced men than we have in any other year although we have a few
more good backs.
“Looking forward to 1951, we must take into consideration 1)
greater conference strength, 2) ability of our squad to match the im
provement of the 1950 squad and 3) the strength of early-season op
ponents such as Texas A&M and Illinois. In view of this, our 1951
record may not be as good though the team may be better than a
year ago.”
UCLA Will Have 24 Lettermen Back
Anderson
Of the 24 returning lettermen,
seven are halfbacks, five ends,
three guards, three tackles, three
centers, two fullbacks and one
quarterback.
Look for Ted Narleski, a sopho
more who came into his own at
the tail end of the season, to lead
the starting offensive backfield
with center Gayle Pace and quar
terback Julie Weisstein as other
offensive starters.
Jones; and, safetyman, Joe Sabol.
The head coach looks for help
from several members of the 1950
freshman squad with quarterback
Don Foster, left halfback Paul
Cameron, light halfback Bernie
Richter and fullback Bill Stits
heading the list.
UCLA will, for the third con
secutive year, use the single wing
attack which permits wide varia
tion in the style of play—running,
passing and all-out deception. The
Defensively, there are six first 1950 Bruins were predominantly
stringers among the returnees; a running team, scoring 19 of 29
Moomaw and his linebacking part- TD’s by rushing. On occasions,
ner, John “Gappy” Smith; right however, the Bruin passing attack
tackle Tal Mitchell; left halfback was good. Running figures to be
Joe Marvin; right halfback Ike better than passing again in 1951.
From* brochure information re
leased by the coastal school, they
figure to get strong running from
Narleski, Mob Moore, Marvin,
Cameron, John Florence and Whit-
3iey Arceneaux. Narleski led the
'SO Bruin backs with 407 yards in
88 carries and netted 36 points.
At wingback, Sabol, Stalwick
and Dailey while at fullback, Luth
er Keyes, Smith and Stits look
capable. Quarterbackers Weisstein,
Bill Cope and Foster don’t figure
to make that position a strong one.
In the line, UCLA lacks depth
and experience. Ernie Stockert,
6-5 end, is perhaps the top pass
catcher on the Coast. As a soph
last year, he led the Bruins with
20 catches for 236 yards and 4
TD’s.
In the passing department eith
er of five men can capably handle
the position. Narleski, Moore, Mar
vin, Florence and Arceneaux all
heaved the pigskin last year with
Narleski netting 343 yards and
three touchdowns on 26 comple
tions in 50 attempts. The big ques
tion is at the present time “Will
they be consistent in ’51?”
Moore doubled in the punting
department and finished a classy
first in the PCC with 63 punts
averaging 41.15 yards. This figure
also placed him ninth in the na
tion rankings.
The September meeting will be
the second time A&M has played
the Bruins, the first time being
in 1940 with the Aggies coming
out on the top end of a 7-0 score.
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Garza Back to Yankees
New York—(dP)—The New York
Football Yanks have regained the
services of Dan Garza, one of the
prize rookies of 1949. Garza, a
pass-catching end, spent the year
1950 studying dentistry at the U.
of Oregon.
Garza was originally a member
of the Yanks in the now defunct
All-America Conference. When
the AAC broke up, the Giants got
Garza along with five other Yanks
but Garza never joined the Giants.
He decided to continue his dental
studies. For giving up Garza the
Giants will receive one of the
Yanks top draft choices at next
winter’s meeting.
Bizzell Wins Second Straight Mitral
Crown By Downing Walton Wildcats
These are the men who dominated play in Non-
Military softball in Intramural play this Summer
—the Bizzell Bears, Manager of the team,
Clark Edwards, right, back, attributes the show
ing made by the players from the International
Settlement to plenty of hustle and good team
work. “Big Jim” Martin, back, left was manager
of the team for the first semester with Edwards
taking the reins the second. Other team members
are, back, left to right, Martin, Dick Stegemeier,
Dick Edgar, George Gerretson, Tom “Windmill”
King, Warren Muery and Edwards. Front row,
same order, Mack Howell, A1 Rollins, Neil Bax
ter, Louie Belinsky, Dave Sheffield and W. A.
“Digger” Broussard. Most of the men will prob
ably make up the football team for the dorm
come the Fall and football weather.
Cleveland Expected to Defeat
College All-Stars by 14 Points
Chicago, Aug. 17 — (JP) — The
awesome Cleveland Browns, cham
pions of professional football, were
installed as 14-point favorites to
defeat the College All-Stars of
1950 in the eighteenth annual game
tonight.
The contest will be witnessed by
upwards of 90,000 spectators in
Soldier Field, with millions view
ing the battle on television sets or
listening to radios. A total of 528
radio stations, a record for the
event, will carry description of
the contest coast-to-coast.
The kickoff is scheduled for 7:15
p.m. (GST).
Browns Lost Only Six
The Browns defeated only six
times in five years of champion
ship competition, will enter the
contest with tremendous confi
dence. The All-Stars will be a
pai’ticular target for the profes
sionals since the Collegians tri
umphed over the Philadelphia Eag
les, 17-7, a year ago. A defeat
always stirs the revengeful spirit
of the professionals.
“We are not ready to play our
best football game,” said Head
Coach Paul Bpown of the profes
sional champions, true to the best
tradition of his profession, “but
we’ll do the best we can.”
Unbelievable Record
The spectators will see a team
which has posted an almost unbe
lievable record. In five seasons,
the Browns have won 64, lost six
and tied three. They have scored
1,977 points against 867 and would
consider it a crowning achievement
if they could make their 2,000th
point against the All-Stars. In
their spectacular career, the
Browns have played before 3,222,-
539 fans.
Northwestern’s Otto Graham, a
superlative forward passer and
possibly the finest T - formation
quarterback in history, is the
Browns’ star. His generalship,
running and passing have spear
headed the Browns’ attack.
Start Experienced Team
The Browns will start a veteran
eleven, which in three weeks’ of
training at Bowling Green, Ohio,
has rounded into almost champion
ship condition.
PREYUE TONIGHT 11 P.M.
FIRST RUN
TODAY
—Features Start—
2:10 - 4:32 - 6:54 - 9:16
Coach Herman Hickman of Yale
has put his All-Stars through a
three-weeks’ ruggpd practice per
iod. But it cost him the services
of three players and has handi
capped others by minor injuries.
Dick Stanfel, San Francisco guard;
Jim Staton, Wake Forest tackle
and Leon Heath, Oklahoma full
back, are out of competition.
Hopes Pinned on “Karo”
Hickman will pin his hopes on
the performances of Kyle Rote,
dashing Southern Methodist half
back, a solid 200-pqunder and Wil
fred “Whizzer” White, Arizona
halfback, who led the nation in
rushing last Fall with 1,502 yards
in ten games.
Don Dufek, Michigan and Sonny
Grandelius, Michigan State, will
carry the offensive burden at full
back.
Jerry Groom, Notre Dame center
TCU Chances
Hurt Through
Loss of Wilde
Fort Worth, Aug. 17—With
one big exception, all the “ex
pected” members of the 1951
TCU football squad are due to
report for opening drills
September 1. Coach L. R. “Dutch”
Meyer said the Christians would
go to work on the dot despite the
Saturday starting date.
Lone Summer loss, so far as is
known at Purple headquarters, is
Dan Wilde. The veteran back from
Graham has decided to take his
degree this Summer and will be
lost. Wilde is married and has a
young son.
This development will move two
young soph stars up behind Gil
bert Bartosh, the Frogs’ top quar
terback. They are Danny Powell
of Archer City and Ray McKown
of Dumas. Powell sparkled on of
fense in Spring work while Mc
Kown stood out at defensive safety.
No other losses have been re
ported and a squad of about 62
Frogs is due to answer the start
ing bell.
There will be a few changes on
the Frogs staff. Elmer Brown, the
former North Texas track star, be
comes the team’s first full-time
trainer. The veteran Hub McQuil
lan, who served-as. scout and. fresh
man assistant, has resigned to go
into business. A graduate letter-
man 4s to'be named to help with
the WogSi
who shares the leadership of the
Collegians with Bud McFadin, Tex-
aSj is regarded as a superior play
er. Bob Cain, Kentucky tackle
and A1 Carapella, a tackle, Miami,
are other merited players.
Byrne Defies ‘13 ’ Jinx; Ha Us
Tribe 13-Game Win Streak
By Associated Press
Tomnjy Byrne, a hard luck guy
from way back, found No. 13 the
charm to ending Cleveland’s all
winning rush toward the American
League pennant.
The ex-Yankee, shunted to the
last place St; Louis Browns in mid-
June, made his thirteenth start of
the season yesterday. It coincided
with a 13-game Cleveland win
string. The result was rough on
the Indians, whose lead was re
duced to one-and-a-half games by
a 4-0 loss.
No Cleveland club ever won
more than 13 in a row. The
1912 team got that far in May
before Boston dumped them. The
current Tribe tied that mark
Wednesday night.
Byrne took complete charge of
ending the streak by driving home
all four runs off loser Mike Gar
cia before he left the game with
a score back in the eighth. Duane
Pillette finished the shutout job
on Cleveland which hadn’t lost
since Aug. 1.
By TOM ROUNTREE
Battalion Sports Staff
Bizzell won their second straight intramural softball
championship yesterday afternoon as they finished the
league by defeating Walton 6-2.
Bizzell was first at bats and got the game under way
by rushing three runs across. Neil Baxter, Dick Steigemeyer
and Mack Howell made the tallies for the champs. All three
men got on base with walks. Only hit of the inning was a
single by Dave Sheffield.
One hit was the only threat the Wildcats made in the
bottom of the first. Only other man to get on base made it
with a walk. Marlowe received credit for the hit while
Mondshine waited for the walk.
Two more runs were gained by the Bears in the second.
Baxter and Louis Belinsky made the runs for Bizzell. Howell
♦got credit for an RBI with his
single. Final run for Bizzell came
in the top of the fifth when Shef
field drove in Howell with a single.
Another Rally Falls Short
The Wildcats tried to* rally in
the seventh but just couldn’t get
up enough steam. Best they could
do was two runs. Beatty and Jac
obson scored the runs for the Wild
cats.
Winning pitcher was Muery
while loser was Franks.
Winner of freshman volleyball
for the second six weeks is D Co:
The winners had a season record
of four wins against one lost. The
lone game lost was to A Sqdn.
Texas Wins Volleyball
Texas Geologists won the civil
ian volleyball league by defeating
Dorm 16, 2-1. The Rockcrushers
won the games by score's of 15-4,
10-15 and 15-9. Members of the
winning team were D. H. Harring
ton, Pat Beard, Chuck Alcorn, John
Lipscomb, Frank Brooner and Don
Coussey.
Golf Closing Soon
The intramural golf tourney is
drawing to a close as the finals
in, all three flights will be played
by August 20.
In the Championship Flight, Joe
Bennett and Miller Barber won
their semi-final matches and will
meet for the championship.
J. E. Slaughter and Andy Ander
son have to play their First Flight
semi-final match to determine who
is to meet Lester Smith in the
finals.
Winner of the semi-final match
between Bob Godfrey and Bob
Harris will meet Bill Carroll in a
final match to determine the Sec
ond Flight winner.
Intramural tennis moves into its
final stages as Smyka meets Mar
tin and Pegues plays Moore in
semi-finals in singles. Winners of
the two games will meet to de
cide the singles champ.
Doubles champs will be decided
when Smyka and Satterwhite meet
the winner of a match between
Hodge-Moore and Pegues-Pappas.
Fatality Rate
Much Higher
In Baseball
Chicago, Aug. 17—(A*)—Baseball
—not boxing or football—has been
the most dangerous sport in New
York City for the last 32 years.
Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales of the
New York Chief Medcal Examin
er’s Office said baseball injuries
brought death to 43 players from
1918 through 1950—as many as
football and boxing combined.
Writing in the Journal of the
American Medical Association, he
presented this review of 104 fatal
injuries:
Baseball 43 deaths, football 22,
boxing 21, basketball 7, handball
3, soccer 2, wrestling 2, cricket 1,
golf 1, polo 1 and relay races 1.
His report showed nearly all the
baseball fatalities occurred in
amateur and semi-professional
ranks.
Most of the football fatalities
resulted from direct violence in
line play, in blocking and in tack
ling.
The 5-3 New York victory at
Washington slashed a full game
off the Indians’ lead. Both of the
other first division clubs lost—
Boston to Philadelphia, 10-2 and
Chicago to Detroit 2-1.
There were faint stirrings of
hope for a belated race in the
National after New York knock
ed off Brooklyn, 2-1, for a series
sweep and a six-game winning
streak. The Dodger lead, how
ever, still measured nine and
one-half games with 43 to play.
St. Louis broke loose with six
runs in the seventh to trim Pitts
burgh, 9-6, and Chicago exploded
four in the ninth to whip Cincin
nati, 8-4, in the only night game
in the majors. Boston and Phila
delphia were not scheduled.
Byrne’s performance against
Cleveland was a super job. Always
plagued by wildness, he handed
out only four walks. Until he left
in the eighth he allowed only two
hits. One of the hits was a doub
le by Larry Doby who- pulled a
muscle in his left leg on the play.
1951 UCLA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sailor Murphy
Enjoys Boxing;
Maxim Doesn’t
New York, Aug. 17—-(AP)
—It will be a case of “the
pleasure is all mine” for sailor
Bob Murphy when he pokes -
his fright wig between the
ropes to battle Joey Maxim for
the world light heavyweight title
Wednesday night.
The San Diego, mauler with the
rocks swinging at the ends of his
arms admits to an ardent passion
for fisticuffs and he enters every
engagement with sheer joy and
abandon.
In contrast, Maxim approaches
his ring scores with the eagerness
of a man entering a lion’s den
with a bean shooter. Someone asked
Pal Joey if he liked to fight.
“I used to,” he said candidly,
adding that is was just a business
for him now.
That might be “the difference”
in the 15 rounder at Madison
Square Garden—one man will be
doing what he takes pleasure in
doir^g and the other will be doing
something he doesn’t care much
about. Like a boy who stuffed him
self with ice cream, after 16 years
of boxing as amateur and pro,
suddenly finds he doesn’t like the
taste of gloves any more.
If Maxim had Murphy’s zest
for the game we believe he would
whip the flailing Irishman. Joey
has so many things in'his favor.
Better boxing ability, for one
thing. And greater experience.
Also, he has fought more big men
than Murphy has fought. Sailor
Bob has outweighed most of his
opponents.
Maxim fought Ezzard Charles
four times and Jersey Joe Walcott
three times. He beat Walcott five
years ago, when the current heavy
weight champion should have been
a better fighter than he is today.
The point is that Maxim has
been up in the major leagues quite
a while and has faced some pretty
fair pitching. With the will to
fight he might be expected to
handle anything Murphy might
throw at him, although it’s admit
ted that if one of Murphy’s wild
pitches lands it might be just too
bad for Joey. The sailor really can
sock.
Date
Team
Time
Place
Sept.
21
Texas A&M
8:30 p. m.
Los Angeles
I
29
Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Oct.
6
Santa Clara
2 p. m.
Los Angeles
13
^Stanford
Palo Alto
20
^Oregon
2 p. m.
Los Angeles
Nov.
3
^California (HC)
2 p. m.
Los Angeles
10
^Oregon State
Portland
17
’‘’Washington
2 p. m.
Los Angeles
24
# USC
2 p. m.
Los Angeles
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Denver—(JP).—There’s nothing- in
the record book, of course, but Ra
fael Rivas, Cuban southpaw pitch
er for the Denver Bears, thinks
he’s the only pitcher ever to win
three one-gallon jars of pickles in
one game.
It happened when the Bears held
“Platteville night” at the stadium
and several score folk from Platte
ville, Colo., drove down for the
game.
They brought jugs of pickles for
which their town is famous and
offered them as prizes for various
batting, fielding and pitching feats.
Several players won pickles, but
Rivas won the most.
MANAGER SENDS IN BATBOY
Indianapolis — GP) — When Don
Guttcridge, manager of the Indian
apolis club of the American Asso
ciation, gets mad he means it. Fol
lowing a hectic argument with the
umpires the night previous, Don
refused to meet with the umps at
home plate prior to a game with
Kansas City. Instead, he sent the
batboy with the lineups. The ar<
biters refused the emmissary am(.
Don had to send one of his coaches,
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