® rough. The good doctor and Lawton Carver, New York sports WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1944 THE DENVER POST—FIRST IN EVERYTHING THE POST PHONE—MAIN 2121 7 D. U. TEA ry HIS battle of Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen with the New York gamblers, who none will deny have their dirty mitts stuck all the way into college basketball, is really getting editor, took the gloves off Wednesday. Our position is simply that of a spectator sitting at ringside, enjoying the brawl. But when Mr. Carver calls “Phog” Allen “a bumpkin ... of no par- ticular standing and questionable ability as a basketball coach,” we must, however, arise to say that the gentleman is either very ignorant or very mad—or both. And that, in either instance, he is making a blithering ass of himself, and is doing the sports-writing “profession no good whatsoever, “Phog” Allen needs no defense as a basketball coach. But just for the sake of the record—so that all may know the man who is doing the talking—let it be recorded here that Dr. Forrest ©. (Phog) Allen is listed by the Helms Athletic Founda- tion as “PERHAPS THE GREATEST BASKETBALL COACH OF ALL TIME.” The Helms Athletic Foundation, which stands as the last word in basketball ratings, lists Allen’s name first in its selection of “The Great- est Coaches of All Time.” This list includes, besides Allen, Clair Francis Bee, Nat Holman, Justin M. Barry, Osborne B. Cowles, Clarence Sinclair Edmundson, Lon Walter Jourdet, George E, Keogan, Ward Lewis Lam- bert and Dr. Walter E. Maxwell. In making its selection the foundation said: “We have spent approximately six months in preparing the material. In naming the ‘Greatest Coaches’ Helms Athletic Foun- dation was guided ... by the recommendations of collegiate bas- ketball coaches and authorities to whom questionaries were sent. However, decisions were. not reached until after the coaching records of the coaches were compiled .. .” In gathering these records the foundation learned that in the last twenty-five years the Allen-coached Kansas university teams have been either Big Six champions, or tied for the championship, EIGHTEEN TIMES. Here is Allen’s record, taken from the official Helms “Collegiate Basketball Record’—it needs no further comment: “Born at Jamesport, Mo., Nov. 18, 1885. Educated at University of Kansas and Central college. Member of Kansas basketball and baseball teams, 1906-07. Captain of ‘07 basketball team. Basketball coach at University of Kansas, 1908-09, winning Missouri Valley championships. 1909-12, coach of Haskell institute. 1912-19, athletic director and coach of all sports, Central Missouri State Teachers college, Warrensburg. 1919-43, inclusive, director of athletics and head basketball coach at University of Kansas. “Since 1920, Kansas hoop teams under Allen’s coaching haye won five Missouri Valley basketball titles (1923, ’24, ’25, ’26 and ’27) and tied one (1922). Since the formation of the Big Six conference, in 1929, Kansas, under Allen, has won six Big Six titles (1981, ’32, ’33, ’34, 36 and 38) and has tied for the crown on five occasions (1937, ’40, ’41, 42 and ’43). “Allen’s Kansas teams of 1922 and 1923 were chosen for national ehampionship honors by Helms Athletic Foundation, and almost cap- tured the title again in 1936 when the Jayhawkers were undefeated in an eighteen-game schedule. However, in the Olympic games tryout tournament Kansas twice went down to defeat at the hands of Utah State. Kansas won twenty-one straight games in 1936 before losing to Utah State. “During the seasons of 1922, ’23 and ’24, Allen’s Kansas teams went thru thirty-four consecutive conference games without defeat. During the seasons 1922 to 1927, inclusive, Allen’s squads won ninety-seven games and lost but eleven—an amazing record. Three times Allen’s teams have lost but one game in a season—in 1923 it was seventeen and one; in 1925 it was again seventeen and one, and in 1934 it was sixteen and one. “Alien is perhaps the greatest basketball coach of all time. “In addition he has served basketball in many ways, in an executive capacity, on the rules committee, and on promotional committees. “He was the founder of the National Association of Basketball Coaches of the U. S. A., and served as president the first two years, 1928 and 1929. “He has served on the national basketball rules committee for many years. “Dr. Allen led the crusade to have basketball competition included in the Olympic games, meeting with success in 1936. “He has written many articles on basketball, as well as several books on the game—including ‘My Basketball Bible’ and ‘Better Basket- ball.” Nickname is ‘Phog.’” That’s “standing” enough for my hook. Can Mr. Carver supply one to match it? ok * * UR pick average last week was .829—missing on Ohio State-Great Lakes, Geergia Tech-Navy, U. ©. L. A.-St. Mary’s Preflight, Texas Christian-Texas Aggies, Fleet City-California and the pro game in which we picked Cleveland over Green Bay. Five ties cluttered up the scene —Holy Cress and Joe Cook’s Brown, Tennessee-Alabama, Syracuse-Tem- ple, Missouri-Iowa State and Detroit-Bears. That brings the season’s average to .774 with 103 on the right side and thirty on the wrong. =f This is the way they appear for this weekend: DENVER over Utah State; UTAH U. over Nevada; SECOND AIR FORCE over Norman Navy, and FORT WAKREN, loser in the first tilt, to come back and beat Lincoln Air Base. Elsewhere in the nation, and selecting the top twenty-five games, we see them this way: ALABAMA over Kentucky. ARMY over Duke. LEGE over Syracuse. CALIFORNIA over Washington. Columbia. DARTMOUTH over Brown. GREAT. LAKES over Wisconsin. INDIANA over Iowa. IOWA NAVY over Marquette. IOWA STATE over Kansas State. LOUISIANA STATE over Georgia. NAVY over Pennsylvania. NEBRASKA over Missouri. NORTH CAROLINA STATE over William and Mary. NOTRE DAME over Illinois. OHIO STATE over Minnesota. PENN STATE over West Virginia. PURDUE over Michigan. TEN- NESSEE over Clemson. TEXAS over Rice. TEXAS CHRISTIAN over Oklahoma. TULANE over Southern Methodist. U.S. ©. over St. Mary’s. YALE over Rochester. , In the pro loop we like: BOSTON over Brooklyn. CLEVELAND over the Bears. WASH- INGTON over Card-Pitt. DETROIT over Green Bay, and PHILA- DELPHIA over New York. SINKWICH ADDS TO GROUND GAINING LEAD Chicago, Oct. 25.—(L N.S N. §.) Frankie Sinkwich, the high- powered Detroit Lions halfback, bobbed thru and around the Chicago Bears’ line last week for 95 yards to increase his ground- gaining lead in the National Football league, official statistics showed Wednesday. against the Green Bay Packers; Averaging just a shade under 4 Tony Canadeo of Green Bay, who yards on twenty-five attempts, had 107 yards, and Bob Westfall, Sinkwich brought his total to 288| the Detroit rookie from the Uni- yards, seventy-three more than Bill| Versity of Michigan, 104 yards. Paschal of New York, the individual | 48@inst the Bears Westfall got away defending champion. While scoring | 0% a 75-yard touchdown run, while the Giants’ three touchdowns in| Colella duplicated the feat against their 23-to-0 triumph over the Card-| the Packers. Pitt combine, Paschal piled up 89 Frank Filchock of the Washing- yards in fourteen tries. ton Redskins pulled farther away Paschal’s total was five more|from the field in the race for in- than that of Johnny Grigas, Card-| dividual passing honors, complet- Pitt fullback, who moved up to third | ing fifteen of twenty-six attempts place with 214 yards in four games.| for 190 yards and another touch- Last week's big producers, how-| down while Washington was squeez- ever, were Tom Colella of the Cleve- | ing out a 17-to-14 win over Brook- Jand Rams, who rolled up 147 yards | lyn. Sports Mirror rookie halfback, took over the lead in interceptions with four. TODAY A YEAR AGO—Leo Du- rocher named to manage Brooklyn Dodgers again in 1944 National Fights Last Night league baseball race. ~ BOSTON COL-| COLGATE over FLORIDA over Maryland. 4 BROOKLYN—Rocky Graziano, 154, New ee eon faaee AGO—Minne- Yon 2h Bernte ae 145%. New i j pt ork, 2: L almer, a ancouver, sota defeate ichigan, 7-0, before K.0, Mal Denbroeder, 14454" 85,000 football fans. FIVE YEARS AGO—Larry Mac- Phail, general manager of Brook- Abiteton, Ma HITE Y¥.—Freddie Russo. 1 27, nN dg 8 Johnny 7 ALBAD N.Y, ete Virgin, 127, lyn Dodgers, introduced plan to he ninoidted “Cabey” Lewis. match second-division major league York, 8, clubs in postseason series om “REDFORD S.—Pat Demers, See M d Jean Barrie Brockton TEN YEARS AGO—Connie Mack | 13 i Pa HARTEORD, C denied story that Babe Ruth would panes, Philadelphia Athletics in 935. 08 Jerry Maloni, 15744, Springfield, OO RLLCg Wilfie Shanks, 156%, Montreal oe Bagnato, 13: Toronto, knocked an Tica Grace, nabs Wilmington, Del, 1. Coast Threat Just a Bluff (By HUGH FULLERTON JR.) New York, Oct. 25.—(A. P.) —The rumor department has it that the Pacifie Coast league is threatening to branch out as a third major baseball circuit ... From this distance it doesn’t look like a serious threat—maybe a big stick to persuade the majors to grant that $15,000 draft price ... Altho the popula- tions of some west coast cities have increased tremendously, only Los Angeles and San Francisco are of real big- league size and they’re the only, ones with big-league seat- ing capacities in their ball parks—25,000 each, The small- est major league park seats about 30,000 fans ... The other clubs all would have to rebuild their parks, assume major league salary lists and they’d lose the profits they get by developing youngsters and selling them to the ma- jors ... Add to that the fact that the Coast league, with a record attendance last sum- mer, averaged under 300,000 per club—hardly a get-rich- quick total... And what would they do about the World Series, anyway? Umpires School Will Be Held Here Plans for the Rocky Mountain Baseball Umpires school, to be held for local umpires in Denver in early spring, were announced by George Ross, secretary of the association, at their annual banquet. George Barr, National league um- pire, who in addition to his Na- tional league officiating conducts the George Barr Umpire school at Orlando, Fla., has indicated that he will be available for a ten or four- teen-day session with the Denver umpires. If arrangements can be completed to bring Barr to Denver for the school, the design of the class will be based upon umpir- ing technic, knowledge of rules, hustle and judgment. The school will be conducted at night to ac- commodate the umpires who work. The lecture sessions will be timed so that the closing session will fall on a weekend in which Barr will give the umpires field work under actual playing conditions. All members of the local Rocky Mountain Umpires association have indicated definitely that they will attend the school. Inquiries have been received from three surround- ing states. The cost of bringing Barr to Den- ver will be defrayed by an enroll- ment fee. RED-HOT NAVY FAN SAYS MIDDIES READY TO CLICK But we ran into a red-hot Navy fan from Baltimore in Albany, John J. McCarthy, who captained the 1931 Boston university team and is here on the same convention where I am profaning the king’s spoken word. McCarthy has followed the Middies all season, using his native Baltimore as home base. “They’re going to erupt Saturday against Penn,” says Mr. Mc., a big fellow with muscles instead of pad- ding in his business suit. “The Geor- gia Tech game was the tipoff. They didn’t get around to ticking the way they can, but they gained 218 yards to a minus six for the win- ning Tech team and scored twenty- one first downs, mostly the hard way, against ten for Tech, all scored on passes. “The half whistle stopped them on the one-inch line last Satur- day and just before the end of the game, with the score 17-15 against ‘them, they got a first down on Tech’s three-yard line, but couldn’t put it over. That might sound like the worst kind of failure, but to me it meant that they’re ready to roll.” Mr. Me. hasn’t seen Army—hailed by several coaches as the team with the greatest variety of talent and manpower in the country — but sight unseen he’ll take Navy in those departments. “Hagberg (the coach) has got the answer to a coach’s dream: Speed, weight, pow- er, determination and all the other things that go into a good combina- tion,” he said. “Maybe his trouble is that he’s got too much. He’s still finding out things about his squad, still groping for the right combina- tion. “The most important piece in the whole Navy jigsaw is Hamberg. Fine football player. He couldn’t make the Georgia Tech game be- cause he was hurt in scrimmage. But he’ll be ready for Penn, and I think that’s all that Navy will need. “Hagberg tossed Hamberg into the Duke game and the club sud- denly came out of its lethargy and made three consecutive first downs. Then Hamberg threw a touchdown pass to Dye and Navy won, 7-0, I’m beginning to feel sorry for Penn, despite Navy’s record up to ae point. “T think Hagberg’s finally hit on three backfield men who can work together, too—Jenkins, Du- den and Barksdale. He never Boy Representative on Outstanding Clubs: He And N. Y. Writer Exchange Verbal Punches. AWRENCE, Kan., Oct. 25—(I. N. 8.)—Dr. Forrest C. (Pheg) Allen, basketball director at Kansas university, Wednesday renewed his demands for an over-all czar to supervise collegiate athletics. At the same time, he denied that he had at any time charged any college coach with maintaining (By BOB CONSIDINE.) Albany, N. ¥., Oct, 25.—(I. N. S.)—This is a long way to come to learn something about the curious Navy football team, which has about fourteen tons of great football talent and has had trouble scoring a point all gambling connections. Allen, who in a letter to Jack Car- berry, DENVER POS‘ sports edi- tor precipitated a national contro- versy over charges that professional gamblers had approuched college athletes playing basketball in New York’s Madison Square Garden, is- sued the following statement: “T have never charged any college coach with gambling connections in the betting racket, Such action on the part of some might be taken as an effort to becloud the main issue which is the appointment of a na- tional czar to control gambling rackets and other allied ills of col- lege athletics. “For instance, I know of two nationally prominent football teams each of which had a play- er who was asked by professional gamblers to furnish weekly in- formation regarding physical condition of the players, esprit de corps of the team and other vital factors. In return for this information these players were to be paid substantially by the gamblers. This clandestine rela- tionship was discovered and broken up by the respective coaches. Allen and New “Tt is not my intention to play the roll of prosecutor. However, the above cases are just two of many in which boys competing in college athletics are being subjected to great temptation under the present setup. This is the sole reason for my plea to hire a man like Judge Landis who will give to intercol- legiate athletics the same high standing that is now enjoyed by professional baseball.” Striking out at individual criti- cism, Allen declared in a telegram to Lawton Carver, International News Service sports editor, that he had not backed down on his charges of gambling interference in collegi- ate athletics and said Carver and other “eastern writers’ have “mini- mized. the gambling hazard.” In reply to Harold G. Olson, Ohio State coach and chairman of the National Collegiate Ath- letic association tournament committee, Allen asserted that “gamblers stay away from the coaches and seek connections with the weakest boy.” “Proselyting and recruiting of players lead to big town athletics all out of proportion to their place in college life,” Allen said, York Writer sand Brickbats Trade Telegrams ar R. FORREST C. (PHOG ) ALLEN, according to news dispatches from New York, addressed the following telegram to Lawton Carver, International News Service sports editor, who, in an article down” on his original charges: “Your statement that I have packed down is untrue, I stated that certain eastern writers have minimized the gambling hazard, and your story prompts me to be- lieve you are one of them.” In his Monday story Carver wrote: “Allen should prove his charges or get out of the game which has given him so much.” Allen’s telegram continued: “As far as my getting out_of. the game i am in is concerned, I suggest you apply the same yardstick to yourself in your pro- fession. What could you know of how much basketball has given me.” Carver sat down Wednesday morning and wrote a bristling arti- cle distributed to all newspapers taking his service. He began by saying: “Let us take the well-known loud-mouth apart,” referring to season. did have much trouble about his. line. Rip Miller was one heluva lineman himself at Notre Dame and always turned out good lines as a coach, and this year is no exception. He’s got a beaut. It opens holes a Caterpillar tractor ought to be able to go thru for touchdowns, but the backs have been fumbling are missing their cues. “I look for that ‘kia Sullivan to make a real name for himself when Hagberg finally unearths him. He’s a great ball carrier, but he’s suf- fered because there’s so much tal- ent there. I like Barron and Hlls- worth for climax runners, too, even if they’ve never reached their climax, “It’s just a matter of time, as I see it. And the time Is Saturday. From then on watch Navy climb. The Army-Navy game? A cinch for Navy!” Race Winners eau At Bay Meadows—N At Rockingham—M At Churchill Dow: At Jamaica—Pukka Gin. # TAYLOR B HILE a sprinkling of fans all but broke up the chairs in the city auditorium ‘Irish Johnny”’ Taylor of Oakland, Calif., bat- tled his way off the canvas five times® Tuesday night to slug his way to a decision over Jesse (James) Jackson, Fort Warren, Wyo., in a wild-eyed fracas that saw both men toe and toe in the tenth stanza still pointing for the knockout. The cash customers were in for still another thrill when just after the referee lifted Taylor’s arm in victory, the California battler fell flat on his face—as cold as a ward- en’s heart. There was a grand total of twenty knockdowns in all. Down in his dressing room, where a physician was called to treat him, it was found Taylor had suffered a broken rib cartilage from a pile driver punch landed early in the hall, ee fight by the Fort Warren G. I, Monday, stated “Allen backed Allen. He referred to Allen as “a bumpkin of no particular standing and of questionable ability as a basketball coach.” The article got “rougher” from there on—much rougher. Hours later his news service tele- graphed a “kill” on Carver’s story— directing editors, who had received it, not to print it as a part of the International News Service’s daily report, — etic The news service thus denied re- sponsibility for Carver’s statements and are in no way bound by them, the entire exchange being wholly between Allen and Carver. In defense of himself—a defense to which Carver is entitled in that Allen, in his telegram, stated that Carver’s Monday story led him (Allen) to believe that he (Carver) “was one of the eastern sports writers who minimized the gam- bling situation”—the New York writer wrote: “Getting back to his (Allen’s) insinuation that the gambling haz- ard was minimized’ by myself and others, all I need mention—and the public prints will bear me out—is that there have been from time to time many hints that gambling was getting to be a common thing at college basketball games. Some of us mentioned that something should be done about it. “Lacking evidence that any play- ers had been tampered with, we did not condemn college basketball. This was a matter of common decency,” Rice and Texas Meet Houston, Tex., Oct. 25—(A. P.)— University of Texas Longhorns meet the Rice Owls here Saturday for the Southwest football, conference lead, and indications are that the largest crowd in the history of Rice stadium will see the game, The only sellout Rice has known was the 1934 game with Texas. The stadium then had 20,000 seats but since then the seating capacity has been expanded to 28,000. With the exception of some seats behind the goal stripes, less than 1,000 tickets remain unsold. Nova vs. Flynn Boston, Oct. 25. — Heavyweight Lou Nova of Van Nuys, Calif., and Irish Johnny Flynn of Rochester, N. Y., have been signed for a ten- round bout at the Mechanics build- ing on Noy. 16, Promoter Eddie Mack of the Callahan “A, C. an- nounced Wednesday. Here’s a New Pro Wrinkle Philadelphia, Oct. 25.—The undefeated Philadelphia Eagles of the National Foot- ball league are being spurred toward the eastern division title by a bonus system, club officials disclosed Wednesday. Eagle players receive $10 for a tackle inside the rival 20-yard line, $5 for a pass in- terception and $10 for a pass interception from which the Eagles score without surren- dering the ball, $10 for a blocked kick and $5 to every player in the game at the time for each runback of a punt or kickoff for a touchdown. The boys picked up $95 in Sunday’s game with the Bos- ton Yanks, with Steve Van Buren’s 55-yard touchdown gallop with a punted ball hit- ting the jackpot. M BOLSTERED BY NEW BACKFIELD ACE FUR FLIES IN ALLEN’S WAR ON NEW YORK TIN HORN MOB /Kansas Coach Claims Gamblers Employ College CHET LATCHAM DISCHARGED FROM NAVY AND JOINS SQUAD With Johnny Adams on Sidelines, Addition of Latcham to Help as Pioneers Prime for . Utah State Tilt Saturday. ENVER university’s football hopes took on a rosier hue Wednesday with the announcement Chet Latcham, for- mer East high, Colorado U. and Denver U. back, hag joined the squad following honorable discharge from the navy. The addition of Latcham, who played at quarterback for D. U. in the early part of last sea- son before entering the navy, will materially help the backfield prob- lem at D. U. brought about by the injury to Johnny Adams, the team’s balance-wheel fullback, Latcham’s arrival is particularly timely in that Gene Mapelli, trou- bled all season with a tender shoul- der, has resigned from the squad. Latcham will take over Mapelli’s No. 23 jersey. Adams is again ready for practice and should be available if needed Saturday. This week’s game will start at 2 o’clock, one half hour earlier than previous Saturday games this season, KEY PREP GAMES SET IN LOCAL LOOP The coming weekend will be an important one in Denver's high school football races with first-place battles scheduled in both the public and parochial circuits, but activity thruout the state’s other leagues will be lighter, altered or nonexistent! because of the state teachers convention in Denver. North and Manual, which with South share first place in Denver's public loop, clash at 8:30 a. m. at D. U. stadium Saturday while South engages Hast’s potentially danger- ous Angels at 10:30. In the Parochial league St. Jo- seph’s Bulldogs and St. Francis’ Gremlins collide Sunday at Regis stadium at 1 o’clock. Both are cur- rently undefeated. Regis, also un- beaten, meets an old nemesis, Mul- len’s Mustangs, at 3 o’clock. Central Suburban league activity, dominated to date by the Wheat- ridge Farmers, finds the leaders en- joying an off week with second place Arvada playing at Golden Friday. Aurora plays host to Lit- tleton in the other game. The standings: TEAM— 2 Won. Lost. Pet. Wheat Ridge 0 1.000 Arvada 1 50 Golden . 2 Littleton . 3 4} Aurera "E006" Castle Rock plays! at Lakewood YOUNG IS TOPS IN THE BIG TEN Chicago, Oct. 25.—(I. N, 8) — Claude (Buddy) Young, Illinois, fleet halfback, retained his lead in scoring and ground gaining in the western football conference, altho Illinois played outside the confer- ence, against Pittsburgh, last Sat- urday, league statistics showed Wednesday. His records are five touchdowns and 30 points for the scoring lead- ership and 285 yards gained for the top spot in the ground covering de- partment in three games. Buddy has just been accepted for military service, but it was believed he would finish out the football sea- son as a civilian, altho he would not be able to defend his track titles next winter and spring. John Yungwirth of Northwestern, a freshman like Young, completed four of eight attempted passes in the game the Wildcats lost to In- diana and held his lead in this de- partment, having a mark of twenty- one completions for a total gain of 282 yards. Bob Hoernschemeyer of Indiana is second among the pass- ers with fifteen completions in thirty-seven tries. Ed Cody of Purdue and Bob Wiese of Michigan are tied for sec- ond place in scoring honors, each having 24 points. ‘y’ TO OFFER BOYS BOXING LESSONS The physical department of the Y Wednesday named Ted Robinson to coach a boys’ boxing team. Robin- son has had successful experience in the years past in teaching the boys how to box. Boxing classes at the Y will be held Tuesday and Friday and Saturday afternoons. Boys are invited to enroll in these classes. EATS JACKSON IN Twenty Knockdowns in Brawl Which Saw Winner Come Out of Sick Bed; Vannoy Decisioned By Fort Warren Battler. But crawling off the canvas to climb his adversary was the least of the story. .Taylor dis- closed he had left a hospital bed in Denver to take on the man mauling Warrenite, after three days of treatment for an intes- tinal ailment. Ns Taylor’s handlers thought he would be unable to make the fight and had arranged a substitute, but Taylor insisted he go on. He did —and how. He was saved by ine bell in the second after a terrifie onslaught which had him over the ropes. An- gered in the third by a bruising at- tack on his midriff, Taylor waded in with wild-eyed rights which un- cannily found a mark on the G. I.’s left jaw, and after kissing the can- vas five times in the first six heats, had his dusky opponent on the floor four times in the last go-’rounds. Taylor was in. and out of the xing so many times the fans at first couldn’t tell whether he was one of the contestants or a judge wearing trunks. The first three rounds gave every indication that Taylor would be elsewhere when the fight was over, as Jackson planted hard rights and lefts on Taylor’s body. The sixth had the fans who paid $1,788 (less 25 per cent tax) to wit- ness the debacle standing up and cheering for a knockout and beating on the furniture. In the fifth Taylor got the range on Jackson’s jaw and had the stocky Jackson backpedaling and on the floor two times. “In each of his knockdowns Taylor and Westminster at Westwood in the Mountain Valley games Friday. The power-laden Fort Collins Lambkins, who hope their thoughts of a state high school championship may prove to be more than wishful thinking, keep their fingers warm in the football pot this week with a non-conference game at Sterling Thursday. The Lambkins, one of the strong- est contenders for the state title, are in the driver’s seat of the North- ern conference with three wins in as many starts and 126 points to their opponents’ seven. Fort Collins shellacked Englewood last week 32-0 while Boulder, last year’s state titleholder, defeated Greeley 14-6, and Longmont blanked Loveland 20-0 in circuit clashes. The league Standings: , — Wyk. Pot. | Pia, Op: For Collins eos (0 . 1,090 © 126 ete Boulze Re OCR 9S BL Longmont’ Di ARGON t48e 59 Greeley. 2 Sir 254.228, Englewood 2 3 8 53 Loveland - 0 3 000 7 84 Colorado Springs, leading the South Central loop, hung up its fourth straight circuit victory by handing Trinidad an 18-7 setback, the Miners’ first loss in sixteen games. Pueblo Central took a firm hold on second place with a 40-0 tri- umph over Centennifl in an intra- city game. Canon City crushed Walsenburg 25-6 to wind up the league schedule for last week. Sterling’s one touchdown edge in defeating Fort Morgan 19-13 gave it a monopoly on the Northeastern conference lead. Previously, Fort Morgan had shared honors. Gunnison, Delta and Palisade lead the nine-team pack in the Central Western Slope conference. Gunni- son has three victories in as many conference starts, while Delta and Palisade have two wins and no losses. Grand Junction and Paonia were tied in fourth with two vic- tories and one defeat each. Most games this week will be played earlier than the usual Fri- day because of the Colorado Educa- tion association conventions. Most Valuable Rookie “St. Louis, Oct. 25—Sporting News, national baseball weekly, Wednes- day named Boris (Babe) Martin, rookie outfielder for the Toledo Mudhens, the most valuable player in the American association. Martin, who batted 350 in 114 games last season, also’ was voted z the association’s outstanding rookie. He is 23 and has received a medical discharge from the navy. Utes Play Nevada Salt Lake City, Oct. 25—(A. P.)— Coach Ike versity grid traveling squad which leaves Thursday for a game with Nevada at Reno Saturday. He will have practically whole squad to choose from as Grant Martin, an end, was the only | ¢ man hurt in last week’s Idaho Southern fray. THRILLER lacked the steam to put over the finishing punch. After the fight it was learned Taylor had been medically dis- charged from the army last May with injuries suffered when a train- ing plane cracked up with him. Taylor weighed 147 and Jackson sealed 146. The eight-round semifinal ended in an upset when Wilbert Meredith, Fort Warren bantamweight, slugged out a decision over Merle Vannoy, popular favorite with Denver fans. Vannoy’s defeat surprised the fans but dethonstrated his ability to take it as well as dish it out. Vannoy’s flashy left was always in his op- ponent’s face, but he apparently could do no damage with it, while Meredith had no difficulty in put- ting the speed expert on the canvas six times for the first time in Van- noy’s career, In the preliminaties, Arthur But- ton, 154, knocked out Si Polander, 149, in the second; Willie Toy, 130, kayoed Happy Foera, 137, in the third, and Davy Ward, 126, of Peter- son field chilled his ‘buddy, Arthur Manzanares, 127, in the first. ‘ Armstrong planned | 2 Wednesday to name his Utah uni- 19.8 the | 93 Utah State may have to shake up its backfield because of Fullback Ernie Groll’s injury. However, Coach Dick Romney will pluck two other backs—Cliff Hoopiana and John Donovan—off the temporarily disabled shelf and likely will use them, Capt. Burns Crookston, letter man quarterback, will have to be braced and patched for shoulder and hip bruises before he answers the whistle. This will be Utah State’s first conference game and its first meet- ing with Denver since their 13-13 tie of 1942. This Week's Grid Games ROCKY MOUNTAIN Utah State at Denver (2 p. m.) Utah U. at Nevada U. (Reno). Superbombers (Sunday) at Nor- man Navy (Norman, Okla.) Lincoln Air Base at Fort Warren (Sunday). (Colorado ©. and Colorado Col- lege are idle.) *Denotes night games. FRIDAY *Alabama at Kentucky. *Bucknell at Temple. *Alameda eoaet Guard at U. *Wake Fo. Miam *Georgia Pr g gia. South Carolina at Charleston Coast Guard. *Wichita at Rockhurst. *West Texas State at Texas Tech, *Michigan State at Wayne. DAY MIDWEST Notre Dame at Mlinois, Towa at Indiana, Minnesota at Ohio State. €. kh. A. a Elmhurst at Wh acomb at oie Southern, DeKalb at Concordia.! Kentucky State at Illinois Wesleyan, enison at pa (0.). Doane at Baldwin Wail ace at Wooster, Lawrence at St, nonce Brooklyn College at Connecticut, Darthmouth at Brown. City College at New York U. Colgate at Columbia. Duke at Army. Mulenberg at Franklin and Marshal, utgers at Lafayette. Navy at Pennsylvania. est Virginia at Penn State, Rochester at_Yale. Syracuse at Boston Cor eee Arikansas “ut wiooeippt Presbyterian af Auburn. *Catawba at Fort Monroe, Clemson at Florida. Georgta at L na State. N. Carolina State ea William & Mary. N. Texas Aggies at Poo A. & M Oklahoma A. & M. at Tulsa, *Oklahoma at Texas Christian, Texas at Ric ce Methodist at Tulane, C. Preflight oe Jacksonville Navy. Vv. M. I. at Virgin *Third ‘Air Brees ‘at pec ole es Field. Washington at california, St. Mary’s at Southern Ca California. Table Tennis Meet Reaches Semifinals The preseason table tennis tour- nament, which began play Tuesday night, will be carried thru the semi- finals in Wednesday’s session start- ing at 7:30 p. m. at the Denver Table Tennis club, 1405 Glenarm street. Opening rounds in the singles events clicked off without a single upset as seeded favorites brushed aside first-round opponents. The results follow: MEN’S SINGLES. Harold McCoy defeated John Parsons, 21-7, 21-8, 21-12; Alden eBlation ‘Geteated 21-17, 21-1 12; Ji defeated Win Gaus: 2i- a3, 21-15, Glark Norcross defeated Jack Fin+ 21- 19-21, 21-143 eated Herb Wilson, 21-9: 2, George Norcross defeated Lieut. J. M. Metealf, default pick King defeated Clarence Dillon, 21-15 Saga. ETT SEER James pete "14. 21 Wayne Knox, Wolfe Jr. 21:16; (Second Round.) ae Orbach deteated Dick King, 21-10, V7; James, Wolfe Sr. defeated 2 214, -8, 21-15: Stan pvrnon ited ©, Norcross, 21-11, 21-7, ae ea mene Haraway defeated James Wolte oe He 18, wes 14, 21-14; Ray Thomas defeated er 21-14, 91-15, 21 19; Sergt. Archie Gillies ‘defeated Bishop, 21-13, 16-31, 17-21, 21-15, 21-14; Charles Cox defeated @. Nor? cross, 21-17 21-10. ce 14: Chick, Matthews defeated A, Lau 18, -1 MEN’S NOVICE SINGLES, fou eney defeated D. J. Lucas, 21-9, 21-10: Larry Teoeen defeat at Truman ‘Anderson, 2 2: 2 12; i percons defeated 14, WOMEN? S SINGLES. oy aR pte defeated Kay Dillon, ae % Wi ilson, y McCall’ defeated Bishop, 2 21-6; Rita Kerns defeated Russell, 21-10, 21-13. BOMBERS TO MEET GOOD NAVY OUTFIT Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 25.—- The Second Air Force Super- bombers were preparing Wednes- day .to journey to the Sooner state next Sunday to meet the Norman Naval Air Station on the University of Oklahoma gridiron. The Superbombers will meet a team which is undefeated in three starts against Oklahoma university, Arkansas University and the Amaril- lo Army Air Field. In the meantime, the Superbomb- ers’ record shows seven victories in eight games, the latest coming last Saturday when the squad de- feated the North Texas Aggies, 68-0, at Odessa, Texas. 21-5, "21-14, Denver Boxer Loses Los Angeles, Oct. 25.—Roy Miller, 164, Kansas City, Mo. Tuesday night punched out a quick second- round technical knockout win over Sergt. Gaston Miller, 169, Denver, who suffered a broken nose, in a scheduled ten-round bout at Olym- pic auditorium. The Kansas City boxer sent his opponent down twice in the open- ing round, ?