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East-West Shrine Game Doesn't Need Ivy Men
By OSCAR FRALEY
New York—(U.P.)—A select band of 48 college football players is getting ready to run so that others may walk—and it points up the sickly condition of Ivy league football.
These players will compete in the annual Shrine East-West game at San Francisco on Jan. 2, the money from which helps 16 Shrine hospitals for crippled children.
More than 1,200 college football stars have appeared in these games since they first were inaugurated in 1925. Through their blocking and tackling efforts a total of $1,800,000 has been raised—and 1,200 crippled kids without finances have been put back on their feet.
But this great game—which in itself is a reason to continue football—will have no Ivy league players on its roster again this year.
White-haired Bill Coffman, managing director of the Shrine game and its guiding genius, is reluctant to censure the eastern powers sitting smugly in their cherished "ivy" towers.
"I'm not here to start a controversy," he explains. "The Ivy league simply has a rule that its players cannot compete in post-season games."
The Shriners have made efforts to obtain permission to use Ivy league stars, who would, incidentally, be thrilled to play in the game. Players wouldn't miss a single class, but would be flown out and back during the Christmas vacation.
Yet, while Princeton's Mask and Wig club can chart its own vacation course, as example, the Ivy league footballers are checked carefully in and out on vacation leave so that they will not sally the Ivy league's ill-white regulation.
Not that the East-West game can't do without the Ivy league, for it is rather generally accepted throughout the country that its members play an inferior brand of football. How can they help it when they are denied spring practice, etc?
It is a ridiculous rule which should be changed if only for this one exception in the case of the East-West game.
This eastern team will be a good one, too, with such as Johnny Lattner, Neil Worden and Art Hunter of Notre Dame; George Jacoby of Ohio State. Steve Meilinger of Kentucky and Gene Filipski of Villanova.
They stack up in the East-West tradition, where running so others may walk have been such greats as Bronko Nagurski, Beatie Feathers, Cotton Warburton, Cecil Ibell, Marshall Goldberg, Pug Manders, Tom Harmon, Paul Christman, Frankie Albert, Bob Waterfield, Doak Walker, Johnny Lujack, Kyle Rote and Eddie Lebaron.
The Ivy league must feel right noble!
It's nice to think that, in a way, fellows like Lattner, Worden and the others have been playing to get ready for this one. Because they know, after they walk past those 60 beds in the San Francisco Shrine hospital, that each bump and every bruise is a badge of honor.
Marion Inks Pact With White Sox
Atlanta — (U.P.)— Marty Marion, who could have stayed home all year and still drawn $35,000, celebrated his 36th birthday today by signing as a coach with the Chicago White Sox.
Released by Baltimore recently after managing the St. Louis Browns last season, the ex-St. Louis Cardinal star replaces Roger (Doc) Cramer, who was offered another job in the White Sox organization.
Marion, who said he was happy to join "a team that looks like a contender," has a St. Louis Brown's contract for $35,000 which runs through 1954.
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Roberts Wins Outland Prize
Des Moines, Iowa —(U.P.)— J. D Roberts, senior guard on the University of Oklahoma football team, today was winner of the Outland Award for 1953.
The Football Writers association of America announced Roberts' selection last night.
The award originated in 1946 by the late Dr. John Outland, is presented annually to the outstanding guard or tackle in college football as selected by the football writers.
Twenty-year-old Roberts cut his playing weight from 230 to 210 pounds this year to give speed to the line and was considered one of the chief factors in Oklahoma's sweep through Big Seven conference play which resulted in an Orange Bowl bid.
The Outland Award last year went to Dick Modzelewski, Maryland.
Tampa, Fla. — (U.P.) The Cigar Bowl committee was expected to pick an opponent today to meet La Crosse, Wis., in the annual New Year's charity football game here.
Committee chairman Rex Farrion said the choice had narrowed down to three teams—Missouri Valley of Marshall, Mo., William Jewell of Liberty, Mo., and Peru, Neb.
Missouri Valley has appeared in two previous Cigar Bowl games. The team won its conference championship for the eighth time in the past 10 years and finished the season with seven victories against one loss.
William Jewell has a 9-1 recore and Peru is undefeated and untied.
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.—(U.P.) — Former Missouri university star Win Wilfong led Ft. Leonard Wood's Hilltopers to a 74-71 basketball victory over Ft. Sill, Okla., here last night.
Wilfong, who wound up with 23 points to his credit, broke up the game in the last 20 seconds when he stole a ball from Ft. Still's all-american forward Jack Brown and tossed it to teammate center Dave Mayfield who plunked it in. Wilfong followed up with a pair of charity tosses.
Ft. Still's scoring was led by former Eastern Kentucky star Elmer Tolson.
New York—(U.P.)-Freddie (Babe) Herman, Los Angeles lightweight, will get another television fight in Eastern Parkway arena next month as a reward for his substitute upset victory over Brian Kelly there last night.
Ft. Wood plays the St. Louis university Billikens Friday night and meets the NAIA champion Southwest Missouri State Bears of Springfield Saturday.
Herman, 139 pounds, floored 137-pound Kelly three times and won a technical knockout at 2:25 of the ninth round. Referee Mark Conn stopped the scheduled 10-rounder because Kelly of Niagara Falls, Ont., had been battered into helplessness. He was bleeding profusely from nose and mouth.
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New York —(U.P.)— Mighty Maryland, which trampled all 10 of its opponents to compile the only perfect record among major college football teams, today was acclaimed the 1953 mythical national champion by the United Press board of coaches.
Maryland Ranks First; Sooners Finish Fifth
How They Voted
The 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press rating board voted Coach Jim Tatum's Terrapins the honor by a margin of only six points over Notre Dame. In the final ratings, Maryland received 20 first place votes to 13 for the Irish
Point
1. Maryland (20) (10-0) 326
2. Notre Dame (13) (8-0-1) 320
3. Michigan State (1) (8-1) 246
4. Utah (8-1) 209
5. Oklahoma (8-1-1) 205
6. Rice (2-2) 132
7. Illinois (7-1-1) 120
8. Texas (7-3) 85
9. Georgia Tech (8-2-1) 81
10. Iowa (5-3-1) 42
Second 10 teams; 11, Alabama, 26;
12, Texas Tech, 25; 13, West Virginia,
22; 14, Wisconsin, 21; 15, Kentucky,
18; 16, Army, 16; 17, Stanford,
10; 18, Duke, 9; 19, Michigan,
6; 20, State State, 5.
Notre Dame, ranked No. 1 in the nation for eight straight weeks before its tie game against Iowa, picked up added support in the final ratings after its impressive 48-18 romp against Southern California last weekend.
Michigan State, the 1952 national champion, finished third in this year's ratings, with its Rose Bowl rival. UCLA, ranked right behind.
BIG SEVEN
Oklahoma, which will play Maryland in the Orange Bowl at Miami, Fla., New Year's Day, was fifth, followed by Cotton Bowl-bound Rice. Illinois (co-champion of the Big Ten conference with Michigan State), Texas (which shared the Southwest conference title with Rice), Georgia Tech (which will play in the Sugar Bowl) and Iowa completed the top 10 teams for 1953.
Final Big Seven Grid Standings
Team W L T Pts. Op.
Oklahoma 6 0 197 34
Missouri 4 2 89 62
Kansas State 4 2 88 76
Colorado 2 4 126 153
Nebraska 2 4 60 113
Kansas 2 4 56 92
Iowa State 1 5 0 78 164
Oklahoma ... 8 1 1 2 186 89
Kansas State ... 6 3 1 198 116
Missouri ... 6 4 0 130 116
Colorado ... 6 4 0 201 194
Nebraska ... 3 6 1 124 175
Iowa State ... 2 7 0 120 211
Kansas ... 2 8 0 83 179
ALL GAMES
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The major league club owners needed just 18 minutes to select 13 players in the opening of the annual draft yesterday, and the total purchase price was just $132,500.
Major Leagues Grab 13 Men In Annual Baseball Draft
Atlanta—(U.P.)With the cream of the crop already lost to the big leagues, the minor league clubs today start selecting their top draft choices for the 1954 season. $ \textcircled{6} $
The "open class" Pacific Coast league which has first choice among the "leftovers" was to start work first. When all Coast league clubs had waived, the Class Triple A American association and International league was to go to work. The Class AA Southern association and Texas leagues took their turn.
The brand-new Baltimore Orioles, the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians all selected two players in the major league draft yesterday while the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox, the New York Giants, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Milwaukee Braves all passed up their draft rights. The remaining seven teams drafted one player each.
Of the 13 players drafted, only five have had previous big league experience. Five players were pitchers, three second basemen and one a shortstop.
Little Vinicio (Chico) Garcia was the first player selected. The peppery Mexican from Altos, Calif., went to lastplace Baltimore for
Baltimore also picked up Chuck Diering, a former major league outfielder, from San Francisco, for the top draft price of $15,000. Diering, generally considered a pussy with the willow, hit a healthy .322 with Minneapolis last season.
Another $15,000 Pacific Coast player, Royce Lint, of Portland, went to the St. Louis Cardinals. Lint won 22 and lost 10 for Portland last season.
Cage Scores
University of Buffalo 74, Brock-
sort State 58.
Reignor Teachers 73, Harve (Mont.)
Teachers 49.
Hofstra 77. Roanoke 63.
Loyola (ill.) 131. Elmhurst 45.
Kennedy (ill.) 182.
Louisville 112. Kentucky Wesleyan
an 69.
Springfield 85. Howard 82
Centenary (La.) 95, Belmont 67,
Texas Southern 101, Paul Quinn
46.
Florence State 75, David Lipscomb 54.
Mc East Texas Baptist college 77.
McNesee State 74.
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