Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 7

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, UBS "THt VAXLJ JOURNAL-GAZETTE AND COMMERCIAL-STAR. MATTOON, ILUNOl' wtot nvtn Mattoon Backfield, Line Ready for Danville College Stars; Vets Clash First Green Wave Test Comes Tonight Against Tough Danville Schlarman '-ww i r. a fSif In Amateur i OKLAHOMA CITY UP) A cbupla of i nice college kids today stood In the way of a meeting between two cold -eyed, toughened tournament golfers for amateur championship of the Doited The way things nave been' going: in this tournament of surprises, it could be the kids who win clash in the M-hole final this ouarte of semi-finalists probably, the ever brought together in this 'championship are Bruce Cudd 2U, who is about to start his sophomore year at Portland, Ore, University, and Don Albert, 31, of Alliance, Ohio, a junior at Purdue and tha Big -Ten champion. Their opponents in today 38-hole semi-final matches are Dale Morey of Indianapolis, a 83-year-old ex-pro, now a sandpaper tales- man, who plays Albert, and Gene Littler, 33-year-old Navy airman, who meets Cudd. -v Morey, one-time baseball play er and coach at Louisiana State Joumal-Guatta Photo 1 Roy Colin, who will guide MaTfooflTTdr the second time, surveys his charges as they frolic on the practice field.

Colin coached here In 1947 and 1948, and this year has a strong fu'st team with "untested" reserves backing them up. Top backs of Mattoon High School's football' team charge Into the camera as they hope to charge Danville Schlarman tonight. Below, Green Wae linemen as they will appear to the Hilltoppers. Above left to right are Halfback Pat Bradley, Quarterback Bob Hart, Fullback Hershel Sharp, Halfback Ray Elliott, Quarterback Bob Snapp and Halfback Jim Van Cleave. Linemen below from left to right are Right End Read Ross, Right Tackle Charles Montgomery, Right Guard Pat Kelley, Center Craig Nelson, Left Guard Don Timmons, Left Tackle Joe Wade, and Left End Harold Strater.

v. Short Shots on Sports harry gaines Yanks 'Sanie as Last Year' Says Dressen as Dodgers Vin 100th One Platoon Doesn't Ease Grid Picking Troubles for AP By HAROLD NEW YORK UP--Aiready it Is evident that picking winners is as difficult- one platoon football as, under the twe platoon system. Here are the season's first J1SC Gains On Probation Ban Status CHICAGO UP) Michigan State rnWfor molt In cr iU Bte Tfn football debut this reason, todav was report- Tonight Coach Roy Colin will make his second debut as head coach of the 1953 Green Wave grld- ders against strong Schlarman of Danville at ancient Kinzel Field. Roy', who piloted the'' 1947 and 1948 Mattoon varsltv to two very auocessful has made very few predictions on the coming sea wn Faced with one the toughest By BALPU J. GRAY tl-O Sports Writer) A rough, tough Danville SchUr man team comes to dinner tonight, at Klnrel Field with the Idea of el bowing Mattoon away from the" victory feast.

It will be the first contestoMhe-year tor both squads and they are mnvlrttlft ta Ktart th mnmnn An A high note. The Green Wave goes nto 'the; contest with only one regular on the disabled list. He Is guard Jim Trower sidelined with a knee Injury. 1 This wlll.be Coach Roy Colin's; scond experience at leading the Green Wave. He was at the helm In 1947 and 1948.

Danville's weieht will nmh.hi force Mattoon to take to the air with Bob Snapp flipping to Read Ross and Harold Strater at the ends plus his fellow, backfield men. Captain Jim Van' Cleave and Pat Bradley are expected to start at the half back posts while Herschel Sharp is. ticketed for fullback labors. 1 With their ace passer Injured, the Hilltoppers will try to steamroller MHS on the ground. Their line out-weighs Mattoon's by an average of 15 pounds.

Strater will fight it out with Jim Williams, 6 foot 4 Inch 190 pounder at left end. Harold weighs 165. Joe Wade, 170, meets Steve Chan-tos, 175, at left tackle. rff OTVJK 'Walker, 185, et left guard. At cen-Jter Craig Nelson, 155, Is pitted against Ken Mettarn, 185, a vbv-rw, lUUllUUS, 170, and D.

Gogerty, 170, matched; right tackle Charles Montgomery. 180, and John Sungall, 190, clash in a battle of behmoths. Right end is Harold Pelsynski, of Danville at 175, face Read Ross, 165, of Mattoon. In Danville's backfield Is quarterback Francis Mulcahey who replaced Ray Grogan who has a broken arm. Mulcahey weighs At left half is Vi Do( Kit u.i mi ugui, iiitii la Ed Gogerty, 170, and a fullback to Chuck Ahrens, 190.

Game time is 8 p. m. It is a.non conierence tut, the first of tuneups for Decatur Oct.Tr- tw Probable Starters. MATTOON DANVILLE Strater LE Wade LT Ttmmont LG Nelson C. Blley EG J.

Montgomery RT Roes RE Williams Chantos Walker i'Mattaae Gogerty Sangail Pelsynikl i Muleahey Pate Ed Gogerty Ahrens Bnapp QB Bradley LH Van CleaTe RH rSharpp FB Nebraska, Oregon Maryland, Mo. Top First Gaines NEW YORK UPl-Approxlmately two dozen games that might fall In the "big" category will mark the return of one-platoon college football this weekend. The Nebraska-Oregon game will be on your TV screen, starting at 1 p. m. (CST).

Nebraska has junked the T-formation with the return to. the old rules and will unfurl Johnny Bor-dogna in the tall-back spot In the ingle ring at Lincoln. Other Intersections! affairs include Maryland at Missouri, Villa-nova vs. Georgia in Philadelphia Saturday night, and Baylor at Call-' fornla. Other "big" games: Texas A is a slight underdog in its Invasion of Kentucky; Texas Christian is a slight favorite, hikes to Florida.

Several conference games are on tap. Mighty Southern California plays at Washington State tvu. la host to Oregon State, In cific Coast Conference, and Duke and South Carolina. collide In the first game of the newly formed Atlantic Coast League. iiiiiii iiiiiiiiiui American Association a JTaMMWirwiM 7" Kiruu Cltv 4.

Indianapolis 3. Kansas City leads -best of teven series 3-1. Toledo Louisville 3. Toledo lead best of ven series 3-1. m.vin, for spruig training, Dfnyiiie signs ftPan.c II I VIUIII4 -DANVILLE.

New York Giants and the Danville Dans have signed a one year working agreement contract -It becomes effective Oct. 1 when the present White Sox pact-rum Under terms agreed -upon the Giant will send the Chwe D. Mis- -PPi-OWo Valley league; team to Danville, which' finished last to the six team circuit, will hire the business manager but the Giants will have the say on a playing man ager. i The New York Nationals will pay spring training expenses and those of players shuffled from team to team. Tiii' i i Want' Ads Pay! fjf.

University, since regaining Ills amateur status he has been a consistent winner of lesser tournament! i This year he has played in seven 1 'and won them all Including" Da star-laden Western Amateur, Littler, recreation director at tha San Diego Naval Air Station, ''went to" the semi-finals of the" Trans-Mississippi tournament and he was a standout performer In the Walker matches. -f- Littler Is, In fact, the only one of the Walker Cup players to survive (wo days of double rounds that wiped out nearly every "name player on the list. Sammy Ursetta, the 1950 wlnnerJ Bill Campbell and 'Jin fellow members of the, V. S. Wa.ket Cup team, went out In the fifth round Thursday.

Ray Palmer of Groesfl Ee, who beat Jackson In the fifth round, was beaten by Cudd, 9 and in the quarterfinal Angelo San- ttm 2 round, yielded to Morey In a 30- fcole afternoon scramble. Uttler was three under sal tot ni tw0 notches against British Walker cp player, John and public links champion Ted irfiM. Jr. of Las Aneelet He MorM- Mi i mnd ardsl snd S. ''CV aaseeeeae DJM I a.Hm VtfC Will LwlaMlsW uiu Lcuuywjibia aaaiVitaeaesesaaeeaeS) By THE ASSOCIATED PBE8S Batting Ted Williams.

Boston Red Sox, hit his 13th home run with a man on base as Boston edged Detroit 3-1. Pitching Bob Porterfield, Wash- tngton Senators, won his 31st victor of the season, beating Chieaw 1. schedules In the history of the high should be the difference, school, Colin would have enough California over Baylor: A close, worries right there. However to one but it is being played in Calif or-; make the matters worse the present nia. edition of the varsity squad is very Southern California over pa depth.

The pal; True the first team is fairly line averages 20l.pdunde. strong but where does Colin go from Kentucky over Texas A Nebaaska over Oregon: Saturday's TV masterpiece. Nebraska has for tllLTl Oregon has -17 returning eterans 'but the. Huskers' Johnny Sdrdogna Kentuckv won 10-7 a year agoC Georgia Tech over Davidsons Tech has gone through 26 games without l0smg, Maryland over Missouri: Coach Jim Tutum Bdmita. mibliclv.

he has a good' team. Duke over. South The nod goes -to the team with Worth "A Million" Lutz and Ed Meadow. Villanova over Georgia: It is Vil-lanova's homecomng game. UCLA over Oregon State: The UCLans won 57-0 tast year.

A few others: A Ac over Hardin Simmons; Utah State over Wichita; ST jH- -i ft Kansas State "Over Drake; Tula long and loud about the decision. smothered Chicago 16-4 in the Na Wilson said explanation xf -the over Cincinnati; Rice over Florida; Gavilan's career record dating tionaJ. operations "ha been, Texu Christian over Kansas; Stan- back to 1943 is 94-13-4 for 111 Ted William belted his 13th home and continue to be the one certain ford over-College fo Pacific; Colo- fights. He never ha been Stopped man ab0ar(i jn thrWah brieoivW'1B' rado over Washington; Iowa State and was on the deck only in a 1948 eighth Inning for Boston's victory. action ag-iinst the college, -over South Dakota; Missisippl aver brawl with Ike WilUama Bob Porterfield of the Senators, The conference also had demand-Chattanooga; Mississippi State over Basilio, who Jumped into the big who had won only ,30 games in all ed that MSC eo-operate fully In the there? If Roy Colin Is to get bv this season with these two major problems a tough schedule lac of reserve strength, the rest of his coaching -days should be pleasant.

i Coach Colin and his staff will thmlr this earn through the nine game schedule. A loss of one or two key players could well mean a disastrous season for M. H. S. Those close to Colin will say that he is happy over the team's performance to date and some will go as far a to say that a successful season is in the Mattoon has not had a good season since the lush period of '47 through 'SO thus one would certainly, be The entire first seven backs offer several combinations that may throw plenty of scare Into the opposition.

i Van Cleave and Bradley are big, rugged, hard driving backs, but also Colin is grooming two fleet backs in Elliott and Horn. The latter two are new backs to, get moving would be further proof of Colin' coaching ability. Bob Hart and Bob Snapp are both running nnrtlviir Hfh Possibilities that Snapp may Sharp, a young hard hitting Junior back, is ready to step in at fullback when the occasion demands. Sharp and Hart are fighters and wiU go the limit is the fans will .22 Bradley I the type a coach dreams about and should he-make tb of hUnself AU State rKognition i awaiting. Van Cleave ha great posslbili- ties, big and fast this rugged lad could tear the opponent to threads Favor Gavilan Over Basilio In TV Match SYRACUSE, N.

Y. UP-Kid Gav- Han is favored to win tonight's welterweight title defense against rueeed Carmen Basilio of nearby Canastota i 15-round bout that will be seen and heard nationally by ABC NBC't :00 p. m. CST. The" winner-must fight Johnny Bratton, former N.

B. A. champ, in' 60 days under terms of an agreement with the New York state athletic commission. Iathis neck of the woods, they think Gavilan is no cinch to breeze past Basilio. a game, determined ze-year-oio ex-Marine.

Gavilan had his troubles getting lwn 10 the cla ul pounds after scaling 154r for his most recent fight Aug. 28 -'Aith Ralph "Tiger" Jones, Fans who like Basilio count on i.vi i i.ji. reaaenea u.vuan imwn under the persistent attack of the upstater. Since he won the championship from Bratton, Gavilan beat Billy Graham twice, Bobby Dykes, Gil Turner and Chuck Davey with the title on the line. He lost an over- weight match to Danny Bang Bang" Womber May 3, but screamed time by whipping oranam June ha won 36, lost 10 and drawn nve ot 51 pro starts.

He, too, never ha been knocked out. championship of the American Baseball Congress playoffs. If Kalamawo wins they'll meet in affinal game of the double-ellmina tlan event Saturday night. Roth teams, rewrdles of the re gional champlbnship. will represent -The-East-ln the ABC "Amteut World Series" opening here Sunday, Northwest and Oklahoma City the Southwest.

IWama eliminated San Oer- man, CUDa, 1 nuray nmui, enter the finals. Since Kalamawo Is once beaten, another loss would eliminate that teanw Aging Bob Feljer Says He'U Pitch If Wanted CLEVELAND VPi Bob Feller, who will be 35 Nov. 3, feels he can "pitch for Cleveland "for at least another three years" it the Indian will have me." rr w.n.r mho won hla ninth uainst iix Philadelphia "Wednesi day Uyt ne-, better pitcher now tlwn wu ut year" when he end- KMpn wltn 9.1S mtrk. hlg ker that 1 WH CHI Oil H17 IUIU, eeese TPft Cftft By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Philadelphia Eagle 38, Detroit Lions 17. New York Giant 38, San Francisco 49er 31.

Memphis State; Tulane over the Citadel. Ellis Kinder Sets Relief towards wiping out a probationary status Imposed by the conference. The conference law February put MSC on probation mainly because of activity of the Spartan Foundation, a non-campus organisation which raised for athletes. Big Ten Commissioner K. L.

"Tug" Wilson said that of a total of 55,700 collected bv the Foundation, accounting has neen received for all except $5,200, apparently expended prior, to 1951. "Wilson said Foundation officers ntuiei iiather disclosure Of to the "wilful em barrassment of both Michigan State College and the conference." The commissioner, expressed "complete with the co operation he has received in examln ine onerations of various Michigan state alumni erouDS. other than the Rnartan Foundation: examination of operation of alumni snd other clubs interested in Michi-ban State College athletic and that the Spartans comply, fully with conference financial aid regulations. Wilson's announcement followed a "progress report' submitted by Dean Edgar Harden, MSC faculty representative. Wilson reported that Harden said John A.

Hannah, MSC president. 1ms warned the athletic personnel any deviation from conference rules would be grounds.for removal Rog Fourth Red Manager Dum TONCTrWATr ttv -There-ia- major league baseball manager' Job open in Cincinnati but whoever gets it had better keep his suitcase packed. When the Redlegs fired Roger Hornsby Thursday he became the fourth pilot of the team to walk the plenk in less than six full Seasons, His Immediate predecessors in the order of their firing were Johnny Neun, Bucky Waltenl and Luke Sewell. None-stayed as long as two full seasons or eould do much about lifting the Redlegs out of the National League's second division. Coach Bus(er Mills will be in charge of the Redjegs when they open a series in Milwaukee Saturday.

Al Lope, now manager of By BEN PHLEGAB AP Sports Writer The New York Yankees haven' jooied Charley Dressen by losing one game to Cleveland and. two out of' tbiet the St. Louis Browns under hi watrhfui nn m.n.r 1 sTrutirgTromTYankeer. dium box near home plate, declared today: "They look about the same es last year." A year ago the Yankees beat the Dodgers In a seven game series. With Dressen In the stands the American League champions lost to the Browns Thursday 7-1.

Casey Stengel used a flock of his Yankee second stringers. Because of his self -Imposed scouting duties, Dressen wasn't on hand to see his club win Its 100th game of the season iri St. Louis yesterday. three-run ninth inning rally gave ian tTsmne uin victory oy gled home the tleing" and-winning runs. No National League club has won 100 since the 1944 Cardinals.

In other action Thursday the Boston Red Sox edged Detroit 3-1, Washington shaded Chicago 3-3 and 01.v,tpnH pvn.Hpinhu th m.r'i..n five previous major league sea- jon, won hi 21st of this season. a double by Jim Hegan, a saeri- flee and a long fly produced the run Cleveland needed to beat the Athletics: Curt Simmon of the'Phil won hi 14th game as hi teammates battered five Chicago pitchers for 18 hits. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 96 48 .667 01jwUn, 87 60 .593 lOtt Chicago Beaton 64 80 78 58 54 53 iraSH 41 Wton phuw .514 .393 .370 .358 23 40 43 45 Thursday's Results. St, Louis 7, New York 1. Boston 3, Detroit 1.

Washington 3, Chicago Cleveland 5. Philadelphia 4. Saturday's Games. Washington at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Detroit. New York at 'Boston.

Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 100 47 PcLVOB .680 Milwaukee 87 79 i 79 59 66 7 79 82 84 .594 Mi Ml .459 .438 .431 J20 13 30 20'i 'Ph JBWi PltUburgh 47 100 53 Thursday' Results. Brooklyn 4, St. Louis 3. Philadelphia 16, Chicago 4.

Only-fame eeheduled. Saturday' Games. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at New York. Cincinnati at Milwaukee.

Chicago at St. Louis. 354 38 Recordior American i Loop Eattle Creek Tangles With BOSTON UPl-Ellis Kinder of the IfjUmjwAA In ARf Boston Red Sox has set a new MlallllliUV III American League record for pitch- BATTLE CREEK, Mien. Un-lng appearances in a season, but he Battle Creek and Kalama-won't get a chance to break the M0( Mich-i me 1949-51 champion, maior leaiue mark this year. t.nni tnda for the eastern tt i ii sk i Ben Hersh Distributing Co.

Matteea, Dllnoia Phone S332 HOOPLl I 4AICTAU UA.Y)S CSVT4 J. CAIMT TUNIS HEZ TOO XUCM TILL WE C5TS A P1.U6 AM BRUSHES 1 lKWISE A Few FUSES, BULBS AM GASKET 5ASAsi'c7iLft)lS I ft The 39-year-old righthander made his 67th relief appearance Thursday to surpass the old mark of established by Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox in 1908. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Austin 41, Southeast State Okla- homa 7., St, Benedict' Kan. Missouri State 6. 14, Southwest should he make up his mind to fight for every extra Inch.

Snapp ha speed and may be the halfback Colm need so, badly lngle wing offense. i On the line only one player, Joe Wade, hat proven 1 he ha what It takes to play, against Big 13 opposition. Wade eould be a stand-out per- former and will certainly have to come through If thU team is going to be a No. one. contender.

The other veteran linemen, Btra- ter, Ross. Timmons and Nelson must pUy great inspired ball the fun 48 miniiuiB- a New players will round out two or three' places on the team and with them may well ret the future of the team. All In all it should be a successful season. Certainly have a fine coaching staff, the players themselves seem to be confident. Perh3 football Is tgala looking up at old M.

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I n' Others ate Bucky Harris, manager of the Washington Senators; Harry Walker, manager of Rochester's International League pennant taneriiJSelaXeroach of the Boston Red Sox; Eddie Joost, former Redleg Inllelder; Gabby Hartnett, the old Chicago Cub catcher, nd Mickey Cochrane, one time Detrpit manager. v- wmmi eiitott WhthM liiwitr co umvnii, it. town, -r.