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Wj 'rmfFFE. Page 17 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1950 5 AND BROWNS IN TITLE CLAS I 1 1 1 1 1 1 EdJU RAM TODAY COMEBACK WEATHER UC To Leave For El Paso Tuesday; Harold E. Russell SPORTS PARADE 44 Bearcats Are To Be In Party Sheriff's Posse breakfast next Sunday. Other activities which the boys are certain to enjoy include the Sun Carnival Basketball Tournament, December 29-30 at. the Coliseum; the bullfights in Juarez, December 31, and the Sun Queen's reception an affair featured by a bevy of pretty girls from every school in the Border Conference.

There are rumors that a few of the Bearcats aren't interested in playing in the Sun Bowl. This is true, but. their number is small, and there. is one thing they should realize. For many of the Cincinnati grid-dors, this may be the last football game they'll play in for a long while.

sensational quarterback. Gene Mayiield, a senior from Quitaque, Mayfield up a total offensive mark of 1,565 ards during the year, with 1,359 coming through the air. The Bearcats are going to be gicn a tvpical Western welcome when they arrive in El Paso. The 20-30 Club is in charge of arrangements, and the Bearcats will be paraded through the downtown streets before arriving at their headquarters, Hotel Corlez. The Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions and Touchdown Clubs will hold special luncheons for the team Wednesday through Saturday, and the Cats also will be guests at.

the annual Jlanchero breakfast Saturday morning and Iho F.I Paso Grid Greats Will Play In East-West Contest For Crippled Children BY DICK FORBES. Coach Sid Gillman's University of Cincinnati football team is "home" for the Christmas holiday, but it. won't stay there long. The Bearcats are due to convene on the campus early Tuesday morninc. They'll be Liken to Greater Cincinnati Airport, where Gillman hopes to jf-t an early take-off for El Paso, where VC meets West Txa State in the Sun Bowl on New Year's Day.

Forty-four Bearcats are making tho trip via chartered airliner, and other seats in the 51-seat ship will be occupied by four coaches, Trainer Seotty Kolp, a doctor and cameraman. Newspapermen and other members of the official Cincinnati party leave here Wednesday December 27, arriving at El Paso Thursday afternoon. The 'Cats have plenty of work ahead of them in El Paso, particularly since they have been able lo practice outside only four ti'nes during the last 13 days of training. Sid hopes to get in a light workout on arrival practice a day on the 27th and 28th. then laper off with one drill a day through the 31st.

West Texas State, champion of Ihe sprawling, rugged Border Conference, is certain to give UC all it can handle. Home tho Cowboys is in Canyon, about 25 miles south of Amarillo. The Buffaloes were national leaders in offense among small colleges, having gained an average of 465.8 yards per game this year. In addition, they boast two of the finest backs the country. Cnarlie Wright, 195-pound lull-back, and Bill Cross, 150-po'ind halfback, combined to roll up an even 2,400 yards rushing thij season, which would be easily good enough to break tho mark by the fabulous Doc Blanehard and Glenn Davis at Army in 1945 wot? it.

not for the fact that West Texas' averages don't count in major college figures. However, to give you an idea of West Texas' strength, the (earn that ranked second to the Buf-falos in total offense was Miami of Ohio, which also was back among the small colleges this year. All Miami did was trample Cincinnati, 28-0, last month. Piloting the Buffs will be their By Mite Is Rated As Outstanding Sports Story Of 1950. Hogan Rallies From Serious Auto Accident To Win National Open.

New York, Dec. 23 (INS) The greatest sports story of 1950 belonged to the game of golf. It can be capsuled into two words. Ben Hogan. So horribly injured in a winter auteffcobile accident the year before that doctors at first despaired of his life; then on his ability ever to walk again the hard-bitten little Texan came back to win the 1950 Open championship of the United States Golf Association.

Actually, Hogan's comeback began last January, when, in his first tournament competition, he performed so spectacularly in the Los Angeles Open that it took a theatrical 72d-green putt by Sammy Snead to tie him for first place. Snead who was to be the leading money-winner among the professionals for 1950 was favored in tournament after tournament all during the year. But somehow the big ones escaped him. Jimmy Detnarot won the Masters', Chandler Harper the PGA (after beating Henry Williams in the final "round of unknowns" at Columbus, Ohio), and Hogan the U. S.

Open. OVERSEAS ACTION. Overseas, Bobby Locke, the owlish South African, won the British Open wilh a record low score, and America's Frank Stranahan, sparkplug heir from Toledo, Ohio, took the British Amateur for the second time. He beat out a fellow-American, Dick Chapman of Pine-hurst, N. in the final round.

In the United States, the National Amateur was won by Sam Frzetta, an overlooked threat from Rochester, N. who topped Stranahan in the final round 1 up at 89 holes in one of the great spectacles of tho year. Stanley Bielat of Yonkers, N. captured the Public Links crown and Ifi-year-old Mason Kudolph of Olarksville, the junior amateur championship. Beverly Hanson of Fargo, N.

was the winner in the golden anniversary Women's Amateur championship. The Girls' Junior title fell to 16-year-old Patricia Lesser of Seattle, and the U. S. Curtis Cup team leveled Great Britain at Buffalo, N. by a score of IV2 to MAKES MOVE.

It was the big golden anniversary U. S. Open, however, which grabbed the headlines. Played over the Merion, Golf Club the site of another unforgettable Open in 1934, and ihe course where Bobby Jones capped his grand slam it got off to a fantastic start when Leo Mackey unheralded Birmingham, golfer, shot a 64 for his opening round. This broke 65.

Then, on Saturday, Hogan began to make his move. He came, down to the. wire, fcdlowed by the biggest crowd in the tournament's history, needing only straight par golf for his last five holes to win. Here, he, twisted his knee teeinij off. Limping the rest of the way, he lost three strokes to par but still wound up in a three-way tie with Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio, all with 72-hole scores of 287 (seven over total par.) The next day, Hogan won the playoff with a 69 1o Mangrum's 73 and Fazio's 75.

Mangrum lost, two strokes lor lifting his ball to blow off a ladybug; but he wouldn't have caught Hogan anyway. LARSEN BEATS AUSSIE. Sydney, Australia, Dec. 23 (AP) Art Larsen of San Lcandro, ihe United States champion, defeated Australia's A. Morris today in the first, round of the South Australian Tennis Championships.

Tho score was 6-0, 6-0, 6-4. Dick Savitt of East Orange, N. advanced over Australian W. Hearn, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5. Busy Week In Front Of Blue-Gray Coaches Is ToJPlay Part Iii Determining Result Of Cleveland Came.

Regular Grid Shoes May Be Used Sudden Death Is On If Tie Results. Cleveland, Dec. 23 (AP) Pass-crazy Los Angeles and Cleveland fight it out Sunday for tho pro football championship of 1950 hut: the style of play will depend largely on the weather. With a rising thermometer, there were signs that the frozen turf of Lakefront Stadium was softening up to tho point where regular football shoes could' bo used. To coach Joe Ktydahar and his Los Angeles Rams, this could mean a lot: It would permit quarterbacks Norm Van Brock-lin and Bob Walerficld to get tho pass machine in motion.

Only this week, Stydahar says, he has boon working hard on a ground-gaining attack for this conl est. lie has one of Iho game's finest runners in Glenn Davis. Tho Browns' coach, Paul Brown, features passing, too, by tho sensational Otto Graham, who ran second only to Van Brocklin this season in that department. Marion Motley has engineered tho ground work when the defense has bottled up Otto, and was tops in league statistics. CLOUDY AND MILD.

Cleveland. Dee. 23 (AP) Cloudy, mild weather is on tap for Sunday's professional football championship game here between tho Los Angeles Rams and Ihe Cleveland Browns. No snow or rain is in sight, for the National Football League's title, conlest, and the temperature is expected lo be around 40. This would ioan thai the field, frozen since early in the month, may soften enough to permit the use of football shoos instead of basketball shoes.

Neither tho Los Angeles Rams nor the Cleveland Browns has won the National Football League championship, although tho Rams took it. in Ij15, when they were playing wilh a Cleveland franchise. Both coaches act as if their teams don't have much of a chance, complaining of injuries, weather, elc, but one of them has to bo wrong. In case of a tie, sudden death periods of 15 minutes each will he played unlil a score. That ends the game.

Tomorrow's Y.rowd, at. an estimate, will be around 30,000 and its money in the bank for tho After taxes and rental, they'll divvy up 70 per cent of the gate. Kickolf time is 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) and the game will bo both televised and broadcast, to radio stations on the American Broadcasting network. l.o Aruclr ltm.

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23 (UP) The Los Angeles Rams, who play the Cleveland Browns Sunday for the championship of the National Foot hall League, announced today that two of their players who were inducted into tho Army would bo available for the game. The Rams said Halfbacks George Sims and Paul Barry were flying in tonight from Ft. Ord, California. Barry played against tho Chicago Bears last week when the Rams defeated them, 24-14, in a playoff battle. Sims was inductel into the Army in midseason.

CHERVINK0 IS RENAMED. Mobile, Doc. 23 (AP) Manager Paul Chervinko, pilot of the Mobile Boars for the last two years, has signed a contract for next season, Club Proxy Edgar Allen said today. goalie in any league. Given the proper support, he'll stop anything coming at him, even if it's traveling by jot." While chances are that Francis will be sidelined for another week, he the kind of a guy who's apt to surprise anyone, even Dr.

Paul Duffy, who has been treating his shoulder. "I'll be back in action before' you know it," he says. Meanwhile Emile wants it understood that if the rest of the guys on the team give Bibeault the kind of protection he deserves, Cincinnati is going to keen on winning hockey games. "Paul knows what this game is all about," concluded the 24-yea-old five-foot-five-inch shaver from North Battleford, Saskatchewan. "Don't feel sorry for him Deing out there in that cage.

Feel sorry for me because I can't be." "-5- 1 would pN 1 Arnr I THROW I WERE. I feV v5 SANTA -SAM 5NEAD I'D PRESENT AN ARMORED -TRUCK TO HAUL. ALL HI-5 GOLF OME OF TH05E COZY CONTOUR CHAlRd FOR JOE LOU 1-5 ITS TIME TO RETIRE AKD NO FOO LI Ne, I fyM'4MMfok 'a' St' 4m 1 BEAR- For the first time in the history of the contest, quarterbacks troiii the same college will direct the Eastern' a I tack. They are Darl-mouths' John Clayton and Boh McCraney, playing in a grand finale under their coach. Clayton and McCraney, incidentally, were more than just teammates and friendly rivals for the qiiarlerbaoking spot, throughout college.

They were roommates. Coach McLaughry, who will have charge of the offense, is highly pleased wilh the idea of having his own boys in the key T-formn-tion position. It. will assure tho same type of ball handling as well as fundamental generalship. This pair will have some outstanding receivers to throw to, namely such ends as Don Slone-sifor, Northwestern; Bucky Curtis, Vanderbilt Vito Ilaga.zo, William and Mary, and Dome Dibble, Michigan Slaie.

Stonosil'er made Iho AP's first All-America his year and Curl is, Ihe second. Other All-America Easterners are Everett Grandolius, a driving back from Michigan Stale and Bernio Lemonick, powerful guard from Pennsylvania. While. 1 lie Fasl is evpecled (o make heavy use of its aerial weapons, it also has the man power for a powerful ground attack. In addition to Gradelius, such proven hackfieldi-rs gracing the roster include Billy Gay, Notre Dame; Alan Egler, Colgate; Leroy Ka-ne, (Hay-Ion; Bill Towers, Navy; Dick Doyne, Lehigh; John Kerrstes, I'lirduc; John I'upit, Virginia, and Jack Davison, J'rlnccton.

There is speed and punch in this group. Ka-ne, nicknamed "Tho llypon," is from Honolulu and the first Hawaiian ever to play for tho East. Ho holds Dayton's scoring record for a season, 72 points made in 1949. The West, may bo slightly out-dazzled by the East in the matter of name players but Coaches Marehie Schwartz, Stanford, Howie O'Dell, Washington, and Jess Noo-ly, Rico Institute, will match team spirit with their rivals. Four Westerners are of All-America second team classification, however.

They are Wilford "Whiz-zor" White, 170-pound speed back from Arizona State of Tempo; Kyle Rote, Southern Methodist, back; Jerry Groom, Notre Dame center, and Jim Doran, Iowa State end. Doran teamed up with quarler-back Rill Weeks lo give Iowa Stale a strong passing-receiving threat this season. Rote, groat tailback in the SMU singlowing version, is regarded as the most adaptable performer in the Western backfield. In the West's line-up, he will work at the fullback spot. Tho hard running Texan will share fullback duties with Frank Boydstun of Baylor.

White, fastest, man on the squad, is slated to divide the left half chores with Roland Kirkby of Washington. On the right side along wilh Rowland will be Ed Stephens of Missouri. Bill Jossup, all-purpose back from Southern California, also is being groomed to fill in at end. Tho West, abounds in throwers but. 1ho bulk of tho pitching probably will fall to Weeks; alternate quarterback Fran Nagle of Nebraska and Roto.

my iihare of knocks, cuts, bruises and bolts, I usually manage to appear lor the next game." Don't get tho idea that the kid is cocky or anything. It's just that in his profession he's. to have supreme confidence in himself before ho skates out thee on the ice to face the attacks of on-rushing forwards for 60 mirutes. Francis is currently the second-ranking goalie in the American League, and after 29 games, in which he's allowed 81 goals, his average is 2.79. Only goalie with a better mark is Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh, with a 2.00 avenge including throe shutouts to only one for Tho Cat.

Mayer, Frnncis and John Bower of Cleveland arc the only three AHL net-minders with averages below 3.00, and of this trio Mohawk Coach King Clancy says, "I'd rather have Emile playing for me than any San Francisco, Doc. 23 (API-Fifty cleated football stars, representing some of the finest available talent from the college seniors of this year, are training today for what undoubtedly will be the most interesting game of their careers. The 26th annual East West classic will be played here one week from today, December 30. On tho Eastern bench will bo 25 conditioned athletes and across the field from them an equal number of Westerners. Some rose to All-America stature this season.

Others ranked nearly as high. This galaxy of stars will battle for mutual "alma mater," the local Shrincr' Crippled Children's Ilnspiiai. The game will attract a capacity crowd of to Ke.ar Stadium. The cause will benefit by more than $100,000. In the last 25 years, more than one million dollars has been turned over to the hospital fund.

The East will be shooting for Ms fourth consecutive victory. Its coaches are Bernie Bierman, former Minnesota; Tuss McLaughry, Dartmouth, and Bob Voight, Northwestern. They like the looks of the squad of stalwarts assigned to uphold Eastern prestige this year. year's inleisectional contest. Both squads are well equipped with both power and speed.

Southern, a have a powerful overhead combination in Foldberg, Army's great pass-snagging end, and Salem, who took over the aerial duties from Harry Gilmer at Alabama. On the tossing side, 1 here's also Billy Cox, the Duke backfield star who completed 134 nut of 231 and rolled up 1,610 vards through the air this season. And in addition lo Foldberg, the Grays boast other outstanding receivers Al Lary of Alabama, Gene Schroedor of Virginia, John Champion of Southern Methodist, Ken Konz of LSU, Bob Cook of Oklahoma A. M. But it's not all one-sided.

Pitching 'cm for the Yankees will be. the Big Ten's No. 1 aerial sharpshooter, Dick Flowers of Northwestern; Quarterback Bob I'ftruska from Wisconsin and Wince, O'Bara, IVnn State halfback. Up front to handle the pass reception duties are 6-foot. 5-inch Pete Dokas from Mansfield Teachers College in Pennsylvania and Tom Watson of Ohio Stale.

The Yanks havo a couple of backs who are fair at hauling down the aerial shots Bill Rhoads of Penn and Missouri's John Glorioso. With a break in the weather, sponsors of the charity game look for a sellout crowd of 22,500. like watching a game instead of playing in it?" Francis, who dislocated his left shoulder in practice, Tuesday morning, settled ihe question he-fore anything else was said. "I'd rather play hockey than anything else in the world and If there's anything I can't stand, It's being hurt and forced to sit out a game." While there are a lot of hockey players who occasionally welcome the opportunity to rest a bruised limb for a week or so, Francis considrs himself a real pro whose place is in his team's goal and not on the, sick list. "This is only the second time in six years that I've missed i game on account of an injury," added Emile (The Cat), as he is kni.wn in the hockey trade.

"Las), year I played 68 games for New and one for the New York Rangers and although I've had Montgomery, Dec. (AP) Six coaches from opposite sides of the Mason-Dixon line buckled down today to the task of trying to build a winning football team in a week's time. With practice sessions just started, it will take lots of work to get the 48 all-star ohyers ready for the annual Blue-Gray game December 30. And that'? just what the coaches have in mind two workouts every The Southerners, loaded with such talent as All-Americas Dan Foldberg of Army and Eddie Salem of Alabama, are out to win their eighth game in 12 starts But the, Yankees are equally determined to stop the Rebels' victory habit and duplicate their 1918 perlormanoe, when a powerful Blue squad came out on the lop end of a J9-13 scor The coaches three for each side aren't making any loose predictions. They haven't seen their boys in action enough But Ray Eliot of 'Illinois and Wally Butts, directing the rival hoirris of strategy, speak with great respect of their opponents' potential strength.

Neither has there been much comment from the other coaches George Munger of Penn and Rip Engel of Penn State for the North, Dutch Meyer of Toxas Christian and Art Guepe Virginia on the Dixie staff. Fans who like a wide-open game, with plenty of aerial activity, should get their fill at this beault's playing a whale of a game tonight. Just the same I wish I was out. there not him!" The little guy shed his overcoat PLAY MONDAY NIGHT The Mohawks had an off night Saturday but will face the first-place Cleveland Barons in the Cincinnati Garden Christmas night. As a special attraction to holiday sport fans the Garden management has proclaimed the night Young America Night and for each pair of adult tickets sold, one free children's ticket will be given away.

and those near him then discovered that he had his left arm in a sling. "It's Emile Francis, the regular goalie," noted a nearby spectator. "Wonder what he feels. Place Is In Team's Goal, Not On Injured List Is View Of Cat Francis, Cincinnati Mohawk Hockey Player, Who Is Sidelined With Dislocated Shoulder Out For Another Week, At Least, Is Belief Substitute Paul Bibeault Is Given Pat On Back. BY WHITNEY TOWER.

During Wednesday's hookey game at. the Cincinnati Garden a sawed-off little guy with a baby face sat in the stands watching King Clancy's Mohawks whip the Indianapolis Caps 4-2 for their 16th victory of the American Hockey League season. Midway in the third period, when the going got rough, and the visitors were is'iJfxZ peppering Cincin- FRANCIS, nati goalie Paul Bibeault with one attack after another, the kid whisked off his brown fedora and exclaimed, "Whew! Thai. Bi-.