The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-27
TOIay's
Sport
Parade
. By Oscar FraIey -
United Press Sports Writer

Oniteo FreSS sports hTiter
NEW YORK. W.p-Muscle-we
Gus Fan turned back today TO The
race entries. the basketball scores
and the latest ODDS on the bowl
games after the annual marathon
which makes the words Merry
Christmas" short cut to suicide
Gus, who prefers his exercise in
newsprint, had the usual aches,
pains and charley-horses resulting
from a tussle with the tree; back
breaking struggles with obsolete
electric trains; duels with strings
o. obstinate lights and dawn date
with junior.
Mamma takes over now in the
excruciating exchange olympiad,
while Gus settles back to his arm
chair athletics. And just in case
you, too, missed the newsboy yes
terday, here's what gave on the
sports front.
You'll never believe the big item,
because it ranks with getting a
Christmas necktie that doesn't have
raucous blending o. red, green
and purple with a blue border.
But anyhow, a nag named San
Ia Claus won the Santa Claus purse
at Gulfstream Park on Christmas
Day just about the time you were
starting to let junior play with his
new trains. Honest! and the amaZ-
ing thing was that the hunch-bet-
ting horse players backed him down
only to $3.50, S47O and $3.50. job
Dean Jessop, the countrys leading
winner, was aboard for his 285th
win.
Mississippi opened two surprise
packages, with Pete Cawthon, as
sistant Detroit Lion coach, and
Dutch Meyer Of T.C.U. mentioned
as possible requirements for foot
bah coach Harry Mehre. It may be
merely rumor, like the gurgling
package which turned out to be
hair tonic.
AS for basketball, most OF the
college court stars hired out for the
evening to reach way, way up there
near the ceiling and without dis
turbing an icicle put on the star
that is the accepted browning touch
for the Christmas tree. But Mich
igan State and Minnesota went at
it without much peace or good will,
State winding up a so to 48 winner
in overtime.
Preparations went forward, also,
for the second toughest day Of the
year, Jan. l. That's when, one week
after promoting brotherly love to-
ward all men, We go out with terri
fic hangovers 10 watch II young
men kick the tar out of IL other
young men.
Which, Of course, means the bowl
games.
Alabama's crimson tide was en-
route to Pasadena for the Rose
Bowl as you YEARLY climbed the
wooden hill over a trail of new
and already-broken toys. Southern
California players were receiving
orders to report for two workouts
today. after which they will feel
something like you did last night.
Santa Claus played second fiddle
u the Oklahoma Aggies and st.
Marys squads which meet in the
Sugar Bowl. Both went through
dummy drills-in line with your
washing the dishes after all the
relatives left right after dinner.
Holy Cross went through its first
workout since reaching Miami for
the Orange Bowl game. Coach
John (Ox) Dagrosa felt about like
you did when the kids sneared at
the war-depresed stock of toys you
were able to obtain, only he didn't
say law nuts" OK simply ordered
secret practice sessions from now
on.
Rival Miami meanwhile was omi-
nously silent. A real similarity here
to Gus H. Fan when the bills roll
in on Jan. /. Happy New Year?