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Evening star., 1954-09-27
BY the Assoeioted Press

BOSTON, Sept. 27.-"It's the
same as I said last spring. only
more so-I'm through"
Thus Ted Williams, one of
the greatest hitters in baseball
history, apparently wrote flnis
to his playing career in a club
house statement yesterday after
hitting his 29th home run of
the year in the Red Sox's 11-2
triumph over the Senators.
Was this the final word of
star determined to quit while
still on top, or was it the ex-
pression of an obviously fa-
tigued player at the end of
trouble plagued season who
might reconsider after a win
ter's rest?
To the writer's crowding
around his locker as he hung
up old No. 9. ostensibly for the
last time, and to those team
mates nearby, Williams tried to
dispel all doubts.
You think I'm kidding, but
/ have never wavered from my
original announcement" he said.
But General Manager Joe
Evening star., 1954-09-27
Defect Presoees End of On Era
Pro Football Seers Chanting
'Dirqe for Cleveland Browns

understudy, Bobby Clatterbuck,
each threw two touchdown
passes
Elsewhere, the opening-day
results produced no eyebrow
lifting. The Lions dubbed the
Chicago Bears, 1923; San Fran
cisco whipped Washington, All:
Los Angeles slaughtered Balti-
more, 48-0, and Pittsburgh edged
Green Bay, 21-20.
The fearsome Lions are all
they were advertised and more.
The more" is a 210-pound
rookie fullback from William
and Mary named Bill Bowman,
who scored twice, once on a 100
yard kickoff return. Ever-re-
liable Doak Walker scored two
touchdowns and kicked six extra
points and one field goal.
The Bears played we'll and at
the end of three periods were
only one point behind the Lions.
But the champions broke out
for "a points in the final quarter.
San Francisco and Los Angeles
both looked good and seem to
be the only clubs that have even
a remote chance of overhauling
the Lions.
Sleeper Jars Colts.
Los Angeles scored on the first
play of the game against the
Colts on, of all things, a sleeper
play. Skeet Quinlan hung on
the sideline while the rest of
the Rams lined up. He was un-
noticed by the Colts and took a
pass from Norm Van Brocklin
and loped to the score. After
that, it was no contest.
Pittsburgh was behind the
Packers until five minutes be-
fore the end when Jimmy Finks
threw his third scoring pass to
tie it and Paul Held kicked the
point that provided the winning
margin.
Evening star., 1954-09-27
Giants See Good Series Omen
As Mays Takes Title in Clutch

Leo Durocher, who has an 0-2
record as World Series man
ager, feels a lot better today
about those 17-to-1O odds favor
ing the Indians in what promises
to be the richest playof in base
ball history.
With all the chips riding on
the final games, young Willie
Mays, a key man for the Giants
all season, provided a good omen
for the New Yorkers yesterday
when he cracked a single, double
and triple off Robin Roberts to
nail down the league batting
championship.
Mays went into the last day
trailing Don Mueller of the
Giants and Duke Snider of the
Dodgers by fractions of a point.
His 3-for-4 performance won out
over Mueller's 2-for-6 and
Snider's 0-for-3 showing against
Vern Thies of the Pirates.
Evening star., 1954-09-27

The final figures were: Mays,
.345; Mueller, .342, and Snider,
BAL.
Bobby Avila, the American
League champion, got a homer
in four trips to finish at BAL.
Ted Williams, who fell II at-bats
short of the required 400, hit .345.
Adding the IA at-bats, his figure
is 1925. Four more hits during
his 1856 trips would have earned
the title for Ted, who ran into a
bad slump early this month.
The meeting of the two bat
ting champions in the World
Series will be the first since AL
Simmons of the Athletics and
Chick Hafey of the Cardinals
opposed one another in 1881.
The only other time this hap
pened was 1909, when Honus
Wagner of the Pirates and Ty
Continued on Page A-18, Col. ~
Evening star., 1954-09-27

Four Of the top challengers
for ranking as the Nations No.
college football team already
have been beaten and at least
one more is expected to be cut
down this week.
Notre Dame, picked as the
top team in the Associated Press
preseason poll, appears set for
that slot this week after beating
off q major threat. Texas, 21-0.
Illinois. Michigan State and
Georgia Tech joined Texas in
the group of highly-regarded
victims.
Oklahoma. another challenger
to Notre Danes position, had to
score twice in the fading minutes
to beat Texas Christian, 21-16.
Maryland and UCLA meet Fri
nay night in the big game this
Evening star., 1954-09-27
Terps and UCLA Meet Friday
-Four of Top 7OCoIIege Teams
Beaten, at Least One More Due

week end. UCLA, considered the
power of the West Coast. rolled
over Kansas, 32-7, Saturday.
while the Terps took rest after
beating Kentucky, 900, the pre-
viouS week.
Notre Dame this week takes
on an old State rival, Purdue.
and is expected to give more evi-
dence that Terry Brennan.
youthful Irish coach, has what
it takes to follow in the foot
steps of his predecessors. Pur-
due mauled Missouri, $40, Sat-
urday, with Len Dawson, sopho-
more quarterback, throwing four
touchdown passes.
The Irish made Brennan look
good as their fast-charging line
held the Texans scoreless for the
(See College Football, AID i
Evening star., 1954-09-27

It was long-delayed funeral
.dirge they were chanting for the
Cleveland Browns around the
National Football League today.
Maybe it wasn't so sad in the
Eastern Division, which the
Browns have ruled with an iron
hand the past four years. The
other clubs, especially the Phila-
delphia Eagles and New York
Giants, can look ahead to shar-
ing in some of the melon.
The Browns won the league
championship in 1850. then lost
the playoff to Los Angeles the
next year and to Detroit the
following two years. All the
time their Eastern Division rivals
could do little about all this.
Times have changed though.
Coach Paul Brown lost six of his
mainstays Marion Motley,
Chick Jagade. Bill Willis. Ken
Carpenter, Tommy Thompson
and Lin Houston-for one reason
or another and he hasn't been
able to find satisfactory replace
ments.
Otto Graham Shackled.
The Eagles took full advan-
tage yesterday, when all the NFL
teams played their opening
games, and slugged the hapless
Browns, 28-10, Nor did the
score tell how one-sided the
game was. Otto Graham, the
great Cleveland passer. was held
to q paltry 81 yards. and the
once crushing ground attack
gained but AZ.
Meanwhile, Bobby Thomason
and Adrian Burk were harassing
the Browns in the air. Each
threw two touchdown passes.
So on the basis of early re-
turns. it appears that the Eagles
and Giants will fight it out for
the dethroned Browns lofty
perch. The Giants. under a new
coach, Jim Lee Howell, showed
considerable power in crushing
the Chicago Cardinals. 41-10.
In recent years the Giants
have put good defensive clubs
on the field but have lacked
scoring punch. Howell pro-
claims the current New York
backfield the best in the clubs
history. Chuck Conerly and his
Evening star., 1954-09-27
Redskins No Match
For Forty-Niners,
Even on or Day
By Lewis F. Atchison
Sior Sfoff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27-
In the eyes Of some observers, the
highly-rated Forty Miners were
ripe for an upset defeat by the
Redskins here yesterday. But
after the game was a few minutes
old. it was clearly evident that
Washington's pro football repre-
sentativeS were no match for
their hosts and they proved 1t
by losing q 41-to-7 decision be-
fore "a .485 fans.
The Los Angeles Rams, per-
haps, or Detroit Lions, Philadel-
Evening star., 1954-09-27
Pistons Sign Foust

FORT WAYNE, Ind. Sept. q
R.-Larry Foust, 6-foot-9 center
who has been the Fort Wayne
Pistons leading scorer the last
two seasons, signed his contract
yesterday after two long con-
ferences with Owner Fred Zoll-
ner.
Evening star., 1954-09-27
Harris Rows Out by Saying
Players Gave All They Had

Sox collected IL hits off Dean
Stone, Gus KeriaZakos and
Bunky Stewart. Frank Sulli-
van weathered rough first
inning and turned in a SiX-hitter
for his 18th triumph.
II haven't had a bid from
anybody" said the dapper Har-
ris. whose club finished in sixth
place.
"I'll sit tight" he added,
waiting for something to turn
up, on the premise that If any
(See HARRIS, Page A-18.)
Evening star., 1954-09-27
Statistics

phia Eagles or even the dark
horse New York Giants, might
have whipped the still undefeated
Forty Miners, but the Redskins
aren't in that class.
However. Buck Shaw. the win
ners' coach, was one spectator
who was not Impressed. Buck
said he couldn't believe the fig
ures on the scoreboard, the way
his team played.
II don't know how we got all
those points," said Shaw, a Notre
Dame tackle more than 80 years
ago. 1--WE didn't play that well.
Our fellows just sat down after
getting the first two touchdowns
and didn't do a thing the rest of
the way.
Says Redskins Improved.
"I thought we looked pretty
bad, but the Redskins were a
better team than we played in
Sacramento"
Shaw said he couldn't convince
the Forty-Niners that Washing
ton might surprise them after
that 30-to-7 triumph in the ex-
hibition game at Sacramento last
month. The Miners un-
doubtedly were thinking ahead
to next Sundays game with the
Rams at Los Angeles, but even
while day dreaming they were
more than a match for the Red
skins.
Over in the Washington dress
ing room, Coach Joe Kuharich
glumly blamed the margin of
defeat on the Forty Miners in
dividual brilliance. And they
really had an all-star cast in
Hugh McElhenny, Joe Perry, Joe
Arenas and Y. A. Title on Of
Tense, and Tackles Leo Nomellini
and AL Carapella, Guard Art Mi
chalk and Linebackers Rex
Berry and Jim Cason on defense.
The mistakes of his own men
hurt, Joe said, but it was the
Forty Miners as individuals, not
as a team. that decided the issue.
Just Couldn't Stop EN-.
"They didn't fool us with any,
thing new." Joe said. I'VE knew
what was coming and We had
the men there to stop it. but
they ran over us anyhow. They
beat US on key plays with indi-
vidual ability. They'd have third
down and seven to go and we'd
expect the fiat pass to McElhen-
ny and nave him covered. Then
he'd go for IA yards anyway.
"Our backs would get a little
hole when we had the ball and
gain a yard. The Forty Miners
would get 20. They had too
many guns for u.s."
The Redskins were "up" going
into the game. even after drop
ping six exhibition games while
the Forty Miners won u similar
number. The Washington vets
didn't mind the odds against
them-they were 3212-point un-
derdogs on ore board-but it
was evident from the start that
they were overmatched
Quarterback Jack Scarbath
was too indeciSive too many times
when he might have run with
the ball instead Of eating" it,
but Kuharich excused this as in
experience. Fullback Rob Goode
didn't show his expected power
on running plays, and while Char
lie Justice reeled off a couple of
short but exciting runs, the Red
skins didn't block we'll enough
to get their backs consistently
into the open.
6 of 10 for Scarbath.
The San Francisco defense
was set up to stop wide running
plays, and when the Redskins
couldn't dent their line or pass
consistently the victors had
things well in hand. When the
Forty-Niners had the ball. it was
just the other way around. The
Redskins tackles were mouse
trapped frequently. and Quarter
Continued on Page A-19, Col. So
Evening star., 1954-09-27

Brennan"
Which, perhaps, is the highest praise
one could give young Terence Patrick Bren-
nan, whose coming out party involved
21-to-0 victory over the Longhorns, who
already had beaten Louisiana State handily
and had been considered the cream of the
Southwest Conference.
The 26-year-old Brennan's team would
have done credit to the best turned out by
Knute Rockne, Elmer Layden or Frank
Leahy. The line play was outstanding, the
ball handling practically flawless and, above
all Po1nh Tx11o1ie1rni uas looking like the
Evening star., 1954-09-27
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Stor Stoff Correspondenf

NEW YORK, SEPT. 27.-In the gathering dusk Saturday
at Notre Stadium of the Texas sports writer's
packing his typewriter for the long ride home sad FRANKLY
Evening star., 1954-09-27

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Evening star., 1954-09-27

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
Yankees Are Voted Nations
Outstanding Team By The AP

in the playoff for the National
Football League title.
This years poll was similar to
1852 in one respect--a college foot
bali team was second to the Yam
KEGS. However last year, with As
first place votes, Michigan State
came much closer to the Yanks,
who had IS.
The unbeaten but once tied
Notre Dame football team, sixth
in the 1852 poll, was fourth this
time, followed by the Indiana bas-
ketball team, Big Ten and NCAA
champion; the Milwaukee Braves,
who shifted from Boston and were
in the National League pennant
race, finishing second; the Detroit
Lions, National Football League
champions for a second straight
year; the Minneapolis Lakers, Ma.
tional Basketball Association cham.
pions; the Navy crew, unbeaten in
two years of competition; and
Brooklyn's National League cham.
pions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
Seixas Bows To Hartwig Monday

ADELAIDE, Australia R-Aus.
tralia's unpredictable Rex Hartwig
scored smashing upset over vet.
eran Vic Seixas of Philadelphia to-
day in the quarterfinals of the
South Australian Tennis Champion.
ships.
Hartwig won the match, 81, SO,
81, 6-2.
Tony Trabert Of Cincinnati, prob
able opponent of Australia's 10
year old wonder Lewis Hoad in the
finals, entered the semifinaIs with
a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 straight set conquest
!. of Aussie lefthander Marwyn Rose.
Seixas' loss upset predictions
that the current meet would pro-
duce several replays of last weeks
Davis Cup matches between the
Americans and Australians.
However, Trabert and Hoad are
in separate brackets and will like
ly meet in the finals. Their terrific
battle last week virtually decided
the fate of the Davis Cup. Hoad
won in five sets and Australia kept
the cup.
Trabert must get past Ken Rose
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
hay OeOrgeOut
At Texas A & M

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. In
The resignation of Ray George AZ
head football coach at Texas Ann
following closely the departure AZ
two assistants, means an almost
entirely new gridiron regime for
the Aggie school.
George. whose team lost lie last
i've Southwest Conference eames.
quit yesterday with the announces
intention of entering private busi-
ness. He told reporters he is out
of the coaching business.
Speculation today on his succes.
sor turned on these names.
Mike Michalske, Ann line coach
]. v. Skies, former Texas AAM
football star who resigned as coach
at Kansas last November after 4
bad season. Skies repOrtedlv has
visited the A&M campus recently.
Dick Todd. former Aggie and
professional football player now al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
BY BEN PhlEeAR

NEW YORK IN - Duquesne's
towering Dukes crept I'D on Ken.
lucky in this weeks Associated
Press basketball poll but the all.
winning Wildcats held on to first
place by a narrow margin of 81
points.
They led by $50 points a week
ago but Duquesne's sweep through
II straight games and the Garden
Holiday Festival in New York sent
the Dukes stock soaring. Du-
quesne and Kentucky both won
again last night after the polls
closed. The Wildcats have won s,
DuqueSne IL.
Indiana stayed in third place and
Minnesota in sixth but the rest Of
the positions underwent a thor
ough shakeup, mainly as q result
of holiday tournaments.
Oklahoma Ann, winner of the
A-College Tourney at Oklahoma
City, moved up from fifth to fourth,
and Western Kentucky, seventh a
week ago, jumped to fifth after
winning the Louisville Invitational.
Western has taken IL straight this
season.
Holy Cross broke into the top
10 in seventh place as it ran its
record to 80 in winning the Sugar
Bowl Tournament at New Orleans.
The biggest advance, however,
was by Duke, winner of Raleigh's
Dixie Classic. The Blue Devils
were unranked a week ago. This
week they finished eighth in the
voting by 80 sports writers and
broadcasters. Ten points were
awarded for a first-place vote,
vote, nine for second, etc.
Oklahoma City moved up from
18th to ninth and Oregon State,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
Program
II Slated
For Tonight

It was Gust A Bomb
which exploded last night at
the Key West Kennel Club.
The explosion occurred
when . dog by that name
captured the feature Of the
evening going away by q
four length margin. Racing
against the cream Of the
Grade One talent at the
track, Fred Whitehead's
two-year-old lounged along
in second place for q goodly
portion Of the race and then
with . tremendous burst Of
speed, clamped on to the
lead at the three-quarter
pole. There was no doubt as
TO who was going to be the
winner at that point.
Queen o Mine, who held an early
lead, ran q creditable second,
while the favored Midnight Caper
ran third. Just A Bomb paid $40,
go and $40 for his winning effort
while Queen o Mine returned 1910
and 2i.SO for her race. Midnight
Caper paid off with $50 to show.
The Daily Double last night, cud.
dly Cute and Billy ]. c., returned
$3.50 for q two dollar ticket
IN ionlghfs feature action,
eight Grade One speedsisrs, ell
u them licking for . chance 81
breaking Into ihs win column,
viii % 10 fhe post over The 5-I6
mile distance.
Al this point, II appears that
Timber Range, q three-year-old,
owned by Fleet Wing Kennels is
the favorite. But. It's q sure thing
that pups like Velma Merriman's
Bardhal and Tar Hill Kennels Mo-
dest Blonde viii come In for some
attention from the wagerers.
Olher entries In the feature In.
cIude r. K. Hutching's Rocket Jet,
Point Breeze Kennels Micky W.,
r. B. Stutz' PagOda, Nj. w. Fagg's
Carlita and James Pilgrims Mis-
chief Girl.
Post time for the first start Of the
10 race program Is S:l5 p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
CHARLEY
CoNcH's SELECTIONS

Tonignt.s Kennel Club feature
presents a real problem. The line.
up is sprinkled with at least four
dogs who are potential favorites,
any one of which could come up
with win.
But wen rely on a long look
into the magic Conch Shell and pre-.
dict that Timber Range win be the
winner. Wen even 60 so far as
to say that he's the best bet Oi
the evening.
Other selections:
First Race: Debra's Boy, July
Fourth and Tenny c.
Second Race: Madelines Choice,
Shorty Mohegan, and Taffy Hill.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
Nv Reunion

OKLAHOMA CITY N - Carl
Harms, a Cheyenne, Wyo., heating
and plumbing contractor, few here
yesterday and decided to telephone
a cousin, Mrs. Bertha Korff, al
Bristow. Okla, to inquire about
another cousin. Mrs. Hennie Rim.
derhagen of Ell Reno. Okla.
''Why" she's on a television pro-
gram there right now" Mrs.
Korff said.
Harms ran to the hotel LOBBY
and switched on the Tv set. There
was his long lost cousin being in.
terviewed on an afternoon show.
After the program, Harms tele-
|phoned Mrs. Rinderhagen at the
TV station and arranged q re,
union. He told reporters later
Boy. was she surprised"
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Third Race: r. O.'s Morning Clio.
Try. vAlkaris and Viking Sis.
Fourth Race: Little Darlin,
Black Bomb and Sooner Senator
Fifth Race: Connie Lou, Fair
Monarch and Speed In Review.
Sixth Race: Matthew Hill, Die.
hard and Patty Wheeler.
Seventh Race: Selada, Riviera
and Trail Guide.
Eighth Race: Trade Secret,
Sleeping Troubles and Tissort.
Ninth Race: Timber Range, Bar.
|dhal and Modest Blonde
Tenth Race: Lady Russell, Lin
Ida Hill and Flakes Of Fire.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
|NCAA Starts Convention In Cincinnati
BY FRITZ HOWELL

CINCINNATI tR-The National
Collegiate Athletic Assn. after q
day of dilly -dallying in Executive
Committee sessions, gets down to
business today at its 4Sth annual
convention.
The American Football Coaches
Assn. and the NCAA Television
Committee are slated for execu.
tive sessions, but no drastic rec
Communications for changes are ex-
lpected from either.
The coaches, with 1854 rules top
ping their agenda, are tipped to
string along with the one-platoor
system, with proposals to liber'
alize substitutions to some extent
Some also want to do away with
the four-minute rule at the end Of
/ the second and fourth periods,
forcing an "ah-the-way" game un
der the same set of rules.
In the television sector the only
flight against the current restricted
program appears to be coming
from the Big Ten conference. II
would like to have one of its games
televised on a regional basis each
Saturday, and the powerful circuit
may lead the way toward some
loosening of the restricted plan in
vogue in 1858.
The Television Committee meets
today and tomorrow, and viii SUBJ
nit its recommendations to the
NCAA business session Friday. The
coaches viii offer any rule change
suggestions to the NCAA Rules
Committee, which meets Jan. Ii
in Sarasota, Fla.
A year ago the Rules Commit.
tee ignored a coaches poll which
favored the two-platoon system BY
a 81 margin, and installed the
limited substitution plan. Lou Lit
tie of Columbia, chairman of the
coaches committee on rules, said
the current poll was overwhelm
ingly in favor of the single platoon
style of play.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-05
Owen Wants A
Coaching Job

MOBILE, Ala. R-Steve Owen,
recently deposed coach Of the pro-
fesslonal New York Giants football
team, said today he'd like to re-
main In the professional coaching
field but said his coaching plans
were "just for one week"
He Is whipping the South squad
into q smooth operating machine
for next Saturdays Senior Bowl
game here.
The veteran coach was given the
gate by the Giants and his job
was turned over to one of his
assistants, Jim Lee Howell. The
removal apparently gave him extra
incentive for victory here in his
rivalry with Paul Brown, CIeve.
land Browns boss and coach of the
North squad.
His professional record against
Brown Is even at ~, but since
Brown began coaching In the game
here he has beaten Owen in both
their meetings.
my job at present." Owen said,
sis to do a good job with the
boys down here
And he has some prime mater,
ial to do a good job with--such
standcuts as Georgia's passing ace,
Zeke Bratkowski; Texas Techs
most valuable Gator Bowl perform
or, Bobby Cavazos: Alabama's i'm.
pulsive off-the.bench tackler, Tom.
my Lewis; and AIl-America line
men Crawford Minis Of Mississippi
and ]. D. Roberts Of Oklahoma.
To achieve victory over Browns
squad, however, Owen viii have "a
come up with defense ready tc
stop some Of the nations top Of,
fensive players, Including speed
merchant Billy Wells and All.
America emo Do Dohoney 0!
Michigan State; big aarland Carl
Of Wisconsin; Tor, Imam of West
virginia; Ralrl 2seltOn Of Mary.
-; and : Sits Of UCLA.
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wall first in a Thursday semifinal.
1t was Rosewalrs victory over
Seixas in the deciding match tina,
set up Australia's final SO Davis
Cup edge.
Bob Perry of Los Angeles was
eliminated yesterday by Rose in I
bitter struggle. Cd, 4-6, 81, rs
81.