Evening star., 1954-12-26
Sugar Bowl Also Lists
Boxing, Basketball,
Tennis and Track
by IN. asseesossd Pres,

~ me Associofed Ffess
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 25.-
Nays nimble Midstipmen and
the Mississippi Rebels arrived
Monday for the Sugar Bowl
football game New Years Day,
which will climax a week long
sports carnival.
Arrival Of the colorful football
principals ushers in q week Of
boxing, tennis, basketball, track
and sailing in the land of Mardi
Gras.
First event is the opening
round Of the tennis tournament
Tuesday. with the boxing
matches. pitting Louisiana State
against Maryland. slated for
Tuesday night.
Basketball Starts Wednesday.
The two-night basketball tour
nament opens Wednesday with
defending champion Holy Cross
meeting Bradley and Notre
Dame taking on Loyola of New
Orleans.
Yves Santee. the flying miller
from Kansas, will make another
bid for the four-minute mile
Friday. going against a picked
field Of European and collegiate
milers.
The Sugar Bowl regatta on
Lake Pontchartrain stretches
from Friday through Sunday
with the Navy-M Mississippi game
holding the spotlight Saturday.
Both football teams begin
workouts Tuesday. Navy win
hold its drills at Tulane Uni
versity, whose practice field is
located in the shadows Of its
mammoth stadium where Sat-
urday's game will be played.
Rebels Drill at Biloxi.
Mississippi will again drill at
Biloxi, Miss, where the Rebels
prepped for their date with
Georgia Tech in the Sugar Bowl
In 1858.
Both team stock short respites
for the Christmas holidays. but
three days of intensive training
remain before the game. Coaches |
Eddie Erdelatz Of Navy and
Jshnny Vaught of Mississippi
probably will hold only light |
workouts Friday.
Mississippi remains a 3-point |
underdog to a Navy team which
ended the season with 27-20 |
victory over favored Army to
win the Eastern championship. |
Offense minded Mississippi
may launch an attack too tough |
for Navy's highly touted defense.
Navy was ranked fifth in the
final Associated Press poll. Mis- /
sissippi was sixth.
Have Two Passing Aces.
Mississippi, chauffeured by two
passing aces in Quarterbacks |
Herman (Eagle) Day and Hous-
ton Patton. rolled up 283 points !
In 10 games and allowed the op-
position only Al. The Rebels
ranked fifth nationally in total
offense with an average Of 1868
yards per game and rated first |
ranking in total defense. limiting
10 opponents to an average OF
l72.3 yards per game.
Statistics offer little In COM
pairing the two teams, but Navy
ranked fourth nationally in total
offense with an average Of 1888
and finished ninth in total de-
Tense with 1904.
Both teams employ the split-T
and each has more than capable
quarterbacks.
Day completed 80 passes for
87e yards and finished second in
the Southeastern Conference. |
Patton hit on 20 for 511 yards. |
Navy Quarterback George
Welsh, hero of the Army game,
has 80 competitions for 527 yards !
and seven touchdowns.
Stadium Sold Out.
The 83,000-seat Tulane Sta
dunn is sold out with tickets at |
q premium.
The basketball tournament |
was given a shot in the arm
Wednesday when Loyola dumped
third-ranking Illinois and added
considerable prestige and luster
to its season record. Only Holy
Cross has lived up to preseason
expectations with 'Notre Dame
and Bradley finding the early
season going rough.
The Sugar Bowl mile. is labeled
the International Mile" because
Of the foreign entries competing
against Santee. and is attracting
considerable attention since San
Tee will again attempt to break
the 4-minute barrier.
Santee set a new Sugar Bowl
mark with a 4:04.2 effort last
year. despite track slowed after
q day of rain. With more favor
able conditions. Santee may be-
come the first American to Join
England's Roger Bannister and
Australia's John Larldy in tracks
charmed circle.
Tom Brown Of San Francisco
Is expected to return to defend
his tennis crown.