Evening star., 1954-12-19

ddate Cleveland had three in Bobby Ava Larry Dolby ana
Bob Lemon Among the Ceveland trio received 500 points
while Berra not having to split with teammates, with
points Seven members Of the man committee thought
Berra the most valuable Coumnist Ed McAuey points
the Cleveland News Seventeen did not Does that
suggest there be better to make this big award?
think So" Meanwhile The Sporting News wants the rules
changed that players named most valuable to
their clubs-a regular and pitcher.
BOBO OLSONS MANAGER, Sid Flaherty, is said to have
been offered $4,000 by sports magazine that is unfendy to
Jim Norris for byined story explaining his troubles with
the International Boxing Club years ago. Fahertys
Co. Despite their spending spree in recent weeks, the
Baltimore Orioles have quietly cut prices for 1885, reducing
general admission and upper reserved seats
Fordhams dropping of football illustrates that the
college game placed big city ball park has little chance
of survival. One by the New York City colleges well
the pro Yanks have folded until the town has only the
Giants and Columbia left When Fordharn officials revealed
that only per cent of the $4,000 alumni in New York
tickets last they also estimated that
football cost the school $4,000 annually which approx
matey the same loss Georgetown estimated the game was
costing when the Hoyas gave up
The new foul basketball is driving many teams to
the defense Ito calling of fouls and the
in turn is driving fans away One of the 38 winners of
freshmen nmera sweaters at Note Dame the other day
halls from Lima Peru guard named Joseph DeLosHoeros
Dixie coaches and sports writer's almost unanimous in
saying that Bill Young exRedskins guard via Alabama got
deal when he fired at Furman. They thought
Young had done exceptionally well with his limited material
THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE
DEAF campaigning to have two named to base
balls Hall of Fame Outeder William Hoy and Pitcher Luther
Taylor top baserunner Hoy played in 2327 games while
Taylor lasted 10 years in the majors and minors Hoy
nearly 80 and Taylor is in the late 70s.
beef from Frank T. Lu of Suitland Md who critcizes
the football poll thusly "ID shows definite signs of
being biased toward certain Eastern teams it is difficult
to understand how sports writer's 408) were SUI
centy misled to vote Navy Army and Maryland fifth
enth and eighth respectively Minnesota with record of
72 member of the Big Ten generally recognized the
strongest conference in the Nation does appear in the
(op) teams Virginia Tech defeated five Atlantic
Conference teams and finished the unbeaen Mary
land with four wins and tie in the ACC and record
of 7-2-1 rated eighth but Virginia Tech 10th"
Navy Coach Eddie Erdelatz calls his All-Amercan end,
Ron Beagle lone of the best coordinated most natural
athletes you He'd be good at any skill sport"
One New York newspaper fatty headlines MayS Greatest Of
All Players in Giant History After 300 Willie is
greater than, say, Carl Hubbel Mel OFT and Christy
Mathewson?
WHILE NATIVE DANCERS victory in the Turf g. Sport
Dgests poll the best horse four old and upand
additionally best Of 1954-was understandaby close
because only three times this year. there tend
ency to agree with authority who commented He
all his and can't vote against him." The Dancer
barely but he will be remembered long after the
up, Pet Bully and High Gun, have been forgotten.
Center guards and tackles in football rarely make the
grade big league baseball the National Leagues public
relations directors learned when they undertook to
an L. AAmecan football team" OF backs they had plenty,
all with credentials but the pubc admittedly were
forced to exercise literary license being unable to
any former centers, guards or tackles"
Here's the kind of backed material the tub-thumpers
uncovered: Quarterbacks-Ben Tompkins of the Phiies
U George Spencer of the Giants (Oho State Mel
Roach of the Braves GU of virgnia halbacks Giel
of the Giants Minnesotas AAmerican) Jackie Robinson
of the Dodgers UCAs AAmerican; Vic Janowicz of the
Pirates toho States AA; Laurn Pepper of the Pirates
mississippi Southern Ransom Jackson of the Cubs TexaS
and TCU; Alvin Dark of the Giants SU); fullbacks-A
Larry Of the Cubs Alabama) Harry Elliott of the Cards Min
nesota) and Lloyd Merriman of the Redegs Stanford