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Johnny McKoy, Former N ew Hanover High Basket ball Star Says Amateur Ruling That Prevents His Playing On Two Cage Teams Will Result In His Bowing Out Of The Church Basketball League Here. Page Two Sports Section. Veterans Cooperate To B uild Indoor Arena In Town Of 9,000 Population. Same Proposal Suggested Here. See “Operation Gymnasium.” Page I Two Sport Section. Irish Juggernaut Rolls Over So. California, 38-7 104,953 Fans Watch Notre Dame Offensive Score Easy Victory LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6.—(/P)—The mighty Irish of Notre Dame subdued and then thrashed Southern Cali fornia 38 to 7 today, winding up a perfect 1947 grid cam paign and staking a commanding claim as the top college football team in the nation. STATISTICS Notre Dame CSC _ — 14 10 vds gained'rushing -397 118 Jm passes attempted 9 29 raid passe completed - 6 8 vhc forvard passe? - 64 5o | forwards intercepted by— 2 1 Yds sained run back inter ceptions - Vd< a' r kfcks' returned 52 151 - »l, io Palmer Tied For Orlando Golf Lead ORLANDO, Fla,, Dec. 6 — (fl) -Johnny Paimer, of Badin, N. C„ and’Herman Keiser of Ak ron, 0 , sneaked up on Jimmy Demaret, the debonair Califor nian, today to share with him the 54-hole lead of the $10,000 Orlando Open golf tournament with scores of 205. Palmer and Keiser, both two strokes behind Demaret at the 36-hole mark shot three-under par 68's over 0,454-yard Dubs dread Country Club course to ^Demaret was one under with "0. Three players had rounds of 67, best for today. Claude Har mon of Mamaroneck, N. Y., sliot one of them to go with a previous 139 for a total of 206, one stroke behind the three top men. Henry Ransom of Ravinia, 111., and Skip Alexander of Lex ington, N. C., follow Harmon at the three-quarter mark with j 207 s. Alexander had 68 and j Ransom 69 today. Eight players are bunched at 208. They are Ed Furgol of De troit, Clayton Heafner of Char lotte, Dave Douglas of Wilming ton, Del., George Bolesta of Tampa. Toney Penna of Cincin nati, George Fazio of I os An geles, Terl Johnson of Norris town. Pa., and Fete Cooper of Ponte Vedra Beach. Frank Stranahan, Toledo amateur who was only one stroke off the pace yesterday, went three over par for 74 to day and a total of 210 to pace the amateurs. The fin^l round to determine the winner is scheduled for to morrow. BASKETBALL RESULTS Brigham 54; Niagara 53. N'YU 54; Si. Francis 52. Columbia 60; Champlain 31. Cornell 58. Bucknell 34. Washington and Lee 80 Danville (Va.) Masters 44. Georgia 81; Erskine 37. Bradley 76; Mardin Simmons 25. Bennselaer Poly 50; New York State Maritime Academy 45. Hofstra 67; Queens 43. k'd'.ana 59; DePauw 43. Aavier (Cincinnati! 44; Purdue 43. .'a!e 67• Hiitgers 46. .. niv Georgia 81; Erskine College v G 51'• Guilford 30. v o’ 'i3- V€es 42 Guilford Yayvees 21. r. , *r- BO; Ncwsport High School 15. Carr,;;na Teachers 44; Goldsboro A.-Stars 33. Djvidson 58; McCrary Eagles 50. e 55; Kannapolis YMCA 3j'1 Jo^Pb's College (Philadelphia) 59; lr:v, nf Denver 41. Columbia 60; Champlain 31. 5 gha™ Y°ung 54 Niagara 53. e bl: Hanes Hosiery 55. C!'A„Katham Blanketeers (Ind.) 52; ‘•awba 4 (overtime). -r e Bame 66; Indiana State 49. n,._™ k Mary 63; The Citadel 41. ~ _'f" Marines 42; Richmond 37. BOYCE C. YERT3H ^r® Sales Sc Service Come Down ... ANI) catch the BIG ONES Everybody’s Welcome — AT — ATLANTIC VIEW fishing PIER )HN D. MERCER, Owner Phone 8-2319 Extension WrighK-.-'tr - - —- -—— _... Amazing a packed crowd of 104,953, the largest attendance at a college game this year, the Irish got off to an early 10-point lead. In the second quarter Notre Dame yielded a touch down to the surprisingly stub born Trojans, and then made a rout of this 19th game in the series. Emil Sitko, a squatty, 175 pound halfback from Fort Wayne, Ind., broke the Trojan back with a 76-yard touchdown run, and his running mate, Bob Livingstone, from Hammond, Ind., really dashed the Troys’ hopes with a 92-yard sprint. Running the team with the mastery of his All America status was quarterback Johnny Lujack, and knocking down a stout but outmanned Trojan line, was Frank Leahy’s beefier, heavier line. Registering their ninth; straight victory of the year, and running their unbeaten streak— dating from the tail end of the 1945 season—to 18 victories, the awesome Irish hit the score board with five touchdowns and one field goal. Place kicking specialist Fred| Earley started the Irish scoring five minutes after the game be-j gan with a field goal from the 13 yard line, and went on to convert after each touchdown for a perfect score. The margin of the triumph was the largest in the history of the series, begun in 1926 du ring the days of Knute Rockne and Howard Jones. The nearest J to today’s rout was when Bucky i O’Connor ran wild and the Irish blanked Troy 27-0 in 1930. The day, after heavy rain yes-1 terday, turned out to be perfect! and the turf was heavy but not j slippery as the Green and the Cardinal squared off. Southern California took the kickoff and Notre Dame got the first break. Fullback Verl Lilly white fumbled and the Irish came up with the ball on the SC 33. Then the fearsome four some of the Irish went to work — Lujack, Sitko, John Panelli and Livingstone. They drove over the fighting Trojans to the seven, and, with five to go for first down, gave Earley his field goal opportunity. Late in the first quarter, tak ing over on their own 12, the same foursome marched slowly but decisively 88 yards in 16 plays. In the march Livingstone went for 16, Lujack passed to his backs for 15, for 12, for 19, and with the ball on the one just as the second quarter began, Sitko rammed over the Trojan left guard for the score. That gave the Irish a 10-point lead. The Trojans got the next break. Second string quarter back Jim Powers swiped one of Lujack’s passes on the Irish 44. Sophomore Jimmy and Gordon Gray combined to get to the eight as the stands went wild. On fourth down, four to go, Jack Kirby, another second string back, took a flat pass from Powers, stepped high and hard over his right flankers and crossed the goal line. The con version was good and the half ended with Notre Dame nursing a 10-7 lead. The Irish took the kick off back to the 24 as the second half opened and on the first play from scrimmage this dynamic man Sitko virtually broke up the ball game. He raced 76 yards, with his lineman, big George Connor, executing the final block on what appeared to be the only Trojan left standing on the field. Before the third period anoth er marker was up. Lujack, re turning the favor, stopped one of Powers’ passes in midfield and the Irish charged 53 yards ir eight plays, Panelli gouging the middle of the line for the final five yards. The next scoring play was even more disheartening to USC. The Troys had gone from their own 47 to the Irish eight before Leahy got his big regu lars back in the game and halt ed the threat. On the first play after taking over, Livingstone went off his left end, and down the side stripes 92 yards — and Notre Dame had a 31-7 lead. Not until then did Leahy relieve his regulars and start emptying the bench. Score by quarters: Notre Dame - 3 7 14 14—38 USC _ 0 7 0 0— 71 Scoring: Notre Dame. Touch downs—Sitko 2; Panelli, Living-1 stone, Zmijewski (Czarobski). Points after touchdowns, E~ ley (Sitko). Place kicks. Field goal! -Earley (Sitko). USC: Touchdown—Kirby (Me-’ Cardie). Point after touchdown. Walker (Murphy). Place kick. I Walcott’s Boss To Claim Title On Points Tulane Holds LSU To Tie In Thriller NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6.—(fP)— Cheered by the biggest crowd ever to watch a regular season football game in the South, Tu la n e ’ s surprising Greenies fought a favored Louisiana State University eleven to a 6 to 6 deadlock here today. The throng (officially es timated at 67,000 to top the 65, 841 mark set in the Tulane-Notre I Dame game of 1945) saw 60 min utes of spine-tingling play. Trailing 6 to C at half time, Tulane came back early in the third period to tie up the score, then beat off Louisiana’s frantic offensive efforts. The hoary “sleeper play’’ set up the Tulane touchdown. On the first play after the second-period kickoff, Fd Heider hid out on the sidelines. Bennie Ellender hit him with a pass and Heider ran to the 25 for a 54-yard gain. An inter ception stopped Tulane, but the Greenies made LSU punt, then stormed 54 yards. Ellender completed four pass es during the parade, then Rich ard Hoot barged the final six yards on a fake pass. Heider’s placement went wide, and cost Tulane a victory—just as Walter “Piggy” Barnes missed place kick kept L.S.U. from triumph-! ing. Y. A. Tittle's eighth touch down pass against Tulane in four years came on the last play of the first half after his aerials had carried the Tigers 80 yards i to the one. The snapback came just as the clock ticked off the final sec ond—and most of .the spectators didn’t believe LSU had time to run another play. But Tittle — the quarterback in the T-formation — snatched the ball from the center just in time, and fired to Ray Bullock in the end zone. During the successful drive, Tittle first hit Ray Coates on a pass good for 41 yards, chunked once to Joe Leach for 15, and then found Bullock with a 13-1 yard effort to the one. LSU - 0 6 0 0—61 Tulane _ 0 0 6 0—6 Louisiana State scoring: . touchdowns, Bullock (for Wim berly). Tulane scoring: touch down, Hoot (for Svoboda). Blue Devils Score Win Over Hanes, 61-55 WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. 6.— W—Duke University, rolling up a 34-22 lead in the first half, fought off a late Hanes Hosiery rally to open the basketball campaign with a 61-55 victory here tonight. Collins’ crip put Duke ahead, 14-13, after 12 minutes of play and the Blue Devils raced ahead until half time. Hilliard Nance, Hosiery set shot artist, put on a brilliant exhibition in the second half, scoring 17 points to run his total to 22 for the night and led the rallies that cut sharply into the Duke lead. Collins, Hughes and Asbon were outstanding in the Blue Devils play. The lineups: DUKE (61) G FG PF TP Poplin, F - 3 0 3 6 Ausbon, F -- 12 0 4 Collins, C _ 8 1 3 17 i GoGrdon, G- 1 0 2 2j Hughes, G - 3 1 4 7 j Ycumans, F - 3 3 3 19 Shibstead, F_——- 0 0 0 0 Armour, F -- 0 0 0 0 Lyons, C - 0 0 0 0 Sapp, G _ 0 0 0 0 Stark, G _ 0 0 10 Martin, G - 0 C 0 0 Godfrey, G - 3 0 2 6 TOTALS _ 27 7 18 61 HANES HOSIERY (55) Q FG PF TP Cockerham, F — - 3 2 3 8 Anderson, F - 2 1 2 5 Greer, C - 2 2 16 Loft is, G _ 4 119 Nance, G - 9 4 4 22 Sheek, F _ 4 4 0 4 Tatum, F _ 0 0 2 0 Cagle, C _ 0 0 10 Nelson, C _— 0 10 1 Smith, G_ 0 0 2 0 TOTALS_j_ 20 15 16 55 Score at half: Duke 34, Hanes Hosiery 22. FFree throws missed: Cockerham 3, Sheek 2, Greer 2, LoLftis 1. Nelson 1, Nance 1, Poplin 2, AAusbon 4, Collins 1. Hughes 3 Stark 1. MAY PLAY NEY YEAR’S BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.—OT— Joe Drach, first-string Univer sity of Maryland tackle, ap parently was staging a fast re covery from an appendictics at tack today and physicians said ne’ll probably be able to play when the Terps meet the Uni versity of Georgia in the Gator bowl football game at Jackson ville, Fla., New Year’s Day.I The Champ Down In The Fourh Round NBA Official Cites Need For New Rules WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. —Iff)— Col. Harvey L. Miller, executive' secretary of the National Box-1 ing Association, said tonight the “Walcott-Louis bout proves once again the need for national co ordination in boxing and unifor mity of scoring.” ‘The antiquated system of scoring by rounds, as used in New York, with a barely won round counting on a parity with one won by the proverbial mile, invites trouble and criticism,” he said in a statement. ‘ The system most generally used is the ‘must 10’ system where the winner of a round is marked 10’ and the loser from T to 9’ in proportion. “On rounuds punctuated by knockdowns the boxer scoring the knockdown is scored highly, I.E., TO to 3,’ TO to 4,’ depend ing upon how good the loser of a round shows. The only way to really even up such a round is to have knockdowns scored by both participants. ‘Under the 10 point must sy stem, Walcott would have won.” Cage Tourney Slated For Elkin This Year SALISBURY, N. C., Dec. 6— (J)—The North State Conference basketball championship tour nament will be staged this win ter at Elkin. The event, scheduled for the last week in February, usually is held in High Point but con ference officials, meeting in an nual session here yesterday, voted to move it to the Elkin Y.M.C.A. when representa-j tives of the High Point Junior' Chamber of Commerce, last year’s tournament sponsors, failed to appear. Dr. C. R. Hinshaw of High Point college was elected presi dent to succeed Prof. M. C. i Yoder of Lenoir Rhyne. ' White Phantoms Down (imiford Lagers, dl-30 CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 0. —UP)— Captain Box Paxton racked up six field goals and five ' gratis snois iox‘ ci i rpuLn i^iai iii pcic ing his North Carolina team mates to a 51-30 basketball tri umph over Guilford here to night . The reliable Paxton displayed an uncanny eye with his set shots under the basket and with his famed one-handed field goals. He also stood out on de fense for Coach Tom Scott’s White Phantoms. Guilford trailed the Phantoms by 18-15 at intermission, but the victors quickly boosted their margin for keeps. Little George Rawls, guard for the Quakers, looked best for the osing aggregation. He knocked in three field goals and a brace of free throws for an eight point total. GUILFORD G FT PF TP Chatham, F _ 0 0 2 0 Mann, F _ 12 2 4 Leonard, F_ 112 3 Hall, F _ 3 0 0 6 Grubb, F _ 0 0 0 0, Elkins, C_ 14 5 6 Hansford, C _ 0 0 0 0 Dempsey, C _ 0 0 0 0 Coleman, C _ 0 0 0 0 Rawls, G__ 3 2 2 8 Johns, GG__ 0 0 1 0 Ferrell, G _ 1 0 0 2; Highful, G _ 0 1 0 1 i *> _ _ _ _ TOTALS _ 10 10 14 30! NORTH CAROLINA G FT PF TP Paxton, F __ _ 6 5 1 171 Swartsberg. F*___ 0 0 10 Schrolbe, F _ 10 12 Miller, __ __ 2 0 14 Carso, F _ 0 2 0 2 Wagner, F _ 1 10 3 Nearnman, C _ 10 12 Dillon, C _ 2 112 Mitchell, C _ 0 0 0 0 Kohler, G _ 13 2 5 Thorne, G _ 10 0 2 Nathan, G _ 0 0 1 0, Weinstein, G _ 0 0 0 0 ■ Cole, G _ 3 1 1 7 i Ryan. G _ 10 0 2 Nyimicz, G _ 0 <f 0 0; TOTALS __ _ 19 13 10 51, Half-time score: North Carolina 18.' Guilford G13. Free tnrows missed: Mann 1, Highful 1: Paxton 2, Swartzberg l,i Miller 1, Kihler 1. I ABOVli, Joe Louis looks disbe lieving as he sprawls on the can vas after challenger Jersey Joe Walcott plastered him with a vicious overhand right in the fourth round at Madison Square garden. Left, Walcott keeps an eye on Louis as the latter sits awkwardly on the canvas in the same round. Louis won an un popular decision over Walcott in fifteen rounds, but protests have rolled into the New York State boxing commission headquarters and^a meeting is to be held to morrow concerning the split de cision. (International) Lippy Leo Pilots Bums For 1948 BROOKLYN, Dec. 6.—(TP)— Leo Durocher returned to base ball today as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers “without prejudice” from Commissioner A. B. Chandler, vyho had sus pended him for the entire 1947 season. Gracefully yielding to the in evitable, Burt Shotton, who won a pennant as the interim skip per last season, retired from ac tive management to accept a vague but lucrative position that he termed “A nice, old man’s job.” The 63-year-old fatherly gentleman from Bar tow, Fla., will oversee the work of the managers in the Dodgers’ 26-club farm system. Branch Rickey, Jr., acting in I the absence of his father who is president of the Brooklyn club, made the brief one sentence announcement that read: “The 1947 contract of Leo Durocher has been renewed for 1948 by the Brooklyn baseball club.” No salary terms were an nounced but it was believed the figures will match the $50, 000 reportedly called for last season. Actually, the contract has not been signed and may not be until spring training but that is a mere formality. It will be for one year. While his son was breaking the not-too-well-kept news at a press conference in the Dodgers’ plush offices, Rickey, Sr., was enroute from a Phila delphia hospital where he had visited his daughter. Durocher, who has said “I want to stay in I Brooklyn until the day I die,” wa» driving to the airport to catch a plane for Los Angeles. Shortly after the Brooklyn an nouncement, Chandler followed with a statement designed to clarify Durocher’s status. This was the key to the long-delayed j decision by Rickey. Chandler told a Cleveland press conference “as far as the commissioner’s office is con cerned. Leo Durocher returns to baseball without prejudice and | will be judged by his conduct' in the future.” SEASON OPENS RALEIGH, Dec. 6.—W—North Carolina’s waterfowl shooting season will open at noon Mon day, and will continue through January 6. Little Chance Seen Of Reversed Decision; June Fight Indicated By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK, Dec. G.—(/P)—They refought the Joe Louis Jersey Joe Walcott encounter-on 10.000 street corners here tonday, and at the finish the somewhat over-aged Dark De stroyer still was heavyweight champion of the world. There will be yet another re-. vival of last night's 15-round I thriller at 11 a.m. on Monday, I when Walcott's manager, Joe Webster of Camden, N. J„ is scheduled to beard the New York State Boxing commission and de mand that his man be awarded the title on the “point system.” The result will be the same, too. Louis will retain his crown, and he will again receive the heavy end of the gate when he and Jersey Joe play a return engagement at Yankee Stadium next summer. Twentieth Cen tury Sporting club officials were not sufficiently recovered today to discuss the next meeting of the two big Negroes, but it is inevitable. According to informed opin ion, there isn't a chance in the world that Webster’s appeal to the commission will alter last night’s 2-to-l verdict in favor of Louis. They don’t make re funds on fight results. As one well known fistic figure explain ed it, Chairman Eddie Eagan of the boxing commission “is just bein’ courteous to an outsider.” The “point system” on which Webster will base his claim comes into use in this state only when an official finds that his card shows two men have fought a draw on the basis of rounds won. In that event, he adds up his points to give the victory to one or the other. The idea was thought up by Eagan to avoid draws. The necessity for com puting the points didn’t arise last night, as both judges tagged Louis the winner of rounds and referee Ruby Goldstein gave it to Walcott on the same basis. Neither gladiator showed up at the promoter’s office today to claim his check. Louis remain ed up in Harlem, having cold compresses applied to his near-] ly-closed left eye. Walcott, whose strange, shifty style al most scored one of the great up sets of boxing history, hurried to his Camden home early to day after learning that one of his six children was ill. Examination showed that Louis’ right hand, which he hurt when he banged Walcott’s close clipped skull in the fifth round, was not broken, but it still was swollen and painful. The injury is high up on the hand, nearly to the wrist. The promoters had not yet figured what each fighter would draw but it was believed Louis would receive a check for about; $70,000, Walcott $24,000. It was generally agreed today' NEW YORK. Dec. G— (T) —Her* it ho\^ the three officials, Referee Ruby Goldstein, and Judges Marty Monroe and rank Forbes voted in last night’s title bout between Champion Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott. IG—Goldstein; F— Forbes; M—Monroe*. 1 2 3 4 5 fi 7 G 0 10 11 12 13 15 15 G— W W L W EL W W E L W W L L L 322302120522222 Rounds Walcott 7. Louts 6; even 2. Points Walcott 15; Louis 12. M— w W W L L L L W L L W W L L •123111111111J1 Rounds Louis 9; Walcott 6. Points Louis 11 Walcott 10. F— W W L W L L L LW L L W W L L 331311121011121 Rounds Louis 8. Walcott. 6; even 1. Points Louis 9: Walcott 12. The Associated Press score card: 1 2 3 4 5 fi 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3113011111112111 Rounds: Walcott 9; Louis 5 even 1 Points: Walcott 14. Louis 5. that poor advice from his sec onds alone prevented Walcott from dethroning the man who has been king for more than 10 years. The clever challenger was ordered by his handlers to run like a thief in the last two rounds, and he obeyed orders. He lost both rounds by wide mar gins, because of Louis’ aggres siveness, and when the show down came this represented the champion’s margin of victory. Walcott’s seconds obviously thought he was so far in front at that stage that he couldn't lose, short of being knocked out. It was a fatal mistake. Walcott still was fresh and strong enough to have fought Louis hard in the concluding rounds. “Of course,” reflected George Nicholson, who is close to Louis, “Walcott might have gotten him self hit if he had fought in those two rounds. Remember what happened to Billy Conn in his first fight with Joe? He got hit in the 13th round. You can’t say for sure that Jersey would have won if he had fought it out.” Nicholson, who was in Louis’ corner, conceded that Walcott's shift—first to the left, again to the right—puzzled the champion. He said Joe never had encount ered anything quite like it be fore. A majority of ringside observ ers who were interviewed today thought Walcott earned the deci sion. In exceptional cases they gave him up to 10 rounds. This corner thought Louis won it. The Associated Press score sheet agreed exactly with that of Judge Marty Monroe — nine rounds for Louis, six for Wal cott. 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