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3 CAPTAINS WITH A SINGLE TARGET-CLEMSON
These three determined young men have won the honor of co-captaining the
Colorado University football team in its Orange Bowl meeting with Clemson in
Miami New Year’s Day. Wearing game uniforms in their first workout in
Miami vesterday they are (left to right) Wally Mertz, right end; Dick StaoD.
left tackle, and Jerry Leahy, left end.—AP Wirephoto.
Newcomer's Kayo
Os Durando Halts
Comeback Plans
NEW YORK. Dec. 25 UP).—
Angelo Defendis, a promising
young middleweight with a 1
punch, has written what pro
bably will be a quick end to the 1
comeback of veteran Ernie Du
rando. 1
Durando, the onetime slugger ,
from Bayonne, N. J., was floored
twice, the second time for the
full count, last night' as De
fendis scored a first-round
knockout before a slim holiday
eve crowd at St. Nicholas Arena.
Now 30. Durando was floored 1
early in the round as Defendis
swarmed all over him with a ,
flurry of punches. Ernie got up
at seven, took the automatic '
eight-count, then ran straight :
Into a hard right from the j
Brooklyn youngster that dropped
him flat on his face. He was
counted out at 2:37.
Angelo now shows a record of ,
17 victories, one loss and a draw ;
In 19 pro bouts, with his only j
loss to Rory Calhoun. He has
won his last five bouts, three by ]
first-round knockouts.
Defendis weighed 166 and
Durando 163 !4 for the scheduled
10-rounder. <
Dawson Accepts L
Steelers Terms
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 25 UP).— 1
Quarterback Len Dawson of
Purdue, the Steelers’ No. 1 draft 1
choice, has accepted terms for '
1957.
Terms of the contract were not'!
disclosed. Owner Art Rooney ,
said yesterday acquisition of the ,
21-year-old Alliance, Ohio, resi
dent was a “real good Christmas
present.’V ,
Dawson was the first player;
to win both the passing and total!
offense titles for three straight ]
years in the Big Ten, completing ,
243 out of 452 passes for 3,325
yards.
Dawson will compete tomorrow i
night in the Shrine's North- i
South football game at Miami.
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FLORIDA BOUND
Bill McFadden, 13-year-old guard for the Boys Club
of Washington All-Stars, is expected to be one of
the standouts in the Santa Claus Bowl games- in
Lakeland. Fla., Friday and Saturday. A rugged
111-pounder, McFadden has been tabbed by Co-
Coach Barney Ross as “the best kid lineman I have
ever seen.” The 25-man squad and accompanying
adults will depart by train at 8:10 p.m. tomorrow
from Union Station. *
LITTLE SPORT
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Refugee Athletes to Fly East
After Christmas on Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25
UP. —Most of the iron curtain
Olympic athletes who used the
Melbourne games as a gateway .
to freedom leave for New York
tonight after Christmas cele
brations in San Francisco.
Their holiday spirits were
mixed with anxiety. Os the 38
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athletes, officials and coaches
who arrived yesterday, 34 still
i have families In Hungary or
Romania.
Laszlo Nadori, chief of staff of 1
the Hungarian Sports Ministry,
has a wife and two children at
home. “I want them to come
here,’’ he said. “But that is a
question of the future.”
The group included 21 (
men and 9 girl athletes
from Hungary, 3 Hungarian
coaches and. officials, a Budapest*
journalist, and 4 Romanian
athletes.
There were smiles and hearty!
handshakes as they left the Pan
Ahearn Plans
At Long Range
Boxing Promoter Goldie Ahern
says he plans monthly television ■
boxing shows through May.
Ahearn. celebrating his 56th
birthday anniversary today, said i
he had the word from Billy j
: Brown, matchmaker for the In
ternational Boxing Club, that i
Washington would originate at i
least one of the nationally tele- 1
vised shows each month from
now until summer.
Already booked is the January!
feature, a 10-rounder between
Ike Chestnut, a ranking feather
weight, and Isidro Martinez of
Panama for Friday night, Janu
ary 4.
Ahearn was born in Gomel,
Russia, on Christmas Day, 1900,
and came to this country as a
6-year-oldi He has made Wash
ington his home since.
American plane and were greeted
by about 150 persons at the air
port, most of them Hungarian-
Americans.
Gov.» Goodwin J. Knight wel
comed the party. "Isten Hozatt
Magyarok,” he said to each.
“God has brought you.”
Pretty 16-year-old Nancy
Ramey, a top swimmer in her
own right, was here to greet
! Zsuzsa Ordogh, also 16, who
swam for Hungary in the Olym
pics. She will live with the
: Ramey family at Mercer Island,
.Wash. They left at once by
plane for Seattle.
Nancy said her family is try
ling to get Miss Ordogh’s family
over from Hungary.
Lazio Taborl, one of the nine
men to break the 4-minute mile,
said he would like to run in the
indoor meets in the Eastern
States this winter. Tabori, 25,
ran fourth in the 1,500 meters
at Melbourne. His coach, Mihaly
\ Igloi, said he had no definite
plans for the future, but would
like to prepare Tabori for the
indoor meets. Igloi said, through
an interpreter: “I would like to
work any place, mostly for the
colleges.”
PRO BASKETBALL
By the Associated Press
EASTERN DIVISION
L , Lost Pet.
Boston 17 U .tis 4
Philadelphia 14 11 aBO
New York 13 13 .500
byracuse . u 14 .301
WESTERN DIVISION
_ . Won Lost Pet.
Rochester Ift 13 .536
Port Wayne 12 13 .4«o
Minneapolis 13 15 .464
St. Louie - 10 15 .400
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
Boston vs. Philadelphia at New York.
Bt. Louis at New York.
Minneapolis ts Fort Wayne at
I Rochester.
Syracuse at Rochester.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
_No tames scheduled. ;
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BOWLING
WITH ROD THOMAS
Frances Wilson is on the
march in the News 30-Game
Elimination. It surprised no
body when she gained the wom
en's lead in the first round,
but if she wins, it will make a
sound prophet of Van Zahn, the
oldtimer who attends all the
tournaments.
Zahn called the turn on the
opening round and flatly pre
dicts Miss Wilson will occupy
the same spot when the toughest
of all duckpin tests in this area
Is finished.
Miss Wilson, though seldom
sensational, is one of the sound
est bowlers Washington has pro
duced. Her current average as
captain of the leading Fullford’s
Radio team in the Capital Major
League Is 113. She's ranked No.
2 in the area, but time was
when she rated season after sea
son with the best in the country.
During a stretch of 10 years,
starting in 1944, she placed
seven times in the first 10 of
the National Duckpin Congress
ratings, once landing third and
twice, fourth.
She's seasoned to the pressure
of tournament competition, of
course, and in this respect holds
a distinct advantage over her
nearest rival, Joyce Kaiser, who
is only seven pins off the pace
at 632. It's Mrs. Kaiser's first
appearance in such a test, and
even if she advances no further,
that 632 is something of which
to be proud. So is the gold
medal she receives from the Na
tional Duckpin Congress for a
game of 175.
•* • •
Judged on overall records. Miss
Wilson's most dangerous rivals
st this point appear to be Sara
Stephens, sixth with 596. and
Dottle Clark, eighth at 590 Chief
casualties of the first round were
Alice Beall, the defending cham
pion. and Rita Welch, erstwhile!
ATCHISON'S
ANGLE
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
It's the season to be jolly, but
in pro football several clubs are
looking for coaches, coaches are
looking for players, and the play
ers want more dough.
Me? I just want another sea
son as Interesting as the last—
and this one Isn't over yet. Take
a couple of clinkers out of the
Redskins' campaign and we
might have had a championship
here. It was that close, and
Coach Joe Kuharich and his
staff did it without a word of
warning.
The staff, Mike Dixon, Dick
Evans and Joe Tereshinski.
turned in one of the best coach-'
ing jobs ever done in the Na-,
tlonal Football League. No one
can foresee the future, but here's 1
hoping the rumor that at least 1
one of the group won’t be back
in 1957 is Just a rumor, and
nothing more.
The quartet got together last
night at Kuharich's home for a
traditional Christmas eve gath
ering. Between carols and was
sailing they kicked things around
—problems not furniture—and,
according to Joe. tried to get
squared away for next season.
The Angle sincerely hopes all
will be back.
»» * *
Starting with the Rams game
the Redskins gave us something
to write and talk about, and in
terest didn’t lag until the end of
the extended season. Come to
think about it, the fans are still
talking about last Sunday’s fade
out against the Colts. Some of
the things said about the team
early in the season weren’t com
plimentary. Some were down
right impolite after it lost the
first three league games. But It
was an eye-opener to watch the
public’s attitude change when
! the staff got things squared
away.
It was after the 30-13 shel
lacking in the opening game
against the Pittsburgh Steelers
that Kuharich came through
with the remark that "there’s no
cause for alarm.” Everybody :
else was shouting murder and
heading for the hills, but Joe
only frowned and said it was no
time to get panicky. Turned :
out he was right. Five straight ;
victories proved he knew what 1 ’
he was talking about. And when 1 :
the Redskins clobbered the
Giants here, 33-7, some who ,
feared they wouldn’t win a game ,
after dropping the first three, ,
were just as sure they’d wind up ,
as champions. All of us had
hopes, even though material was
thinner than a drugstore sand
wich.
From then on, it seemed, the
crowd was with the Redskins. ;
They bungled some plays, they j
didn’t always perform like world- .
beaters, but they left the cus- j
tomers breathing hard and mut- ,
tering about the “breaks.” They
kept them coming back looking '
for another exciting afternoon. '
and they didn’t disappoint the
folks.
** * *
This week the scribes and
pharisees, er, radiomen, will vote:
on the “most valuable” Redskin
player of the year, and it could 1
go to any one of a half dozen j
players. For thrills, how about'
Sam Baker’s 17 field goals? Only;
one man, Cleveland’s Lou Groza,
has kicked more in one season.
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pacer of the District Women’s
Minor League.
It would be a distinct upset if
Freddie Martin, the first-round
leader, prevailed in the men's
division, although his capability
is attested by a 122 average with
the Jenkins Sheet Metal team in
the District Minor League.
Tournament Inexperience might
handicap him severely.
Pat Crescenzi, highly capable
of winning anything in duck
pins, is in a fairway of repeat
ing his victory of 1955 in the
tournament. He would be the
first to win it twice. Pat is only
six pins behind.
To be reckoned with is John
Mandes, who apparently has
overcome an uncanny slump that
endured through most of this
season. Powerful Johnny stands
fifth at 650. Another noted
slumper. Sonny Weedon, seems, j
too. out of the ruck with a 613
start. The men will roll the sec- i
ond round tomorrow night at 1
Wheaton and the women Thurs
day at the Strike-Mor. with
starting times at both places 7
and 9:30.
** e •
A number of surprises marked
the opening round of the Balti
more Evening Sun Invitational,
after which the tournament here
was modeled. It was not upset
when Hank Lanasa, shooting 690,
nabbed an 11-pin lead, but no
one expected the elimination of
such as Bob Fisher, formerly
ranked No. 1 nationally: Nova!
Hamilton, whose name is syn
onymous with duckpin success,
and John Gaise, holder of a
slew of records, nor the near
flop of renowned Bill Brozey,!
who at 568. survived by only;
three pins.
Jimmy Dietsch. current No. 1
ranker, shot 604. Trailing Lanasa
were Charley Imbach. 679; Hal
Tucker. 678; Pat Orabtll. 676
and Meyer Jacobson. 675.
Or how about Gene Brito’s de- :
! fensive work at end?
“That fellow,” commented one;
' North Carolinian who came all
the way to Washington to see
, Gene in the flesh, “is the best
football player the Redskins
i ever had. I bought a television
i set just to watch him every Sun
day.” *
What about Dick James’ 34-
yard pass-touchdown run against
the Cardinals in Chicago? Bet
ter yet, the same youngster’s
spectacular 41-yard dash that
helped the team end the Detroit
iLions’ winning streak, 18-17.
That was the second of three
I winning strings the Redskins
snapped during the season, a
(memorable feat in itself.
You might single out Steve
Meilinger’s 51-yard touchdown
on a pass from A1 Dorow against
the Giants, or the 49-yard field
goal that Baker kicked in the
same game for a Griffith Sta
dium record.
** * *
This could go on and on. Try
to mention a few plays, a fewj
players, and you suddenly realize
everybody should be listed be
cause the Redskins of ’56 were a
team in the fullest sense of the
word. They gave the fans a
good show, they gave the writers
reams and reams of good mate-:
rial. If we could be assured of:
an encore in 1957 it would be|
easy, indeed, to say, Merry
Christmas, everyone.
Von Hess to Meet
Murphy in Feature
Os Colorful Card
For a holiday special, Promoter
Vince McMahon has lined up
a colorful wrestling show for
Thursday night at the Capitol
Arena.
Karl Von Hess, who created'
a near-riot in last week’s bout:
with Skull Murphy, hairless Irish
giant, is back again in a one-:
fall performance against Great!
Scott. This one will open the
program at 8:30 p.m.
The feature will pair Murphy
and Cowboy Rocky Lee, a 325-
pound Texan, in a two-out-of
i three falls, 60-minute time limit
affair.
For an appetizer, McMahon ;
will present Ricky Starr, sensa
tional ballet dancer and wrestler,':
against Don Miller. It will be
a 45-minute limit match.
DAVIS CUP
I
Continued From Page C-l,
joined in singing Christmas
songs and popular ballads. The
United States players and
friends with them, including
newsmen and visiting pros from
the Jack Kramer troupe, planned
a dinner party this evening at
a suburban restaurant.
In the first match Friday,
Flam plays Rosewall. Seixas
(meets Hoad in the second.
In a brief ceremony at the
Memorial Drive clubhouse, the
Australian names were drawn by
(Donald Ferguson, president of
(the Lawn Tennis Association.
The American names were drawn
by Avery Peterson, Charge
d’Affaires at the American Em
bassy.
Impressive in Drills
Both Seixas and Flam were
impressive in workouts yesterday
With professional Tony Trabert
who flew in from Melbourne for
two days' practice with his for-'
mer mates.
“I am amazed at Vic’s and
Herbie’s form,” Trabert said. ‘T
don’t think Australia is a cinch
for the cup by any means.”
Flam showed none of the
, effects of his recurring leg
j cramps and announced he would
. be ready to go.
) |
More than 3,000 came out to
i witness the practice although the
i Aussies are prohibitive favorites.
Look Great, Trabert Says
•‘Ge, Vic and Herbie look
great,” said Tony, who went al
most a set with euh and had
his troubles. "The“are hitting
the ball solidly. They are moving
in to catch the ball on the rise
and hitting out strongly. 1
They're not trying to do things
with the ball but they’re swlng
: ing away and that's good.
’ “I believe this challenge round i
'■ could prove a surprise to a lot of
1 people if Vic and Herbie continue'
f Playing as they are. I think they j
' are in as good shape as we were
.jin 1954 when we won the cup,
''and their attitude is wonderful
Trabert said he felt that Hoad
' and Rosewall are likely to feet
the pressure of the cup round
and this might be disastrous.
"A challenge round is different!
from an ordinary tennis match.” 1
he said. ‘‘lt's a great equalizer.
1 It is like a football gathe on a
muddy field.
Aussies May Get Jittery
"It Vic and Herbie go out there
and bang away with the idea
; they have all to win and nothing
to lose, there's no telling what
will happen. Hoad and Rose
wall may get behind and start
thinging. They'll start remem
bering they're expected to win
5-0, and they may get Jittery.
They have been beaten by these
boys before—and by worse
ployers.”
Flam. 28-year-old scrambler
ifrom Beverly HUls, Calif., brought
cheers from the crowd as he
raked beautiful passing shots
past Trabert on return of serv
ice. While Tony obviously was
not going all out to win. the
crowd got an uncomfortable stir
when Herbie, hitting every ball
mi the nose and producing re
vested winners, raced to foui
straight games against Trabert
Seixas was equally impressive
with his court agility, which it
amazing for a player of 33. and
nla attacking shots
Seixas and Flam carried over
heir form into a brief double
ktrmish with Trabert and lan
Olammalva.
Blind Golfer
Wins Poll for
Hogan Trophy
CHICAGO, Dec. 25 UP—Clin
ton F. Russell, a 61-year-old'
blind golfer from Duluth, Minn.,
has been named the 1956 winner
of the Ben Hogan trophy for
; handicapped golfers by the Golf
Writers’ Association.
Russell follows Ed Furgol, 1954
: National Open champion; the
late Babe Baharias and Presi
dent Eisenhower as recipient of
the trophy awarded to the golfer
adjudged to have overcome a
physical handicap.
Russell wil receive the award
at the writers’ annual dinner in
New York January 24.
Russell established a national
competition for sightless golfers
in 1938. He was blinded in 1924
when an automobile tire blew
(up in his face. Now he devotes
his time to teaching handicapped:
persons how to play or continue
to play golf.
Second in the voting among
212 GWA members was Dale ’
Bourriseau of Solon, Ohio, origi-! 1
nator of the National Amputees’ |
Golf Tournament.
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BASKETBALL
Continued From Page C-l 1
cember 27-29—Columbia, Penn- j
sylvania, Davidson, Penn State,
Lafayette, Richmond, William,
and Mary, Washington and Lee. |
i Orange Bowl at Miami Beach,:
j December 27-29 Pitt, Seton 1 ,
(Hall, LaSalle, Western Kentucky, [
Stanford, Valparaiso, Connecti- •
cut, Miami (Fla.)
Blue Grass Festival at Louis- j
ville, December 28-29—St. Louis,!:
Duquesne, Louisville, Dayton.
Queen City at Buffalo, N. Y., 1
December 27-29 Minnesota. !
Cornell, Ganisius, Xavier (Ohio). 1
’Gator Bowl at Jacksonville,
December 27-28 Clemson, <
Florida, Georgia. South Carolina, j
Louisiana Invitational at
Shreveport. December 27-29 i
(Virginia Military, Centenary, 1
Louisana State, Loyola of. New 1
(Orleans, Furman, Hardin-Sim- I
mons, Louisiana Tech, North- 1
: western Louisiana. <
Evansville (Ind.) Invitational, I
December 28-29—Mississippi '
State, Denver, Boston College, ’
Evansville. 1
Senior Bowl at Mobile, Janu- !
ary 2-3—Furman, Morehead
(Ky.), Florida State, Spring Hill.
Hofstra Invitational at Hemp
stead, N. Y„ December 27-29
Wagner, Bucknell, Cortland, j
Springfield (Mass.), West Vir- ,
ginia Tech, Gettysburg, Upsala, ■
Hofstra. j
NAIA Tipoff at Omaha, De- i
cember 27-29—Gustavus Adol- I
phus, Eau Claire, Texas South-(I
jem, Rockhurst, Arkansas Tech, :
Hamline, St. Francis (Bkn.), 1 .
Indiana Central. i
Midwest at Terre Haute. De
cember 26-29—Muskingum, Law- j:
rence Tech, Indiana State,!:
Georgetown (Ky.), Southwest:
Missouri. Quantico Marines, Em- <
poria State, New Haven Tchrs.
New Hampshire Invitational at
Durham, N. H., January 1-2—,
Amherst, Trinity (Conn.), Bow- !
doin, New Hampshire. _ I;
KUHARICH'S SQUAD PACKS POV/CR
Yanks in Senior Bowl
Have Edge in Figures
MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 25 OP).—
, If the Benior Bowl stars match
their regular-season offensive
performances in the January 5
game, an electronic computer
will be needed to keep up withj
the score.
Statistics show that the 28
backs who'll play in the eighth
annual contest gained more
' than 9Vi miles during 1956. They
picked up 16,669 yards in 2,528
rushing and passing, maneuvers
for an average of 6Vi yards a try.
The Yankees, to be coached
by the Washington Redskins'
Joe Kuharich, have the edge on
the South in the offensive de
partment. With the Nation’s
top two ground-gainers in Wyo
ming's Jim Crawford and West
ern Colorado’s Bill Rhodes, they
outran the Rebels, 4,850 yards to
4,274.
Both squads averaged eight
yards a pass, with North throw
ers connecting on 160 of 312
attempts for 2,394 yards and the
South flingers hitting on 129 of
267 for 2,098 yards.
Crawford Leads Runners
I Crawford led major college
runners with 1,104 yards in 200
carries, while Rhodes topped
small college rushers with 1,200
yards in 130 carries.
Other top Yankee rushers are
John Bayuk, Colorado, 659 yards
in 127 tries: Jim Podoley, Central
Michigan. 665 in 100: Terry Barr,
Michigan, 366 in 60, and Art
Lupplno, Arlzonia. 327 in .66.
Luppino, hampered last fall by
injuries, was the top ground
gainer in the Nation during the
1954 and 1955 campaigns.
Six Rebels, headed by North
Carolina's Ed Sutton, accounted
for more than 400 ground
yards each. Sutton raced for 748
in 120 Jaunts; followed by All-
America Don Bosseler of Miami
<Fla.) with 723 in 161: Joel
Wells. Clemson. 696 in 156; All-
America Johnny Majors, Ten
nessee. 549 in 108: Texas A it M’s
Jack Pardee, 463 in 103, and
Baylor s Del Shofner. 449 in 70
The North's best passer was
Purdue’s Len Dawson with 69
completions in 130 attempts for
856 yards and seven touchdowns
Milt Plum of Penn State fol
lowed with 40 of 75 for 676 yards
and six scores.
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MIKE HAGLER
Breakaway Threat
Former Armstrong Stars
Boost lowa Bowl Stock
1 Faced with the task of con
tinuing the Big Ten’s domina
tion over the Pacific Coast Con
ference in next Tuesday’s Rose
Bowl game against Oregon State,
lowa Coach Forrest Evashevski
will be counting heavily on a
(pair of Washington“boys who
(three years ago were leading
(Armstrong High to the then-!
Division II title here. They are)
Halfback Collins (Mike) Hagler
and Tackle John Burroughs,
;both juniors.
j Hagler, a 163-pound speedster,
is the only real breakaway threat
on the lowa squad, according to
Evashevski. and Burroughs, a
rangy 215-pounder, usually is the
blocker who springs him loose.
■lt was through a hole made by j
(Burroughs that Hagler raced for
his 53-yard touchdown against:
Notre Dame in the Hawkeyes’:
last game.
Runs of 53 yards were not un
common for Hagler at Arm-1
strong, and those who saw him (
predicted a brilliant future. As
a freshman at lowa, Hagler
picked up where he had left off
at Brooks Stadium, pacing the
ball carriers. He and Burroughs
both developed rapidly as sopho
mores, earning their letters and
giving every indication that they
would be starters this year. In
fact, the lowa Press Book, pub
lished in August, listed them on
the starting eleven. However,
fate intervened to relegate both
boys to second-team berths.
Burroughs Injured
Burroughs suffered a shoulder
injury in the pre-season drills,
(and was replaced by a 225-pound
junior who had failed to earn
(his letter the previous year. This
was a blessing in disguise for
the Hawkeyes, for Alex Karras,
the replacement, went on to
make the All-American teams of
AP, Look Magazine, NBC-TV,
and many others.
Hagler, just married, reported
for practice a week late. His
replacement was speedy Bill
Happel, who continues to hold
down the starting right halfback
(assignment.
Their second-string roles not
withstanding. Burroughs and
(Hagler have shown the same fine:
’form this year that won them
| South Coach Paul Brown of
(the Cleveland Browns can call
on Chuck Curtis of Teaxs Chris
tian, who completed 53 of 119
passes for 867 yards and five
touchdowns, and Jim Harris, Ok
lahoma quarterback, who com
pleted 23 of 37 for 482 yards and
eight touchdowns.
Another Southern aerial threat
Is Majors, a do-it-all single
wing tailback, who pitched for
36 of 59 for 552 yards and six
scores.
Pass Reeeivlng Comparison
In pass receiving, the North
also has an edge with 108
catches for 1,752 yards as com
pared to the South's 90 catches
for 1,301 yards.
Indiana’s Brad Bomba leads,
the North with 31 receptions for 1
407 yards, followed by Steven
Junker, Xavier (Ohio). 21 for
404; Joe Kopnlsky, West Vir
ginia, 19 for 295: Podoley, 12 for
211; Bob Khoenle, Purdue, nine
for 114; and Rhodes, six for 143.
Buddy Cruze of Tennessee
paces the South with 20 catches
good for 357 yards. Behind him
are Ron Bennett. Mississippi
State, 15 for 227; Shofner. 14 for
249; Sutton, 14 for 159; Roy
Wilkins. Oeorgia, 10 for 70, and
Jack Johnson. Miami. 8 for 98.
Forty-three of the 50 players,
who turn pro In the Senior Bowl,
are playing In other post-season
games before coming here. Mem
bers of the winning team re
ceive SSOO each, the losers S4OO.
The South won last year. 12-2,
to take a 4-3 edge In the series.
Trainers Kenny Howard of
Auburn and Marty Broussard of
Louisiana were named today for
the fifth straight year to handle
the conditioning of the squads
Howard will work with the
South, Broussard with the
North.
Workouts start next Monday.
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JOHN BURROUGHS
Top lowa Blocker
several starting assignments as
sophomores. Burroughs’ tackling
is excelled only by his blocking
which is the finest on the squad,
according to Evashevski, who
gained fame as Tommy Har
mon's blocker at Michigan. This
year Hagler repeated his feat of
(1955 when he had the best rush
ing average among the regulars.
Averages 6.1 Yards
In 36 carries Mike netted 220
yards for a 6.1 mark. He also
scored four touchdowns and fin
ished second to Starter Don Do
brino in both punt and kickoff
returns, averaging 19.5 and 24.6
I yards, respectively.
■ It was no accident that the two
former Armstrong boys found
i their way to lowa City. Doc
Brechler, lowa’s athletic director,
(got a look at Washington talent
while on duty here with the
:Navy during World War 11. Fol
lowing the war he joined the
staff at lowa and Immediately
began recruiting from the Wash
ington area.
The late 1940 s saw Marcellus
Boston, Deßeef Greene, “Pickles”
Wright and Jim Mathis (not to
be confused with Bill Mathis,
who gained track fame at Illi
nois), all outstanding trackmen
from Cardozo, matriculate at
lowa. Burroughs and Hagler
were highly recommended by
their coach, Ted Mclntyre, and
Evashevski has had no regrets.
Ted, who retired as coach at
Armstrong this year, will have a
watchful eye on his TV set when
Burroughs (No. 72) and Hagler
(No. 44), take the field. How
ever, they are not the first of
his boys to make the major
bowls. Len Ford, now of the
Cleveland Browns, was a star
at end when Michigan crushed
Southern California, 49-0. in
1948, and four years later injury
(riddened Avatus Stone, now
playing pro ball in Canada,
watched helplessly from the
bench as Alabama burled his
Syracuse team.
Mclntyre is reluctant to pre
dict whether Burroughs and
Hagler will match the careers of
Fora and Stone, but he says the
■ lowans showed Just as much
potential as their predecessors
while at Armstrong.
Dale Long to Get
Pittsburgh Award
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 25 UP
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette an
nounced last night that its
annual Dapper Dan award for
the sports figure who did most
to publicize Pittsburgh in 1956
will be presented to First Base
man Dale Long of the Pirates.
Farly in the season. Long hit
(eight home runs in eight stra'ght
games to establish a new major
league record.
Long received 32 of the 76
votes cast. Voting were Pitts
burgh district sports writers,
radio and television sportscasters
and well known sports figures
Olympian to Marry
TORONTO, Dee. 25 UP
Valerie Oyenge, 23, Olympic
swimmer who quit the Hun
garian team In Australia to join
her fiance, has announced they
will be married Friday. Her
fiance is John Garay, a refuge*
from Budapest.
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