FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 18, 1951
* TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
By OSCAR FRALEY
(United Press Sports Writer)
NEW YORK (If) Still-handsome Tommy Loughran. who, failed
17 years ago to win the heavyweight championship of the world
from towering, inept Prtoio Camera, asserted sadly today that he
was born that many years too soon.
“It is my opinion that the fighters of today would have been at
the top in afcy period,” jsid blueyed Tommy, “but I don’t think
Ihntjttiey would have been chpmptons. I believe that at my peak I
voulff have whipped either Jersey Joe Walcott or Ezzard Charles.”
As for the current situation in the heavyweight division, Lough
r* believes that old Jersey Joe is in on a pass.
“To me, Charles looked stale as well as over-confident the night he
loft the title to Walcott," insisted the Philadelphia Irishman who
on® wore the world light heavy-weight crown, vis they fight again,
I h*nestly believe that Charles will win back the title.”
'loughran, now a sugar broker on Wall Street, argued that Walcott
was “over the hill” and even would be beaten In a return bout with
Joe lduls.
"touts hat the incentive to become the first man ever to regain
the heavyweight championship and I think that would win for him
igaußtt Walcott," Loughran said.
| TURPIN TO REPEAT
Surveying the current boxing scene, the one-time dancing-master
>f the iir.g contradicted most boxing experts when he asserted that
tandolpl Turpin, who recently won the world middleweight cham
lionship from Ray Robinson, again would defeat Sugar Ray in their
ematch at the Polo Grounds. Sept. 12?
“He is strong, this Turpin, and by that very" strength robbed Rob
nson of ids effectiveness. Moreover, he concentrated his attack on
Robinson’s apparently weak wasp-waisted midsection and forced him
o bend foiward constantly out of his normal fighting position for
>ody protection."
In another startling opinion, Loughran designated Irish Bob
Ifurifcy of Sin Diego, Cal., as the greatest fighter who has appeared
n the ring daring the last 25 years.
There was a longing look in the eyes of the handsome Irishman
top, except f«r his Inability to punch with killing force, might have
leen heavyweight champion of the world during a fabled era.
“If I was at the top of my form today, Tommy Loughran the man
too never made the grade as heavyweight champion of the world,
rould be king of them all right now," he asserted sadly.
“Sure, and it’s 17 years too soon I was bom!”
Persldent Concerned
WASHINGTON (If) President
Tuifm may blow the whistle on
.■my and Navy recruitment of top
•otbsll teams and academic help
or the players.
So seriously does Mr. Truman
egard the West Point cheating
randal that he has ordered a
lorourh investigation of the full
thletic system not only at the
■llitary academy, but also at
nnapolls.
He still thinks dismissal was the
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proper medicine for 90 West Point
cadets, including most of the Army
gridiron squad, who were caught
cribbing on examinations.
Asked whether he though that a
general deemphasis of football at
all colleges was Justified as a re
sult of the West Point case, the
president said he was seeking a
remedy without killing the patient.
Roy Campanella, Dodgers Hit
two homers in 6 to 5 victory over
the Giants, his second In the plghth
Grid Yankees
Sign Phelan
LOS ANGELES. (QI Jimmy
Phelan, master of colorful football,
takes his flambuoyant T-brand East
tonight to introduce it to the New
York Yanks of the National Foot
ball League.
Phelan, who was teaching wide
open football while the T-boys were
still In knee briches. was “signed”
by telephone yesterday by Yank
owner Ted Collins to succeed ailing
Norman Red Strader.
It will be Phelan’s second pro
fessional grid venture. He coached
the now defunct professional Los
Angeles Dons in 1948-49 but has
been among football’s unemployed
since the Dons were merged with
the Los Angeles Rams a year ago.
Trotter's Trainer
Carries Out Duties
GOSHEN, N. Y. —0?) An own
er’s faith In the harness racing
know-how of 59-year-old driver
Guy Crippen produced the 1951
Hambletonian winner—Mainliner.
When Mainliner, a dark brown
colt with a short, pug nose a«d
long, ground-eating legs, captured
the richest Hamletonian of them
all yesterday it was the first time
owner Ralph H. Kroening of Mil
waukee ever had seen him.
Kroening is a busy government
contractor whose work has kept
him away from the grand circuit
this year. He bought the horse for
$25,000 from Sep Palin, veteran
trainer and driver late last year
and entrusted him in the care of
Crippen.
It was Crippen, in fact, who
negotiated the sale for Mainliner.
He spotted the horse last year and
asked Kroening if he could buy
him.
Kroening gave his trainer-driver
an “Okay, buy him” reply and told
Crippen to prepare him for the
Hambletonian. Needless to say,
Crippen did a good job.
.inning providing the margin of
triumph.
THE DAILY RECOUP, DUNN, N. C.
STARS’ BALL GAME A HOWL-BALL
; THESE BAT GIRLS attracted more
' - *"il attention 111311 the base runners at
the "°ut-Of-This-World Series"
baseball game between the "Bob
’ll sT Hopefuls” and the Gary Cooper
JMfe. >£?■, - “Cutthroats" in Hollywood. The ac-
tresses are (1. to r.): Jane Russell,
.|IH. f Marilyn Maxwell and Dorothy Ma-
LMW HRfe, lone. At left, Gary Cooper and Bob
Hope, managers of the teams, grab
sEg I HK the bat in traditional fashion to de-
HR" termine which team will lead
'a 1 ’! ~ f ' off. A capacity crowd attended and
paid $23,500, which went to youth
welfare activities.
Blaik Toßemain At West Point
Without Son And Without Team
By MILTON RICHMAN
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
WEST POINT, N. Y. (IB A
saddened but fiercely proud Earl
Red Blaik began today to search
through the ruins of the once
mighty Army football team for sub
stitutes to man the gridiron ram
parts this fall.
There’s little doubt that It will be
the toughest job Blaik has faced
in his 10 brilliant years as Army’s
head football coach for yesterday
he disclosed that the mass dismis
sal of cadets for cheating on exam
inations will leave only two of his
45 varsity players.
But Blaik, doubly stricken be
cause his qkn, Bob, is among the
cadets ordefcd expelled, is deter
rrflhbff to dn-y on—and he has the
good wishes of West Point men
ringing in his ears.
“I feel that I can best make
people understand these boys and
do the proper thing for our fine
institution, if I remain,” Blaik said
yesterday as he pleaded that the
dismissed cadets, “honorable” men
who had “ered” be granted honor
able discharges.
But, looking forward to a rugged
nine-game schedule this fall, Blaik
could see little hope of rebuilding
the Army “poWerhouse.”
East, West High School Footballers
To Meet At Greensboro Tonight
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"We will have the plebe class of
last year, which has no linemen
but a few good backs,” said Blaik.
“We will also have sofne B-squad
junior varsity men left over from
last year. It will be a trying situ
ation, but we have and always have
had some men of honor, and we
will carry on.”
It was .indicated that plenty of
shifting and experimenting will
have to be done, with tackles mov
ing to guard, guards to center, etc.
One of the cadets slated for dis
missal, varsity left end A1 Conway,
said he and some df his matse had
studied the roster of playeres left
for Blaik to draw on and found “no
stars.”
“There are some pretty good
players, bus none really outstand--
ing,” said Conway. "However, they
have one thing in their favor—they
are in fine condition, as are all
Army teams.”
Army men, delighted at Blalk’s
decision to * remain at the helm,
hailed him as the academy’s only
Hope for staving off disaster.
And the cadet that was closest
to the coach, Bob Blaik, had this
to say in a quiet voice:
“I made a mistake, and I’m go
ing to pay for It. But I’m tre
mendously ptear~i that Dad has
decided to stay.
GREENSBORO. (IB High
school football players from East
and West North Carolina will clash
here tonight in the third annual
all-star football game.
The Western team was ranked as
pre-game favorite o nthe strength
of a starting lineup including seven
all-stars from 1950 teams, com
pared to four on the kickoff line
| up for the East.
! The kickoff to set for Bp.m„ in
Greensbord Senior High stadium.
West Coaches John Trady of
Winston-Salem and Red Hoffman
! of Wllkesboro have .worked out a
single-winug attack built around
tailbacks Larry Parker of Charlotte
Central an all-American, all-South
ern and all-State star, and Sonny
Ridenhour, all-Stater from Rey
nolds in Winston-Salem.
East Coaches Knocker Adkins of
Rocky Mount and Bill Eutsler of
Rockingham have put Tiddle Bul
lock of Ayden at quarterback and
are counting on Cnarlie Niven of
JVllmington to provide speed and
punch at fullback.
Both lines average 182 pounds,
but the Bast backfield at 18u has a
four-pound average weight advant
age.
Each qlub has won Mice in the
series.
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Parker sl * Pa phUadelphi»
i swears it happened.
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Dodgers Lick Giants Again
Run Lead Up To 12 1-2 Games
Runner-Ups Bow To
Run-away Dodgers
By CARL LUNDQUIST
(United Frees Sports Writer)
Chipper Charley Dressen, who
shouldn’t have a care In the world,
figured today that the magic num
ber for his wonderful Dodgers to
86—“ If we win that many more
games nobody can touch us.” '
The cocky little skipper, fresh
from a three-game sweep over the
second-place Giants, observed that
his Atomic Bums were 12 1-2 games
in froht In what to quaintly called
a race In the National League.
It almost sounded sadistic when
when he said “What we need around
here to a real old-time winning
streak, 10, 15, 1,1 would be happy if
It was 38 games.” •
It just happened that the Brooks
had chalked up five in a row and
had run up a 10-game streak short
ly before that on a Western road
trip.
So it almost sounds logical to
think that they could win 36 of
their remaining 50 games which
would give them a terrific total of
106 games.
That would be the tops for the
majors since the 1942 “team of
destiny” Cardinals, and It to likely
that this Dodger club to the best
in the majors since that crew.
SUPERIOR BUMS
The Dodgers are now 12-3 for the
season over the Giants, their so
called closest competitors, and, as
if that wasn’t impressive enough,
they are 10-4 over third-place Phll
ly and an astounding 14-2 over the
fourth-place Cardinals, who used to
be their toughest rivals.
Even so, they got some bad base
ball out of their systems yesterday
in the 6 to 5 finale victory over
the Giants in which Roy Campanu
la's second homer In the eighth
gave them their victory. There
were 24 walks in the game, a new
National League record as Brook
lyn pitchers put on 15 batters and
the Giants nine. Monte Irvin and
Dave Williams hit Giant homers. •
Elsewhere in the National League,
the Braves topped the Phillies 5 to
4, Chicago edged Cincinnati 5 to
4, and the Cards beat toe Pirates
4 to 0.
Cliff Chambers of the Cards
pitched a five-hit shutout against
his old Pirate teammates and had
Ifts second no-hitter of the season
i going untlll two out In toe sixth
n,,y ny 4 i
TIGHT A. L. RAGES ON
In the American League, the
Yankees bounced back into a first
place tie with Cleveland after sur
rendering the lead for one day. A
6 to 4 victory over Washington put
toe Yankees back even.
Cleveland was idle while tolrd
. place Boston dropped a 6 to 6
i game to toe Athletics, then ended
a five-game losing streak with a
5 to 3 win in the nightcap. The
split put Boston 4 1-2 games behind
i the deadlocked leaders.
The Browns topped the Tigers
6 to 3.
Joe DiMagglo hit a homer and a
triple, and Joe Ostrowski pitched
almost seven innings of four-bit
scoreless relief ball In the Yankee
triumph.
Walt Dropo hit a three-run sixth
inning homer and Vera Stephens
added a homer in toe eighth in
Boston’s second - game victory.
1 ' Clyde “Clutch” Vollmer hit a three
■ rim homer In the ninth inning of
1 toe first game, but his effort fell
1 one run short of a tie.
Ted Williams also hit a first
-1 game Boston homer, but Phlladel
-1 phis went on a four-run rally in the
1 eighth to provide a bare edge
' against Vollmer's climatic smash.
The Browns made six a lucky
number scoring all six runs in the
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LEAGUE
LEADERS
(By United Press)
LEADING BATSMEN
American
GAB HM.
Mlnoso, Chi 105 383 132 845
Kell, Det 98 388 133 834
Fain, Phil 82 283 98 884
Avila. Clev 93 365 116 327
Conn, Wash 92 862 118 888
National
Muaial, St. L 108 381 142 873
Ashburn. Phil 108 463 158 852
Robinson. Bkn 104 369 127 844
Campanella, Bkn. • 89 350 116 831
Wyrostek, ton. .....106 406 134 830
ftflinr Runs
Hodges, Dodgers 33
Klner, Pirates 31
Muaial, Cards 35
Zernial, Athletics 24
Snider, Dodgers 34
Pitching
Morgan, Yankees 3-1
Rde, Dodgers 15-3
Feller, Indians 18*4
Nixon, Red Sox 7-2
Kinder, Red Sox 7-3
Brecheen, Cards > 7-2
Baseball 1
Standings
(By United Prism)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W LPct
Brooklyn 69 35 .663
New York 59 60 .541
Philadelphia 56 52 319
St. Louis 49 52 .485
Boston 49 64 .476
Cincinnati 48 56 .467
Chicago 46 56 .446
Pittsburgh 42 63 .400
Results
Brooklyn 6, New York 5.
Boston 5, Philadelphia 4.
St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 0.
Chicago 5, Cincinnati 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W..« r . ' W L Pet.
Cleveland MS 628
New York 86 39 .629
Boston 62 44 .585
Chicago 6® 47 .561
Detroit 48 56 .471
Washington - *® *•
Philadelphia -M «
St Louis 33 73 311
Results
New York 6, Washington 4.
Philadelphia 6-3, Boston 6-6,
St. Louis 6, Detroit 3.
(Only games scheduled).
CAROLINA LEAGUE
l W IFct
Raleigh 61 47 .573
Durham 64 49 .586 .
Winston-Salem 63 51 .663 |
Reidsville 61 60 360
Danville 5656306'
Fayetteville 49 58 .468
Greensboro 48 63 .437
Burlington 40 72 857
Results
Raleigh 3, Greensboro 2.
Durham 9, Burlington 8.
Winston-Salem 5, Reidsville 0. .
Danville 3-3, Fayetteville 1-4-
SCHEDULE
Raleigh at Reldsvine.
• Fayetteville at Burlington.
Durham at Danville.
Greensboro at Winston-Salem.
BROTHER ACT
Benny Ford of Charleston and
Lester Ward of Badin met Jerry
and Benny Carver of Gastonia to
sixth inning for victory over De
troit
PAGE FIVE
Golfers Are Hot
In Worid Famous
Tam O'Shanter
CHICAOO— rm —The richest
purse in pro golfs 1051 campaign,
$12300 for first place in Tam O'-
Shan ter's so-called “world” cham
pionship, was anybody’s prise*' to
day.
No fewer toon 33 of the 06 pro’s
in the chase for the bountiful pay
off were bracketed from 07 to 70,
with 54 holes left to go before Sun -
day’s cash-in final.
Four aces, Ray Oaf ford, Dallas,
Ted KroU, New Hartford, N. Y,
A1 Broach, Garden City, H. Y., and
veteran Jimmy pemaret, OJai, Cat
were the top shots in the first 18
holes. aU with 67’s.
But behind them were eight
grouped at 61, Including the prime
favorite, bantam Ben Hogan, 11 at
68, and 10 at 70. Overall, 46 of the
starting pro’s bettered the par 72
on the 6815 yard links.
The 10 men amateurs, playing for
top prize of SIOO In merchandise.,
proved that the scorching was no
freak. Three of the slmon-puree,
Frank Stranahan, Toledo, Dow
Flnsterwald, Athens, 0., and Phil
Scrutton, London, Eng., were group
ed at 08.
The same was true of the wom
en. Betsy Rawls, Austin, Tex., a
newcomer to the pro ranks, knock
ed five strokes off par at 71 and
tirst place while Babe Dldrickson
Zahanas, Chicago, had a 73. Two
other feminine vets, Patty Berg.
Minneapolis, and Louise Suggs, Car
rolton, Ga, had 74’s.
Canada's Top Notmon
Face U. S. Cup Stars
MONTREAL IU) Canada’s
Davis Cup warriors backed against
the ropes today and readied them
selves for a one-two punch from
Cincinnati and Orange, N. J.
On how tough end resilient they
were and how fast they could get
their guards up rested the Domin
ion's hopes of making a present
able showing in this weekend's
North American zone tennis final
against the United States.
Few fans here were ready to
give their favorites much of a
chance in today’s opening singles
matches against toe roundhouse
racquets thrusts of Tony Trabert
wad pick Savitt. But as young
Lome Maine of Vancouver, B. C.,
and cup-tested Brendan Macken of
Montreal headed out to the clipped
grass courts of the Mount Royal
Tennis Club the odds surprisingly
Were only 8-6 against them.
CANCELLED
The Buie’s Creek-Auburn double
header scheduled for Taylor Field
; In B. C. last night was not played
j because Auburn did not have
I enough players to show up for the
Cape Fear game.
' day In the final round of the My-
I ers Parak Country Club four-ball
[ tournament.
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