2'. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1951 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREI Cards Land Stanky as New Junior Varsity Defeats M~anager Selfridge Field, 55-46 THE MORNING LINE By TED PAPES Daily Sports Editor t THE CITY OF DETROIT has pulled itself into sporting prominence once again. Motor City fans hardly recall how badly they were let down by the Tigers last summer as their new favorites surge into the national headlines. It's the football Lions and the hockey Red Wings who are responsible, of course. Ten days ago Lion rooters were sadly shaking their heads after San Francisco had knocked the Detroiters out of first place in the National Conference of the pro football league. It looked like the city would have to celebrate its 200th birthday without a major sports A championship. Birthday Gift for Detroit NOW THE BEACON OF HOPE flashes brightly once again, since the unpredictable Bobby Layne came up with some gridiron legerdemain in the frantic fight with Los Angeles last Sunday. As the clock ticked off four final minutes of that decisive contest, field-general Layne knew it was a case of kill or be killed and he refused to let his Lions succumb. It was one of those pivotal climaxes which will remain legendary in the record books. An sanalysis of Lion play against the Rams reveals that the same formula was used by Detroit that the Cleveland Browns employed when they nipped Los Angeles in the closing seconds of last year's championship playoff. In both battles the winners effected key gains in crucial spots by crossing up Ram defenders with quarterback sneaks. Otto Graham almost single-handedly moved the ball down the field for the Browns to set up a title-winning field goal last December. On Sunday quarterback Layne was working overtime on sneak plays, and the sustaining element in his eleventh-hour vic- tory drive was his own 25-yard dash around end which gave the Lions a first down on the enemy 22. All the Detroit heroics would be wasted, however, if the Lions do not solve the problem posed by San Francisco. The '49ers were in complete mastery at Briggs Stadium and they may have become so used to taming Buddy Parker's gridmen that they might skunk Detroit again this weekend.. * * * San Francisco Blocks Path FRANKIE ALBERT AND Y. A. TITTLE ruled the airlanes in their first Lion encounter so they must be halted. Then too, fullback Joe Perry made a shambles of the left side of Detroit's defensive for- ward wall. Perry crashed inside the end time and again after fake pitchouts by the Frisco quarterbacks. If the Lions succeed in turning aside the '49ers, out will come the bunting and tinsel for pro football's world series just in time for the climax to Detroit's year-long birthday party. Cleveland, of course, would be the guest of honor. Meanwhile, the Red Wings continue to plod along through the tiring National Hockey League regular season campaign toward another shot at the coveted Stanley Cup which slipped from their grasp early last spring. The Wings, it will be recalled, were loop champs last year but Montreal upset them in the opening Cup series and Toronto came on to win the trophy from the Canaiens in the finals. Detroit is once again ahead of the pack in NHL standings, having lost only four of 25 games so far. The Maple Leafs are just four points off the pace in second place, and followers of the ice sport look for another two-team title duel. While the Leafs were being badly damaged by New York Sunday night, the Wings came from behind to edge Montreal, 3-2, on the strength of a pair of goals by Marcel Pronovost scored within 33 seconds of each other. Pronovost is playing his first full season in the big time. Wolverines Prowl Again HOCKEY IS USHERING IN the local winter sports program as the Wolverines broke out of their shell with two successes in three starts so far. The series split with Montreal over the weekend put an early end to pressure of a perfect season and it may be just as well. Now the pucksters can settle down to the long, hard task of retaining their NCAA monarchy. Every indication points to another powerful Michigan entry. On the hardwood the prospectus is considerably more modest. It isn't fair to start judging Ernie McCoy's 1951-52 entry yet but its loss to Central Michigan was listed by the New York Times as one of a handful of major opening game upsets. Wolverine cage fans will get their first look at the team next Monday when the home schedule breaks open, with Butler University providing the test. Big Ten play doesn't begin until January 5th. Rumblings around the Yost Fieldhouse have it that Don Can- ham's track squad will be a headline-maker before very long. Weak spots have ben strengthened and the same is true of the Michigan swimming team. The cinder campaign opens in February and the tankmen are ready to start Saturday. Wrestling and gymnastics round out the winter sports diet, and the mat roster is reported loaded with talent. J. Paul Sheedy* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test Reds, Phils In Straight PlayerDeal NEW YORK-(P)-The St. Louis Cardinals finally landed the Gi- ants' Eddie Stanky as their new manager yesterday as baseball's trade dikes burst open with two major deals involving four clubs and a total of ten players. Stanky goes to the Cardinals in a swap that brings veteran pitcher Max Lanier and outfielder Chuck Diering to the New York Giants. THE CINCINNATI Reds and Philadelphia Phillies figured in the day's other big trade affecting sev- en players. The Reds are sending three men-pitcher Howard Fox, sec- ond baseman Connie Ryan and catcher Forrest Burgess-to the Phils for catcher Andy Semin- ick, outfielder Dick Sisler, in- fielder Eddie Pellagrini a n d pitcher Niles Jordan. These were the only major deals of the winter baseball meetings, which officially closed yesterday. * * * THE SEVEN- player swap be- tween Cincinnati and Philadelphia was completed after a four-hour conference attended by President Bob Carpenter and Manager Eddie Sawyer of the Phils and General Manager Gabe Paul and Manager Luke Sewell of the Reds. The long-simmering transaction for Stanky, in the works for weeks, was consummated in a series of long-distance telephone conversa- tions involving Owner Fred Saigh of the Cardinals, President Horace Stoneham of the Giants and Stanky. PRO GRID ROUNDUP: 49ers Last Stu In Hungry Li I t , is ii ,; I ,, I { i 1 1 i I I Wildcats Top' Nation in AP CageRatings SI. J oh's Ruln1er-up; Illinois Places Third NEW YORK -0P)- Kentucky, which won the 'NCAA basketball championship and the final 1951 Associated Press poll of basketball teams, came out on top again yes- terday in the first AP poll of the nation's top ten cage teams. Coach Adolph Rupp's Wildcats, who opened their season Saturday night with an impressive 96-46 walloping of Washington & Lee, apparently convinced the nation's sportswriters and sportscasters that they still rate the top berth. Kentucky polled 40 of the 98 first place votes and wound up with a total of 1,021 votes-the only team to go over the 1,000 mark. S * * ST. JOHN'S veteran team was ranked second, pointing up the two teams' clash at Lexington, Ken- tucky, next Monday night as one of the early season's top games. Points are awarded on a basis of ten for first, nine for second, eight for third, etc., down to one point for tenth place. Illinois, St. Louis and Kansas State, perennial mid-west powers who also made the final 1950-51 poll, were next in line. The defend- ing Big Ten champions from Illi- nois, fifth last year, are rated third with St. Louis moving up from tenth last year to fourth and Kan- sas State going from fourth to fifth in this poll. Illinois had 757 points, St. Louis 486 and Kansas State 382. Washington, pride of the Pacific coast, finished sixth with 299, ahead of Seton Hall. The South Orange, New Jersey school had 268 points to edge out Kansas, which had 250. special to The Daily SELFRIDGE ,FIELD - M'chi- gan's Junior Varsity basketball team found an uncooperative host in the Selfridge Field five last night, but managed to come froin behind in the closing minutes of the contest to defeat the airmen, 55-46. It was the second straight vic- tory for the Wolverine Jayvees, who have yet to .aste defeat thisG year. COACH J. T. White's squad got off to a quick lead in the first quarter only to see it diminish by the begininng of the second per- iod. Selfridge then took the lead and improved on it until it held aj 33-21 edge at halftime. The Air Force quintet con- tinued to maintain its advan- tage through the third quarter, but began to bog down in the final period as Michigan turned on the heat. The Wolverines pouredthrough 15 points in the last stanza while holding Sel- fridge to only two field goals. An i ability to sink foul shots kept Michigan in hot water dur- ing most of the contest. The Wol- verines rceixed 36 free tosses at the basket, but were able to make gool on only 17 of them. On the other hand Selfridge converted 16 free throw\,s in 24 chances. Paul Oritfsky ke, the Wolver- ine hopes alive with 17 points to take scoring honors for the night. Bill Wisner. anohi er Wolverine Ju- nior Varsi operative, tallied eight poimnts. Wednesday tight the Jayvees overpowerd Hlillsdale JV, 85-36. lpha (hi ni a 4. Ta11uilon Rho 0 Phi 1)elt1 Phi 4, Alpha Rho Chi 0 Isi WOmega1 I lphta Omega 0 Nu ,ig Alio 4, Phi Epailon Kappa 1 Law (l(b 10 ir Force o Phi Chi L Alpha Kappa Psi 0 ASCE 1. Phi ' e1ta (hi t Alpha Kappa Kappa won over Phi Alpha Kappa (forBeit) IDell a Ka l;m l on 3 Delta Upsilon 0 lliisda h T:, 'l'aylor 0 SHEER ROBBERY-That's what Jean Bruneau (10), Montreal right winger must have yelled after Michigan's great sophomore goalie, Willard Ikola, hit the ice in last Saturday's thrilling contest to stop a sure goal. However, enough shots got by him to enable the Carabins to eke out a 5-4 victory over the Wolverines. Big Seven Bans Bowl Games; Sportswriters Favor Contests NEW YORK-P)--With all the Th cries of over-emphasis and com- THIS ACTION, however, was in mercialism in collegiate sports, sharp contrast to the results of a there has been talk-and some ac- poll by the Associated Press of tion-that the post-season bowl over 100 of nation's sportswriters games be stricken from the foot- and sportscasters on the subject. ball schedules. By a margin of approximately 4- The Big Seven Conference, in a 1to-, their opinion was that bowl far-reaching move, has banned all games are harmless and should be post-season athletic contests ef- retained. fective next year. Almost all those who favored retention of these games sug- gested that some sort of restric- tions be placed upon them, how- ever. Many thought the number of bowls be limited to a select few on Title N arch such as the Rose, Cotton, Sugar and Orange Bowls, for example. * * * pointer early in the second quar- OTIERS TIIOUGHT that the ter. gate receipts of the big classics In a game which saw the lead change hands seven times, the Detroit defense stood out all Fi S 'Week afternoon. 'Twice it halted drives SWNMIN deep in its own territory, onceSWIMMING after Los Angeles had a first Dec. 15--Michigan A.A.U. at down on the Lion's two yard Ann Arbor at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. line.+ HOCKEY A pass from Doak Walker to Dec. 14-University of Tor- Leon Hart in the final three min- onto at Ann Arbor at 8:00 p.m. utes of play was sufficient to wrap I Dec. 15-University of Tor-! up the game for the Detroiters. onto at Ann Arbor at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND Browns won their tenth consecutive NFL game, should be split among the mem- this one over the Steelers, to give reprs of the conference which is them the right to meet the repre- sentative of the National loop on Others favored continuance of Dec. 23 for the professional chain- only the charity games, such as pionship. the East-West and North-South * * classics. A T Y:1 T 0 . if- ' . spenid More C ~ t O e FL caedays, oo m- e' th an Get here - Io extras,no soler, Cost I o soona rail pu i cours eals st-claloft. Delicio u tips aetra cost. C alT e a t 3 161. The Detroit Lions bounced back, into first place of the National Conference of the National Foot- ball League Sunday like true champions when they came from behind four times to register a 24-22 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. In order to win their first divi- sion championship since 1935, the Lions must capture the regular season's final game against the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday. * * * IN OTHER GAMES in the Na- tional League the Bears, who are now tied with the Rams, one-half game off the Lions' pace, crushed the New York Yankees, 45-21, and San Francisco downed Green Bay, 31-19. The Rams, who battle the Packers, and the Bears, who take on their cross-town rivals, the Cardinals, next Sunday still have an outside chance of taking the league crown if De- troit should falter against the 49ers, who defeated them earlier in the season, 20-10. The Cleveland Browns clinched their sixth consecutive division ti- tle-their second since leaving the All-American Conference-by de- feating the Pittsburgh Steelers, 28-0; the New York Giants main- tained their winning ways by dropping the Philadelphia Eagles, 23-7; and Bill Dudley's 18-yard field goal with 15 seconds to go gave the Washington Redskins a 20-17 victory over the Chicago Cardinals. * * * DESPITE A record-breaking per- formance by the Rams' Bob Wa- terfield, who booted five field goals in seven attempts, the mar- gin of victory for the Lions was Pat Harder's single 33-yard three- AN TL 'Slandilt f A- NATIONAL W Detroit........7 Los Angeles .. 7 Chicago Bears 7 San Francisco 6 Green Bay ... 3 N. Y. Yanks .. AMERICAN w Cleveland .... 10 N. Y. Giants 8 Washington .5 Philadelphia . 4 Pittsburgh .. 3 Chicago Cards 2 CONFERENCE L T Pet. PF 3 1 .700 319 4 0 .636 350 4 0 .636 272 4 1 .600 234 8 0 .273 240 8 2 .111 224 CONFERENCE L T Pet. 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