TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1954 TRW MICUT(; A N n s TI A7 'M Z /!\ M AR Nf iWi ': TUESDY, NOEMEaE 9,194 TU a'afT(Uaf!A iT UlA NV Y PAGE TIREE A's Shifted to IC; Branoff Undergoes Op 'eration 6-2 Vote Transfers A's; Nats, Tribe Fight Move T 4> Purdue Knocked Out of Big Ten Race; 'M', Buckeyes, Gophers Only Contendors NEW YORK (AP)-The American League yesterday approved the shift of the Philadelphia Athletics to Kansas City under the owner- ship of Arnold Johnson of Chica- ,. go. Hilligan Relays News The decision was announced by Earl Hilligan, public relations di- rector of the league. Hilligan said the vote was unan- imous approving the sale of the stock by Connie Mack and his sons to Johnson. The vote was 6-2 for shifting the franchise. Johnson Must Sell Stadium Under a provision of the approv- al of the stock sale and the fran- chise shift, Johnson must "divest himself of all his interests in Yan- kee stadium within 90 days." Johnson said he would comply with the order. Walter "Spike" Briggs, owner of the Detroit Tigers who had pro- claimed himself as opposed to the shfit earlier, in a surprise move made the motion to approve the franchise shift to Kansas City. It was learned that the two votes opposing the franchise shifts were made by Washington and Cleveland. Griffith Opposed Transfer Griffith, soon toebe 85, had op- posed the transfer because it meant that Baltimore would be shifted from a "western" team to an "eastern" team and thus offer competition to his Senators, both at the gate and for television mon- ey. The new organization, to be known as the Kansas City Athlet- ics, will be in the western half of the league with Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit while Baltimore shifts to the east with New York, Boston and Washington. A new schedule will be distributed to the clubs within a week. Shift Approved Earlier It was the second time the league had approved the shift to Kansas City. On Oct. 12 they agreed to let Johnson move the club but set a deadline for Roy and Earle Mack to agree to sell their stock. Grid Picks It's gettin' harder every week. With over 600 entries during the past week, only a.total of sixteen people were able to tie Dave Livingston, Daily Sports Editor, who picked fourteen right out of the fifteen games. This week The Daily is re- laxing the rules of the contest to allow those people who have beaten the experts once and gained two ties to have their picks entered with the Daily writers. For this week, JERRY WAR- CHAIZER, 320 E. Washington, has been asked to submit his entries as The Daily's guest prognosticator. Remember, entries must be mailed or brought to The Daily before 10:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 10. Submit as many entries as you like, but be sure they are in before the deadline. Here are this week's games. 1. Michigan State at Michi- gan 2. Wisconsin at Illinois 3. North Carolina at Notre Dame 4.Alabama at Miami (Fla.) 5. Army at Pennsylvania 6. Princeton at Yale 7. Washington at Southern California 8. Indiana at Northwestern 9. Iowa at Minnesota 10. Ohio State at Purdue 11. S.M.U. at Arkansas 12. Missouri at Oklahoma 13. T.C.U. at Texas 14. Columbia at Navy 15. Auburn at Georgia By DON LINDMAN Michigan, Ohio State, and M- nesota are the only teams which are in contention for the Big Ten football title as the conference sea- son moves into its final two weeks of action. OSU"Sports Perfect Record The Buckeyes, topping Pitt in a non-conference tilt last Saturday, still hold down the top spot with a 5-0 record in conference competi- tion. Michigan gained an undis- puted hold on second place with its 14-7 win over Illinois. Boasting a 4-1 mark, the Wol- verines climbed out of a second- place tie with Minnesota on the strength of Saturday's win. Mang- ling Oregon State in a non-confer- ence contest, the Gophers dropped to third place with a 3-1 record. Purdue Eliminated A contender last week, Purdue dropped a 25-14 decision to Coach Forest Evashevski's rebounding Iowa squad and dropped from the title race as a result of its second defeat of the season. The Riveters can hope to finish with only a 4-2 mark at best, not enough to bring the bunting home to Lafayette, Ind. Played at Iowa City, the tilt which eliminated the Riveters may- have a big bearing on the actual title scrap, centering its influence on two major contests scheduled for this weekend. Purdue enter- tains Ohio State on Saturday, while Iowa meets Minnesota at Minneap- olis the same afternoon. Buckeyes' Chances Improve Many grid experts figure the Riv- eter loss may have helped the Buckeyes in their bid for title honors. They reason that a Purdue squad with championship ambi- tions would be a much tougher op- ponent than a Purdue team which had dropped into the also-ran class" on the previous weekend. In contrast, the Hawkeye win seems to indicate that Evashevski+ has finally fashioned the hitherto+ spasmodic Iowa offense into a smooth-running machine capable of executing long, sustained drives. If this conclusion is accurate, the Gophers will be in for a rough 60 minutes when the referee's whis- JOHN BORTON ... leads Buck attack tle signals the start of the con- test at Memorial Stadium next, weekend. MSC Revamps Offense Michigan, the third contender, also faces stiff competition Satur- day afternoon, when Michigan State invades Ann Arbor for the traditional battle between the two schools. Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty, the Head Coach who is in his first year at the helm of the Spartans, revamped his offense for the game with Washington State last week- end and came out with a 54-6 slaughter of the Cougars. The Spartans amassed a total of 494 yards, 386 of them coming on the ground. With only one Big Ten win to their credit, the East Lansing eleven has to beat the Wolverines if they are to salvage any glory out of an otherwise dis- astrous 1954 campaign. Iowa Surprises With two upset wins over top con- ference competition, Iowa has been the surprise Big Ten team of the past two weeks. After toppling a Wisconsin squad which was fight- ing desperately to remain in the title chase, the Black-and-Gold gridders stunned a high-flying, ti- tle-contending Purdue squad by scoring 25 points in the first half and coasting to a 25-14 win. Dawson Not Enough In contrast to most of the Rivet- er games this season, sophomore quarterback Lenny Dawson, wasn't enough to bring victory to Coach Stu Holcomb's men. Dawson flood- ed the air with passes, as is his us- ual custom, connecting for 302 yards on aerials, but his passing wizadry didn't phase the Hawk- eyes. Ignoring Dawson's arm, the Iowa City eleven rolled over the Rivet- ers for a total of 407 yards, 368 on the ground, exhibiting the crushing ground attack which many experts thought would bring the Hawkeyes the Big Ten title this year, Bucks Drill By The Associated Press COLUMBUS - Ohio State's Buckeyes went through light drill yesterday starting a week stress- ing fundamentals for the Purdue game Saturday. Vicie May Be Out Coach Woody Hayes, said Don Vicic of Cleveland, second-string fullback, is hospitalized with a leg infection and may miss the trip to Lawayette, Ind. Ken Vargo, the regular center who broke. his arm in the Illi- nos contest, began light workout and may get some limited action in the final season battle against Michigan, Nov. 20. Replacement center Bud Bond, who suffered a cracked rib in the Northwestern tussle, is also on the doubtful list for the Purdue game. LAFAYETTE - Purdue's foot- ball squad gave careful attention yesterday to a review of mistakes made against Iowa as the Boiler- makers began preparation for Sat- urday's home contest with unde- feated, untied Ohio State. No Serious Injury Purdue came through the 25-14 loss to the Hawkeyes without ser- ious injury, and Coach Stu Hol- comb indicated the same lineup would face the Buckeyes. Boilermaker scouts have warn- ed that Ohio has the best balanc- ed running attack Purdue has fac- ed all season. The Buckeyes have averaged 214.2 yards gained on the ground per game in Big Ten play. Purdue netted only 35 yards rush- ing against Iowa. 'M'Star Out For Season Halfback Tony Branoff, who re- injured his right knee against In- diana ten days ago, underwent an operation yesterday to have a piece of cartilage removed from his right knee at the University hos- pital. In 'good' Condition The star wingback in Michigan's single wing was reported in "very good" condition last night by hos- pital authorities. He had damaged the knee originally in high school and had reinjured it several times' previously this season. Branoff will be lost to the Mich- igan team for at least the remain- der of this season. The status of his football future will probably remain in doubt for some time aft- er the operation. The other starting members of the team who missed the Illinois encounter will also be on the side- lines for the Michigan State con- test. Center Jim Bates, who has been sick off and on all season has been released from Health Service. There is a slight possibil- ity that he will see some action against Ohio State. Jerry Williams, starting right end, is still recovering from a shoulder injury. He will miss the MSC game and it appears doubt- ful that he will see action at Co- lumbus. No new injuries were sustained in the game against Indiana. By DICK CRAMER A strong second-half rally yes- terday netted Cooley House an 18-9 victory over Anderson House and the championship of thein- tramural residence halls' second place football playoffs. Cooley Comes From Behind Trailing 9-6 at the beginning of the half, Cooley scored its winning and insurance touchdowns, with time to spare. Cal Atwood com- pleted a touchdown pass to Pat O'Brien to put Cooley into the lead and later ran the ball over for his team's third six-pointer of the game. Sharing the spotlight with Coo- ley House were Evans Scholars and Nu Sigma Nu who gained triumphs in the first place semi- finals of the Independent and Pro Fraternity leagues, respective- ly. Bob McMasters' 13 yard toss to Tony Drabik at the close of the first half provided Evans with its margin of victory, 6-0, over the Hawaiians. Phi Chi Takes Early Lead Nu Sigma Nu spotted Phi Chi a six point lead on Bill Lukash's pass to Sani Barley, but overcame the deficit to win, 13-6. Two scor- ing aerials from Harry Allis to Ted Stanford late in the game gave the game to the Nu Sigs. Cooley House Gridders Win I-M Second-Place Playoff Winchell won a third place title by downing Adams House, 13-0, on the all-round play of Jim Rein- stra. After giving Winchell its first score on a 40 yard intercep- tion return, Reinstra completed two passes to Lynn Martin for his team's other touchdown and its extra point. Dasse Scores Twice Frank Dasse ran for two scores and passed to Maury Chase for the other in Allen Rumsey's 18-0 conquest of Reeves House. The victory gave Allen Rumsey the dorms' fourth place crown. Williams House copped the fifth place championship by defeating Kelsey House, 22-14, in the day's highest scoring affair. In the only other game, Phi Alpha Delta squeezed by Tau Ep- silon Rho, 15-12, to reach the Pro Fraternity League finals. 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If they stop De- troit, the 49ers will tie for the lead, and if they lose . . . the cry of "wait 'till next year" will echo through the city of San Francisco. Though the 49ers whipped the th~e as When police arrived at the college haberdashery, they shook their heads in disbelief. Instead of being gagged and bound, the salesman was actually glued to the floor. They took quick stock of the clues... an empty glue pot several odd-shaped pieces of cloth scattered about, an empty show-case, an empty cash drawer. Ingenious shirt-robbry.!, "Ugg glub," said the salesman, still all stuck-up aaa stuck down, rather. When they finally got him extricated with hot water and chisels, he thanked them nicely and said, "What's the matter with you jerks? I haven't been robbed." "No," he explained, "I was simply making a demonstra- tion of the Van Heusen Century shirt for some of the boys. Showed them why the revolutionary one-piece Century collar just won't wrinkle ever. Told 'em how reg- ular collars are mnade of three layers of cloth, "glued" and stitched together. I glued a set, just for emphasis ... learned to demonstrate in Woolworth's." "Get on with it," said the detective. "Well, I showed 'em how these 3-piece jobs wrinkle and wilt quickly even with starch or stays. I said the Van Heusen Century collar would stay neat always- without starch or stays-or their money back. When I told 'em that Van Heusen Cepturys gave 'em lots more wear than ordinary shirts, yet cost the same price (just .$3.95 for whites and $4.50 for colors) they bought me out. I was so overjoyed, I did a little jig and tripped over the glue pot. Got stuck up." "Oh, yeah?" yeahed the detective. "Well, where's all the dough?" "Oh, college men never pay. They just charge everything to Dad." (Editor's note: Oh, yeah?) Lions when they met two weeks ago, it looks as if the Lions will be favored to hand San Francisco their third straight defeat. Firstly, the challengers will be without the services of Hugh McElhenny, the league's leading ground gainer, and secondly, they will be forced to travel more than half-way across the country to play on a strange field. Giants and Eagles Tied In the Eastern Division, a two- way tie between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Ea- gles exists. The Pittsburgh Steel- ers slipped back into fourth place as they were dumped by the Gi- ants. The Cleveland Browns moved right back into the thick of things -trailing the leaders by only a half-game. A meeting of the two leaders, the Eagles and the Giants, this Sunday at the Polo Grounds in New York is the "big" game in the East. Philadelphia rules as the favorite. Van Brocklin Stars The big surprise in the pro loop was, of course, Los Angeles' 42-34 upset win over the 49ers. Norm Van Brocklin performed brilliant- ly-per usual-as he completed 16 of 18 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns. Elroy Hirsch, who starred for Michigan, caught two of the scor- ing aerials. Giants Win Easily Another shock to observers was the ease in which New York4 whipped Pittsburgh. Scoring early and almost at will, the Giants won, 30-6. Charlie Conerly enjoyed a field day as he sparked the win- ners with three touchdown passes. A crowd of 36,358 suffering fans -the third sellout at Forbes Field -saw the Giants completely bottle up the Steeler offense. The New Yorkers recovered two fumbles and intercepted five passes. With Bobby Layne and Doak Walker leading the assault, De- troit humbled the Baltimore Colts, 27-3. Layne, as a result of fine performances in his last two games, seems to have regained his hold on the first-string quarterback position. Browns Scalp Redskins The rebounding C l e v e l a n d Browns scored a lopsided 62-3 vic- tory over the hapless Washington Redskins. George Ratterman, sub- stituting for the slightly injured Otto Graham, pitched four touch- downs in 17 minutes. 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