THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1951 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, ISSY Mantle, Williams, Sievers Vie for AL Player Honors Gridiron Season Marks Opening Oklahoma Defeats Pittsburgh, 26-0, Georgia Tech. Beats Kentucky, 13-0 4; By BOB ROMANOFF Now that the Yankees have just about done the usual, clinched an- other American League pennant, attention is turning to who will be the Most Valuable Player and Pitcher of the Year in the Ameri- can League. The most likely candidates for the MVP award, according to most experts, are Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle and Roy Sievers, Williams is leading the majors with a .380 batting average. He is second to Sievers in the AL with 36 home runs, and he has batted in 84 runs. Mantle is second to Williams, with a .367 batting average, and' he has hit 34 home runs and driven in 93 runs. Sievers is having his best year in the majors. He is leading the American League with 41 home runs and 111 RBI's. He is hitting over .300. Of these three, many observeirs tab Williams as the most likely to win the coveted MVP honor, al- though Siaeversdis also being pick- ed frequently. Then, too, writers point out that Mantle is having a good year but the other two stars are having better ones and in addition have been more valuable to their teams. Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers seems to many the best choice for Pitcher of the Year in the American League. He has a 19-7 record and a 2.36 ERA, which is second only to Gerry Staley who has pitched 149 innings less. Billy Pierce, Bobby Schantz and Bob Turley also have been men- tioned as in the running for the award. ROY SIEVERS ... best year ~i1 SOPH SHOW (COED) MASS MEETING By STEVE SALZMAN Powerful Oklahoma, last year's number one team, marched with terrifying power across the Pitts- burgh goal line four times in handing Pittsburgh a 26-0 defeat. Before a sellout crowd of 59,000 Oklahoma scored once in the sec- ond period, and three times in the third period. Oklahoma's first touchdown climaxed a 51 yard drive, with a pass play from Jackie Sandefer to end Joe Rector. In the third period, Halfback Clendon Thomas, the Sooners' newest candidate for All-American honors, slashed 13 yards for a touchdown. The last two touchdowns came on pass plays from Carl Dodd to Don Stiller, and from Dave Baker to Dick Carpenter. Three Touchdowns Nullified On three occasions, Oklahoma drove across the Pitt goal line only to have the plays called back because of penalties. Pitt, the 1957 Gator Bowl team, whose line averages 225 lbs., only made two serious attempts to score. In the second period the Panthers drove 65 yards, only to lose the ball on the Oklahoma 19 by a pass interception. In the final period, the Panthers got to the Oklahoma 16, only to lose the ball on downs. This marked Oklahoma's 41st victory since the second game of the 1953 season when Pitt tied them, 7-7. Georgia Tech found themselves a poised and brilliant ball handler in sophomore quarterback Fred Braselton, as he led his team to a 13-0 victory over Kentucky. Braselton engineered both touch- downs, while figuring in the scor- ing of the final clincher. In the third period, he passed from the six yard line to end Jerry Nabors in the end zone. Stan Flowers, a Memphis senior and the only non-soph in Tech's young backfield, got the first score late in the first period, pow- ering over from the seven yard line. Versatile Navy crushed Boston College, 46-6, as the Midshipmen launched their football year spur- red by quarterback Tom Forrestal and Captain Ned Oldham. Oldham contributed two touch- towns and three conversions as well as vital yardage on marches to key the swift-striking Navy winged-T offense. Seven Completions Forrestal, the slick field general from Cleveland, completed seven of 10 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns in the first 17 minutes of the contest. Boston College scored 12 sec- onds after the second period began on a 93-yard scoring pass play from quarterback Don Allard to halfback Tom Joe Sullivan. Allard stepped into his end zone to hurl the ball. Sullivan grabbed it away from Oldham at midfield and raced the rest of the distance. Detroit's Titans handed Mar- quette its 11th straight defeat, 14-0, in a penalty-marred contest in Detroit. The Titans, who have handed out 65 football scholar- ships in the past two years, saw some of them pay off, as they scored once in the second, and once in the third periods. Their defense was exceptional, never al- lowing Marquette to threaten seri- ously. Marquette has not been able to win since late in the 1955 cam- paign, and Saturday could pene- trate beyond the Detroit 20-yd. line only once. 4 7:30 P.M., Tues., Sept. 24 .. League Ballroom Singing, Dancing, Publicity, Props, Production Il ;I a I ~1 I i- Major League Standings I AMERICAN LEAGUE W New York.......94 Chicago.........87 Boston..........78 Detroit..........75 Baltimore .......71 Cleveland .......71 Kansas City .....54 Washington ... 55 L 54 59 69 71 75 75 90 92 Pct. .635 .596 .531 .514 .486 .486 .375 .374 GB 6 151f 18 22 22 38 381/ NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Milwaukee ......90 57 .612 - St. Louis.......85 62 .578 5 Brooklyn........81 68 .544 10 Cincinnati .....77 70 .524 13 Philadelphia ....74 75 .497 17 New York ......69 81 .460 22% Chicago ........58 98 .395 32 Pittsburgh.....59 91 .393 32% YESTERDAY'S SCORES Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 8 (10 in- ings) Philadelphia 3, Brooklyn 2 Milwaukee 6, Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 5-5, New York 4-9 TODAY'S GAMES Milwaukee at Chicago Philadelphia at Brooklyn St. Louis at Cincinnati New York at Pittsburgh YESTERDAY'S SCORES Boston 8, New Yogk 3 Washington 8, Baltimore 1 Chicago 7, Cleveland 6 Kansas City 6, Detroit 3 TODAY'S GAMES Detroit at Kansas City (2) Boston at New York Chicago at Cleveland Washington at Baltimore 4 REST T Chicken. Our Specialty Y2 Southern fried chicken disjointed, slaw, roll, French Fries Short orders Carry out