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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
10
Port of Spain Trinidad reports Selwyn Baptiste must endure 1600 years before playing soccer again after an 8000 year ban tied to a November 27 match rule breach following a prior two year ban for violence. He captained Sheffield FC.
Read about Stanford’s planned Athletic Hall of Fame induction for five Long Beach high school football products. Names like James Lawson, Norman Standice, and other standouts from Wilson and Paly are highlighted, along with their college and pro links, era lore, and impact on Stanford football history.
A United Press survey shows California led national race track attendance in 1934 with about 4.64 million attendees at six major tracks over 270 days and total betting of 326.8 million dollars. New York remained the top bettor, while overall attendance rose about 11 percent from the prior year.
Norman Red Strader, former St Mary’s star and ex New York Yanks head coach, is named coach of the San Francisco Forty Niners succeeding Buck Shaw who was fired on December 13. Strader’s contract may run over one year with rumored pay between 20000 and 25900 annually. He plans to lean on defense in the draft and retain the T formation, with discussions on assistants and offense with his staff.
Oklahoma City's All-College Tournament ends with the San Francisco Dons defeating George Washington 73 37 in the final. Bill Russell stars with a dominant three game run, and Robert Patterson and Walter Devlin earn top honors on an eventful championship night. Oklahoma City University falls to Tulsa in a two overtime semifinal, Wichita State is toppled earlier, and the Dons claim their first All-College crown with a balanced, flawless performance.
Detroit report says Sugar Ray Robinson, a former middleweight, agreed to a 10 round match with Loe Rindone in December. The signing lifts his suspension by the Michigan Boxing Commission, supported by the National Boxing Association and New York State. The contract described as a gentlemen's agreement.
A jumble of results lists numerous games across colleges. Teams like Washington State, San Diego State, Fordham, St. Josephs, Loyola New Orleans, Memphis State, Nebraska, SMU, Michigan, Kentucky, Utah, and Pepperdine appear with varying scores. The report mixes several matchups with inconsistent formatting and several OCR errors, showing late-season action and consolations.
The 1954 year end AP poll questions experts about the outstanding trend in sports. Major shifts include relocation of Braves to Milwaukee and Athletics to Kansas City, Browns to Baltimore, signaling rising realignment and a waning minor leagues. 1955 may bring further expansion and changes. Boxing declines noted as a negative trend.
ATLANTA RP Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd is reportedly among Rams candidates after Hampton Pool resigned. Comedian Bob Hope says Dodd is being discussed, with Dodd open to talks and planning a January trip to California. Other names linked include Blanton Collier Navy Eddie Erdelatz Red Blaik Bud Wilkinson Ivy Williamson Jordan Olivar.
Detroit report notes Harold Johnson Jr. of Philadelphia sought a second title against Archie Moore after a televised 10 round contest. Marty Marshall of Detroit, heavier at 179, outweighed by 174, sparked near fights but neither fighter delivered a strong performance.
UCLA defeated the University of New Mexico 106 to 41 on Wednesday night as the Bruins reserves held the lead. New Mexico struggled against UCLA’s deeper lineup and faded in the second half.
Kentucky toppled La Salle 63-54 in the national tournament as the Wildcats led in defense and rebounding. UCLA guard Johnny Mone tallied 11 points for an eventual career mark, while the crowd of 385 observed a bright yellow basketball in a tense late-season game.
NCAA figures place USC Oregon State and UCLA among the top 10 in team defense as USC leads with 48.4 points allowed per game in seven contests. Individual scoring leader is Ohio State’s Robin Freeman at 40.3 and Richman tops team scoring with 99 points per game. Kentucky dominates early, La Salle and Utah suffer losses, while Southern California’s Dick Welsh sinks the game winner in a 54-52 upset over Utah.
In Canyon Texas Pepperdine College upended by West Texas State 67 54 Hardin Simmons controls the game as Bill Barnes leads Waves with 26 points Larry Dugan fouls out late weakening Pepperdine rebounding after a 71 71 tie with four minutes left Pepperdine drops consolation round game in West Texas basketball tourney with 6 6 forward fouled out and 24 23 point performances from Brophy and Fortenbery for West Texas State
McMillen and Santee, two national stars, meet in a high profile Pro Bowl pregame duel at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. The race headline follows an Olympic style Lacd-meter setback for Bartel of Luxembourg as Mestilien drops out to face Wes Santee of Kansas Jah 18.
The Oakland Baseball Club will establish their training camp in El Centro while the San Francisco Seals train in Mexicali across the border. Two other Pacific Coast League clubs plan similar camps Seattle at Palm Springs and Sacramento at Yuma Ay.
The Navy announced it would honor all 13,000 Sugar Bowl tickets without regard to race, playing Mississippi in New Orleans on January 1. NAACP and others praised the move while questions remained about enforcing access at gates and seat distribution beyond Caucasian tickets. The Navy said race restrictions appeared only on tickets sold to Caucasian members, with a block of 700 seats set aside for other races.
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