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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1954
Page
15
Ohio State and UCLA dominate the Rose Bowl talk as sports figures from USC Notre Dame and PCC weigh in. The AP poll shows Ohio State leading with 9,259 points, UCLA second with 2,162, while Oklahoma Notre Dame Army Navy and others fill the top ranks amid postseason chatter.
Navy jumps to sixth while Mississippi and Southern California slide in the final top 20 after key upsets. UCLA thumps Southern California, Arkansas and Minnesota drop after losses to LSU and Wisconsin, Baylor and Maryland rise from the crowd as the season’s final poll nears.
UCLA remains No 1 in the Smith Touchdown Tendency System with one week left as Oklahoma clings to runner-up and Ohio State seizes the Rose Bowl slot. Notre Dame holds fourth with Army fifth. Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Miami round out the top 10 amid shifting rankings and late-season results.
Co captain Lindon Crow shows a 50 50 chance of opposing Irish, with fans noting uncertainty about his availability and role in upcoming games.
Chicago Tribune Charities will use pro coaches for the 1955 College All-Star game against the NFL champions at Soldier Field with Curly Lambeau leading the squad and Hank Anderson as associate coach. It marks the first time professional coaches will lead since the event began in 1934. Lambeau, Packers founder, also coached the Chicago Cardinals and Redskins. Anderson, formerly Notre Dame guard and coach, previously coached Bears linemen.
Airline officials confirm New Zealand and Australian rugby teams will land in Southland Wednesday morning for a two day sight seeing tour before Friday night exhibition at Veterans Stadium. Tickets on site at Proctor's Sporting Goods in Long Beach and other area stores. Teams will stay at Hollywood Plaza Hotel and play two games in five days, including Sunday in the Los Angeles Coliseum before returning home.
Oregon State football coach Laverne Kip Taylor announced his resignation effective July 1 1983 after a poor season finishing with eight straight losses. Assistants Leonard Younse Ward Cuff and Hal Moe also quit, ending eras tied to Taylor and his staff since 1949. The team opened with a win over Idaho, but suffered a 33-14 defeat to USC, marking USC's first loss to the rival since 1948.
Irish favored by 14 over Troy as West crown action unfolds. Navy earns a contested decision amid heavy fall games. Banter surrounds Don Grant and teams like Cincinnati, Princeton, and Villanova in a busy week of college football and boxing matchups.
Navy Hawaii game postponed as Sugar Bowl race tightens among Navy, Baylor, Mississippi. Army Rice and Mississippi State loom as rivals with State and Navy pushing for bowl bids. Mississippi seeks SEC title and Sugar Bowl host slot. all eyes on synchronized results and money to send teams to Honolulu.
The San Jose Chamber of Commerce, writers from Northern Califor nians and Pacific Coast Conference supporters urge consideration of San Jose State for the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Day. San Jose State, with six wins and three losses, is invited as a bowl nominee.
Commissioner Bert Bell unveiled NFL playoff sites after the regular season, with bids from Western powerhouses Los Angeles and San Francisco and Eastern teams Philadelphia New York and Cleveland favored to host crucial games. The schedule hinges on final divisional standings as teams eye the postseason.
Jockey Ray York freed Englishbred rider Johnny Longden after a horse toppled near the stands at Golden Gate Fields in the post parade for the second race. Longden, 44, was unconscious under the horse with the animal pinned on him before York and an exercise rider pulled him free. Longden later woke in track hospital with no memory of the incident.
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