(ampanella Named Most
Valuable Player in N. L.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1—<JPl—Roy
Campanella will always remember
1951.
Throughout the year the husky,
hard-hitting catcher of the Brook
lyn Dodger^ was hampered by in
juries, but now Campanella has
reaped the fruits of his labors. He
has been named as the National
League's Most Valuable Player for
the past seasoji by a 24-man com
mittee of the Baseball Writer's As
sociation of America.
Campanella is only the third
catcher since 1931 to win the cov
eted award. The other receivers
to gain the honor were- Gabby
Hartnett of the 1935 Chicago Cubs
and Ernie Lombardi of the 1938
Cincinnati Reds.
Jhe 29-year-old Dodger star col
lected 243 points out of a possible
336 to win in a breeze. Stan'Musial
of the St. Louis Cardinals, winning
his fifth batting title with a .355
average, finished second with 191
points. Points were awarded on
14 for first place vote, nine for
second and so on down to one for
tenth.
Campanella. reached in Houston
where his All-Star exhibition team
is stopping was surprised when in
formed that he had won the award.
“I had forgotten all about that
award,” he said. “After wc were
beaten in the playoff by the New
York Giants, I just didn’t think
about it any more.”
“I surely am happy about it
now.”
Campanella’s selection marked
the sixth time since 1931 that a
Slugging Catcher
Has His Worries
HOUSTON, Tex . Nov. 1—W—Roy
Campanella is mighty pleased over
being named the National League's i
most valuable player but there's one j
thing that’s bothering him.
"Gosh," said the slugging catcher I
of the Brooklyn Dodgers, here on
a barnstorming tour, "that means I
probably will have to wear a tuxedo
and I don't own one.”
Campanella's All-Stars beat the
American Negro League All-Stars
11-1 here last night with Campa
nella catching six innings.
h-——
player not on a pennant winner
won the award. The others were,
Chuck Klein, Philadelphia, 1932;
Ducky Med wick, St. Louis, 1937;
Lombardi, Cincinnati, 1938; Bob
Elliott, Boston, 1947 and Musial, St.
Louis, 1948.
The star backstop drew 11 first
place votes while Musial. only player
named on every ballot, collected two.
Trailing Musial were, Monte Irvin,
New York, third, Sal Maglie, New'
York, fourth, Preacher Roe, Brook
lyn, fifth, Jackie Robinson, Brook
lyn, sixth, Richie ‘ Ashburn, Phila
dephia, seventh, Bobby Thomson,
New York, eighth, Murry Dickson,
Pittsburgh, ninth and Ralph Kiner,
Pittsburgh, tenth. Ashburn got 69
votes.
Greco, Williams
Fight to Draw;
BALTIMORE, Nov. 1-4A—Johnny
Greco, Canadian welterweight
champion, and Don Williams of
Worcester, Mass., fought to a 10
round draw last night when the
judges and the referee couldn't
agree on the outcome.
The fast-moving bout, which drew
a small crowd here, was broadcast
and telecast coast-to-coast on CBS
networks. Only 215 attended tfce
fight.
Williams, at 146 ’j pounds, car
ried the fight to Greco, 152, during
the early rounds with his sharp one
twos and fancy footwork.
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Fight Dope
By the Associated Press
Here are results of fights last
night:
At Baltimore — Johnny Greco,
152, Montreal, and Don Williams,
146'l-, Worcester, Mass., drew, 10.
At Spokane — Hank Thurman,
202, Los Angeles, knocked out
George Parmentier, 232, Kellogg,
Idaho, 2.
Sports in Brief
By the Associated Press
At New York — Roy Campanella,
Brooklyn Dodgers' catcher, was
named the most valuable player In
the National League for 1951.
At Montgomery, Ala. — A new
pre-induction examination w a s
ordered for Willie Mays, New York
Giants’ outfielder, previously re
jected by the Army.
At New York — Major John
Russell of the United States won
the Royce A. Drake Challenge
trophy at the National Horse Show.
At New York — Ex-heavyweight
champion Joe Louis asked public to
"bear with" him while thinking over
his future plans.
At Albany, Calif. — Fond Em
brace i $G.40» won the top attraction
at Golden Gate Fields.
Fatalities
In Football
LOS ANGELES, Nov. l—tfl—Foot
ball fatalities have decreased
i sharply this fall compared to the
same period a year ago, Dr. Floyd
R. Eastwood, chairman of the Fatal
ities Committee of the American
Coaches Association, disclosed in a
mid-season report today.
To date there have been five
deaths traced directly to football,
and five , indirect fatalities. Last
year at this time there had been
13 direct and four indirect deaths,
or 17 compared to this year's 10.
College totals are the same, with
one direct and one indirect.
The biggest drop was in high
schools. Only two direct deaths
have been recorded this fall, com
pared with nine a year ago at this
period. Indirect fatalities declined
from three to two.
AN'B BALL AT SITKA
Thirty ninth annual anniversary
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood
and Alaska Native Sisterhood is
holding a ball November 2 at the
Sitka ANB hall. All other local
camps are invited to attend, a good
time is promised to all 953-lt
Football
Pickings
By HAROLD (,’LAASSEN
NEW \ORK. Nov. 1—VP)—A parly
bore and a football are the same
tiling — just a bag cf wind.
Here are winners of the coming
weekend’s football games:
Illinois over Michigan: Karras cl
Illinois already has scored 10
touchdowns this season and need -
only three more to tie the mark first
set by Grange. He’ll get enough
points in this game jto beat Michi
gan.
Tennessee over North Carolina:
North Carolina hasn’t reached its
full potential.
Princeton over Brown: The na
tion’s longest current winning streak
goes to 19.
Baylor over Texas Christian.
Notre Dame over Navy: The
Irish may be pridominately fresh
men and sophomore but they know
their way around.
Alabama over Georgia.
Wisconsin over Indiana: Wiscon
sin boasts the strongest defense in
the nation.
Texas over Southern Methodist.
Georgia Tech over Duke.
Maryland over Missouri: Mary
land seems headed for the Sugar
Bowl this season. Missouri hasn’t
been headed anywhere.
California over UCLA: California
is a two-touchdown favorite but it
could be much, much closer.
Southern California over Army:
If the Trojans “want” this game it
could become a young massacre.
Skipping over the others in a
hurry:
, Friday
. Boston College over Richmond,
College of Pacific over Marquette,
Furman over Wofford, North Caro
lina State over Louisville.
Saturday
East: Boston University over New
York University, Bucknell over
Temple, Cornell over Columbia,
Fordham over Rutgers, Holy Cro's
over Colgate, LeHigh over Muhlen
berg, Penn over William and Mary,
Yale over Dartmouth.
Midwest: Bradley over Detroit.
Colorado over Iowa State, Houston
over Wichita, Iowa over Minnesota,
Kansas over Nebraska, Ohio State
over Northwestern, Oklahoma over
Joe Louis
Stalling
NEW YORK, Nov. Admit
ting that, he has come to a “turn in
the road,” ex-heavyweight champion
Joe Louis wants more time to think
over his future plans.
Louis issued a statement yester
day — apparently prompted by the
action of flic Illir i ; Athletic Com
mission which et.lu it would not
permit him to fight in that .state—
asking the public to "bear with me
while I think out my future plans.”
The statement said nothing about
retiring, a move which has been
predicted freely by those close to
the old Brown Bomber after his
knockout by Rocky Marciano last
week.
Tail Says Foreign
Policy Disastrous
By the Associated Press
Ohio Senator Robert Taft, now an
avowed candidate for the Republi
can presidential nomination, says
the United States seldom has had
I “such a disastrous foreign policy.”
Taft made the statement in a talk
; last night at Providence, Rhode Is
| land, at a GOP fund raising drive.
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I .
Kansas State, Purdue over Penn
, State, Tulsa over Oklahoma A. & M.
South: Auburn over Louisiana
College, Clemson over Wake Fore t.
Kentucky over Miami, LSU over
Mississippi, South Carolina over
George Washington, Tula no over
Mississippi State, Vanderbilt over
Chattanooga. Virginia Military over
Davidson, Virginia over The Cita
del, Washington and Lee over Vir
ginia Tech, West Virginia over
Western Reserve.
Southwest: Arizona over New
Mexico, Cincinnati ovc Hardin
Simmons, Rice over Pittsburgh,
Texas A. and M, over Arkansas,
Texas Tech over Texas Western.
Far West: Colorado A. and M,
j over Brigham Young, Oregon over
1 Idaho, Stanford over Washington
j State, Utah over Utah State, Washi
ngton over Oregon State, Wyoming
over Montana, San Francisco over
Santa Clara (Sunday).
Bulletins
A Senate Armed Services sub
committee says it has been assured
(hat ample supplies of warm cloth
ing will be available for U.S. troops
in Korea if the fighting continues
into the winter.
America's leading Protestant
■■roup—the National Council of the
Churchc , of Christ in the U.S.A.—
disclosed today that President Tru
man twice assured it that sending
a representative to the Vatican was
] a "temporary expedient.” And one
that would "certainly terminate with
ihe signing of the peace treaties.”
—
A British Army spokesman in
Egypt said today that British troops
have seized the road and rail bridge
outside Port Said at the Mediter
ranean end of the Suez Canal.
_
Polilical Bombshell
To Be Dropped
By Senator Byrd
By the Associated Press
Democratic Senator Harry Byid
is set to drop a political bombshell
at Selma. Alabama. He has said
in advance that he’ll voice sharp
criticism of the Democratic admin
istration in a speech before a, farm
bureau audience.
Dixie Democrats meet afterward,
perhaps to start a Byrd-for-Presi
dent draft. However. Byrd, him
self, will not be present at the
political war council.
CARRINGTON MAN HERE
A. J. Ooodfellow, representative
of the Glen Carrington Co., of Se
attle. is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
Alaska Air Service
Gels ban from RFC
SEATTLE. Nov. 1—!.P—The Re
construction Finance Corporation
has approved a loan of $705,550 to
Northern Consolidated Airlines, Inc.
of Anchorage, RFC officials here
have announced.
A total of $215,000 of the loan
will be used to construct a hangar,
operations center and offices at the
new Anchorage International Air
port. The remainder of the funds
will provide for construction of op
erations and waiting rooms at King
Salmon and Dillingham, in the
Bristol Bay area; housing at Fair
banks for company employees;
working capital, and purchase of
equipment.
Northern Consolidated fiies from
Anchorage to Bristol Bay and to
McGrath, Bethel and Platinum. The
firm serves Galena from Fairbanks.
LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Kom
mayer who are in the sand and
gravel business in Reno,. Nev., were
scheduled to leave today on PA A
alter two months aboard the pack
er Ilalawai as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Henning. Kornmayer
is a cousin of Mrs. Henning who
accompanied them to Seattle today.
The Ilalawai has been packing fish.
For the past ten days the two
couples have been bird hunting in
the Rocky Pass area.
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km Sergeant
From Alaska
TACOMA, Nov. 1—ilt)—Three per
■sons held without charge in connec
tion with the death of an Army Scr
geant were released by police af e
the coroner reported the fatal shoot
ing was a suicide.
Sgt. Robert P. Kucic. 25, on fur
lough, from Army duty in Alaska
died Sunday of a bullet wound re
ceived Friday night. Deputy Cor
oner Larry Amundsen said invest!'
gation determined the wound wo;
, self-inflicted.
Police released Kuck’s wife, Lila
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The West Virginia State Mine:
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explosion which killed 12 men o’
Kayford, West Virginia, yesterda;
was caused by improper blastin'
by the crew. A spokesman said ths
crew apparently put dynamite shot
under some overhanging slate t(
loosen it and the resulting bla
ignited ccal dust in the air. Tin
manner in which it was done is for
bidden by law.
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