Nichols
Pitcher
Of Year
NEW YORK. Dec. 18—Chester
Nichols, a slender 20-year-old rookie
with the face of a college freshman
and the poise of a big league vei
eran, emerged as the most effective
National League pitcher today with
a top earned run percentage of 2 88.
The stout-hearted Boston Brave
southpaw. only the second first -
year man to win the honor and the
first since Jim Turner, also of the
Braves, turned the trick in 1937,
ranked ninth on a won-and-lost
basis with 11-8 mark. He fini-hed
strong, however, winning seven of
his last 11 starts including a dra-!
matic 4-3 win on Sept. 27 that broke
the back of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Figures released today show that
the Pawtucket, R.I., youngster al
lowed only 61 runs — only 50 of
which were earned — in 156 innings.
Nichols, whose father also was a
big league hurler, just managed to
get under the wdre as only those
who hurled 154 or more innings
were considered. Chet completed
12 of his 19 starts and fashioned
three shutouts.
Nichols shade the pitching spot
light with Elwin (Preacher) Roe,
veteran Brooklyn southpaw, whose
spectacular 22-3 mark gave him
the highest won and lost rating at
.880. Roe missed an opportunity to
better Fred Fitzsimmons league re
cord perceentage of .889 when he
was the victim of Nichols’ Sept. 27
win.
In all, three hurlers were under
the 3.000 earned run averages. Sal
Maglie of the New York Giants
placed second with 2.93 and War
ren Spahn, crafty Braves’ southpaw,
was third with 2.98. Three pitchers
were tied for fourth with 3.03. They
were Larry Jansen of the Giants,
Robin Roberts of the Phillies and
Roe.
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Fight Dope
I5y the Associated Press
Here are results of fights last
night:
At Boston — Norman Hayes, 163,
Eoston, outpointed Robert Ville
main, 164, France (10); Johnny
Greco, 150, Montreal, stopped Al
redro LaGrutta, 144'-, Milan, Italy
i3); Red Priest, 160. Cambridge,
M . . knocked out Joey Arthur,
162 . Indianapolis (8); and Tommy
Collins. 126: . Boston, knocked out
Jimmy McAllister, 126’-, Baltimore,
(2).
At New York — Tony Allegro, 137,
New York, outpointed Johnny (Red)
Drfa/.io, 144, Bayonne, N.J., < 8).
At Quebec — Fernando Gagnon,
117, Quebec, knocked out Joe Tor
re-, 117's, Puerto Rico, (1).
At Battle Creek, Mich. — Harold
(Baby Face) Jones, 138, Detroit,
outpointed Gerald Labroi, 140, Chi
cago, (10).
At Paris — Ray Famechon, 130’;..
France, outpointed Juan Padilla,
131 lu, Mexico, (10).
Duds Desiroyed on
$ifie Rsngs After
Hsiisria! Guard Use
All duds on the rifle range have
been located and destroyed by the
Alaska National Guard headquar
ters, it was announced today.
A demonstration team from Fort
Richardson ustecl the range in,
demonstration of large calibre rifles
and mortars during the recent
guard encampment.
There is the possibility of more
duds remaining between the range
and the big rock at the edge of
Mendenhall Lake 300 yards beyond
the end of the range, guard head
quarters said. Caution is advised
even though the trails in the range
area are thought safe.'
Anyone finding a dud is asked to
call the headquarters at 811.
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Art ilenri cf New York, pitches forward after Ilarry (The Kid) Mat
thews of Seattle delis crcd a knockcut nuneh in the second round of
thiir scheduled 10-round fight in Omaha, Neb. (12/13). Matthews
has no', lost a fight since 1913. '/PI Wirephcto.
Scores at
Basketball
By the Associated Press
Final scores of basketball games
played last night are:
Drake 57, Denver 50.
Stanford 91, YMI (Calif) 77.
St. Mary’s (Califi G8, Regis 47.
Wyoming 51, Baylor 45.
Wichita 84, New Mexico 58.
Whitworth 69, Lewis and Clark 59.
Whitman 55, Memphis State 52.
Willamette 98, Chico State 58.
Boston College 70. Boston U. 48.
Butler 63, Michigan 53.
DePaul 87, Illinois Wesleyan 47.
Kansas State 92, Hamline 73.
Notre Dame 77, Chicago Loyola 57. j
Wisconsin 55, St. Louis 54.
Iowa 60, Wash. (St. Louis) 53.
Vanderbilt 55, Texas Tech 49.
Alabama 80, Mississippi 79.
Louisiana State 59, Texas 55.
South Carolina 84. Wake Forest 64. i
Florida G9, Miami 65.
Tennessee 61, Clcinson 52.
Miss. State 64, Ark. State 63.
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St. John Is
Number 1
(age Team
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 — </P) — St.
John’s University of Brooklyn was
rated the No. 1 college basketball
team in the country today in the
weekly Associated Press poll, but
you can’t convince the University
of Kentucky.
Votes of the nation’s sports writ
ers and sport.scasters were cast over
the weekend. The weekly poll closed
Monday afternoon, several hours
before Kentucky and St. John’s met
at Lexington, Ky. The Kentucky
Wildcats trounced the Redmen, 81
to 40.
One hundred and three ballots
were received and St. John’s got 36
first place votes to only 15 for Ken
tucky, which was ranked No. 1 a
week ago. St. John’s which had
won five straight games up until the
Kentucky games, w'as No. 2 last1
week. This time, the Redmea re- :
ctived a total of 837 points, While ;
Kentucky got 637.
The voting obviously was in- |
fluenced by Kentucky's upset de-'
feat at the hands of Minnesota last
week, 61-57. St. John's had thumped
Rhode Island State Saturday night,1
C2-62.
Illinois, a favorite for the Big
Ten crown, St. Louis University and j
Kansas State remained the No. 3, j
4 and 5 teams in that order — same |
as last week. Kansas State was
bounced out of the undefeated class
last week by San Francisco. 55-52.
Last night, Kansas State trounced i
Hamline, 92-73.
MOOSE WOMEN MEET
There will he a meeting of the
Women of The Moose Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock in the Moose
Lodge Room it will be initiation
night with Senior Regent Jannet
Francis in charge. Edna Card will;
be in charge of refreshments.
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West Team,
Shrine Game,
Strong One
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18—
One of the strongest west {earns
ever assembled gets down to busi
ne.s today after visiting the child
ren the Shrine East-West football
game will help.
Eastern participants check in to
day for the annual charity duel
Dec. 29.
West Coaches Jess Neely of Rice
and UCLA’s Henry Red Sanders
exuded confidence to the Northern
California Football Writers yester
day. Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma,
he third coach, had not yet arrived.
Neely said he would use the T
formation with two top passers,
Don Klosterman of Loyola, Los
Angeles, and Ed Brown, San Fran
cisco, alternating at quarterback.
Neely’s backfield is loaded with
talent.
• The Texas A. and M. backs, Glen
Lippman and Bob Smith will hold
heir own in any league,” he said.
‘And I don’t have to be told about
San Francisco’s Ollie Matson. He
is a Houston boy and I saw him
play (here. I’ve also heard a lot
)f good things about that boy, John
bright of Drake.”
5as?ineau League
Managers, Officials
Schedule Meeting
A meeting of Gastineau Channel
Basketball League officials and
team managers has been called for
Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The playing and practice sched
ules for the last half of the sea
son will be gone over and policy
will be discussed at the meeting.
Games scheduled for the Juneau
gym tonight sees the Juneau High
School Crimson Bears playing the
Imperials in the first game at 7:30
o’clock. The Bears lead the league;
with five wins while the Imps are |
in third place with three wins and
one loss.
Second game has the Country
Club playing Mikes. The Clubbers
are in seventh place, just above the
cellar position while Mikes are in
fourth.
In Douglas, the Douglas High
School Huskies tangle with the
Stcris tonight at 7:30 o’clock. The
Huskies are in fifth place with a
.500. The second game has the Col
umbia Lumbermen meeting the Al
aska Road Commission. The Lum- i
bermen are in second place while
the Commission is in sixth.
Sports in Brief
By the Associated Press
At Lexington, Ky. — Kentucky
defeated St. John’s of Brooklyn,
81-40, in a game between the na
tion’s two top-ranked teams.
At New York — U.S. Lawn Ten
nis Association ranked Robert Perry,
Los Angeles, the No. 1 junior player
for 1951. Others rated No. 1 were:
boys, Jerry Moss, Miami Beach,
Fla., girls, Anita Kanter, Santa
Monica, Calif.; interscholastic, Her
bert. Erowne, Columbia, ^.C.; vet
erans, Harold T. MacGuffin, New
York.
At Cleveland — The Cleveland In
dians today announced purchase of
be pectacled Dino Restelli, a 27
year-old outfielder, from the -Wash
ington Senators in a straight
v.aiver transaction.
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