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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes october 1950 Drake Star is nations top gainer new 26 fending Champion John of is so far ahead in College footballs individual offence race that the question now is will he break the season record the agile 200pounder has run and passed for Yards in six games his nearly 500 ahead Bill of in second Bright needs g72 Yards in his remaining games to better the Alllice Mark of set by Frank of in at his current the fort Wayne Junior May pass the record in the next two games against Detroit and then in the finale against Iowa his average of Yards a game also is Well ahead of the Mark held by Stan of since the National collegiate athletic Bureau said Cox had a Good Day in Dukes rout of Richmond last he gained 262 Yards to move up in the standings ahead of Bill of and Francis reds of the Duke Ace has gained Yards in five Wade has in five and Bagnell 966 Yards in four in the Rushing Wilford whizzes of Arizona at has a Good Lead with 861 Yards in 1qo Bill of Iowa took the Lead in passing with completions of 117 at tempted for 918 heading topside la rams Lead nil offence 26 the los Angeles rams Are no better than third in the american Divi Sion of the National football but they Are showing the Way to the entire circuit in total offence figures released today show the rams have gained Yards with picked up through the air and 846 on the their Aerial attack is by far the Best in the but on the ground they rank the Champion Philadelphia tied with the new York giants for the Lead in the National top the list in yardage gained on the ground with As compared to by Green in second but the eagles Aerial attack has picked up Only 837 the Nev York yanks Are second in total offence with Are followed by Cleveland with san with Cotton out Points Salas 26 of took a unanimous 10round decision Over Charlie of last Dan Michigan climbs Over a sea of bodies to score the wolverines final touchdown in their 3613 Victory Over Wisconsin in a big 10 and prexy says Irish need revitalizing9 lbs 26 Dames football offence May need a Little the John president of the University of notre said Here kids All Over the country Are becoming pretty familiar with the and i think most of the to Are a bit weaker than father Cavanaugh its the kids who devise the i on the sandlot and in their no technicality May keep Rickey but in an interview the notre Dame had this to say about the current poor Irish season which has brought two losses to Date we Are not reconciling ourselves to a period of he reported that notre Dame still Cavanaugh Leahy wants to play army and and added that he definitely thinks the cadets series with notre Dame will be referring to the need for revitalizing the father Cavanaugh cited the record of the late Knute Rock became notre Dames head coach in 1918 and had Good teams until when he lost then he juiced up his offence a bit and lost none in either 1929 or he had High Praise for Frank notre Dame coach since All our people Are convinced that Frank Leahy is the greatest of the coaches weve the univer sity head Wyoming Talboom paces collegiate Grid scoring new 26 of and Bobby of piled on the Points last saturday to take Over the Lead in the individual scoring race among the nations major col lege Talboom stepped to the football front with a sensational 29polnt performance against Utah to boost his Cassons total to 80 Points in five Back has cracked Over for 10 touchdowns and has made Good on 20 of 24 conver Sion the Nebraska accounted for All of his teams once when he notched 19 against Penn that gave him a total of 72 in four he has racked up 11 touchdowns and booted six Johnny of last weeks was third with 66 followed by whizzes Arizona state of 61 Bob Texas 60 Frank Miami 54 Merwin 54 John holy 54 Al and Ronnie 48 Powers zoomed into the running with a record equating burst of six touchdowns against out of baseball continued from Page 9 declined Rickey recently agreed to dispose of his 25 per cent of Brooklyn Stock to William new York realtor for Walter Vic president and Secretary of the and John l Smith announced they will exercise prior rights and Purchase the Rickey each of them owns 25 per Rickey Stock give them 75 per cent of the Ball asked about the Rickey Omalley its Rickey con tract and he can discuss it if he wants i will Zannelli decisions Williams 26 apr Ralph 35yearold Providence regained the new England welterweight Champion ship by defeating Don of in an action packed 12rounder Here last dimag set to discuss new pact i continued from Page 9 Dimaggio will conduct baseball clinics and Joe will give exhibitions of Lon distance clouting Dimaggio said he anticipated no difficulties in his contract negotiations with the Yankees for next he sidestepped the question of whether he would Settle for the he reportedly received for last we Haven had any trouble arriving at contract terms the last few he in in Good except that my knee bothers me a it will be in looking Forward to Ward the trip to when i ill Winter playing Golf and i finished up All my business in new York before i it will be Joes first visit to for it will be an old he made Many trips including the latest with the san Franciseo a year and is the most popular baseball figure v Yankees assure j he has a Job in 51 new baseman Johnny Mize dropped into the new York Yankees office yesterday to learn his 1951 status and was assured by general manager George Weiss that he definitely fitted into the teams plans for next big 37yearold whose 25 Home runs were a big help in the Yankees 1350 drive to the world was told that he will be sent a contract when the pacts Are mailed to the players who recently concluded a barnstorming tour with Mickey Harris will leave in a few Days for his Home in de Leon what next Birds run at rocking Liam 26 Ham which never could be accused of putting its head in the Sand to ignore a new announced yesterday that it will hold the first Ostrich race Ever con ducted at a recognized race track next which has Humoured its bettors in the past with races featuring ambling plow horses and lady will Quarter mile contest Between two ostriches from Jim Caspers Alligator arid Ostrich farm at the which reportedly Are As temperamental As a Young Are 8 feet tall and take 20foot majors plot demise of Bonus Rule new 26 balls Bonus Rule appears on the Way and if major league executives have their the world series radio television Money will go into the players pension both probably will the major topics disc cussed As a spec meeting among the big league owners called by commissioner Chandler f or 16 in Cincin the Bonus Rule has been a head ache to owners an players alike Chandler since its inception four years an attempt to repeal it last year failed when Only 32 of the 59 minor leagues backed the that 13 Short of the required to lire fourths vote the Bonus Rule now provide that players signed by major or High minor league teams for More than a Bonus can be Farmed out for Only a year and then must be recalled become subject baseball to adopts 51 schedule 26 league directors today adopted a 161game schedule for 1951 and voted to Cut the player limit from 20 Back to the schedule opens april 10 and closes there is no difference in the length from last when 154 games were the additional seven games Are made up of doubleheaders arranged Between the the schedule for april 10 is Dallas at Worth at Oklahoma Houston at and san the openers when the clubs change stands april 12 will be Shreveport at san Beaumont at hous Oklahoma City at and Tulsa at port the Allstar game will be july 12 at it was decided to Tut the player limit Back to 19 because the clubs considered nine pitchers too Many to be for one it was pointed was used in Only six innings All last the salary limit at a month was not and none of it counts Gerry Coleman made it safely into third base As be eluded the outstretched Arm of Billy Al Zarilla fait the Lonoff Fly that enabled the tank infielder to but the whole thing is off the record because it happened at Miami in an Allstar exhibition game won by the american 79  
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