European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lows by 4953 the stars and stripes Page 9 the stars and stripes player opinion differs Over abolishment of 2platoon system new 16 of the Strong arguments advanced to favor of two platoon football was that the players liked now that the platoons have been wiped out by one devastating Vole of the Mcaa football rules it seems that the Validity of that was As the players and fans yesterday debated the Small schools divided on Grid change Francis Breaks record now has 19o72 Points 16 return of College football to the pre platoon Era of 1941 Doest mean that the colleges which dropped football because of rising costs will Start playing nor does it that the smaller the ones that were sup posed to Benefit by wednesdays Mcaa rules committee action to outlaw platoon Are unanimously a Cross Sec Tion of smal College coaches Opin Ion showed almost a in the past three years 50 Small including some with Large enrolments but Small time have abandoned intercollegiate others have been reported on the verge of dropping citing the huge costs of main Taining a big the first reaction from the bet Ter known colleges which have quit the sport recently was along the lines of a comment from the Wilfred athletic Board chairman of Santa Clara it would have but it came too this opinion was echoed by the University of san so marys Bonavent St Louis University and some continued on Page 11 Holcomb withdraw entry for Job Chapel 16 up Stu head coach of the big 10 co Champion Purdue boiler withdrew his name yester Day As a candidate for the Job of head football coach at the univer sity of North who signed a 10year contract at Purdue in informed Dean chairman of the University of North Carolina ath Letic Council coaching committee that he is no a candidate for the Post Holcomb withdrawal Lef Georgi chief assistant to car former Jim Tatum Jim another unc former William and Mary head coach Marvin and Art As the top candidates for the Hea coaching Olszewski Southern alter the entire game of foot Ball next it developed that there was a horde of one Way foot fall players who were just aching to get a second crack at the of some of them were Elmer will californian Fine defensive guard Roger Michigan linebacker Dick Harvard triple threat tailback Johnny California full Lack Pat Syracuse Quarter ack Morris  it Kansas and Mitch Colum Bias passing a couple admittedly had selfish motives in favouring the abolition of they 60minute players who took a beating toward he end of game As the opposition kept throwing fresh Pla sons at spartans against change and a spot Check of players across the nation showed a Strong minority vote in favor of the Pla including a unanimous ballot from five stars of the 1952 National Champion Michigan state a High ranking student As Well As columbian 1 football player last said i wish it lad happened Hes through with College Competition although his Lou has staunchly advocated platoon football As a Benefit to his thinly manned Price argued that the players on a weaker squad got a psychological lift from playing both youre in the game More and if youre pushed around continued on Page 11 Baldauf tops skiers in Garmisch slalom 16 the Northwestern conference turned in the Best time in the slalom when Roger whipped through the course in a close second in the event was Norman who won the Southeastern conference Crown with his tune of persons was the Winner of the opening Day Cross country other victories went to Glenn 22d who won the 4th div and Roger 1st div 16 Clarence Bevo Francis of Liny Rio Grande set a new National collegiate single season basketball scoring record of As Rio Grande Defeated Bliss Here last Francis scored 51 the 6foot 9inch who Learned his basketball in a barn near his family Home in Ham broke the record of Points set by 9inch Johnny the 195152 Francis is already Holder of the National College single game record f 116 Points set against Ashland he still has games left i which to add to Lis already phenomenal Francis has played in 21 games Johnson 41 Over Slade new 16 old will make his bid for a Light heavy weight title shot tonight in a nationally televised 10rounder with Jimmy new at Nicholas the bout is being staged at Nicks because Madison Square Garden is occupied by an ice top contender for the 175pound was a 41 favor Ite to beat rated Slade was also a 41 underdog against Doii eng top contender in b u 1 Slade knocked out Cockell in the fourth was a lopsided Choice because of the impressive showings he made in four fights with Archie Moore before Moore wrested the title from Joey Maxim at Louis last he Losi three close decisions to Moore and Cri he suffered Only two other de feats in his 43 professional fights bbl drops search for new chairman new 16 president of the International boxing said yesterday he had abandoned temporarily plan for selecting a chairman of the inc Board of directors since Edga Fri declined the in considering a plan to seek Board said was thinking Only of sine he was not i have dropped the plan for the time Norris disclosed last week he would offer the Job to Hoover on a 10year contract at per Hoover replied he could not accept at the present this or an average of 51 joints a he is the kid who 10 years ago was so anaemic his parents had to Arry him to his tonight the 0yearold who received Lis High school diploma just two Days acquitted himself in a fashion which gave real substance o the claim of his Newt himself one of Ohio great age stars five years Oliver Calls him one of the greatest players i the history of Bevo Francis scoring phenom Cal fills out 1953 Grid slate 16 the University of California completed its 1953 football schedule by signing Baylor for sept and san Jose state for both games i will be played vessels available for pro football favors 2 platoons 16 halfback Billy said last night he expects to be available to play professional foot Ball for at least one vessels told this to a reporter at the Cleveland touchdown c1 u b s Annua where he was Given an award As the n a t i o is out is Landing football player of As to his Avail ability for or vessels said he did think hed be vessels called into Mill tary service until the next season who played it both ways and won the Back of the year also said on platoon foot Ball will make a slower game of abolition of the  Tion he will slow the game of football Down and will mean that not As Many boys will have a Chance to Bolt leading open san 16 a tempestuous Tommy Bolt rapped out a six underpay 66 yesterday to take the Lead at the end of the first 18 holes of the san Diego open Golf tournament the 34yearold pro from Houston and noted for his As Well As his spectacular goes into today round leading a grand procession of Par beaters who made a shambles of the 72 figure at the san Diego country exactly 32 play ers under the Par playing before a gallery of several Bolt thousand under a hot Bolt put together nine Hole scores of 3234 in what he called one of my better rounds of one shot Back of the Pace setter was slender Jerry la with tied at 68 were four formidable challengers Lloyd m a n g r u Jimmy Jim Turnesa and Doug three lesser known Warren la Mike and Pete continued on Page 10 Tennis great new York Sears won the first National singles title in 1881 and held it through pro and con South 16 up i the ban of foot balls Twolla Toon system could cause the game to Meterio i notre Dame coach Frank Leahy said in fairness to the rules he perhaps should wait and Leahy says football could deteriorate a pt7tf 0m at it map Tlok 11 observe How the abolition of free substituting will affect Leahy said the Strong possibility that football would deteriorate was True in universities with High academic standards and limited practice he added that poorer College football could cause countless individuals to find football entertainment sunday watching the professional from All available reports there were fewer serious injuries under the free substitution he injuries result More often when players Are one of the most outspoken critics of the abolition of the Rule was head coach Woody Ohio i think its Hayes de when informed the Mcaa rules committee had sounded the official death Nell of the two platoon system at its meeting in so the rules committee completely ignored the who recently voted four to one to retain the free substitution Hayes added i think the whole thing was brought about by pressure from the Small not the smal College Hugh coach at new York continued on Page 10 43d div arty leads at Berchtesgaden 16 Spe honors in the 43d div Honor trials Here fell 43d div arty for the second As David Franklin led his artillery teammates n a sweep of the slalom event William Brooks turned in the fastest single run of the Day and placed second on combined times or the two John Lewis was seven out of 10 places in the Cross country race also fell to the impressive div arty led by John Klaus Guertler was a close skiing conditions Garmisch cold and continued Clear 14 degrees 57 powder excellent Light Cloudy 27 degrees 60 powder skiing excellent of hoop tourney second worldwide air Force basketball championship will be held at the Sampson March