Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tree 1954 into monday night s Effort of stadium s waterlogged turf Saskatchewan fullback Bobby Marlow had the impressive total of More than 600 Yards insight games that s nearly half a mile. Which is a lot of Teal estate but Bobby a average took a decided drop last night again the Blue bombers As the Alabama Block Buster picked up exactly nine Yards in eight carries. Now Don t get Are not attempting to belittle Young or. Marlow a very Fine football player. But we do think that by pointing out How Wei the bombers took care of Marlow will serve to illustrate much better than superlatives the outstanding performance of the Winnipeg line. To kit s a Long Long time since we be seen the bombers front Wall turn in such a Stout Effort As it did last night Sherman and company clobbered the Duffies for the first time this season. In All the entire Saskatchewan Backfield made Only 58 Yards Rushing a new Low for the riders and a further tribute to the yeomen work of Fellows like buddy Tinsley Dick Huff. Man Steve Canakes Roger Savoie Tommy Lumsden Bud Grant and Ron Vaccher. Those Fellows really worked out there in the Slop and the mud monday night especially big Dick Huffman who played one of the finest games of his entire career in a Winnipeg uniform. Watching the line in action it seemed that for the first time they really found themselves As a unit. It is to be hoped this most Welcome improvement will continue. A meantime with the line performing so nobly Winnipeg iliac fielders were Able to run up something like 245 Yards tops for the Byron Townsend and Gerry James leading the Way. First time this season Winni Eggers saw How this Lellow Townsend can really plow when he gets the holes and sometimes even when the holes weren t there. Coach Sherman certainly knew what he was doing when he decided to retain both Townsend and Floyd Huggins at the Cut off Date. There was never any Chance that the riders were going to beat the bombers last night. From the moment Gerry James raced 72 Yards on the second play of the game the Fate of the Saskatchewan team was sealed. In fact the bombers had scored two touchdowns almost before the riders had their Jersey s dirty. That great run by James who came mighty close to going All the Way seemed to be the inspiration the team needed to lilt itself out of the mediocre class. With the bombers running so Well and ground conditions being what they it was Only natural Jack Jacobs would keep his pass pitching Arm inactive. However we can t Ever recall seeing a game in which Jacobs participated when he threw three passes. It was a new Low for Jake who handled the item m almost faultless fashion in their Victory March asks and Parker 4 spark23-l3 win Over Lions Page 17 Vancouver up ton eskimos spearheaded by the deadly Arm of Berni Faloney and. Wild running of Jack Parker chopped up the -. Wittl. Mas lijeli.-.uowi1ku1. Lions a the first Quarter and Glen Mcwhinney stunned the Nassr were unable to be t unt rack de until Edmonton had piled up a 12-3 first Quarter advantage. It was the defensive work of that was their then matched them play for play to carve out a 23-13. Win. In a Western inter provincial football Union clash Here monday night. Lions with Rookie Gene Robil lard calling the first Quarter Sig crowd of by taking a pass deep in. The Lions Backfield and running from the . 32 for a major without sighting a single Tacker. Glen Lippman fumbled the Edmonton to give Lions Possession in front of the Eskimo goal and Al Pollard booted a Field goal but that was the Only sign of life from the Lions in the first 15.minutes of play. Jackie Parker passed to Steve Bendiak and on the next play Faloney burst through for a Sec Ond major to. Give the visitors off the Vest was a treat to the bombers ._., uie due Yuers Slop the riders on the 1-Yard line we were beginning to wonder if they knew what a goal line stand was in previous games it was almost a Case of a conceded touchdown once the opposition was inside the Winnipeg 5-Yard line the bombers also took the Ball from the riders on Downs in Centerfield its Good too see Bud Grant playing Fine football both ways and apparently at his own request too Larry Isbell pulled a Skull when he failed to concede the bombers two Points after John Wozmak snapped the Ball Over his Isbell s head into the end zone. Isbell ran the Ball out to the 12-Yard line where bombers gained Possession and then went for a touchdown had Isbell conceded the Points the riders would have had pos session on t heir own 25-Yard-line Ron Vaccher was very much on the Ball when he recovered Bud Korchak s muffed Kickoff after the first Winnipeg touchdown on the Saskatchewan 45-Yard line Jack Jacobs really caught the riders napping when he Mck kicked off the spread in the final Quarte Tor a single Point Piggy Barnes was spotting for the bombers in the press Box some of his comments and cries of anguish even brought a smile to the solemn face of commissioner Syd Halter a Spectator at. Of Amo who once played muscled mighty mite the Little fellow straining under the huge weights Onove is Norman Stanway member of the Myca weightlifting club who broke the Canadian weightlifting record for the military press Friday. Nor Man a bantamweight who tips the Scales at o u n d a pressed pounds to better the can Adian Mark by four pounds. Norm s lift was also pounds better than the win lift in his class at the British Empire games this summer in Kon Couver. The lift at present is an unofficial record but is awaiting certification by the aau. 10-count Relief to Fez Rocky s Power convincing Factor against Charles n i no fill it Fa Spectator at the game was Fritz Falgren a Jot of football for Saskatchewan car radios Alt makes models 1934-54 reconditioned new radio to terms custom fitted guarantee on the spot installation. Grave c4uto .180 St. Mpg. Phone -13 92 5372 National league a new feature phone anytime 3-7222 new York .94 5.1 Brooklyn is 61 Milwaukee 86 63 Cincinnati .73 77 Philadelphia .69 77 St. Louis. 70 7s Chicago .60 s3 Pittsburgh .53 94 monday s new York Brooklyn 001 000 gel .633 .591 .577 .487 22 .473 24 .473 24 .403 34 y. .361 40% by Flynn Rocky Marciano might t be Graceful but there s no denying the destructive Powers possessed in his two fists. This is caught to the fullest degree in the right films now be ing shown at the Odeon especially the slow motion version i of his Kayo of Ezzard Charles last Fri Day night in Yankee stadium. It was a series of six punches which wrote Finis to the fight and As one Chap remarked they were thrown in a manner remind ing one of maw boxing Sonny Jim s ears in the the set of six were started with a right ended with a left that grazed Charles ear As he started his descent to the Canvas. Charles took the count on his Knees with his elbows resting on the ring floor. He made a motion to Rise As the count reached the eight Brac Ket but his left Glove was still on the Canvas when Al Berl came Down with the tenth digit. And As new York columnist red Smith so aptly penned it Charles accepted the verdict with no such corny demonstration As Jersey Joe Walcott and his hand lers had in Chicago a while Back when Jersey Joe believed he had been robbed by a fast count. Charles accepted the decision gracefully possibly a Little relieved that he would not be subjected to further bombing by the Brockton blockbuster. Charles had been Down earlier in the round from a one two combination and in these old eyes they were the blows that really ended Ezzard s interest in the Becker second 0 Erskine Hughes s Wojey 9 and Campanella. Erskine. St Louis 1 Chicago 010 000 100 7 0 and Sarni m inner Jeff coat Tremel fanning and me Bullough first Cincinnati Milwaukee 010 001 10 000 015 9 Vij o y u Podbielan. Drews Ross Zewski and Dominick Landrith Spahn and Crandall. L Podbielan. Or Cin Post. Second Cincinnati 200 000 10 Ray Poole takes Over big four scoring Lead Ronto up rav Poole. Fight. The following six were merely convinces. Charles Best round was the feeling out first. Otherwise mar Ciano was in command through out. Always the aggressor mar Ciano never allowed diaries to get set for a really solid shot. And the Best punches tossed by Charles were accepted by mar Ciano without waver. He just kept coming in flailing As usually happens one of them had to find its Mark. One did in the eighth the set of six followed and Rocky mar Ciano had. Retained his title. Now Only one question remains. Who s next on Marciano s hit As for being watch ing Rocky absorb punches re minds one of the Story about the South african Hunter who went into the Jung a after elephants with a pea shooter. Like the ele Phant Rocky was u unfazed by it All. Edmonton out pushed Lions 115 to 71 and out passed them 221 to 111 eskimos led at half time 21-3, were in front 22-8 at the end of three quarters and. Held the by team to an unconverted touch Down in the fourth. Edmonton s Points came on touchdowns by Parker Mcwhirt Ney and Faloney while Bob Dean accounted for the converts and a Field added a single in the third when George Klein was Rouge on Parker s kick and another in the fourth when Dean s kick was Good for a Rouge. Lions scored on two touchdowns by Bailey and Gerry Tuttle and a Field goal by Pollard. Gerry Tuttle took hold of the Lions after the half and steered them through the air to their first touchdown. He. Began a second offensive after the kick off but failed to Complete a third Down pass on the Edmonton goal line. Al Pollard set up the Sec Ond . Touchdown with a Brilliant 70-Yard run Down the left sidelines in the fourth Quarter. But it 25-Yard run by Jackie Parker that Drew the partisan Vancouver crowd to its feet. Parker keeping the Ball on a pass or run headed to his left behind the line drove around left end reversed his Field Cut to the right and then outran the Lions defenders to score Edmonton s third touchdown. Edmonton picked up 16 first Downs to the Lions 14 but Lions completed More passes. The Prairie team threw 13 and clicked on 8 while Lions threw 29 and. Connected on if. Edmonton consistently out kicked Lions averaging 41.4 Yards per Kink to 31.7 for . Summa1u or just Quarter i. Edmonton touchdown Mcilhinney Edmonton convert Dean 3. Lions held goal 4. Edmonton touchdown 5. Edmonton convert Dean second Quarter 6. Edmonton held Seal. 7. Edmonton touchdown s. Edmonton convert third Quarter Klein Rouge on 10. . Touchdown fourth Quarter ii. ., touchdown Rouge on . 14 71 111 29 15 0 s 31.7 0 0 statistics first Downs Yards Rushing 115 Yards passing passes attempted 13 passes completed s passes intercepted by punts 9 a average punt Boston .55 Detroit Washington .64 baltimore.55 pet. Gel .633 .439 43 .436 44 .432 44 .347 .329 60 Philadelphia .49 100 Chick to 000 100 11 Cleveland 341 000 s Mcegan. Johnson Dorish and 31. Lollar. Batts s -_.-. In Ulm Falls to Feller. Is who user Narleski is and Nara on. Hrs Clave Washington new York Schmitz and 000 0013 7 0 000 110 7 j Fitzgerald Ford and no 020 000 i 10 -001 000 o Baltimore Zuverink Aber Herbert 91. Mil Ler s and Wilson Coleman Blyzka 61. Fox s and Courtney w Zuverink l Coleman. Or Baitabrams. Philadelphia Boston Gray. Oster and White. 000 200 4 1 Wew i and Robertson Brewer Toda Washington at new Stone 12-s is grim Chicago at Cleveland Fornieles 11-2 is Houtteman philae Ploshia at Boston wheat of is Sullivan non Oronto 0, Syracuse 1. Montreal 3, Rochester 2. Final leads Semi Semi the Veteran import from new York giants kicked two Field goals As als lost 7-6 to Hamilton Tiger cats saturday to give him a 25 Point total made up of four Field goals one single and 12 converts. He is one up on Toronto s Norb Hecker first year import from los Angeles rams who climbed two notches with a 13-Point Day As argonauts walloped Ottawa rough riders 34-6. Dick Shatto of argonauts from the University of Kentucky this year and Chuck Webster of the als Are tied in third place with 20 Points each. Webster formerly with North Carolina state and last week s Leader Heads the big 3 4 Patter Gramling four in Rushing with 358 Yards on 65 line smashes. In other individual statistics Nobby Wirkowski of argonauts took Over the Lead in pass completion percentage with 56. Sam Etcheverry of the als last week s Leader was held to 13 completions in 51 attempts at Hamilton and now has a Mark of 55.1. Most yardage but Etcheverry leads in Yards gained with 984 and number of completions with 65. Bill Mcfarlane former univer sity of Toronto Star playing his first big four season leads in pass interceptions with seven. Charles agrees count Okay new York a Ezzard Charles saw the movies of Fri Days fight with heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano monday and agreed he got up too immediately after the fight Charles said he thought his gloves were off the floor before referee Al Berl counted "10" in the eighth round. The slow motion movies proved Charles gloves still were touch ing the deck at the final count. They also made it definite the final blow was a left Hook to the head the last of three right left Mueller moves up on leaders new Muel Ler of new York giants has Bat tied his Way into the thick of the National league batting race with a base hit barrage that made him the first major leaguer to collect 200 hits this season. Mueller rapped out 12. Hits in 23 at bats last week a .522 Pace and gained seven Points to .338. Be has an even 200 safeties in 591 at bats. Don is in third place but Well within Range of Brooklyn s Duke Snider who led sunday with a .342 Mark and Willie Mays of the giants the runner up at .341. In. The american league Cleve land s Bobby Avila appears to have the champions to wrapped up. He s batting .338 to .326 for Chicago s Minnie Minoso in Sec Ond place. Montreal. Elmer Lach former Centre on the Montreal canadians famed punch line Mon Day was named to coach Montreal canadians of the Quebec Junior hockey league. Paris Cap France s Ray Fame Hon regained his european featherweight boxing title Mon Day night stopping Jean sneyers of Belgium on a technical Knock los angles. Dressen , club finished third in the Pacific coast league is apparently headed the majors at a pal meeting. Monday he i told reporters he has had Seelert from big league clubs Force pcs. Dresser was thei lab niger ;