LITTLE SPORT Kansas State Worried %y V. A> _; In Tournament Start Against Nebraska By th» Auociated Preis KANSAS CITY. Dec. 27.—Kan- sas State takes its first step in the / ^ C•** «) Big Seven Conference's annual RcW-So*>/ €■»»• Wt»l« *'«Ht *f < December basketball tournament tonight with fingers crossed. Rose Bowl Test: Coach Jack Gardner’s K-Staters, Robinson, Matthews Joe Palumbo Is Voted who meet Nebraska in one of the final first-round games, sat in Get Stanford to Pit Strong Offense the stands last night as favored Ring Magazine Athlete of the Year Kansas University looked average, Against Fine Illinois Defense in beating Colorado, 76-56, and| Awards for 1951 For in '51 It from Clark and: Virginia Oklahoma un- By Frank Shaughnessy, upset previously By th« Associated Press Leahy By the Associated Press Notro Dam* Football Coach it has paid handsome dividends. beaten Stanford, 77-71. NEW YORK. Dec. With a passing combination such RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 27.—Joe 27.—Ray; With the of the cross- The pre-tournament favorites Robinson, middleweight cham- ai^ as Kerkorian to McColl and a television more Palumbo, the University or Vir- were Kansas, Stanford and K- pion, and Harry Matthews, a top country cable, good fullback like Mathias the people will be able to see the ginia football player who rose from State. contender for the light heavy- Stanford type of attack can be forthcoming Rose Bowl than The Kansas State Nebraska weight title, received the annual game likened to that employed by the fullback flop to All-America guard, Awards announced any omer in game will open tonight’s double- Ring Magazine Cleveland Browns. was selected the Old Do- Rose Bowl his- today header with Iowa State and Mis- today. Although they have many out- tory. I am sure minion “athlete of the year” for souri to follow. Robinson is named "fighter of standing players the Browns’ at- “the football fans, 1951 by the Associated Press. With a little more luck in their the year” and Matthews best tack features Otto Graham’s pass- all-around Nat Fleisch- will have an shooting, the Colorado Buffaloes fighter” by ing. But by having such a power- Palumbo, a 198-pounder who noted and interesting aft- might have made it a night of er, boxing authority ful fullback as Marion Motley in captained the Cavaliers this sea- ernoon Tuesday two upsets. The Buffs outhustled editor of the magazine. there, the running game is a con- as one of 1951’s son, made a runaway of the voting Kansas all the way but were able Robinson, who received the stant threat which makes it dif- finest defensive by State sports writers. to connect on only 21 of their 87 same honor in 1949, was cited by ficult for the defense to rush the for "his teams, Illinois, tosses for a 23.9 average. Fleischer fighting record, passer too quickly. Stanford has The defensive star from Beaver, his high standing with the public meets a well- Mark Set. utilized this psychological advan- Pa., was an almost unanimous se- SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS—Clark Griffith, of the Nats, is shown his an- Journey Scoring offen- president making is an honored citizen, his influence rounded tage with Mathias, as the defen- nual presentation to the Police Club this Kansas, with Lovellette sive lection. He picked up 56 points on Boys’ morning. Donald Brady, 9, of 2804 Fourteenth Clyde on youth, his position as a sports-! group sive ends must check his actions street N.W. (left), and Jerry Davis, 9. of 1448 Park road examine the check for as scoring 23 points, averaged about his contributions to the from Stanford the basis of five points for a flrst- N.W., $100 man, pub- before they converge on Kerko- Otto Fuss the 13th 50 per cent from the Capt. of precinct looks on. Griffith also gave the boys autographed baseballs. field, making lic welfare and his contribution University. rian. plaoe vote, three for a second and 26 of 52 shots. —Star Staff Photo. Lovellette brought to the skill and science of the It will be the two for a third. ^___ Fine Teams in Orange Bowl. his season total to 220 points for second trip to Frank Leahr. sport.’’ Once again the Orange Bowl Mickey Riggs of Cradock High 8 games this season—all Jay- Matthews won the "best all- the Rose Bowl for both coaches, has garnered a wonderful attrac- School was second to Palumbo hawk victories. around fighter” award for “his but under quite different circum- tion for its New Year’s Day affair with 13 points. He established a Stanford Coach Hates to IKO Victor uKianoma, wmcn entered tne cleverness, stances. Ray Eliot led the first Say It, Donoghue hitting power, ring at Miami. Spectators will have a State high school touchdown- tournament with a record of only generalship and triumphs over all Big Ten team to Pasadena under chance to see one of football's making record with 176 points. one victory in six starts, handed opponents regardless of weight." the new pact in 1947 when his ButT hinks Defeat T earn top quarterbacks in action as Bay- Riggs is a triple-threat halfback. Helped On 3 Knockdowns Stanford its first defeat in nine In the Joe Illini rolled over UCLA. Chuck rating heavyweights lor’s Larry Isbell guides the Bears. Bob By tht Associated Press Miller of Emory and Henry I both Tommy O'Connell, the the Associated Press games. Oklahoma's Sherman Louis was not listed either first or Taylor’s initial appearance in the in soph- By Representing the Southeast College's backfield, was third with Dec. 27.— whiz, and Senior Don Norton broke the meet scoring second for the first time since Rose Bow! was in 1941 when he PASADENA, Calif., jomore NEW YORK. Dec. 27 —Roger this game will be undefeated 11 points. He won State collegiate record with 39 was a star on the last Chuck Taylor, Stanford’s football 'Engels, "and very fine receivers.” points. 1937. Louis was rated as the guard Tech which has had one Donoghue, who wants to be a Georgia scoring laurels with 115 points The receivers would be Rex Smith Maynard Johnson of Minnesota No. 5 contender behind Ezzard Stanford team to win the big coach, isn’t junking his philosophy j of 1951’s most remarkable records. and earned a berth on the Little of Joe Vernasco. radio and television sports an- set the record at 38 points last game. winning games. ;and Charles, Rocky Marciano, Clar- Rated as a good, but not great, All-America team for the 6econd nouncer, is in the year. Norton, a senior from La ence and Roland La Things will be different Tues- Thirty-one-year-old Taylor, who Vernasco, after a bad siege last making good Henry Starza. team before the season, the Yellow straight year. Grange, Hi., also set a free throw (The National day as the Illini. sparked by All- confounded the Nation’s coaches week from penicillin treatments, radio-TV field—but as a boxer Boxing Association Jackets knocked off major oppon- Behind Miller with 10 points mark of 13 points. He didn’t miss Americans, Johnny Karras on of- by actually predicting victory week is back in uniform. instead. ratings announced earlier this ents week after week until they was Bill Chambers, William and | from the charity line and hit 13 week fense and Chuck Boerio on de- by week for his Indians, feels placed Marciano as the No. 1 forced themselves as Mary basketball forward, who Listening to Taylor's glowing his debut as a main- recognized much the same about Making of 1C from the field. contender.) fense, meet the Indians whose way today tribute to the foe was the Illinois one of the year's best teams. started the 1951 season Incon- Stanford's eventer on a national network Stanford, the guest team, In offense boasts of giant Bill Mc- encounter with Illinois end Bob connection with the LaStarza The Tech coach, Bobby Dodd, spicuously, then blossomed into coach. King* King helped the first Kerkorian In the Rose Bowl. radio-TV bout at St. Nicholas played raggedly half and rating, it is probable the magazine Coll, Quarterback Gary one himself to a generous dose from has long been noted for his pleas- of the State's brightest 6tars. Taylor, speaking -before the was behind by 16 points, 26-42, went to press before LaStarza’s and speedy Bob Mathias at full- the nearest salt shaker and a few Arena last night, lanky Roger ing style of offensive play and the The athletes receiving votes: Football Writers’ Association of | at intermission. The Indians recent upset at the hands of Dan back. Practice is under way for lmoments later spoke just as en- floored Vinnie D Andrea of New fact that his team has stopped Joe Palumbo. University of Virginia, Southern didn't make came back strong to go into the Bucceroni. both teams in the California football. 5fl: Mickey Riggs. Cradock California, about another team both Vito Parilli and Fred Ben- Higli thusiastically York three times to win on a lead twice sunshine and New Year’s School, football, l.'t; Bob MiUer. Emory a flat prophecy of But during late stages of by Day and Henry, football. 11: triumph. —the Stanford team, of course. ners, as this fall infers Bill Chambers, two-round technical knockout. passers, William and Mary, basketball. he put it this way: the game and were in the run- Illinois should be acclimated to 10; Jay Tug Wilson, Ten commis- The 6-foot-1 welterweight from that Isbell will be in for a busy Handlan.