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JAKES OVER AS COMMISSIONER FRIDAY i BROOKLYN EAGLE GIANTS VISION MUELLER AS Helfand to Work Full-Time Shift As Boxing Boss Brooklynite Denies All Reports BAT CHAMP Don Found Dodger Hurler Toughest to Hit Against in '54 Edited by i Xy. eV By n.WK AXDERSOX There's a heretic In the Ciant Of Combining Job With Law Work LOU NISS f'nnt office. Announcing the -lgning of Don Mueller, whose 'By i average was second to Wil-I IOK LEK There will he two firsts when Julius Helfand takes over i. ne tor me as 0f the N. State Athletic Commission line, tne man said, nave WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1955 IS on Friday.

It will mark the fir.t time a Brooklynite has baiung ciiam pfon fop 19M-'8 firn box' ahmit Willi-- inf? 3 commissioner. Willie fjllc tirinne iiiuvver ot mooK Well, that's if down a pjfj'-' Oli. Vi-MinUt- won I hp lit 1b List iprwnn if hoi fc. hit better against the Dodgers.) 5 i'-x i v-K (1 -m tmm ii mi nwiJ- i ii i TIT i I The Giant right-fielder only hailed again! the Dodgers, It is worst effort against one clnh. In 86 at-hnts, he 1 1 v-Hirv Ki Ho Sfove League Dofs and Dashes made only 21 hits, including! ln uas chairman of the com-i mk-ion in the 1920s hut was not Co ver nor -appointed.

In 'those days it was the practice of the three-man commission' to appoint one of the other members. William Muldoon' and A. Farley were the) Other commission members at; the time. It was believed Helfand would combine a law practicei and the chairmanship, as Col. Kdriie Kagan did before him; hut the new ring czar scotched tho'e reports.

"I haven't practiced law for the past IS years," the newly appointed commissioner remarked. I didn't have the time, although I had the right to. I evpect to come here every single day and de-! vote my full time as com ml s-: sloner." I I Helfand will formally an-, 'nounce the appointment ofi nine donhles. Bnt no homer or triples. Signed for an estimated f.23,-niNi.

Mueller Ird both league with 212 hits .15 donhles, eight triples, four homers and drove In 71 runs. A scientific hatter, Don only it nick out 17 times in U9 at-bats, low among And the Giants also like to point out hi average against the top four opposing pitchers: Robin Rob-en Warren Spahn, Harvey SLOW, MERGING TRAFFIC Hot Rod Hundley (33, who pitched in 38 points for West Virginia, gets squeezed between N. Irwin Lowenthal, left, ond Art HERB SCORE, designated by the Sporting News as minor league is Cleveland's answer to Brooklyn' Karl Spooner. A southpaw flipper who had a 22-i record at Indianapolis, Srnr set an American Association strikeout record with 330 whiffs All 77 road games played by the Cardinals this coming season will be telecast in the St. Louis area and Walter O'Malley will watch the effect on Busch Stadium attendance with great interest.

In this connection, the Dodgers will have an item of importance to announce later on Some sta Tierney during Violets 79-78 victory at Garden. United Ftm PhM MET COLLEGES IN SWEEP Norris to Talk Title Matches tistical eagle-eye discovered that Hank Sauer of the Cuba lllardix and Carl Erskine. William C. Dahut Deputy Boxing Commissioner Mueller batted .409 against Garden Cagers Play To 'Studio' Audience (William Dahut as deputy com-' missioner and his confidential Robinson Choice aide at a meeting on Fridav, To Ring Pilots The addition of Dahut to the By BEX COLLI) staff brings a number racket-busting team into the 1 el ireinia came up with a mettv rood sonhonwa Over Rindone in Promoter Jim Not i-U ia stated beak-busting busine. inn.

iiuiiujcv, iasi nignr. in me uaraen na for a busy conference a th. flitlf, lucruirr -r: rm a. unites MHiav, c. i I I I The 48-vear-old Rrooklvn- last season delivered his OtiOth major league hit in his OOOth major league game Bobby Thomson's Christmas present from the doctors was a medical report declaring the ankle he fractured last Spring perfectly healed and as strong as ever Roberto Clemente, the Dodger farmhand drafted by the Tirates, was hitting .378 at last peek and trailing only Willie Mays in the Puerto Rican hatting averages.

CASEY rcr.vertoJ E'ston Howard from an into a catcher Spring nil the first Negro iii with the Y.mkees went out and captured the International League M. V. trophy ith Toronto. And so this year, Stengel may reconvert Kllie into an outfielder since Yogi Berra. the M.

V. P. of the American League, feels in-ulted if not allowed to catch every game All the ballyhoo anent last month's trade with the Oriojes Roberts, J93 against Erttklnr, .33.1 against Spahn and .200 against Haddix. The Cardinal left-hander even prompted Leo Dororher to lift Mueller for a pinch-hitter, Bobby Homan, one day lat Summer on the right-hand hitter against left-hand plu tier premise. With Mueller signed, the Giants are missing only Davey Williams among their regulars.

Hut their pitching staff has not boon satisfied. Johnny An-tonelli. Sal Maglie. Hoyt Wil-helm and Marv Grissom are all un-dgned. Rube Gomez is the only name pitcher under con-i I nrnPnnrK associated pionship matches I The Garden announced the crowd as 5,786, but thla flgur with Helfand in the District1 Al Weill.

Rockv farcinnn must have included about 4,000 Attorney's office for the past 11 manager. back in New York Detroit, Jan. a (U.Rl-Sugar years. He will resign his pres- after an absence of three Ray Robinson, determined to ent post as chief investigator1 months. Norris will nroDose --rut.

win back the world's middle- on Jan. 13, two title defenses for the weight championship he gave The father of two boys I heavyweight ch am Dion, the up voluntarily in 1952, was a Robert 16 vears nld. and'fii-t noulncf Vinn VnMo nr I it persons strolling along Times Square. There couldn't have, been more than 2,000 on hand, probably the smallest crowd ever to watch a college bill. Hundley tamed In a great show with 38 point bnt it wasn't enough as Ed Kramer converted a foul shot In the last five seconds to give Xew York I'niverslty a 7978 vic 1, "1 vuu.y tu laum.iMmam zi years Dahut Cuba in March and another in his comeback campaign suc-jives in a modest dwelling on September against Dan Cockell cessfully tonight with a victory, Marlborough Road.

His son. of England, the latter to be over Joe Rindone in a 10-round Robert, recently made the'staged in a New York hall park. was built around the pitchers the Yankees received, but luact. it may be that Bill Hunter will turn out to be the key Ford Frlck and Warren Gile man in the swap. Hes strictly a big-league shortstop de mi-i---" i.oBir iooiuuiii.sorris wouiu iiKe to stage tne ft I IT nh( ws-ma a a.

fcnsivelv and Phil Hizzuto has had it Sal Maclie has as well as Walter O'Malley andi itomnon quit tne ring two second team. He is a senior at Vaklez fieht in San Francisco. tory. Hot Rod has a great hook become an honorary member of hi hometown Niagara ifont-ottice mass win auemy mhH mooKiyn iTep. William is i.o Angeles or Las Vega-.

ihe Long island Dodger Boost- ana dance stage career alter a second lieutenant in the U. S. xl jrn a I hui'lt. Lilinblnn mi. rails local of the Barbers' 1'nion Ted Williams hooked of light -heavy weight chain- t.

I I 1 or Dinner at the Garden City, he tried unsucces-tuily to dp. jr Force and will report for II Lm. 31. throne the then l.glit-heay. m-tive duty in 10 i 'weigh; rh.iinpion.

Juey D.ihut i a PaookKn gi'il and is The meeting with Hlndone. the of the lat Detec-a Kimiiy. veteran if Thomas Smyth, nine yrars in the ring, maiks Chairmnii Helfand said )f inr iimi i i erweight ruler Sandy Saddler, i al-o scheduled today on the Von is appointment pad. hampion Moore i srmling lengthy telegrams all over the country in an effort to get a xhot at Marriano's heavy Allan nnrniered an oddity. Duke Snider, who led the Irague in strikeout, and Biiliin llnliri'ts, who hImi led the league In strikeouts, faced rai other 22 times without a liohinsonts flil official limit leiday he has other appoint- menls In mind but was not In his comeback campaign.

He (Mealed t.cne Burton In a sis- ready to make any announcements. Dahut will replace one of the present deputies, A and a black m.irlin. weighing l.J'!1 pound1, on his event fi-hing tnp off the Peruvian coast, IF RICHIE ASHBL'RN plas the first games of the Phillie schedule in Pl.Vi. he'll break the National League record for consecutive games, (lus Suhr. Pirate first baseman, finished his string of 731 straight in 10.17.

The fact that the American League mark is almost three limes as many games makes one realize what a remarkable athlete Lou (Gehrig was Half a dozen fans have written to point out that this rorner goofed a few days ago in citing as the first in which Gil Hodges hit .300. He topped .300 in 19.7t also and without benefit of a sacrifice fly rule Smoky Burgess. Philadelphia catcher, urs the National League leading hitter in night games last tear with a halting average and Peewee Reese was the top Dodger with In Duke Snider' .323. weight title. Unilrd Prtsi Pluto strikeout.

rounder at Hamilton, Ontario, Snider hit -V15 against Kob- a 29i hn, ens. Including two doubles a wa, (s(l(, Ill;" flno-e Tatum's is alo a tire dribbler. Put i- isn't a tea player for ho too in.iividuall.-tic. Coach Freiidip Sch" after the game -tated. iTe hp natural abilltv to one of me greatest of all Likes to Sliool Hundley is not tiashful about shooting.

He took 28 of his team's H7 The other were more retiring. But the la-t he took was the most Importantfor N. Y. C. Hot Rod missed with less than a minute left hen he could have pas-ed off and Kramer was fouled on the next play.

His successful free to-s brtikp the tie and ir.dcd thp sloppy game. However. Norris will discuss ED O'CONNER of Man ilepuly commissioner is "I'va licht-heavvweleht ilefen-p fur. George Oainford, who ni.m- triple and two homers. iuue( fanned six times against Gene: i I ml II lfaifftlvJ iaged Robinson for a doen hattan and Brighom Young's John Benson reach for a rebound in the Jaspers' 73 75 win ot the Garden.

pointed and dismissed hy the; Moole commission. There will he a 0Non. the middleweight private meeting among orn- j)P outdoors in New missioner Christenbcriy, ynrk npxl iIune Th(, (. Helfand and Leon F. Swear chieftain will tiropo-p a iteiore tne regular ses.inn on featherweight tit'e mat.

be- "Aa- champion Sandv Sa.i.llcr LOUqnlin PrOaUCt i fivp fitiu ..,,,1 n.i.-. In fact, he went one-for-10 ea'; Sugar Ray reined, against Haddix. pred.c.et the cmebark ill be climaxed with a middlewpight CVn l.abirP ba.k in town ch.impions.hip for Roiin-on. now for a pon hesitant to accept splf-cie- a-ked m- to --oort; dropped hm 0,1 his IVi off t. vp-'er- "aid.

Kvenbodv 1 1 1 1 tun 1 vt'ii 1 111 1 1 l-ptity rommissionprs iinbjcie Card- in 'o Alperin. Ralnh Voht lack Dtthei-Moin. Pat (Mlahai: The hu -vi 'nictenc'P Very Impressive For N.Y.U. Quintet Ed Tiertuy. V.

Y. red- r.o i a in r.r.kson. n-p a iiosof oacK ai'er hp r.rc hares no hi? gloves." Gainford is conviiicml oi-o iiiri' ci a wel'p weig'nt ''t tit'e niatcii ivtwccn ch.ciipio:: on cr' In the nightcap. Manhattan withstood a last-ditch rally hy Biigham Young I'niverslty to turn In a 7fv 75 triumph, lis firt of the season at the big arena. t'te-e fivp will he liioppv tho Fridav S-ixton and hallcngpr A i I ihe I -year-old Robinson will i m.tl ftf fioht heatied Mitihuiiiore irmti Iti-hou 'ip oi-P of llip rar v.ntt..r 1 infll lid- no ,11 Vi ai li-P 11 of the ex.

eptior.s. wa. (livlded on whelher late March or e.u iv April There nM as Ever tlie appointment of Helfand mav he a llght "delav on this 10 p'-'h r- The I'tah five had battled Rcd-tnk Phils Ready to Trade Anybody-But He got the legs." (iair.ford 1,1 0,1 rwxir.g home one because detnroned Kid a 47 halftime tie- I said. "And he's never let him- "nXin8 "wb someone vilan claims to have a return- gima i i to draw within a single iself get out of Jtape. Robin-H'lfanrt who seems to bout agreement with Saxton.

nlR" 10 out nf 1 point of the 'Jaspers because its The n's as good right now as he h'IVP and won't be However, the Cuban mav agree f'om thf full court pres was upsetting irade'was when he nuit. With him a ami R0 aheart aml ,0 hi' wement "fMH the Kelly tlreen but fouls 1 Ih nvi nninla.1 U. folll ShoOtlllff Olpl I ll.lll- P.isting Buzzy Rava 1 Phillies claim they'll anvbodv" ill an effort to finish 11 not a cae or learning 1 wnuen guarantee vo.suy. i wo oi meir men anutHi in dii riiuii tu iiinr.li ttiat I hrislonhovrv oma I i r. u.

win l.i nn-sPS in tl tri( He knows all i F. HiFF PI lii- l- who d.ed teron-lv not 'i Ioig' 'ti'T 4i 'Cirs ago, inr oider i p.t.ia i ft-r Cub- tiie P.t.i-. Tiv- fj ciiri-tc'v i liiwig.T il.r.gei a l'i. c-rc tiled 'heir suggc'cl 'o of that ei Pre Hoc. 'ho (icpaned Dodgci.

in come proprietor of i Ins native Arkansas but hell give pitching annthty fi.ng with i he Onolcs anvwav The ii-i'al ad it given a slumping batter is to switch to a lighter ba'. Harvey Kurnn of the Tigers reversed the process Lvt season. After hitting 2C" for the first half, he f-'arted using big Walt Dropo's telegraph poles and his average climbed to .300 by seaon's end. IT SEEMED to be all-or-nothing when Slan Musial hit against Carl Erskine last year. In 21 at-hats against the little Dodger.

Stan gnt only six hits, but they included two doubles, a triple and two home runs. Of the top-flight pitchers, Boh Rush of the Cubs had the best record against That Man in holding him hitlcss for 10 trips. Johnny Antnnelli held Musial to four hits, including two homers, in 15 at bats. But Stan got seven hits in 10 times at bat against Curt Simmons and whacked Robin Roberts for nine hits in 27 attempts. Left handers certainly don't bother this left-handed slasher much.

His It hits in 27 whacks at Warren Spahn included three doubles, a triple and two home runs. tne 1 nnm. mr inner. o'tneti nui ano iour oinera job with two detertivesand Norris will also nropoe a toaih Howard ami of the 10- wmind llp wilh four personals. first or second this season and anything, wipe out the loss last i.mmim i.n.iu...

wur i.g.n pnoi mh an- av Koh nson up mr The lineups: suggested Helfand have L-pi, nues. ne Keeps railing time a match for Miami a admitted by club own er Hob Carpenter. on TV Sports Today imemher of the Boxin fluild in out wnen thp o'her ha- (iavllan and his manaerr. Wat V. art.

There the nual hitch, how-. an ndvisorv caDaritv as thpv do Angel Lopez, who have been S-irDlntl Krunr eser. even though arpenter 0' r'V in California C. I 1 1 1 I a 12 RtrfUlM i wn.u in 4 14 Hjne." I II Si.j4.'or Apparently the Xotre Dame aihance Isn't too 0 0 1 is la .1 is Oil 1 1 1 1 fending ince the Savton de-feat, will part company as soon as Lopez can sell Gavi-lan's contract, which dors not evnire until June. I.oncz says he ll swap Robin Roberts Another manager said It rnrt 'Simmons.

Del KnlsJ" Iordham gym would be gooi if Helfand In-Richie Ashhntu or Granny vp-tigated his own officials. Damner. I Hot KEY New York P.an- citing a case where one official good for the a lofnih. I 7 K'lhlM sti the fact that Ihe H.rnrun Tmi .10 71 Tom 14 10 IS Hull T. .17.

Wl v. it. (Xflfli. Mouoltr. 3chonr.d Swedish Nationalist ninatlr team would perform between the halves of that once-great attraction Uiolttiua I BoiImb Yf-'o- Til trade anjoncly." insists gers ts.

i nirago HiarK itawks, utea i tor a fighter and an- Is ihe propilelor nf the Chn-( arprnter, "hut I'm certainly: Madison Square Garden (II), other tabbed the same fight teau Madrid, a Latin-American not going to give away flrt-j9 P-nt. iT against. Another one point-i night club In Xew York, and siislngers for ed out there have been crusad- has heen associated with Gavl- ci. i p. 0 3 .1 ft.rion Refute the pros enacted themMru.

Otn 4 I Mila im I'm not going to trade Just for 'odq taqe STANDINGS i11'" npfor, lnpV neV('' Ian for ihe past seven years. IM-sccond rule few of the teams ''u me sake of traning. I want, an.v ciusaumg. McNeece. Central four scorers in double cvumn oh imm value for i.

pip ut middleweight, was in an auto figures. Now every club has 'J i 3 0 1 i 0 4 i 0 33 4 s. i.n if is rbii. ii it .41 rivni KC3ULI a i accident over the holida week- least i The Knicks' best a v. A.r The Phillies, who previously wouldn't talk seriouslv end and was badlv cut.

renttir- shooter from the floor 1 a 4 i ear, TIME OUT! By Jeff Keate Simmons much le Roberts, ing 32 stitches. He will not be Clifton with a 40.3 uS7 admit wanting a second base-1" ''rs um.n oMrts mum keep hi date with Carl Braun back I better a Tin eam man and an outfielder. m. ni lovmg at tne r.astern ana ne is expected to piaj utnhstt. u.

The Dodgers' Junior Cillum vr'm, yM Parkway Arena on 17. against Rochester tonight. ushm lias been mentioned as trade 1 1 bait but a Simmons deal would 25 PLAYERS LOST WEIR LIVES IN ACCIDENTS a three or four-player package. Rnv llaiiiev. the PhiN' DEATHS HIT 5-YEAR HIGH IN '54 Fnoiiia in Kl'il ilies.

The lil.M nveiall total mi-nilaliuiis licit physical took t.eir Uigest toll in five compares with in. Ill, 20, 19 examination and medical' mat- ve.us as 'i players lost their, and 2(1 going back lo ters lives fn gridiron accidents. Two of the direct fatalities Here are the com mil lee's 7. That coin inueil and in- l'i. followed by New Yen 1c creasing emphasis on tackling with 37.

New Jersey wiih 21 and him king practice through- vilh, Although falalllles still oe i oiinng to a survey conducted came in college football games, by Dr Floyd H. F.asterwood of two in professional or semi-pro-I Angeles State College. fessiciiial contests and three In hr. Kasterwood. chairman of inisiiperv ised or sandlot play, the Cuinmittee on Injuries and Sixteen of the l'l direct fatal-Fatalities of the American Foot- i'ios resulted from blows to the ball Coaches Association, The indirect deaths were tiortpd to that group last night caused incidentally hy font ha P.

:h.it the PTil death total wasVuch heart attacks. One of almost seven percent higner claimed Dave Sparks, than 'lie average for the YV.i.-hing'.on Redskins' 'ineman. ve.c daring Inch he has ki-t I lec, after a g.une again it feci in--. The yp.u 'y sv- the Cleveiaiiii Biuwns. Sparks' inr th.it is 1T fa- deatii was auiibuied to a c.o:o nary thrombosis, i here were 19 direct nml i In je'cot (Irilice me te- leronimendations: raon np MHrTnlnsx rate, they 1.

That every football player Dr. Fasti rwood's survey! have heen greatly reduced. Hebe required to have a complete showed that tackling produced iween 10.11 and 1937 ftMi physical examination before 32.03 percent of the fatalities! deaths totaled 19, 37, 4S, 3K. 17, Ihe season stalls and again largest percentage of any activ-' 41, 31 In successive seasons. In midseason; ity in football in the The ages between III and IH 2.

That no boy with a his- period covered hy his surveys, accounted for over percent loiy of heart abnormalities he Oilier findings of hi- of Ihe fatalities. allowed lo play: Rations "Football fatalities seem tl 3. Thai every concussion he Head injuries- h.ive caused run in cycles." Dr. Fasterwood's -raed immediately: IU.SK pel cent of ihe f.iutlia'i report com iiided. and therf I.

That every serious cow-deaths since the vcr he would appear to be two moi i llusion he studied with the en- boa. his study. year- a the present cycle to ephnlogram; Halfback have n.nieiun bel'oie we might expect a 3. That players siiflrring se- to serious pnurie redii' tion, clous concussions he barred than any other po-i'ioii. i-dwnu 'If is lie warned.

O'MALLEY HAS FUN AT REDS' EXPENSE With Ihe government ban mi Russians In Brooklyn, Walter O'Malley wired Galte Paul, general manager of Ihe I iin lnnali club: "The tiate Department lia banned Reels from Brooklyn, he only one of five boroughs in New York I'lty out of In. What should we do tboul our the llmlner president re-11 ed tlil answer: "Mi. Paul out of the cllj mill Ihuisil.iv (mi ll ghe hi in jour nieixaue, Vf are no longer ihe Reds. We me now the Redlrgs, so ma.tbe Ih State Department sn 111 let come In." Imliiet i fnniliall fatalities dtir- port Dr. fcastet wood's commit- from further play; accoutiteti for J1.03 pet cent oi eat iori.ii shou.d he acutely of the hot is I III ifc That no Institution be al- the fatalities.

ing the past season, he said, tee mane its strongest lecom-The most disturbing figure rr.endatlons yet with the aim lowed lo play a football game The State of Pcnnsvlvania while he is planning his seison I'll wa rtlgiitii with our "loppy plat tonight ni.ikmg us dribble ihe ten mile bark homel' wss the Increase from six to toward reducing injuries and unless a physician Is oa duty leads In number of football and while he li instructing hU II la high school direct ful dtiUn. Six ot Ut ima rtoom-i at the tleldj jdtathj during the put 23.