Friday, Dec. 14, 1962
Who Won
-- Southern California's undefeated (10-0) football team: the mythical national championship, by winning the No. 1 spot on every major poll at season's end. U.S.C.'s Jan. 1 Rose Bowl date with Wisconsin, rated No. 2 in the nation, should produce the college game of the year. Best in the East: Penn State, which lost only one game (a 9-6 squeaker to Army) and carried off the Lambert Trophy.
-- The Chicago Cubs' Second Baseman Ken Hubbs: Rookie of the Year honors in the National League. Unlike the Yankees' heavy-hitting Tom Tresh, the American League's top rookie, Hubbs batted only .260 for the year: he fielded his way to the title by playing an alltime record 78 consecutive games without an error.
-- World Lightweight Champion Carlos Ortiz: his first defense of the title he won from Joe Brown last April, by trouncing Japan's Teruo Kosaka before 8,000 spectators in a Tokyo sumo wrestling hall. The 135-lb. Ortiz toyed with the windmilling Japanese challenger for four rounds, put him neatly away after 2 min. 32 sec. of the fifth. The fans applauded politely, rose from their straw mats, put on their shoes and went home.
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