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UO Readies For Opener At Salt Lake Mtl Krause Shines, ' Moves Info Regular Position At Guard UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Dec. 1. Oregon's "ques tion mark" basketball team opens Its 1949-50 season Friday night . at Salt Lake City against the strong Utah State Aggies and completes its Invasion of the Rocky Mountain area on Satur day night when it tangles with the University of Utah. Mel Krause, known to Rose burg residents for his brilliant mound work on the Umpqua Chiefs baseball team last sum mer, is the snrprise of the pre season practice at Oregon. He has moved into the lineup at one cuard position and will team with Paul Powers, the high seor ing regular of last year. The starters will be spelled by Bob Lavey, a three-year letterman, and Jack Keller, a Junior who developed late last year. Coach John Warren will have at least one sophomore in the starting lineup when the cam paign begins. Either Ken Hunt, a bright prospect from Marsh field Tiigh, or Mel Streeter, a transfer from Riverside JC, will be at one of the forward spots. Will Urban, a veteran of last year's opening five, will pair with Hunt or Streeter to complete the lineup as forwards. Bob Amacher, the reserve piv ot man for the last two seasons, has moved Into the starting five In place of the graduated Roger Wiley. His probable replacement will be Bob Don, a reserve who has played both forward and cen. ter for the last two years. John Neeley, the regular guard with Sowers last season, and either Dale Warberg or Lynn Hamilton will complete the 12 man traveling squad for the trip this weekend. The Ducks return home on Sunday and will open their home slate at McArthur Court on De cember 9 and 10 against the pow erful Blue and Gold Athletic club. Last year the AAU team, led by Don Barksdale and Chuck Han ger, played as the Oakland Bitt ners and won the national cham pionship. The second home series will be played against Stanford univer sity at McArthur court on Tues day and Wednesday, Dec. 20 and 21. The Ducks then leave for the trip through the mid-west, where they will play a pair of games against the University of Iowa and a single contest with Loyola unlfersity of Chicago. Coos Bay Sophomore Changes Coach's Plane EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 1 W A sophomore hot-shot has chang ed Coach John Warren's plans to Install a two-platoon system for the University of Oregon bas betball team. Warren had planned to have a "big team" and a "lttle team," alternating them to throw the opposition off-balance. But along came "little" Ken Hunt of Coos Bay, Ore. He showed so much ability that Warren now thinks Oregon will fare better by mix ing the two platoons together. Hunt will be in the starting lineup tomorrow night when Ore gon tackles Utah State at SVt Lake City. With him will be Will Urban at the other forward post, Bob Amacher at center, and Paul Powers and Mel Krause at ' guards. 0AA ALL-AMERICA P-! f-f ' LB sL.i'i'i.Aii VnA. . C.n Anwmnran ......,..jSv f- I J Yf- J jfj VyS&J I ARNOLD GAIIFFA CLAYTON TONNEMAKER V ( -v v I V f f lsl Army Minnesota 'f ' 'K MfllitffiF! EMIL SITKO CHARLIE JUSTICE - " DO AKW AlKER " TTEBSSsEp I t25BiJ Notre Dame North Carolina Southern Methodist 2EZSiJ The nation's top four juggernauts Notre Dame, California, Army, and Oklahoma appropriately enough gained six places on the 25th Associated Press All-America team. Notre Dame dominates the team with three men. Two repeaters are Doak Walker of Southern Methodist and Charlie (Choo Chool Justice of North Carolina. This is the third straight All-America for Walker and the second for Justice. It makes the first time since prewar football that the entire team is made up of seniors. Four Oregon Football Players Rate Honorable Mention On AP Lineup The Romans are credited with Introduction of the glass window. Twenty-five western college football players rated honorable mention on the Associated Press All-American team for the 1943 season. Of the 25, four Oregon players made the list two each from University of Oregon and Ore gon State college. u. oi u. players receiving non- orable mention Included Wood- ley Lewis, back, and Darrell Rob inson, end, while Ken Carpenter, back, and Stanley McGuire, end, were me jtu players nonoreu by the AP. . umcr western college tooiDau players making the AP Ail-Ameri ca honorable mention list in cludes: ENDS Joe Cloidt, Washing ton: George Jonos, Colorado A & M; Mike Peterson, Denver; Bob Stilwell, Southern Califor nia; Bob Wilkinson, U.C.L.A. TACKLES Carl Kiilsgaard, Idaho; Thurman McGraw, Colo rado A & M; Volney Peters, Southern California; Charles Pe terson, Wyoming; Jim lurner, California. GUARDS Jim Dowllng, Santa Clara. CENTERS Leon McLaughlin. U.C.L.A.; Fred Tauchcr, Wyom ing; Lavern Torgeson, Washing ton State. BACKS Sam Etcheverry, Denver; Ernie Johnson, U.C.L.A.; Walker Jones, Wyoming; Eddie LeBaron, College of Pacific; Bill Martin, Southern California, Hal Pfeifer, Denver; Jim Powers, I Let INTERNATIONAL I CRAWLERS SolveYour Southern California; Eddie Tal boom, Wyoming. Sophomores Top J-V Basketball Squad Prospects Junior varsity basketball, un der Coach Norm West, appears to be shaping up In fine order, according to Head Coach Jack Newby. Newhy says he Is still eyeing several members on the jayvee squad list, in hopes of picking up a prospective point getter or two for the varsity club. With the exception of two jun iors, both transfers here from outside the county, the entire Jay vee roster includes sophomores up from Coach Hod Turner's jun ior high school Papose aggre gation. Several standouts appear to be in the making, Newby related, but he refuses to mention any names at this time, pending com petition against an opponent. The Jayvee group Includes three freshman first string play ers In LeRoy Elting, Raymond Guthrie, and Eddie Nolte, who get their feet wet on the senior high school court for the first time against Cottage Grove Sat urday, Dec. 10, In a preliminary game to the varsity Indians-Cottage Grove Lions tussle. All three boys come to Senior high with high recommendations from Coach Turner. Other players who floured In Hod's 1918 squad at Junior h'gh Includes Larry Fisher, reserve freshman; Louie Rinperger. Jim Roberts, Ron Compton, Merle Hampton, Redcll Stonebraker, "Tarzan" Moore, Jim McKinney, Roy Guthrie, Arlan Hill, Jim Hel liwell. Bill Moate and Larrv Ware. Two transfers Include Gregor Wadsworth, Los Angeles and Lar ry Freeman, Grants Pass. Larry Cox is turning out for the first time this year, Newby re ports. 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Newcombe Rated Best Rookies NEW YORK, Dee. 1 W Roy Sievers, slugging outfielder of the St. Louis Browns, and Don New combe, fireballing ace of the Brooklyn pitching staff, have been named the outstanding base ball rookies of the major leagues for 1949. Sievers was chosen the top freshman In the American league and Newcombe headed the new comers in the National in the annual poll of the Baseball Writ ers Association of America. This Is the first year the writ ers chose rookie standouts for the two leagues. Newcombe, who won 17 and lost eight for the National league champion Dodgers, was an al most unanimous pick of the 24 man senior league panel. The 23-year-old Negro star re ceived 21 votes. The other three went to Del Crandall, 19-year-old catcher of the Boston Braves. The honor was more closely contested in the American league where six players received nomi nations. Sievers, however, got ten votes to double that of his closest challenger, pitcher Alex Kellner of the Philadelphia Ath letics. Sievers batted .306 in 140 games with a seventh-place ball club. hitting 28 doubles, one triple and lb nome runs. All But 4 Of 17 Pro-Grid Teams Wind Up In Red NEW YORK, m If, as generally agreed, you have to average 30,000 customers a game to break even In bigtime pro fessional football, then 13 of the 17 clubs in the National League and All -America conference operated in the red this year. The money-making exceDtlons are the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears in the National and San Francisco Forty-Nlners and Cleveland Browns in' the younger circuit. All the others fell below the 30,000 average In home games, an associated press check of an nounced attendance figures showed. The weakest of all at the gate were the New York Bulldogs of the NFL, who attracted only 43,979 to five home games for an average of 8,796. Neither league showed an ad- calla, Elkton, Marshfield, Myrtle i-reek, Kiddle, Ullde and Junior high. vantage In the fierce dollar war in which they have been engag ed the past four years. The Na tional averaged 26,810 in 50 games while the AAC averaged 26,329 in .42. The AAC is off about 500 cus tomers per game from last year and the National is shv about 200. The fattest gate receipts were reported by the Los Angeles Rams, who have averaged 48, 439 a game in four home ap pearances. The Chicago Bears are next with 44, 193. In the All-America, the San Francisco Forty-Niners attract ed an average of 38,240 a game while the champion Browns drew 31,517. The All-America conference has closed its regular schedule ot 12 games for each of seven clubs. The ten-team National has a couple of weeks to go. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT (By the Associated Press) WICHITA. Ka Joey Maxim. 181. Cleveland, atopped Pat McCafferty, 177, Topeka, 4. WORCESTER. Mass. 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Thurs., Dec. 1, 1949 'NOT FINAL1 Indian Coach Names Tentative Hoop List Varsity Coach Jack Newby re leased a tentative list of likely prospects for the 1949-50 Indians basketball team after weighing the merits -of each and every can didate. Newby said the list is "by no means" the final choice and sev eral changes may be made be fore the locals open their season against Cottage Grove, at the Lane county city, Friday, Dec. 9. The team this year may in clude any one of six seniors and nine juniors a total of 15 play ers. The Indians mentor said he will take from 10-12 men on the road with him, with the final squad list to be boiled down to a maximum of 12 men. With the exception of four re turnees from last year's squad, the lads have all seen action on Coach Norm West's 1948 junior varsity squad. However, only three men back from last year will play until sometime in January, Newby said. Dale Blanck, who recently tan gled with a buzz-saw, and who wound up with 57 stitches in his fltg, according to Coach Frank Purdy, will be on crutches until the middle of January. Blanck, who saw much reserve 'action last season, is nursing an eight-Inch wound, Purdy added. The varsity squad may be pick I ed from the following list of can ididates, Newby revealed: I Guards Dexter Garey, sr., let j terman, only returning starter; Mickey Coen, Ronald Strickfing ley, all juniors. ForwardiCenter Frank Olson, Jr.! Bill Van Horn, Jr., both let termen; Larry Henninger, Bud dy Mathews, Tom Johnson, Wayne Reitman, all seniors; Kee Briggs, Roy Van Horn, Don Campbell and Blanck, all jun iors. These lads will play against Myrtle Creek, Sutherlin and Reedsport in District 5 competi tion and against Cottage Grove. Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Til lamook and Marshfield, in games outside league competition. Following the district playoffs, to be held at Roseburg, the win ner will play the Coos district winner on a neutral basketball court Cleveland Sure Joe Gordon Will Return In Spring CLEVELAND, Dec. 1 OP) The Cleveland Indians acted pretty confident today that Joe "Flash" Gordon will be back at second base for them in the spr ing. General Manager Hank Green berg says: "I'm convinced Gor don will be back." At his home in Eugene. Ore.. Gordon says; "I'll think it over." Gordon earlier this week said he wanted to drop our of major league baseball next vear and play In the Pacific Coast league, preferably with Portland, which is much Interested in his pro posal. But Greenberg told Joe by tele phone yesterday that a deal like that is "out of the question." Asked later wnetner nis nope to play in the minor league still stood, Gordon replied: "well, I can still hope, I suppose." ureenoerg said ne tola uoraon 'we consider him the best se cond baseman In baseball and we couldn't possibly turn him loose. "wen send joe a contract tne same time we send out all the others, and I'm sure he'll sign it and send it back. We can use him." Incidentally, Gordon heard that the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast league were inter ested in his services. Just to cover the angles, he telephoned his pal, Sacramento City Mana ger Bartley Cavanaugh. men ne requested tne lollow- ing home run dope: How far is it from home plate in your stadium to the left field wall? Also, what direction Is the prevailing wind in your ball park? uoraon nit nome runs witn the Indians this past season. The oldest school or record In Austria was a monastery school founded in Salzburg in 745. COME EARLY' Reserved Seat Ticket Sale Set Dec. 5 Season reserved seat basketball tickets. POOH for nil hnm. nQm. nlsyed by ihe Roseburg Indians, will be available at J-V Sporting Goods store Monday, Dec. 5, at 8 a. m., Coach Jack Newby re ported. Only 85 seats in a house that seats 750 persons will go as re served seats. Because of the lim ited seatin? ranaritv at Contrti. high school and because of the anticipated large crowds at all nume games, ioacn iewDy urges fans to "romp parlv and t,i.4 the rush," Monday at J-V Sport ing ijuous siure. Of the 85 season rppno coat. some 24 are expected to be can celled out before they go on pub lic sale. "Parents of varsity ball players have priority over the public," Newby explained. The Senior high basketball mentor revealed that new shorts have been purchased for the var sity basketeers. They are pre dominately black with orantrp trim, he said. 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Hiway 99 North Phone 1559 Colored film on Yukon to be shown Hjll HHll iqM4ev - W'WWW W"-W " e-"W t i j. , j, "YUKON WILDERNESS See thli thrilling color motion picture of the uninhabited region of the Yukon Ter ritory near the Aretio Clrole. Picture ehowe ecenery and wild animals In their native habitats. Shown by Jomei H. Bond, former Roseburg resident. Sponsortd by Roseburg Rod and Cun Club. Junior High School Auditorium Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 5-6, 8:00 P. M. Adults 60c Students 30e