Indians Play
Grants Pass
Wednesday
Caveman Will Be Out
To Avenge Defeat Of
1 Last Year By Roseburg.
' When the Grants Pass Cave-
men hit the maples . against
Roseburg Wednesday night on
, the senior high school court, they
will be thinking about the 46-40
loss they sustained the-hands
; oJ the Indians nearly one year
ago.
The Indians ODened their sea
son against the Cavemen last
. year and beat them in a thrilling
1 four -quarter duel that caused
both coaches to throw In their
: reserves In an effort either to
gain or retain the lead.
If this year's action' Is a repeat
performance 01 lasi year s snow
at urants fass, me ians are in
for a real basketball treat' .
Unfortunately for Coach Jack
Newby, his top three players of
the 1948 squad are no longer witn
tho team, navlni? graduated, and
this year's crop of varsity play-
. ers are a snorrer group,. oy xr.
An Interesting preliminary ac
tion between Norm wests jay
vees and Richard Strait's -Yon-calla
Eagles will start the Wed
nesday evening basketball actl-
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Yoncalia Is currently rated one
of the top teams in the north half
loop 01 Hie .jjougias coumy a
, league.- -
The early game starts at 6:30.
The main, flame' starts at 8
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Don Newcombe Undergoes
Minor Nose Operation
ELIZABETH,' N. J., Dec. 27
Uft Don Newcombe, star Brook
lyn Dodger pitcher, was schedul
ed to undergo a minor nose
operation today at , Ellazbeth
General hospital. . ,
The big righthander from Co-
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Grants Pais in the main game.
Wise, Bill Laiswell. Second row,
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Famous Pitcher
May Have Cancer
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27-V-
Grover Cleveland Alexander, one
of the greatest pitchers In the
history of baseball, is in a hos
pital to learn if he is suffering
from cancer.
Two years ago in St. Louis his
right ear was cut off In an at
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Indianapolis when he was struck
bv -a Ditched ball is nartlv re
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Physicians say tha Incomplete
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Alexander, now 62, was named
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From 1911 to 1930 he oiled uo 373
wins, for an average of 18.6 tri
umphs per season.
He still is convinced, it lsn t
the last of the ninth for him.
"I'll be okay," he commented.
"Just a little rest and I'll be back
on my feet."
lonla. N. J., said he had difficul
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becauae ,oi an oDsiruction causi
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College Basketball
I By The Associated Prcti)
Lont Island SS, San FrancUco 48.
UCLA 62. LaSalle 57.
Western Kentucky 74, Canlslus 61.
St. Josephs (Pa.) 80. UUh 88.
Santa Clara 73, Manhattan 64.
Temple 66, Buffalo Univ. 48.
Idaho 83, Lawrence Tech. 44.
Cotton Bowl Set
For Record Crowd
DALLAS, Dec. 27 Oft The
largest crowd ever - to see the
Cotton Bowl football game will
be in the cavernous stadium next
Monday. And all of the 75,347
fans are advised to wait until
the last gun fires before moving
for the exits.
Lots of things happen in the
final Deriods for the competing
teams in this bowl game Rice
and North Carolina. Especially
North Carolina. They call the Tar
Heels the minute men of loot
ball." They don't always win them
In the last minutes but they prob
ably win more at that stage of
me game man any omer team.
Rice is a last-half outfit, tx,
only the Owls have had more
success with it this season than
the Tar Heels. The most notable
garrison finish by Rice was
against Texas. They were behind
15-0 until late In the came yet
won 17-15 as ' Froggy Williams
kicked a field goal with lu sec
onds to go. ,'
North Carolina beat Norm Car
olina State in the last minutes,
licked Georgia 21-14 with two
minutes to go, scored 21 points
in the fourth Deriod to beat South
Carolina, stopped Virginia on the
seven yard line with a minute to
play and the score 14-7, edged
Duke 21-20 as Art Weiner block
ed a field goal try in the last
minutes and otherwise added ul
cers for veteran Coach Carl
Snavely.
Rice had to come from behind
to beat Southern Methodist, Tex
as and Baylor and had to stop
Texas Christian down around the
two-yard line as time ran out.
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have it when the chips were on
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Ring Magazine
Honors NBA King
NEW YORK. Dec. 27 UP) -
Ezzard Charles continues to pick
up awards for his ring work of
J.4!. .
Latest honor for the NBA-re-cogned
. world heavyweight
cnampion is to oe named light
er of the year" by Editor Nat
Fleischer of Ring magazine. The
award is announced In a copy
righted article in the February
issue.
Charles, the Cincinnati negro
who earned NBA title recognition
as successor to Joe Louis by
Dealing jersey joe waicott, re
cently was voted the Edward J.
Neil memorial plaque by the New
York Boxing Writers association.
He will accept both awards at
tne writers annual dinner, Jan.
12. ,
Mills Rated Low
Fleischer may have stirred up
an international situation in his
boxing ratings by placing "Eng
land's Freddie Mills, world light
heavyweight champion third in
his division. Nat put Joey Maxim
of Cleveland and Archie Moore
of St. Louis ahead of the champ,
Mills and Maxim meet In Lon
don. Jan. 24 In a title bout that
snouia straighten out that situa
tion. -
Ray Robinson, welterweight
King, is ranked No. Z, right be
hind champ Jake La Motta, In
the middleweight division. In
fact, Fleischer names six mid
dles all in the same erouD. In
addition to La Motta and Robin
son, he elves high rating to Dave
Sands' of Australia, Steve Bel-
lolse of New York, Robert VII
lemain of France and Tiberio
Mitrl of Italy. Rocky Graziano,
ex-champ, is the 11th man in the
division.
Refuses Recognition
Fleischer still refuses to recog
nize Charles as- world champ,
pointing out that Bruce Woodcock
of England and Lee Savold of
Paterson N. J, have legitimate
claims.
Waicott, Lee Oma of Detroit.
Woockcock and Savold are plac
ed in the same group 2 but
Charles is rated all by himself
the line was against Loullana
State, to whom they lost their
only game of the season.
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Rebels 20-14
In Shrine Tilt
Northerners Display .
Strength In Downing
Southern All-Stars
MIAMI. Fla.. Dec. 27 VP)
A squad of hand-picked northern
college football players overpow
ered a select group of Southern
(jonegians in tne second annual
shrine charity game In the Or
ange Bowl last night, 20-14.
The Yankees evened the score
for last years 24-14 southern tri-
umpn and did it convincingly
Deiore si,sis rain-soaxed ians.
Yale Coach Herman Hclkman's
hef ties came charging back to
erase a 0-7 half-time deficit with
two quick touchdowns in the third
quarter and another In the four
th. , ,
The rebels, under coaches An
dy Gustafson of Miami and Bob
woodruff of Bavlor. grabbed
lead on the second quarter on a
oiyara loucnaown run by Van-
Along The Sidelines
The speddy halfback took
handoff from Miami's Whitey
Campbell and, behind perfect
oiociung, racea down tne sidelin
es to put the South ahead. For
rest Griffith of Kansas added the
extra point, his first of two for
me evening.
with tne third period onlv five
minutes old, the Yankees struck
for their first touchdown with
Notre Dame's Walter Grothaus
recovering a South fumble on the
south s 24.
Two Dlavs' later Vlllannva-a
Steve Romanik passed to Harry
Wettlaufer of Pennsylvania to the
eight Larry Coutre of Notre
iiarae rammed through to the
four and then squirmed to the
one loot line.
Romamk sneaked over fnr the
touchdown. Ralnh Pasaueriello
of Villanova missed the extra
point.
South Still Leads
The South still led. but not for
long. Pennsylvania's Ray Dooney
look a piicnouc around rignt end
and went eight vards to score
with two rebel tacklers still hang
ing on. amy aye oi Minnesota
kicked the extra point and the
xanKees went ahead. 13-7.
The North hiked its lead in the
fourth Quarter after Doonev re.
covered a South fumble on the
rebel 10. On the next plav Pat-
queriello scored on a pltchout
around rignt end. Bye again add
ed ine extra point.
Rupe Wright of Baylor recov
ered Dooney's fumble on the
North's 43 and the rebels took it
from there. Griffith trave Une the
final 15 yards for the touchdonw.
rne Yankees racked ud 22 first
downs to the South's seven and
gained 350 net yards rushing to
uie iieoeis m.
GRANTS PASS WINS
GRANTS PASS. Dec. 27 (JPI
The Grants Pass Cavemen de
feated the Tillamook Cheesemak-
ers, 59-32, last night in a high
scnooi DasKeiDau game.
in Group 1.
The Ring editor goes on re
cord as Denevmg it likely that
Joe Louis will re-enter the heavy
weight sweepstakes. He is not
alone in that viewpoint as Joe
continues to tour the nation In
his 10-round exhibitions.
Robinson missed being nam
ed fighter of the year," accord
ing to Fleischer, because of a
record marring draw against
Henry Brlmm at Buffalo, Feb.
also hurt. Sugar Ray won 12 other
starts including a title defense
against Kid Gavilan and a sensa
tional knockout win over Bel
loise, ranking middleweight.
Pep Aotlon Censured
Willie Pep, featherweight
tltllst, was the other contender
for the year's top award by Ring.
Pen was brilliant last February
in regaining his title from Sandy
Saddler but failure to give Sad
dler another chance cost him the
big prize.
Lester Felton of Detroit, upset
winner over Gavilan, was singl
ed out as the fighter showing
the most progress during tne
year.
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6 - The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Tues., Dec. 27, 1949
EACH HAVE LOST ONE
Western Kentucky, UCLA Show
Prowess In College Hoop Ranks
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. UP)
demonstrated last night they
leading college basketball teams.
Fresh from a 65-53 victory over Illinois the touring UCLA quin
tet knocked LaSalle out ot the unbeaten ranks 62-57 in the feature
of a twin bill at Philadelphia.
Ohio State, Cal
To Field Large
Rose Bowl Teams
PASADENA. Calif.. Dec. 27 J
UP) California and Ohio State
each will field large football
teams in the Rose Bowl Jan. 2,
and rival lines gifted in stout
defensive tactics that can hardly
ia lor crowd appeal.
But eacn team also packs a
player or two able and liable to
.explode for long scoring plays
wnicn very definitely quality
for the fancy of the football
fans.
Ohio State employs an offense
that stems off the T. the solit T
and even drifts into a single wing
on occasion, and most anyone in
the four backfield positions it apt
to throw a pass when least ex
pected.
Cal. Is Conservative
California is more conservative
In the passing department, Quar
terback Bob Celerl handling this
chore almost exclusively. His elec
tive pass-run tnreat, nowever,
can keep opponents in a quandry
and the onlookers In a state of
excitement.
Only yesterday Coach Lynn
Waldorf of California men
tioned that he has no climax
runner such as he had last
year in halfback Jackie Jen
sen. -
Waldorf probably meant he
had not consistent climax run
ner, but there was nothing wrong
with halfback Frank Brunk the
day he ran 102 yards to sink
the Rose Bowl dreams of South
ern California, or Brunk's ef
forts when he filled in for the
injured Jensen in last New
Year's day's Rose Bowl game
with Northwestern.
And halfback Jim Monachino
was certainly not dogging It
when he reeled off 84 yards and
ruined Stanford this season.
59 Yards Tops Season
Ohio State's halfback Jerry
Krall wheeled away 59 yeards
to whip Indiana in the longest
run from scrimmage for the
Bucks this season, and halfback
Jim Clark's pass to Tom Watson
went for 65 yards In the Buck
eyes lutne tnrust at a men
mighty Minnesota. Fans here well
recall husky Fred (Curly) Mor
rison scoring against USC on
the tail end of a 57-yard pass
lateral play.
such was In prospect as the
two teams plotted further
drills, Ohio 8tate here and the
the Golden Bears at nearby
Riverside. ,
Due In the Bear camp was half
back Jack Swaner, detained at
home awaiting the arrival of the
stork. Swaner, incidentailly. Is
on the explosive side, too. He
came off the injury list against
Stanford to roll up 100 yards
and three touchdowns in 15 trips
witn tne Dau.
And Celerl, don't forget, holds
six all-time school records for
passing and is responsible for
1135 yards running and passing
the ball this year.
Sought Miners
Walk To Town
EVERETT. UP) The three
Sultan Basin miners who were the
objects of a week long rescue ef
fort, walked out from the snow
chocked mountains Friday and
Saturday, arriving at the town
of Sultan. The three, James Stone-
house, Maple Valley, Tom Heins,
Renton, and R. H. Iverson, Ho
bart, said the walking was diffi
cult but they had little trouble.
Their arrival from the hills
stopped a Navy helicopter rescue
attempt, the craft being recalled
to tne wnidoey island naval air
station by radio after it departed
to pick the miners off the moun
tainside. Stonehouse said they were un
aware of any concern felt for
their safety as their -radio was
not functioning. They said they
had not come out earlier because
they had work to do at the mine.
DOESN'T LIKE GUNS
WASHINGTON UP) Judge
George D. Neilson just got fed up.
You neoDle who come In here
on charges of carrying guns al
ways claim you just found tne
gun a few minutes before, he
told a defendant In municipal
court. Don't you know this habit
of carrying guns is just what
leads to serious crimes;
Six months in jail."
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UCLA ' and Western Kentucky
must be ranked among the nation's
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Western' Kentucky, opening
Its annual eastern tour, put on
a second half spurt that down
ed Canlslus, 74-61, In the top
attraction of a doubleheader
at Buffalo.
UCLA and Western Kentucky
each have lost only once, UCLA
to San Francisco and Western
to Cincinnati.
San Francisco, the national In
vitation tournament champion,
took it on the chin again in Madi
son Square Garden, tills time a
5648 licking from Long Island.
Utah, from the Skyline Six con
ference, fell before St. Josephs
of Philadelphia in the ether game
at Philly, 69-68. A free throw by
Phil Brady in the last 24 seconds
got the Utes off to a poor start
on tneir eastern invasion.
UCLA trailed LaSalle at one
time in the second half by 11
points, but rallied to win on.
field goals by George 8tanich
last 40 seconds.
In the garden first game Santa
Clara spurted In the closing min
utes to whip Manhattan, 73-44. In
the first game at Buffalo Tem
ple broke a three-game losing
streak by trimming Buffalo
University, 66-48.
A total of 32,290 saw the three
doubleheaders; 16,000 at the gar
den, 10,891 at Buffalo and 5,399
at Philadelphia.
East All Stars
Warm Up, 114-0
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27 UP)
The eastern all stars ran wild
over the Santa Cruz Seahawks
in a game-length scrimmage yes
terday In preparation for the
East-West football game here
January 2.
rne star-studded East squad,
permitted the ball just half of
the scrimmage period, ran up a
score of 114 to 0, against the
Seahawks, supposedly a moder
ately tough semi-pro outfit.
1 he process was to give the
offensive team the -ball on its
own goal line and let it go to
work. The East all-stars hit pay
dirt 19 times.
The efforts of the Seahawks got
them exactly nothing.
Art MuraKowkl of Northwest
ern twice broke through the Sea
hawks for scoring sprints from
his own goal line. Passes from
Pete Dorset of Cornell to Tom
Rowe of Dartmouth, and from
Army's Arnold Galiffa to Gordon
Soltau of Minnesota likewise scor.
ed over the hundred yard dis
tance. Outstanding in the touch
down parade was the play of No
tre Dame's giant Leon Hart.
. The West squad, with Eddie
LeBaron out of the- hospital,
worked on plav polishing and ae
rial offensive, which it apparent
ly wm need plenty of If It stays
inside Kezar stadium next week.
LJndy Berry of Texas Chris
tian and LeBaron, College of Pa
cific, handled the passing assign
ments. ,'
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Beavers To Entertain
Minnesota Tonight; '
Webfoots At Chicago
By The Associated Press
Action lots of it is in store
for northern Division members
of the Pacific Coast conference
tonight as all but (Washington
take to the courta In kings -X
play.
Idaho, lone ND club to see ac
tion last night, tackles Duquesne
at Pittsburgh with a chance to
break even in its eight-game road
trip. In dumping Lawrence Tech
at Detroit last night, 63-44, the
Vandals scored their third win
In seven cross-county starts.
Other games tonight find Ore
gon's Ducks opening a three
game midwest jaunt at Chicago
against Loyola; Washington State
takes a four-game losing streak
against tough road foes to Cheney
for a mex with Central Washing
ton; and Oregon State entertains
Minnesota in an effort to reverse -
an earlier 60-44 loss to the Goph
ers in. Minneapolis.
Washington is idle until friday
night when it takes on Colum
bia in the first of two games.
Idaho was red-hot against the
Blue Devils of Lawrence Tech,
hitting with 26 of 59 attempts and
taking a 35-18 halftlme margin.
A tight zone defense held the
Blue Devils to a poor 15 goals
in 75 shots. Jerry Irons," Idaho
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