Jeff Cravath
Resigns USC
Coaching Job
No Immediate Plans;
U. Of Minnesota Post
Holds 'No Interest'
LOS ANGELES (Pi Jeff
Cravath resigned as head football
coach at the University of South
ern California Wednesday.
Cravath said he had no immedi
ate plans afoot, Answering one
sp.cific query, he said he was
"not interested" in the job at Min
nesota, left vacant by the resigna
tion of Bernie Bicrman.
Cravath's sessii with Dr. Ered
Fag? Jr., president of USC, and
others followed a "secret meeting"
last night at which the alumni
group voted to A'quest Cravath's
resignation and arrange to buy up
his contract.
Specufcition, most of it on the
hasty side, on Cravath's successor
included such names as Paul
Brown, coach of Ihe Cleveland
Browns pro club; .lordan Olivar of
Loyola of Los Angeles; Bud Wilkin
son of Oklahoma, and as often
tossed about in recent years, the
name of Frank Leahy of Noire
Dame.
"I regret with all my heart to
leave my alma mater as football
coach," said Cravath. "I holll no
animosity toward Southern Califor
nia, or any of its officials, how
ever, and I sincerely wish my
successor whoever he may be
the very best or luck."
The job, wilh i major football
institution, carries an attractive
salary. Cravath will be paid nearly
$.10,000 for the two years remain
ing in his contract.
His nine-year regime, wilh a rec
ord of 54 wins, 28 losses and eight
ties, ended yesterday when he re
signed, effective Jan. 1, in the
wake of Troy's most disastrous
season. Ihe team won two, tied
two ami lost five.
Cravalh indicated he will lake
his time about deciding on his fu
ture. Friends believe he may enter
private business here, unless an at
tractive coaching offer develops
Dr. Fagg and Cravath expressed
good will toward each other and
ramnim reaction seemed mined.
Players, students, and alumni j all-lime high of last year accord
SDoice highly of Cravalh as a friend ' ing to an Associated Press survey,
and coach, said Ihey were sorry to
see him go but guessed that "un
der the circumstances" it was best
for him and Troy.
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6 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Thuri., Dee. 21, 1950
(fif.A Tthphotoi
AND THEN THE LIGHTS WKNT OUT-Thta was tiie brmnninK of
the end lor Dave Whillock (left) of San Francisco as he misses with
ft left. Light-Heavyweight Champion Joey Maxim of Cleveland, O.,
glides under with a hard right to the body, then quickly followed
with a left and short right to the chin that put Whitlocic away for
the count. The action rams In the fourth round of their scheduled
10-round non-title bout at San Francisco's Winterlaud.
College Football Attendance Drops
Only Slightly From Last Year's Top
By JACK HAND
NEW YOKK (PI College
football attendance held up sur
lion in attendance wilh M)l,.'22 for
six games at its !)7,()oo-seat stad
iuin. But the Wolverines were hurt
Groza's Toe Figured
Advantage For Browns
CLEVELAND iPi .Maybe
early bettors have Louis R. (the
Toe) Groza in mind when they rata
Cleveland a three-point edge over
the Los Angeles Hams for Sun
doy's pro football title game here.
When you talk in terms of three
point football margins, Cleveland
Browns' fans think in terms of
(Jrnia. The 235 pound tackle has
hooted 15 three-pointers in 21 tries
this season and set a new National
football league record for field
goals.
There's a prospect of more scor
ing next Sunday than there was
last Sunday when liu kicked two
field goals to enable the Browns
to whip the New York Giants 8-3 in
the NFL's American conference
play-off. But once again a few
points may be. decisive.
The Rams have a speedy, flashy
offense that darted to nine new
league records this campaign as
Ihey topped Ihe Nalionai confer
ence. But the Browns' excellent
llefense and the sub-freeing
weather ran he counted on to slow
tpe scoring pace of the wes! coast Michigan Leads Nation
rluh. 1 Michigan, as usual, led Ihe na-
looioa. " : at the gale, declining from their
pnsingly well m 11150, dropping oft f ,
only J.5 percen a game ironi me ; . .
oer value.
Ohio Sjate was second in the
lt.S league baseball was off 14 per- nallun '" M-" an '" nave
con( nau more excrpi lor me on 'am
Ihe East and Far West, where l"a' almost obliterated Ihe ilich
lelcvision lakes its diepest bite, . 'Kn game, Nov. 25 They sold
suflered severe setbacks but a 45W seats and only 50,503 -showed
sharp increase in the Southwest j "P-
held up the overall average. The! California had another sood year
Midwet was up slightly and the i with 358,000 paying to see their
South dipped about 3 percent, close unbealen champs in seven home
to Ihe national trend. j games. Rut Stanford and Soutnern
llelurns from 89 schools, cover- California look terrific lacings at
ing 443 home 'games showed today I the gale. Rain ruined Stanlord's
thai ihe major collegians played chances of a sellout for the Army
lo average crowds uf 2(1,673 last I game with only 40,000 on hand,
fall as compared to 27,051 in l4H 1
The figures ranged Item 30,744 m
the Midwi;sl and 35.8(18 in Ihe Soitli
wesl to 19,807 in Ihe Ki.sU
Far Wist Tak Drop
The Southwest average was up
II percent, the Midwest i percent
and all the others dropped from
the South s 3 percent to 10 pel c ent
in Ihe East and 12 percent in tne
Far West.
Poor weather, particularly t h e 1 at
late November snow and wind !
storms, hurt the gale in (lie Mid-1
west and East, but most schools j
were inclined to blame television .
competition. !
In the Suuthwcst, live telecasts
are permitted only when a tame
is an assured sellout in advance.
Many of Ihe Midwest schools, with
the exception of Notre Dame, did
not televise.
Lem's Music Team
Wins First Half
Industrial Bowling
Jem's Music repair won the first
hall Industrial bowling league
championship last night at the
howling alley, but not without a
struggle.
The champs finished the regular
first half play deadlocked with Wil
son's Molars of Myrtle Creek, so
the two teams rolled a playoff
game. I.em's won by 93 pins.
The ten nign Dowiers in tne ursi
half competition are as follows:
John Donovan, 174: Ted Shirtcliff
(Wilson's Molara. 172; Verne Bou-
cock (Elks 328), 172; Harold Taylor
(Huddleston's), 171; V. Chapin Wil
son's), 167; Ted Buettner (Lems),
Ki7; P. Slutlon, 1K3; Jim Betley
(Vets hospital), 163; J. Esberg
(Umpqua dairy), 162; V. Nordling
(Jovin's). Iti2.
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
W L Pt
Lem's music 32 13 42
Wilson's 20 16 U
F.lks 326 28 17 38
Jovin Brake 24 21 32
Imp dairy 23 22 32
Vc-ls 21 24 28
lluddleston's 22 23 28
Rsbg L'ndry 21 24 27
I.entz 21 24 27
RPOE 20 25 26
FOE 15 30 21
Lions 13 32 17
Yonealla Quint Whips
Creswell Squad, 41-22
Yoncalla's basketball quint gave
further notice Tuesday night that
they are not to be considered
lightly in league play this year.
The Eagles whipped Creswell 41-22
at Yonealla.
It was no contest from the start.
They limited the Creswell crew to
two points in the first quarter and
an additional four in the second.
The half ended 21-6. At the third
quarter mark it was 31-15 in Yon
calla's favor.
Gerald Rust, a six-foot-five cen
ter, made just one less point than
the entire Creswell team. He made
21 points on nin field goals and
three free throws.
The jayvees previewed the var
sity game by trouncing the Cres
well juniors, 4!Ct0.
New Douglas County Cage
League Formed Under AAU
By GEORGE CASTILLO
News.Rtview Sports Writer
A new basketball league hai I ten created in Douglas county.
It is called the Umpqua Valley AAU league and has cornered
most of the available basketball material not in ip or college
competition.
It consists of eight jM"1- he winner in the league is to
vie with the winner from CSos county for a birth in the Amateur
Athletic union state playoffs. The teams in the league w(J! play
under surveillance of the AAU which has a strict amateur code.
The season will be launched
Wednesday Dec 27. A series of , two behemoths named Jack
articles on the new born teams j Loomis and Bob Bowling, both six-
ana ineir players win ioiiow in tne ; teet seven-inches tall.
Ram Gridders Confident
But Admirers Fearful
LOS ANGELES (.Pi The Los
Angeles Rams are confident but j
tneir most aroeni anmirers are
fearful today as they fly away to
Cleveland for Sunday's battle with
Ihe Browns for the Nalionai Foot
ball league title.
Coach Joe Stydahar, 32 players,
officials and newsmen make up a
party of 56 leaving at noon aboard
a chartered Cnilcd Air Lines plane.
A nonslop flight of about seven:
hours will get them lo Ohio.
Stydahar, already acclaimed as
rookie coach of Ihe year fur shep
herding Die Rams to their second
straight National conference title,
exuded nothing but pessimism,
Beating the Chicagu Bears last
Sunday for Ihe conference title on
a last field, perfect for the Rams'
terrific aerial game, was one thing.
But meeting Cleveland in the
Browns' own park, under condi-
! lions of col'.l and probably snow or
slush, is "something else," said
' Jumbo Joe.
The odds makers here have made
j the Clevelanders three point favorites.
Basketball Scores
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By Tin Associated Pre hi
Washington 1. PIHehurgh M,
Illjtiot 71, Washington Stale 4fl
Easti-i n Uiegiiii 7it, Southern Idaho
I-ewli 8 Clark M, Southern Oregon
a atk 71. Colorado ArVM .17
Piiaji'l Smiml .VV Whitman M.
Collrjf of Pacific til. Pacific t'niv 40.
Miiiitaiia Knttern Washington M.
Weber tlMahj J, C. t4, Yakima Val
le J. C. ftH.
Olvmpic illretnerton) J. C. 53, Lot
A ii (f lei CC SI.
( ohnnhia ttt. Tulane M.
Northweilem 7, Hue I.
VIManova Oil, North Carolina State ftl.
Syracuse tU. Temple 6.
Navv 5t. HulKrr 49,
Ann Hft. Ithaca 37.
California Hti. Taylor 40
West Vliguua i. George Washington
66.
Brfgh.im Young 79, Indiana Slate M.
I-ouiivllle 7n, Win & Mary 47
F.aM Kenlxn ky Bft, Norlh Carolina 62.
Purdue 7:t. Prnn 4
Arkanaa 4!i, MiftMntitppi 3.1.
Idaho Slate college 6ft, Colorado
Mine M.
AriTnna fl.'I. Texan Western .12.
Western Montana 71, nicka 6.1.
Boxer Suffers Injury
From Knockout Loss
NEW YORK , f.P) Al (Sonny
Boy) West, a 21-year-old Nprto
boxer from Washington, D. C. hov
ered in "very critical convlition"
today after a knockout loss t o
young lYrcy Rassett of Thiladel
plna lust nihl at Si. Nicholas
arena.
Surgeons performed an emer
gency brain operation on t h t
stricken lightweight who was car
ried unconscious from Ihe ring af
ler failing to respond to stimu
lants. West was losing but still ap
peared strong until Bassett tagged
him with a straight right to the
head after 29 seconds of the seventh
round of a schedule! ten. On the
cards of all three officials West
had won only one round. Referee
Harry Kbbels also had one even.
Soiiny Boy, moving backward as
he was hit, fell flat on his back,
his head hitting the ring canvas
with a thump. He did not regain
consciousness.
Villanova Stops
Wolfpack Star
In 68-61 Conquest
By The Aitoclittd Prtu
.Slop Sam Ranzino and you
pretty well stop the powerlul Nonn
Carolina Stale basketball team.
That's what Villanova (6-0) did
last night in a battle of unbeaten
fives. Deadeye sophomore Larry
Hennessey .poured in J3 points in
leading the Philadglphians to a
68-61 victory at Raleigh.
Ranzino scored only 11 points un
der the careful gurading of a not hi r !
Villanova sophomore. 5 toot 10 inch ;
Shorty (ilassnnre. The WoilpacK
ace had been averaging 24 points
a game. j
The Wolfpark (7-1) ranki third
nationally in the Associated Press
poll. i
Another Southern conference
power, North Carolina, also lost its '
first game. Eastern Kentucky wal- j
loped the previously-beaten Tar
Heels, W2, ;
Purdue forgot three straight de
feats and trimmed visiting Peun '
73-64. There went another unbeaten j
record. John Dermody tossed in 20 i
for Purdue. j
Army drubbed Ithaca C!)37, for
its second straight, and Navy
caught liulgrrs in the last 20 sec-:
onds, 53-4!). Dave Mtillaney tossed
in the clincher and Chin McDo
nough added the extra insurance.
Tall Mark Workman scored 44
points as West Virginia (6 0) routed
George Washington, 9.V66.
Another southern power, Murray
Ftak (80), came from behind to
Edge Beloit, 80-78. Garrett Be.
shear, 28-year-old soph center,
sparked the winners with 28 points,
21 in the vital second half.
rsews-rleview. It wilt incune a pic
lure of the pre season talent of the
three Rosehurg teams and Myrtle
Creek, Riddle, Sutherlin and Oak
land. Starting in our own backyard,
the K and M basketball squad
shows great potentialities. It is
made up of players with both ex
perience and height. All but two
of the eight men on the roster
have had college experience and
the team averages over six-feet-one,
with two skyscraping giants
standing six-seven.
The team is sponsored by Gene
Krewson of Rosehurg and Goose
Mardin of Sutherlin thus the
nume K and M.
Four guards have turned out for
Ihe squad. They are Sandy Moore,
Rob Michaels, Shorty Wallace and
(lair Thomas. Moore is 25, stands
five nine-and-a-half and weighs 175.
lie was an all-round athlete at
Marshfieid high school and was
an all-dislrict guard, lie played
with the University of Washington
fieshman team. He can shoot with
either hand with accuracy.
Bob Michaels is 27, five-ten and
weighs 175. He was a De Pauw
university guard and played var
sity on the University of Colorado
quintet. He's quick and alert and
a master of (he fast-break.
Shorty Wallace is 26, weighs 160
and stands five-ten. He played high
school ball at Toledo, Wash. He is
excellent at selling up plays and is
reliable on long shots.
Cair Thomas, one of the young
est men on the squad, is 22. He's
, five-ten and weighs 160. He got his
1 experience as a star guard for
! Springfield high school. One of the
; best defensive players on the
I squad, he's a tiger under t h e
boards, but his offensive play is er
i latic.
j When the team started looking
; for centers. Ihey made sure Ihere
were no giants, except in fairy
tales. The best Ihey rould do was
Loomis is one of John Wairen's
proteges from Ihe University of
Oregon. He's 24 and weighs 215.
lie played with both the freshmen
and varsity at Ihe University and
got his prep experience t Rose
hurg high school. One of his at
tributes besides height is an amaz
ingly accurate hook shot just out
side the key. Judging from his pre
season p formance he should be
one of tiie hottest scorers in the
league. In one game he sank 28
poinls.
Bowling, also six-seven, is 28,
wrighs 195, and was a two-year
letterman at Santa Clara univer
sity. He covers the boards like a
blanket and is a good scorer. He
alternates between center and for
ward. The forwards are Roy Baugh
rnan and Bill Benson. Baughnian
manages the squad and plays a
hard game as well. He's 26, six-one
and weighs 175. During his service
days, he was a varsity letterman
at St. Olaf's in Norlhfield. Minn.
Benson, the other young man on
tl e team, is 22, six-three and 195
pounds, fie played for RHS and the
Oregon State Rooks.
HuskiesOGarner
Victory No. 6
Over Pittsburgh
By Thi AMacUUd Pr.M
Washington's Huskies market' up
victory No. 6 last night a 74-35
conquest of Pittsburgh. In the Mid
west, Washint.on Slate's Cougais
got a merciless 71-48 beating by Il
linois. The two teams were the only
; Northern division coast conference
I qiijjitets lo see action. Only Oe is
! scheduled to take the 'or tonight
Idaho's potent Vandals moving
Itnlo enemv territory against Utah
Slate.
Contrary to the prious nijht
when the weaving Pittsburgh at
t a c k befuddled the Huskies
throughout the first half, Washing
ton took control of last night's en
counter right from the start. Half,
time score was 2916.
frank Guisness spearheaded the
Washington attack and led "both
teams in scoring with 19 points, 14
in the final half.
It was the undefeated Huskies'
final appearance of 1950.
Washington State, whether
weary from their road trip or be
cause of the Illinois power, fell
apart in the second half. They
trailed only 28-22 at the intermis
sion. Illinois, paced by Bob Peter
son and Don Dunderlage, scored
43 points in the final period
nearly as much as the Cougar
game total.
Peterson picked up 19 points,
Sunrierlage 18. to lead both teams
in the scoring parade. Seymour
Sluurmans lopped WSC with 13.
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FIRST FORWARD
NEW HAVEN (.V Many
have caiined the honor of throwing
the first football forward pass, but
Vale athletic officials say Walter
Camp was Ihe first. Against
Princeton in 187IS, C a m p was
lackled and tossed Ihe ball lo
Thompson before he hit Ihe ground.
Princeton protested, but the ref
eree allowed (lie pass alter flipping
i a coin. Yale repealed against the
same foe in 1883.
East, West Grid Teams
Visit Shrine Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO (.V) The
Shrine East and West football
teams took time out yesterday
from scrimmage for their Dec. 30
battle to visit the kids who will
benefit from their gridiron efforts.
Both squads went to the Shrine
hospital for crippled children. They
spent several hours meeting the
handicapped youngsters whose
medical care is provided by the
gate receipts from the game
some $100,000 net. Each player was
assigned a "niece or nephew" and
both Ihe children and their new
"uncles" spent a happy morning
getting acquainted.
In the afternoon, practice sched
ules were resumed.
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First football player lost to the
armed forces by Oregon Stale is
Dick Brand, stellar sophomore de
fensive end last fall. Brand re
cently enlisted in the army air
corps.
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