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MEL COUNTS, Oregon State's 7 foot basketball center who
is th talk of the west, will be in action at Corvallis Satur
day ond Monday nights against the Stonford Indians. Counts
has scored 28, 29 and 20 points in his first three varsity
games. Roseburg's Indians will play the Corvallis prep
quintet Monday at 6:05 p.m. as a preliminary to the
collegiate game. Stanford brings one of its best teams in
years to Gill Coliseum for the game. (OSU Photo)
Big Five Schools Pledge Work
On Sporfs Disdained In U. S.
SAN FRANCISCO fAP) Big- Other subjects covered Wcdnes
Five schools are pledged to try U,y included a discussion of how
to drum up interest in Olympic , control crowds at baskethall
sports that U. S. competitors games and a new method of count
usually disdain. i ,ng tj , various sports.
Athletic directors of the Big ! . .
Vive (Athletic Association of West, i
ern Universities) agreed Wednes
day to attempt to atrenglhen pro
grams in such sports as rowing,
wrestling, fencing and volleyball.
The NCAA recently requested
colleges to give more attention to
these minor sports in which other
countries excel in the Olympics.
Sfowirwi Proarama
All five schools said they intend ;
lo strengthen their rowing pro-
grams. California and Washington . .
already have top rowing programs! Mf Miritn firtiflOrC
and annually rank among the too"" VlUUCI J
crews ui the nation, naid lorn
Hamilton, Big F'lve commissioner.
Washington intends to elevate
wrestling 10 major siaius. aouin-l
ri.i-i -i- k.
. . -JTrr. .r
intends lo start one.
Hockey Results
National Hockey League
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wsdneiday Result
Boston 2, Chicago 2 (tie)
Thursday Games
Boston ai Drtioit
Friday Garnet
No games scheduled
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Hamilton said directors agreed
to crack down on coaches and
players to help maintain crowd
control.
Directors agreed to count foot
ball ties as half a win and half
a loss in conference standings.
Thus a team with one win and
three ties would finish behind aia n
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a loss I
Top Fremont Cagers
tpi,. ,,i. rv... u :.u i
ne Myrtle Creek ninth graders
!f"i,,il'' trong second half to
51'!
34 setback Wednesday night.
The Generals hurst inln
10 5 1
lead in the opening minutes of ac- j
lion, but were not able to hold on
as Myrtle Creek came back lo
lead by three points at halftime
Myrtle Creek continued on the
rampage in the second half as it : b" rrler h g,in'd 125 'ar(ls
ran off and Jcf; the Fremont ninth m 25 ""P"
graders. ,
Myrtle Creek's winning effort ' RACING
was paced hy Jim Coon't 16 points
Following Coon for the winners! SAN BRUNO, Calif. Tillie's
was Steve Gordon wilh IS and Baby ($1.20) romped hy three
Ricky Ahrahamson wilh 14. i lengths in headliner at Tanforan.
I'llH i:.S IX YSY.W
County Prep Hoopsters Set For 16 Games Over Weekend
Loral A-2 ami B hoop squads
burst forth in 16 games scheduled
fur Friday and Saturday niiihls as
warmups continue fur all except'
the Drain Warriors. i
The Warriors, currently lied for
first in the Kmerald league with a
2 0 recurd. will face a lough test
Friday inconferenre action when
they travel to Pleasant Hill to
clash with the favored Hillbillies
featuring talented junior Bruce
Kradshaw. Bradshaw led the Hill
billies to the Kmerald League
championship last year and ii ex
pected to pace his team to a repeat I
performance for a berth in. the A 2
state tournament.
Saturday the Warriors will step
out of league play when they try
Providence
Set To Fight
For Ranking
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Providence Friars, winning
solidly if not spectacularly, are
still a week away from their first
of two big tests in a bid for rank
ing near the top of the nation':
college basketball teams.
The defending Ml champions,
boasting one of the nation's big.
gest front lines, takes on touring
San F'rancisco F'nday, then next
week makes a trip to DePaul and , STANFORD, Calif. (AP) The'won again at Rome in 19WI.
X,.VT ?f 0 ' , ... . u- ,s"v'et Union has a group of doc-l Soviet men set three Olympic
lhat trip marks the rirst big tors who have developed what they records at Rome and Soviet worn
hurdle for Coach Joe Mullaneys; ca sporls medinne. They may en set five Olympic track and field
ambitious team. Ihe Holiday Fes- ,l American roaihes and trainers 1 mark.
tival in Madison Square Garden;
the following week is the second.
So far the Friars have been play-
ing-genrrally-just good enough
to win. The only exception on their 1
intN. r. .n... - . - j i.nitcd Stales and the Soviet Un-
51 rout of Mount St Mary s. 1he!jon ,raok and (lcld ,eams
next largest margin of victory was I , d ha, hn -rn0n,lin
seven points, Wednesday night s
SO 73 triumph over Brown.
Duke, the only other ranked
team in action Wednesday night,
got a phenomenal shooting per
formance from Art Heyman in a
16 69 victory over previously un
beaten South Carolina.
KassoTo Have Try
will, uenver rroi
CORVAU.IS (AP)
Oregon
State's versatile Don Kjjso ii
going to give It a try as a pro
fessional with the Denver Broncos
of the American Football League.
The Broncos tabbed Kasso, a
halthack two years before moving
iA .lit nH thi fall as their tftlh
choice in (he collegiate draft. He
u.. 1h 17lh mrlc of the St. I.OUIS
Cardinals N atlonal Football
League team.
I Kasso. S it and 184 pounds from
Berkeley, Calif., caught 20 pass.-i
for 2.'8 yards this season. As a
SAVE
IM THE NEXT
100,000 MILES
ORchord 3 4485
TIM I KS.TOO!
to avenge their only loss, brain
will lie at Sutherlin to fare the
Bulldogs. The Bulldogs won a
thrilling 47-46 decision over the
Warnurs the first time out. and
have gone on to post three atraight
wins.
Bulldogs vs. Yoncalla
Friday the Bulldogs will put
their undefeated record up against
a group of determined Yoncalla
Kaglcs. The Kaules boast a 31
record, and are unliealen on their
home boards. Friday's outing will
be played at Yoncalla.
Glide's Wildcats will host the1
F.agle Point Kayles Friday night in
hopes of getting revenge for their'
lone loss. Led by center Dick Wil-!
son the Kaiilrs are undefeated in
8 The News-Review, Roseburg,
1 Sports Medicine May
Be Shown By Soviets
about it here next summer.
I'ayton Jordan, coach of Stan -
,Pam. ig director of a meet srhed.iat Hnm. ,n iqko .nH wnm. o...
1lcd here Ju,y 2122 hrlwp(,n the
wiin uavriri roiookov, coacn oi in the Soviet Union who are as
the Soviet national track team. j signed by the government to study
Sending Delegation ; training techniques, diets and the
The Soviets plan to send a party 1 psychology of athletes,
of 78 men and women here nine! The analyze youngsters, their
days belore the meet opens. Jor-! physiques and bone structures and
dan said Wednesday there is a
good chance the Soviets' track
peris will conduct a pre-meet clin-
ic on their sporls medicine. I
The United Slates dominated
track and field until the 19S6
Olympic dames. when t h e
V.S.S.R. won at Melbourne. They
Prep Cage Teams
Must Get Together
DAYTON, Tenn. (AP)
Rockwood's basketball team
Arrived for a game with Day
ton High. The gym was dark.
Dayton's team was in Kock
wood, at another dark gym.
The game will be played later
after they get together on the
site.
Sports Calendar
Wrottling
Riddle Irish vs. Glide Wildcats,
7 p m.. Glide
Myrtle Creek Vikings vs. Doug
las Trojans, 7 p.m., Douglas
Mapleton Sailors, Sutherlin Bull
dogs and Oakland Oakers, 7 p m ,
Oakland
Archery
Oak Rose Archers. 7 p.m.. Rod
and Gun Club range, Winchrs'.er
Friday
Basketball
Non-Ltague
Grants' Tass Cavemen vs. Rose
burg Indian. 8 p m Roseburg
Klkton Elks vs. Oakland Oak
ers. 8 p.m., Oakland
Eagle Point Fugles, vs. Glide
Wildcats. 8 p m . Chile
Sutherlin Bulldogs vs. Yoncalla
Eaules. 8 p m., Yoncalla
(ilendale Pirates vs. Illinois Val
ley Cougars, 8 p m., Cave Junr
tio Cold Bearh Tanthers vs. Myrtle
Creek Vikings, 8 p m., Myrtle
Creek
Days Creek Wolves vs. Mvrtle
Creek JV'S, 8:30 p.m., Myrtle
Creek
Towers Cruisers vs. Tacific, 8
p.m., Tacifie
Emerald League
Drain Warriors vs. Pleasant Hill
Hillbillies, 8 p.m., Pleasant Hill
Wrestling
Roseburg Indians vs. North Rend
Bulldogs, 7 p m., North Bend
(ilendale Pirates at Grants Pass
Invitational Tournament, 1:30 p.m.,
Grants Pass
Indians Cridders
To Appear On TV
The Rn-itfrhurfl Indian, stair
A I football rhimpion, mil
h honored tonight at 30 on
KF.1TV. t hannel 9. Kuucnc.
The half hour program will
IValiire thf tram and the
coaching staff according to
head roach Roy Thompson.
The 11 season will he hich
lichtrd, along with the overall
athletic program at Roeturn
and the trememlom commun
ity Mipiort.
Sports In Brief
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i
BASEBALL i
XKW VlhK Mickey Mantle1
signed his l2 ronliact with thr
Yankees fur a reined SX'.ouo.
FOOTBALL
RAIKICII. X. C. No.th
Carolina State fluaiirrhai-k Ro
I man Cahnel signed a pro con
trart wilh the Ins Arteries Ran
of the Xational Football Iea;ue
four games and are ranked as the
number six A 2 team in the state.
Wilson is the top scorer in A-2
competition in four games with a
total of Hi! points. The F:agles
topped the Wildcats 60 52 in (Hide's
season opener by halting a fourth
quarter rally which saw the 'Cats
come to lile.
Myrtle (.'reek will try to improve
its 3-1 rernrd over the weekend
when the Vikings host the Gold
Bearh Panthers in a two game se
ries. The Viks opened the season
with a victory, then lost to Myrtle
Point befure coming bark with a
pair of wins. The Panthers will be
trying to bounce back after losing
a game Tuesday to the Powers
Cruisers.
Ore. Thur., Dee. 14, 1961
1 Seven Records
1 The United States set seven
doIph nf ,ne l nj(.d Sa ,h(
women's record for 100 meters
with 11.3 seconds.
Jordan said there are doctors
recommend the sDorts and events
ex-jthey should concentrate on.
Avoid Trial, Error
-By studying these things, in-
eluding the particular emotions of
the individual athletes, thev often
avoid the vears of trial and error
which many of our athletes often
go through before they find the
evenls for which they are best
suited." Jordan said.
Jordan was director of the 1960
Olympic track and field trials, held
here at Stanford's 90.000-seat sta
dium. He was an assistant coach
of the U.S. track team that defeat
ed the Soviets in Moscow in 1958.
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' Both nights at .Myrtle Creek the
'preliminary game will feature the
Days Creek Wolves and the Vi-t
king Jayvees. The Days Creek
games are set to start at 6 30 ,
! The Wolves have competed in two
jamborees to date, but have been
unable to play a regular game be-1
cause of the flu. i
j (ilendale's Pirates will take on
a pair of Rogue Valley League
I opponents over the weekend. Kri-
day the Burs will travel to Illinois
Valley for an outing with the Cou
gars, then will return home Satur-j
day to host the Eagle Point Ea-
gles. The Pirates will be trying to
get back at both teams in the
weekend series.
1 The Oakland Oakers will he nut
Maris And Yankees Fail
To Reach New Agreement
NEW YORK (AP) Roger Mar
is, the baseball home run king,
held a 30-minute talk with Gener
al Manager Roy Harney of -the
New York Yankees early todav
Without reaching agreement on a
19K2 contraet.
Both Harney and Maris d?
srribed the talks as '"amicable"
and Harney issued a statement
later whirh said the conversations
would resume in January.
Maris' salary last year was a
reported $37,500. Associates have
said he is demanding double that
in 12 on the strength of his rec
ord 61 home runs which made him
perhaps the game's greatest gate
attraction.
The Yankees are believed ready
Yoncalla Cridders Honored
At Banquet For Title Play
i The Yoncalla Eagles, state B co
champions in foothall. were hnn-
. ored at a banquet Monday eve
ning at the Scntts Valley Grade
School according to Mrs. George
Fdes, Yoncalla correspondent.
i Individual trophies were present
ed to Red Wiley, the most inspira
I tional player; Dwight Pontius, best
! tackier: Dennis Carney, best block
er; and Steve rarrell, most im
proved player.
Head football coach Blair Har
rington acted as master of cere
monies and introduced the team.
Guest speaker for the event was
, Hal Childs of Eugene.
; Varsity Awards
Varsity letters were presented
to Red Wiley, Dennis Carney, Far
rell, Pontius, Bill Woolman. Jim
.fazek, Scooper I.ee, Guv Palmer,
David McHaffie. Jim Wales, Bill
THE UIVT THAT SAYS
SO WELL WHAT YOU
WAXT A IS I FT TO SAY
ftV-ta site.
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. 'yi
Km
v ; .'ret . .
A diamond-cut decanter of Seagram's 7 Crown encased
in glittering foil. What better way to express your
season's greetings than with this gift of America's
great whiskey, i.ivi: si; .i. rs ami in: snu:
to get even with the Klkton Elks;
for an earlier loss when the Klks
invade "Oakerland' Friday. Satur-i
day the Oakers will host the Can '
yonville Tigers and it will be the
Tigers turn to try and even thej
score. The only victory for thei
F.Iks thus far has been over Oak-:
land, while the Oakers only win
has been over Canyonville.
Cruisers Set Action
Powers' Cruisers will take on a
pair of A 2 opponents over the
weekend. Hitting the road the
Cunsers will play Parifir at Lang !
Inis Friday, then clash with Bandonl
at Randnn Fsturday. j
The Riddle Irish and the Doug
las Trojans will play lone games1
jto go to $55,000. An agreement
may be reached at a SfiO.OOO level.
"We're not far apart," Harney
said.
Maris' teammate. Mickey Man
tle, signed Wednesday for a re
ported $82,000.
Maris, who hit a record of 61
homers last season, also will ask
for the best contract he ever re
ceived during a conference with
General Manager Roy Harney.
The hard hitting outfielder was
paid about $45,000 last season.
Sees No Trouble '
"I expect no trouhle from Rog
er." said Harney after signing
Mantle for an estimated $82,000
Wednesday, a raise of about $10.
000. "I wouldn't he surprised if
Thompson. Everett Johnston. Bill
Wilson, Mike Latham. Tommy
Coggswell, Dick Wales. Roger Car
ney, Roger Johnston, Larry Hnag
land. Rod Jackson. Dick Langdon.
Don Langdon and Don Wiley. Hon
ored for their work as managers
were Mervin Pew, Gordon Smith
and Aethel Wise.
Assisting Harrington with t h c
coaching throughout the season,
and also honored at the banquet,
was assistant coach Ted Bennett.
The decorations for the banquet
were done by the school home
economics class. In the back
ground were signs spelling "Con
gratulations Team" and "State
Co-Champions, 1961" done in the
school colors of blue and gold.
The championship trophy was
presented to the school at the banquet.
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their 2 1 record up against the Il
linois Valley Cougars before the
home fans. In an earlier outing the
Irish topped the Cougars in over
time. The Trojans will be trying In
improve their 12 record when they
travel to Mapletnn la play a return
engagement with the Sailors. In
the first meeting the Sailors swish
ed a two-pointer as the final buz
zer sounded to edge the Trojans
47 46. Douglas' lone win came in
the season opener with Myrtle
Point. '
All varsity action is set tn start
at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Jayvee games wll preceed tha
varsity outings at 6:30.
he signs right away. I spoke to
him briefly earlier this week and
ihe didn't sound tough to me."
Mantle signed after a brief meet
I ing with Harney, who said, "Mick
ey has reached Babe Ruth's fig
ure." Later, he admitted, "it'i a
little over $80,000."
Mantle thus became the second
! highest paid player in Yankee his
tory. Joe DiMaggio received $100.-
000 in 1951. Ruth got his $80,009
'in 1932.
' Best Contract
"It's the best contract I f v e r
; got." Mickey beamed. "I only
1 hope I can live up tn it. I'll be
satisfied if 1 have another year
like the last one."
Mantle had 54 homers, finishing
second lo Maris. He drove in 128
runs and his .317 hatting average
was the fourth highest in the
American League.
"I figure Rog's home run rec
ord will stand for a while," th
'boyish Oklahoman said. "I had
my shot at the record last year
and couldn't make it. I think we "1
both hit our share and it'll be an
other close race."
The switch-hitting outfielder pre
dicted the Yankees would win the
pennant again in 1962.
I Mantle was the first Yankee lo
sign. Mickey, who lives in Dallas,
jTex. and Maris, from Raylown,
I Mo., are also in New York on
'other business. They rinsed a deal
I with a clothing manufacturing firm
! Tuesday.
Pro Basketball
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NBA
Wtdnesday Rtsults
Chicago 113, New York 112
Boston 123. Philadelphia 113
Cincinnati 136, Syracuse 126
I, os Angeles 137, St. Louis 13n
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