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Indians Host fonts Pass Tonight a. n-V'-r-r-f-mm f jar h) k - ?s o . iff 3 V yO? i FAKING DETROIT'S Jockie Moreland under the Cincinnati Royals' basket, Oscar Robert : son is fouled Thursdc night in a National Basketball Association game. Jack Twy ; man is the other Royal in the background and Chuck Nobel, the Piston, player. In quest ' of their fifth game in a row, Detroit's jinx held lost seoson Detroit was 11-2 with the Royols ond Cincinnati lost in the closing minutes by a 107- 103 score. (UPI Telephoto). Roseburg Hoopsters Seek First Win Of Season In Tough Clash Roseburg Mat Squad Meets North Bend Hoping to bounce back after last week's disaaterous lots to Grants Pass the Roseburg Indiana matmen will travel to North Bend tonight to tangle with the Bulldoga. Opening the aeason against the Cavemen last friday, the Indians found themeelves on the ahort end of a 44-3 arore. Bill Weaver, wres tling at 106 pounds, won the only decision for the Tribe as ht kept the local grapplera from b 1 n g ikunked. Tonight at 7 the Indian wres tlers will be out to prove they are more powerful than the Grants Tasa acore indicated. Tonight's outing will be the last chance for the varsity matmen until Jan. 5 when the Marshfield Pirates will invade "Indianland." Same Lineup Coach Joe Rrhaffeld will prob ably go with the same boys who were in action against the Cave men last week. Wrestling at M pounds will be Terry Hachler, while Weaver will be after his second victory in the 106-pound bracket. In the 115 pound division will be Steve Sand, and Ken Richman will do battle at 123 pounds. Terry Goddard will be in action for the Indians in the 130 pound class, with Dick Morgan wres tling in the 1.16-pound bracket. At 141 pounds John Griffin will be ready and Fervy Marical will be net for the 148-pound classification. In the 157-pound bracket Mike Landers will represent the Tribe. Heavier Weights In the heavier weight Jeff Smith will wrestle at 168 pounds, John Shea at 178 pounds, Run Snel len at 191 pounds and Doug John in the unlimited class. The Indiana are the defending District 5-A-l champions, beating the Bulldogs for the crown. How ever, the Bulldogs were the top finishers from the district in the state meet as Dick BerMand went on to win the championship in the 115-pound bracket. David Douglas won the state team title for A 1 rnmpetition last year. 8 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Fri., Dec. 15, 1961 Maris Is Named Male Athlete Of The Year By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Roger Maris of the New York Yankees, the American league's most valuable player and home run champion and the man whose dramatic pursuit of Babe Ruth's record enthralled the baseball world, Is The Associated l'rcss' male athlete of the year for 1961. The outfielder, 27, who hit 61 homers, a record for a single season, was the overwhelming choice in the balloting by 233 sports writers and broadcasters in the annual Al poll. Paul Hornung, Green Bay's out standing halfback, was second and Warren Spalin, Milwaukee's veteran southpaw pitcher, was third. They were followed by Kr nie Davis, All America halfback from Syracuse, and Mickey Man tle, Maris' slugging teammate. IM Billots Maris was named first on 160 ballots. Mantle was second with 18 firsts followed by Spahn with 14. On a basis of three points for first place, two for second and one for third, Maris collected 1S5 points, Hornung 108, Spahn 95, Davis 79 and Mantle 77. Maris will receive the fraternal Order of the Kagles-Kredcrick O. Miller Trophy at a dinner in Mil waukee, Jan. 4. He is the first baseball player to win the trophy since Ted Williams In 1957. it was won last year by Hafer Juhn son, the Olympic decathlon cham pion and world record holder. The year before It was Ingriiiur Johansson of bweiicn, men world heavyweight boxing champion. Maris' pursuit of the games' most cherished record Ruth's 60 home runs swept the pennant races, expansion and the perfor mances of the game's other stars into the background. The deadline game set by Com-' missioner Ford Frick for break ing Ruth's standard in 154 deci sions came on Sept. 20 in Balti more. In his second time at bat, Maris drove the ball over the right field fence for his 59lh homer. He failed in two more tries to tie the mighty Bambino's standard. Then, on Sept. 26, Maris hit No. 60. And in his final game of the regular campaign on Oct. 1, he belled a fastball into the right field stands in lankee Stadium off Boston's Tracy Mallard for No. 61. Maris also recorded the most total bases in the league, .166 and the most runs batted in, 142. His batting average was ,269. Automatic TKAH$M!SSIOH$ aS-T Month of December ONLY NOW SPEGIAO ejajsjVaaaeafBQ ADJUSTMENT All bands, linkage COMPLETE SERVICING Including Change of Fluid MOCK MOTORS, Inc. TOUR MIRCUKY LINCOLN CMC DtAllR 1590 N. I. Stephens OR 2 3338 $1295 i r t V t V l: 'j : ' V - ' h The Roseburg Indian hoopsters will be out to break into the win column tonight when they host the Grants Pass Cavemen in the first of a home-and-home series. Tip-off time for the varsity con test is a p.m. Saturday night the Indians will be in action at 8 on the Grants Pass floor. KQKN will carry play-by-play- action of the game for fans unable to attend. After clashing with the Cave men this weekend, the Indians will bounce back for a shot at the Cor va Ills Spartans Monday night at 8:05 in Gill Coliseum. Monday's outing will be the preliminary game before the Oregon State Bea vers contest with the Stanford In dians. Number Eight Roseburg will go into the week end action rated as the number eight team on the sportswriters poll and number nine on the coach es poll. The ratings came to the Indians despite their 02 record with both losses being to the num ber one ranked defending state champion Klamath Falls Pelicans. Grants Pass also sports an 0 2 record having lost close ones to North Bend and Marshfield. The Cavemen just missed being rated among the top ten. Monday's opponent for the In dians are currently ranked third in the state behind Klamath Falls and Grant of Portland. The Spar tans are led by all-state guard Lar ry Enos who is currently the lead ing A l scorer in the state, r.nos has racked up 70 points in three outings as he paced the Corvallis quintet to three stnght wins. O'Naii Out The Tribesmen will be in action against Grants Pass and Corvallis without the services of sophomore whil Bruce O'Neil. O'Neil is out for an indefinite period as the lanky 6 5 center is suffering from mononucleosis. Leading Roseburg's scoring punch is 5-7 guard Spike Moore. Moore pumped in 37 points against the Pelicans in the opening games Indian Jayvees And Sophs Set To Play Preceding the Roseburg-Grants Pass varsity basketball games this week, the junior varsity and soph omore cage teams will play the Grants Pass Cavemen in what are expected to be tough games. Today thejayvee team will host the Cavemen at 6:30 p.m. in the Roseburg High School gymnasium and on Saturday will invade the southern town for a second con test. Expecting Grants Pass to he a difficult team to beat, Coach Stew Robertson put his hoopsters through some strenuous practices in preparation for their opening games. In a previous outing the Cavemen Jayvees defeated the Rogue River varsity. Hard Decision Robertson stated that he Is hav ing a little trouble trying to de cide on a starting lineup. Fighting for the guard positions are Jon Burnham, Gary Oderkirk, Jerry Bourock and Dick Williams. In another battle. Dave Sevall, John Gunter and Bill Howard seek the forward spots while Gary Hill seems to be set at center. Also at 6:30 p.m. today, the sophomore team will host the Cave men sophomores at the Fremont Junior High gymnasium. On Sat urday they will meet Grants Pass on its own court. Sophomore Coach Don Seversnn is also looking for a tough game. He 1 is' l the line-up at present as Dave Hooper and Bob McKee at forwards, Lloyd Veach at center and Tom Dodge and Butch Watson at guards. Nine other sophomores bid for starting spots in the opening games. for an average of 18.5 per game. Moore's 185 average rates him well up in the top ten A l point makers in the state. At the other guard slot for the Indians will be veteran Marv French, while the back line will he composed of Ray Palm, Tom Hobhs and Don Lowe. Doug Lyda is set for plenty of action under the boards, while Bill Brothers is the leading reserve to work away from the hoop. Other Reserves Completing the reserves for the Indians will be Rich Bakala, Boh Manning, Paul Brothers, Bruee Ijong, Jim Wassom and Dick Burke. Grants Pass may be without the services of their leadingscorer and rebounder, 6 4 forward Jim Davis. Davis has been out with the flu and may not be ready for the weekend games. In Davis' place will be Bob Shep ard, while Marty Bauer is set to work at the other forward post. Center for the Cavemen will be Dave Hauntz, with Larry Lind- quist relieving the starter. Out front Bob Le welly n and Dan Mc Intyre will lead the Cavemen. Along with Enos, the Spartans will have Steve Vritska at the oth er guard position. Filling the post spot will be Gary Slabaugh, while Marical Hunter and John Ten Pas work at the forward positions. Top reserves for the Corvallis quintet are Gary Gustafson, Buzi Wood cock, Dave Gregg and Roger Cox. Tentative Lineups The tentative starting lineups for Friday, Saturday and Monday's games: ROSEBURG POS GRANTS P. Lowe (6-2) F (6-1) Bauer Palm (6 2) C (6 0) Shepard Hobhs (6-3) C (6-5) Hauntz French (6-0) G (5-10) Lewellyn Moore (5-7) G (5-10) Mclntyre ROSEBURG POS CORVALLIS Lowe (6-2) F (6-1) Ten Pas Palm (6-2) V (61) Hunter Hobbs (6-3) C (6-3) Slabaugh French (6-0) G (6-0) Enos Moore (5-7) G (510) Vritska INDIAN STATISTICS: (2 games) Sports In Brief Player Moore O'Neil Brothers French Hobhs Palm Bakala Lyda Manning P. Brothers Long Lowe Wassom Burke Totals Opponents FG FT PF TP Ave. 15 7-15 4 37 18.5 4 4-6 0 12 6 0 6 00 0 12 60 4 3-S 6 11 5 5 2 5-6 8 9 4.5 2 0-1 7 4 2.0 122 0 4 20 1 1-3 6 3 1.5 100 1 2 1.0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-1 2 0 0 0-0 2 0 34 11-3 39 94 47.0 43 35 50 32 121 M.5 Hockey Results National Hockey League By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday Result Detroit 5, Boston 0 Friday Games No games scheduled Saturday Games Boston at Montreal New York at Toronto Western Hockey League (Thursday's Results) Portland 4, 1is Angeles 3 (Only game scheduled) Knute Rockne is still the win ningest Notre Dame football roach. His teams won 105 games, 18 more than those coached by Frank Leahy. ROGER MARIS . . . top mole othlete Cinch To Win Hornung, who led the Packers to their second straight Western Conference championship in the National Football league, is a cinch to win his third consecutive scoring title. With one game re maining in the regular season, Hornung has 116 points, So more than the runner u?, teammate Jim Taylor. Spahn led the National league in earned run average (3 09) and romplele games i21 while win ning 21 games. He aKo pitched the only no hitter of the big leasue scaon and hooded his lifetime Mai to 309 victories. LARK'S SPORT SHOP Formerly Powell's Sporting Good nititetti(i(iiieie GIFTS 0 THI SPORTSMAN Quality Fishing Gear Fly Tying Equipment Hunting Knives Benjamin Pellet Gum t'(mraeSAsti Bulk Salmon Eggs 424 S. I. C A.e. in ro.vra tools 'ahe; Rockwell family of power Ltools is here ... r .- With t x ton lion t IIRCUUH MW . H qtj.opwJ 99, 90 wtti-i" ipa)ciiaj( let g tor, lauff . rn fenci iJ ulttr (Md4) r4 A4J laXitttX (Tlblt (lUftlHIM wMllI wt.M ) Mi. erAitlt coMroJi raiM tt lows NJ s.-J kit t lor inttoi-tjttiftf . Mil I MfM ... aclt motor tittk. toctot RMttftf tlWtfO. ttx HWlrltl ho i.lfl CMlww it tie) Urf.t. 'a ttMK. Il9tte weft ttbif 4"L- - i"MM "pi Ctotfol. 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PETERSBURO, Fla Whit ney Reed of Alameda, Calif., was ranked No. 1 player in the nation by U.S. Lawn Tennis Association. DEBT MIAMI Federal judge ruled that former heavyweight boxing champion Ingemar Johansson of Sweden owes U.S. $1,009,801 in in come taxes from bouts with Floyd Patterson. RACING SAN BRUNO, calif. Ypres ($4.40) caught Hurry Hurry in stretch and won headliner at Tan-fnran. Duke, Duquesne Highlight Holiday Cage Action Tonight By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A key match between two un beaten! Duke va. Duquesne highlights tip-off action in a flock of holiday college basketball tour naments that open tonight. It was supposed to be a rebuild ing year for sophomore-dominated Duke but the Blue Devils may have put it in the past tense rebuilt. They've taken five straight, in cluding two Atlantic Coast Con ference games, and have been impressive doing it. Their aver age margin of victory is slightly over 25 points. Major Clue Against Duquesne, in first round action of the Steel Bowl at Pitts burgh, the Blue Devils may find a major clue as to how well the rebuilding has been accom plished. Duquesne, probably the top team Duke has yet encountered, didn't attract much attention in winning its first two but leaped into the limelight with a whipping 68-44 upset of highly-regarded Bowling Green. Their match heads the tourna ment list that also includes first round action in the Birmingham Classic at Birmingham, Ala., the Blue Grass Festival at Louisville, Ky., and the City of Roses Tour ney at Portland, Ore. Pitt vs. Ariiona The other first round game at Pittsburgh matrhea host Pitt and Arizona. At Birmingham, Ala bama goes against Virginia Tech and Auburn against Louisiana State. In Louisville, St. Bonaven ture tries Western Kentucky and Texas takes on Louisville. In Portland it's Seattle against Hous ton and St. Mary's (Calif.) vs. Portland. 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