CLEVELAND JONES, pictured bImivc, Is the pint sir-c hairh.u k
who is pleasing Oregon fans, and football fans in general with
Ills colorful and dynamic action on the gridiron.
Sperfs briefs
From The Fl’I Wire
The* Portland Beaver baseball
team is ready to drop its suit
against the major leagues for
$12,500. The Pacific Coast league
team’s !*>ard of directors has ap
proved a formal letter to PCL
President Dewey Soriano saying
they would accept that amount
from the majors in settlement of
the suit. The money would in
clude $22,500 from the minor
league assistance fund for last
year and $20,000 for 1960 money
Portland would have been eligi
ble to receive had the Beavers
not been,suing the majors.
A tentative agreement to set
tle the suit has been worked out
between Soriano and Portland
team President Arch Kingsley.
The board of directors approved
it five to one. The letter oaks
a reply from baseball commis
sioner Ford Frick by October
14th. Portland sued the majors
in the summer of 1959, charging a
monopoly in baseball. The court
rulings have gone against the
Beavers.
The Boston Red Box will have
some new faces in key jobs next
season.
Owner Tom Yawkey an
nounced a "new* table of organi
zation" after today’s game with
Baltimore.
Yawkey has replaced General
Manager Bucky Harris with Dick
O’Connell, the business manager
for the past 12 years. Neil Ma
honey will take over as head of
'he Red Sox farm system replac
ing Johnny Murphy.
However, Yawkey said that
Mike Higgins would remain as
field manager.
Harris took over as general
manager 20 months ago when
Joe Cronin became American
league President.
Middleweight challenger Sugar
Ray Robinson is ready to sign
papers for his return bout with
NBA champion Gene Fullmer.
A contract for the Oct. 8 bout
at the Los Angeles sports arena
is scheduled to be signed in Los
Angeles tomorrow.
Robinson’s trainers are work
ing on strengthening the former
champion's legs. His training so
far has consisted mainly of road
work.
Fullmer has been more active
against sparring partners. The
champion has sparred 99 rounds
so far while Robinson has boxed
less than 30.
Bill Kilmer, UCLA tailback, is
in the process of making a run
away of the individual statistics
in the Big Five.
Kilmer leads the loop in total
offense with 429 yards in pass
ing with 364; and is third in punt
ing with an average of 42.1 yards
j>er boot.
Charlie Mitchell of Washing
ton, a sophomore, is tops in rush
ing with 171 yards in 16 tries
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REMEMBER WHEN
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The I)ricks were scheduled to close out the '58 campaign
at Miami a week after the Oregon State game.
Most of the sports writers in the area picked the Ducks
with certainty after the impressive win over OSC. Oregon,
they trumpeted, was now destined to close out the season in
a rush of glory. The score might even rise to as high as 30-0.
Why npt ? The University of Mianfi had won only one con
test all season long.
True to their press notices, the Ducks began to move the,
ball well against Miami. Hut the curious pattern of earlier
defeats was beginning once again to unfold on the score
board. The Ducks were scoreless.
Unhappy ending
Twice Oregon touchdowns were called back by penalties.
Three times Oregon touchdown drives were halted inside
the enemy ten.
Miami scored on a safety in the third period to go ahead
2-0. Oregon rooters waited for the Duck score that would
bring a lead and victory. It never came. Talk about tough
luck!
Cleve. Jones hailed 'most
colorful in college football'
By HOWARD APPLEGATE
of the UPI Wire
If someone tried to name the
most colorful college football
player he'd probably run into a
storm of protests.
After all, there are thousands
of players, and no one can see
them all. So if Smith or Jones
playing for such and such a
school was named the most color
ful there would be plenty of room
for argument.
But there is one halfback, and
his name is Cleveland Jones, on
the University of Oregon team
who would have to rank pretty
high on anyone’s list.
JONES IS ONLY 5'3%” tall.
Most important, he is a whale
of a football player.
Jones, who is 22 years old, en
rolled at Oregon last fall as a
junior college transfer from San
Diego, Calif. Advance publicity
called him "the most excitjng
football player to enter Oregon
In years.”
The skeptics sat back to wait.
After all, a lot of transfers from
small schools don’t cut the mus
tard in big-time college foot
ball.
JONES STARTED out as a re
serve, used only in spots. But
before the season was over, he
was on the second-unit backfield
and was playing almost as much
as the regular halfbacks.
There were few skeptics at the
end of tfie season. Jones had
proved himself and Oregon wound
up with an impressive eight-won,
two-lost record.
The biggest moment for the lit
tle guy in 1959 came against Cali
fornia. The Golden Bears had lost
several games in a row’ and were
sky high for Oregon. Oregon got
Sports Quiz
Wednesday
1. This veteran shortstop has
won his league's Most Valuable
Player award for the past two
seasons. Name him.
2. This year's winner of the
Indianapolis Speedway Classic
was ...?
3. In the new American Foot
ball League it is legal to run or
pass for the two point conversion,
as in college ball. True or False?
ANSWERS
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off to a 14-0 lead But California \
came back with three touchdowns
to go ahead, 18 to 14, The min-'
utes were slipping buy, Oregon
moved to the California 35 but
bogged down. It was fourth
down. Quarterback Dave Grosz
faded back and shot a pass toward
the end zone. California defender
Wayne Crow was right there. But
so was Jones. He wrestled the
ball away from Crow and Ore
gon won, 20 to 18.
THAT CATCH was no fluke.
Despite his height, Jones actual
ly led Oregon in pass receiving
for the season with 17 catches
for 205 yards. In most instances,
he’d just scoot away from the
defenders before they knew what
had happened.
He's a good runner, averaging
nearly four yards per carry. He
blocks well and knows his as
signments. He threw only one
pass last season, and it went for
a touchdown.
Hhis year Jones is on the first
team. And in case there might
have been some skeptics still
around he put their doubts to
rest in Oregon's 33 to 6 win over
Idaho September 17.
ALL JONES did was score the
first touchdown, catching a 22
yard pass from Grosz. In all ho
caught six passes for 105 yards,
fielding one of them one-handed.
He kicked two extra points. He
ran 28 yards the first time he
got the ball. And he threw a long
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0/e Miss, Syracuse
top weekly ratings
Syracuse and Mississippi dom
inated this week’s Top Ten in
collegiate football, according to
AP and UPI polls.
IN THE UNITED PRESS rat
ings, released yesterday, the Or
angemen from upstate New York
are back on top where they fin
ished the 1959 regular season.
On the Associated Press charts,
however, last year's second rank
ed team, Mississippi, has jumped
into the number one spot, shoving
Syracuse to second.
The rest of the top ten in both
polls runs pretty much the same
with a fresh sprinkling of new
comers mixed in with a whole
flock of veterans from last year’s
poll.
MOST CONSPICUOUS by it’s
presence in the top ten this sea
son is the University of Kansas,
ranked number five in both AP
and UPI polls.
The Jayhawks, suprise 21-7
victors over TCU two weeks ago,
trampled arch rival Kansas State
last Saturday 41-0 and move up
in the polls to the number five
spot.
The highest northwest entry is
the University of Washington.
Led by All American quarter
back Bob Schloredt, the Huskies
have pushed over College of Pa
cific 51-6 and Idaho 41-12 in their
first two encounters. They run
into tough Navy this Saturday
in Seattle. The Middies are un
beaten in their first two starts
and rate as number 17 on the AP
charts.
RIGHT BEHIND Washington
in fourth place is Big Ten favor
ite Illinois, 17-6 victor over stub
born Indiana last Saturday.
Oregon State’s surprising Bea
vers fell from their number ten
perch of one week ago as a re
sult of their loss to Iowa 22-12.
Rounding out the top ten on
the UPI poll are Northwestern,
Ohio State, Iowa. Georgia Tech,
and Clemson, in that order.
The second five on the AP poll
are Northwestern, Clemson, Iowa,
Ohio State, and Georgia Tech.
SEVERAL TOP battles shape
up this weekend with the results
certain to shake up the current
listings.
In the weeks biggest intersec
tional, top ranked Syracuse takes
on fifth ranked Kansas in the
TV Game of the Week.
At Seattle, third ranked Wash
ington hosts unbeaten Navy, and
at Evanston Illinois, Northwest
ern’s Wildcats Number 6, host
eighth ranked Iowa.
IN OTHER TOP attractions,
Baylor is entertained by LSU,
TCU travels to Arkansas, and
USC meets Ohio State at Colum
bus.
In the Northwestern - Iowa
clash, the Wildcats will be slight
underdogs due to the sidelining
of star quarterback Dick Thorn
ton, out with a torn thigh mus
cle.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
We are cleaning out some
merchandise at ridiculous
prices. Some items are
new, some used, all in
limited quantities. Every
thing sold as is with no
refund or exchanges and
without guarantee.
FOR 30 YEARS
ORTHWEST'STINE CAMERA STORES
A few examples:
1 used 8mm camera.$2.95
8 telephoto and wide angle lenses.$2.95
for 35mm cameras, formerly 19.95
Album assortment. Regularly priced to $5.95 . . 50c each
Flash gun assortment.25c and 50c each
some need repair
Electronic flash units and parts.$1.00 up
1 300 watt slide projector.$5.00
automatic feed
Viewers, camera cases, wide screen lenses, priced at a fraction of new value.
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