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Whitman HandsMountaineers 13-0 Defeat In First Game f Obtarvr, La Grand, Or., Trojans Out ''re Best United Press IntertiAliMMl Southern California U banned again from the Rose Bowl after another hassel with the rulesmak era but nothing can stop the Tro jans from trying to prove that they will be the best team on the Pacific Coast this year. Coach , Don Clark's grinders racked up Oregon State, 27-6. on Saturday night to hand Tommy Prothro his first loss in Portland Halfbacks Lynn Catkill and Allen Wallowa Blanks Enterprise WALLOWA (Special) Wsllo ' Cougars shutout Enterprise in a non league ccntest Saturday 26M)..,. Larry Collins paced the Cou gars lo win, scoring twice snd passing for the nthr iur t,.t,. dows over the Al Scott-coached Savaues. Collins scored on dives of two ana three yards to- account for two touchdowns. He later passed to end Tom lxing wno literaled to Dale French as the Cougars ate up ez yards In one play to score. Collins oassed 25 vrH i nH Phil Dougherty for the final lougar score. The Cougars had another TD called back, rnllinc ni4 in Long but. the lateral to French was ruled forward by officials after French had romped into the. end zone. Wol'owa scored twice in I hp first period and pushed single counters in the second and third periods.' The Cougars were in command all the way piling up s yards to bnterprires 83 al though first downs favored the Cougars only 13 to 7. The Cougars picked up their aerial yardage on S completions in 13 attempts. Wallowa 13 6 7 026 Enterprise ... .0 0 0 0 0 Wake up and order COAL . . Good advice! She knows that cold weather It only a strong wind away. Order your winter's supply now. Our cteon, cheerful service) end good ABC Coal and you're all set. Only ABC Coal gives you oil 5. 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With one minute to play and Oregon to top, 28-21, quarterback Dick -Nor .nan passed to end Ben Ftobinsqn for 11 yards and a touchdown.-"Then rushing off any thought ja( sett ling for a place kick and' a tie, Norman passed to Chris Burford for two points but Dave Grayson of the Ducks batted the toss down at the last second. .-, Guard Paces Huskies With gua-d Chuck Allen making numerous key blocks and being in almost every play, Washington's Huskies defeated Colorado. 21-12. Allen climaxed his big day by fall ing on a kickoff in the end zone for the last Husky score. In Friday night games. UCLA battled to a scoreless tie with Purdue while San Jose State edged Denver, 14-13. Other Saturday results: Arizona State 43 West Texas State 22, Brigham Young 18 Arizona 14. San Francisco State 28 Humboldt State 9. Utah State 14 Idaho State 0. Puget Sound 7 Pacific Lutheran 8, Redlands 20 Cal Western . Cal Poly (Pomona) 22 Mexico Poly 6. Los Angeles State 60 Sacramen to Male 12, Cal Poly 36 San Diego u. M, wnuworth 19 Willamette 0, Scores United Press International Saturday's College Football WEST Wyoming 58 Montana 0 Sou. Calif. 27 Oregon St. 6 Colorado St. U. 9 Coll. Pacific 6 California 20 Washington St. 6 Utah St. 14 Idaho 0 Oregon 28 Stanford 27 Colorado Mines 14 IlichUids L 8 Colorado Western 14 Nevada 13 Hawaii 20 Southern Ororon n Pacific 17 Central Washim-inn a Whitworth 19. Willamette 0 Lmficld 52. OCE 6 Whitman 13. EOC 0 OTI 20. Westminster n Col. of Idaho 18. F.WCK 0 CPS 7. Pacif;c Luthem 6. Ortooi High Schools ' Medford 39, Marshfield 2f " Tillamook Calh 52. Ca'.Un Gable 0 Grant Union 25, Burns 0, Knappa 14, Corbctt 0 ' ' Culver "4. Mosier 19 . . Merrill 25, Sacred Heart 0. Lakcview 19. Henley 6 ' -COLOR STEVE REEVES SYLVIA KOSCINA aM MM Plus "THE SNORKEL" NOW Thru TUES. I TMsl BEAT . IsiaWfiriirDitMu 'J. max mm Plus in COMING WED. A Raging VN TITAN in an THREE EOC DRIVES FALL SHORT IN SECOND HALF , WALLA WALLA (Special ) Whitman College, dominat ing action in the first hati oi an inter-league contest, push- to u luuiiiuunnj iii me- neia on wnne eastern ureeon Co ece threa ened thr times in the second half of viciury oamruay nignt. Tim Smith scored in the first fnll.tujl.iit U i first period. Whitman drove 44 yards for the score with Smith galloping 12 yards on one play to he'p set up the six pointer. Kobin Beck kicked the extra point to send Whitman ahead, 7-0. The Missionaries rolled 58 yards in 10 plays during th? second period with Smith crashing across from the four for the final touch down of the contest. c uig sn-r in me seceno , drive was a 22-yard pass from Beck to Bobby Brown The EOC defense stiffened a.'ter the intermission and held the Whits scoreless while the offen- , BOB SALTER ' Coach. Gives Praise sive unit was rolling close to pay dirt. The Mountaineers were un able to move the ball inside the Whitman 20-yard stripe and twice lost the ball on downs. In the third quarter. John Hcuck engineered a drive o! 51 yards to the Whitman 14. EOC lost the ball on downs when they failed to gain a first down in four plays. The Mountaineers moved the ball to the 11-yard line in the fourth period. With a first down, EOC was able to move the ball only 1 yard in four attempts and again the Whits took over. The third and final threat by the Mountaineers was stopped by 'Jeep' vehicles are comDletelv engineered for d.whoot drive modifications or conversions. They go more pla'ces, do moS Jobs cost less to own, have higher resale valuel ' Adams & 3rd in si anu gccunu pvriuas men the seasons opener for a 13-0 period on a one-vard nlnnn " 1 "b an intercepted pass late in the fourth period. EOC drove to the 10 yard line with minutes showing on the clock. The Mountaineer drive was aided by a pass inter ference penalty. Th? drive was stymied when a He uk pass was picked off in the end zone by an alert Whit de fend r. C.narh Arrhio Fliincmnnr tt kn Mounta.neers was not too unhappy with ih rnr- with the EOC loss "We played th? second half on even terms with them and they could only complete one long pass against us," Dunsmocr said. Dunsmoor said the team was Im proved from last year and had progressed quite a bit. He feels , that the Mountaineers arc ahead of 'ast year's progress following their : first game. "We hid pretty fair defense but just couldn't g-ner:te any scoring punch," he continued. Sta'istici EOC WHIT 14 157 71 50 16 7 First Downs Rush Yard .. Pass Yard . Penalties ... Pats Alt. ... 11 150 . 33 30 11 Pass Comp 6 Dunsmoor was pleased with the offensive showing of big Bob Salter and Phil Miller in Saturday's game. John Willmarth was given a verbal ost on the back for his ; showing both cn off- nse and 'de fense. Jerry William's running also was praised by Dunsmoor. Defensively, Dunsmoor single out , Jack Wood, who joined the EOC squad late. Dennis Bagnall and Dave Harmon for an outstand ing job. 1 : The Mountaineers will tangl? with ancther Northwest conference foe next weekend when they enter tain the College of Idaho on the Mountaineers field. EOC 0 0 0 00 Whitman 7 6 0 013 ROBINSON TO MEET GREAVES NEW YOJtK H'Pli Ray Rob inson will meet Wilfie Greaves in an over-thc-weight. non-televised 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden, Nov. 13. The bout was approved Friday by the N.Y. rvTo VEHICLES BY WILLYS M0T0RS...WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE" VFMiri re . Com in for a demonstration Tune-In Evenings 6:30 p.i LOW COST AUTO La Grande, Oregon . . Experts Pick Colts, NY To Win United Press International Broadway oddsmukers today made the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants favorites to again win divisional honors in the National Football League, but pre season exhibition play indicates the Chicago Bears and Cardinals will be the circuit's toughest teams. The Giants 3-3 and Cardinals 5-2 ' wound up exhibition play during the week end with vie turies. while both the Colts '42' defending NFL champions, and the tears 5-1 lost. In other games, the Los Angeles Rams '3-2-1 . the Detroit Lions 14-2-1', the Cleveland Browns 2-4 1 aid the Green Bay Packers 4-2) a' so won, while the San Francisco Forty Niners i2-4. the Philadel phia Eagles 1 2-4 . the Washington Redskins 2-5 and the Pittsburgh Steelers 12-4) lost. The Colts are picked at 3-1 to re'H-at in the Western Division while the Bears are the second choice at 1-5. or 5-1 that the Bears will not win. In the Eastern, the Giants are favored at "even mon ey" and the Browns are the sec ond pick at 1-2 or 2's-l that the Browns won't win. With the regular season set to open next week end, here is how some of the teams shape up: Giants: Now on the upgrade with the quarterback problem fi nally resolved. Colts: Every bit as good as last year's championship outfit except for an adequate replacement for No 1 quarterback Johnny I'nitas. Boars: Papa bear George Halas appears to have improved a good earn which finished second to the Colts last year. Cards: Pop Ivy's double-wing T a o; king to perfection. Cub appar ently doesn t Miss Olhc Matson. Browns: Still dangerous but they give up too many points. Quarterback still a problem. The Giants and. Rams get a jump on the others by opening the season Saturday night at Los An geles. On Sunday, the Bears are at Green Bay, the Browns are at Pittsburgh, the Lions are at Bal timore, the Eagles at San Fran cisco apd the Rejskins at Chicago against the Ca-ds. In exhibition wrapup games, the Packers edged the Steelers. 13-10. the Cards beat the Colts, 31-17. The Browns edged the Bears 33-31. The Rams beat the Eagles 31-28. The I.ions whipped the Reelskins 31-14 and the Giants won a 17-13 victory over the Forty Nmcrs. State Athletic Commission. Rob inson is middleweight champion in New York and Massachusetts, the only non National Boxing Assn. states. Gene Fullmer is champion in the rest of the coun try. !... Ph. WO 3-3548 Standings United Press International National League W. L. Pet. CB. Los Angeles 83 66 .557 . Milwaukee 82 66 ,554 'i San Francisco 82 67 .550 1 Pittsburgh 77 72 .514 6 Cincinnati 72 78 .480 11 'i Chicago 70 78 .473 121 St. Louis 68 80 .459 14i Philadelphia 61 88 .409 22 Sunday's Results Pittsburgh 10 Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 11 Chicago 4 Milwaukee S Philadelphia 5 Los Angeles 8 San Francisco 2 Saturday's Results Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 3 Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 1 Los Angeles 5 San Francisco 3 Milwaukee 8 Philadelphia 3 American League W. L. Pet. OB. Chicago 91 58 .607 Cleveland 87 62 .584 3'; New York 76 73 .510 14'i Detroit 74 75 .497 164 Baltimore 72 77 .483 184 Boston 70 79 . .470 204 Kansas City 63 85 .426 27 Washington . 63 86 .423 274 Sunday's Results . Detroit 5 Chicago 4 New York 7 Boston 4 Washington 5 Baltimore 0 Cleveland 4 Kansas City 3 - Saturday's Results Detroit 5 Chicago 4 Cleveland 13 Kansas City 7 Baltimore 5 Washington 3 New York 3 Boston 1 Texas Cowboy Wins Honors At Pendleton PENDLETON (UPD-Don Mc Laughlin of Ft. Worth, Texas Sat urday won all-around cowboy hon ors at the windun nf tho tnurjiav 48th annual Pendleton Round-Up. Me won $1,977. About 13.000 nersnnx uro on hand in wind and rain. Second-high cowboy was John ny Leonard of Del Rio. Tex., who piled UD 1.625 Mints ivnrth oiu dollar per point. . Although .McLaughlin took no firsts in the six individual cham pionships, he had many seconds and thirds. Belva Hoptowit, 18, of Cayuse. Ore., was named All.AmariKon Indian beauty. A member of the laiuma ana walla Walla tribes, she won similar titles earlier at Anadarko, Okla.. and Sheridan. Wyo. WARRIORS SIGN . CRABOSKI, , PHILADELPHIA (ITPlr -Tni Graoaski, who averaged 14.7 points per game last season, has signed his 1959-60 contract with the Philadelphia Warriors of the National Basketball Assn. Grabo- ski's sicnine left Wooriv s.inlHs. berry as the lone Warrior holdout. The Great SATISFIES tTRAMMTj its 010 JJ IIJS cut U st Vvyl 'wi. ft BKOUfcK Iv '"-Si SltNW La Grande Gl Scores In German Meet Pat Hammnnri nrAGAntlif eta ticned with the U.S. Army in uermany recently placed In three events at th r,Mh intan. try Division Track and Field meet neia in naa Kreuznach, Germany. Hammond placed third in the iivelin and uwnj in th iis. CUS. The former Tifnr altn nick. cd up i second in the 110-meter nuruies. Hammond in rttrrnnflv nlavint end for the Bad Krenznach Bears tootball team. Barry McKay Ranked No. 1 In Net Test LOS ANGELES UPD-Singles play gets underway today in the 33rd Pacific Southwest Interna tional Tennis Championships, with Alex Olmedo reduced to the No. 2 seeded spot behind Barry Mac Kay. Olmedo. suffering from a pulled shoulder tendon, said he had been given his doctor's permission to' play, but tourney officials decided the injury probably would hamp er somewhat his effectiveness and tabbed MacKay of Dayton, Ohio, for the top spot. . ; Featured matches Imlav inrlnH. ed Spain's Manuel Santana against jonn neitz, India s Ramanathan Krishnan against William Young and MacKay against Jim Buck. Neale Fraser and Roy Emer son repeated their Wimbledon vic tory pattern Tuesday to beat Rod Uiver and Robert Mark, 7-5, 13 11. to canture tho Piimn'a doubles championship. Eraser and cmerson. Doth of Australia, showed too much their foes. , , Bowling Results Guys and Gels League Standings Tot. W. I Pi Eager Beavers 3 1 2253 Mght Owls 3 1 2242 Wishful Thinksrs . 2 2 :m Jokers . 2 2 2107 Fearless Four ....... l 3 2233 Last Straws ' 1 s tiiiii Eager Beavers. - (2253); Orville Miller 183, 516. -Night Owls: (2242); Red Statler --Mr4r.Tr.-,-- Wishful Thinker. '2137; Ray'Dur fee 171. 9. ' i ' ; Jokers: I2107JU Hal Cochran 1C 465. Fearless Four: (2233); Sylvan Ras- mussen 208, 507. Last Straws: (2181); Avert Hickox 175, 462. 2B3HL002KT' Whiskey of the UNNY BROOK FROM TtHNTTICTtV ROTH GREAT WHISKEY TASTES Some people like Blended Whiskey; some prefer Straight Bourbon. Sunny Brook, the VjL great whaskey of the Old West, offers you , ,1, both. Choose the round bottle Blend or the sui(jiii-eiicn is me Dest or kind... every drop Kentucky whiskey I STKMirr at.iMe ; $400 Pt. . Qt. Pt. 4 , SlttNT RMOX r inn.n,...r . htwf WNIUCM BllNOtl) WtHSRtT, lnwtOUt IH Srj- Bearcats Lose To Whitworth By United Press International , Willamette University's Bear cats, defending Northwest Confer ence champions, were rudely up set. 19-0 Saturday as underdog Whitworth oulpass?d and out played them in a rainsoaked game In Spokane. A study forward wall held Stan Solomon, Willamette's ace back, to just nine yards in five carries. The Bearcats managed only 31 yards on the ground all afternoon. Linfield whalloped undermanned Oregon College of Education, 52 6 as sophomore Bill Parrish pas sed for three touchdowns. After being held to a 13-6 halftime margin, the Wildcats scored twice in the third period and four more times in the final stanza. OTI Wins Oregon Tech ground out an easy 20-0 win over Westminster College of Salt Lake City. The Owls outgained the Parsons 221 to 82 yards on the ground. University of Hawaii had to come from behind twice to defeat Southern Oregon, 20-13. . Hunters! Enter Our 2 Big Buck CONTESTS! 2 Rifle Awards and 3-Burner Camp Stove WE STOCK THE . RIFLES A AMMUNITION YOU NEEDI Stock Up & Register At Choale's Cigar Store Turkey Shoot I- SUNDAY, SEPT. 27 I Shooting Starts At 10 a.m. LA GRANDE RIFLE CLUB Starkey Road Rang Old West AMERICAN Ot.