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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1959)
JlViLL i i.i i-- ii 'H 'V 1 1 HANDS OFF Larry Nice (with the ball) is surrounded by Hermiston tacklcrs as he picks up yardage in La Grande's victory last night. Nice scored three times and picked up an extra point to lead all scorers with 19 points. Tackier at r lit is Tom Bray while Hay Oilman 199) comes from the rear. W ildcats Humble Hermiston, 53-7 By NEIL ANDERSEN ObMrvtr Stafi Writer tarry Nice puked up the open ing kickoff on his iylit yard line and raced 92 yards for a touch down then added the extra puint to pave the way for I. a Grande's 53-7 victory over Hermiston in a junior varsity battle last ninlit. Nice scored two other touch downs, Rick (Jerry ;ddid two ami Andy Ruuwo'f picked up a sinnlc six pointer. (Jooch Whittemurc tallied once and Dennis Spray caught a pass for n touchdown to complete the rout. Whittemorc and Gerry oho added extra points and end Iton Walk caught two passes tor I'AT's. Hermiston's lone touchdown came in the third period. Tom liray burst from a Mangle of players on the Bulldog 31 and ouliaced the Wildcat secondary (Hi yards for the touchdown. Jim Johnson hull ed his way into the end zone for the extra point. La Grande kept the Hulldons bottled up throughout the contest and Bray's scampur wes the only Hermiston effort that came close to La Grande's Koal line. Time after time, the Wildcat forward wall stopped Bulldog runners and forced punts that were tumid in to touchdowns with monotonous regularity. Nice's Ions run w.is I .a Grande's only explosive outburst but th' Wildcats marched to thiir m:- is with apparent p.se. Touchdowns for the Wildcats were spaced i v cuiy through the four quarters with two apiece added to the growing score every period. Nice scored the second Wildcat score alter a lle:miston punt was downed en th' Mu'ldoj 47 Hauwolf picked up two first downs and Gerry and Whittemorc moved the ball to the 10 to set up the score. Nice went uround rinht end for the six points. A back pass rum center set up the next score. The b ill wa' hich over the llulldn,; kickers head cn fourth down and he tried Holiday Cage TourneyOpens On Dec. 26 NKW YOKK iff I 'Thin .vcu"'s Monday llaskcthall festival a! Mail: son Square Garden will opt"' on Dec. 2t; with afternoon and cveninu u".ili!"l"'alTS. .The Kaslorn College Athletic Conference annoiiiieed Monday that St Joseph's of f hila.lelphia will mcel Manhattan and l'a will play dcfenditi'.: champion St John's I'niversity in an ullernoo.i twinhill u'l Dee I'll, while Dart mouth vv.ll meet New York fni versity and (tincinn.it i will face St. Hoiiaveiituie in the evening program on the same day. These results will divide the field into winnc-s' sections. Klim Illations will continue on Dec. 28 nnri the fir.nl will be plaved on Dec 30 Intra-Stat and Inter-State Livestock Hauling RAINBOW TRANSPORTATION l Grand WO 3 4704 to run for the first down but was stopped short on the 2J. After Hauwolf moved to the 17 and Ger ry gained four more yards, he kept and raced to the score from 13 yards out. Walk made a jumping, twisting catch for the extra print. Nice picked up 2tl yards to I lie (Sulldog 30 following another punt. Following a first down on the 15, Nice moved to the three and Hau wolf bulled fur another score. After the half Whiltemore re turned a punt 35 yards to the 21. Walk caught a pass to the 14 and Nice scored from the eight two plays later. Four Hermiston plays and a punt later Gerry tossed to Hau wolf on a screun and he moved STARRY-EYED COUNTRY BOY LA Pitching Star Unafraid Of Post-World Series Jonah By JACK CUDDY UP1 Staff Writer NKW YORK 'l'PI The won derlul win Id of Larry Sherry in eludes do shallow of a ixis'.-Uo Id Sents .loi:ah. Big. black-haired Sherry is a LARRY SHERRY Wonderful World very modest jouig man: but he sad confidently today. "I cxpoel a good season in l!H0 because I've finally got control." The 24-year old right-hander who Ditched the Los Angeles Dorigcrs to their series triumph over the Chicago White Sox is coilident that his slider, lastball and curve will protect bun nga'nst the Jonah that threatened the previous three series mound YOUR P-' Polio isn't linked yd. Paralvik; cjvci more thjn doubled in ls5ovcr os. ( hildrrn are especially Milncrahlc. Aoj ttie linir lo start, or complete, hoi for each nicnibcr of Ihc family. Play it vile for '0. See vour doctor or health department. .I'- lw DON'T TAKE A CHANCE TAKE YOUR POLIO SHOTS Piibltihipd at public nrvir in root fhn witti 111 A,IVlrtiiifH CpiNKtl. from the Bulldog 40 to the 7. Gerry wedged the seven yards (or the score and Whittemorc added the I'AT. The next touchdown came af ter a pass from Gerry to l.any Rigs had moved the ball to the 10 yard line. Whilteniore scor ed from the six yard line after the hall had been moved to the one and back to the six fur a de lay of the game penalty. The Wildcats' last touchdown came when Klton Thomas recov ered a Hulldog fumlile on the 211. Rauwolf went 211 yards on the first play and Whilteniore moved to quarterback and tossed to Spray for the score. La Grande 13 14 14 1253 llermislon 0 0 7 07 heroes BurdeVe E&cjpcs Jonah They were i.'oli Turley' of the e.'. v. l, Ya-kecs. liryt. who Moii-d tin ;t 1 1 tins year; I.o;i ISnr-1 iMic o' the Miluaukee Iti.ncs i'i Can t Hid? Amazement ;i 1 "'7. i l:.i 'iui.i lei the po:-se :es j Larry looks as sta'ry-eyed as a , dines in i be early Maces of th ; c i r y hoy who ha.l just inhcrit I '." cri'pa, :n but fii'.aliy escaped i.l a million bucks, lie couhin'l ll.e .lorah a ul did well; aad Doa '. hide the amaemoot in his voice I.arsen ol the New York Yankees, as he told of the hundreds ol co i : in '."H. who had an h-avd-out sea-1 giatulatoiy letters and telegrams, son in '.")? a-.il pitche l only HO; and of the mounting number of ! i":im s. althiiii;!t Ci'cdikvl with a.olt'ers for H'rsonaI a'iH'ara:ices ' lu-4 mark. and advertising endo'sements I Some wits have even stretched Kor a chap who was born cluh jthe .lo'.ah stri i". back to Johnny footed and who wore braces until I'odies of tlio llrooklyn Dodgers, j he was 2. it seemed that para ! lu pitched Itrookly i to its lirst j tl:st. ha I been reached when he '.Mies triumph in '5". Johnny : was called un from the St Paul !': eiit the '."iti cnmpnigi in the' club oa July i by the Dodgers ! Na"y i 'in! row he has zoomed to World I "I don't believe I'll shiff off i t'erics slai'dom. and he finds his nev! season." said Sherry, who 1 status delightfully incredible. "Insulation Sag" is a heat thief! Insulate Your Insulation Now! Costs Little, Pays Big Alllc insulation ofln log down (i lo Vi and liokl thwo ! vho tlvoU yoor comfort and youf fu.l dollar. 20NOIIIE minoral In lloiion won't tagl Imulal oa ging intulalion no ot low mid ivaion coil - to oaiy lo dol ZONOLITI Wo l Itl Y lludy, non. tagging minorol ZONO UTC will nttf go flol ond loit in Hicioncy. fireproofl Snuffi out am, oddt protoellon to Horn, mablo lnuloliont. rormon.nl, rol. proof. ..rmin oroof. Hovo Iho toot in low-coil ytar-round eomlorl, avo on fu.l for In of yovt bu.ldi-.jl FREEI Get Our LOW MID-SEASON Estimate Now! Van Feiien Lumber Co w ., '"V MISSED Rick Gerry (11) scoots around left end with the football as a Hermiston tackier misses his target. The Wildcats w hipped the Hermiston Bulldogs 53-7 in a contest on the high school field last night. Gerry scor ed two touchdown and an extra point as La Grande easily outpointed the Bulldogs. (Observer Photos by Joe Diehl) f Observer, La Grande, Ore., Press Service Picks Major Loop NKW YORK il'PD-Al Lopez and Walt Alston, who led the Chi cago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers .to surprising pennant victories and then battled it out in baseballs first "jet World Series," were named the major leagues top ma lagers today by I'niied Press International. Lopez, 51 year-old native of Ta.npa. Fla., was the choice of 22 ol the 24 writers who com posed the American League com lllew i'i from Los Angeles for liiin- day n:;;h('s Ed Sjllivan TV show. "I certainly hojie I don't In-cause 'it's rc.illy wo-.derliil to be a win- rcr." 1 V b OBSERVER Neil Andarsan Tues., Oct. 13, 1959 Page 2 Managers mittee while Alston. 47-year-old native of Darrtown, Ohio, was picked as the National League's top pilot by 16 of the 24 writers on the board. Joe Gordon, who led the Clove land Indians to a secondplace finish, received the other two votes in the American League. Hill Rigney, whose San Francisco Giants folded in the final week of the campaign after aoparently having the pennant "locked up," was second in the NL Voting with six votes. Fred Haney of the Mil waukee Braves and Danny Mur taugh of the I'ittsburgh Pirates received one each. Lopez, who never has finished lower than second in 12 years of managing major and minor league teams, was honored for steering the White Sox to their first pennant in 40 years. Alston, vho also led the Dodg e's to their only world champion ship in Brooklyn, started this year definitely on the SHt be cause of the sorry seventh-place finish of 1P.-8. Few experts gave the Dodgers a tumble in spring training a-d they were written off a half dozen times during the sea son as the Giants and Braves ap-x-ared lo be making a two-team battle for (he flag But the Dodge s roared from behind in the l::tnl week lo lie STARTS WfcU. MARILYN AO'ROEl ton? Curtis ADDED j ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN S Ji Bieft iaiDS srrvLNsen n Ww SWim-Dy JtSwNS.Jtme BUIRjj Ends Tonight 2 Horror Shows "HORRORS Of Th BLACK MUSEUM" "THE HEADLESS . GHOST" - ON THE Pendli ton's powr!iousi should go a long way in the state loot bal1 championships ctimit.g up next moiilh. Ihc Bucks ire big, fast and polished. Don Itequa's crew blasts a well polished and poistd o'.cnse. one (hat can grind it not or strike w.th lightening swiftness like the list two touch downs against La Grande, Friday night. Sparkplug In Pendiclers of fense is junior Jerry Hlevins. Ble- vins carried 12 times against the Tigers lor 118 yards and a 9.8 y;rd average per carry. Smallest man in the starting hacklicld at 154 pounds. BU'Vins runs w.th a grim LSU Ups College Poll Lead NEW ,'OIiK 'LTD Louisi ana State widened Its lead over Northwestern today in the United Press International major college football ratings, which included two eastern powers, Syracuse aad Penn State, among the top 10 teams. Aside from the frequent appear ances of Army and Navy in the top 10 group, this was the best showing by Eastern teams in several seasons. Syracuse was in the No. 8 spot and Penn State 10th. Texas moved up one notch to third place in this week's ratings by the 35-man I'PI board of Coaches. Following the Longhorns in order came Georgia Tech. Pur due, Southern California, Missis sippi, Syracuse, Iowa and Penn State. NEW YOKK i ITU The United Press International major college football ratings (with first place votes and won-lost records in parentheses': TEAM POINTS 1. Louisiana St. 20 4-0 328 2. Northwestern (3 3-0 264 3. Texas (3 (4-0 252 4. Georgia Tech '4-0 213 5. Purdue '2' (2-0-1 185 6. Southern Cal. m 13-01 ISO 7. Mississippi 4-0 laO 8. Syracuse (3-0) 107 9. Iowa 2-1 3 10. Penn State M-Oi 69 11. Auburn. 16; 12, Air Force Academy, 11: 13, Clemson, 10; 14 tie i, Arkansas and Notre Dame, JT al:'l(VDBrni.sFee,"7; 1 17 ' lit' i. Washington and Oklaho ma, 6 each; 19 itie. Southern Methodist and Florida 4 each. Others Wisconsin 2. Pitts- I burgh and Oregon. 1 each. the Braves for the flag and cre ate the third post-season playoff in NL history. They went on to upset the Braves in two straight games and then upset the White Sox. favored at 11 to 10, in the six-game World Series. 0$ Jras Jeep' vehicles are completely engineered for 4-wheel drive, not just 2-wheel drive modifications or conversions. They go more places, do"more jobs, cost less to own, have higher resale value! Adams & 3rd LINE Neil Andersen di termination. Blevins is the fastest ni.n in tlic Buck backlield and his hgs never stop churning until twu or three ladders have him jfiified tr thf. ornnnH " I - - - o ........ The Tigers" next opponent is The Dalles. The question, Dw is will they lie "down:' aftipfilast week's loss. Rebounding frffm a 6-0 defeat at the hands of Red mond to an inspired victory .over Bend proves they can bounce back. La Grande w.s inspired for their contest with Pendleton loo. The Dalles will come to town with & 0-3 league mark but they, still can be dangerous if Franz Jloun car't put the fire buck in'.o- .the Tigers. " Cal B?tt:ick. bowline in1 the Guys and Gals league, rolled' a 2."5 game last week to too all boilers so far this season. Cal's series, however is only second best.' D. W. Hall picked up a 647 series during the first week of play to set the pace in that department. Lots of people imagine that pub- lifilv releases rontain lots of colorful material. There is none so colorful as the Air Force Aca demy though. . Press releases from the Falcons come out on co'ored paper. What color? What else but sky blue. The Milwaukee Braves arc dickering for versatile Yankee in fielder Gil McDougald. The Braves are interested in a man to back up Red Schoendienst in case the redhead can't make it through the season. In exchange, the Yanks want Bob Buhl plus cash or other players. In view of McDougnld's sub-par year, it sounds as if the Yankees are trying to make an other horsetrade similar to the Kansas City Athletic's swaps of years gone by. Oregon State's Beavers may not be the winningest ball . club around but they are probably the most traveled. The Beavers, who have dropped three intcrsectionals east of the Rockies, two by one point, have covered 12,000 miles in their quest for a victory. , Better luck will await them at home when they tangle with the Idaho Vandcls next Saturday. About 600 baseball fans were victims o: the biggest sporting fraud' in many years, according to thr Chicago po'ice. Choice seat tickets; all phony were peddled to fans in bars and restaurants in the Windy City at prices ranging from $20 to $7S. Police reported the counterfeiters made off with thousands of dol lars. White Sox fans, after 40 years of wailing, probably couldn't be blamed for jumping at the oppor tunity to see the last game but there is one born every minute. 'Jeep' FC-l VEHICLES BY WILLYS MOTORS. ..WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES ..tnt ot t! frowiiii KAISER wurj Come in for a demonstration . Tune-In UAVERICK Sun. Evenings 7:30 p.m. LOW COST AUTO La Girrle, Oregon ' Exhibition Match At Local Lanes An inhibition bowling match be tween one of Portland's finest bowlers and John Shepard of La Grande is scheduled for tonight . . ... . ... in.... in i at 10 2U at me iiue nil. i.unes. Bob Mieheal, traveling repre sentative (or a Ixiwling supnly firm wi'l el-sh with Shcnard I,, I. lowing completion of Classic Lea- gut compeii.ion. Mieheal is currenly bowling an average o. 210 in Pcrtland League play. Slupard bowled a 239 game last t.ight in league play. as he tun ed up lor tonight's three game contest. Black Tornado Keeps Prep Grid Poll Lead PORTLAND 'UPIl Medford continued to lead Oregon's A-l football teams in the weekly Jour nal coaches' poll today by getting all eight first place voles, f e r s o n, last year's stc f Je Jefferson, last year's state champ, was second with Pendl. ton third and Marshfield fourth. In class A-2 Vale, which has won 29 straight, held on to first place. Willamina was second. Other A-2 teams in order were Seaside, Oakridge, Myrtle Point, Coquille, Mac-Hi, Estacada, Ban don and Eagle Point. The A-l rankings: Ttam Points 1. Medford 80 2. Jefferson 72 3. Pendleton 61 4. Marshfield 59 5. Lincoln 45 6. Beaverton 32 7. St. Helens 24 8. North Salem 19 10. Grants Pass 11 Others: Gresham 7; Springfield 5: South Eugene, North Bend and Parkrose 3: Redmond 2, North Eugene and Lebanon 1. Jimmy Carter Resumes Try At Comeback RICHMOND, Calif. (UPIl -Jimmy Carter, the only fighter to win the world lightweight title three times, resumes his latest comeback tonight when he meets Irish Jimmy Smith of Oakland in a 10-round bout. Carter, now a steclworker idled by Ihe nationwide strike, lost four out of five bouts last year and decisioned Kildo Nunez in his only 1959 start. Smith stopped Vic Cardot in four rounds here two weeks ago. Inoustrlt 70 -- ---.-r5Sb' Ph. WO 3-3513