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Union Has. Speed, Height;; I . - I tack valuable tkbenence Bobcats Rate &s possible Title Winner i ?Bf NEIL ANDERSEN i0'Wnjr Stiff Writer UNION (Social) Vniun's yeung,,tall and fast Jjobc;its will f b've tome, 0f their Tu Valky l.ca gue opponent fits belore the season it over. The youthful Bob cat squad boasts only three sen iors cn its roster but a host of toll, talented juniors are un hand to back them up., "If we come along right we'll be touKh. This Is a yemn? ball club and you can, look fr im provement. Willi experience," said Coach Andy Andersen. The l'olKats have a solid nu cleus of four lettcrmcn on hand to provide Andersen with a lillle of the experience he will need dur ing the year. Seven juniors com prise the bulk of the squad with 6J Pat Edvalson the tallest of the lot. To Ro with Edvalson the Bob cats have 0 2 Dan Berber, also ji'nior, and 6 2 letterman sen lor Henry Miller and ncn letter man senior Bill Corkrell at 6 1. , The returning lettermcn are headed by Alan Livingston a 5 10 senior who is rated by Anderson as one of the top sprinters in pas tern Oregon. Along with Living ston,, and a speed merchant in his.pvvn right, is Stan White a 5 5 jun'or., .... . , The Juniors on the tquad in clude Dale Taylor (6 0). Bill Kick er (5-0), Jerry baum (5 8), Kenell Baxter 16 0), and Jimmy Bate man (5-0). ,.Tlio Bobcats have two promis ing sophomore candidates un the squad and bah may move into the starting lineup should any of lh upperclassmcn falter. Dave Hampton at 6-1 boasts height, speed and some good moves around the basket. . '.Doug McConkio 5- brok- a collarbone in the Bobcats' final football game and is sidelined un til .the injury heals. Anderson rates McC'onkie as a real threat one ho gets into shape for the foup season. union rates as a real threat to piwer parked Wallowa ami must Befiniloly be considered a title ontender. The squad hus enough Ixpcrienee either Varsity ar inn varsity as veterans. They boast as good height as any other earn und can probably field a Jailor team than any other league Jiember. With the exception of l,r. Dee. 12; Km'. Jan. tardive. i.ivlngstcn and Wilde there is no Jan. 22; Joieph. Jan. 29;,-lowder, utstanding speed but enough to.Keb. : Wallowa. Feb. keep other ball clubs on the run J Union has the horses to move Iowa, Dec. 5; La Grande, Dec. 12, p into the top spot in the lea Enterprise, Dec. II); Wallowa J ue if they can get enough vain Tourney, Wallowa. Dec. 21-22; Jo ble experience in their presea scph. Jan. 8; W allowa-Jan 16; ion encounters. The Bobcats Powder. Jan. IS; W dlima.. Jin. 23: South, East Dominate Grid Coaches 1959 Ail-American Footbali Picks J CHICAGO ilJPD The South. vitn four players and the .Fast. Kith Hire?, dominuto the lUMi All (America football team selected to- lay by the American Football J ouches Association. a Chosen as the finest II colle- Jialo players in the lund by tlu- JiO reaches who are members of he association were: a Ends Chris Biirfuid, Stanford old Hill Carieiiler, A.my, . a Tacklci Dan Lanphrar. Wis- Ionsin and Don Floyd, Texas hi'isliaii. ,. ,,. . ,,. Guards , lioger Davis, . Syra useand Zeke Smith, .Auburn.. . a Cantar Max Baiighan, (leor iu Tech.:..,., k Quarrb4ck Kichie Lucas. i'eim Wale J Halfbacks lion Burton. North iveslern and Billy Cuunon, Louisi iii a St lit u, Fullback Clurles Flowers, ilississipiu. ..... f . All are senjors. Cannon, who wni a, Bowling Ball, Bag, or Pr. Bowling Shoes Entar.Our. , Bowl Juhilee! Anyone bowling, 3 lines in open play between hours of ! to 7 p.m. until D.t 23. IS ELIGIBLE TO WIN! -Ask. Vf For Details . BLUE Illo. LANES . EAST ADAMS - ft I! -km,.- : (I'-s -,V' ' ADDED HELP Bill Rkker is one of the seven juniors on Coach Andy Anderson's Bobcat basketball squad at Union. Kicker, a 5-9 junior, is battling for a starting berth on the Union team as they prepare for their sea son's opener against La Grande Dec. 4. (Observer) meet La Grande in the first two 15 Fit weeks (,f the season and will.ngQVerS SlQll tan::le with the Eastern Oregon t'olleije Krosh alter crir week of league competition. These en counters against an . A-l oppo nent and a college teatrl will be real assets to the club in the h im itieteb run for the title. j Anderson is starting his toiirlb year at to i n and rates the up coming siiuad with as nuich po tent ial as any he has bandied Union i,;i.is its scheduk' with lu noil -agiie co.Hv.st niuai Lb III undo Dec, 4 Till' schedule: j);,',1 II me games: La (irantU Dec t: Jo.enh nee 11; 'tllowa lie? 1;;; Enterprise Imb Itoad games. JamboraV.- Wat- was the only junior on the coaches All-Am.'rica team last season, is the only repealer. Baughai, Smith, Canauii and Flowers gave the Souili the rtrongest represeiilalioi gengraph ieally with the K.ist follimi-ig with Davis. Lucas and Carpeilcr. the "lonely end." The Midwest, which usually domiiiiites most All A ui e r i c a teams, placeil only lwo men Lanphear and lliirlou.' The South west and Fur West each won one berth Floyd and llurlor I, re spectively. . Dais Team Giait Davis is the giant ( ihe learn stanci ig 6-3 and u ajiijnv: 2211 The line averages ai., p,Minds; Hiirford ,-tl l!8 being Dh- only line man below Ihe 2x pati'd 'murk. The haekfield u v e 1 4 g r s I'M pounds with Ciiiiium j 2m Hie heaviest and also Ihe' tallest at a x. ore. .g, This li.'.ij) AII Amei iii .(,; the 7i)i h annual f.'ieuiti ei ihe tialilion originated by Walter Camp at 'ale in lii.il and popu- liiri'.cu. for , more 'I'a'jijujf jreit Special Thanksgiving Eve . DANCE . Eastern Oregon Playland Al Elgin Wed., Nov. 25-9 lo 1-Aim. S1.00 a ..... J S Trip To Honolulu roRVALLIS ' 111 i-t'oaeh Slats Gill today named u 12 ma'i Ore gon Stale basketball team to trav el to th' llawaiiai Llands for thiee games early nexl mo:ilh. . The Heaers meet I'uiyciAili of Hawaii Dec 2 and '.I .1 lut n survicc all-star team Dee. !i All (he games will lie in Mo .olulu. Making Hie tr.p v.ill be Kail Anderson, Jay C'aity. Hon C'ritch field. Stove Klynn. Jim WoeJIa.id. Tim . Cani)bell, Bob Jacohson, Ernie Johnson, Bob Niles, Bruce Patterson, Stan Stafford and Bill Wold. Imbler, Keb. 2; EOC. Feb. Cove, Feb. Hi; Joseph, Feb. 12; 19. tury in Cellier's Magai'no. Camp made the selections iinlil his death in 11125. when he was suc ceeded by (ira'itland Hice. In 1SHII, the roaches association undertook the resuo:isibilily of se lecting the All America team o.i the basis of a new and impartial principle rating th? leading All-America dandidates week by week on the ev.dcice revealed in slow-motion game movies. UPI Excluiive Distributor When Collier's diseontiiiued pub licajion in l!iri. spo isoi ship of the coaches' All-America was as sumed as a public service hy (ieneral Mills United Preos Inter national d slributes the coaches' All-America team exclusively. tne coaenes assiH-ianon sei up a 0-mnn onnni. nenoed ny nsso- ciatun president VAallaee Hints, University of dcorgia coach, lo make Ihe final seleetions It stud ietl the Ivillots of the 5.10 coaches al more than 1j0 Colleges Their votes reflected 011 tlie field olisir valions.. coinprehe 'sive seoiiling reports and vxperl analysis of game Jiiovies. . .. . , ;widVw wi. m Meet i ku.eii !-V.''o.4aid moved into the t .,) . !'. hi the La Ui anile J mm r I'.ifie Club coape titioii but :.it had a new s;l 0) hulicngci's fur Hit weekly titie. ..Us. l'iU;cii.ii fired u Sift best second place lorn Long by IS! P'-mis- l.tr. : !iad a 337. i:l. !i-l e '2.fi a'lii J.lin Wcciaj filed 2Si U, Imisii third and 'ur'.h in the weekly shoot. Tne dead-eyed nwss lead all th way in the mulch picking up points prone. 05 sitting, 04 kneel, nig and CL sa:idiiii. Luna could ic.aimse ur.lv a!) prune, L7 sitting c5 kneeling aud ffi standing lor hi total Hall with murk of 03 prune, ?4 sitting, t4 kneeling and 51 standing made his first appear jr.ee among the top cheaters he mateh. McC'l.iy with 80 prone, 77 sitting, t'5 .kneeling and 59 standing also was making his first showing of the season. Dick iliatt and Steve Reedcr shooting jiom the prone and .Ulini; position had maiks of 154. and 127. Iliatt shot R7 prone tt a3 for Ktcder and 67 silting t0 -16. . Gei.rge Alluiiburg usually one u the two top shooters complet ed in the prone position only but fired the night's best mark, 97. Alton burg topped eight shout jrs from the single position competition. Shaiyn ( rihbs and Buster Kidd both f"ed t'5's to rate a tie be- iiinii AHonbuig lor second place ;n th" prone shooting. Joe l!oe fired an 82; Kerry rnz!'cr.!kl had a 78; Carol -'.chatirt s shot a 77; Ted Vandcn- uig I'.eil a 75 and Barbaia Lund ,nn turned in a 40. Indians Sign Five To '60 Baseball Pad CLEVELAND. C;.io (LTD The Cleveland Inlians announced today that five Dlayeis, iacluding amazing Tito Prarcona. have sig'el t:itracts for the 1'JtiO s;a '01. Aheudy signed by General Ma lager Frank Lj ie ore Fi an cor.a. i.Uc-Ht Herb Score, sliort- stop Woodie H I I. center fielder Jim l'iersall Bud third baseman Georj'.e Strickland. Et a ico'ia. w ho sturtt-il the se.v 5(iiusun pi.'.ch hitler and wou:4 u(f fiii' the. club's leading h-.tut with a .3i3 average, is believej' to have signed tor nearly dmihlr 1 w hat he recened (or the US I season. The lisure for j;ij:i is be j liewl.less thai SiO.um ' 1 C'Oianieu 110:11 uc'.iOll 101 out- fielder Larry Doby. he saw lion at f :rt base a id center field. Krancoiia. who hit 21) ho.11- ers ami batl'.'d in 7!) runs, tailed 10 win uie oaiiing line wnen iFa fo cc jn tne National Bas tell short of the required , kctball Association because of the v....;,,,, .... ii... rin-.i ...i.w.,:..n .......h .... ..... ,.... ...t.., board with Butts wers Jack Cur- tice. Stanford; Leonard Casanova, Oregon; .less Neely, Hice; Mil ! liam Murray. Duke; lioddv l)dl ! . ' . 11 1 1, , . 1 Georgia lech; Hugh Daic-licily. I Michigan State; Jordan Ulivar. , Yale; Bud Wilkinson. Oklahoma, and Kip F.nglc. Penn Slate. This year, for Ihe first time i the coaches usociat:o.i is pruritic.! nig a half hour film, adantable fur lelevision, of its 19."9, All-1 Americu team.. It runs 2ii's mm-1 jutes on 16 mm sound and will feature lhe All-Americans 111 ac-: lion, plus campus and practice I eld sequences with leathag ici.iiv iies aniuiii: iiii'sr oee.j in. - coaches among liuso (lei 1 cotrme-lnry. Butts s.ud the ti!D1 hus . been sold (o sjMiri-oring I groups 111 Ui cities. fiyii Cleveland Lions Choice In Turkey Tilt Un lut Pt'l InlL '.lf I The lialtiiuo.es ColU, tlevel'jJid u.u: s YitrK tiia Pilisburgii Steelars ui'e lavond in Su:du' key N;itio::a! routball Lenfeje ;ia:ies. !ll.c (Jelroii Liu,, i2(il; aud Grti 1 I'-ay i'ueke'.s "i-1 upeu thj l'Kh week of tae ii-wcek cam paig ' llmisday in their UadiiHUA 1 Jhmiksgujng Day clash. The Lions are two-pouU choices for the western Division game at De troit. Buhiiiiore. , lied v.ith tin San f ia 'esco Korly-Niners eaeh 6-3' Navy By 7 NFW VOHK i CPU The oj:. - makers feel Texas will clinch a Collon Bowl berth Thurs day a .d Army will beat Navy in their a mual servics classic Sat urday. , . . ' 1v:is has been installed a 1U poiri lavorite over Texas A&M, aul if the Longhorns wia they auioniaiicully will clinch the host s)ot in the Cotton Bowl. If the Act e upset the Longhorns. then Aikaisas will land in the Cotton Bowl. Army is a seven-point choice over Navy . in their big game at pliili li'lpbia.. In oilier major ga:ne Saturday, Tennessee is fa vors! hy seven po'n,s oxer Va deibil'.. Auburn by seven over Alala:iia Oklahoma by IB over Oklahoma State, and Mississippi by -t over Mississippi Stale. Here arc the odds on this week's top games: Thursday Virginia Tech 3 over VMI Duke 4 over North Carolina Brown 7 over Colgate Texas 10 over Texas AIM Peni 11 over Cornell Sa'urday Grtrgla-Georgia Tech. even s'outhern Cal 1 over Notre Dame Waki Forest 1 over South Carolina Hice 1 over Baylor Air Force Academy 2 over Colo. Miami 'Fla.) 3 ever Florida Amy 7 over Navy Tennessee 7 over Vnnderbilt Aofcurn 7 over Alabama Texas Christian 7 over SML' Oklahoma, 18 over Oklahoma St. Mt;siippn 24 over Mississippi St. ' CclIC Shue's Shooting Sets m - wy ac-:JyQn I OCC j D dmk ini.m,imn.l The Detroit Pistons are setting :ieady scoriflg of Ceie Shue. i Shue. fourth leading scorer in the NBA. tallied 43 points Tues (iay nigh; in leading the Pistons I to a Ht4-Vl v ictory ov er th; hap J loss Cincinnati Hoyals. The Syracuse Nationals dumped ! the Kinckerbockcrs. 120-107. in the i second half of a New York dou . bleheader. i Detroit, increasing its Western Division lead to a game over St ...... .,.,, .. ,, ,.,!,, al 1.UIIIS, i.uiii a www uiu, , ... halft.ine 'as Shue contributed 26 noirts. Cincinnati narrowed Ihe gap to 72 ,12 wl,n "lrw '"'"'t's 1" K '" 1 he (bird period, but it was a . ' as u,d Baik,y ii'.m 0n scored six straight points to sew up lhe game. . , . , The third quarter was enlivened by a slugfcsl between Detroit's Walt Uukes and Cincinnati's Jim Palmer. Dukes came out ahead in the fighl with Ivvo rights to one, but Palmer won the court dispute as he was allowed two free throws. He sank both. 'Bill Kus'cll. Chamberlain is the i league's thinl leading scorer and 1 kiio in n wiitnils 1 Tonight's games featuie the sfi-onil battle of Ph'ladelihia's ! Vi ill Chamberlain mid Boston's MASIERMIHD FOOTBALL DINNER Wed., Dec. 2nd, 6 P.M. "Buck" Bauey, W.S.U. Guesl Speaker Vour Ticket Krtitles Von To Take bnjtball Plaver lluest Krom V.OC X 1 ocal High School. Tickets Available Ar CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Ph. 3-5732 Picked Over '.U tiie .ic-.e.ii lead, is a U'- point choice to whip the l Angtlw Itaris. in Urown.- ii... rir .Miuw v., vrii : i... .,m in tiu. r.',.r. , i ace, entertain Ihe Forty-Nluers amA; lhe "i'Jskins were 10 point ur u clash which will uffect botn U' lerdogs when they tamed the div. stout.,.. . , . , V!'s, ihe Lions were It Mi point biownt 10-Po'inJ Faworilai . ui'.din'cgs when thty downed the The Bio ns ifi-3i ate Uvoreo und'i'logs when they downed the by 10 points. If the oddsmukers lta s. 17-7. and the Steelers were are nghl about lliesc two games, mre-poir.l underdogs last Sunday lhe X'oUs will be alont in first : Broi. 2-2. place, a game ahead of the! The Colts need a victory over Fort.y-Nii.ors, Suoday night.. ,,h, HHms because ihsu nbiv their New York '7-2' enterlains th!,a!il mo games ths following two ivasningioa nokuni..uM ami favored by nine 'points. . Pius - burgn 14-4-11 upset .New York and Clevelanu in its luit tw o starts and is a 3': point pick to whip Us tliird saa.ght contender whan it pioys nosi to ine rniiuueipma fcagies it-J'. ine tagie aao l,row:s .are muu ,iur ..ntrouitu u hind New York, jn- the East. Bears Over Cardinals In Sunday's other game, the Chicago Bears 5-4' are seven point favorilus for Iheir annual clash with the Chicago Cardinals 12-71. The Bears are only a. game behind the two Western leaders and cuiild tie for first place by winning, if the Forty-Niners and Colls lose. 14 past results this season hold true. Sunday's heavy favorites Stanford Leads Big Five On Offense SAN FRANCISCO 'LTD Stanford finished last in the Big Five but first in total offense' leadership, according to the latest figures run off today ' by the AAVVU office. Tho Indians jacked up their yan'age oer game mark to 347.0 last Saturday while losing to Cal ifornia, 2u 17, and pushed South ern California out of the top spot fcr the lirst time this season. And . with quarterback Dick Norman having, a great day on the firing line against the Bears, the Indians linished up the year with a total of 17G completions. Southern Cal fornia, which was upset lu-3 by UCLA, also dropped blither behind pace-setting Wash ington in pass defense. The bowl bound Huskies have held the op position to un average of 74.7 vards per game through the air. L'SC has a mark of 79.5. Ihe statistics (average yards per game): ' Total offense Stanford 347.0. Southern California 341.9. Wash ington 274 5, I CLA 273.9, Califor nia 259.7. Hushing offense i;SC 2U6.2. California 203.3. L'CLA 190 9. Washington 179 7, Stanford 119.1. Passing olfense Stanford 227.9. Washington 94.8. I'CLA 83.0, ISC 75.0, California 56.4. Total defense I SC 104 2, Wash ington 210.5, t'CLA 293.2, Stan lord 361.5. California CS3.1. Bushng defense ISC 84 7. Washington 1418. UCLA 177.4. California 219 5. Stanford 233.5. Passing defense Washington 74.7. CSC 79 5. I'CLA 115 8. Stan ford 1280. California 143 6. BRUINS RECALL BALUIK BOSTON 'l'PI The Boston Bruins have called up center San Baluik from their Providence farm team for tonight's, game against the Hangers al New York. Baluik was the Kcds' leading scorer with six goals and 19 as-i sists. food vou like best . . . prepared to please your tasle and served in friendly, concenial at mosphere. FOR THANKSGIVING WE WILL ScRVE: T8MEY ' HAM STEAK CHICKEN SfffiF ENJOY YOUR... jp alike f uiway Jki & mr CAFE' fsdA 49'er$:W. !er cu.lu I in for rude shocks. ; favored hy seven or more have been defeated by un- T.a-r point; rtereW in eight of the M games iJaved fo far (his season. For ex ttei.k.s at San Francisco and Los , ..les. where they have won , ona, in H appearances. The j Ka;ns witn onc of the eaEUe-s , ret records and some of its (nc( players, are about due for one o( ,he,r sewing sprees. S;n Francisco may have to f, Observer, La Grande, Ore, SPECIAL ' - CONTINUOUS THANKSGIVING DAY It's youth set to ; songs and adventure gSr i It's the t 1 1 1 FABULOUS S FABIAN ; 1 and that "BLUE DENIM" ! GIRL! s HOUND DOGMAfJ CincuaScopE COLOR by DE LUXE STEREOPHONIC SOUNO Directed by FRED G1PS0N WINSTON WilUE?.: PLUS. 1 r-t .cfw mm DON SEG0. 4. -J: THANKSGIVING DINNERS WILL BE SERVED STARTING AT NOON H1WAY CAFE EAST ADAMS Plenty of Conviient Tarking .Space OPERATED BY felLL ft NE0MI AVERY Uutciasses Opponent BCISK U'PD - I'hil Moyer of Portland. Ore. outclassed and outfought Glen Burgess of Meridi an. Idaho, in a 10-round bout here Tuesday night to take a unani mous decision. Moyer look it by a 99-92 and 100 !)2 margin tiom the judges and a 9a-wl score from referee Jim Nally. Both fighters went into the main event at the Boise fair grounds arena et 154 pounds. There were no knockdowns. Burcess rallied for a brief mo ment in the fifth when he scored 'with a hard ngnl and other punches. But ivioyer nauea nis Idaho opponent in me leu eye swelled it almost shut. nlay at Cleveland without its No. 1 quarterback. Y. A. Tittle. Tittle fiiffered a knee injury during last Sunday's 45-14 loss at Baltimore. OISIRVIR Neil Andarten Wed., Nov. 25, 1959 Page 2 MIDNITE PREVUE ' - SATURDAY. 11:30 STARTS TODAY Haar FABIAN sing HoundDof Mm' "I'm Crowin' Up" "SintH" "This rindh( WkU' "rtt unit Sui" mm mim DOOIK CTCVCNS TM "PI I'M UMT - "T-BIRD GANG" I 4Jm J l' - ; ItIM iaai