Beaive'iFSj liftiGainisi laslu dou (Dsis: 'MdlDSiraeir-Tolhii Sparts Sample Cal Hospitality n . . - m m t-v . rjf. ft 1 r. -n v firm it 3 Local Teams Slate Tuesday Action Husker Star PASADENA, Calif. Don Dohoney, left, Michigan State's All America end, and Head Coach Biggie Munn are fed slices of California oranges by Rose Tournament Queen Barbara Schmidt after they and the rest of the Spartan squad arrived at Pasadena for the Rose Bowl game against UCLA New Year's Day. (AP Wirepboto to The Statesman.) Although many of the schools have now gone idle until after' the holidays, a number will still be active on the prep basketball floors hereabouts on Monday and Tuesday nights. All three local high schools are scheduled, with the Vikings tak ing on Hillsboro Spartans at the Vik Villa, Salem Academy playing host to Taft High at West Salem and Sacred Heart's Cardinals go ing to Silverton, all on Tuesday night Four Monday nighters have Perrydale playing at Amity, Ver boort at Yamhill, Sheridan at Philomath and Corvallis at North ; Bend. ! Other Tuesday nighters have Dallas at Newport, Dayton at Can by, Springfield at Albany, Leba non at Willamette Hi, Falls City at Shedd, Monroe at Mill City .Yamhill at Gaston, Sheridan at Stayton, Molalla at Scappoose and Sandy at Parkrose. The Marion County B League, with four rounds of pjay com pleted, is idle until January 8. At that time circuit action in the j Willamette Valley, Yawama and i Capitol Leagues will be getting j under way for the season, and i the Salem Junior High League ! will get started with the annual jamboree at Parrish. Following Tuesday night's clashes the prep slate will be quite sparse until after the first of the year. Monday night collegiate games in the area have Nebraska facing Oregon and Indiana going against Oregon State in the big double header at Corvallis. Another twin bill, with the same teams in volved, is set for Tuesday night at Eugene. Portland University plays at Lewis & Clark Monday night also, and College of Idaho takes on Eastern Washington at Caldwell. Of f kid PCC Team Picked statesman fflkDMim9 Moimg ! With Jerry Stone j I' s What does a guy have to do, must wonder Gonzaga's Jerry Vermillion after looping in 44 points against Whitman the other Bight and yet watching his team come out on the short end of the count . . . Well, Vermillion knows he did his part anyway ... So far as we know, that 91-91 tie between the.Norths and Souths in the Willamette Valley League's annual Jamboree is the first in stance where a deadlock has oc curred in a Valley area "Jam" ... It'll happen once in a mil lion times How small the appreciation for the all-out efforts of a bunch of willing ring amateurs when no better than 200 customers turn out. Such was the case at the Armory last Wednesday night . . . If such a dearth of fans continues you'll likely find the simon-pure cards being confined to Portland. Since Willamette carries the name "Bearcats" the school for years has been plagued by ques tions as to just what a "bearcat'' looks like. Is it a bear with a feline touch or is it a cat with a bearish flavor? . . . The latest version, now appearing on WU publicity material, is the brain- j - I HiAl -v4Vf ' - v & I EDDIE ROBINSON Is He the Clincher' Shaw Selected By Unanimous Vote for '11' LOS ANGELES ("Special) Three members each from cham pion UCLA and runnerup Stan ford were included on the offi cial all-Pacific Coast Conference team announced today by the PCC Commissioners Office. The team was chosen by vote of the Holld(LY 1 OUniCVS Oil 1 (IV . . . PCC coaches under a formula i J J I Statesman, Salem. Ore.. Mon.. Dec. 21. 1953 (Sec 2) 1 ; v I Trabert Power Has Aussies' Team Worried By WnJL GRIMSLEY child of Publicist Nancy Stuart and puts over the idea well though the critter appears much more bearish than cattish . . . Maybe that's to be desired ... For many years it was presumed that WU was the only school to carry the "Bearcat" nickname. But a peek across the land digs up two others owning the name also. "They're Cincinnati U and Sam Houston State, the latter the school that knocked off College of Idaho in the Refrigerator Bowl. Sam Houston spells it "BearkaT ! J t g e or Rohinson Key to Another Yank Flag? Eddie Robinson is by no means another Lou Gehrig, but . Eddie may prove to be the Yankees' strongest piece of first base property since Gehrig called it quits . . : Many believe the acquisition of Robinson from the A's is just the key needed to open the door on a sixth straight pennant . . . Gates High School wants it known that its athletic teams now go by the name "Pirates." Gates formerly operated as the Loggers but addition of Scio's Loggers to the Marion B circuit caused the change to avoid confusion . . . We don't know whether or not a coin was flipped to see who'd change . . . There's a Lady playing on the Detroit High quint this season. Hastily clarifying that, it's Forward Bob Lady and he's quite a man at 6' 2" . . . A money man is Center Jim Williams of Dayton's cage Pirates. Jim's won the Pirates last two encounters with free throws after the final gun . . . George Maderos, Chico State's basket shooting terror and the chief reason WU suffered a pair of setbacks at the hands of the Californians, is just a good old fashioned 6-1. Makes him unique in this age when the bulk of your stars are guys who can't stretch full length in a Pullman berth . . . Seattle's immortal Johnny O'Brien was amazing for the same reason as he threaded his "midget-like" 5-10 through a " jungle of skyscraper opponents for a host of scoring records. Ulinor Loop Seasoning Likely for 0,Brien$ Incidentally, when the O'Brien twins get out of the service they're likely to get some seasoning in the minors before further duty in the Majors . . . Under the bonus rule, Pittsburgh had to keep the two with the varsity last season, but it was generally agreed that Johnny and Eddie weren't quite ready for the Big Show ... One of the happy developments in the Salem High basket ball picture has bees the emergence of -4 Bob Wulf as front liner at the post slot. Bob's work against Springfield Friday night indicated to Mentor Harold Hauk that this lad is going to be a valuable factor as the campaign heads toward the tough stage ... The national spotlight swings away from Madison Square Gar den to Oregon State's Gill Coliseum tonight and to Oregon's 3IcArthur Court Tuesday night as the Beavers test No. 1 Indians. The Hoosiers, experienced and loaded with talent, get the favorite role over Slats Gill's fast-coming gang but the Staters can mate rially enhance their prestige and. hopes for the future by making it close for the top-notchers . . . And close tilts they should be . . . One of the top sharpshooters on this season's Purdue quint . is a guy named Dennis Blind . . . Del Webb and Dan Topping have sold Yankee Stadium but retained lease rights. Let us pray that the new owners don't someday rip up the joint for ' other purposes. Too doggoned much hallowed baseball ground in that piece of Bronx real estate . . . whereby they voted only for play ers which they or their scouts had seen in action. As it devel oped, each coaching staff saw each team represented on the first team selections at least once. Selected from UCLA were half back Paul Cameron and tackles Charles Doud and Jack Ellena, while ends Sam Morley and John Steinberg and quarterback Bob Garrett were chosen from Stan ford. Oregon quarterback George Shaw, who also played end and halfback, was the only unanimous selection. Guard George Timber lake and halfback Aramis Dan doy of Southern California; guard Milt Bohart, Washington, and center Matt Hazeltine, California, rounded out the team. Morely, Cameron, Doud and Timberlake were repeaters from 1952. The selections: First team: Ends Sam Morley, Stanford and John Steinberg, Stanford; Tackles Charles Doud, UCLA, and Jack Ellena, UCLA: Guards Milt Bohart, Washington, and George Timberlake, Southern Cal; Center Matt Hazeltine. Cal; Backs Paul Cameron, UCLA; Aramis Dandov. Southern Cal: se Shaw, Oregon. Second team: Ends Myron Berliner. UCLA; Tom Nickoloff, Southern Cal; Tackles Duane Wardlow, Wash ington: Milt Schwenk, Wash. State. Guards Jack Patera, Ore gon; Phil Wilson, Stanford. Cen ter Ron Pheister, Oregon. Backs Wayne Berry, Wash. State; Bob Davenport, UCLA; Paul Larson, Cal: Phil Kleffner, Idaho. Honorable mention: Ends Wes Ediger, OSC: Ron Miller, SC; George Black and Jim Warsinke, Wash.; Howard McCants, WSC. Tackles Jim Kotler, Cal; Hal Reeve, Oregon; Ed Fouch, SC; Barry Smith, Stanford; Dean Chambers, Wash.; Guards Tom Dutton, Cal.; Hardiman Cureton and Jim Salsbury, UCLA; La Verne Ferguson, OSC; Ed Pucci, SC; Norm Manoogian, Stanford; Centers Mel Bertrand, Idaho; Joe Fulwyler, OSC; Ted Tanner, Stanford: Backs Al Tallev, Cal; Bill Stits, UCLA; Dick James, Oregon; Ralph Carr, OSC; Lin don Crow and Harold Han SC; Ron Cook, Stanford; Bob Dunn, Washington. Top Hoop Crews Face Tough Frays This Week By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORK UP The nation's top-ranking college basketball teams, plus m any of the lesser lights, head into the busy holiday campaign with seven of the first 10 still unbeaten and only one de teat each charged against the other three. Many of the teams will swing into holiday tournaments starting Mondav with the likelihood that Viks to Seek 4th Straight the intersectional competition will throw a clearer light on the na tional rankings. But as things now stand, Indi ana's NCAA champions head the list, undefeated in five games. And Kentucky's Wildcats, coming back after a year of enforced idleness, i are second with four victories in as many games. I While the Hoosiers and Kentucky j were idle Saturday night, third- j ranked Duquesne racked up its eighth straight triumph with a last minute 60-37 victory over Toledo. Illinois, unbeaten in five games and ranked fourth, easily turned back DePaul 79-65. All except Duquesne of the top four face tough competition Mon day. The Hoosiers take on Oregon State, 83-55 conquerer of Nebraska Saturday night. Kentucky swings into its own Ducks, Nebraska in First End Of Doublelieader at Corvallis By JIM COUR ! State, ranked No. 11, meet in the CORVALLIS I Oregon State ; second game. The opener will- College, its confidence bolstered match Nebraska and Oregon, the by a surprisingly easy 83-55 vie- latter one of the favorites with tory over tough Nebraska, was Oregon State to win the Pacific keyed for an attempt to upset In-' Coast Conference Northern Divi- diana, defending NCAA champion, sion title. in an intersectional basketball dou- The same ooDor.ents will nlav bleheader here Monday night. another doublcheader at nearb'v Indiana. No! 1 in the Associated ; Eugene Tuesday nisht. Sell-out Press collegiate poll, and Oregon . cr0wds averaging about 10.000 " , . were assurei for toth events. Against Nebraska, the tall Ore gon Staters turned in easily the best performance of their unbeaten CORVALLIS UP Indiana Uni versity's basketball squad arrived here Sunday night after a rough air trip from Missoula. Mont., from where departure had been held up a day by bad weather. A 10 a.m. Monday work-out was scheduled by Coach Branch Mc- MELBOURNE UP America's Cracken. tennis internationalists flew back! Indiana and Oregon State plav to Melbourne Sunday for the Davis ; here Monday night then move to Cup showdown and found Aus-; Eugene for another game Tuesdav tralian confidence badly shaken j night. Oregon and Nebraska meet by the refound block-bnsting pow- the same nights in a double bill, er of Tony Trabert. Observers, who a few days ago , four e M Coach slats Gm were freely predicting an Aus- : all n mem5crs of his var. trahan triumph in the challenge sity Each scored at least round Dec. 28-30, now are warn-; Most of the team combina.., ing the tenms-mmded public not Giu tlicked to be so sure. It is the impressive cannon ball B,K TfSt for wede stroking of Trabert, the young U. -Much will depend upon h-n' S. champion from Cincinnati, Wade Swede) Halbrook. Oregon which has suddenly turned cer- State's seven-foot three-inch soph tainty of keeping the cup down : omore center, fares in the toughest here into grave doubt. test of his highly-publicized ca- The change of viewpoint is evi- reer. dent everywhere on the street, in The youngster registered 29 the press and among this coun- points against Nebraska to run his try's court brass. four-game total to 107. But against Billy Talbert. U.S. captain, is Indiana, h e will be opposed by the happiest and most confident : r u g g e d six-foot ten-inch Don he has been since the Australian Schlundt, who averaged 25.4 points campaign began more than a a game last season to win AH month ago. Harry Hopman, the America honors as a sophomore, wiry little Australian leader, has ; Schlundt will try Halbrook's de become sullen, jittery and uncom- fensive ability as well as his back municative. board skill. Hopman Squirms Halbrook drew four fouls for too- Later Trabert's thunderous tri- close checking in the first 12 min umph over Belgium's Jackie Bri- utes of the Nebraska game, and chant to clinch the interzone fi- j couldn't operate with his usual nals. Hopman was squirmish as a ! vigor at the backboards. This cost worm on a cookstove. Efforts to Oregon State rebounds it will need ; extract from him comment on the j against the tall. ball-hawl;ing In ! new Davis Cup picture brought on- diana team. Because of Halbrook. lv the ters stntempnt- Oregon State will line up with a IJ I '-I have nothin t0 sa'- Saving height advantage. Other probable jf J I my opinions for my own newspa- starters are Ted Romanoff, 6-8, I per column." and Tex Whiteman. 6-6, at for- CORVALLIS Six-foot, seven-; have taken a new and rather cau- Bill Toole. 5-10, at guards, inch Bill Johnson, above, who ; tious view of the approaching mat- Hoosiers Boast Vets Siring itbSak. HUSn"S4 ? as a T1 f T' Unbeaten Indiana is expected to i T ' I i1 ar lv improved play and the fact W,m- g0 wilh its veteran lineup of for the Big Seven quint here b edon champion ,c Se.xas m.ght chuck Kraak and Dickar. against uicguu , nn nis pea overnigni. in the first game of double- j F. J. Land, secretary of the Mil- header. Oregon State plays In-; ton Club in Brisbane, where the Possessed of their third straight victory after a 63-56 win over Springfield Friday in initial Big t tw0.day tourney with undefeated j UCLA and once-beaten LaSalle and Duke offering the opposition. diana in the second game. The same foes play Tuesday night at Eugene. interrone matches were plaved said he believed America would win back the cup, maybe 4 to 1. Six League action. Coach Harold Hauk's Salem High Vikings shoot for another triumph Tuesday night on the 14th Street floor against Hillsboro's Spartans. In an earlier engagement this sea son, the Viks disposed of the Sparts by a 72-63 count. Center Bob Wulf with 20 points and a fine game at the boards and Guard Jim Knapp with 16 The Wildcats' first round opponent will be Duke (5-1 . The other tour naments start the day after Christ mas and Dec. 28, IUini Meet Aggies Illinois bumps into seventh rated Oklahoma Aggies (8-1) Monday. Duquesne will be idle until it meets New York University in the ley, 6-3, at forwards, Schlundt at center, and Bob Leonard, 6-3, and Burke Scott, 6-0, at guards. Tony Vlastelica, Oregon State's leading scorer last season, sprained a thumb in practice Fri- rl n onI ic nrtt avrvas aI in t?atr Teamwork Valuable in Emergency . . . iSimtX nSS aumpea in m points ana gave tne team added backboard strength. The Nebraska-Oregon games are 1 considered tossups. Nebraska has a big height advantage, but Ore- j gon is rated as one of the fastest breaking, most accurate-shooting learns in the West.) IMC Squad Helps Fight Hotel Fire; None Hurt markers, sparked the unbeaten i opening round of the holiday tour Salems m the win over Spring-1 nament at New York's Madison; field. Wulf, a. 6-4 lad, has dis- j uare Garden Saturday. ! played enough talent in the last : The only casuaity jn the col couple of games to sew up the iegiate court elite over the week No. 1 center slot. . cnd was fifth-ranked Louisiana ! Wayne Erickscn and Tom Pick- State, which plays in the Sugar ; ens will hold down the forward j Bowl tournament along with Holy posts Tuesday night and Knapp Cross. DePaul and Fordham start and Gordy Domagalla will handle j ing Dec. 28. The Southeastern the guards. S Conference powerhouse dropped an The likewise unbeaten Salem 1 82-66 decision to Wisconsin Satur- JVs meet the Hillsboro seconds in Tuesday's 6:15 prelim. League Entries Seattle Entrant npr'i 'T' Wins Limn Race x u iiu?c x uuci y Once again those players or teams considering entry into the City Basketball League program PORTLAND UP Don Gassa- way of Seattle's Husky Winter Sports Club, won the class A ! event in the Arnold Lunn down- are reminded tnat tney anusijhil ski race at Timberlme Lodge, register with Director Vera Gil- j on ML Hood Sunday. Ron Funk, more not later than noon today, t Sun Valley, Ida., was second, in order to avoid being shut out j Seven teams already are signed, they being Wolgamott's Service Station, YMCA, Naval Reserve, Marine Reserve, Salem High Sophs, Aumsville Fire Depart ment and Marion Majors. The league opens action Jan. 5th. 'Bama to Start Bowl Workouts TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Ji - Cotton Bowl-bound Alabama will begin polishing its powerful 'running at tack Monday. Coach Red Drew's biggest wor ry is successive injuries to his two top right ends. Bud Willis and Curtis Lynch. Willis 1 elbow was dislocated last week, and Lynch received a leg injury Saturday. Ralph Carrigan's switch from center to fullback due to the in jury of Bill Stone may pay extra dividends against Rice if he per forms like he has in practice. He was outstanding both in running and blocking this weekend. Frank Lane, general manager of the Chicago White Sox, was the referee of the 1933 Army Duke football game. day. j Along with Illinois, three other Big Ten teams remained unbeaten as Butler's Bulldogs again proved1 the undoing of another conference; five. Sixth-ranked Minnesota (4-0) j beat Colorado 74-46 and Michigan State knocked over Southern Cal-1 ifornia 81-63. But Butler, an easy early season touch for Big Ten teams, dropped Michigan from the unbeaten list 81-77 Saturday after nipping Pur due 67-65 earlier, in the week. And Ohio State found a tartar in Louis ville 85-76. Purdue bounded back Coach John Lewis' men eot hack ; from its Butler setback with an in the win column Saturday night ! 80-72 2in over Washington of St. with a 78-70 victory over OCE's Louis. Wolves at Monmouth. (Cont'd on Page 3, sec. 2. Center Tom Gooding with 19 points, Pete Reed with 14 and wr t Dick Hoy with 13, led the WU West VirffinianS Bearcats Get Holiday Rest Victors in three of their eight outings thus far this season, Willamette's hoop Bearcats get a Christmas layoff, returning to action here Jan. 1-2 against the Central Washington Wildcats. attack that barely prevailed over a late OCE rally. Willamette opens the North west Conference season Jan, 8-9 against Whitman here. Head Southward PITTSBURGH UP West Vir ginia University's sugar bowl bound football team left behind hillina uinric nf winter urenthAF BULLETS B0W Sundav and headed south for the BALTIMORE (P)-Carl Braun's j New Year's Day engagement with leaping one-hander swished true Georgia Tech. just as the final buzzer sounded The 41-man squad one of the Saturday night, enabling the New j strongest fielded by West Virginia York Knickerbockers to take a j in many years left Pittsburgh by 65-63 National Basketball Associa-1 chartered plane for Biloxi, Miss., tion victory over the Baltimore I where drills will be held until Bullets. Dec. 31. PASADENA. Calif. UP A group of Michigan State football players, here for the Rose Bowl game against UCLA, Monday helped control 'a fire at the Hotel Hunting ton. But it was the Pasadena Fire Department that finally got the j fire out. Damage was estimated at $25,000 by firemen. The fire started in a linen closet on the third floor of the hotel where the team is staying. Smoke filled the corridors. Led by fullback Evan Slonac, the players organized a fire fight ing and rescue squad. End Bill Quinlan and tackle Henry Bullough wheeled an in; valid to safety. Other players es corted elderly women to the first floor lobby. Occupants of 10 rooms were forced out by the smoke. Sfonac pulled down the corridor fire hose and with the help of center Joe Badaczewski. tackle Jim Jebb, guard Alvin Lee and halfback Gene Lekenta readied it for service. Pasadena Battalion Chief Ben van Deavender arrived at the Chico Winner ASHLAND (JF) Chico State weathered a second half rally here Saturday night to defeat Southern Oregon College of Edu cation, 81-75, and avenge a Fri day night basketball loss to the home team. George Maderos and J. B. Wil son paced the winners with 20 and 18 points. Lloyd Hoffine was high for Southern Oregon with 16. . scene at this time to take charge. Seven Pasadena fire companies answered the two-alarm call, roll ing 17 pieces of heavy equipment ; to the 45-year-old hotel, j Meanwhile MSC Student Mana j ger Keith Darby and tackle Jim j Jebb had staged a rescue. They i crawled under a bed to retrieve a frightened French poodle. The football players, except for , dirty clothes, were none the worse for their experience. Dr. James j Feurig, the team physician, said ; there were no ill effects. "We certainly are grateful to ; the team." said the hptel manager i and owner, Stephen Royce. i Then after a dip in the hotel swimming pool, the I squad took off on tour of Hollywood and a visit to a television show. Mangrumins Links Tourney LOS ANGELES UP - Lloyd Man gram, defending champion, cap tured his fourth Montebello Open ! golf title Sunday, shooting a 6 ! under-par 66 in the closing round for a 202 total in the 54-hole tourn ament. Mangrum, Ryder Cup captain I and low scorer on the PGA trail j this year, eagled the 476-foot 18th ! hole for the third successive day, '. holing a 50-foot putt for 3 on the j 5-par cup. Fred Hawkins of El Paso. Tex : as, placed second with a finishing ; 68 and a 205 total. - , TROJAN'S LOSE EAST LANSING tfVMichigan State, paced by Forward Al Fer rari's 21 points, scored an easy 81-63 basketball victory over Southern California's touring Tro jans Saturday night-. Heavy Scrap Tonight NEW YORK (Jf) Clarence Henry of Philadelphia and Bob Baker of Pittsburghonce a pair of high-ranking heavyweights, will collide in a ten-rounder at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway Arena Monday night They'll be trying to get back in the Jirst ten at each other's expense. The 10 p. m. (EST) scrap will be telecast I to some parts of the country by (Dumont. Bevo Scored 48 Despite Appendicitis Attack MIAMI, Fla. UP Bevo Fran cis, the most prolific point-getter in college basketball, suffered a light attack of appendicitis during Rio Grande's game with the Uni versity of Miami Saturday night Despite the attack, which forced him to the bench for the last few minutes of the first quarter, Francis finished the game and scored 48 points in his team's 98 88 victory. Rio Grande Coach Newt Oliver, whose efforts ha-e made Bevo the most publicized basketball player in the nation, said his star center threw off the attack quickly and insisted on returning to the game, see that he has the operation this Bevo was noticeably off form summer if he coesn't have any during the first half, scoring only more bad spells before then. 18 points. Oliver said his sophomore star These spells have been chronic , usually suffered a mild attack of with Bevo since he was about 13 appendicitis about every two and vears old.- Oliver said. "The last a half years. bad attack he had was in No-! 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