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2 (Sc 2) Statesman, Salami Kuenn Voted ; 'Soph' Award Shortstop Awarded Honor Over Gomez By JOE REICHLER ' Associated Press Sports Writer Harvey Kuenn, 1953 baseball rookie of the year, Monday sained the sophomore-of-the-year distinc tion for 1934 in a poll of sports writ ers and "sports casters through out the nation. I The spectacular 24-year-old short stop of the Detroit Tigers won The Associated Press award by defy ing the sophomore jinx with a .306 batting mark that included 201 hits. Only one other major leagu er. Nllie Fox of the Chicago White Sox, made as many hits. Kuenn was in front all the way, attracting almost four times as many votes as unner-up Ruben Gomez, the New York Giants' vouthful righthander. The former athlete received 205 votes to Go mez 55. The Puerto Rican pitcher. therefore, must get the National League sophomore vote. Seventeen second year men re ceived recognition. Ray Jablonski, slugging third baseman recently traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati, was third with 30 votes. Strikeout star Bob Turley. v another transferred athlete from Baltimore to the New York Yank eeswas fourth with 28 and Jimmy Greenerass, Cincinnati outfielder. was fifth, with 22. Kuenn. one of the real natural hitters f of the game, got off a slow start but batted around the .350 mark after the all-star game break to finish above .300 for the second straight year. He hit .308 in his rookie season. The personable 6-2 athlete also has developed into a good, fielder, thanks to the tutorship, of the vet eran Johnny Pesky, who unselfish ly spent many hours with the Youngster teachinc him how1 to make the double play and many other tricks of the trade. Trabert Said No. 1 Threat SYDNEY (J Harry Hopman tabbed Tony Trabert as the No 1 threat to Australia's hold on the Davis Cup Monday after the chal lenge round rivals whipped through a brisk four-hour tennis workout at White City Stadium. i "While I stick by my prediction that Australia will beat America 4-1 in the cup matches, I cannot overlook the menace - this boy poses," the slender, sandy-haired Australian captain said. "I have to acknowledge he is a threat to win both his singles matches and to play a very vital role in the doubles. We consider Trabert will be much tougher to beat in the singles than Vic Seixas although Seixas is playing very well. The Australian and American teams worked on adjoining courts separated by uuck green canvas Monday while bammers in the background added finishing touch es to the grotesque wood and steel structure which is being readied for an all-time record tennis crowd of 25,000. v ! The matches are scheduled for Dec. 28-29. j While Trabert was accenting his return to form with an impressive 6-4, 6-4 practice victory over team mate Seixas. Hopman must have popped another furrow in his al ready wrinkled brow as he stud ied come-back attempts of his own ace Lewis Haod. Hailed as back in top form in all the. morning papers, young Hoad looked far from it as he absorbed a two-set lacing from second string team-mate George Worthington. Volleying poorly, Hoad was beat en. 6-2. 7-5. UNIVERSmrOWL Monday night results in j the Classic League at th University Bowl: Hartman's Jewelers, 3 (John Nuber 582), Salem Hardware 1 (Lee Morris 571), Cupboard Cafe 3 (Don Gersbach 602), Barbs Sporting Goods 1 (Ing Johnson 607), Brennan's Tree Service 4 (Dick Phipps 567), Riches Elec tric 0 (Art Upston 547), Frank's Produce 0 (Don Lebold 551), Smalley Oil Co. 4 (Cliff Maison 535). j. I- Don Gersbach rolled a 213 . game for high game and Ing Johnson rolled 607 .for high se ries. Don .Gersbach also had 602. Hartman's Jewelers rolled 1020 for high team game and 2096 for high team series. 1 1 Results of the Ladies Minor League went as follows: Team Ho. Z, 4 (Shirley Wilcox 401); Team No. 1, 0 (Millie Monner 416), Owl Drug 2 (Dawn Jones , 471), Ladd & Bush Bank No. 1. 2 (Jane Hollington 382), Snider Electric 1 (Marge Kirkpatnck 333), Western Paper 3 (Etta Fleck 480), Moore Bus. Forms -3Vi (Dottle Kandle 405). Team No. 11 Vi (Iva Hernbeck 309). Orcutte .Market 2 (Myrna Bare 379), Meadows Rest 2 (Elsie Her sley 422), Team No. 12, 4 (Rob erta Fox -417). Ladd and Bush Bank No. 2, 0 (Vergene Moore 354). High team game 553 and series 1543 went to Owl Drug. High in dividual game 186 was rolled by Dawn Jones of Owl Drug. High individual series 480 went to Et ta Fleck of Western Paper. Or Tusw Dec 21 1954 Muscle Man n4 - &T'"t",r -T5 This is Lais Martinez, well mus cled and highly popular Mexican grappler who teams with Dick Torio tonight. In the "Operation Tin Can" wrestling card's main . event at the Armory with Leo : WaUick and Kurt von Poppen- i helm.' ', '? In Hoop Poll (Continued from preceding page) ion ana Missouri down one notch. 'although neither was beaten during the week. George Washing ton shoved its way up from 11th place to 1 8th while Indiana land UCLA lost their places in the first ten. i i Further down on the list. West Pennsylvania. San Francisco, Ala bama and Kansas all imoressed the voters em ugh to gain places among uie first 20 and ties Kentucky's rebuilt team, minus most of the stars who compiled an undefeated seasn ! last year. piayea oniy one game last week winning handily, from Temple iSMu. mis weeK me wildcats go into tneir own invitational tourna ment against LaSalle, Utah and Southern California. The top 20, with first place votes and season records (through Sat urdays games) in parentheses (points on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis) --. Sr It. -J 1, Kentucky (3-01 21) - 527 2. Utah (7-0) (15), M 427 3. Illinois (5-0) 7 4. Ia Salle (5-1) : 419 346 9.' si. Carolina State(8-0) (11) 333 6. Dayton (6-0) (5)" 298 7. Missouri (4-1) (1)1 r 193 1. George Washington (3-1) (1) 141 9. JJuquesne (4-1) (2) in. Niagara (6-1) U) !i ; 11. Ohio Slate T4-0) (11 12. West Virginia (4-li (1) 13. Southern California (5-1) 14-15 J 1 tie) Wichita (3-0) (2) ! and Louisville (7-1) (1) 16. Pennsylvania (6-0) 17. -18 (tie) San Francisco (4-1) and UCLA (5-1) 130 112 111 ! 51 ,1 " 147 j 43 140 !36 11. Alabama (4-1) ! 20. (tie) Iowa (5-2) and Kansas (4-0) : 34 ill ? ( A is- v V ft "';;,? 'If-' :J V A liSIF ..... ! Kentucky First . i (Continued from preceding page) But in the second quarter the Big Ten "has tallied 46 times, to , 21 for the Coast. The same applies for the third period, with the Big Ten in front, 42-27. But the final quarter holds the real jolt, with 99 points for the But Ten. to a mere 6 for the PCC , . . The additional period of International League baseball clubs by Czar George Trautman is a welcome one, for it will give the WIL'ers almost another month in which to sell off players who would have otherwise been free agents vu wcvcmutr xo, wiieu me league I For example, Generalissimo can sen Gene Tanselli to the San Diego club. And there may be a chance to peddle! both Connie Perez and Jimmy Devo. Lubv now has until January 10 to make any cnatteu 01 last season are free agents. ; 1 U As for Mel (Tartan) Krause, who blossomed into quite a ballplayer in his first whirl at pro play last summer. Luby is in j high hopes that Mel will again sign with the Senators even after he has been given his free agency in January. A coach in the Portland schools system who cannot ge to spring training in ij April. Krause would still find the local setup much to his liking. He could play in local games right from the start, and still handle his Portland classroom assignments just as he did last season when he commuted between here and Eugene. Then when school recessed, the strong-armed outfielder could join the dub on a rexular basis. Eugene May Be. After Him Also 1 There may be an -opposing offer on Krause from the Eugene Emeralds, since Mel is so well known and popular in the Eugene area. But he's sure to find that it would be much easier on him during April and May were he rainer tnan Lugene. We at least ine ume comes .. . I ' ' ' i As feared when the news of it came out, Tacoma Is not now Interested in becoming the eighth member of the new Northwest League not since the Seattle Ranter's Dewey Soriano proclaim ed thai all Seattle home games would be televisd via a Tacoma TV outlet Competing against the telecasts of Coast League base, ball right in their own city is deemed too much of a hurdle by those who were previously behind a Tacoma entry into the Northwest circuit, i u So the NW loop now finds itself with an unbalanced seven members and reason to believe the Soriano h2snt done right by the --1; ". uuuuunuuu in me general managers nip ne now Mebbe well wind up with 1 ucwficaguc aiurr au 'Operation, Tin Can9 . fees ndti, em Luis Martinez and Dick Torio. the powerful and popular young sters who have given one fine performance after another during their mat sorties at the Ferry Street Garden in the recent past, go against Leo Wallick and Kurt von Poppenheim tonight in Matchmaker Elton Shriners Find Reason for Tilt SAN FRANCISCO ( Ralph Guglielmi cried real tears Mon day. And he wasn't ashamed about it.'. - V : , The Notre Dame All-America quarterback asks no quarter and gives none while he is matching muscle and courage with the best of them out on the 'gridiron. But Monday he went with - 47 other gridiron greats to the Shrin ers' Hospital For Crippled Chil dren to see the kids for whose benefit the East-West football clas sic is played annually. ; . Guglielmi, who will quarterback the East in the next Jan. 1 game, walked past beds, stopped to auto graph toy footballs. Then he spot ted little 3-year-old Eve. He picked her up, kissed her and gave her a bug. With concern he consulted a doc tor. What's' her future? "Shell be better," the doctor said, "but she'll never walk again." j ' And that's when Ralph Gugliel mi unashamedly let the t e a r s trickle down his cheeks, -v The scene was repeated many times.. - . UCLA's great lineman Sam Bo- ghosian told a boy with bis left leg in a cast. "When I was 'a little boy I was all tied up with polio. But I got well and I know you wuL ; Notre Dame back Joe Heap went into conference with a 10-year-old girl after which both "were asked what they talked about. "I've been telling her about Notre Dame,' he said. "And," said the little girl. "I've been telling him how handsome he is." s ! Yes, Guglielmi had plenty of 1 company when it came to crying. While he took tearful leave of lit tle Eve, Rice's Dick Moegle was standing nearby. On hearing what the doctor said. Meegle turned and walked out of the room, unable to speak. Saxon Matmen Lose Match South Salem High's .wrestling team was defeated Monday night at the Saxon gym,51 28-19, by the Oregon City mat team. The results: 97 Dave Robison (S) won on forfeit; 1 105 Dean Vanek (S) pinned Jack Toll (OC); 114 Mitsy Tamura (OC) dec. Dave Vanek (S) 122 Gib Carlson (OC) dec. Leroy Williams (S); 129 Keith Whitlock (OC) dec Marvin Bressler (S; 135 Curt is Gage (OC) dec. Richard Davis (S); 140 John Cummings-(S) dec. Jack Johnson (OC); 147 Harry Juul (S dec. Dave Amoth (CO; 156 -4 Ken Kircheim (OC) dec. Bill McDonald fS); -166 Carl May (OC) pinned Layne Cas well (SS); 177 Don Kindig (OC) dec. Bob Shimmin (S); 190 3 Herb Juran (S) dec Don Phillu (OC); heavyweight Allen Wright (OC) pinned Larry New some (S). erace eranted the defunt Westprn ouiciaiiy succumoea. Luby of the Senators believes he such moves, as after that all WIL jumping back and forth to Salem hope he feels that way about it when pruvuung mm wua a pusn lowara Has with Seattle. Edmonton or Missoula, Mont, in the Owen's "Operation Tin can" card at the Armory. The annual Christmas show gets underway at 8:30 o'clock, and any woman fan, or any kid 12 years old or under who brings along any number of canned goods will be admitted to the arena free of charge. The canned goods used for admission "tickets" will be turned over to the proper agency for distribution to local needy families. Regular admission fees will prevail for men and boys over 12 years of age. ; Wallick and monacled "Poppy" will be easily ; remembered for their team try ' against Pepper Gomez and Ricki Starr, here last summer, a wow of a scramble that ended in a rousing, chair-throw ing riot Wallick suffered a cut head and a broken finger during the unadvertised melee, and Mae stro Owen himself was conked severely by two flying steel chairs. - . j I Martinez and Torio are the same type as remembered Gomez and Starr young, strong and oaded with the spectacular. They will have it over Wallick and von Poppenheim in youth and speed, but will have to give considerable in experience and mat villainy. Tonight's special bill has all the earmarks of being a punishing effort itself. In it the grizzled war horse Maurice LaChapelle. op poses Ivan (Big Bear) Kamaroff, who has been the center of many a grappling storm in the North west lately. Ivan only last week emerged disputable winner in the mainer with John 1 Paul Henning here. LaChapelle went to a draw with Martinez on the same card. The 8:30 o'clock commencer brings on the popular Steve Gob, against Frank Fagetty. Frank is the gent who didn't do himself much good here in recent weeks as ! a referee. Theirs will be a single-fall mix. i Armory doors will open at 7:30 o'clock, and those bringing the canned goods will be -ermitted to occupy seats any v. e in the arena other than the ringside. Regular ducats for the card are available at Barb's Sporting uooos store. VANDALS DEFEATED MISSOULA, Mont, (f) Sopho mores sparked Montana Univer sity to a 63-58 revenge victory here Monday night over Idaho for uie urizznes uura win in , six games this season. SPORTSAWS" DIGESTS WOOD-BURNING TENT-STOVE TIPS nAiiaro LOW ON STOVEPIPE TO REDUCE HEAT PIPE ABOVE, AND PROTECT FABRIC BEFORE STARTING a fire, put 1 of dirt in the stove to protect bottom. 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George Shaw of Oregon the nation's No. 1 and 2 passers may play to gether instead of in different hackfields for the West in the Jan. 1 football classic against the East. The East is in better shape than last year, in fact so much so that workouts, starting Tuesday, may be eased off sharply after the first three days. v i ; The West, on the other hand, is going at it hard and heavy, two workouts a day until , Christmas, one on Christmas, one on Sunday and then back to two-a-day. All these plans and possibilities were brought up by coaches 01 lioth sides at a "kickoff" lunch eon Monday wiui uie iNonnern California Football 1 Writers Assn. after the players made the annual pilgrimage to the Shriners Hos pital. U I : r i There the boys learned why the East-West game is played. Tuesday they'll get together at their training camps the West squad at Stanford, the East squad at nearby University of Santa Clara and learn how. , The 48 gridiron brilliants,, who will clash Jan. 1 at Kezar Stadi um in the Shriners' benefit clas sic, began reporting at hotel head quarters Sunday. First on the spot were 1 Frank Bernardi. 185-pound halfback from the j University of Colorado, and Tom Louderback, a guard from San Jose ' State. Tuesday is photographer's day, in the morning for the East at Santa Clara, a university 45 miles south of San Francisco. Such grid iron greats, as Notre Dame quar terback Ralph Guglielmi will ca vort there for the cameras. In the afternoon, ! Gugkelmf s Western counterpart. Paul Larson will be among the West's brilliants performing for the; photographers at Palo Alto, about; 30 miles south of San Francisco, j After that the squads will swing into twice-a-day workouts under the eyes of their coaches c for the East. Eddie Anderson of Holy Cross and Bennie , Oosterbaan, Michigan; the Weslj Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf, California. assisted by Ed Price, Texas, and Len Casa nova, j Oregon. J , The Biggest Selection In Salem! SHAFER LEATHER GOODS 125 N. Coml. MB Time . ' , Dayton Pirates Play Eagles at Stayton ST AYTON-( Special ) -The Day ton High Pirates of the Yawama League and the Stayton Eagles of the Capitol League meet here Tuesday night for a basketball game. Bee teams play the 6:30 o'clock preliminary. The varsity mix closes out play for Stayton until after the holidays. i Tht FUtur From of light YOU TOO i r I thm UIKWOOD ISWI Sl 2I-Lch Console with HaioLicht, Alnminizcd Picture Tab and Sopcr PhotoFowkx Cbuss. In Geenltae Mahogany Veneer. Also in Blonde Korina, slighdy higher; $389 95 142 Condalaria Blvd. O EASY SHOPPING WITH'. rEsi 'MaloLigkit Jlnl 1. .,.-,..51-11. -:V m , ' f$ 1 o ' I - , j ij" 111,1 T i . ; : -n . : VMLEV . By Jimmy Hatlo Rocky to Defend Crown on Coast MIAMI. Fla. 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