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la the Shftaers East-West football fame Dee. 31. autographs a miniature football for Cecilia, 14,
patient it the Shrioen hospital for crippled children. Proceeds front the game g to help the chil
dren who are patients at the hospital. (AP Wirephote).
Shrine Stars
FindRcoh
For BiGanJ
By CHRIS EDMONDS
SAN FRANCISCO Dark
ftorm clouds hung over the red
brick building on San Francisco's
west aide Tuesday, but inside It
was the brightest day of the year
In the lives of scores of -children.
Actually, if you'd looked only at
the glowing faces of the young
sters and ignored their twisted
limbs and bodies, you'd never have
known they were crippled.. They
were -the happiest, kids in town,
these boys and girls in the Shrine's
Crippled Children s Hospital, as
they entertained a half-hundred
football stars.
Bright College Colors
It was the occasion of the annual
visit of members of the East and
West squads to the big hospital
and Christmas took a back seat
to bright college colors in the
wards as the youngsters made the
"irid stars welcome.
The talk between the crippled pa
tients and the husky footballers
was say. It was just like, for in
stance the conversation between
big brother and little sister in mil
lions of American homes at the
holiday season.
"I've got a boy friend, confid
ed brown-haired Sharon to big Jim
Mense of Notre1 Dame as he sat
on the edge of her bed. Sharon's
right arm was in a sling, but her
eyes sparkled. 'Hes at home,
though. There's a boy In the hos
pital who likes me, but I don't like
him."
Mense, s 206-pound center,
grinned delightedly as the eight
(Cont page 2. col.. 7) , ,
Foxes Upend
Newberg Club
NEWBERO (Special) Visit
ing Silverton closed fast in the
final period to defeat Newberg
High School 44-32 in a non-league
hoop game played here Tuesday
night
The Foxes, ahead 18-14 st the
halftime mark, surged to a 36-28
lead in the fourth canto and
coasted to victory from there.
Forwards Jack Week and Rex
Brown led the Silverton victory.
dumping in 12 points apiece.
Don McAdams with 11 and Bo!
Rainfourth with 10 topped th
Newberg effort Newberg won
the JV clash to gain some conso
lation.
In an effort to satisfy the many people who have asked us to
write something constructive, along the lines of playing golf, we
will today attempt to teach readers how to hit the wedge shot.
In selling wedges to golfers, the question is almost always
asked, "What do you use this thing for?" Also, "Will it do anything
I can't already do with a No. I iron?" In
answer, lei s jook at it this way: Would you try
to jack up an auto with a crow bar?
A No. 9 iron is fine for any type of shot that
does not require a lot of spin on the ball. But
for the real tough little shots around the green,
the wedge is the answer. Many of the top playing
pros carry three wedges. One is for long ap
proach shots (100 yards on down to SO yards),
another for short, lofted shots and the third for a
sand iron that will loft shots sharply. We would
never recommend that the average player carry
more than on Wedge. But no one should go with
out a wedge after be or she "learns to break' 100
in scoring , ,. .
The first rule te remember la playlag this clk Is never to ever
extend It. The average player caa hit a wedge shot asset M
yards. Doa'l try to go beyoad that distance. Th mor distance
yoa try to get with a lofted club, the more aHHade yoa ye get
aid the harder it 4 to eeatrel the ball. Next, always remember I
that any shtt wttfea kiftoel clb sheald be" kit with a very Arm
stroke, aad ao m lonu mvrmrai m-b t afaH lu m4 la
s driving. Crip fief stick very firmly aid fit will u bmcs? of
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BVNNT MASON
Saxons Clidnse
Date of Game
South Salem's Saxons will play
Eugene at Eugene Thursday
night rather than Friday, school
officials reported Tuesday.: The
game has been moved up one
day so as not to conflict with
homecoming activities at South
Salem. ... ' .. ., .
Three of South Salem's basket
ball teams will make the trip to
Eugene. The sophomore team
will play Eugene at 4 p.m., the
Saxon Jayvees will play at 6:15
and the varsity will climax the
night with their gams at 8,
Colts Get Bonus
Of $1,000 Each
BALTIMORE ( - The Balti
more Colts, who finished fourth In
Jie Western Division of the Na
tional Football League, got checks
tor f 1.000 each in the form' of bon
is payments, it was disclosed Tugs-
the aatnral tendency to over-swing. This holds trae for. say
shot, we might add here.
Place -the ball between the feet, avoiding any hint of favoring
the Teft foot. Your weight should be evenly distributed. Take the
club back with "very little wrist break. Use the length of the back
swing to gauge the length of the shot you want Never make more
than a three-quarter swing with this club. If you feel you must
make more of a swing for distance at hand ,use your I or I iron . . .
Hit down and through the ball, making certain that you get the ball
on the downward arc. Turf should be taken from the ball toward
the hole, but never behind the ball. The most common error in
playing this shot is that the novice tries to slip the ball into the
air rather than letting the club do the work Never break the
wrists forward of the address position until the ball is well away.
That i all there Is to it on paper, that is. .
I ; ' ......
Short Game is Easiest to Practice, Too
The' one place that any golfer eaa take strke off his game
Is around the green, and It Is the easiest part of the game te
practice. It yoa want to leara to be a tiger around the putting
surface. Just spend a little time learalag to kit those lofted clubs
with a firm stroke and leara to hit them la the middle of the fac
of the ehib.' Yoa caa make them spla Just Hke the big boys d . . .
Jack Owens has decided against his recent move to the bay area
and has moved to Salem instead. Now we can't criticize that kind of
thinking, can we? Jack took one look at the crowds down south
and said to himself, "It there is that many people down town, there
must be millions mor' on the golf courses, I could never get a
starting Jins," " -
So the' popular "round man" s back with us and is now associated
with Shyrock's Men's Wear in the Capitol Shopping Center. We join
many others in wishing him lots of luck ...
TlMVplayff that Fat MlkHa aad the anther were to be la last
Sunday raa Into a little hitch with the weather. The Pro-Director
Trophy will have te hold tonga aatll sometime la January aw . , .
Bruce Williams Is the aew Mea's auk prexy at SGC, aad with hi
bscksroand should mak a dandy. Bruce never was one to do
things hall way. Dick llendrle was koaored with several gifts by
th boys for bis fine job la IMS as president, aad certainly de.
serves a vote of thaaks from aU. We had a good year aad there
. was never a dull week for the who waated te play ...
N.C State
Rated Second
Utah, Dayton, BYU
Follow in Order
By HUGH FULLERTON JR.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Although the experts have settled
on San Francisco as the No. 1
team, college basketball's leaders
hardly will stand .still long enough
to get them into an orderly rank
ing. '
On the basis of results np through
last Saturday, U sports writers
and broadcasters' participating in
the- weekly Associated Press poll
listed Sad Francisco,s North Caro
lina, Stat and Utah asthe top
three teams the same positions
they had hejd the. week before.
Then they shuffled - the other
teams around and came. up. with
Dayton, Brigham Young.' North
Carolina, Holy Cross, Vanderbilt,
Kentucky and Iowa as the remaind
er of the top ten.
Before these experts could get
their collective opinion intq print,
look what happened! Alabama,
dropped from fifth place to 16th as
a result of two losses last week,
knocked off Holy Cross, which had
moved up from 10th to seventh In
the balloting. . .
San Francisco! Dons, tabbed by
Duquesne Coach Dudey. Moore as
the .best college team he ever has
seen, apparently have justified the
faith the writers and broadcast
ers have put in them. Led by All
America Bill Russell, a tall man
who is a great defense player, San
Francisco won th DePaul tourna
ment in Chicago last weekend and
ran its two-season victory string to
31 strsight. ':
The Dons were picked first by 92
of the 150 expert end on the usual
(Cont page I, col. 3)
Statesman, Salem, Ore., Wed., Dec. 21, '55 (Sec. II)-1
Big Decision Awaited
49ers Consider Albert
For Head Coaching Job
SAN FRANCISCO W-Frankie Albert, one of the "original"
San Francisco 49ers, "definitely is under consideration" as next
head coach of the National Football League team, owner Tony
Morabito said Tuesday night
Gty
GervaisTops
my
Gervali rode to victory on a one
man scoring punch Tuesday night
as the Cougars downed Salem
Academy, (2-52, at the Crusader
gyro. Allen Schmidt was the big
reason for the victory as he
poured In 33 points, IS of them
coming in the third quarter.
The game was tight the first
quarter, which ended. 10-10. and
Gervais could gain only sligntj
advantage at the half. 26-23. But
in the third period, with Schmidt
showing the way, the Cougars tal
lied 2 points to gaia a safe mar
gin of M-35 at th end of that
quarter. ' ,
Larry Merk with r? points and
Glenn Pfau with 14 tried to keep
the Crusaders in the game but
failed. ; . .
Salem Academy's Jayvees won
the preliminary, 45-35.
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vort and Toetl.
"I can't ssy yes and I can't
say no," Mora duo repuea in an
answer to a direct question as to
whether Albert would succeed
Norman (Red) Strader, dismissed
Monday after serving one season
on a 3-year contract.
"Let me put it this way." Mora
bito continued. "It's within the
realm of possibility. He definitely
is under consideration.
Albert, All-America quarterback
at Stanford University in -1940-41.
was Strader's backfield coach, this
fall when the 49ers finished with
the second worst record in their
history four victories against
eight defeats. The little lefthand
er, who . has his own television
show over a local station, said he
hasn't decided whether he'd take
the coaching job if it were offered
him.
"It would take a lot of careful
and serious thinking," he said.
A brilliant T-tormation quarter
back, Albert gained a reputation
as a gambler during his years with
the 49ers. He broke in with the
club when it was formed in 1946
as a member of the now defunct
All-America Conference and con
tinued with it in 1950 when the
49ers joined the NFL. After the
1851 season he played one season
in Canada, then returned to San
Francisco and became a radio aqd
television commentator. :
SEATTLE U VICTOR
SEATTLE UR Hitting a tead
ily torrid pace, the Seattle Univer
sity Chieftains crushed the invad
ing JSt. Mary's Gaels Tuesday night
for the second time in a row, 8449
Oregon Edges Northwestern;;
Beaver Topple Wolverines
CORVALLIS, Ore. tfV-Oregon and Oregon State of the Pacific
Coast Conference defeated Big Ten opponents in a ricthorse b3skeU
ball doubleheader her Tuesday night Oregon downing North
western 65-81 and th Staters defeating Michigan 64-71.
. Max" Anderson. Oregon center,
was high scorer in the opener
with 31 points whil Capt. Dick
Mast, Northwestern guard, led te
losers with 27. Glen Los had 26
and made 14 of Northwestern' s fi
nal 21 points. '
Northwestern led almost the en
tire first half but lost Its shooting
eye in the second period. Oregon,
trailing 44-52 at halftime, sharp
ened its offensive attack and
caught up and tied the score 54-54
on two free throws by Anderson
with just three minutes of the sec
ond half gone.
Jerry Ross then put Oregon
ahead with a free throw but Lose
countered with two for Northwest
ern. The lead changed three times
before Rom dumped in two free
throws and Oregon went ahead
61-58.
With just seven minutes to go.
Lose scored four straight points on
charity tosses and tied the score
67-67. But then Oregon g a a r d
Phil McHugh sank a layln and a
15-foot one-handed shot and gave
Oregon a four-point lead whkh it
never lost. -
Michigan and Oregon Stat
fought to 14 ties in the first half,
th last time at 33-33. Then Wayne
(Cont page 2, cot. 1)
OaKOON PKKI GAMCS
Cervata S3. Salem Academy S3 ,
., .. .,, f., ton : i t
Silverton 44. Hewbers 33
.... . d.M.UUll
Dallat 94. afcMtnnvtlle 40
Sweet Homo 37, Toledo .11
Molalla 4S, Ml. Anfcl Z !
ValseU 7S. Eddyv.lle ' :
Mill City 47. Amity 31
Scio 4S, Detroit 3 .
Jetferion 6. Gate 3
Sublimity 11. St. Paul 44
Central 51 WlUamlna 4
Brownavllt S3, Philomath 3 -
Valset! 73, Eddyville
Astoria 47. nnoxevelt Portland) S3
Drain 3. Sutherlln 37
Nampa iltianm ., Ontario 4 ' ,
Sweet Hon II. T-lr- f ,
Sandy . Forest Grove ST
' 8L Helena 08. Cm m,h.) S3 .
The Dallea 4. WyTaat 4)
Newport 4. Slleta 33
John Day . Burns S "
Star of Sea lAntorta) 77, MacLartn
tWoodbumi 81
Douelat Portland) 4S. ETerfreea
(Wh. 4 overtime
Ft Vancouver (Wash.) , Grata,
am 4 ,.
Medford S3, ttoeehurf 11 -Ba
radon 41. Gold Beach 43
Huntington &, North Powder , S3
(overtime!
Albany 17. Junction City 41
Harrtaburg SI. CreiweU 4 ,
Umira S3. Monroe M
(Cont. page 2, col. 1)
Burrow Leads
Kentucky Win
LEXINGTON, Ky. i Ken
tucky, getting a 27-point perform
ance from center Bob Burrow,
downed Minnesota 72-65 to advance
opposite Dayton in the finals of
the Kentucky Invitational Tourna
ment Dayton, powered by 35 points by
hard-driving, dead-eye Jim Pax
son, defeated Utah 77-73 in a clash
of' nationally, ranked, unbeaten
powers.' ;
. Minnesota and Utah meet for
third place preceding Wednesday
night i championship test.
Dayton was rsnked the No. 4
team in this week's Associated
Press hoop poll while the Utes
were given the No. 3 nod.
Dons Whip' Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. Wl - San Fran
cisco University, the nation's top
ranked college basketball team,
continued its unbeaten streak Tues
day with a 75-65 victory over Wichi
ta of the Missouri Valley Confer
ence. '
$4,700 Purse Given
Back to John Bratton
SCRAMTON, Pa. Wt Pennsyl
vania Athletic Commission Chair
man James T. Crowley announced
Tuesday that a $3,000 forfeiture
will be returned to former welter
weight champion Johnny Bratton,
now in retirement at Detroit.
The money was held out of a
$4,700 purse due Bratton for a
fight he lost to Johnny Saxton of
Philadelphia here Feb. 24, 1954.
Henning Wins Rough Mat Mix
In Eight-Man Russian Royal
rj.
and Williams grappled to t draw
and Weaver beat Peret
Next Tuesday ladies will be ad
mitted free to a six man tag
John Paul Henning, the flashy
ex-frog man and present holder
of the Pacific Northwest heavy
weight title, won the Russian
Royal and an extra $200 purse at team match.
the Salem armory Tuesday night. I ' '' :' '
It was a wild and round royal
with big Don Kindred dishing out tVal0ll TlllU
plenty of punishment with his IHOiaiia IUU11CS
bead butts. '
Santa Says . . .
WHY WAIT UNTIL
NEW YEAR
NOW
All WOOL
First man eliminated wis Mau
rice '.LaChapelle. Buck , Weaver
nd Bill Savage teamed up and
were successful in living Henry
Lens the heave-ho to, make him
the second man out Bud Hen
ning, Williams and Alec Perez
decided then that It was time
to break up that team so they
damped Weaver out, much to the
dismsy of Savage. Perez was the
next man out, quickly followed
by Williama. ,
'. This left Henning, Savage and
lay. , V. f ; .,-'; f ... rhimned out when he turned
The amount may bav been lb his attention to Savage and failed
lighest excess bonus ever paid to a to Me Henning' coming with a
drop kick. Henning then dumped
irofesslonal football team.
; All 36 members of the squad re
Wived bonus checks. Carroll Ros
mbloom, principal owner of the
earn, has steadfastly insisted man
igement has no desir to mak a
refit frqm the .team.
Savage with a beauty of a drop
kick to end the royaL , ,
The crowd was treated to four
dandy prelims before the royal.
Savage defeated Kindred,. Hen
ning defeated LaChapell, Leu
To Nudge Preps
MT. ANGEL (Special) Super
ior, height and a final quarter
splurge gave visiting Molalla a 46
38 non-league cage victory over
ML Angel In a game played here
last night,
The Indiana, behind 33 33 at the
end of th third period, surged
from behind on the shooting of
substitute forward Bob Parker,
who had 12 for the night, to win
going away. Their taller front men
were too much for Mt, Angel as
the game went into the final
stages. Center Ken Wachter scored
11 for Mt. Angel. The Indians cop
ped the JV clash 57-26.
Mt. Aniel IIS) (44 Molalla
Mleaaner III r .. l Reed
Kabul 111 F , IS) Sartr
Wachter (lit C (II Parker.
Sow (1) .C (l Aha i
Carroll (111 O- (II Lewie I
Reservea ecorln: Molalla Mrrick
I. Parker 12. Otlidala; BoaVi and
CusUiaoo. i
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