mm UZZZ This if quite a day for the their pappies. It's estimated that 284 electric train sets were deposited locally by the ol' boy with the red nose and white whiskers early this a.m. On three occasions the ol' boy himself was caught operating the things when Junior bounced from bed and roared into the living room' . . . We hope that everyone got every thing he or she wanted from St. Nick, and then some. . We doubt that the fol- . lowing tiesM were actually y delivered this moral ta indl- viduals and Institutions en the local and surrounding sport front' hnt rather Im agine they'll b welcome should Mr. Clans make s return trip. Then too, tone of m msy yet he found In the deeper portions of the fireplace stockings: The Salem Senators in general wtfUld be extremely happy were they to find stuffed in their sox a brightly colored ban ner with this inscription: "Northwest League Champions, 1158" . . . Uncle Hugh Luby would no doubt settle for the written guarantee that Medford will be the league's 8th mem ber . . . The average golfer, including Luby, would trade all else for a ball that will go straight when hit The lopsided ones now used are too hard to find after being hit . . . WV Would like Aaurance of Giants Return Willamette University would he grateful for the assurance that the New York Football Giants wiU again use their facil ities for training, and should any long-legged, Moot II inch bas ketball players or half a desea Vk Backlunds be found beneath the WV tree, so much the better. You'd hear no complaints from J. Lewis, T. Ogdahl and J. long North Salens High would gladly settle for football and basketball conquests of South Salem. And on the other hand, South Salem will be happy to have things left Just as they are ... Down at Corvallis they have little hope of seeing their Beavers again occupied in the NCAA playoffs come March. But if Santa should deliver the San Francisco Dons and their Bill Russell again, faw will complain. It'll be big business at the gate with USF on the program . . . The U of Oregon didn't have much on the "please provide" list, this trip. The Webfooters figure Mr. Claus made his visit early to Eugene on November 19, to be exact when the Oregons walloped the ' Oregon Staters, 28-0 ... All in All, 1?$ Been Pretty Good Year An in aU. It hasn't been too had a year, looking at it from a sports angle. The lows Senators won half of the pennant didn't lose their shirts financially (for the first time in years) and provided their supporters with one of the most interest, ing young clubs in the history of the pro sport here ... The NY Giants again made the summer a much brighter one with their presence, the Willamette Relays were their annual whop ping success and the golf course bulged at the seams as snore and more guys and gals took np the fine outdoor sport The village schools won no major championships, but did acceptably well in view of the circumstances encountered along the way. Most of the thousands of hunters and anglers had few complainta during their favorite seasons. The TV fan was given a wide and wonderful assortment of football and basketball games; horse racing, boxing and rasslin' bouts for the best year he's ever had. Auto racing, wrestling, arch ery and boat racing all played active parts during the year, and in most cases were well attended. Bowling was again a big item for those who like to participate rather than watch, and although the major tourneys escaped it this year, the Sa lem Gun Club had its interesting innings. S. Clans did okeh by most of us a year ago, and well 1 betchs he's tried hard sgaia this trip. We hope that he's done as well for all of yon as he has for those in our house. . We'll never know how he got down so small a chimney wilk so much stuff . . . .y ' Browns Arrive LOS ANGELES I The Cleve land Browns arrived In a light rain Saturday for their National Football League title game Mon- Betting Record Set ! By Illinoi Track CHICAGO uB A record total of $204,991,011 was wagered at Illinois thoroughbred racing tracks in 1955. ' ' . The Illinois racing boards an nual report Friday disclosed this mount was bet by J.9M.772 pa trons at the fivt Chicago area and two downstate tracks. Another new record was set In purse and stake distributes with t,52a,790 paid for tha 2521 races rua. .. - ' kiddies, and for at least 284 of SANTA CLAUS He's doae ekeh. . For Title Tilt day with the Los" Angeles Rams. Their plane landed st Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbsnk and after two weeks of freezing weather in Cleveland the squad didn't seem to complain a bit about the leaky skies. The temperature was about 60 The squad went directly to Brook side Park in Pasadena for a work out. "It's a pleasure to run on soft turf after working in tennis shoes on a frozen field." said Coach Paul Brown, "some of our players, not ably Ed Modzelewski and Fred Morrison, developed sore legs run ning on the ice." Quarterback Otto Graham said "We'ra looking forward to a great game and if the weather's right 1 think you'll see a lot of scoring." Both in Top Shape Christmas Rest Given Rose Cowl Grid Teams PASADENA, Calif. (P) Michigan State and UCLA, rivals in the 42nd edition of the Rose Bowl Jan. 2, wound up one phase of their preparations Saturday and headed into the final week of drills with both squsds in excellent physical shape. Beavers Wait Dixie Journey OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Corvallis' Special Out of action briefly due to the holidays, the Oregon State Beavers are awaiting their cross country jaunt to Raleigh. N. C. and the annual Dixie Basketball Classic. The Beavers will leave here in mid-week for the three-day tourn ament, which gets under way Thursday and exists Friday and Saturday. After losing their first three games this season, to Oregon, Colorado and Baylor, Coach Slats Gill's young Beavers have won three of the last four. They toppled Wyoming, Michigan and North western, nnd in the two games with the Big Ten foes the Staters have provided their supporters with good reason to believe Gill has come up with a promising team for conference play. The performances of Dave Gam bee. Ken Nanson, Wayne Moss Jerry Crimins, Dick Wilson and Larry Paulus against Michigan and Northwestern were sharp. Sophomores Gambee and Nanson were particularly impressive. Following their games at Raleigh the Beavers swing into conference play, opening at Washington State on January 6-7 and then playing at Southern California January 1J- 14. First home games for OSC will be with Stanford on January 20- 21. Washington plays hers Janu ary 27-28. OSC plays North Carolina State in their first gsme at Raleigh. Bearcats Eye Thursday Mix Idled by the holidays. 'the Wil lamette Bearcats swing back into basketball action on Thursday of this week, playing the Portland University Pilots in Howard Hall on the Pu campus in Portland. It will be the return match for Coach . Johnny Lewis' Bearcats, and they'll be out to score a clean sweep over the Pilots of Mentor Al Negratti. In the first game, played here, the Bearcats defeated Portland in a thrill-packed overtimer 61-60 as Bill Turlay fired in the winning basket in the final seconds of the extra period. Willamette had built up a good lead over the Pilots, but then saw Portland tie the score just at the finish of the regular game. , " I-ewis will again toss his none defense at the Portland club, as it gave the Pilots considerable trouble in the opener, . Willamette s record is now fiver wins, four' losses.' Portland has a 6-2 mark, having lost only to the Bearcats and St. Mary's thus far this campaign. ' PARAKEET LEADS CHEERS MUSKEGON. Mich. ( The Muskegon Heights High School teams have a first all of their own. It's a parakeet which gives out with a yell about the school's nickname. With a little prompting. Pretty Boy, which has never seen a game, will come forth with: ."Yea, Tigers, Tigers, Tigers." REAL RNAPPER TRENTON, Ont. - Lome Smith knowr thst guns sreVt the only hazards in hunting. He stepped on a snapping turtle in the Bay of Quinte Marshes and the turtle promptly bit him, pierc ing his boots. Santa Claus stepped into the picture late Saturday and the old boy didn't plan to budge from it until Sunday night. The visitors from the Big Ten had their own Christmas party planned for Saturday night at their 'Quarters-inHlhe huhlihgton-Shera-ton Hotel, while the UCLA squad, for the most part, scattered to spend, the night and Sunday with their families in this area. Things on Schedule "Everything thus far is going on schedule," said the Michigan State coach, Duffy Daugherty. Henry R. Red Sanders, tutor of the Pacific Coast Conference champions, had much the same ob servation. Most of the hard knocking scrim mages were over for both teams. A general polishing of attacks the multiple offense of the Spar tans of MSU. the single wing as sault of the Bruins is about all that has to be done in the coming week. Thus far neither squad has suf fered a major casualty. And in the case of UCLA, hopes brightened when it began to ap pear that Ronnie Knox, the sec ond leading passer in the confer ence, may be ready for full scale action. Sanders Pleated Michigan State, the second ranked power in the nation this fall, was a "sound team" when it traveled west 10 days ago. (Cont. page 2, col. 6) Santa Anita Opens Monday ARCADIA, Cal. I Santa Anita Park. California's winter time showplace race track, opens its 19th season Monday on a holi day note, with 50,000 or more fans expected to attend the post-Christmas festivities. Launching its 55-day meeting, the management features the $20. 000 added Palos Verdes haandicap. Top sprinters, including the Rex Ellsworth's El Drag and Llangol len's Porterhouse, were nominat ed for the six-furlong dash. During the course of the meet ing 32 stakes worth an aggregate of $1,035,000 in added money will be presented. Included are the track's four $100,000 specials the Maturity, January 28, the Santa Anita han dicap, February 25, the Santa Anita Derby, March t, and the San Juan Capistrano on closing day, March 11, Rocn Champs In Volleyball riTY voi.i rvnALL leacii ' W 1 Pet .87 i .750 .11 M .? .250 .150 Horn Typewriter ; Y Guya Calvary Baptist Flrat BnptlM Blue Lake Packer ..... Merrill Devli Loilrr Brothers . tVU .'. State Attorney! MO YMCA city volleyball league play ended this week with the Roen Typewriter team emerging as champions after their victory over the Y Guys. 11-4. 15-13 Calvary Baptist beat the Stats Attorneys, 15-7, 15-12. to move into a second place tie with the Y Guys. Scheduled as a "male for the 1955 league will be a jamboree for both the top ranking teams and the low rsnking teams in league standings sfter the first of the year. Following the jamboree the Sa lem YMCA will begin tryouts for the A and B varsity teams and also begin organization of the city recreation-YMCA church volleyball leagues. . 4- - Ca Subdues Dartmouth Bears Snare 78-59 Victory CnaM (Hull Take Easy Win in Tilt r BERKELEY, Calif. The University of California's basket ball team took an early 14-3 lead Saturday and went on to a 78-59 victory over Dartmouth. Larry Friend flipped in 20 points for the winners. Larry Blades connected on a long field goal as the game start ed but that was the last time Dartmouth was ahead. Friend hit on three quick floor shots then the Bears never were headed. At the half. Cal held a 44 22 lead. Star Hoaperi Stopped Ron Judson and Jim Francis, key men in the Dartmouth offense, were stopped without a field goal in the first half. It was the third straight loss for the Indians who now have a 5-3 record. Before losing three games in four days to Stanford, Southern California and Cal, the Indians had boasted the best defense in the nation. The 7 points Cal collected Sat urday were the most Dartmouth has allowed this year. Cal Average Good Cal, particularly accurate from the floor before halftime. finished the game with a 38 per cent aver age lor field goals,- Dartmouth hit on only fivt of its first 20 floor shots but ended the game with a 37 per cent average. Most of Call field goals were scored on long shots made neces sary by an effective Dartmouth zone defense that stopped the lay ups. California now has a 5-1 record. It lost the season's opener to St. Mary's. Dartmouth (5S) Judaon IIS) Donahoe 7) Francli 110) Booth (01 Bladn (11) (78) California (Ml Friend HO) Blake (91 Aaplund (10) Roblnaon I5i Arrillaga - Carruthers 4, California Mc Haglrr 5, Diaz r r c G G Sub: Dartmouth -Douglai S. Julian 4. Intrah 2. Mastrov 7, S. Hot 4. Injury Mars Jump Tryouts SPOUT SPRINGS, Ore. I - The first jumping tryouts of the U.S. Olympic ski trsining camp were marred Saturday when Bill Pur cell, Lebanon, N.H., broke an arm during a landing. Purcell, taken to a Walla Walla, Wash., hospital for treatment, ap parently was tipped over on the landing by a strong gust of wind. The blustery weather had handi capped the tryouts all afternoon. Marvin Crawford, ' Steamboat Springs, Colo., took the lead for one of the combined berths on the final U.S. Nordic team when he sailed 207 feet on his third jump. Crawford had placed third in the cross country run Wednesday. The two feats gave him a total of 463.5 points toward becoming a member of the squad. Final positions will not be decided, however, until fur ther cross country and jumping trials are held. Runnerup to Crawford is Lynn Levy, New Orleans, with 435.3 points, and Russell Cary, a Colo-J rado entrant, with 433.3. - Colorado A-M Next for UO's UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene (Special) Two more games remain on the University of Oregon basketball schedule in December. Coach Bill Borcher'a Ducks play host to Colorado AJkM on December 27-28, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Ducks then go idle until January 7 when the Portland Uni versity Pilots play here. First conference action finds the Cali fornia Bears here January 13-14, but the Ducks play Washington in a non counting game here on January 10. . The Oregon record for the six games now played is two wins and four losses. The Ducks downed Oregon State in their first game, then lost to Colorado and to Brig ham Young twice before defeating Northwestern University. Michigan downed the Webfoots in the sixth game. Msx Anderson, who is hsving his biggest season for the Ducks, is the team's leading scorer and rebounder. Phil Mcllugh and Jerry Ross have filled adequately at the guard positions for Oregon, but Borcher has been having difficulty finding the best set of forwards to work into the regular unit. He has tried a number of aspirants there. 3 Young Pitchers , Signed by Nats r WASHINGTON lit The Wash ington Senators announced Friday that three young pitching pros pects have been signed up and assigned to minor league farm clubs. They are Joe Lsnghammer, Paul Fiore and Joe Viau. Lsnghammer, a righthander from the South Dakota Semipro lea Tile la ticketed for the Sena tors' double-A club, Chattanooga nf the southern association, r ore. a righthander from provwence. , R. I and Viau. a lefthander from Newport, R. I., have been assigned to trie, pa., ot tne ctass-u rony league. s& (jDrefiontatcsinan 8-(Scc. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., Dec.- 25, 55 fhe Babe t.Sl-sJ".r FORT WORTH. Tex. Mrs. Babe Didricksoa Zaharias pels toy poodle. Bene, after arrival here Saturday for three-day Christmas visit with longtime friends, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L Bowen. Mrs. Zsharias flew here from Galveston, where she has been undergoing X-rsy treatment for pains in heir leg. (AP Wirrphoto) California TS, Dartmouth M Halas Honored As Pro Coach WASHINGTON George Halas, owner-coach of the Chicago Bears, Saturday was named out standing professional coach of )955 by the Touchdown Club of Wash ington. It was a somewhat surprising selection in view of the fine record turned in by a local coach, Joe Kuharich of the Washington Red skins. ; The club announced that the contest between Halas and Kuha rich was close but noted that since Halas has announced 1955 was b's last season ' as a coach, ''It is particularly fitting that one who has done so much for professional football should be honored with this award." National Football League Com missioner Bert Bell will present Halas a trophy at the club's an nual awards banquet Jan. 7. Knox Handed Complete OK LOS ANGELES 1 UCLA's psssing halfback Ronnie Knox def initely will be able to play in the Rose Bowl game Jan. 2, his physi cian said Saturday. Dr. Walter Scott, after looking at the new X-ray pictures of Ron nie's ankle broken in the Wash ington game declared: "Ronnie has made a remarkable recovery to date. X-rays now show healing sufficiently advanced to permit full activity with the squad. Ankle protection should be main tained, however. "I will make a double check examination next Wednesday, but I fully expect him to play in the Rose Bowl game" against Michi gan State. ' Coach Red Sanders of the Bruins said he was much pleased but added "I will have to be guided by how much limit there is to Ron nie's movements." RADIANT GLASSHEAT By Continents! . The Sunshine Beat" o No Fire Hswd o No Noise o No Dirt ot Odor v ; o No Maintenance TVe onlv full? sotomatle best (Barsmeed bv Good Honsekeepiag ' For Free Estimate Phono 44263 1541 Fairgrounds tV Salem Holds Bcbe "V; -"J A '?Zr :.yV j : Babe to Rest For Holidays FORT WORTH, Tex. (ft - Babe Zaharias arrived Saturday after noon to spend a three-day Christ mas vacation from treatments at Galveston's John Sealy Hospital. The famous woman athlete is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Bowen, longtime - friends. She made the trip here in Bowen's private plane. Her husband, George, flew here later in the day. Babe said she thinks doctors will permit her to stay here three days before returning tojhe hos pital for more treatment? She re entered Scaly Hospital about a month ago because of pain in her hip. "They're going to try the X-ray on a pain in my leg," Babe ex plained. "It's a new spot. The X rays have stopped the pain in two other places, so maybe they will again. But you have to break up those treatments, can't take X ray all the time." Jim Johnson, San Jose State sophomore quarterback from lj Gatos, Calif., is a brother of Marv Johnson, former Los Angeles Ram and Green Bay packer defensive halfback. )iiiinGS If. , . "0 wc celebrate Hit Natal Day, wc wish for everybody the blessings of friendship, love snd understanding that are the very essence of Christmas. THE LADIES AND MEN AT VALLEY MOTOR CO. Rams Figured As Underdog By BOB MYERS LOS ANGELES ID The machine-like Cleveland Browns, ap pearing in the title game for the sixth straight year, are favored to defeat the surprising Los Angeles Rams two days hence for the 195S championship of the National Foot ball League. The Browns margin of favorit ism is slim, and few would be too) surprised if the injury-beset Rams pulled another of a series of up sets Monday afternoon. But harking back to one year, ago. when the forces bf Coach Paul Brown humiliated a great Detroit Lion team, 56-10. the cause looks bleak for the Rams and their coach Sid Gillman, who already has achieved amazing success in his freshman year in professional tout ball. Game oa Video Attendance in Memorial Coliseum Is expected to range from 60.000 up, provided the weather is sat isfactory. The Rams have aver aged 56.000 in their six home league games this season. This annual atruggle for the NFL crown will be televised nationally over the National Broadcasting Co. network, with the Los Angeles area blacked out. Kickoff time is 1 p.m., Pacific Standard Time. Herr Otto Graham, the field wiz ard of the Browns, led the club to nine victories, two losses and one tie in winning the Eastern Con ference title. Quarterback Norman Van Brock lin and his patchwork Rams won (Cont. page 2, col. 1) Armchair QB's To Get Feast In Boivl Tilts By WILL GRIMSLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A holiday football feast is in store for the nation's armchair quarterbacks, beginning with tha pro championship game Monday in Los Angeles and ending with U college- bowl-jouRts-JaB.2 The spacing of the attractions due to the extended week-end makes tempting television fare font the inveterate knob-turner, who can gorge himself as ifever be fore. While an estimated 716.500 will view the far-flung program in the j flesh, added millions will enjoy tne conflicts on ineir screens. Pra Tilt Flint The National Football Ieagua playoff game between the Los Aiv geles Rams, Western Conference title winners, and the Cleveland Browns, kingpins of the East, will be televised by NBC, starting at 1 p. m. Pacific Standard Time. The Browns rule a five-point choice over the Rams in the game which will attract some 90,000. The North and South Shrine game at Miami, Fla , untelevised but broadcast by Mutual, won't conflict, starting at 5:15 p. m. PST. Because Christmas and Nsw j Year's Day fall on the Sabbath, I most of the bowl games have been sandwiched around Sunday, fall ling on Saturday and Monday. Tha . big day, of course, is Monday Jan. 2- ! Gater Bowl Saturday ! Next Saturday the Gator Bowl at Jacksonville. Fla., pitting Au burn against Vanderbilt. will bo televised by CBS, starting at 11 a. m. PST. It will be possible to get the Blue-Gray game at Mont gomery, Ala., starting at 11:30 a. m., and the East-West Shrine game at San Francisco, kickoff at 2 p. m., both put on the screens by NBC. Only on Jan. 2 will the television viewer be confronted with tha quandary of which channel to seize, since three of the major bowls are in direct conflict. But even so he can have four or five hours of solid viewing, with the (Cont.. page 2, Col. (I 1