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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Natal Day, wc wish for
everybody the blessings
of friendship, love snd
understanding that are the
very essence of Christmas.
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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
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