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Sabers Rack Up ' Victory By AL LIGHT.N'ER Statesman Spnrii Editor The Scrra Catholic Sabers made ready for their Capital Conference basketball opener Friday night by lambasting the Sublimity Sainti by a 75 to 52 icore at the Armory last night. In tallying thcif most impressive and best scoring effort of the young campaign, Coach Leo Grosjacqurs' Sabers atoned for an earlier 34-32 setback at Sublimity and brought their record up to two wins against four losses. Scrra plays Cascade Friday night Iri the C-C opener at the Armory. A C.KI.. II Fr. R, P. O'Hara's Sublimity quint managed to keep pace with the Sabers up to the 11-pnint mark, when the score was tied. Then Bruce McKay, Joe Endrcs and Dave Lahr Fred in baskets that provided Scrra with a 19-U bulge t the end of the quarter. ' Lahr and Dick Barr continued the surge early in the second pe riod, more than matched three straight baskets by Al Bell of the Saints, and escorted the Sabers to a 39-22 lead at halftime. Sublimity, was never -in the ball Same after that.(The count at the end of the third stanza was 54-37. Lewis Top Scorer Although McKay with 10 points, Lahr with 15, Barr with II and "Arbie MacDonald with 10 hit dou ble figures for Serra, the . high point honors for the fast game went to Sublimity's. Jim Lewis. He poured in 18. Cletus Heuber ger wasn't far behind with 14. Every player on both squads got Into the act. Serra had a rousing night from the- field, hitting 30 baskets in 64 shots for a .4fi9 mark. Sublimity had 18 baskets in 64 shots for .281. The Serra Bees won the prelim also, by a 57-32 count. Sublimity now returns to Marion County B League play- Friday ai;ht, playuig at Detroit. Race On for Elusive Ball K. r 'Y-Y'Vi -r viHV ?y . 1 Sublimity (IZ) Christiaaen Sullivan I.C.WII F.ell , Heuherirer L Rleaterer ...... fsilhe.rnairel B Renterrr .... Gerfpacher . ... Meiere Totals terr 7J) McKay Lahr Birr Kndri Forrler Neoberjer McDonald Guzman Gottfried : Criebtntrof ., ro ft pr tp . Oil I The Innocent and defenseless basketball found itself In the limelight an this Play In last night's Serra . Sublimity game at the Armory. While Brace McKay (6) of Serra turns his back on things, others about to pounce on the sphere are (left to right) Dennis Sulllvsn and Tom Christiansen of Sublint Ity, Don Forcier (4) of Serra and Al Bell and Cletus Hruberger of the Subs. Looking on In back ground Is Dave Lahr. Serra won the free-scoring fray by a 75-52 count. TSU TTTii ii liisi nose If Jr.. s i i i i s I t i s t OCC Race Opens Friday Although lh OCR Wolves of Monmouth will he la Seattle far a pair of garaea with the Seattle Pacific Falcons daring the week, cod, MA Oregon Collegiate Con ference play wUI get noder way Friday aod Saturday nlihts. The Wolves draw a first round bye. Openers on the slate for the first weekend find the Oregon Tech Owls at Portland Stale and Sooth era Oregon's Red Raiders at East ern Oregon. ' As the race Is poised for the "go" flag, observers point to Sharkey Nrlaon's big and talented Portland Staters, Bob Qolnn's Eastern Oregon Monnties and Ted Vfcapfs Southern Oregon Red Raiders as the big three of the circuit, hot not necetaarily la that order. ' The Portland Staters, who have downed suck Northwest Confer ence quints as Lewis k Clark and Pacific, hoast such returnees as Paul P o o t s e h, Jack Flskev, Fletcher Frailer. Jack Parker, Fred Robertson. Rirh Green, Jim Perk In. Ed Thompson and Paul Shlmer. Some newcomers Include Jack Strlrkler, John Winters. John Dukes, Dave Smith, Tom Fergu son. Ren Kotkl, Qulnton Raymond and Larry Lee. Quinn has tit veterans at East ern, Including the high-scoring Ted Schadewlts and Ken Wrtten skew. Another Is a M biggie of other years at Eastern, one who has returned from Ct service and (Cont. case J. col. 4) ' t District Play-Set Friday Bend to Meet lirfiiijis al ads ' "wV Opening round action In f i District 8 A t and Capital Conl is to IT PrTP so ToUlt Technical fnuUl.ahr Snlucd: Sublimity 11. Serra 11 ticiala: Deloretto and Toeu. Landy Beaten BySp urner MELBOURNE OB -America s Lon Spurrier, world half-mile rec ord holder, put the pressure on . This,. that,-etc.:..- - Watch 'em jam Uncle Hec Edmundson's basketball palace in Seattle this weekend wHen the, Stanford play the riuskies. The Tribe goes into the PCC starters with an undefeated record, and the Washington J knocked over Iowa and Wbcon o sin in . their last . two outings. T" . . . m.A.r civciDa ca11!. Knini. IS 15 S3 wv, vtrij f i.riiuic puiiiis What s the attendance rec- 5 ord in the Huskies' lair, which li is the biggest basketball arena on the west Coast? On March 3, 1951, the night the Washingtons clinched the Nortnern Division title "for that campaign, 12,242 crowded in to set it. This .is the biggest gathering for a collegiate game, and since Edmundson Pa vilion is the roomiest cage area on the Coast it must automati cally be the largest crowd ever to see a PCC clash. But the Seattle pavilion's record is held by high schoolers. A total of 12,597 squeezed in for the state prep championship game of last March ... As mentioned here earlier in the week, largest crowd ever to see a basket ball game at Gill Coliseum was the 11,315 for the first Oregon Oregon Stater of last season. The OSC-San Francisco NCAA regional final of last March did 11,206 ,'. . Speaking nf crowds, the energetic Harley Hoppe who just is is is fr throwa or- Si ... v. - 4 ' v ' GENE TANSELLI Already hard at work. comeback-bound John Landy Wed y night ind heat him .hy .a ttd -landina 4he .nrowotlon -ol los4-pew'iwoi:k-kanU step in a special naii-mue iryoui race. Landy, holder of the mile record of 3:58, matched Spurrier's time of one .minute, 51.8 seconds over a slow track but he couldn't match the Californinn's finishing burst after leading into the last SO yards. , The touring Americans made an Impressive sweep of their races as Bob Morrow of Abilene Chris tian (Tex.) College won the 100 nd 220-yard sprints and Parry O'Brien of Los Angeles smashed I the Australian shotput and discus1 records. Seml-Retlremrnt Landy, who went Into semi-retirement after running the fastest mile in history in 1934. is training for the 1956 Olympic Games, which will be held here. The race was one of his first real tests. Jonn Murray was a, poor third. Hoop Salem Action Starts American League play In the newly-formed city basketball loop got underway last night at Leslie Junior High School with Salem Auto Parts, Orcutt's Market and State Prison scoring impressive victories. . Play in the other half of the circuit, the National League, gets started tonight, also at Leslie High. Marion Motors meets Ml M Ply wood at 7; Wolgamott's follows at 8:15 against the YMCA Dorm, and Heiderj tangles with Aumsville -Firemen at : Mr Sn Frsncisco 4Sers pro grid exhibition In Seattle, is now shop ping about with quite an idea In mind for next Autumn. He d like to put the Giants up against the Baltimore Colts, preferably In Eugene where 'tis figured Hayward Field Just wouldn't he big enough to hold all the folks who'd like to see George (The General) Shaw and Jack Patera in their professional gear. No doubt Harry Gllckman, the Portland promoter has the same idea for Multnomah Stadium . . . No doubt but what Woodburn Bill Austin intends playing with the NY Giants again next season. He's already signed his 1956 contract, at a raise in pay . . Uushy Gritldert i Still Say They Won't Play Johnny Cherbergis still the football mentor at Wash ington and the hullaballoo of a short time ago has died down considerably'. But it's not apt to stay dead. A goodly number of the Husky footballers who went on strike during the mutiny still insist they won't play for Cherbcrg next season. You'll read all about it when the time comes for spring practice . , , Gene Tanselli is so enthused over his forthcoming opportunity with the San Diego Padres that he's already hard at condi tioning himself for the task. Gino is one of those ballgameri who must watch himself closely during the winter months, as he, isn't allergic to putting on lots of excess weight. So he's taking no chances and intends reporting to the Pads at no more than 180 pounds, his best fighting weight. From the looks of the "baseball weather" we've had the last couple of months, Tanselli must be conditioning himself by rowing boats-. . The Brooklyn Dodgers' decision lo play eight games next tea son In Jersey City has already had its dividends for the 'Brooks' auditing department. Applications for tickets to the Jersey games have already reached over the 30,000 mark. Which (Cont. on" Next Page) the Confer ence highlights the Friday prep basketball menu for this area. The district title for the Class A 1 schools is to be decided on a won-lost percentage basis this sea son, rather than by the post-sea son tournament plan used in the past In Friday's openers, the Bend Lava Bears play at South Salem, Lebanon is at Albany and S.veet Home at Corvallis. On Saturday night Bend plays at North Salem. The Capital Conference com 'mencers for Friday put the Cas cade Cougars against the Scrra Catholic Sabers at the Armory, Woodburn at Silverton, Mt. Angel at Gervais and Stayton at ,North Marion. Friday's Marion County B League excursions have St. Paul at Oregon School for the Deaf, Gates at Scio, Mill City at Jeffer son. Sublimity at Detroit and Chemawa at Amity. And in the Yawama League, which got -in its first licks Tues day, the games for Friday have Sherwood at Salem Academy, Yamhill at Banks and Sheridan at Willamlna. Another Friday feature will be (Cont page 2, col. 2) Senators Sign Jerry Waldrop Former Legion Star First to Ink Part By AL UGHTNER Gerald (Jerry) Waldrop. 20-year-old former Cascade Vnion High all-around athlete and Sa lem American Legion Junior baseball outfielding star has been signed to a Salem Senators contract, It was announced Wednesday by Hugh Luby, gen eral manager of the Solons. Waldrop is the 6-foot. 2-inch and 200-pound slugger of the 1953 54 Legion teams, having . gained most prominence playing under Vince Genna, who was coach of the Capital Post No, 9 squads prior to moving, to Bend. ( t Has Quit Celleye The big outfielder has been attending the University of Ore gon, where he played freshman ball last season and batted over .400. But he has decided to quit school and wants to give profes sional baseball a whirl. He also played . with Roseburg in the Southwest Oregon- League last summer. "He's big, strong and young," Luby added, in announcing the signing of Waldrop. "With his background, he could amount to a pleasant surprise for us." Tickets Malted Soon Luby also announced that mail ing of 1956 "Family Plan" season- ( tickets will start on January 13. i All thote who purchased the season ducats last year are on the mailing list, and Luby and the club directors "hope they'll all buy one of the 1956 tickets." With each purchase of a sea son ticket this year, the buyer gets a chance on the special World Series prize. ; A winning ticket buyer will be given an all-expenses-paid trip (for two) to the 1956 World Series. " Waldrop becomes the first Sa lem Senators player to be signed for the 1956 season. He will re port to the club for spring train ing, which likely will be held at Napa, Cal., starting sometime in April. aDresontatearaaii Nrai MM n.n n m&x u u Statesman, Salem, Ore., Thiirs., Jan. 5, '56 (Sec. II)-1 Leo Durocher to Star In Television Program By JAMES BACON HOLLYWOOD (P)-Leo Durocher, figuring that Ed Sullivan can't be any tougher than Casey Stengel, goes before the cameras next Sunday as the star of an expensive variety show. The former New York Giants manager, hired by NBC as a $50,- 000 a year executive, switches to performer to act as master of ceremonies of the Comedy Hour a new series replacing the Col gate Variety Hour which rival CBS' Ed Sullivan knocked off the air in a battle of ratings. The two shows are on at the same. hour. "This game pays better than baseball," Durocher told an Iffter- young basketball team leaves here ; viewer, "only the hours aren't as ers 0SC Hoop Date Cougars CORVALLIS I - Oregon State's Paper Claiirj Officials Err 'Spartan Deserved Penalty of 13 Yards LOS ANGELES - The movinf toe has kicked and no mere torrot of words will undo the 41-yard field goal that gave Michigan Slate a 17-14 Rose Bowl victory over UCLA but Examination of television film ol the game Indicates that the kicking tee was thrown on'o the field by someone from the jWichi-an Strto bench, the Mirror Newi s.ud Wednesday. ' v In such a case, the Spartant were liable to a 15-yard penrtUy under the "coaching frftm the sKe lines" section of the rule bwlc. not just the five-yard penajty which they received for ddaytog the game. , Spokesman Explains ' A Pacific Coast Conference spokesman said that if the clot Sc was stopped, the Spartans cwild toss the tee onficld without pen alty. The rule demands the penal ty only if time is in, he said.: If the referee was stepping off the penalty, the clock would have t be dead and the tee could b, tossed in with impunity. The Mirror-News account did not say definitely whether the clock was stopped. The film shows, the Mirror-Newt said, that end Joel Jones did not carry. Jthe tee onto the field, as by plane Thursday for Pullman Wash., for the Pacific Coast Con ference opener against Washington State Friday. Conch Slats Gill said the start- good Doubts Expressed And he admits he has doubts about his future. NBC wanted to sign him for 14 Kansas State Roars MANHATTAN, Kan. (J! - Kan- Bob Hazel of Salem Auto Parts turned in the most impressive sin gle performance in last night's games, pouring in 22 points in his team's win over Future Insulators. Though his team lost, Milton Baum of Silverton Christian Church iank IS points against Or-1 cutt's. lata friioa (SS) (91) Natl flnara Roto IS) ... F 113) Nelson Htidrileton (121 .T, (I) Burlin(im Hilfiktr IS) .......... C...., (IO Conway Small (12) G. (10) Kellay Lfkt(13) O 00) Myau Rrxrvca Korlni:8tot Priion howard 4, Print 10. Ofllciala Klcinamith and Banlek. i Vutura In (!'" (59) Salraa Auto Pit. Laur-nco (i -,,r ii Hazrijhere Wednesday night which saw uox l .... ........ i,. .,. iivi nira 1 pcritm ui uhh man iv minute. u omtt HI u ...... sirain RMcrvea arorln(: Iruulatora Young t, Rchilr 4: Salrm Auto Pari Duval 4. Swansh 1. Rauar 4. rJH..i.l. VntiM im! V lai n.mllh ... L WArminuiuni wi ine loutn tru5 Sy 'V" 'M,,,!"IvTw" cluD rf Washington Wednes Sh!n. .14, :::r . us, K day picked outfielder Ted Williams Abraham ill) ...c - s Moiin 0 the Boston Red Sox as the first Fonufn,7Trrrr iVtt; winner the dart C.' Griffith smrm arorim: Orrutta-Waita Memorial Trophy for the most Jain S: gilv rlon WUlni J, n.,t ctanrlinr enntrihiitinn tn hat. Haciori to, otdctaia Xcktu and J"lnoing conuiDUtum 10 oaso Sanick. Du. Archie, Floyd Eyed for Fight LOS ANGELES! Archie Moore and Floyd Patterson, light heavyweight champion and num ber one light-heavyweight challen- ffer. resnertivulv wara tiiAimA mm CLEVELAND ( - Gene Full-1 cuts, the pair were slugging It out in ideal combination Wednesday mer won a split 10-round decision! at the final bell, Fullmer still bull-, by Al Weill to fight for the right over Rocky Castellan! Wednesday ing in with the flailing charges to box Rocky Marciano for the Plucky Utah Battler Decisions Castellani Bearcats Off For Starters The Willamette Bearcats are off to Caldwell, Idaho, today where they open Northwest Con ference basketball action Friday and Saturday nights with the Col lege of Idaho Coyotes. Coach Johnny Lewis and his It mail Bearcat squad swing over to Walla Walla on Monday night for a single clash with the Whitman Missionaries, which completes the road trip. The Coyotes, who swept through the league last season with a 15-0 mark, are again favored to take the title. Lewis' starting lineup Jor . Fri day's opener likely . will be the same as that which commenced most of the 10 December clashes WU played. Jack Bishop and Pete Reed will be the forwards, Neil Causbie the center and Jerry Mc Callister and either Ron Taylor or Vick Backlund the guards. Others on the trip will be Bob Miller, Keith Driver, Bill Tnrlay, Ron Fitzgerald and Tom Johns! Willamette broke even in the 10 December games. Gonzaga Raps Seattle Five SPOKANE. Wash, tfl - Gon zaga's Bulldogs put the brakes on the . Seattle University fasj break Wednesday night and beat the tall er Chieftains 78-63. It was Gon zaga's first win over its cross state rival in 10 games. : Gonzaga sent at least three play ers hurrying back downcourt ev ery time .the Chieftains even threatened to get possession of the ball. .This defensive maneuver nearly derailed the Seattle fast break and forced the visitors to do most of their shooting from the outside, with the result they hit only about a third of their field goat attempts.' Seattle's o-foot-7 center Dick Stricklin and Gonzaga guard Dave Tri tied for scoring honors with IS points each. ing lineup would be Dick Wilson , shows. Durocher would sign only t n t..i.,. .,... n,.. ior inree Gamooe, center; and Gary ,, Haynes and Ken Nanson, guards. Oregon State has won three and lost seven in preseason games, but was only defeated once by more than 10 points. Five of the losses were by five points or less. C01.I.EGK Villanova 70, Wft Cnfitrr Stall It Wayno BS. Michigan Normal SS Maryland 7S. South Carolina S7 Kanaa State 17, Collet ot tht Pa cific 31 Holy Croaa SS, Connecticut SS Rnanoko S2, Lynchburg 41 Waka roroat S4, Duke 71 Nntrt Damt S3. Butler SS Southern Methodist S7. Rice M Seton Hall SS, Loyola of Baltimore M- - . Knaas..A2L. Oklahoma. . A AM fl Oklahoma City 58. Tulaa SO St. 'John's SS, Rhode Island II Delaware S4, Rutferi 73 Gomaia 78, Seattle S3 Temple 11. Ihih 48 . Tcxaa Christian 73, Texas IT Syracuae SS, Cornell 87 Cantaiua 71. Fordham S3 St. Michael'! II, Vermont 14 Lotrieville Ui. Moreheart (4 Texas A&M SO. Baylor 70 Waat Texai 72, Texaa Tech 71 Utah 71. Montana 58 Marquette 74. Parla 4S St, Joaeph's St. LaSalle II Geneva 111? St. rranrii S.1 St. Bonaventure SO, IMoyna 7ft Arkanaai State IS, Mississippi 71 Star of the Sea (Astoria) M, Corbett 28 Sllfti 41. Toledo SS Helix 74, L'kiah 42 PRO (NBA) New York 10 J, Boston M Port Wayne SS. Rochester SS Minneapolis S4, St. Louis 78 Philadelphia S8. Syracuse 87 We'll see how it goes," he said. If they yank me after three or I want to yank myself then we're not tied down with coo tracts.", , " , He plans some innovations. "There will be guys hawking popcorn and peanuts In the aisle and all members of the orchestra will wear numbers on their backs." Disclosure Declined He declined to disclose hnar much the new job pays, but said his sal ary will be in addition to his ex ecutive pay. As for the hours in show busi ness, he remarked: "I used to play golf for two months in the winter. This winter I have played six times and I can't see when I'll get out again now." Besides his C o m e d y Hour chores. Durocher is co-starring with his wife. Laraine Dav in an Lupcoming television firm for the screen wworsriayriousfr" -And his executive chores contin ue. He describes them as "mostly trouble shooting." STARS EYE ANAHEIM HOLLYWOOD l - The Holly wood Baseball Club announced Tuesday it will return to nearby Anaheim for spring training. Coach puffy Daughterty told r portersj . - . ". . Daughfery Comments I Daugherty. reached at Paint PalmSprings by the Evening Her aid-Express, declared: "The rule on the kicking Vt was carefully explained to me shortly before the game by ts ofticlals, . '! "1 was told that so long as (He clock is stopped, the tee can e thrown onto the field. V- i "I purposely sent a substitute into the game and drew a pca alty to stop the clock so we could get the kicking tee on the field.' 14-Yard Peaalty "I did that to prevent a 15 ya&i penalty which we would have re ceived had the tee been tossH out with time in play." ; Air extra 10 yards would h;io made the kicking distance St yr from the goal posts prc;lf kms boot even for such a kirk'ir as Spartan Dave Kaiser proveji himself to be. ..; The Mirror-Newi viewed tho kinescope recording -of NBC's TV coverage of the game and re ported; ; Clarence Peaks (not Jones) came charging on the field with ap proximately 27 seconds to go and Mel Allen calling the play-by. play for NBC announced bit arrival. Then Allen says: '-y (Cont'd on page I, col. 2) f ' . ; i Utah Bops Montana MISSOULA. Mont. I - A better conditioned Utah University bas ketball team wore out the Mon tana Grizzlies in the game's final 10 minutes Wednesday night to speed to a 7t-M victory, opening the Skyline Conference season. Ja) hankers Win STILLWATER, Okla, - Kan sas, with guard Dallas Dobhs sink ing seven of seven field goals and five of six free throws for ' 19 paints, defeated old basketball riv al Oklahoma AIM Wednesday night 65-82. Estate Sole 40-Acr Farm, Locattd Ea$trNar Salem Makt Your Offer to Pionr Trust Co., or S Your Broker . " v - Phone 3-3136 ret : :. tmm night in a bloody middleweight be began in" the opening round, twit In Cleveland Arena.' I Castellani, meeting Fullmer's Both bleeding freely from face ! rushes with telling counterpunchei seemeq wen in control oi me ac tion . throughout the light, Fullmer opened a bad cut over Castetlani'i right eye in the sixth reatnA mnA Ptttttnttnni vimnt thm ni sas State blasted College of theu, lhe way;with blood streaming Pacific 87-M In basketball game down his face. In the eighth,- Fullmer opened a cut over Castellanl's other '.-ye, and in the ninth the Ceveland Williams Honored fighter ripped a cut across Full mcr's hairline. Fullmer weighed in at 1574.i Castellani at 159. 1 . , j "Most of the crowd of 1,4117 ap-' peared to feel that Castellani. won the fight. But when the Judges decision was announced, the crowd cheered for the plucky Fullmer, j whose home . is in West Jordan, I Utah. I heavyweight championship. Marciano himself said: "That would be i terrific fight; one that could go either way. I wouldn't even try to pick the winner." 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