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TWO DIVISION 2 GAMES Axemen, Lions Await Showdown Eugene's defending champions and Cottage Grove's league-leading Lions clash Friday night at Cottage Grove to determine who remains undefeated and in sole leadership of Division 1 in Dis trict 6 prep basketball. The showdown battle will be one of three games scheduled this week in the division. Junc tion City, now in third place with two victories and one defeat, will be at Springfield for a Tuesday encounter, while Willamette will invade Oakridge for a Friday tus- Welterweight Bout Slated NEW YORK Oft A slam-bang battle between top welterweight contender Carmen Basilio and German middleweight Peter Mu eller at Syracuse, N.Y., Friday night will feature next week's boxing. The schedule also sends into action featherweight champion Sandy Saddler, former welter weight and middleweight champi on Sugar Ray Robison and light heavyweight contender Floyd Pat- ; tcrson, "hottest" youngster in the game. Basilio of Canastoga, N.Y., is lavored at 3-1 to beat Mueller of Cologne, Germany, in their na tionally televised and broadcast 10-rounder. at Syracuse Friday night. However, the eccentric German mauler will enter the ring with three straight Ameri can upset victories under his belt. Mueller outpointed Ralph (Tig er) Jones and Joe Miceli, and knocked out slugger Ernie Dur ando in the seventh round of his last fight on Dec. 28 at Milwaukee after surviving three knockdowns. In his first four U.S. matches, however, Mueller lost a decision to Gene Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah. On Wednesday night at the Chi cago Stadium, Sugar Ray Robin son will have his second fight since he came out of retirement. He faces Ralph (Tiger) Jones of1 Yonkcrs, N.Y., who lost his last five bouts. Robinson is favored at 4-1 for the nationally televised 10-rounder. On Jan. 5, Robinson knocked out veteran Joe Rindone in the sixth round. Fatherweight champion Sad dler of New York meets unrank- ed Lulu Perez of New York in a non-title 10-rounder at the Boston Garden Monday night without benefit of television. Their bout will headline a boxing show for h'lhe benefit of the widow of heavyweight Ed Sanders, who died from injuries suffered in the same ring. There will be two TV fights Monday night. Twenty-year-old Floyd Patterson of Brooklyn, fourth-ranking light heavyweight contender, engages Don Grant of Los Angeles at Brooklyn's East ern Parkway. Patterson is favor ed at 31 to win his first 10-rounder. Also on Monday night, middle weights Moses Ward of Detroit and Milo Savage of Salt Lake City meet in a 10-roundr at St. Nicholas Arena. Ward is favored at 11-5. There will be no Saturday night TV fight. sle to decide who leaves the cel lar with its first triumph in three games. Apair of Tuesday contests are the only two games'on the week's slate in Division 2, where Pleas ant Hill beat Elmira and Crcswell edged St. Francis in the opening round last week. Creswell is fav ored to remain at the top when Coach Bert Burr's Buldogs travel to Elmira, while Pleasont Hill's perfect record is expected to face serious threat from the invad ing Saints. AXEMEN FAVORED iugene, a 76-53 victor over Junction City in the opening clash for the Axemen, must be rated a heavy favorite over Cot tage Grove, winner over Spring- Held and Oakridge. The host Lions, whose scoring has been led by Doug Ballew, Dean Castle, and Ron Rice, face a huge task in coping with Mike Moran, 6-8 cen ter, and Eugene's overall speed. Junction City and Springfield are rated about even with a slight edge for the Tigers, who have forward Marv Plesner and guard Stan Kenyon as chief point pro ducers. Center Tom Bourgeois is the chief threat for the host Mil lers. Willamette, led by guard Bob Foster and forward Bill DeYoung. showed surprising strength in los ing a close battle to Springfield and is the choice at Oakridge. Creswell forward Ron Dersham and guards Warren Walker and Vern Bates figure too strong for dangerous JUmira, whose Falcons rely heavily on forwards Dave McKinney and Larry Linker. NON-LEAGUE TILTS Eugene also has an important non-league fight Tuesday, when the Axemen travel to Albany for their second battle with the pow erful Bulldogs. Coach Hank Kuch era's lads squeaked to a 46-42 de cision here in the first game and again face the job of stopping nign-scoring Hex Stamps. Cottage Grove will host Sweet Home in another Tuesday non league game, while Lane Countv clubs will be involved in two no- count clashes Friday and three Saturday. . , Lreswell draws a B" opponent rnaay in westfir, while St. Fran cis will host Drain. Springfield nosts Koseburg, Sweet Home moves to Junction City, and Pleas ant Hill hosts McKenzie in Satur day action. Siuslaw will be host Tuesday to Bandon and then travel Friday to Toledo for a Coast League game. Age Favors West Pros Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. ' Sun.,' Jan. 16, 195S " 4C (Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire eng.) LOCAL BOY JOINS EMERALDS Bob Krasneski, former St.'Mary's three-sports star and Oregon freshman, is shown here at right signing a contract with the Emerald Em pire Baseball Club of the Northwest League as an. outfielder. Ed Krasneski, Bob's father, is shown watching the signing along with Dick Richards (seated), general manager. Dick Weaver, another local boy who signed previously, is shown at the ex treme left. Late April Proposed For Trout Opening Frosh-Rooks Series Due PORTLAND I A statewide opening date of April 30 for the trout season was proposed Satur day by the State Game Commission. In tentative regulations for 1955, the commission proposed to do away with the custom of open ing Western Oregon streams ear lier than those east of the Cascades. Wisemen Pick Oregon Preppers Odell to Direct Northwest Golf . SEATTLE MV-Howic Odell was named executive director of the Pacific Northwest Golf Associa tion Saturday as the organization created the job at its midwinter meeting. It had been known for some time that Odell was in line for the post, a full-time job. The former University of Washington football coach will maintain PNGA office in Seattle. The Association also decided to set up a program to encourage young golfers, featured by an nual tourneys for boys and girls. Forest Watson of Seattle was named chairman of a committee to make arrangements for a 1955 tourney amrj pick the date and site. 5- The diret.:ors rejected a sug gestion by tie Oregon Women's Golf Association that a seeded draw be used in PNGA events. It also decided to increase the entry fee fol- the annual men's championship tourney from $12.50 to $15. 1 OKLAHOMA CITY UV-Johnnv Johnson of Coos Bay, Ore., was picked as auxiliary back on the second team and Luther Carr of Tacoma's Lincoln High School as halfback on the fourth team of the prep school All American foot ball squad announced Friday by tne wigwam Wisemen of Amer ica. The Wigwam Wisemen, a local club, annually selects a squad to appear in an August game, sche duled this year for Memphis, Tenn. Fifteen Oregon and 10 Wash ington players were among the 2,356 high school seniors picked this year and from their number the final squad will be chosen. Oregon players receiving hon orable mentions: Backs Willard Reeve, Noth Bend; Duane Mar shall, St. Helens; Alton Stone, Medford; Ed Fisler, McMinnville; Neil Schldel, Salem; Russ Kof ford, La Grande; Terry Salisbury, Salem; Nub Beamer, Roscburg. Linemen Doug Mintliorn, Pen dleton; Ralph Allen, Pendleton; Jim Schaeffer, Roseburg; John Hinds, Dallas; Dave Kribs, Bend, Jack Mono, Gresham. Washington players: Backs Tom Hulett, Seattle; Wayne Rich ardson. Naches; Don Millich, Ab erdeen; Pete Hanson, Seattle; Rick Dalton, Seattle; Dave Wil son, Olympia; Sonny Estes, Van couver; Mickey O'Brien, Spokane. Boxer Hurt In Car Crash PARIS wi Auto crash injuries will keep Robert Cohen from stak ing his world bantamweight box ing title against Willy Towcel in Johannesburg on March 5, his manager said Saturday. The Hospital Foch at suburban Suresnes said Cohen's broken low er jaw and other injuries will require "a long cure." The 24-year-old Algerian fight er drove his car off an icy road and into a stone wall near Ram- bouillet, about 35 miles southwest of Paris,-at 2 a.m. Saturday. Two passengers in his car were in jured slightly. Cohen had had only one fight since he won his title at Bangkok last September from Chamrocn Songkitrat. He beat Roy Ankarah of the Gold Coast in a disappointing non-title bout Dec. 20. The U.S. National Boxing As sociation decided to deprive Co hen of his title for not fighting Raul "Raton" Macias of Mexico. But the World Boxing Commis sion in which the U.S. body has only one vote refused to go along. The commission proposed, how ever, to open the Cascade lakes later than elsewhere in the state. The lake -opening would be May 28. Closing out date in all waters throughout the state would be Oct. 9. The commission also proposed to make it legal for anglers to keep fish more than 14 inches in length on the McKenzie River. In the past these big trout had to be thrown back. The tentative regulations also would allow the catching of white- fish in any open water to trout, steelhead or salmon angling There would be no bag or length limit on whitefish. The so-called warm water fish sunfish, perch, crappies, bull head, catfish and black bass could be caught throughout the year, except in the Deschutes River and tributaries above the Warm Springs Bridge, where the season would be April 30-Oct. 9, and in part of Uie Sauvie Island Game Management Area. The limit on steelhead and salmon 20 inches and longer was proposed to be two fish a day and four in seven consecutive days. Not more than 40 could be caught in a year, with not more than 20 to be salmon There would be no bag limit on Dolly Vardcn trout, except in Odell Lake. No change was made in other trout bag limits. - The annual Oregon - Oregon State and Frosh-Rook basketball rivalry opens this week with the Webfoots and Frosh entertaining the Beavers and Babes at Mc Arthur Court Friday and then move to Corvallis for the second of the four-game series. Coach Bill Borcher s Webfoots open the week's hostilities with a non-conference game against Gon- zaga in Spokane's new Civic Au ditorium. Last year Oregon beat the Bulldogs 82-53 here at Mc Arthur Court. , Bill Hammer's wrestlers will invade Pullman next Saturday for freshman and varsity meets against the always-strong WSC Cougars. Oregon's varsity swimming team will open the Northern Div ision season at Corvallis Jan. 29 in a meet against Oregon State. Northwest League Given Membership Air Force School Bids Buck Shaw LOS ANGELES (IB Buck Shaw, former coach of the San Francisco Forty Niners, said Saturday he has been contacted concerning the head football coaching job at the new Air Force academy. Shaw, here to coach the West team in today's pro bowl game, said Lt. Col. Robert V. Whitlow, director of athletics for the acad emy, conferred with him here Thursday. He said Whitlow did not make a specific offer and that the air academy could not make a def- Illinois Beats Bucks 86-78 COLUMBUS, Ohio (tfl Ohio State scoring whiz Robin Free man registered 33 points here Saturday in a nationally televised basketball game but a well bal anced Illinois quintet overpower ed the Buckeyes in the second half to hammer out an 87-78 Big Ten victory. Little Bill Ridley turned in a sharp defensive performance for the Illini, holding Freeman to 11 points in the second half. The Bucks held a 42-39 hal(timc edge. It marked the tenth straight time Illinois had taken the mea sure of a Buckeye quintet. Freeman, who scored Ohio's first eight points, boosted his 10 game point production to 349, an average of 34.9 per game. The triumph kept the Illini atop the Big Ten race with a 3-1 mark. TOR ANGELES Ml Youth snwrl and the odds are with Buck Shaw's western all-stars in to day s fifth annual fro Bowl class ic as they face a bunch of sea soned, if not downright aged gentlemen from the National Football . League's eastern division. More than 60,000 fans, lured by the promise of good weather, are expected in Memorial Coliseum to watch the charity game, which will be preceded by a special mile race featuring Wcs Santee, the Kansas distance star. The West is rated a 3V4 point favorite on the strength of its three speedy, young ends, Billie Wilson of the San Francisco 49ers, Harlon Hill of the Chicago Bears, and Bob Boyd of the Los Angeles Rams. Doing the West s throw ing will be Y. A. Tittle of the 49ers and Norm Van Brocklin of the Rams. Otto Graham, finishing what he says is his last season of pro ball at the age of 33, heads a list of nine easterners who are 30 years or older. But consider these recrepit old men: Chuck Bednarik, 30, Eagles considered the best linebacker in the NFL; Frank Gatski, 32, the Cleveland Browns' flawless offen sive center; Lou Groza, 30, the Browns indispensable 't 0 e Frank Kilroy, 34, middle guard and mainstay of the Eagles' fine defensive line; Tom Landry and Em Tunnell, both 30. and the key men in the New York Giants famed "umbrella" defensive backficld; and finally three aged but remarkably adept ends, Hugh (Bones) Taylor of the Washing ton Redskins, Dante Lavelli of the Browns, and Pete Pihos of the Eagles, all 31. On the West squad, there are 12 men of 25 years or younger, and only two in the 30 class I 49er Bruno Banducci, 32, and the Bears' ageless star defensive end, Ed Sprinkle, 31. Tittle will start at quarterback for the West, while Adrian Burk of the Eagles will start for the East because he is more familiar with Coach Trimble's offense than Graham. The West's running backs are John Henry Johnson and Joe Perry of the 49ers and Doak Walker of the Lions. OUie Mat- son of (he Chicago Cardinals and Kyle Rote and Eddie Price, both of the Giants, will carry the ball for the East. Middlecoff Flashes Into Pro Golf Lead PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. M A sensational stretch of golf that put him four under par for the three holes on the back nine gave Dr. Cary Middlecoff, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., the lead after 36 holes of the rainswept $15,000 Bing Crosby national pro-amateur golf tournament Saturday, With the nation's crack shot makers having a tougher time with the weather than they did with the courses, Middlecoff went eagle, birdie, birdie on the 13th, 14th and 15th holes at Monterey country club to lira Ms1 second straight 69 and a 138 total for two days of play. He had nines of 36-33 Saturday. That gave him a one-stroke lead over a trio of long hitters: Mike Souchak and Bobby Ros burg, who had 67s; and veteran Stan Leonard, who had They had 139 totals. Gene Littler, who always likes to come from behind on the final day, is in a fine spot this time State Shrine Stars Named 71 Here Is how Oregon entrant did: John Langford, Portland, card ed 39-34 73 for a two-day total of 148. Teamed with amateur Bob Valllancourt of Pasadena, h turned in a best ball score of 35 3469, for a two-day total of 138.. Wendell Wood of Eugene, play- Ing at 'the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Course, had 35-39 74, (or a two-day score of 154. Wood had a 40-4080 Friday. With his partner, Mahlon Rucker, Spokane, they turned in a best ball of 32-3466 to go with Fr. day's 71 for 137.' Gene (Bunny) Mason of Salem toured Cypress Point in 38-4071 for a two-day score of 155. With his partner, John de Bols Wtck of Santa Barbara, they had best ball score of 37-38-75147. Miceli Gets Draw With Scortichini MIAMI, Fla. Wl Joe Miceli, tough New York welterweight stood off the bull-like rushes of Italo Scortichini, two-fisted Ital ian middleweight, to gain a draw in their nationally televised fight here Saturday night. The battle between the two un ranked fighters started slowly and the audience booed in the early rounds. Scortichini, a 7-5 - favorite, weighed l.Wi pounds, four pounds more than Miceli, PORTLAND UV-Coaches se lected Saturday the high school players for the Shrine All-Star football game in Portland next August. Four from Salem and five from the Coos Bay-North Bend area were named for the State team. No Lane County players wero named, but four were listed as alternates and might take the place of players unable to appear in the game. Named to the al ternate list were end John Shear er of Oakridge, tackle Bob White cliff of Oakridge, guard Dave Lackavd of Eugene and quarter back Stan Kenyon of Junction City. The State squad: Frank Yelter, MarshflRid: Rex Pom ashovsky, Dallaa; Elvis Mltcboll, Klamath Falls. lackles: Freeman Cross. Prinevllle: Reno Tankorsloy, Marshfleld; Vol west, La uranclo; Darroll Gohl, stay. ion. Uuards: Larrv Newsom. South Sa lem; Glen Evlns. Vale: Paul Eckel. Medford; Joug Mlnthorn. Pendletatll Gary Jones, Corvallis. Centers: Mike Devore. Medford: Dennis Brundage, RoseburK. VuarleroacKs: Hero Juran, boutn Salem: Tony Arana, Vale. Halfbacks: Ncal Scheldel, South Salem: John Johnson, Marshfteld: Alton Stone, Medford: Willard Reoves, North Bend. Fullbacks: Terry Salshury, North Salem; Nub Reamer, Roseburg; Dave Jones, ine uaues. Mate alternates: Ends: John Shearer. Oakridge: Dan Penrose, McMinnville. Tackles: uave KriDs, Bona; uod Whllecllff. Oakridge. Guards: malne raulkner, Aioany: uave L.ocKHru, bugeno. Center: Ralph Allen, Pondleton. . Quarterbacks: Bob Pedlgo, IlorinU ton; Stan Kenyon, Junction City. Ilalfbarks: F.d Flslcr, McMinnville; Bob Amble, Albany. Fullbacks: Lloyd Linn, Grants Pass; John Clark, Central of Monmouth- Independence. REGISTER-GUARD WANT ADS BRING RESULTS COLUMBUS, Ohio OPi The newly-formed Northwest League Friday was accepted for mem bership by the National Assn. of Professional Baseball Leagues, president George Trautman an nounced. The new Class B loon, formed from the ashes of the old West- inite offer to anyone as yet, em International League, is com- Shaw said he thought "some- posed at present of seven teams, thing could be worked out," but Lewiston, Yakima, Spokane, added, '1 don t know it 1 want. Wenatchee, Tri-City, Salem and to stay with the pros or get out Eugene. An eighth member is of coaching altogether. I just being sought. haven t made up my mind. Hollies jto Start Baseball on Road HOLLYWOOD w The Holly wood Stars W'jll open their home season April 112 against Seattle, the club sail Saturday in an. nouncing its jiome schedule for the 1955 Pajdc Coast League season. i The Stars lave open allotted 72 home datii- encompassing 86 hlf aftn KruArlot" games of the ?172-game, 145-play v'11"-a5u UUW1CI ing date sche .ule this year. fourjT -J' rt T,,Q more games Uan in 1954. Of thc,-tauiiig 1 uuincv Gola Selected Most Outstanding PHILADELPHIA 0B Tom Gola, LaSalle College All-America rated by many as one of basketball's all-time greats, was voted the outstanding athlete in America by the Philadelphia Sports Writ ers Association, it was announced today. Gola. who will receive the as sociation's award at its 51st an nual banquet Jan. 31, beat out New York Giants ccnterficld Wil- lie Mays by a vote of 165 points to 162. home dates, tie club will have 11 Saturdays i and 11 Sunday doubleheade.rs. One mid-week twin bill was slated for Aug. 24 against Portland. The schedule also reveals that the j&ars have but two home games in the first six weeks of the season. The club opens its campaign on the road against Sacramento. The "civil war" scries between Hollywood and Los Angeles was increased to 28 games this year. CHICAGO ( - Joe Kristoff, Chicago bowling instructor, iired a first-day six-game record of J.371 Saturday lo grab. the early lead in the national all star bowl ing tournament. Kristofs better than 226 erage topped the 1.360 roiled by James Vaughan of Torrance,, Calif., to open the 1951 meet. The six-game tournament record is 1.403 by Chuck O'Donncll of De troit in 1950. LETTERING ILLUSTRATIONS DESIGNING RETOUCHING POSTERS just two strokes back of tha leader with 140. He was in tha same spot when. he won the Los Angeles Open last week. He hat had successive rounds of 70-70. There was a three-way tie at 141 between Julius Boros, Jackie Burke and Doug Ford. The latter skied to a 74 after an opening round of 67. In the 142 bracket were Shelley Mayfield, Fred Wampler, Na. tional Open champion Ed Furgol and Gerald Kesselring. Among the disappointing scores were a 79 by Jerry Barber, who had a great 66 Friday, and vet eran Byron Nelson, who soared to a 75. They each had 145 totals. Rosburg and Hank Mann, San Francisco, were making a run away of the pro-amateur division, with a two-day total of 123 stroke! on best-ball rounds of 62-61. There was a four-way tie for second in this division with 129 Wampler and Julie Bescos, Los Angeles; Souchak and baseball pitcher Bob Lemon; Jimmy De maret and actor Richard Aden, and Ford and actor Randolph Scott. There was a five-way tie in the singles division between Demaret, Tommy Bolt, Johnny Palmer, Billy Maxwell and Paul McGuire. The low 40 in the pro-amateur teams and low 50 pros and ties qualified for the final round of play today. 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