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. '
UO Matmen Win
PORTLAND 1PiThe University
of Oregon wrestling team won
its second match of the year Sat
urday, defeating Multnomah Ath
letic Club of Portland 23-10. The
Ducks captured all but two of
the matches.
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