o o The Bend Bulletin, GROWLERS GROWL Tha Bend High Growlers, a high school yelling group made up en firely of boys, growl at a referee's decision In Saturday's Bend - Klamath Falls basketball gam. But instead of complaining vocally, the Growlers, in the interest of good sportsman ship, hold up signs to express their sentiments. Meanwhile, out on the floor, the Bruins barely lost to Klamath Falls 43-40.. Arguments expected Fraley picks Palmer top athlete of 1962 By Otear Fralay UPI Staff Writer MIAMI (UPI) Arnold Palm er gets this corner's vote today ae the top athlete of 1062 and it's a 8 to 5 bet that It will raise a lot of argument in many quar ters. Hie discussion will be attended to shortly. And Just to pour a bit of coal oil on the flaming woodpilo I'll add thut as far as baseball Is concerned it's Tommy Davis of tha Los Angeles Dodgers over anybody who was second. But a Palmer rhubarb could bo anticipated as easily as rain the first time you wore a new suit, simply because a great many sports bugs don't consider golfers as athletes to begin Willi. This, In one man's never very humble opinion, is as wrong as now on July 4. There are many ways in which to measuro an athlete and a champion. Some of the more important items which most be taken into consideration are physical condition, muscular control of the weapons at hand and chilled steel nerves when, as thoy say in Monte Carlo, the chips ere down. Golfers Face Pressure If you've ever tried to holo a 10-foot putt for the rent money then you have a foggy idea of what the tigers of the tourna ment trail face week in and week out all year long. When they look at the ball they aro trying to hit It through the nerve shaking cam ouflage of a dollar sign. It lakes more Innards than a guy ringing Ills front door bell at four in Uio morning. As for endurance, playing 72 holes in three days, many times when the sun is making scram bled eggs of your brains, calls for racehorse fitness when you consider the stakes. And, as for dexterity with the Implements of the game. If you'vo never played golf you wouldn't understand any- Pilots to play in tournament PORTLAND (UPI) The Port land Pilots left by plane today for San Francisco to compote in tlic West Const Athletic Conference huAlfethnll tournament. Tha four-day, eight-team totir- ney gets under way tonight Willi Peppordlne meeting San Jose State and Santa Clara taking on University of Pacific. Portland, which has a 2-3 rec ord, faces San Francisco and St. Mary's plays Loyola of Los An geles Thursday night. AHL STANDINGS By United Pr Inernational Eastern Division W. L. T. Pts GF GA Quebec 16 11 6 38 97 91 Providence 16 13 3 33 106 96 Springfield 15 12 3 33 120 99 Hershey 18 14 1 S3 113 97 Baltimore 13 13 2 23 93 106 Wtsttm Division W. L. T. Pts GF GA Buffalo 17 11 1 35 96 89 Rochester 11 14 4 26 100 102 Cleveland 11 18 3 25 99 132 Pittsburgh 10 17 1 21 81 93 Tuesday's Results Quebec 3 Baltimore 0 Cleveland 4 Hershey 2 Providence 4 Springfield 3 (Only games scheduled) Wed., December 26, 1962 how. If you have, then you know what a cussed and distressing business it can bo when you have your "touch" one day and the FBI couldn't find it tho next Boasted Strong Record Having settled that, at least to my own satisfaction, I'd have to hold that Palmer's record this year makes him a solid lock. He won tho Masters again, his second straight British Open, lost the U.S. Open to young Jack Nicklaus In a playoff and added such rich events as tho Texas Open, Tour nament of Champions, Colonial In vitation and American Golf Clas sic. Naming a few others who were the best in their own particular sport, I'd havo to go with: Baseball Davis of tho Dodg ers, Frank Merrlwell having re tired. Boxing Sonny Llston, against any other two who want to fight him the same night. Baskctlwll - Wilt (the SUlt) Chamberlain, and give you 10 points. Football - Y. A. Tittle, If the records aro straight. Auto Racing Rodger Ward, with nobody in the same lap. Tennis Rod Lavor, left-handed: which ho happens to bo. Horse Racing Willie Shoe maker, and name me somebody betler if you really had to win one. Owners Back Shoamakar The guys with the stakes run ners will tell you that the "Shoo" may wind up as the best of all time. So you might not get too much argument there. But selecting Davis could pro voke a pleasant little hassle. This year you had llaury Wills steal 104 bases to break Ty Cobb s rec ord; Mickey Mantlo led the Yan kees to another World Scries tri umph in which, for a change, the Bronx Bombers couldn't ho-hum it, and that say-hoy man, Willie Mays, was money in the bank for mo Giants. Yet, while tho Dodgers blew the pennant playoff, Tommy D. was a stickout in leading the league with a .346 average, 1X1 runs bat ted in and 230 hits. That's a triple nolxxlv has accomplished since Stan Muslal did It in 1918. Choose your weapons. They'll Do It Every 1me city fathers at last decided they had to DO SOMETHIMli TO ALLEVIATE TRCFIC CONGESTION OM THEIR MAIN STREET-' So WHAT DID n in rv - II iiT EVERY FEW FEET SO - THINGS ACE WORSE r Wilt hot as Frisco gains in west NBA By United Press International NBA Standings Eastern Division W L Pet. Boston 21 9 .700 Syracuse 18 13 .581 Cincinnati 19 14 .376 New York 12 23 .343 Western Division W L Pet. Los Angeles 24 10 .706 St. Louis 21 15 .583 San Francisco 13 19 .406 Detroit 12 24 .333 Chicago 7 19 .264 Tuesday's Results San Francisco 94 St Louis 91 Syracuse 123 New York 1U Cincinnati 131 Detroit 120 By United Press International The New York Knicks put on the big Christmas party, but it was the Syracuse Nationsl who took home the biggest prize. A crowd of 7,169 turned out at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night despite a newspaper strike In New York to see a National Basketball Association double header. After watching the San Francisco Warriors pull out a 94 91 win over St. Louis in the open er, they saw the last-place Knicks open an 18-point lead on tho Nats. But the Nats came rolling back to tie the score after three per iods and then romped home, 123 111. The win was important to Syracuse because it saved second place in the Eastern Division. In the only other league game Tuesday night, tha Cincinnati Royals beat Detroit. 131-120. at Cincinnati and would have taken over second place If tho Knicks had been able to hold onto any part of that lead over tho Nats. Lee Shaffer led tho Nals with 31 points and Hal Greer added 27 while Adolph Schayes, back in the lineup, contributed 10. Richie Gu erin had 30 for the Knicks, in cluding 18 of 19 free Uirows. The Warriors, trailing 91-90, beat the Hawks on field goals by Wilt Chamlierlain and Tom Mes chery in tho last mlnuto and a half. Chamberlain led the Warri ors with 32 points while Bob Pet tit topped St. Louis with 23. The Royals whipped the Tisums on the strength of a 42-point third quarter sparked by Oscar Robert son and Arlcn Bockhorn. Robert son topped ali scorers with 35 points whilo Bailey Howell paced Detroit with 31. Time '- Vn ,Cv-i '4 J m vv M hi Hi R LP tiln 12-LLl In Oregon sporfs Baker top story of 1962 By United Press International A gifted football quartorback stood in the Downtown Athletic Club In New York earlier this month and received a large tro phy with a figure of a football player in mid-stride, the ball un der one arm and the other out stretched to ward off a tackier. With that trophy, Oregon State's Terry Baker became the top sports story of 1962, according to Oregon UPI sports writers and sportsc asters. The award was the Heisman Trophy, given annually to Uio out standing football player in the na tion. Never before had it come to a player west of the Rocky Moun tains. Baker's credentials were im pressive. He led the nation in total offense with 2,276 yards in 10 games, far ahead ci his nearest competitor. His career total was second only to that of Drake's Johnny Bright, and he passed such great stars as Georgia's Frank Sinkwich and Zeke Brat kowski and TCU's Davcy O'Brien during the season. To top it off, he led Oregon State to an 8-2 rec ord In tlie regular season. The only Oregon sports event to challenge Baker's winning of the Heisman Trophy as the year's top 'IT'S MINE' Bend's Ted Peterson, 40, Isn't about to give up ball to Klamath Falls forward Hal Holman In action at Bend Saturday night. Peterion later fouled out, with Klamath winning in last minute, 43-40. Recreation Schedule WEDNESDAY 12:00 4:00 p.m. Golden Age Meeting at their club house, E. Stb A Glenwood. 1:00 4:00 p.m. Ceramics class at Stokesberry Studio, N. Hwy. 7:00 10:00 p.m. Ceramic Class at Stokesberry Studio, N. Hwy. THURSDAY 1:00 - 4:00 Ceramics class at Stokesberry Studio, North Hwy. 7:30 . 9:30 p.m. Men's gym night at senior high gym. Beavers play Idaho Seattle favored in Far West test PORTLAND (UPI) The popu lar Far West Classic gaining In stature in the collegiate basketball world every year gets under way at tho Memorial Coliseum here tonight. Arizona takes on Iowa at 7:30 p.m. and Oregon faces Washington State at 9:30 p.m. in first round games on the opening night of the seventh annual tournament. Seattle meets California at 7:30 p.m. and Oregon State, which has won the six previous classics, faces Idaho at 9:30 p.m. in other opening round contests of the four day, eight team tourney Thursday night. Despite Oregon State's mastery In the classic, Seattle has been installed as the pre - tournament favorite. The Chieftains, led by guard Eddie Miles, were ranked 13th in the nation by United Press International this week. Seattle has won five of its six By Jimmy ILitlo y- z-rt'i -wir-KiL - j story was the University df Ore gon's victory In the National Col legiate track championships in Eugene last June. The Ducks, led by hurdler Jerry Tarr, miler Dy rol Burleson and sprinter Harry Jerome, ran off and left the rest of the teams. UPI All-American Third place in the voting went to another football item the se lection of Baker and Oregon half back Mel Renfro on the United Press International All -America team. One state has had two All Americas many times before, but not since the days of Doak Walker and Bobby Layne in Texas have two players come from the same high school and gone on to win honors the same year in college. Baker and Renfro were team mates on state championship teams at Portland's Jefferson High. Coach Bill Bowerman's stable of Oregon distance runners supplied the No. 4 story. Burleson, Vic Reeve, Archie San Romanl Jr., and Keith Forman ran the four mile relay in world record time of 16:08.4 at Fresno, Calif., May 12, breaking a record some ex perts had said would stand for years. Oregon State's 8-4 Liberty Bowl games this season. Its only loss was to highly regarded Loyola of Chicago last weekend. It holds a decision over the Beavers. Figured to be the best on the Pacific Coast this year, Oregon State has failed to live up to ex pectations. The Beavers have posted a disappointing 3-3 record in their opening six contests. Competition Tough "We've played pretty well but the competition has been so darn tough," Oregon State Coach Slats Gill said. "We weren't ready for It this early with sophomores starting at two positions." Gill added "the whole tourna ment seems tougher. It's really going to be a tough one to win." But the Beavers can't be count ed out. Their chances were in creased with the Tetum of football star Terry Baker, who will "quar terback" a team which includes 7-foot star center Mel Counts. Bilker returned to the Beavers last weekend and scored 29 points in two games as they finished third in the four-team Kentucky invitational tournament at Lexing ton. Also given a chance to win the tournament are Idaho (5-01, Cali fornia 16-D and Arizona (5-2). Oregon (2-3, Washington State (2-31 and Iowa (2-4) don't appear to be threats. Idaho will be without Gus Joum son, its star 6-2 center who is in eligible for the tournament under NCAA rules. Oregon State, which has com piled a 15-0 record in the six pre vious classics, defeated Oregon for the title last year. This year' tournament is expected to break last season's record attendance of 33,046. ABC STANDINGS By United Press International W. L. Pet Kansas City 22 7 .759 Lang Beads 14 7 .667 Pittiburge 9 10 .474 Oakland 10 12 .455 Philadelphia 9 16 .30 Chicane 7 19 Tuaittey's tosvie 1(9 Vicahorgp W? victory Dec. 15 over Villanova was the No. 5 story. This also was contributed by Baker, who ran 99 yards for the game's only touchdown. A fantastic siring of victories by Tarr, Oregon's great hurdler, provided tho sixth-ranking story. Tarr won the high and intermedi ate hurdles in the NCAA meet, added two victories in the AAU meet and was clocked in 13.3 sec onds, only one-tenth off the world record. Moyer, Counts Listed Portland boxer Denny Moyer's winning of the junior middle weight championship was ranked seventh, followed by Oregon State's march to the NCAA re gional basketball playoffs last March behind seven-foot sopho more Mel Counts. Portland's bid for the 1968 Sum mer Olympic Games was voted ninth In the poll. The move arose swiftly and was doomed from the start, but the city made a strong impression and backers vow they will be back again for the 1972 games. The success of the Portland Buckaroo hockey team took 10th spot. The Buckaroos, In their sec ond season, won the Southern Di Starting west lineup named STANFORD, Calif. (UPD-Tlie West starting offensive lineup for the Shrine Game will feature big Sonny Gibbs of TCU at quarterback. Head coach Dan Devine of Mis souri Tuesday announced his starting offensive lineup for the Dec. 29 game against the East all stars in San Francisco's Ke- zar Stadium. Tlie lineup contained few sur prises. Gibbs will be joined by Kermit Alexander of UCLA and Bill Thornton of Nebraska at tight backs and Baylor's Ronnie Good win on tlie wing. The line will feature ends Hugh Campbell of Washington State and Gene Racsz of Rice, tackles Ron Snidow and Steve Barnett of Oregon, guards Robert Burk of Baylor and Ray Schoenke of SMU and center J.R. Williams of Fres no State. The West, which Is far behind the East in practice because of delays in player arrivals, lost more time today. Fourteen West stars who could not make the trip before were to go to tlie Shrincr Hospital in San Francisco to see the crippled children who benefit from tlie gate receipts of tlie gamo. Devine said he hated to give up a morning workout, but added "nothing we could do on the practice field could begin to ac complish as much as a v i s i t to the hospital will do for our play ers. East and West players dined to gether Tuesday night in the tra ditional Christmas dinner. Earlier, in the East's training camp 15 miles south of the West's camp, the East put on what head coach Jack Mollenkopf of Puidue termed one of its best drills. Barnett, Snidow west starters PALO ALTO. Calif. (UPD-Ore-gon's Steve Barnett and Ron Sni dow today were named to open at tackles on offense for the West against the East in the annual Shrine football game in San Fran cisco Saturday. NHL STANDINGS By United Press International W LT Pts CF GA Chicago 16 10 8 40 88 80 Detroit 16 9 6 33 79 71 Toronto 17 11 4 38 107 86 ........ ri " 10 36 92 76 New York 10 19 4 24 95 109 Boston 5 19 8 18 90 129 TuJy-s ut Detroit 3 Toronto 1 iasain New York 2 ( Cas.yte a vision title before losing in the"! Lester Patrick playoffs. Other 1962 stories which drew a considerable number of votes were the pass - catching feats of Oregon State end Vern Burke, Medford's state high school foot ball title, Linfield's second con secutive undefeated regular foot ball season. Grants Pass' victory in the state high school basket ball tournament, victory by Jack Nicklaus in the Portland Open golf tournament despite a two stroke penalty for slow play, a national American Amateur Base ball Congress title won by Archer Blower and Pipe of Portland, For man's addition to the sub - four minute mile club and Counts' ex ploits in basketball. Sherman back as top coach in NFL ranks NEW YORK (UPI) AI Sher man, tlie "kid from Brooklyn" who guided the New York Giants' "fabulous old men" to another division title, today was honored as United Press International's National Football League coach-of-the-year for the second straight season. Hie ever-optimistic, 39-year-old Sherman and his Giants crossed up a lot of NFL "experts" who predicted before the start of this season that the club was creaky with age and "just couldn't win" the Eastern Division champion ship, Sherman gave them his answer a few weeks ago after tho Giants had beaten tlie Bears in Chicago to qualify again for the NFL's championship playoff: "Why is it," he laughed, "when you lose you're considered old; but when you win, that s consid ered maturity?" All along, since before die start of the season, he had predicted that the Giants' experience would be an asset, and not a detri ment. Sherman now can attain Hie ultimate hi his two-year head coaching career by master-minding the Giants to victory over the Green Bay Packers in next Sun day's championship game. Sherman won the coach-of-the-year honor in a close race with Bill McPeak of the Washington Redskins. In a poll of 42 regular NFL writers (three from each league city), tlie youthful Giants' coach had 11 votes to McPeak's 10. Tom Landry of the Dallas Cowboys was third with eight votes; Vince Lombardi of the Packers had six and George Wil son of tlie Detroit Lions five. Although the Giants won tlie Eastern Division title in 1961, there were few dopesters who picked them to repeat in 1962. Charlie Conerly and Kyle Role, two of their genuine "old pros," had retired. And even without them, tiie Giants were starting to show their ago. Ten of their key players had logged a combined total of 97 seasons in pro football. Could experience overcome the drawbacks of creaking bones? Sherman and the Giants proved it could. Cotton to fight European champ SEATTLE (UPD Seattle's traveling Eddie Cotton will fight European light-heavyweight cham pion Erich Schoppner in Dort mund, Germany Jan. 26. promoter George Chemercs announced Tuesday night. Cotton Is currently tlie numner two ranked light heavyweight challenger. Chcmcres said he and Cotton will leave for Europe some-, time after Jan. 1, depending on 1 whether Cotton gets a rematch with Mauro Mina, South American light - heavyweight champion In Lima, Peru. Chemeres said tlie rematch with Mina on Jan. 1 is still pending. ! Mina beat Cotton in their first fight. i j32 yA!-hi L". 2-382211 Now Showing I iVAYNE-KRUGER-MARTlNELL! swnuwcsMtm BLAIN -BUTTONS- HAWKS Plus In CintmKop "BOATrA'POrPIN ftnww I Ftrmexf w : VeV stf Australia near fourth straight Davis Cup win BRISBANE, Australia (UPD Red-haired southpaws Neale Fra ser and Rod Lavcr virtually wrapped up tennis' Davis Cup for Australia for the fourth straight year today when they swept tlie opening pair of singles matches in the challenge round before a crowd of about 7,500 at Milton Courts. Fraser, a former Wimbledon champion, did it the hard way in a punishing two-hour, 31-minute match that tested tlie stamina of his battered legs a 7-9, 6-3. 6-4, 11-9 triumph over 26-year-old An tonio Palafox. Laver, the second man in ten nis history to wear the "grand slam" crown, did it the easy way as he followed Fraser with a stunning, 6-2, 6-1, 7-5, rout of young Rafael Osuna. When the two southpaws fin ished their work on the soggy courts, they had left little doubt that the cup symbolic of world amateur tennis supremacy will stay here "down under" for at least another year. To win now, Mexico the first Latin-American nation ever to appear in a Davis Cup challenge round must sweep all 0.' the remaining three matches in this series, the dou bles Thursday and the two sin gles matches on Friday. That would be perhaps the greatest upset in tennis history, and no one here was talking about it as a possibility after to day's matches. Instead, specula tion centered simply on whether or not the Aussics will duplicate their 5-0 sweep over Italy in last year's challenge round. Laver, target of editorial at tack in some Australian newspa pers today because of reports he will turn professional immediate ly after tlie challenge round, was awesomely efficient as he demol ished Osuna. Fraser was a substitute for Roy Emerson, generally ranked as the world's best amateur be hind Laver who was taken out of this assignment because of a bruised rib. Tapers break losing streak By United Press International The Philadelphia Tapers finally have broken out of a 10-game los ing streak and now can concen trate on aiming for a first divi sion berth in the American Bas ketball League. Tho Tapers enjoyed a fair ly easy time in downing (he Pitts burgh Rcns, 110-102, at Philadel phia Tuesday night in the only league game played. 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