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Two Oregon football titles
Vv three teams Sat-
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nr)ov in thrillinff hish school
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games which were not decided
until the final gun.
Tn V.Q kIoic a.9. rhamnionshio
game at Vale Ton Arana fired
a 12-yard touchdown pass u
nono BatM in the last 20 sec
vols a 14-7 victory
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over St. Helens and the first
class A-2 title won by an eastern
Oregon high school.
rrua n title was shared
by Monroe and Union after the
two teams fought to a scores
; a hrmiant defensive ex-
lie
hibition at Corvallis Saturday
Minor Loop
Shifts Seen
At Houston
Houston." Tex. (U.R) The
American Association today
voted lo select Denver of the
Western League to replace
Kansas City as the latter city
moves into the American
League.
By ED FITE
Houston, Tex. (U.R) Far
reaching minor league baseball
.realignments hung in the bal
ance today amidst a wealth of
confusion at the minor league
convention.
It seemed certain that the
Western league would be involv
ed in a series of franchise shifts
before the day was over, and
there were overtones of possible
changes in the International,
Texas, and other lower minors
as a result.
Practically the whole thing
hinged around the transfer of
the Philadelphia Athletics of the
American league to Kansas City,
a former American association
stronghold a publicized move
that actuaally hasn't officially
taken place due to differences
over indemimties.
A's Decisions Due i
Decisions were due today on
the final negotiations to make
the Athletics an official resident
of Kansas City. r
When that happens, the Amer
ican association can set in mo
tion machinery to get a replace
ment for the Blues possibly
either Omaha or Denver, both
Western league clubs, or both
if Columbus, Ohio, also moves
out of the American association
picture.
That, naturally, would call
for either the Western to step
out and pick up some new mem
bers like Albuquerque, of the
West Texas- New Mexico league
or fold entirely because' loss
of the lucrative Denver and
Omaha franchises would just
about make it impossible for the
western to operate. ,
Loop to Spread
To add to this confusion, the
Texas league Sunday announced
its intention to spread out to a
10-team ' circuit or realign its
membership with an eye toward
a three million population area
that would enable it to step up
a notch into class AAA.
The American, Western and
International circuits were
meeting today and there was
every indication that the Kansas
City situation would be settled
and set off the chain reaction
that might reach goodness
knows where before it comes
to a halt.
Beavers Oppose
Hawaii Quintet
CorvalHs (U.R) Oregon
State's Northern Division de
fending champion basketball
team opens its 1954 season
here Wednesday night against
"University of Hawaii.
Coach Slats Gill, starting his
27th year at the Beaver helm,
hasn't indicated his starting line
up. But veterans who probably
will see action include "Tex
Whiteman, Ron Robins, Bill
Toole, Tony Vlastelica, John
Jarboe, Reggie Halligan, Jay
Dean and Ron Fundingsland.
QUILLIAN TOP-RANKED .
Seattle (U.R) Bill Quil
lian of the Seattle Tennis club
and University of Washington
today ranked No. 1 in the Pac
ific Northwest Lawn Tennis, asr
sociation men's singles competi
tion for 1954. The association
bestowed the ranking on'Quil
lian in a : weekend announc
ement. Janet Hopps of Seattle
university won the No. 1 spot
in women's singles.
Upper New York and Ver
mont farm families tap' about
6,000,000 maple trees for the an
nual sap harvest.
One-fifth of all steel wire is
normally used for the manufac
ture of nails.
night. Monroe marched to the
Union one-foot line in the clos
ing minutes of play, only to
have the Bobcat line smear Boyd
Malcolm for a two-yard loss on
the last play of the game.
Marshall Runt 55
The St. Helens-Vale game was
deadlocked at 7-7 through mdst
of the second half. Duane Mar
shall scored first for St. Helens
on a sparkling 55-yard run in
the second period, but Vale
evened the count a few minutes
later on a seven-yard thrust by
Tater Smith.
Vale came to life in the final
period after the two teams had
spent most of the second half at
midfield. Smith touched off the
spark with a 48-yard run to the
St. Helens' 45-yard line.
Arana, Vale's passing full
back, took over from there and
after four straight pass comple
tions placed the Vikings in a
scoring position, fired the game
winning pass to Bates.
Coach Dutch Kawasoe of Vale
directed his squad to the cham
pionship in his freshman year
as a head football coach.
Monroe's powerful offense and
Union's dogged defense proved
to be equally effective in the
CorvaUis encounter.
Monroe threatened three
times in the first half, only to
have the drives halted by the
superb Union defense. One drive
bogged down on the seven, one
on the eight and the third on
the 26 yard line of Union.
Bobcats Roll
The Bobcats did not start to
roll until the third period. Led
by Gene McKinney and Gary
Erwin, Union moved to the Mon
roe seven before being stopped.
Monroe took over the ball on
downs at that point and began
the unsuccessful fight against
the clock. The nearly 93 yards
were covered in 24 plays, most
of them on the ground.
The game was the second of
the four state high school title
matches to end in a tie this sea
son. Marshfield and South Sa
lem fought to .a 13-13 tie at
Portland Friday night to be
come co-holders of the A-l title
.: Statistically, the Vale-St. Hel
ens game was fairly even. The
Viks outpassed the Lions, 85
yards to 32, but St. Helens gain
ed 179 yards rushing to 126 for
Vale. They were tied at 211
yards for total offense, although
St. Helens had 10 first downs to
Vale's nine.
Monroe dominated Union in
game statistics. The Dragons had
16 first downs to eight for
Union, and netted 249 yards to
tal offense for 170 for the Bob
cats. Monroe gained 170 yards
rushing and 79 passing, to Un
ion's 152 on the ground and 18
through the air.
Coast Loop
HQ To Move
Houston, Tex. (U.R) The
Pacific fcoast league headquar
ters will be moved from Los
Angeles to San . Francisco as
soon as possible.
This was the decision reach
ed early today by PCL directors
who are attending the minor
leagues meetings in Houston.
Resignation of league Presi
ident Clarence Rowland' to join
the Chicago Cub staff was given
as reason for the move. San
Francisco had been the league
headquarters until Rowland
took office nine years ago and
moved his office to Los Angeles.
San Francisco is considered a
more centrally-located city.
No successor to Rowland was
named at yesterday's PCL
meeting which lasted until the
early hours today. But Bill
Starr, owner of the San Diego
Padres, was named chairman of
a screening committee to consid
er applications.
Webfoots Battle
B rones in Opener
Eugene U.R) University
of Oregon will open its 1954
basketball season Friday night
against Santa Clara, the 1953
NCAA regional champion, " in
one game of a doubleheader
which will see California and
Oregon tangle in the other half.
The four teams move to Cor
vaUis .Saturday night, j ,
Duck Coach BiU Borcher's big
problem is finding replacements
for Ken Wegner, Barney Hol
land and Bob Hawes. :
PCC MEETING SET
Los Angeles (U.R) Pacific
Coast Conference representa
tives will meet in Pasadena Dec.
5-9 to reconsider their decision
to ban spring footbaU practices
in 1956, ,PCC Commissioner Vic
for O. Schmidt has announced.
The members wiU also
discuss a proposal for, a confer
encewide basketbaU schedule to
replace the present system of
two divisions. -
Monday, Novembet 29, 1954
Hoop Season
Starters Set
Wednesday
By UNITED PRESS
The 1954-55 coUege basketbaU
season explodes into action on
Wednesday night with NCAA
champion La Salle showing the
way, and before the week is
over just about every major
team in the nation will have
played its first game.
Most of the games will be
tuneup affairs, of i course, but
there will be a heavy sprinkling
of big intersectional games and
clashes among teams figured to
be among the best in their sec
tion. ; ':
La SaUe which won the NCAA
championship tournament , last
spring at Kansas City, opens
on Wednesday night with an
easy affair against MiUersville,
Pa., Teachers. The Explorers
are led once again by six-foot,
six-inch Tom Gola, an AU-Am-erican
for the last two seasons.
Heinsohn Back
Holy Cross, winner of last
spring's National Invitation
Tournament at Madison Square
Garden, New York, waits only
until Saturday night before
springing into action against
Tufts. The Crusaders have lost
AU-American Togo Palazzi and
playmaker Ronnie Perry by gra
duation but still have six-foot,
six-mch Tom Heinsohn at cen
ter to spark the attack.
Indiana, voted the nation's
No. 1 team at the close of the
regular 1953-54 season, also op
ens on Saturday night against
Valparaiso. And the Hoosiers
once again figure to be strong
because AU-American Don
Schlundt is back at center to
pour in points.
Line-Up Told
For Biggest
Bowl Frays
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
Out of the surprise-studded,
upset-ridden 1954 college foot
baU season, climaxed fittingly by
Navy's stunning 27-20 defeat of
mighty Army, today emerged
this unexpected line-up for the
four biggest post-season bowl
games:
Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.:
Southern California vs. Ohio
State.
Sugar Bowl at New Orleans
Navy vs. Mississippi.
Cotton Bowl at DaUas: Arkan
sas vs. Georgia Tech.
Orange .Bowl at Miami, Fla.:
Duke vs. Nebraska.
No Definite, Policy
No service school has gone to
a bowl since Navy tied Wash
ington, 14-14, in the 1924 Rose
Bowl.' But Navy Secretary
Charles R. Thomas disclosed the
government never has had any
definite policy" banning bowl
games.' He denied that this
year's permission will "set any
precedent" and said future bowl
bids wiU be considered separ
ately from "year to year." He
predicted that Navy's bowl re
ceipts, expected to be more than
$100,000, would be given to
charity after deduction of ex
penses. Duke was voted into the Or
ange Bowl by the Atlantic Coast
Conference just 24 hours after
clinching the loop's unofficial
title by beating North Carolina,
47-12. Selection of the Blue
DevUs was a blow to Maryland,
last year s national champion
which had hoped to impress the
conference committee by its na
tionally-televised rout, of Mis
souri on Thanksgiving Day.
Meeting Delayed
The Gator Bowl at Jackson
ville, Fla., had been scheduled
to select its two teams Sunday.
But th failure of two commit
tee members to arrive in Jack
sonville in time forced the com
mittee to postpone its delibera
tions until today.. -
Only eight games are sched
uled this Saturday as the 1954
season comes to a complete halt.
The featured game of the day
will be the nationaUy-televised
meeting of Notre Dame and
Southern Methodist, while other
top games include Citadel-South
Carolina, Houston-Detroit, and
Denver-Mexico University.
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HuskiesChiefs
Bill Cage Action
Seattle (U.R) BasketbaU
action in western Washington
gets hot and heavy this week
with games for both the Univer
sity of Washington and Seattle
university. ; ' r
The Washington Huskier open
their pre-conference schedule
against the University of Haw
aii here Friday and Saturday
nights. The Seattle university
Chieftains, open the new season
at BeUingham Saturday night
against Western Washington.
TURNER VERSUS DRAKE
New York (U.R)GU Turner
of Philadelphia, formerly a
high-ranking middleweight con
tender, is favored at 12-5 to beat
young. Ray Drake of Brooklyn
tonight in their TV fight at
Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway
arena. The 10-rounder will be
Drake's first tUt with a "name"
opponent in hi$,20 professional
bouts. .
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MAKING 4-YARD GAIN, Hoernschmeyer (14), Detroit Lions
. halfback, is pulled down by avalanche of Green Bay Packers in
first quarter action of game at Detroit. Lions eked out 28-24
, win in action-filled contest before 55,500. (International)
Browns Take r2-Game
East Lead by Beating
Giants; LA, SF Rapped
By EARL WRIGHT
United Press Sports Wirter
The Cleveland Browns are
rushing toward their third
straight National FootbaU league
championship game with the
Detroit Lions, but don't try. to
tell Paul Brown he has his ninth
straight division title aU but
clinched.
Brown coach, general mana
ger and psychologist watched
his Browns take a commanding
XVi game lead in the Eastern
Division' Sunday by defeating
the New York Giants, 16-7. "I'm
not counting on anything yet,"
Brown said as he discussed
strange bounces, his own mis-
5 Pioneers
On NW Loop
Star Team
. Portland (U.R) Lewis
and Clark college dominated the
Northwest conference all - star
football team with five players,
foUowed by Willamette with
three men and College of Idaho
with two.
The -three schools tied for the
conference championship this
season.
Other berths on the squad
were earned by Whitman and
Pacific. Twelve players made
the first team because of a tie
between two halfbacks. Ballots
were taken at a meeting of con
ference coaches here Saturday,
Three Pioneer backs made the
first team. They are Jimmy
Johnson, quarterback; Earl En
gebretson, fuUback, and Gene
Flippin at halfback. Tackle Har
ry McAdams and guard Darrell
Everett rounded out the Lewis
and Clark segment of the
team.
R. C. Owens, College of Ida
ho's pass snagger, landed an
end post and his teammate, Joe
Kahahawai was guard. Owens,
Kahahawai and Everett are re
peaters from last year's team.
Willamette members of the
team are Dean Benson at end,
Dave Anderson at tackle and
Ken Cooper at center. v
Whiteman placed Earle Walk
er at halfback and Gerry Millis,
Pacific, was another back. Mil
lis and Flippin tied, for the
backfield post.
Named on the second team
were Al Scott, Lewis and Clark
and Joe Brock, Linfield, ends;
Vern Conrad, Whitman, and
Dale Greenlee, Willamette,
tackles; Andy George, WiUam
ette, Joe Hawaii, Pacific, guards;
Ralph Staley, Lewis and Clark,
and Jerry Adams, Pacific, tied
for center; Gene LePage, Whit
man, quarterback; Frank Fair,
Lewis and Clark and Al Tar
penning, Linfieldi halfbacks, and
George' Bardsley, WiUamette,
fullback.
Honorable mention: Ends Bill
Kundrat. College of Idaho: Bob
Schembs. Whitman; Jim Quick. Lewis
and Clark. Tackles Mike Clock. Lew
is and Clark. Guards Chuck Harri
man, Linfield: Frank Costa. Collece of
Idaho. Quarterback Harve Neffen
dorf. Willamette. Halfbacks Ed Bon
aminio, College of Idaho: Bob Zoelch,
Willamette: ElderedfSe Sequiera. Wil
lamette; George Sullivan. Whitman.
Fullback Gary Collins. College of
Idaho.
Of Texas' total agricultural in
come, more than 45 per cent is
derived from livestock ranching
and sales." -
fin
1955 MERCURY
DEC. 2
takes and the emotions of the
players.
The champion Lions, resting
after defeating the Green Bay
Packers twice in five days last
week, clinched at least a tie for
their third straight Western
crown , when the Losv Angeles
Rams and San Francisco Forty
Niners suffered surprise defeats.
The Chicago. Bears eliminated
the Rams, 24-13, and the Balti
more Colts ended Forty-Niner
title hopes by scoring a surprise,
17-13 victory.
The Bears (6-4) moved into the
runner-up spot behind Detroit
(8-1) and could tie. for the West
ern title by winning their lastj
two games if the Lions accom
modate by losing their last
three.
Browns Need One
Cleveland (7-2) needs to win
only one of its last three games
to clinch at least a tie for East
ern honors, even if the second-
place Giants and Philadelphia
Eagles each (6-4) could sweep
their last two starts. And either
the Giants or Eagles figure to
lose at least once before they
meet Dec. 12.
Adrian Burke's five touch
down passes helped Philadelphia
beat the Washington Redskins,
41-33, while Nick Bolkovac's
field goal provided the victory
margin as the Pittsburgh Steel
ers beat the Chicago Cardinals
20-17.
The Lions play the Eagles and
Bears before playing their post
poned Oct. 3 game with Cleve
land Dec. 19. The Browns meet
the Redskins and Steelers be
fore taking on the Lions in what
figures to be a preview of the
title clash.
Lou Groza's three field goals
18, 10 and 37 yards plus
Otto Graham's passing and one
foot quarterback sneak for a
touchdown' provided the points
as the Browns beat their near
est rivals in a "must" game be
fore 45,936 at the Polo Grounds.
Herb Johnson ran a Horace Gil-
lom punt 48 yards for New
York's TD.
Brown Criticizti Self
"The key play happened late
in the second 'quarter when we
tried to go for a touchdown and
Billy Reynolds fumbled," Brown
said. "I should have called for
a field goal. That would have
made it 16-0 and would have put
the crusher on them. But I got
big headed and let the boys talk
me into trying for the touch
down." Brown said New York's play
in the second half was a good
example of how players' emo
tions 'effect a game.
"When the Giants got their
touchdown they were high as
a kite. They were all over us.
Then we got our third field
goal. They knew they needed
two touchdowns to beat us and
they were just about finished.
It's human .nature."
Larry Brink, a defensive end
the Bears obtained from the
Rams, raced 79 yards to score
after intercepting a Norm Van
Brocklin pass and his old mates
never caught up at Chicago. The
Bears held the Rams without a
touchdown for 57 minutes after
Van Brocklin and Bob Boyd
teamed on an 80-yard TD toss.
The Colts upset the Forty-
Niners when quarterback Gary
Kerkorian and halfback Royce
Womble completed a 78 -yard
scoring pass with 1:27 to go at
Baltimore.
BOLD NEW
198 H.P.
To Match
ST0HE, KASTHEB OtJ
ALL-STATE
Portland , (U.R) -r- Salem
dominated the Oregonian's 1954
high school all-star footbaU team
with South Salem placing two
players on the. first team and
North Salem getting one spot.
The first team is made up of
PhU Burkland, South Salem, and
Dick Woolstenhulme, North
Bend, ends; Arnold Slaven,
Grants Pass, and Jack Stone,
Gresham, tackles; Doug Min-
Ml BL Meets
This Evening
Team representatives are in
structed to have their entry and
shower privilege fees with them
tonight when the Medford Inde
pendent BasketbaU League holds
its second organizational meet
ing of the season.
The session wiU be at 8 p.m.
attheYMCA.
Last week's MIBL session was
possibly the best season starter
meeting in a number of year and
persons attending that meeting
are hopeful for even larger at
tendance and more enthusiasm
$onight. .
Total number of teams which
will participate in the 1954-1955
slate is expected to be known to
night. Other important business
matters are on the agenda mak
ing it necessary for representa
tives of all teams planning to
play in the league to be on hand.
There was discussion last week
of means of augmenting league
income and further talk along
that line is anticipated this eve
ning, j
v Limitation of the circuit to 10
teams, was talked strongly last
week and the first 10 to turn in
entry fees tonight may be "the
league" for this season. How
ever, turnout of more team man
agers and sponsors could result
in a change in that plan, v
MARIO VICTOR
Reno, Nev. U.R) Baby Moe
Mario of Reno knocked out Al
fredo Avila of Denver in the
sixth round of their bantam
weight main event fight " last
night. It was Reno's first indoor
boxing card of the season. -
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PREP SECOND CLUB
thorn. Pendleton, and Lee Stiner,
Lincoln of Portland, guards;
John Hinds, Dallas, center; and
Nub Beamer, Roseburg; John
Johnson, Marshfield; Terry Salis
bury, North Salem, and Neil
Scheidel, South Salem, backs.
-- The second team: Greg Alten
hofen, Beaverton. and Everett
Kastner. Medford, ends; Free
man Cross, PrineviUe, and Ralph
Allen, Pendleton, tackles; Larry
Newsome, South Salem, and Mo
desto Jiminez, Klamath Falls,
guards; Mickey Gray, Roosevelt
of Portland, center and Dave
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