TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON)
FOLLOWING THROUGH with left tc chin Percy Basset (left) eocks right as Redtop Davis winces.
Davis won in Garden 12-rounder to make him featherweight title contender. (International)
Redtop Day is
Contender
1 New York (U.R) Persis
tence had its reward today when
Teddy (Redtop) Davis of Hart
ford. Conn., was ranxed JNo. 1
imone the world's feather
weight contenders in the Ring
magazine's latest ratings.
Thirty- one- year- old Davis,
beaten 47 times along the
bumpy trail to the top, earned
the first rating by outpointing
Percy Bassett, of Philadelphia
at Madison Square garden last
Friday night. Bassett, top man
when they went into the ring,
dropped back to second rung.
Among the many changes in
the ratings are two. new world
champions: Lightweight Jimmy
Carter of New York and fly
weight Pascual Perez of Argen
tina. Carter recaptured the 135
pound crown by stopping Paddy
DeMarco of Brooklyn. Perez
won the 122-pound title by out
pointing Yoshio Shirai of Japan.
Baker Moved Up '
In the heavyweight division,
Bob Baker of Pittsburgh rose
from sixth to fourth because of
his easy triumph over, Jimmy
Slade of New York, who took
another licking from lightheavy
weight contender Floyd Patter
son of Brooklyn and dropped
from fifth to eighth berth. Pat
terson advanced a notch to No.
4 among the 175-pounders.
Young Patterson is now one
step above Paul Andrews of
Buffalo, N.Y., who sank from
third to fifth because of his de-1
feat by second-ranking Joey
Maxim, ex-champ.
Among the lightweights, un
beaten Frankie Ryff of New
York replaced Arthur Persley of
Red Cross, La., at No. 5. Persley
fell to sixth because of his kayo
by Wallace (Bud) Smith of Cin
cinnati, who moved from 10th
to ninth.
Al Andrews of Superior, Wis.,
ninth among the welterweights
last month, put on pounds and
shifted into the middleweight
division, where he now is 10th.
Newcomers to the ratings are
heavyweight Johnny Williams of
England, 10th, and light heavy
Marty Marshall of Detroit, 10th.
Younce Pushed
For Grid Post
Corvallis (U.R) Athletic
Director Spec Kenne said to
day he doubted if any move
would be made toward naming
a football coach to succeed Kip
Taylor at Oregon State until he
returned from an NCAA meet
ing in New York in mid-Janu
ary. .
Keene said letters were con
tinuing to arrive at his office.
including applications.
Meanwhile, a group of form
er Oregon State athletes is push
ing Len Younce, the resigned
line coach, for the head coaching
job. Johnny Leovich, former
OSC baseball star, said "his ap
pointment would mean a steady
stream of athletes at Oregon
State and revival of interest
among the alumni who are ex
athletes." Shaw, Patera Selected
Oh Trojan's Foe Eleven
Los Angeles (U.R)" The
University of Southern Califor
nia football squad, the. coast's
Rose Bowl representative, pick
ed three California players on its
all-opponent team. Notre Dame,
Oregon and UCLA each placed
two men on the team, and Texas
Christian and Oregon State
placed one player.
The team includes: Dan Shan
non, Notre Dame, and Jim Hani
fan, California at ends; Jack El
lena, UCLA, and Ron Asch
bacher, Oregon State, at t?.ckl;;
Jim Salsbury, UCLA and. Jack
Patera, Oregon, at guard: Matt
Hazeltine, California, center;
md Paul Larson, California,
Ralph Guglielmi, Notre Dame,
George Shaw, Oregon, arid Ron
Clinkscale, TCU, as the back
field. -
MAIL TRIBUITO .
Black Tornado
Ready for Starting
Medford high school's bask
etball aggregation is "ready to
go lor its opening action 01 tne
1954-55 season, Coach Frank
Roelandt has reported.
The latest version of the
Black Tornado goes ' under .fire
for the first time Friday night
when it ; participates in ' ; t h e
Otta Graham
Close To Van
In Pro Race
Philadelphia (U.R) The
Cleveland Browns are surgirjg
and quarterback Otto Graham
is putting-the pressure on Norm
Van Brocklin for. the passing
championship in .the National
Football league. -Graham,
the defending cham
pion slipped into the No. 2 spot
behind Vsm Brocklin as . the
Browns took a aVfc-game lead
Sunday in the loop's Eastern
division. And with three games
to go, the Brownies' passing wiz
ard might overhaul the Los
Angeles Rams ace.
Van Brocklin holds the lead
ership with an average gain of
10.34 yards for each pass
thrown. Graham, who was fifth
last week, has an average of
8.15 yards for every chuck. Van
Brocklin has two games left to
play-
Joe (The Jet) Perry of the San
Francisco 49ers retained first
place in rushing and Bobby Wal
ston of the Philadelphia Eagles
went back into first place in
scoring with five conversions
and two field goals for a season
total of 98 points. Doak Walker
of the Detroit Lions is second
with : 91 points.
Burk Heads in TD's
Adrian Burk, of the Eagles,
who threw : five , touchdown pass
es against Washington on Sun
day, , is leading the touchdown
parade with 19.
Perry, with 870 yards in 135
rushes, holds " a commanding
236-yard lead over teammate
John' Henry Johnson, in second
place with 634 yards.
Billy Wilson of the Forty-Nin-ers.
stayed in first place in pass
receptions with 49, followed by
Pete Pihos of the Eagles with
47. Harlon Hill of the Chicago
Bears leads with 10 touchdown
receptions and Boyd is tops in
yardage with 1,023.
Horace Gillom of the Browns,
who boots them a mile, took
over in punting with a 43.5 yard
average for 35 kicks, with Pat
Brady of the Pittsburgh Steel-
ers second with a 43.2 average
for 51 boots. ' ; 11 -
Dick Lane of the; Chicago Car
dinals leads in interceptions with
eight while Herb Johnson of the
Giants is first in punt returns
and Billy Reynolds of Cleveland
first in kickoff returns.
LaStarza Rated Edge
Over Norkus Tonight
Cleveland, O UR) Roland
LaStarza of New York ruled a
slight favorite to defeat hard
hitting Charlie Norkus tonight
in the , 10-round main event at
the annual Christmas Fund box
ing show in the Cleveland arena.
The battle promises to be a
test of LaStarza's ; technique
against Norkus' knockout pow
er. LaStarza, one-time student
at City College of New York, is
recognized as one of the heavy
weight devision's most skilled
practitioners.
The LaStarza-Norkus fray
shares top 'billing on the card
with a 10-rounded between middle-weights
Rocky Castellani,
Cleveland, and " Moses (No
Clinch Wardof Detroit.
Wednesday, DoemTr 1, 1954
Fray
Southern Oregon Conference
jamboree at Grants Pass. Med
ford will see only three quar
ters of action on the Caveman
court. Its . first full-strength
struggle will be against Eureka,
Calif., here Saturday night.
Roelandt said that the Tor
nado has rounded' pretty well
into shape for its starters. The
club is in good physical condi
tion. He stated that there are a
lot of things the crew needs to
brush up on but those that need
the most - attention likely won't
be known until after the Tor
nado has played a few games.
Real Unveiling '
In the jamboree Medford will
face Ashland, Grants Pass and
Klamath Falls each one quarter.
The jamboree is a preview of
conference foes but results may
not be too conclusive , as to how
the quints stack up against each
other. Medford, while it will be
out to do its best, will concen
trate on experimenting rather
rather victory at' Grants Pass:
The Eureka Logger fracas will
be the real unveiling of the
Black Tornado. "We'll be out to
win that one," Roelandt stated.
About 15 players may . make
the trip to GP, while some will
be in the action more than oth
ers, every boy who makes the
jaunt likely will get a chance to
play. The tall boys of the club,
Glenn Peterson and Stan Kala
pus, will see the heaviest duty
and Roelandt plans to use
them together much of the
time,. Frank Rector, Everett Kast-
ner, Larry Copple, Ed McCul-
lough and Lloyd Cearley are
hoopmen who'll probably be on
the court ; a big share of the
time. : ." '
On Saturday night the Eur
eka lightweights and the Med
ford junior varsity will provide
the 6:45 p.m. preliminary activ
ity. ; ;
Tulsa Football
Staff Gets Boot
Tulsa, Okla.-4U.r3 Tulsa University-football
Coach Bernie
Witucki, whose teams could win
only three games in two "years,
was out of a job today, and he
said he hoped his successor
would "have the good Lord on
his side." . ,. Y .'
Witucki, who took over the
reins of the Golden Hurricane,
two years ago after a successful
career as an assistant coach at
Tulsa, watched the team lose all
11 games this season.
His contract had one year to
go, but Tulsa's school officials
gave him the boot Tuesday,
along with his four assistants,
and said satisfactory financial
settlements would be made. 1
OSC Quint Faces
Hawaii Tonight
Corvallis 4U.R) Oregon- State
meets University of Hawaii here
tonight at. Gill Coliseum in its
1954-55 . basketball season
opener.
On Friday night, OSC travels
to Eugene to play j California
while Oregon meets Santa Clara.
Saturday night Oregon and OSC
switch opponents and play here.
Sleep Well
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Omaha Eyes
Jump Into
Higher Class
'. By ED FITE
Houston, Tex. U.R) Fran
chise problems were still the big
news , around . the minor league
convention side rooms today al
though the convention proper
centered its attention of the fi
nal day of the draft involving
the little minors.
Focal point of the , franchise
switch talk was Omaha, the am
bitious Nebraska metropolis that
is waging a prolonged battle to
iumn from the Class A Western
league to the Class AAA Ameri
can association. . v
But there were several other
cities whose situations were just
as clouded if not as well publi
cized. -
Omaha lost out to Denver,
Colo., also of the Western league
in the bid for the ' association
franchise vacated when Kansas
City moved into the American
league, but still hopes that the
St. Louis Cardinals will come to
the rescue. ... -.
- The draft took some of the
edge off the franchise battle
Tuesday as clubs in the four top
minor league classifications
Open, AAA, AA and A laid
out $123,750 for 31 players.
TV-at Ta Continue
Tnrtav .the Class B and C
leagues get their chance to se
lect some promising taieni uui
ing the morning. A delayed
draft during the afternoon will
give those clubs which lost play
ers in the main draft a chance
to recuperate.
- The Western league,, mean
while, went on record as decid?
ing not to "select" an eighth city
to replace Denver because it
didn't want to "hurt" any other
club or league at this time.
The International league, rec
ognizing its problem at Ottawa,
a Kansas City Athletics farm
club, appointed a committee to
look into possible replacement
sites and said Miami, Fla., would
hp visited ''immediately" after
the close of the convention.
The Eastern league, which has
aMp . franchises at Al-
bany and Wilkes-Barre, delayed
until today any , action on lamns
rArl a cements from such a
field as Johnstown or: Sunbury,
Pa., and Springfield, Mass. i.
All Interested
Persons Invited :
To Mat Clinic
All persons interested are in
vited to attend the wrestling
clinic Saturday, Debember 4, at
the Medford senior high school
gymnasium, v. : , r,; , !
Bill Hammer, University of
Oregon grappling instructor,
will conduct the clinic with
members of his Webf oot squad
assisting. - The- affair is mainly
for coaches and their wrestling
squads and other interested stu
dents in this area.
.The Medford school has sent
out invitations to 21 schools in
southern and southwestern Ore
gon. Sessions will be from 9 a.m.
to noon and 1:30 to 5 p.m.
Paul Evenson, Medford high
wrestling instructor, and Ditch
Simons, Klamath Falls tutor,
will give talks. -1 :
Medford high began wrestling
workouts Monday with a turn
out of about 45 boys. Among re:
turnees are Ray Williams, Les
Walch, Paul Eckel, Bill Dyer,
Harley Davidson, Larry Fraser,
Ron Lindgren and Ray Hilton.
Coaches Agree
Bowl Rule Poor
' Sacramento, Calif. - (U.R)
Coach Red Sanders of UCLA
and Jess Hill of Southern Cal
ifornia have agreed that the Pa
cific Coast Conference and Big
Ten rule prohibiting teams from
going to the Rose Bowl twice in
a row is a 'poor one."
' , Both coaches told a banquet
group here. Tuesday night, that
they thought the, champions of
each conference should go to the
Rose Bowl every year. :
UCLA won the PCC title this
year but USC will be in the
Rose Bowl because Sanders'
team was in the Rose Bowl last
January.
"I don't believe it's a good
rule," said Hill. "The best team
in each conference should be in
the Rose Bowl every year. I
think, it's a poor rule, myself"
"I don't know anyone who's
for it," Sanders chimed in.
"I'm not saying I endorse any
post-season games," the coach of
the unbeaten CLA team said.
'But my own personal belief
is that the best team' in the
Coast Conference should play
the best team in the Big Ten."
Hill told the group of players j
and Sacramento high school
football players that he had no
doubt that ..his USC Trojans
"are the second best team in the
conference."
at the
Card Completed For PAL
ing Show
Additional oouts were an
nounced today for the Medford
Police Athletic League boxing
show slated Saturday night, De
cember 4, at Merrick's arena
here. The tussles complete the
card. ' " .'
Some of the -top amateur box
ers from Eureka, Calif.; Seattle,
Wash., Portland and Medford are
to be on the 15-bout card-PAL
club promoters of the fights feel
that the benefit program will
provide one of the largest and
most select boxing shows to be
staged in this area.
In the curtain-raiser, Rodger
Haupt meets Jimmy McCabe.
Both are from Medford. These
are 90-pound lads with hearts of
lions and fine boxing skill for
such little fellows.
In the other early bouts will be
Billy Wright, solid-punching 140
pounder against : Tucker Spot,
Eureka; Lester Laudin, 119, "Eu
reka, versus Medford's aggres
sive Don Wolf; Herb Walters,
MIBL Frays
Will Begin
On Monday
Medford Independent Basket
ball League will start play at
7 p.m. Monday at the junior
high school gymnasium, League
President Bill Singler has an
nounced. "
Opponents in the first nights
action will not be known until
Thursday night. Singler has
called a meeting of loop officers
and team managers that evening
at the YMCA to draw up the
schedule. The session will be at
8 o'clock.
. Generally, MIBL games will
be scheduled at the junior high
Monday through Thursday each
week of the season. The gym
will not be available December
15" through January 3. Arrange
ments to ; play elsewhere are
planned and some of the con
tests likely will be played on
courts of MIBL members from
towns outside of Medford. .;.tv'.
. Southern Oregon college stu
dents will serye as referees, Sing
ler reported. 4; ; '
Singler was named Monday to
succeed Ardis Warren as presi
dent. Other officers are Loren
Soderlund, vice-president; Don
Wendt, secretary, and Don Mintz,
treasurer. 'A .). ;
Mickelson Choice
Of Beavers in
Baseball Draft
Houston. Tex. (U.R) : Ed
nrif Vpisnn. rieht-handed first
baseman for the Shreveport club
k Tpvas ' leaaue." was the
first choice of the Portland Bea
vers of the Pacific Coast league
vesterday . as the minor league
riraft sot underway. v
The Beavers were last place
finishers in the league this sea
son and had first choice in xne
draft. Mickelson hit .335 this
vpar and banged out 192 hits,
including 43 doubles, 11 triples,
anrJ 17 home runs. He drove in
139 runs '
, '.7 Mickelson was one of the most
sought-after players in the draft.
He stands six-foot, four-inches,
and hats as well as throws
rieht-handed. : 7
- Los Angeles announced that
Bill Sweeney had been signed
for another (Season as manager,
Eddie Erdelatx
Coach of Week
By CARL LUNDQU1ST
New York (U.R) H y"
want to put him on the defen
sive just call him a "defen
sive coach."
He refers to his boys as "A
Football Team Named Desire,"
a team that likes to run and
take chances, with a will to win
and an urge to score from, any
spot on the field.
Nevertheless his boy have
run up the best defensive rec
ord ' in collegiate football and
when the going - was toughest
last Saturday, , they dug in and
upheld that reputation.
He's the United Press Coach
of the Week, Eddie Erdelatz of
those nifty Navy midshipmen.
And as far as his boys are
concerned, even without that
27-20 . victory over-Army, he's
the coach of the 1 century. Sel
dom in the college ranks, and
particularly in the regimented
atmosphere of a military . acad
emy has there . been ?. a closer
bond between a coach and his
players and associates. I:. : .6 : ,
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150, against Bob Hammy, the
Portland Ramblers club; Maxie
Green, 135, Eureka, versus Wally
Poston, Vancouver; and Manny
Hernandez, 135, Eureka, versus
Chick Masters, Portland Air
Base.
Crippen: In Main
Headline attraction pits Med
ford's blasting Steve Crippen
against Phil Mover of Portland.
Moyer is the current Northwest
Golden Glove welterweight
champion. He has recently de
feated the All-Canadian welter
weight champ. Phil is considered"
to be one of the finest AAU wel
terweights in the entire nation.
" In the semi-windupv : Denny
Moyer, ; 140, Portland will meet
Eureka's best 140-pounder, Jim
WilsOn. Wilson is a solid belter
with either hand while Denny
is a boxing master.
Featured preliminary battle
brings together Medford's knock
out sensation, Junior McDonald"
against hard-hitting, smooth box
ing Marion McCovey, Eureka.
This affair could prove to be the
outstanding mix of the evening.
Bobby Lyons, state champion,
of Medford, meets the Blue Leke,
Calif.,, speed merchant, Blaine
Laudin.
Two Whirlwinds
Larry Lewis, Medford's Little
Dempsey is to meet Portland's
109-pound hunk of dynamite,
Mike Rader. These two young
whirlwinds have met before and
virtually walked off with everv
cheer in the house. Lewis camel
out winner by a very narrow
margin.
In a " battle of 130-pounders,
Bob Apple,. Medford, will swap
punches with Dick Westrup, Se
attle, Wash. ;
Fans will see two of the hard
est hitting 145-pounders on the
coast when Bob Obie, of Hoopa,
Calif.; crawls through the ropes
at Merrick's Arena against Tom
my Thomas, -Portland Air Base.
Both have records of many
knockout victories.
In another battle of bombers,
Jerry McCovery, 165.V Eureka,
meets Joe Santelli, hard fighting,
aggressive 170 pounder,
Bomber Battle
Yet another battle of bombers
pits Bob Barto, Eureka and Hum
boldt c o u n ty middleweight
champ, against Portland Air
Base titleholder, Johnny (Speedy)
Jjuehart
Every cent of profit goes to
further and maintain the Med
ford PAL club. The PAL club is
a non-profit youth center charg
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any boy desiring to belong. PAL
is dependent upon proceeds from
boxing shows for finances.
' Tickets are now" available
from any member of the Med
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Get Heisman
Grid Trophy
f New York (U.R) Fullback
Alan Amache of the University
of Wisconsin, who set an all-time
college -record by gaining 3,212
yards in four varsity seasons, to
day was named the winner , of
the Heisman Memorial trophy as
the year's outstanding college
football player.
Amache,' 21-year-old native of
Kenosha, Wis., and father of two
children, will receive the award
at the Trophy Committee's an
nual dinner here on Dec. 9.
The . line-smashing "Wisconsin
star, who was named to the
United Press All-America foot
ball team last week, received a
total of 1,068 points in balloting
by 1,318 , sports writers .;; and
sportscasters for the trophy.
Other; top J players in the
trophy voting were three other
Ail-Americans : center Kurt
Burns of : Oklahoma : with 838,
halfback Howard Hopalong Cas-
sady of Ohio State with 810, and
quarterback Ralph. Guglielmo of
Notre Dame with 691.
TXevr York (U.R) George
Shaw of Oregon was the eighth
ranking college football player
in the nation in voting for the
Heisman trophy, won by Alan
(The Horse) Ameche of Wiscon
sin. Ameche won ; with 1068
points. )
Shaw had 182 points. Back
Paul Larson of California was
fifth with 271 points and Tackle
Jack Ellena of UCLA sixth with
193 pcLits. : - '
Beginner of Last Year
High in Pistol Shoot
Darrell Payant, beginner last
winter, has made remarkable
progress and was in second place
last night t the regular pistol
shoot of Medford Rifle and Pis
tol club with 266 out of possible
300.
Roy Hewitt was first with 279,
Jim Bolton had .243, Bernice
Hewitt, the only woman shooter
so far this year was in'the fourth
place with 212 and J. C. Hama
ker fifth with 209. t , , , "
The officers of the club are
stressing that the range is open
to any one and everyone, is wel
come. The pistol group meets
Tuesday at .7:30 pjn. on: indoor
range in the Merrick building. ;
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