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Tornado Nicks Eugene
To Even Hoop Series
Medford's Black Tornado
Saturday night spoiled the un
blemished mark of the' Eugene
high basketball club in its new
gymnasium. The 51 to 50 de
cision by the improving Tornado
was the first loss suffered by the
Axemen in 15 games at home
since the gym went into service
last season.
The Tornado broke a 2 to 2
deadlock in the early portion
of the contest and went ahead
to stay for the rest of the night.
A count of 12 to 4 at the end
of the first quarter represented
Medford's widest margin of the
evening. Medford was on top
25 to 20 at halftime and 38 to
34 after three periods.
Eugene closed in on the pear
city club in the final stages of
the game but two free throws by
Everett Kastner gave the Tor
nado Ithe padding necessary to
protect its lead. Medford was
outgunned from the field 21 to
16 by the host quintet but a 19 to
eight margin from the gift shot
line aided the Tornado in the
victory.
Defensive action saw the Med
ford club "collapse" on the huge
Axemen center, Mike Moran.
The maneuver was effective in
preventing Eugene passes to the
6-foot eight-incher but the tow
ering Moran's height gave him
big advantage for tip in shots and
he made 27 points mostly on tips.
Moran had 12 field goals and
put in just three free shots. No
other Eugene player got more
than five points.
Strong on Backboards
Jerry Kalapus was Medford's
main scorer with 14, while Larry
Copple got 11 and Glenn Peter
son 10.
Peterson, Kalapus and Kast
ner were effective on the back
boards for Medford. The Tor
nado had control of the boards
during the first half. It was
more even the rest of the way
but for the whole route Med
ford had the edge. In addition
to the backboard work and
strong defense, Medford showed
better ball handling Saturday
than in its 58 to 50 setback at
the hands of Eugene and that
factor was a big asset in getting
an even break in the series with
the Axemen.
Coach Frank Roelandt of the
Tornado said this morning that
his club was up against a fine
ball club and that he thinks his
Medford charges are coming
along well. The Saturday win
was the second for Medford in
three games this season.
Caliber of the Tornado should
,be better known this coming
week end. Medford plays two
at home against Eagle Point on
Friday and against North Bend
on Saturday. The Eagles loom
strongest among the small A
schools in this area while North
Bend has a potent club which
appears to be one of the strong
est in the state. North Bend
tripped Cottage Grove 60 to 52
on Saturday night.
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Ellena Chosen
Lineman of Year
New York (U.R) Gigantic
Jack Ellena, whose bone-cracking
tackling helped make UCLA
the team of the year, and Red
Sanders coach of the year, picked
up an accolade for himself today
lineman of the year in the an
nual United Press poll.
Ellena, a 223-pound tackle
who is deft despite his heft, re
ceived 69 votes in the balloting
by 336 sports writers and broad
casters, just. beating out Kurt
Burris, the Oklahoma center.
who had 66 votes.
Third place went to Calvin
Jones, Iowa guard with 32 votes,
Bud Brooks of Arkansas, also
a guard, was fourth with 22 and
Max'Boydston, Oklahoma's fine
end placed fifth with 14 votes.
All five won positions on the
united Press All-America foot
ball team.
GARCIA FAVORED
New York (U.PJ Feather
weight contender Rudy Garcia of
L03 Angeles is favored at ,6J2 to
5 over Gene Smith, knockout
specialist of Washington, D. C,
for their TV 10-rounder tonight
at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway
Arena. For the other TV fight
tonight the St. Nicholas Arena,
where light-weight Kenny Lane
of Muskegon, Mich., meets Dan
ny Jo Perez of New York, the
wagering is at "even money."
MAIL TRIBUNE
Avila, Doby
Gain 3 Top
Bat Honors
Chicago U.R) Cleveland's
gifted pitchers were the key
men in ending the New York
Yankees' five-year reign over
the American league this year
but the Indians also swung some
mighty big bats.
Official figures showed that
Bobby Avila and Larry Doby
of the Indians walked off with
the three most important indi
vidual batting titles while the
ex-champions were all but shut
out of honors.
Avila, 28-year-old native of
Vera Cruz, Mexico, became the
Indians' first batting champion
in 10 years by compiling a .341
average that was 21 points supe
rior to the .320 figure of runner
up Minnie Minoso of the White
Sox. Avila, who collected 189
hits including 27 doubles, two
triples and 15 homers, is Cleve
land's first champion since Lou
Boudreau won the title with
327 in 1944.
The 30-year-old Doby annex
ed both "power titles" by pound
ing out 32 home runs and driv
ing in 126 runs. Doby's home
run total exceeded runner:up
Ted Williams' total by three and
his RBI total was one more than
that accumulated by " catcher
Yogi Berra of the Yankees.
Yanks Outhomered
In addition, the Indians out
did the Yankees in another of
their specialties when they out
homered them as a team, 156-
133.
The Yankees managed to win
the tem batting title with a .268
average and Mickey Mantle was
credited with scoring the most
runs 129. Otherwise, the fig
ures showed the Yankees played
with popguns in the house that
Ruth built.
Minoso, Chicago's most valu
able player, popped the . circuit
with 18 triples and also accu
mulated 304 total bases to round
out his best campaign with two
individual titles.
Harvey Kuenn of the Tigers
and Nelson Fox of the White
Sox tied for the most hits 201
each; Mickey Vernon of the
Senators led in doubles with 33
and Jackie Jensen of the Red
Sox led in stolen bases with 22.
Rosburg Victor
In Miami Open
Miami, Fla. U.R) An or
dinary looking putter that can
be bought for $12 in any pro
shop brought young Bob Ros
burg a check of $2,000 today for
his victory in the Miami Open
golf tournament.
"I never putted better In my
life," said the jubilant, 28-year
old San Franciscan Sunday after
coming in with a final round
five-under-par 65 that gave him
a 72-hole total of 273 and a nar
row one stroke victory over Bo
Wininger of Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Defending Champion Doug
Ford of Yonkers, N. Y., wound
up third with 27d while brack
eted for fourth place With 276
apiece were National Open
Champion Ed Furgol, Pete Coop
er of Tampa, Fla., Ted Kroll of
New Hartford, N. Y., and Julius
Boros of Mid Pines, N. C.
Grant High Takes 4th
Straight Swim Diadem
Eugene (U.PJ Grant high
school won its fourth straight
James O. Reed Memorial swim
ming meet here Saturday with a
total of 56 points. The meet is
emblematic of the Oregon swim
championship.
Second was South Salem with
22 points. St. Helens scored 21,
Lake Oswego 18, :Lincoln 12,
Jefferson and Washington 10,
Cleveland 8; Benson 8, West
Linn 4, Beaverton and Junction
City 1 and North Salem 0.
APPLICATION REJECTED
Portland U.R) An appli
cation 'by Greyhound Park of
Eugene to conduct dog racing in
Lane county was disapproved 'by
a 2 to 1 vote of the Oregon Rac
ing Commission here Saturday.
Dr. Frank R. Menne, commis
sion chairman, said the vote was
based on recommendations by
the Eugene city council and Lane
county commissioners against
dog racing in or near the city.
FRY TOP CANDIDATE
Portland, Ore. (U.R) A
Portland newspaper, The Ore
gonian, said today it had learn
ed that Wes Fry, backfield
coach at the University of Cali
fornia, and Herm Meister, Cal
ifornia line coach, had become
leading candidates for the vacant
coaching job at Oregon State
college.
Monday, December 13, 1954
High-Ranked
Teams Bow
On Courts
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
It was a week end of horror
for the high-ranked basketball
teams as no fewer than nine of
the top 20 went crashing in de
feat, and three of them hit the
comeback trail tonight to start
a week that seems loaded with
more trouble.
Four of the nine big-game los
ers bowed to teams that out
ranked them. But the other five
defeats were by unrated teams
and there were some real
"shockers."
Iowa, ranked second, bowed
by 97-94 to the same hot-shooting
Missouri team that previous
ly beat Indiana; Duquesne,
ranked third, was tumbled by
George Washington, 71-64, in
the finals of the Steel Bowl tour
nament at Pittsburgh; and Holy
Cross, last season's National In
vitation tournament champion
now ranked eighth, took a 93-73
walloping from St. John's in a
game that set two Madison
Square garden scoring records.
LaSalle Wins Thriller
Also bowing to unranked
teams with 13th-rated St. Louis,
91-86 to Ohio State, and . 16th
ranked DePaul, 94-84 to Minne
sota.
Losing to higher-ranked teams
were: lOth-ranked Niagara, bow
ing to first-ranked LaSalle, 76
75, in an overtime thriller; lltb
ranked Notre Dame, which
dropped a nationally - televised
73-70 decision to Indiana; 17th-
ranked Oregon State, beaten for
the second straight night by
15-ranked Southern California,
55-35; and 17th-ranked Okla
homa A&M, beaten 59-53 by
sixth-ranked Illinois.
Iowr. tries to get back on the
winning trail tonight by playing
host to St. Mary's of California
in an intersectional tussle, while
Notre Dame seeks to "get well"
against Loyola of Chicago and
the Oklahoma Aggies face a
dangerous assignment in Texas
Tech.
Lanqlois Comes
Out of Seclusion
San Francisco (U.R) Pierre
Langlois, French challenger for
the middleweight crown worn
by Carl , (Bobo) Olson, opened
the doors of his training quar
ters today for the first time
since he went into seclusion last
week. -
The Gallic boxer, who, aspires
to be the first Frenchman to
hold a world title since Marcel
Cerdan, has spent almost as
much of his time meeting social
obligations as he has in the gym
since he arrived here 10 days
ago.
Sunday he was" the guest of
Paul Vervier, owner of the sel
ect department store, City of
Paris. The Frenchman and his
entourage journeyed to Vervier's
country home north of San
Francisco for a day of relaxa
tion. Workout Slated
Kantor said the challenger
would work out with his stable-
mate, welterweight ' Pierre Her-
nandes, today. He said Lang
lois manager, Jean Bretonnel,
would also climb into the ring
to help the Frenchman sharpen
his infighting technique.
Meanwhile Olson has kept up
his daily schedule. A workman
like champion, he has gone in
for no extra publicity or frills,
but has concentrated on getting
in shape for the Dec. 15 bout
that will be his third title de
fense in eight months.
Medford Independent
League Games Tonight
Skinner's Buick meets Com
pany A of the National Gnarrl 1
7 o'clock, tonight in the first
game oi a Medford Independent
Basketball League twinbill at
the junior high school gymnas
ium. The 8:30 o'clock match will
be between Burelson's of Cen
tral Point and the YMCA.
Two games are slated for Tues
day with Yellow Cab playing
Hawkinson Tires in the early
mix and Sacred Heart Church
opposing National Guard Head
quarters Company in the con
cluder. ,
VOTE ON WARNER AWARD
'Palo Alto, Calif. KU.P.) Some
400 coaches and sportswriters
vote this week for the man who
will receive the Glenn (Pop)
Warner Memorial Award for the
most valuable senior football
player on the Pacific Coast this
past season. The winner will
be presented with a gold watch
and trophy next month at a ban
quet sponsored by the ' Palo
Sports Club of Palo Alto.
BASEBALL TACTICS
Northwood, - N. H. (U.PJ
Arthur Wheeler of Northwood
Ridge wounded a deer Sunday
with his last shot. When the 120
pound buck charged him
Wheeler felled the animal base
ball style by breaking the stock
of his rifle on the animal's head.
Victoria, largest of the African
lakes, is almost as large in area
as Lake Superior in the U.S.
and Canada.
Four-fifth of the. U.S. shrimp
catch annually comes from the
Gulf of Mexico.
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ALL SIGNED UP Veteran Brooklyn catcher Roy Campa
nella (left) smiles as he and rookie hurler Karl Spooner ink
contracts in New York. Roy signed for $36,000. Spooner,
'who joined the team in final week and struck out 27 ,
patters in two games, was signed for $7500. ,
Lions, Browns To Vie
For Pro Grid Title
By EARL WRIGHT
United -Press Sports Writer
The Detroit Lions and Cleve
land Browns, two of the most
successful teams in National
Football League history, close
the season against each other in
a "nothing" game Sunday and
open fire in earnest Dec. 26
when they clash in the cham
pionship game for the third
straight year.
Both games will be played in
Cleveland, but that's the only
advantage the Browns will have
when they try to crack one of
sport's biggest jinxes. Detroit
defeated Cleveland in the last
two championship games, won
its only previous regular season
game with the Browns and
never has gotten worse than a
tie in exhibitions between the
two clubs.
Postponement of their Oct. 3
game because of the World
Series forces the Midwest power
houses to play back-to-back con
tests although they have clinched
the respective division titles.
Cleveland climaxed its finest
comeback Sunday; by crushing
the Pittsburgh Steelers, 42-7,
for its eighth straight victory
and fifth straight Eastern title.
No other NEL club ever won
more than four straight division
crowns.
Lions Without Layno
Detroit, which clinched the
Western title and a chance for
a record third straight league
championship last week, played
without star quarterback Bobby
Layne and bowed to the Chicago
Bears, 28-24.-
All the clubs except Detroit
(8-2-1) and Cleveland (9-2) ended
their campaigns during the
weekend. While the Bears (8-4)
clinched second place in the
Western Division, the Philadel
phia Eagles (7-4-1) took runner
up honors in the East by beating
the New York Giants, 29-14. The
Los Angeles Rams (6-5-1) de
feated the Green. Bay Packers,
35-27, and the Washington Red
skins downed the Chicago Cardi
nals, 37-20.
The San . Francisco " Forty
Niners (7-4-1) finished with a
10-7 Saturday triumph over the
Baltimore Colts (3-9) on Gordie
Soltau's 10-yard field goal.
Browns' Defense Tough
The defensive unit, which
limited the opposition to an aver
age of .7.2 points per game dur
ing Cleveland's streak, set up or
scored the four first-half touch
downs that softened the Steelers
(5-7). Halfback Ken Konz inter
cepted a Jim. Finks pass, middle
guard Mike McCormack recov-
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ered a fumble and end Len Ford
picked up another bobble to
set up three scoring dashes by
rookie halfback Chet Hanulak.
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TD when he raced 54 yards with
a Finks pass. ' '
Zeke . Bratkowski threw two
TD passes to Jim Doole and Ed
Brown threw one to Harlan Hill
as the Bears beat ths Lions be
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Ring Victim
In Week End
Boston U.R) A brain sur
geon said today "several damag
ing blows" were the cause of a
brain hemorrhage that took the
life of Eddie Sanders, second
boxer to die of ring injuries in
two days. A third died in a
highway crash.
Sanders, 25 -year -old 1952
Olympic heavyweight champion
from Los Angeles, died Sunday
at a hospital 19 hours after an
11th round knockout by Willie
James of Boston at Boston Gar
den. j
'The quiet-mannered young
Negro died of the same type of
injury that took the life of Ralph
Weiser of Klamath Falls, Ore.,
Saturday after a Friday night
fight. ' '
A third fighter died Sunday
in Montreal, Johnny Greco, for
mer Canadian welterweight
champion, was killed when his
automobile went out of control
and hit a tree.. He was starting
a comeback after holding the
title from 1946 to 1953.
Nat Fleischer, editor of Ring
Magazine, said "Incomplete rec
ords for 1954 indicated Weiser
and Sanders were the first pro
fessionals to die of ring injuries
this year in the United States.
He said the total of all ring
deaths this year : was five as
compared with the all-time
record of 21 in 1953. .
Weiser, a 26-year-old Klamath
Dublinski, subbing for the in
jured Layne, threw- two TD
passes to Jug Girard and one to
Jim Doran, all coming in the
final quarter.
. Dan Towler scored three of
the Rams' touchdowns against
the Packers (4-8) before 38,839
fans at Los Angeles. " Elroy
Hirsch, star Ram end, played
his last NFL game and raced
off the field in his shorts after
souvenir-happy fans ripped off
his uniform.
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break offered him in the first
round. It would have given him
the fight. Five hours after the
bout ended in a knockout in the
ninth round, Weiser died of a
brain hemmorhage.
The Klamath Falls boxing
commission concluded after ' a
hearing Saturday that the death
was not due to any lack of pre
caution on the part of the com
mission or ring officials.
Hall said he was so shaken
by the death of his opponent he
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