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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGOlf) Good Scrap Predicted In Olson-Langlois Mix By HAL WOOD San Francisco (U.R) Pierre Langlois of France attempts to gain the world . middleweight crown tonight when he tangles with champion Carl (Bobo) Ol son in a 15-round nationally televised bout at the San Fran cisco Cow Palace. The chances appear so slight for the challenger to take the title back to Europe that Olson has been installed as a 4-1 favor ite to make the third successful defense of the crown in eight months. A crowd of about 11,000 is ex pected in the Cow Palace to watch the battle, which is sched- Joe Perry Apparently Top Gainer Philadelphia XU.R) Joe (The Jet) Perry of the San Francisco Forty-Niners apparently has won the individual ball carrying championship of the National Football League with a season total of 1,049 yards gamed, of ficial league statistics showed today. Although final official statis tics will not be completed until after the Cleveland-D e t r o i t game in Cleveland next week end, Perry's season total was so great it was unlikely it could be matched. His teammate, John Henry Johnson, is runner-up with 681 yards, followed by Paul Young er of Los Angeles with 610. The closest player in the Detroit Cleveland game was Maurice Bassett of Cleveland who was in sixth place with a total of 533 yards. Perry averaged 6.1 yards on each of his 173 attempts. Norm Van Brocklin, the league's leading passer, finished the season with an average gain of 10.14 yards. Otto Graham of Cleveland ranked second with an 8.88 average. Zeke Bratkow ski of the Chicago Bears, a late starter, was third with 8.36. Adrian Burke of Philadelphia threw the most touchdown passes, 23. Receives Tie Pete Pihos of Philadelphia and Billy Wilson of San Francis co tied for the receiving cham pionship with 60 each, with Bob "yd of Los Angeles third with 53. Bobby Walston of Philadel phia led the scorers "with 114 points but Doak Walker of De troit can win the title in the Cleveland game. He now has 104. Horace Gillom of Cleveland led the punters with a 43.6 aver age. Pat Brady of Pittsburgh was second with 43.2 and Van Brocklin third with 42.6. Veryl Switzer of Green Bay leaped from third to first place in punt returns with a 12.8 aver age, followed by Jack Christian sen, Detroit, with 11.8 and Herb Johnson, New York, with 10.3. Bill Reynolds, Cleveland, led in kickoff returns with a 29.5 average. Les Goble of the Cards was second with 27.7. . Dick Lane of the Cards led in interceptions with 10 for 181 yards followed by Dick Alban of Washington with nine. COACH OF YEAR Henry (Red) Sanders (above) of UCLA's unbeaten Pacific Coast Conference champions, was named College Football Coach of the Year in annual poll conducted by The New York World Telegram and Sun and associated Scripps Howard newspapers. Only members of the American Football Coaches Assn. par ticipate in the polL Ais (ft-) skatkis and Sunday Afternoon 2 to 4:30 o DOUBLE SESSION FRIDAY NIGHT Clamp On Skates 25c to Children Under 12. Parents Invited FREE To Watch . . Hat Check FREE for Skaters ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM MAIL TRIBUNE uled to start at 10 p.m. EST. The gate is expected to run in excess of $100,000. Olson will get 40 per cent, of the net receipts, including tele vision money. Langlois will re ceive 20 per cent. Despite the odds, both fighters are confident of victory as al ways. Both Go Forward It promises to be a good scrap because both men like to move forward. Langlois claims he can win that kind of a scrap. Olson, however, has been usually suc cessful in the past against any man who will come to him. The champion now has won 17 fights in a row. The last time he was defeated was March 13, 1952, when he lost a close 15 round decision to the then mid dleweight champ, Ray Robinson. Olson has a record of 59 wins 29 by knockouts and five defeats. Against this, Langlois has won 63 fights 15 by knockouts and has lost 1 5 times. Most of ' his important fights have been in the United States. He is former French welter weight champion, but relin quished the crown to fight as a middleweight, his first fight at the higher weight being Dec. 8, 1952. Since that time he has won 11, lost five and had one draw. In his most recent outing he won a 10-round decision, from Joey Giardello, the man he re placed in this title contest. Giardello was sidelined by an injured knee. Four Bouts This Year He has had four bouts this year, losing to Gil Turner and from Giardello and Pedro Gon zales. This will be Olson's seventh start of 1954. He holds knockout wins over Joey Eindone, Jesse Turner, Gonzales and Garth Pan ter. He holds decisions over Kid Gavilan and Rocky Castellani in title bouts. In the latter fight he was knocked down midway in the battle, but got up to score a decisive victory. So confident is the Langlois camp of victory, however, that George Kanter, the American representative, has announced that Langlois will defend the crown in the United States. "We'll give Bobo a return shot at the title within a very short time," said Kanter. Kiner Takes Salary Cut Cleveland U.R) Slugger Ralph Kiner hoped today his "beau geste" won't make him a "foul ball" with his fellow players. The former National League home run king startled the base ball world Tuesday when he ac cepted a 38.4 pet cent reduction in salary in signing with the Cleveland Indians although base ball rules state a player need not accept more than a 25 per cent slice. Kiner said Hank Greenberg, general manager of the Indians, "almost fainted when I told him what I wanted to do but believe me this is no grandstand play. I want it this way. I figure that I will get it all back. I've found that if you try to be fair in your dealings, other people will be fair with you, later on. No' Misunderstanding Kiner, acquired by the Indians from the Chicago Cubs in an interleague waiver deal, said he was sure there would be no mis understanding from other play ers as a result of his voluntary slice." "I've been leading the fight for seven long years to get such things as salary minimums and safeguards against major pay cuts into the books, Kiner said "But this is my own individual case. I have my own particular problem and I think this is the best way to work it out. But I certainly am not trying to set any kind of a precedent. Idaho Hoopmen Amass School's Highest Score Moscow, Idaho U.R) The university of Idaho basketball team defeated California Poly technic, 95-72, last night, rack ing up the highest score ever made by a Vandal cage team. . Jay Buhler led the scoring for the winners with 22 points, mak ing 10 field goals in 10 tries. High point man for Cal Poly was center Bill Freeman with 16. The production of raisins and prunes in the United States has been more than doubled the past 30 years. Wednesday Night Friday Night, Wednesday. December IS, 1954 Champ Trio Ends Wave Of Upsets By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer A trio of defending league champions North Carolina State, Southern California, and George Washington brought college basketball's wave of up sets to a halt today with impres sive victories. All three won easily, in mark ed contrast to action in the last three days that saw 11 losses dealt out to "big name" teams, and North Carolina state had the easiest time as it walloped Clemson, li2-72, to tie idle North Carolina for the Atlantic Coast conference lead. Southern California, unbeat en defending ruler of the Pac ific coast conference, trounced Hawaii for the second time in two nights, 90-63 and George Washington, reigning monarch of the Southern Conference, downed dangerous Wake For est, 94-82. It was the sixth victory for unbeaten North Carolina State, currently ranked No. 4 nation ally by the United Press Board of Coaches. Clemson held the Wolfpack close only for the first 15 minutes and then State raced through 19 straight points to take a game-clinching halftime lead of 49-24. Ronnie Shavlik led the Wolfpack with 25 points but Bill Yarborough of Clem son had 30. Southern California, ranked 14th nationally, now has won five straight games and Hawaii has lost seven straight. Hawaii kept it close for only 12 min utes, trailing them by 21-16, but then the Trojans rolled to a 43 29 halftime lead. Center Roy Irvin led Southern Cal with 21 points. ' George Washington's triumph capped a tremendous comeback for the Colonials, who are rank ed 19th nationally. They were beaten, 107-86, by the same Wake Forest team in the open ing game of the season but then came back to win the Steel Bowl tournament last week with vic tories over Pittsburgh and Du quesne. Niagara, ranked 10th nation ally despite a one-point loss to national leader La Salle in ov ertime last Saturday, got back on the winning trail Tuesday night by defeating Cornell, 71 65. Cornell, a pre-season Ivy league favorite, had the Eagles tied at 63-63 late in the game but Tom Heman sank six points and Niagara controlled the ball for the last four mintues to win. One nationally ranked team was upset Cincinnati, tied with George Washington for the No. 19 spot, going down before West ern Kentucky, 85-75. Shaw Interested In Academy Job San Francisco U.R) Law rence T. (Buck) Shaw, deposed field boss of the San Francisco Forty Niners,; indicated Tuesday night he would jump at the chance to become head coach of the new Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. Shaw received a round-about feeler for the job Tuesday from Lt. Col. Robert V. Whitlow,' ath letic director of the new "West Point of the Air," who is the man who will have the top say in the academy's selection of a coach. Speaking to the United Press in Denver, Whitlow said he had not as yet contacted Shaw but added, "We. feel we would be extremely fortunate if he is in terested in the academy." Informed of Whitlow's state ment, Shaw said he "definitely would be interested" in the Air Force job. . ' "Greatest Invention since Feet", . . says test driver r WM1LM A test driver, as reported by MOTOR TREND MAGAZINE, said . . . 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Third - place Mississippi, which led in total defense with 172.3 yards allow ed, was beaten only once while it swept to the Southeastern Conference title. Clemson was fourth, Eastern champ Navy fifth, Notre Dame sixth, and Southern conference champion West Virginia seventh. The Uclans also took score board championship by giving up the fewest points, only 4.4 a game. The UCLA line allowed only 2.10 yards a try, lowest figure in two seasons, and let the op position run only 314 plays. Mi ami, .Fla., was the leader with 313 plays allowed; while the next best per-play yardages were 2.30 for Oklahoma and 2.40 for Mississippi. The total defense column in dicates a defensive battle in the Sugar Bowl between Mississip pi and Navy. The Middies placed ninth, but they led until their final game against Army, the country's offense champion. The yardage they yielded in that vie tory was enough to push them down, but since they also played Notre Dame, No. 6 in offense, their overall defensive record is impressive Mississippi won by a narrow margin, yielding 172.3 yards a game to Richmond's 174.4 and Clemson's 176.1 PILOTS SLOWED Olympia, Wash. U.R) St. Martin slowed, down the high- scoring Portland Pilots last night, but the Portland . club managed to pull out with a 65 53 basketball victory. Dick Bar- tel paced the Pilots - with 18 pomts. 4-WHEEL-DRIVE STATION WAGON In pass defense the South had a monopoly and Alabama an important distinction. The Tide beat out last year's champion, Richmond, allowing 45.8 yards a game to 47.1. The South has had this title now for six straight years, and for Alabama this com pleted the cycle of defense cham pionships. It took total defense honors in 1938 and 1945, ground defense m 1945, punting in 1951 and now against passing, for a total of five. No other team has more than three defense titles. BC Allows Fewest Passes Boston College allowed a com pletion percentage of 32.3 per cent, the only team that suc ceeded in keeping the enemy from completing at least a third of its tries. Navy picked off the highest percentage of intercep tions, 17.6 per cent. UCLA in tercepted the greatest number, 28, but it was the most passed against team, 216 times. . Virginian Tech received most benefit from its interceptions? 592 yards and five touchdowns from the 21 it grabbed. After UCLA in scoring de fense came Mississippi, 4.7 points a . game, Richmond 6.0, Oklahoma 6.1, Maryland 6.7, Au burn and Navy 7.3, Ohio State 7.6, and Boston College and West Virginia 8.2. Richmond had the best record for yards-per-play given up, 3.11, to Mississippi's 3.21. Richmond was also third in pass comple tion percentage yielded, 34 per cent, behind Boston College and Wichita's 33.7 per cent. ' 117 S. CENTRAL Alan Ameche Year's Best Footballer New York, KU.R) -Alan Ameche, Wisconsin's crashing fullback, today was selected as college football's- Player of the Year in 1954 in .the annual United Press poll. Ameche, who made almost every All-America team, receiv ed a total of 66 votes from the 336 sports writers and broad casters who balloted in the poll to beat out Howard Cassady, Ohio State's All-American half back, by eight votes. Ameche had beaten out Cass ady by three votes,, 86 to 83, to win the United Press Back of the Year poll. The Wisconsin fullback also won the Heisman Memorial Trophy awarded an nually to the outstanding college football player of the country. Behind those two backs in the player of the year balloting came two linemen tackle Jack Ellena of UCLA with 42 votes and center Kurt Burris oft Oklahoma with 39 votes. Ellena beat out Burris by three votes, 69 to 66, to win United Press Lineman of the Year honors. Two Tie For Fifth Ralph Guglielmi, Notre Dame quarterback, and Paul Larson of California tied for fifth place with 22 votes. Ameche, Cassady, Ellena, Burris and Guglielmi were on the United Press All American team. Others who received three or more votes in the balloting were: George Shaw, Oregon back, 14; Dick Moegle, Rice halfback, 13; Bud Brooks, Arkansas guard, six; Bobby Watkins, Ohio State back, five; Max Boydston, Okla homa end; Don Holleder, Army end; and Bob McNamara, Minne sota back, four each; and Tom Bettis, Purdue guard; Dean Dugger, Ohio State end; Frank Mincevich, South Carolina guard and Pete Vann, Army quarter back, three each. Cox, Roe Go To Ori( Baltimore, Md. - (U.R) Gen eral Manager Paul Richards said today he expected veterans Billy Cox and Preacher Roe to pro vide immediate improvement in the Baltimore Orioles "while we're waiting for our farm sys tem to take care of the future Cox, 35, and Roe. 36. a sain this year, were acquired from tne iirooKJyn Dodgers Tuesday for an estimated $60,000 and minor leaguers John Jancse and Harry Schwegman. Jancse, a pitcher, and Schwegman, an in fielder, were assigned to Brook lyn's Fort Worth affiliate in the Texas League. Box To Be Regular Richards, who now has swung three big winter deals, said Cox will be Baltimore's regular third baseman and that Roe will be a "starter at intervals and a spot pitcher." Both saw limited ser vice last season last season and have reputations of being rela tively frail athletes. ' Walter O'Malley, president of the Dodgers, expressed regret over the departure of "these heroes of three World Series," but said the development of young players in the Brooklyn farm system forced his hand. 7.9 Week End Encounters May Indicate Tornado Strength The Medford high basketball team should get a fair idea this week end of its strength in com parison with some of the oth er quints in District 4. Medford will be at home for two games, entertaining Eagle Point on Friday and North Bend on Saturday. Eagle Point, altiiough crip pled at the momen is expected to be the powerhouse among clubs in the Rogue league and the Little Six division of . the district. North Bend competes in another area (District 5) but stops off Friday on its way to Medford to play Grants Pass which is a Southern Oregon con ference and district rival of the Black Tornado. Another means of surveying the situation will be provided in the Grants Pass jaunt to Eagle Point on Saturday evening. Medford gets a roundabout comparison with Ashland. The Grizzlies lost last week end to Fortuna, Calif., which was whip ped the week before, 49 to 43 by Grants Pass. Caldwell, Reich Out Two players currently are on the sideline list for Eagle Point. Big Bill Caldwell, a top point- maker tor tne Eagles, rehurt a knee Tuesday. Coach Jerry Mosby feared Caldwell would be out of action a week or two. REiSKISI Introduction of milder, lower-priced, 86 Proof bottling as a companion to world-famous 100 Proof Bottled in Bond brings forth unprecedented public demand! Kentucky Straight NOW-TWO GREAT BOTTLINGS! 86 PROOF Celebrated Old Crow -lighter, ' milder and lower-priced than the ioo Proof Bottled in Bond BOTTLED IN BOND The mntf fammi. of rvmJpJ bourbons tradable as usual. OT - A THE OLD CROW DISTILLERY COMPANY. FR.wiKFORT. KY. m sale Save $2 on Pineliursfs Regular 9.95 Think of it! You save $2 on every poir of Pkiehurst Shoes you buy during this mighty three day sale event. 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On the Medford practice court the Black Tornado went through a heavy drill last night and more hard work was on the agenda this evening. Coach Frank Roe landt was mum today about the particular preparations the Tor- ' nado is making for the Eagles. He scouted the Eagles in . their win over Rogue River and in dicated considerable respect for the smaller school's team. Tornado Everett Kastner's groin injury was bothering him some last night but he is ex pected to be ready to go Fri day. Spokane U.R) The Spokane Indians Baseball club, Inc., will meet tonight to organize a stock selling plan. V Bourbon Whiskey J r r f tj O T"5 Qu IOO PROOF '5 70 ? 4SQt. S2 " PHONE 2-6241
