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
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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. . '
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Defense on Ground Victory
For Major College Teams
New York (U.R) Ground
defense was a key to victory in
major college football in 1954,
final NCAA Service bureau sta
tistics showed today, as unbeat
en UCLA and Oklahoma ran
one-two in. holding back the op
position. UCLA gave up 73.2 yards a
game through the line and Ok
lahoma yielded 87. 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.
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Franch Reich, another Eaele
regular, last week underwent,
an operation on a hand injured
in f ootbaU. Mosby said Reich
may not be available until late
in February and thereby may
miss the entire regular season.
It's apparently between Ed
Abernathy and Jerry Cave who
will start for the Eagles at cen
ter against Medford in Cald
well's place. Harvey Nelson may
be at one forward and Carl
Christian at the other. There's
a tough battle going on among
Jack Greb, Jerry Tuttle and
Ken Bitterling for the guard
assignments.
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
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