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I Duke Quint
To Defend
i Dixie Title
l By WILLIAM A. SHIRES
Rawleigh, N. C U.R) The
f rafters will rock and AU-Amer-t
ica selectors will have a field
' day here next week when six,
I of the nation's finest basketball
teams square off in the sixth an
nual Dixie Classic.
Duke is the defending Classic
champion, having defeated
Navy's sharpshooters in the fi
nals of last year's three-day holi
day season event at the 12,500
seat William Neal Reynolds Coli
seum. The Blue Devils are re
garded as strong enough to de
lend that title.
The pre-tourney favorite, how
ever, will be host North Carolina
State, the team that is currently
ranked fifth nationally. Coach
Everett N. Case's high-powered
Wolfpack had won every previ
ous Dixie Classic before last
year's upset by Wake Forest in
an early round.
Hemric Stars - . '
The Classic also will pit Wake
Forest, boasting AU-American
candidate Dickie Hemric, and
West Virginia, current leader of
the Southern Conference. The
Deacons and Mountaineers are
fresh from the Birmingham
Classic at Birmingham, Ala.,
where Hemric scored 89 points
in two games and was voted the
most outstanding player of the,
tourney.
First-round pairings m a t c lji
North Carolina again Southern
California, North Carolina State
against Cornell, Wake Forest
against Minnesota and Duke
against West Virginia.
Southern California, defending
Pacific Coast champion, will be
making its second appearance in
the Dixie Classic. Cornell, de
. lending Ivy League champion,
also is making a return appear-
North Carolina State, boast
in? its twin-pivot team of Ron
nie Shavlik and Cliff Dwyer, is
defending Atlantic Coast Con
ference champion to give the
Classic a "World Series of Bas
ketball" atmosphere.
Rogovin Returns
To Old Skipper
New York (U.R) Pitcher
Seul Rogovin, his eyes aglow
like a kid's on Christmas morn
ing, stubbornly insisted today
there is a Santa Claus "and
he's my old boss, Paul Rich
ards." Rchards now is also Rogo
vin's new boss, having purchased
the righthander's minor league
contract so that he will accom
pany the Baltimore Orioles
south for training next spring.
"If you can't pitch for me,
Raul." Richards told Rogovin,
'then you'd better forget it."
Last Chance
"Don't worry," Rogovin re
assured him, "I know this is
my last chance and I'm not go
ing to blow it."
It was under the astute hand
ling of Richards while both were
with the White Sox that Rogo
vin rose to become the American
League's most effective pitcher
in 1952. He led the league with
a 2.78 earned run mark while
winning 12 games and losing
eight.
But he was plagued by arm
trouble in 1953, traded to Cin
cinnati and then sent to Havana
in the International League
where he posted an 8-8 record
last season.
John Winkler Winner
In Motorcycle Trials
Johnny Winkler was first last
Sunday in Mount Ashland Mo
torcycle club English trials at
White City.
Floyd Young took second. Osa
Waggoner was third and Chuck
Strawn fourth.
Mud and sharp turns, which
sent riders sprawling added to
the specator interest in the
trials.
SUGAR RAY SIGNS
Detroit (U.R) Sugar Ray
Robinson, who two years ago
vacated the middleweight box
ing crown for a song-and-dance
career, today was signed to meet
Joe Rindone in a 10-round
match at Olympia Jan. 5. Rob
inson's signing automathcally
lifts a suspension imposed by
the Michigan Boxing commis
sion and supported by the Na
tional Boxing Association and
the state of New York. The MBC
had slapped Robinson with the
suspension earner this month
when he backed out of a Dec. 8
bout with Rindone.
BINGAMAN MAY QUIT
Detroit (U.R) Les Bingaman,
315-pound middle guard who
anchors Detroit's defensive line,
said today he's thinking of re
tiring after Sunday's title clash
against the Cleveland Browns.
Bingaman, 28, long the No. 1
favorite of Detroit fans, said "It
gets harder each week for me
to get ready for a game. To me,
that's a sign I'm getting too old
foe football." . I . - -
TOP ROOKIE Outfielder
YVally Moon of the St. Louis
Cardinals won the National
League's Rookie of the Year
award with 17 out of 24 bal
lots cast bv the special com
mittee of the Baseball Writ
ers of America in New York.
S. Musial Leads
All Outfielders
In NLon Defense
New York (U.R) Stan
Musial of the Cardinals, an old
hand at winning batting honors,
won a fielding distinction today
when official National League
averages, revealed that he led
all outfielders on defense in
1954.
Musial committed only three
errors while handling 287 tital
chances for a .990 percentage.
Closest outfielders to him were
Frank Thomas of - the Pirates
with .989 and Gus Bell of the
Redlegs with .986.
Ted Kluszewski of Cincinnati
led all first basemen for the
fourth straight year with .996.
Davey Williams of the Giants
topped the second basemen with
.982, Willie Jones of the Phillies
was high man among the third
basemen with .968 and Johnny
Logan of the Braves led the
shortstops with .969.
Shirtstop Alvin Dark of the
Giants, with 36 errors, made
more miscues than any other
player in the league.
Bill Sarni of the Cards led
the catchers with .996' and Bob
Purkey of the Pirates was the
top fielding pitcher, handling 56
chances without'a bobble.
Milwaukee was the team lead
er in fielding with .981 follow
ed by Brooklyn with .978.
Speed Skaters
Lack Funds for
Trip, to Russia
Jamestown, N. Y. (U.R) The
best Christmas present the U.S.
speed skating team could get is
a trip to Moscow and the world
championship races.
. Unless Santa Claus comes
through with travel expenses,
the team will have to miss the
competition for the second
straight year. That means a di
rect challenge from Russia will
go unanswered.
As of now, the Amateur Skat
ing Union of the United States
lacks sufficient funds to send, a
four-man team behind the Iron
Curtain for the races, Feb. 19-
20. Richard P. Shearman, the
team's manager, laments .that
all efforts to raise 'money have
failed. .
Intimation
"I can't understand it," the
furniture company executive
said today. "This is the richest
country in the world, and we
can't find $2,500 to send the
boys over"
Shearman said the Russians,
intimated that "we were afraid
of them because our rich coun
try couldn't send a team."
While the team would be rep
resenting the country officially,
the government has no provision
for. financing the venture. Nor
does the Amateur Skating Union
have such a fund.. Therefore,
the team is dependent on the
generosity of the public. ,
Golf Teams Selected
For International Tiff
La Jola, Calif. U.R) The In
ternational Golf Association has
announced the teams that will
represent the United States and
Canada in the fourth annual in
ternational PGA team matches
to be played here Jan. 18-19.
Heading the U.S. team is U.S.
Open champion Ed Furgol. With
him are Chick Harbert, national
PGA champion, Bob Toski, Jack
Burke Jr., Marty Furgol, Jerry
Barber and Gary Middlecoff. -
Stan Leonard of Vancouver
heads the Canadian team. Others
are Pat Fletcher, Henry Martell,
William Kerr, Al Balding, Jules
Huot and Gordon Brydson. - -
DIAPERS STOLEN
Chicago (U.R) Burglars stole
23,616' diapers Tuesday from
the Germ Proof Diaper Service.
Thursday, December 23, 19S4
Close To Vest
Tactics Failed
For Clevelanders
By EARL .WRIGHT
United Press Sports Writer -It
will be interesting to see
whether Coach Paul Brown
changes tactics when his Cleve
land Browns meet Coach Buddy
Parker's Detroit Lions Sunday
for the National Fqotball league
championship. - ' !
After the Browns dropped the
final regular season game to the
Lions, 14-10, on a last -minute
pass last Sunday, Brown admit
ted Detroit's gamble with a
spray of passes in the snowy
weather beat his conservative
game.
"We played it close to the vest.
Maybe things would have been
different if we had opened up,"
Brown said. "But we got ahead
and tried to stay with it."
Not Normal
Actually, Brown did what
most coaches probably would
have done ' under the circum
stances. He had his Brownies
play to protect a lead on a snowy
field in sub-freezing weather
that made normal play nearly
impossible.
But Detroit isn't a "normal"
team. It is the only team, with
the exception of the 1951 Los
Angeles Ram club, that ever has
ever been able to beat Cleve
land's offensive and defensive
units into submission with a
title at stake.
Cleveland always has a high
scoijing outfit but essentially it
is a conservative team that has
built a reputation for seldom
playing a poor game on its
strong defensive unit.
But Detroit also has a strong
defensive unit. And since Park
er began coaching the Lions. in
1951, they have been beaten
only by offensive-minded clubs
that set out simply to outscore
them.
Selvy's Record
Threatened by
in Freeman
New York (U.R) Robin Free
man, mainstay of Ohio State's
powerful basketball team, . was
challenging Frank Selvy's year
old record today with a spec
tacular scoring average of 40.3
points a game.
Selvy, former Furman sharp
shooter now playing with the
Milwaukee Hawks in the Na
tional Basketball association, set
an all-time mark of 41.7 points,
a game last season. But the
NCAA Service Bureau pointed
out that Selvy's average was
33.5 .fter only four games. As
a result, Freeman is credited
with making the fastest start in
the history of the statistics.
In four games, Freeman,- a 5
foot, 11-inch, 158-pound guard,
has tallied 61 field goals and 39
free throws for 161 points. Dar
rell Floyd of Furman ranks
second with a 31.5 average fol
lowed by John Mahoney of Wil
liam & Mary with 31.2 and Chet
Forte of Columbia with 31.
Harold Johnson
Whips Marshall
Detroit (U.R) ; Harold
Johnson of Philadelphia had his
sights set on a second , title
match with light heavyweight
champion Archie Moore today
after an easy 10-round decision
over little known Marty Mar
shall of Detroit Wednesday
night.
. Johnson who was knocked out
in the 14th round earlier this
year when he tried to take the
title from Moore, merely toyed
with Marshall in the nationally
televised fight. ' .
Beavers Ask Inclusion
In Sports' Center Plans
Portland (U.R) : Clay
Brown, president of the Port-land-owjied
Portland Beavers of
the Pacific Coast league, today
proposed that the baseball team
be included in plans, for the
city's new eight-million-dollars
sports and recreation center.
In a letter to James Polhemus,
chairman of the exposition-recreation
commission, Brown said
the baseball club would like to
be included in plans for the de
velopment and proposed a meet
ing with the commissiin to dis
cuss the subject.
OSC Athletic Director
Ordered to Hospital
Corvallis (U.R) Roy S.
"Spec" Keene, athletic director
of Oregon State college, was hos
pitalized yesterday on his doc
tor's orders.
Dr. N. L. Tartar said he had
not' completed his diagnosis yet
but did not believe Keene's ill
ness was serious. ;
Keene, 60, was recently elect
ed president of the Pacific Coast
Athletic Directors association.
DRAFT CALL CUT
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department has announced
that the draft call for next Feb
ruary has been cut from 20,000
to 11,000 men.
; Ontario, Ore. (U.P)' Fred
D Derrick, 48-year-old construc
tion superintendent for the Mor-rison-Knudsen
Co., was killed
yesterday' when his car went
out of control and crashed near
the nor city limits of Ontario.
Washington School
Presents Program
Capacity audiences attended
the Christmas program given
Tuesday and Wednesday - nights
at Washington school. This
year two identical programs
were given with different casts
each night. The 14 primary
rooms were divided so that one
Half of the rooms presented the
Tuesday program and the other
half presented the program
Wednesday.
The program represented a
family opening Christmas cards.
Each room presented a portrayal
of each Christmas card scene. A
chorus made up of first, second
and third grade pupils sang.
The first portrayal was a
scene from Santa's workshop fea
turing the parade of the toy
soldiers. Then came the decora
tion of the Christmas tree, a
"Winter Wonderland" scene
with snowmen and snowflakes,
the Skaters Waltz scene, with
gaily clad skaters gliding among
the snowmen; a scene portray
ing several children dressed as
Candy Canes who gave a choral
reading; carollers singing by a
lighted street lamp; and the final
scene which portrayed the Na
tivity. All together, 350 students took
part in the pageantry and
choruses for the two programs.
Kiwanians Hear of
Christmas Story
Climax of the Christmas story
is in Calvary, Dr. Raymond E.
Balcomb, pastor of First Metho
dist church, told Medf ord Ki
wanis club members yesterday.
The minister, spoke on "The
Christmas Story." He brought
out that the story is like others
in certain respects in that it has
an author, a plot and a climax,
Author of the Christmas story
is God, Dr. Balcomb said, and
the plot is the redemption of the
world. The meaning of the whole
thing is seen in Calvary, he em
phasized.
The regular, noon luncheon
meeting was at Rogue Valley
Country club. '
Kiwanians held their, annual
Christmas party for persons at
the county farm home last night.
A 30-minute Christmas movie
was shown. Pianist Abby Green
played a medley of Christmas
carols and there was general
carol playing. Gifts were pre
sented to patients and staff mem
bers at the home with Frank
Perl in his usual role of, Santa
Claus. About 15 Kiwanians went
to the home to conduct the party,
Ed Feldman was chairman. '
Agriculture Attache
In Japan Discharged
Washington (U.R) Sen. Hu
bert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.)
charged today that Agriculture
Secretary Ezra T. Benson re
sorted to "flimsy excuses" to
justify his . firing of the U. S.
agricultural attache in Japan.
Benson ousted . the attache,
Waif Ladejinsky, who is a Rus-rian-born
land reform exnert.
on grounds he is a security risk
ana is not technically qualified
for the job he holds. The firing
has brought a chorus of protests
from congressmen, the U. S. am
bassador to 'Japan and the Jap
anese government. . ;
State Department officials
were disturbed ..by the Agricul
ture Department's action and
some were recommending that
Ladejinsky be keDt on the de
partment payroll. Indications
were, informants said, that La
dejinsky would get a job on an"
economic unit either in this
country or abroad.
Suffocation Claims ,
Two-Year-Ol'd Child '
Spokane (U.R) A two-year-old
girl died of suffocation yes
terday when fire swept through
her family home while her
mother was next door borrow
ing a cup of sugar to make
Christmas candy for her chil
dren. The victim was Gail Brown,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Brown. Another daughter, Don
na, one, was nearly suffocated
and received second degree
burns.
Mrs. Jane Brown told fire
men she had gone next door
while the youngsters were tak
ing their afternoon nap. When
sne returned within a few mm
utes the inside of the house was
in flames. She carried the chil
dren out of the house. : 7
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Silver Thaw Makes
Auto Chains Necessary
Salem (U.R)' Silver than
with ice forming made chains
a must for motorists at Warm
Springs junction and at Arling
ton today, the State Highway
Department reported.
Stiff southwest winds were re
ported at Coquille.
Spots of ice were reported at
Government Camp, Timberline,
Green Springs, Chemult, Bly
and Lakeview.
Mass in Armory
Slated in Ashland
Ashland To provide ample
room for the Catholics of the
parish and non-Catholics who
wish to attend the first mass
of Christmas day, Archbishop
Edward D. Howard of the Arch
diocese of Oregon has granted
special permission to Our Lady
of the Mountain Catholic church
to hold its midnight mass in the
National guard armory, accord
ing to an announcement by the
Rev. Ernest, Jackson of the Ash
land parish.
The mass will commence at
midnight, Dec. 24, and the pub
lic is invited. The traditional
Christmas caroling which pre
cedes the mass will . begin at
11:30 p.m.
Groups
The men's and women's or
ganizations of the 'church are
assisting the Rev. Ernest Jackson
in readying the armory for the
mass, and an altar is being con
structed. Music for the mass will
be sung by the choir under the
direction of William Willets ac
companied by Mrs. Elaine Berge
on the organ.
The celebration of the three
masses on Christmas originated
from a practice which developed
in Rome. According to medieval
liturgists, these masses on Christ
mas refer to Christ as the newly
risen Light of truth, the desired
Prince of peace and the eternal
Son of God. .-,.,.
Applicants Sought
By Civil Service
Salem U.R) The State Civil
Service Commission said today
it is accepting applications, for
a field inspector exammation.
Two levels are involved in
this classification. The minimum
qualifications for the lower level
call for two years experience
involving responsible public con
tact work and high school grad
uation. The salary range is $250
to $309 a month. Candidates for
the higher level must have four
years experience involving pub
lic contact work. The salary
range is $284 to $350 a month,
, The commission is also ac
cepting applications for an ex
amination for plumber with a
salary range of $296 to $364
a month. '
The state department of fi
nance and administration needs
an office machine mechanic.
And the commission said three
levels of food service supervisor
are now open for examination.
Court Battle Looms
Over Sheppard Child
, Cleveland U.R) A court bat
tle appeared in the offing today
over custody of Samuel (Chip)
Sheppard Jr. seven-year-old son
of murdered Marilyn Sheppard.
The youngster has remained
at the home of his uncle, Dr.
Stephen 'A. Sheppard, since his
father was arrested and ulti
mately convicted of the July 4
bludgeon - slaying. Dr. Stephen
has two other children, both
about the same age as Chip.
Following Dr. Sam's Tuesday
conviction of second-degree mur
der, members of the murdered
woman's family have made in
quiries into their legal rights
to gain-, custody of the boy.
Chip's grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Reese, were re
ported to have discussed the case
with attorneys, preparatory to
asking Juvenile Court for cus
tody of the youngster.
Poce Show Spirit 1
Of Holiday Season
San Fernando, Calif.' (U.R)
Local police have been display
ing the Christmas spirit.
Instead .of. placing Traffic
Court citations on autos parked
overtime they have been giving
out Christmas cards reading:
'The City of - San Fernando
and the Police Department, in
the spirit of the season, sends
you this notice of violation in
stead of a citation and wishes
you a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New year."
Land in Alaska
Opened for Entry
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of Interior Douglas McKay
today opened 6400 acres of land
about 30 miles from Fairbanks,
Alaska, to immediate applica
tion under the public land laws.
An additional 4000 acres will
be subdivided and designated as
home sites, cabin sites, and bus
iness sites upon order of the
area administrator of the Bureau
of Land Management at Anchor
age. . "' - ' :-.-:.-:!
The land opened for public
entry is part of 24,503.53 acres
reserved on Dec. 2, 1938, for
use by the War Department.
The Army is retaining 530
acres for continued protection
and maintenance of some dikes,
and the Air Force still has use
of about 6400 acres as part of
Eielson Air Force Base.
-The 4000 acres to.be released
for subdivision comprise a strip
of land two miles wide and four
miles long lying along both sides
of Richardson highway with '30
miles of Fairbanks and extend
ing to the Salcha Military Res
ervation. raiures
Melt Much of Snow
By UNITED PRESS '
Rising temperatures melted
away hopes for a white Christ
mas in many parts of the na
tion today. . , ;
On the first day of winter yes
terday temperatures jumped as
much as 19 degrees and weather
forecasters said it was likely to
get warmer today.
The thawing breezes threaten
ed to melt part of the thick
snow cover left by a New Eng
land snow storm which has been
blamed for 17 deaths. Snow
covers in other parts of the
East were expected to wither
even more rapidly. ".'
There were no predictions of
heavy snow between now and
Saturday for any major part of
the country. Forecasters said
Christmas , probably will be
white only in areas where there
is already a thick snow blanket
on the ground, primarily in the
nation's Northeast. . , : ! '
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Central Point Church
Program This Evening
Central Point The annual
Christmas program' of the Sun
day school of the Pilgrim Holi
ness church will be presented by
the children and young people
this evening, at 7:45 o'clock. The
opening . exercises . will be a
"Welcome" given by Alica. West.
. The children will present a
program of recitation, group
singing and exercises. A pageant
will be given by the Junior girls
class entitled "Heart Gifts."
Following the pageant the
young people will present a pro
gram of "The English Singers."
They will sing Christmas carols
while pictures of the Christmas
story are shown.
Treats will be given to every
one at the close of the program.
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