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Tornado Desires To '':'C6ntSnue- fis Spoiler Medfcrd high cagers have been tabbed as spoilers for blast ing the hopes of Eugene and North Eend to stay in the un beaten class. While they have .greater ambitions for the sea son, they'll be out to continue in the spoiler role this week. This time it will be the Cleve land high Indians of Portland. The Indians come here for Tues day and Wednesday night clashes with the Black Torando and the contests match the top rated club on the metropolitan prep scene with the quint which has been picked as team to beat in the Southern Oregon Confer ence. Cleveland will go out on the Medford court Tuesday unmar rcd in four games. The Indians have the only unblemished rec ord among the schools in the Portland Interscholastic League in pre-conference tussles outside the circuit. They also boast the best offensive record to date among PIL teams with their 64.25 per game average. Their defensive record is second best. Cleveland has allowed rivals an average of 46 points per gam-. Could Be Fast Moving Heading the Indians will be the second best scorer so far among PIL players. Dick Jolley, Cleveland's . all-city forward, with a 17-per game mark lags behind Roosevelt's Richie Cur tis, who has a 17.5 mark. Unless the Medford. strategy is geared at slowing down the speedy Tribe, the Tuesday and Wednesday scuffles could be fast moving affairs. Cleveland's majn assets so far this year have been speed and shooting ability. Med ford, too, has flashed a hard running attack with lots of hustle and drive. The Indians have maintained a .400 shooting average. In its last three games Navy Opens Daily Drill For Fracas Br CHARLES OHL New Orleans (U.R) Navy Coach Eddie Erdelatz started his Middies on daily workouts deep in bayou land today in prepara tion for the Sugar Bowl battle tinth Micciccinni Satiirnav. Mississippi's Rebels buckled down to work some 60 miles away in the gulf coast city of Biloxi, -Miss. The Reds will ar rive here Friday on the eve of Ifew Year's Day classic. Coach Johnny Vaught, of Mis sissippi, worried that his Igrid ders may have picked up some xcess poundage at the Christmas dinner table, planned stiff work nuts for his squad. But Erdelatz, who arrived here Sunday, wasn't worried about s the holiday layoff ' and didn't play any rough work. Warm Up Sessions "I'm going to limber them up at sessions lasting about an hour end a half each up until Satur day," said Erdelatz. The Navy will run into the top defensive outfit of the na tion Saturday when it takes on Mississippi s Southeastern Con ference champions in a game that promises to outshine the other bowls this season. Erdelatz, who exchanged game films with Vaught, said bis Middies will have to deal witn a team that has "more speed than any team I've ever seen. " He also was impressed with the Rebels' "outstanding "de fense" and their dazzling aerial game that was good for an aver age of 155.4 yards per game Ihis season. Heavy Rebel Line Speedy backs Eagle Day and Houston Patton operate behind a Rebel line that averages above 210 pounds. The Navy line is relatively light but hits with ferocious power. ----- Navy's hopes got a boost when Erdelatz announced that Captain Phil Monahan, sidelined by in juries most of the season, "will play but he won't start." Erdel atz credits Monahan with put ting the "will to win" in his team that was beaten only twice this season, by Notre Dame and Pittsburgh. i Mississippi 'was beaten only cnce, 6 to 0, by Arkansas. 3 You may apply, for a loan here even if you owe money now. High payments can also be CUT at much as 50. Choose your own plan Signature AutoFurniture. Budget-fitting repayments. Come in or phone.u's TODAY! Oregon Finance Co. 45 SOUTH CENTRAL PHONE 2-4433 Your Home Owned and Managed Company " ESTABLISHED IN 1928 Loans over $500 made by Medford Industrial Loan Co., under same management. Lie. S-21 1 Against Cleveland the Tornado has had .594, .483 and .444 averages irom tne xieid. With the foregoing qualities shown by both clubs, the Med ford height advantage should be a good boost to the Tornado cause. Medford has three men of 6 feet 4 inches or better in regu lars Glenn Peterson and Jerr.t Kalapus, both 6-4, and reserve Bill Cochran. Frank Thatcher, a reserve, at 6-3, is the tallest list ed on the Cleveland roster. Jay Bashor and Bob Hevener of the Indians are 6-2. Jolley reported ly a fine rebounder as well as good scorer, is 6-1. Practiced Today Black Tornado cagers turned out at 11 a.m. today for their last workout before the series. It was somewhat heavier than Northern Division Quints Vie in Holiday Seattle (U.R) A preview of the 1955 Northern Division basketball season will be 'given at Edmundson pavilion here to- R. Marciano Top Fighter During 1954 By JACK CUDDY New York (U.R) Heavy weight Champion Rocky Mar ciano has been named fighter of the year by the Ring Magazine for. the second time, and light weight Frankie Ryff of New York was tabbed "rookie of the year." " - ' Little Pascual Perez of Ar gentina, who hammered from ob scurity to the world flyweight championship in 1954, was named winner of the "Progress of the year" award. Rocky, who had first won the "fighter" award for 1952, was praised for his two defenses in 1954 against Ezzard Charles by Editor Nat Fleischer in the Ring Magazine's annual review of the sport. The magazine's staff also picked the - second Marciano Charles bout on Sept. 17 as the "fight of the year." In that bout Rocky kept his crown by stop ping Ezzard in the eighth round after having the title threatened by a. badly split nose. It was the third straight time Rocky has engaged in the "fight of the year." Gained Prominence . , -Ji ,. 'Lightweight Ryff ' won the rookie award because he became nationally prominent in 1954 and the fifth-ranking contender with seven straight . victories over good opposition. The ring's selection of-Marciano because of his decision over Charles and his kavn of Charles did not agree with the recent selection of the Boxing Writer's Association, which picked Middleweight Champion Carl (Bobo) Olson as "fighter of the year." However, the choice of Ryff as "rookie" was in ac cord with that of the BWA. Fleischer ' deplored the fact that 1954 was one of the worst years in boxing history, although "death took a holiday" and only six fatalities were recorded as a result of competition. Attendance Drops He stressed that there were less than 4,000 professional box ers competing in the rings of the world in 1954, whereas in 1950 there were 5,000 in the United States and 2,200 in other countries. Moreover, -from the standpoint of attendance and re ceipts the year was one of the worst, "if not the worst," since the end of the first World War in . 1918. . , He picked two principal rea sons for the decreases in attend ance, gates and number of -boxers. They were (1) television and (2) bad publicity resulting from the, numerous investigations of racketeering and other evils ap parently in the sport., Fleischer came to the conclu sions: "Television is here to stay. But racketeering, with . the' knowledge of boxing commis sions and promoters, is some thing that can and must be elim inated if boxing is to survive." $50 to $500 I OR MORE I M-217 the usual day-before-game drill. Roeland indicated that he will call on his. usual starting five, Peterson, Kalapus, Bud Kastner, Larry Copple and Frank Rector. Bashor may be at center for Cleveland with Jolley and He vener at forwards. Guards may be picked from among Harvey Jones, Eric Peterson and Bill Davies. The tangles will be the last for Medford before starting South ern Oregon Conference play. Medford anticipates it toughest rivalry of its pre-conference campaign. Preliminary games both days will match Medford and Crater high junior varsities at 6:45 p.m. Main games are set for 8:15 p.m. The Tornado jayvees hold two wins over the Crater quintet. Tourney morrow and Wednesday when Washingtoh, Idaho, Washington State and Oregon State play in a pair of pre-season doublehead ers. ,: Onlv Oregon among the Northern division teams will be missing and there are -reports that Duck Coach Bill Borcher won't miss the chance to scout his opposition for the coming conference race. Tomorrow's schedule will pit WSC against OSC at 7:30 p.m. and Washington against Idaho at 9:30 p.m. On Wednesday the opponents will be shifted to Washington State versus Idaho in the earlv game and Washing ton versus Oregon State" in the late game. The Cougars from Washington State have the best pre-tourney record with 6 wins and 2 losses. Washington has a 4-3 record, Idaho 3 wins and 4vlosses and OSC, a 3-5 record. The three visiting teams were scheduled to arrive here today for pre-game workouts. West Clubs In Eastern- Tournaments By NORMAN RITTER .. United Press Sports Writer Major intersectional tourna ments sample some of the cream of Pacific Coast basketball this week 'as many of the west's teams continue their Holiday habit, of, living out of suitcases. - UCLA headed for the third an nual Holiday Basketball Festi val in New York's Madison Square garden. The Bruins (7-1), stung only by once-beaten Uni versity of San Francisco, open the tourney today against Niag ara,' defeated in overtime by La Salle. " Southern California (6-2), which upset Utah in the consola tion round of the University of Kentucky Invitational, takes on North Carolina as the annual Dixie Classic gets underway to day in Raleigh, N.C. Bears Tournament Bound Pete Newell's surprising Uni versity of Carolina Bears were also tourney bound. The Blue ana uoia u--w, iresn xrom a double win over previously un beaten Ohio State, meets Kan sas State (3-2) tomorrow in first round play in the Big Seven tournament. ,. - .' By way of contrast, powerful Utah will be idle until Jan. 6, while USF, home with the Ok lahoma City All-College tourney crown, plays only once this week. The Dons host San Diego State Wednesday in San Fran cisco's Kezar Pavilion. Barnstorming Stanford (4-1) winds up its five-game road trip with games against Seton Hall, Vanderbilt and Iowa . in that order tonight, Wednesday and Thursday. The Indians suf fered their lone loss at the hands of Tulane last week in the sec ond game of their current tour. Ashland Bus Driver . Hunting Trip Fatality Klamath Falls U.R) A 53-year-old Ashland school bus driver died Sunday while he was hunting in a field 15 miles southeast of Klamath Falls. Arthur Miller was pronounc ed dead by Deputy Coroner William Mills who said the hunt er apparently suffered a. heart attack from over-exertion. When You SEE GEORGE LEWIS " At "". ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE -.; . W Rcirv and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets . LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON ; PHONE 2-6779 MedfordKJTribune Trabert, Seixas Whip Hoad, Rosewall for 2-0 Davis Cup Lead - By ERIC RIEL Sydney, Australia (U.R) Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas, both burning to atone for last year's failure, virtually wrapped up the Davis Cup for shipment back to the United States today by scoring four-set victories for an almost -unbeatable 2-0 chal lenge round lead over Australia. A throng of 25,578 at White City Stadium, largest crowd in Davis Cup history, sat in .stun ned silence as Seixas completed the opening day sweep by up setting Aussie Ken Rosewall, 8-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-3. ; An hour earlier, the crew-cut Trabert. sent the U.S. team off to a flying start by : whipping blond Lewis Hoad of Australia, 6-4, 2-6, 12-10, 6-3, in the match experts were predicting would be the "key" 'to the entire se ries between the two nations which are meeting in the chal lenge round for the 11th straight time. "Miracle" Needed Only one of the greatest "mir acles" in tennis history can save the cup for Australia for the fifth straight year and even Aussie officials don't expect that. Trabert's brilliant marathon triumph, giving him revenge for his five-set beating by Hoad in the most imDortant match of last year's series, was a jarring blow to Aussie hopes for it made the Americans slight favorites for the cup. But Seixas' thun derous walloping of young Rose wall was the crusher because Rosewall was supposed to own "jinx" over the 30-year-old American champion. Rosewall, only 19, had whip ped .Seixas seven times in their last eight meetings but you'd never have known that from to day's match. After splitting the first two bitterly-fought sets with the dark-haired Aussie, Se ixas suddenly seized control and bombarded his way to victory. The victory turned into a rout in the 18-minute final set as Se ixas won four of his services at love and caused the crowd, which had been cheering so loudly all day that it twice was warned to be more orderly, to fall into a shocked silence. Sticks To Pattern Rosewall, trailing 3-5 in that last set, summoned a last des perate effort and took a 40-15 lead, on his service. Then he doublefaulted, and then he hit a long volley too far for deuce Another "out" gave Seixas the advantage and then the Amer ican simply powered his way to the final point. : "He did it by sticking to his pattern," said Billy Talbert, gleeful captain of the U.S. team. "We always knew .he'd beat Rosewall if he stuck to the pat tern of playing Rose wall's fore hand. In those other matches, he strayed from the pattern." , Trabert ignored the pain of a split middle finger in drubbing Hoad. There wasn't much to choose between the two young stars through the first three sets, but victory in that mara thon third set turned the trick for Trabert.. Hoad broke his ser vice for a 3-2 lead in the fourth set, but then the Cincinnati, Ohio, star stormed through the next four games to close out the match. Now the Yanks need only to win Tuesday's doubles match or one of the two concluding sin gles matches oh Wednesday to take home the cup they lost to Australia in 1950.. What's more, Seixas and Trabert are favored to win the doubles and Trabert is a solid choice over Rosewall in singles. Hoad is favored over Seixas in the other. ; Aussie officials announced that Hoad and Rosewall will play , in doubles, too. Picking this pair over Rex Hartwig and Mervyn . Rose, , the Wimbledon doubles champions, was regarded-as an all-or-nothing gamble in the hope that a doubles win Dead line for Sundav Classified Is noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other day3 5:30 orev-ious day. might inspire Lew and Ken to new heights in the final sin gles matches. Syracuse Foe Of LaSalle In 1st Round By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer LaSalle's 1953 NCAA cham pions were favored to take the first step on "the long road back" toward the nation's No. 1 ranking today When they tackled Syracuse in the opening' round of the Holiday Festival tourna ment at Madison Square garden. Jolted by losses to Utah and Kentucky, the Explorers were installed as tentative favorites to win a tournament graced by such other national powers as sixth-ranked Dayton, ninth- ranked Niagara and lOth-ranked Duquesne. The tournament con tinues on Wednesday and Fn day and marks the high point of the regular basketball season for the customer-starved Gar den, v The festival tournament shares top interest with the Dix ie Classic at Raleigh, N.C, but is only one of 10 tournaments which 'begin today -and tonight and provide an abrupt end to the Christmas lull. At Raleigh, fifth-ranked North Carolina State is a heavy pre-tournament favorite, but can expect - stern opposition from several quar ters. Niagara opposed UCLA in the opener of the Garden tourna ment at 2 p.m. (EST) with La Salle meeting weak Syracuse in the second game. Tonight, it will be Dayton vs. St. John's of New York and Duquesne vs. Villan ova. , -. Dayton Tall Team Dayton, one of the 'tallest teams in the country, is favored but the experts have tabbed- St. John's as the 'tournament's dark horse. Although lacking a bit in speed and experience, St. John's has ' tremendous .physical strength for a college team, and bowed by only one point to North Carolina State in its last game. A St. John's victory in the tournament would be a tremen dous lift for 5arden basketball which has yet to recover the prestige it lost as a result of the point-shaving scandal. North Carolina State begins its- bid for victory in the Dixie Classic against Cornell, while in other first-round games South ern California meets North Car olina, Wake Forest , plays Min nesota and Duke takes on West Virginia. Duke is the defending champion despite the fact that North Carolina State won the Atlantic Coast conference title last season. In non- tournament games in volving strong teams, St. Louis plays Indiana and Seton Hall, which may be the strongest of the metropolitan New York teams, goes against Stanford Other Tournaments ; ; i The schedule for the' other eight tournaments beginning to day:. . ' ... Southwest Conference tourna ment at Houston, Tex.; Baylor vs. Alabama, Texas vs. Texas A&M, Alabama, Texas, vs. Tex as A&M, Rice vs. Arkansas, SMU vs. TCU. " -- Queen City Invitation tourna ment at Buffalo, N.Y.: Fordham vs. Georgetown, Columbia vs. Room Cost-s Cut on train So PORTLANE) New you eon occupy your own private room on our overnight train to Portland and other Willamette valley points for approximately $3.00 less than formerly. ' ' ' ' Sleep while you ride on this diesel-powered train. It's the easy, time-saving way to go. In addition to bedrooms the comfortable Pull man has upper and lower berths and a drawing room. Snack lounge. Coach service, too, at low fares. .. ' . .'- . For tickets, information, Pullman reservations phone or call any S.P. ticket office. ' Pacific F. G. Morris, Agent ..J PHONE 2-2846 Monday, December 17. 1334 Cleveland! S-aO Voir By DICK FALES Cleveland (U.R) The Cleve land Browns, described by their coach .as "the best team I ever saw on any particular day," are the new National Football league champions, but face the new year with the prospect of playing fjr the first time with out the fabulous Otto Graham. Graham ended one of the fin est careers in professional foot ball history Sunday . by throw ing three touchdown passes and running for three others as Cleveland walloped the defend Sam Boghosian, West Shrine Mix Football Guard,. Once In Hospital Six Months as Victim of Polio By SCOTT BAILLIE ' Stanford, Calif. (U.R) When Sam Boghosian of the West Shrine team rips into the East's line next Saturday, the husky guard will be carrying the good wishes of many stricken young sters who hope to beat polio as he did. The dark eyed UCLA guard spent six months in a hospital with his legs and . neck para lyzed by the disease. He was .12 then. NoW, a decade later, he has emerged as one of the West Coast's top linemen. So good, in fact that he was invited to play in the 30th East-West game at Kezar stadium. Proceeds always go to the Shriners hospitals for crippled children. .At first it is hard to believe that Boghosian was an invalid. But then he shows you in the locker room how his right leg is slimmer than the left. That is his souvenir of those six months in a polio ward which were fol lowed by a gallant effort to play football. ' Hard Road Back "I never tried athletics before I was sick," Boghosian says as he rubs wintergreen oil into his thighs. "We always had lived on a ranch where you don't play any ball.'? His ascent to the role of rock solid guard with the number one Bruins started one night in 1944 when he came home with a stiff neck and a heavy cold. "I was feeling lousy," Bogho sian says. "And when I keeled over in -the hall my parents rushed me to Fresno County Hos pital. It was polio, all right. Bad." ' - - Soon his legs and neck froze. "But there were other kids around me who were worse off," Boghosian adds, looking at his big hands a long time before continuing. . He underwent the Sister Ken ny' method of treatment and when he hobbled out nine months Tater, decided to go into sports. ' . , "I had to rebuild my whole body, not just my legs," he goes on, bringing some cleats out of his locker. "Actually I was a spastic." ; First came agonizing days playing touch football at Fres no s Hamilton Junior high. I be came a fullback there my first St. Bonaventure, Canisius vs. Yale. . Big Seven tournament at Kan sas City: Colorado vs. Oklahoma, Nebraska vs. Missouri. Motor City tournament at De troit: Wayne vs. Perm State, De troit vs. Toledo. ; ' Kentuckl Invitational tour nament at Louisville, Ky.: East ern Kentucky vs. Western Ken tucky, Louisville vs. ' Murray State.. ' Gator Bowl tournament at Jacksonville, Fla.: Florida vs. Florida State, Georgia vs. Spring Hill, Ala. Ail-American tournament- at Owensboro, Ky.: Cincinnati vs. Mississippi, Evansville vs. Den ver. . ' - Hofstra tournament at Hemp stead, N.Y.: Cortland State vs. Delaware, Hoistra vs. Lehigh. outhern IScowdds IBeat Lions Pro 'Grid ing champion Detroit Lions for the title, 56-10. The 33-year-old Graham, who passed Cleveland to six profes sional title . and . nine division crowns in as many years since it was organized in 1946, receiv ed a tremendous ovation from the 43,827 fans and his team mates when he left the game with 2Vfe minutes to go. They cheered the top individual scor ing spree ever produced in an NFL championship, but curly haired Otto repeated his previ ous announcement that he had year but then went into the line because there were plenty of good backs around,"' Boghosian says- ... . . As a lineman he made all-city, then all-league and then all San Joaquin county. . . At UCLA, he also played rugby for two years, and has wound up his third year as a football letter man with coach Red Sanders' single wing machine. . After he graduates next June, Boghosian is slated for a two or three year hitch in the Air Force. "Just say you aren't licked until you think you are," he says. Then he clatters out to practice- with others who were playing football when he only could stare at the ceiling. Founder of Pro Golf Tour Dies San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) The city that Jack O'Brien put on the professional golf map, by putting money in golfer's pock ets, will pay its last respects to day to the 67-year-old founder of the winter tour. O'Brien, who started the so called . ,fgold rush of golf," by staging a $5,000 winter tourna ment in San Antonio at a time when the National Open champ ion won only $500, died late Christmas day at a hospital here. His tourney, the Texas Open, was started in 1922 when O' Brien convinced the Junior Chamber of Commerce it would be worth it to donate $5,000 to advertise sunny San Antonio. It was the first "big money" event-in the nation for profes sional golfers and proved the be ginning of the winter tour. Bucceroni Tries Ring Comeback New York U.R) Heavy weight Dan Bucceroni of Phila delphia, who dropped from fourth . to 13th among contend ers this - year, will attempt a comeback tonight against awk ward Cesar Brion of-Argentina at St. Nicholas arena. Although beaten in his last two bouts, Bucceroni is favored at 11-5 to win tonight's televis ion 10-rounder against the "Mild Bull of the Pampas." Also tonight, at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway arena, middle weights Bobby Dykes of Miami and "Wildcat" Billy McNeece of Islip, N.Y.; will meet in a tele vised 10-rounder. Red-haired McNeece, 22, is a slight favorite at 13-10 over the elongated for mer Texan, veteran of 116 bouts. 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Cleveland, beaten by Detroit, 17-7 and 17-16 in the last two title games, scored its first vic tory over Coach Buddy Parker's Lions in nine exhibition, regular . season and championship meet ings. ' The pent-up fury of those failures against Detroit finally exploded in a torrent of perfect Graham passes, amazing catches, recovered fumbles, intercepted passes, stolen balls and furious tackling that buried the Lions. Only the Bears 73-0 victory " TT 1 . A . . A 4 over v v asinut; i.uii ui xatu vyos more one-sided. It also was the worst defeat suffered by Parker and the sec ond worst defeat in Detroit's 21-year history. Detroit entered the game a 2V .point favorite to become the first team ever to win three straight champion ships.' Walker Opens Scoring Doak Walker kicked a 36- yard field goal for Detroit in the opening minutes after lineback er Joe Schmidt intercepted a Graham pass. But Graham then hurled his first TD pass in- regu lar season or title play against Detroit a 37-yard to Renfro and the Browns began to roll Don Paul's steal of a Bobby Layne pass set up Graham's 10- yard scoring pass to Brewster and the second of Lou Groza's eight extra points made it 14-3 after one quarter. A 42-yard punt return by Bil ly Reynolds enabled Graham to score again on the first play of the second quarter. Bill Bow man then ran four yards for De troit's only, touchdown. Graham got "off a long pass that Carl Karilivacz intercepted but Ren fro grabbed it out of his hands on the Lion seven and Graham scored two plays later. Walter Michaels then stole a Layne pass an Ponfrn tnnlr firnham's 31- Will lfV..AV www . yarder on his , fingertips for a 35-10 halftime lead. Graham .scored again early in the third quarter after throw ing a 43-yard pass to Brewster. Ken K o n z grabbed another Layne pass to' set up Morrison's 12-yard scoring run, and anoth er Konz steal set up Chet Hanu lak's 10-yard scoot through the Detroit center for Cleveland's last TD in the final quarter. . Graham, who threw 'H6ur touchdowns against Los Acgeles in the 1950" title game, complet ed nine of 12 for 163 yards. Cleveland gained 140 rushing yards. Layne completed 18 of 42 passes for 177 yards and Tom Dublinski, " who subbed for Layne until he was flattened by the rugged Brownies,-. completed one of two. The Lions gained 136 yards rushing. SAVE up tfo OVER $141,000,003 IN ASSETS
