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By
OSCAR FRALEY
Sport Writer
United Press
New York (U.R) This was a
big year in sports, packed with
surprises and sensational per
formances, but to England's Ban
nister must go the acclaim as
the Athlete of the Year.
Bannister performed a feat for
the ages, one which will be re
called long after most of the
others have been forgotten, when
he became the first man to shat
ter the four-minute mile barrier.
That 3:59.4 mile at Oxford was a
historic milestone in muscular
endeavor.
Even the fact that Aussie John
iLandy since has lowered it to
3:59 was strictly anti-climactic
because it' was Bannister who
pierced the mental as well as
the physical barrier.
Every sport had its standout,
and from this corner they were:
Baseball
Willie Mays: The "Say Hey":
kid of the Giants stepped into
a class by himself as he paced
the New York Giants to the
world championship. Baseball
players on the whole have be
come a lackluster lot but the
amazing Mays brought back gobs
of glamor and the old excitement
generated by such as Babe Ruth
and Dizzy Dean. Last spring I
snickered at the buildup and la
beled -mm the "greatest -.270
hitter in baseball history." Well,
he sure is, and I'm still a bum.
Boxing
Rocky Marciano: Finally
proved to a lot of doubters, in
cluding Old Fearless, that he
was a fine heavyweight cham
pion. The Rock displayed an
amazing new poise and polish
as he twice defeated former
champion Ezzard Charles and
indicated completely that it's go
ing to take a fine fighter to de?
throne him. In earlier fights Old
Fearless was doubtful and crit
ical and wrong again.
lEd Furgol: Down and nearly
out after nine unfruitful years,
the man with the withered left
arm came out of nowhere to win
the U. S. Open. It was one of
the year's grittiest feats, and the
best in golf.
Doris Hart: Five times she had
been beaten in the national fi
nals. This time she faced and
fought off three match points,
and then crashed through to a
long-sought and much-deserved
victory.
Willie Shoemaker: , He fol
lowed up his world's record of
485 wins of 1953 with a leading
370 victories by early November
and then went on vacation to
give the rest of the lads a shot at
the loot.
Mrs. Pat McCormick: An old
acquaintance at the Helsinki
Olympics, who continued to
prove her excellence with five
new U. S. titles.
Mrs. Mildred Didrikson Zahar
ias we all knew that the Babe
was one of the greatest. And, one
year after a cancer operation fol
lowing which her doctor said
she'd never play golf agaiq, she
waltzed out there and. won the
U. S. Women's Open.
All in all, a crew for the ages!
OSC Representatives
To Attend Meetings
Corvallis (U.R) Oregon State
will be represented by three of
ficials at next week's NCAA
meetings in New York. They are
Glenn Holcomb, faculty athletic
representative; Ralph Coleman,
baseball coach, and Kip Taylor,
football coach who has resigned
effective next July 1.
, . Athletic Director Spec Keene.
who was hospitalized with a
slight heart attack last week was
reported "improving" but he will
not make the trip.
Ski Party Finds
Garfield Slope
To Be Unskiable
A small group of skiers from
this area battled the . cold and
found Garfield slope at. Crater
lake unskiable but had a fair
time on their slats Sunday after
setting up the Rogue Snowmen's
tow on a slide area which had
about 30 inches of powdery
snow. -
President Bill Brooks of the
Snowmen reported about 15 to
18 skiers at the lake. Medford
people in addition to Brooks,
where his son' and daughter,
Charles and Linda, Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Simmons, Hal Todd and
his mother, Carlyn Quaikenbush
and Howard Duggan..
There were others from Pros
pect and Grants Pass and even
from Los Angeles.
The group reportedly enjoyed
itself despite a lot of loose snow.
Weather was "sunny although
there were a few clouds but the
temperature reportedly was cold.
Brooks said that one real good
snow storm is still needed to
make Garfield slope right for
skiing. ' i .
Charles Brooks is home on va
cation from Whitworth college
where he is a chemistry major.
Durando Given
Slight- Edge
Milwaukee, Wis.-MU.R) Ernie
Durando, of Bayonne, N. J., was
a slight ' favorite ' over Peter
Mueller of Cologne, Germany, in
a 10-round middleweight bout
here tonight.
The Bayonne veteran, , who
has been knocked out only once
in his 12-year ring career, con
centrated on . powerful right
handed punches in his workouts
here. Durando is. relying on his
powerful punches to overcome
Mueller's advantage in speed.
Mueller's record includes only
two knockouts in 79 professional
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PCC Future Said Bright
By HAL WOOD
San Francisco CU.R) The
long hoped for goal of parity
with the Big Ten failed to arrive
on the Pacific, coast during the
1954 football season, but, as
usual, the future looks bright.
The UCLA Bruins, ineligible
to go to the Rose Bowl, won just
about every other acclaim. They
the country's "Coach of the
Year."
On top of that, tackle Jack
Ellena was rated the outstand
ing lineman of the year,
by Texas Christian, UCLA and
were rated the No. 1 team in
the nation by the United Press
board of coaches; and their own
coach, Red Sanders, was voted
Notre Dame, backed into the
Rose Bowl to play undefeated
Ohio State.
In inter - league competition
Southern California, beaten
But while UCLA had a banner
year, with an unbeaten record,
Eagle Cagers
Go on Road
;. Eagle Point Eagle Point high
basketball team members will
leave Wednesday morning on a
two-day jaunt to central Ore
gon. They will play at Prine
ville on Wednesday, and at Red
mond on Thursday!
" Coach Jerry Mosby said that
all varsity hoopmen but two will
make the trip. Frank Reich and
Ed Abernathy ,are the boys re
maining at home. Reich is still
shelved by an operation on a
hand hurt in football. Abernathy
has had flu for a week.
Making the jaunt will be Har
vey Nelson, Jerry Cave, Bill
Caldwell, Jack Greb, Carl Chris
tian, Ken Bitterling, Jerry Tut
tle, Bill Wyatt, Gale Friend,
Jerry Eastgate and Eldon Mason.
Caldwell will continue to wear
a brace through the season be
cause of a bad knee, Mosby re
ported. The knee was injured in
football and rehurt in basket
ball and is now. in about the
same shape as before recent reinjury.-
Christian t had flu over
the week end but is expected: to
be able to go.
Likely Eagle starters are Nel
son and Cave, forwards, Cald
well, center,, and. among Greb,
Bitterling and -Tuttle, :guards.
4 NW Teams
Meet Tonight
Seattle (U.R) Northwest bas
ketball fans will get some idea
of what to expect in the coming
Northern Division race tonight
when four teams begin a two
night stand of doubleheaders at
Edmundson pavilion. , -
Oregon State and Washington
State, get the holiday hoop show
on the road in the first game to
night at 7:30. Washington goes
up against Idaho in the second
game. 1 .
Tomorrow night Washington
State meets Idaho in the opener
and Washington and Oregon
State clash in the second game.
OSC will be competing with
out the services of 7-foot, 3-inch
Wade Halbrook who has been
sidelined . because, of scholastic
difficulties - but is expected to
win the battle of the books in
time for conference play.
Grove Resigns
WSC Position
-Pullman, Wash. (U.R) Roger
Grove, Washington State college
backfield coach since 1952, has
resigned Effective Feb. 1, Ath
letics Director Stan Bates an
nounced yesterday.
Grove said he planned to enter
private business, but declined to
say what business or where.
There were, however, indica
tions he would remain here :
Bates said Grove's position on
the staff of Football Coach Al
Kircher "might not be filled."
He said a reduction in freshman
schedules would free frosh
Coach Dan Stavely for more
work with the varsity. He added
that "budgetary problems' also
were a consideration on the
possibility that the Cougar
coaching vacancy may not be
filled. .
Brion Upsets
Dan Bucceroni
New York (U.R) Cesar Brion
Argentina's awkward but armor
plated heavyweightt sought a
match with a ranking contender
today as his reward for unex
pectedly ruining Dan Bucceroni's
comeback.
Unranked Brion, who won an
upset split decision over Phila
delphia Dan in their TV . 10
rounder at St. Nicholas Arena
Monday night, asked today for
a fight with 10-ranked Charley
Norkus or : fourth-ranking Bob
Baker. "" ' "
"We prefer Norkus,'' said Man
ager Hymie Wallman, "because
Norkus - won a decision over
Cesar early in the year. But if
we can't get Norkus, we want
Baker." ,
there were some other disap
pointing records. ' Foremost
among these were Oregon and
California, both rated strong
pre-season threats for the Pacific
Coast Conference championship.
Cal So-So
California, despite having the
great Paul Larson leading the
country in pass completions, lost
three out of its first four games
and finished with a so-so 5-5
record. Oregon lost four, won
six.
with the Big Ten, the Pacific
Coast conference clubs won only
two out of six, scored only 49
points against 149 for the oppo
sition. While UCLA stole all the
headlines, there were many in
dividual stars up and down the
coast. These were topped by El
lena, Larson, George Shaw- of
Oregon ; and Jim Salsbury ; of
UCLA. Another west coaster,
end Jim Hanifan, California,: led
the nation in pass receiving.
Tuesday, Dectmber 28, 1954
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
UCLA Aces
Out Niagara
" New York U.R) UCLA was
the " sentimental choice in the
Holiday Festival, basketball
tournament' today but the ex
perts remained divided among
the three other semifinalists,
Duquesne, Dayton and LaSalle.
UCLA captured the hearts of
the 9,245 fans who witnessed
the opening double-header . at
Madison Square Garden Monday
when it wiped out an 18-point
deficit to defeat Niagara, 88-86.
LaSalle, on the other hand, won
acclaim from court savants when
it set an alltime Garden scoring
record in swamping Syracuse,
103-54. -
UCLA will meet LaSalle . in
one of : the semifinal games
Wednesday . while Dayton . op
poses Duquesne. The .winners
meet for the tournament title
Friday. , .
TOO COLD
. Anchorage, Alaska (U.B
It's so cold here-these days
you can't ski or ice skate.
Temperature of 38 degrees
below zero froze the motor of
the city ski tow and cracked
all the .ice on the Municipal
Skating Rink.
NAMED PRESIDENT '
Portland -(U.R) Dean Bry
son, former state senator,' yester
day was named president of the
Oregon Association of Trade Ex
ecutives at a meeting of the
group here. -
Portland -"(U.R) "" Appolnt
ment of Maj. Gen. Frank S. Bres
son, Jr.; of Portland, as assistant
chief of staff for logistics in the
European theater has been re
vealed by the Department of Defense.-
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