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George Shav Chosen
By Baltimore Colts
In Pro Grid
By STEVE SNIDER
New York U.R) The Bal
timore Colts won the bonus
choice in the National Football
league draft today and selected
Quarterback George Shaw of
Oregon.
' The Colts were one of four
teams eligible for the bonus pick
this year. The other teams were
the Green Bay Packers, Chica
go Cardinals and , Pittsburgh
Steelers. As a team' wins the
bonus pick in the draft, it is
eliminated from eligibility for
the following year's bonus se
lection. Thus, next year , only
three clubs : will draw for the
bonus.
The Chicago. Cardinals, who
finished with the poorest record
during the 1954 season, had the
first pick in the regular league
draft and selected Max Boyd
ston, All-America end from Ok
lahoma. Notre Dam Quarterback
The Washington Redskins with
second pick, drafted Ralph Gug
lielmi, Notre Dame's All-America
quarterback. Because the
Redskins and the Colts finished
the- 1954 . season with identical
records, they had to flip a coin
to decide which would have sec
ond pick. . '
- Baltimore, taking its regular
turn, the chose ' Alan (The
Horse) Ameche of Wisconsin, the
All-America fullback who was
Accuracy, Not Bonus Foul Rule,
Big Reason for Scoring Increase
New" York U.R) Despite
the howling of many critics, col
lege basketball's . "bonus . rule"
has not been solely responsible
for the increase in scoring thus
far this season, according to the
NCAA Statistic Bureau.
r ' Major college basketball scor
ing" has been rolling at an all
time record rate this winter
almost eight points a game more
than a year ago but accurate
shooting from the floor has been
generally responsible, rather
than the much maligned bonus
rule the, bureau .disclosed today.
J. Proponents of the controver-
Salmon Backs,
Tweakers Even
In Saturday Loop
Gold Ray Salmon Backs and
the Tweakers will be out to
stretch their unblemished rec
ords in the Saturday recreation
basketball league at Medford
senior high this week end.
The Tweakers pulled even
with the Salmon Backs last week
while the Gold Ray gang was
idle.1:- v......
Tangles this Saturday are
Beany Boys versus Nico-Quint at
10 a. m.,- Screwballs versus the
Flubbin Five at 11 a. m., Thund
erbirds versus the Tweakers at
1p.m. and the Mountain Boys
versus .the Salmon Backs at 2
p. m. The Cottonpickers and
the Senior Wieners have byes
Last week end the Tweakers
thrashed the Beany Boys 42 .to
10, the Screwballs tripped the
Thunderbirds 39 to 29, theCot
tonpickers got by Nico-Quint 37
to 30 and the. Senior Wieners
blasted the Mountain'. Boys 42
to 14
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Cottonpickers
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Mountains Boys
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Nico-Quint
Thunderbirds
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Ducks Entertain
Brigham Young
Provo, Utah 0J.PJ Brig
ham Young's Cougars, currently
tied with Wyoming for second
place in the tough Skyline Con
ference, invade Eugene, Ore.,
this weekend for a pair of games
with the University of Oregon.
It will be the first time the
two schools have met in. athletic
competition.'
A "Mutt and Jeff combina
tion leads the Brigham .Young
quintet, which has a 4-2 record
in the Skyline race. Utah leads
that conference with a 6-0
mark. -,
Terry Tebbs, a guard, and
Herschel "Soup Bones" Peder
sen, a six-foot-six center, have
been averaging around 14 points
a game. . Pedersen leads in re
bounds with 159, or nearly 10
per game.
NCAA Play-Off Ducats
Available After Feb. 21
Corvallis (U.R) Mail" or
der ticket applications for the
Western Regional NCAA Bask
etball tournament here will be
accepted starting Monday, Feb.
21, it was announced today. '
Dates of the NCAA meet this
yearare March 11 and 12.
Drafting
voted the United Press player of
the year for 1954.
Tom Bettis, Purdue .guard,
was the first draft pick of the
Green Bay Packers.
Center Larry Morris of Georg
ia Tech was selected by the Los
Angeles Rams.
Dick Moegle, Rice's AU-Amerr
ican halfback, was selected by
the San Francisco Forty Nin
ers. . . ; . -
Eugene (U.R) George
Shaw, Orego n's outstanding
quarterback drafted by the Balti
more Colts of the National Foot
ball league as the bonus choice,
said today he would be very
happy to play with Baltimore "if
I decide to play professional
football."
Shaw, who was named" to the
United Press All-American sec
ond team, also is an outstanding
baseball player.
He said, MI would be very glad
to talk with the- Baltimore offic
ials, but I don't intend to sign
anything until after the .college
baseball season." .
Shaw was the nation's total of
fense leader in football last sea
son, and was a regular at Oregon
four seasons. ' .; - . . ., v .
As a baseball outfielder, he
was named to the NCAA's All
American squad last season. He
has not indicated which sport he
will follow as a professional.
sial bonus foul - shot.- which
allows a fouled player an extra
shot from the, free throw line if
he makes his shot, predicted that
the rule would cut fouling down
considerably, while opponents of
the rule said the game would be
reduced to a foul shooting con
test. : -
2.7 More Field Goals
The bureau's statistics releas
ed today show that the extra out
put per contest has consisted
thus far of 2.7 more field goals,
worth about 5Vi points, and 2.3
more points from the foul line.
The figures also show that tout
ing has been reduced to its low
est point of the last, 12 years.
' National , foul" shooting i ac
curacy has reached ah all-time
high of 65,7 per cent, compared
to 64.2 per cent for the same pe
riod last season and 63.2 for the
previous year.. Free throw shoot
ing drills have reaped double
dividends with . the , field goal
hitting rate up also to 36.7
per cent from 35.5 a year ago.
The drop off in fouling is the
greatest in history, down to 38.8
calls per game from last winter's
42 average. ': -:--f- -.
Defending champion Furman
again is setting the pace in team
scoring and may wind " up : the
season the first team in major
college history to average 100
points a game throughout a sea
son. Furman has .compiled an
astronomical 99.7 point average
per game thus far. vV 4
Thrqty City Loop .
Frays Tonight
j Three : Medford . Independent
Basketball League I games are
slated this evening; ; r ?
Hawkinson , Tiresplays an 8
o'clock make up " contest' at
Prospect and '"the'-' two other
scraps will be at Medford,: junior
high. .; ;.:':'!;..
. J Andy's Jewelers and Yejlow
Qab,.foes.in last , night's ' March
of Dimes benefit, both see ac
tion this evening. The Jewelers
oppose" Burelson's : of" Central
Point at 7 o'clock - and Yellow
Cab goes against Company A of
the National; Guard at 8:30
o'clock. " t:,:-'' . '
Last night Eagle'1 Point beat
out Guard Headquarters Com
pany 36 to 30 and Sacred Heart
trounced Skinner's Buick 62 to
38. ' - . , . ,-,r . ,'-
Fishing; Hunting Fee$ r
Same As Those in 1 954
'? Portland In answer fo many
questions recently received, the
Oregon State Game Commission
has sent out the following! in
formation: . '. ;. ' '
Fishing and hunting '.license
fees now in effect are the same
as those in 1954. - The license
structure can be changed only
through action of the legislature.
Any changes the legislature
adopts regarding licenses would
undoubtedly not affect the hunt
er and fisherman until January
of 1956.
OSC Squad Flies
To Washington!
Corvallis U.R) - Coach
Slats Gill and a 12-man Oregon
State basketball squed flew to
Seattle ..today for a week end
series with' Washington." The
Beavers planned a workout oh
the Edmundson Pavilion floor
late today.
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Around Hollywood
; Hollywood (U.R) Gail Davis,
one ' of television's Tr prettier
blondes, is one glamour girl who
"doesn't mind
hiding' her sex
appeal behind
pigtails and a
high -buttoned
shirt. , : -
The Ark
ansas beauty's
quick pistol
and . cowgirl
outfit has
turned her
Aline Morty into TVs first
female western star with her
own program, - "Annie Oakley."
I For this role Gail must re
main forever kissjess ("I always
ride off alone into the sunset")
with her curves disguised 'under
wool shirts ("Can't be silk or
tight jersey"). ; : .
But the disguise has made her
one of the most popular " TV
stars with the-bubble-gum set,
and pushed her into the league
Speedboat Group
Chooses. McGrew
Mel McGrew is the new torn
modore ; of the: Western Speed
boat association, local outboard
racing group. ; He succeeds Rod
Witham. . . ...
7 He was elected last night at
a meeting at the Bill- Barnes
residence,.. Lorraine apartments,
604 Whitman place. "
v- Others -named were Jack
Schauble, vice-commodore; Mrs.
Bill Barnes, secretary-treasurer;
and Jack Moad, publicity chair
man... ):,- : . '-'-s.-
Next meeting has been set for
February 2 at the McGrew home
on "Jacksonville highway." Plans
for the next race will be dis
cussed. BLACKMAN NAMED . ,
Hanover, N. H.-4U.R) Robert
(Bob) Blackman, former coach
at the .University ; of -Denver,
was named head football coach
at , Dartmouth College' Wednes
day night to succeed aging De
Ormond (Tuss) McLaughry who
resigned last year after his team
had lost all but three games;
Blackman, 36, comes to Hanover
as the nation's fourth-ranking
football coach. In six years of
coaching ., he . compiled ? an . en
viable, record of 46 victories
against 12 defeats.
BOYSEN TAPERS OFF
- Ann Arbor, i Mich. Audun
Boysen, 25-year-old Norwegian
middle distance ace who holds
the world's 1000-meter mark of
2:1918T, began tapering off his
workouts' -today in preparation
for his debut on the American
indoor track circuit. Boysen v is
scheduled. toT enplane for Boston
tonight, making his debut there
against American ace Mai Whit
field Saturday night.
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AVERVWCEUDy
By ALINE MOSBY
United Press Correspondent
of sagebrush immortals. . .
"Ah have . no . aspirations to
win any Academy Awards. Ah
just want to make a career out
of Annie," drawled Gail.
Knotty Problem.
; -De-glamourizing Gail is ' a
knotty problem for the writers
of the show. ' Twice they let her
dress up ; for parties ' but most
of the time she wears a fringed
cow-girl outfit with her blonde
hair primly set in braids.; Gail
looks fragile,' but she has to be
roughed up by the villain and
tumbled off horses and wagons,
"so with my hair . in pigtails it
comes out neat" c v
A love interest is delicately
hinted in the form of a hand
some deputy sheriff. But they
never even . hold hands and
Annie Oakley has to fend off the
villains "without making the
deputy sheriff look silly.
- Gail, a country doctor's daugh
ter from Little Rock, was dis
covered by Gene Aufcry when
he was oh tour.
: "He asked me to look him up
if I ever came to Hollywood, so
I did," she said. "I worked in
other movies and then I was in
Gene's feature pictures for three
years." ' - -4
Massacres History
Autry decided - to try a ..TV
cowgirl series for. his "Flying A
Productions" and Gail was
picked . because, she has known
how' to ride a horse and shoot
since childhood,- as well as act.
Autry bought the rights to the
title, "Annie Oakley," and al
though the program massacres
history, relatives of the late
real-life sharpshooter have not
complained.
"Lt.. Gov. : John Brown of
Ohio asked me to donate a
plaque at : Annie's birthplace in
Greenville, so I- guess they like
the ; program," she said. "It is
supposed to be entirely .fiction
al." . ' -;
Gail admits her trick shoot
ing on the filmed show -is cour
tesy of the prop man. But next
month she leaves on her4 first
personal appearance . tour with
Autry and had to learn' fancy
shooting for her act. Beginning
at Houston,; Tex., she'll perform
in 43 " shows around the , coun
try in rhinestone-studded cow
girl outfits. '
"The surprise is Annie's fans
are 50 per cent boys and 50 per
cent girls," said Gail. ""We
weren't sure whether little boys
would - accept the " fact' a giri
can shoot and ride, but appar
ently they do.' -: '
WRONG CHOICE - -
Lincoln, Neb.- (U-PJ--An in
mate of a Nebraska reformatory
today bemoaned his choice . of
transportation in a 'i break for
freedom. After fleeing ; over a
fence he hitchhiked a ride, with
r state safety patrolman. !
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By Jimmy Hatlo
!
Washington (U.R) John F.
Shelley, Democratic representa
tive from San Francisco, has con
firmed reports that he is being
considered for the presidency of
the American . Merchant Marine
Institute. . -
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scopic in size and must be prop
agated.' in a material called
"spawn." -
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Fishing Vessel Burns;
Three Men Rescued
Seattle - (U.R) Three 'men
were saved late yesterday after
the 55-foot fishing vessel Mary
Ann of Astoria,- Ore, burned to
the waterline about 20 miles
west-northwest of Destruction
island, the Coast Guard reported
here.
The captain and owner of the
Mary Ann is Evan Parker, As
toria. Cause of the fire was not de
termined. The Coast Guard said another
fishing boat, the Oregonian, res
cued the three men.
Youth Rescues Man
From Blazing Home
Portland (U.R) Alvin
Stormo, 19, placed a wet blanket
over his head, rushed into a
blazing two-story home and res
cued 79-year-old August Peder
son yesterday. .
Pederson was lying on the
floor, badly burned but con
scious, when Stormo arrived.
Pederson was taken, to a hos
pital where attendants said his
condition was "pretty good, not
serious." Firemen said the blaze
may have started from an over
heated stove.
Dead line . Sunday Classified la at
noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TKUSUAE-ELSYSt
Young Barrymore's
Wife Drops Divorce
: Hollywood (U.R) The- 28-year-old
wife of John B anymore
Jr., 22, has cancelled "indefinite
ly? her plans to divorce .the ae
torTson. of the late great , profile
of the screen.- . . , . v '
The -wife,, : red-haired screen
actress Cara Williams Barry
more, had intended to file a di
vorce suit against her youthful
husband on grounds .of cruelty,
according to the wife's attorney,
Milton Golden. ,
3ut , yesterday, Golden "said
the suit would be held up "until
further notice." The . attorney
would not say if the couple had
reconciled.-r ' ,f
Dana Ineligible .
For Portland Post l-
Portland (U.R) -A; circuit
judge ruled yesterday that. Mart
shall N. Dana is not eligible, to
sit as a nember of the Portland
Dock Ckjmmission because he is
not a resident or voter, of the
city of Portland.
The ruling was made by Judge
Martin W. Hawkins in connec
tion with a - suit - brought by
Blyth & Co., which questioned
Dana's qualification on the- res
idence basis. Dana is a resident
of Clackamas county.
Dana was named to the posi
tion, a non-paying job, by Mayor
Fred Peterson last Nov. 23. . :
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