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Casanova on United Press Rating Board
NeV York U.R) Six new
coaches John Michelosen of
Pittsburgh. Bobby Dobbs of
Tulsa, Len Casanova of Oregon,
John Roning of Denver, Bill
Meek of Houston and Jack Mit
chell of Arkansas will serve
on the 1955 United Press Foot
ball Coaches Rating board. ' .
As in previous years, five out
standing coaches from each of
the seven sections of the country
will make up the board and rate
the collegiate teams weekly.
They will begin ranking the
teams this year after the games
of Saturday, Sept. 24. Their ra
tings have become recognized
generally as the official stand
ings of the teams.
Michelosen,- Roning, Meek and
Mitchell replaced on the board
' the coaches they succeeded at
their respective schools. Michel
osen took over for Lowell Daw
son; Roning for Bob Blackman;
Meek for Clyde Lee, and Mitch
el for Bowden Wyatt.
Dobbs replaces Jennings' Whit
worth, who left (Oklahoma A&M,'
ax one of the board's five mid
land coaches. Casanova takes the
board post held previously by
Laverne Taylor of Oregon State.
Wyatt in South
Wyatt, who went from Arkan
sas to Tennessee, will serve as
one of the board's five coaches
in the South. He replaces the
man he succeeded, Harvey Rob
inson. The first 1955 rating will be
released to afternoon newspapers
of Tuesday, Sept. 27. As in past
seasons, the ratings will be re
leased first alternately for Tues
day morning and afternoon pap
ers. " '
Each of the top 35 coaches will
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rate the top 10 teams weekly.
Their selections are used only
to reach a consensus and never
on an individual basis. Points
are awarded on the basis of 10
for a first place vote, nine for a
second and so on down to one for
a 10th place vote.
The coaches who will com
prise the 1955 United Press Foot
ball Coaches Rating board:
East
Charles Caldwell, Princeton;
Edward Erdelatz, Navy; George
James, Cornell; Lou Little, Co-
Eugene Holds
NWL Crown
Salem (U.R) Eugene wrap
ped up the 1955 playoff series
for the Northwest league crown
here last night with a four-run
ninth-inning rally that produced
a 9-6 victory over the Salem
Senators. "
fThe victory gave Eugene the
decision in, the seven-game set
by a 4-2 margin.
With one out in the Eugene
ninth, Ted Hesse walked. George
Ma tile singled to right. Salem
starter Bill Whitson then gave
way to Bill Dials, victim of Sun
day's 3-2 12-inning Eugene vic
tory.
Bill Eastburn, first hitter to
face Dials, belted a three-run
homer - and the second hitter,
George Huffman, also hit one
out of the park.
Dials yielded to Ron King who
retired. the side without further
damage but Salem' was unable
to score in its half of the ninth.
Salem had moved ahead in
the eighth.
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Tuesday, September 13, 1955
lumbia; John Michelosen, Pitts
burgh.
Midlands
Bobby Dobbs, Tulsa; Don Fau-
rot, Missouri; William Glassford,
Nebraska; Charles Mather, Kan
sas; Charles Wilkinson, Okla
homa. Midwest
Terry Brennan, Notre Dame;
Hugh Daughtery, Michigan State;
Ray Eliot, Illinois; Forest Evash-
evski, Iowa; Stu Holcomb, Pur
due.
Pacific Coast
Len Casanova, Oregon; Jess
Hill, Southern California; Alton
Kircher, Washington State; Jack
Myers, College of the Pacific;
Charles Taylor, Stanford.
Rockies
Charles Atkinson, Brigham
Young; Jack Curtice, Utah; Phil
Dickens, Wyoming; John Ron
ing, Denver; Bob Titchenal, New
Mexico.
South
Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech;
Andy Gustafson, Miami; Frank
Howard, Clemson, . Bill' Murray,
Duke; Bowden Wyatt, Tennes
see.
Southwest
Paul Bryant, Texas A&M; Bill
Meek, Houston; Jack Mitchell,
Arkansas; Edwin Price, Texas;
George Sauer, Baylor.
INKS HOOP PACT
Philadelphia (U.R) Six-foot,
five-inch Jim Mooney, former
Villanova star who has been in
the Marine Corps for two years,
has signed to play for the Phila
delphia Warriors of the National
Basketball Association this sea
son. Mooney played for the
Warriors briefly in the 1952-53
season and averaged 7.5 points
per game. '
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Gridiron Outlook Brightens
For University
University of Oregon, Eugene
Oregon's outlook, which was
rather grim under mid-summer
crutiny, now looks considerably
brighter as Coach Len Casano
va's Ducks make final plans for
the 1955 opener next Saturday
night at Salt Lake City against
the University of Utah.
The Webfoots still are suffer
ing from a bad case of inexperi
ence brought about by the loss
of 17 lettermen, including sev
en starters from the third place
1954 team, and are lacking in
depth to the point where a few
key injuries would wreak havoc.
However, fall practice has de
veloped some bright spots which
may go a long way toward bal
ancing the weak spots.
First, the quarterbacking of
the unrelated Crabtrees, Tom
and Jack, and Wally Russell
has shown promise. None of the
three are expected to be an
other George Shaw this fall, but
the Crabtrees have shown an
ability to run with the ball and
their passing is far from hope
less. ,
Second, the fastest crop of
rookie backs in a decade gives
hope that the Webfoot game will
have the open field potency it
has lacked for the last few sea
sons. Line Develops
Third, the line has shown
signs of developing more rapidly
than had been hoped, which en
hances the chances of the backs
getting loose to use their speed.
And finally, Coach Len Casa
nova says, This squad has
worked extremely hard and
their efforts may well pay off
in' more victories than anybody
expected." ' .
These conclusions have been
reached as the result of some
excellent practice sessions and
have yet to be tested in actual
competition. The - game with
Utah will give the coaching staff
a chance to check their esti
mates . against game perform
ance. Unless there are unexpected
changes in the next few days,
the Ducks will open against the
Redskins with seven lettermen,
a junior college transfer, a non
letterman and two sophomores
in the starting lineup.
Phil McHugh, rated as one of
the best all-around ends in a
decade, will be at right end and
George Slender, a fine pass catch
er from Santa Rosa JC, has the
edge at left end. Capt. Lon
Stiner and Harry Johnson, both
open at tackle with Reanous
Coqhrane, a regular last year,
and Spike Hillstrom, a convert
ed non-letterman center, will be
at guard and the line will be
completed by Art Weber, a two
year reserve at center.
Chapman On 2nd Unit
In the backfield Tom Crab
tree, a converted letterman half
back, will open at quarterback
with Dick James, the most ver
satile back in the conference, at
left halfback, . sophomore Jim
Babe Starts
Cancer Fund
Galveston, Tex. (U.R) Famed
athlete Babe Didrickson Zahar
ias appealed to everyone "to get
in this fight" against cancer to
day as she prepared to leave the
hospital after a second bout
with the disease. ,
The Babe is scheduled to leave
John Sealy Hospital Wednesday.
She said she and her husband,
George Zaharias, wanted to start
a voluntary fund for early de
tection and treatment of cancer
"to save as many lives as pos
sible." - ,
The famed woman golfer,
often referred to as the world's
greatest all-round woman ath
lete, announced establishment of
the fund from her hospital bed
Monday.
A Galveston bank pledged the
first $1,000 to the fund and the
Babe matched the bank's contri
bution. Hospital attendants said Mrs.
Zaharias was in "good" condi
tion, and she corroborated it
qualifiedly:
."I feel real well, but. I get
tired quick and I like that bed
real well."
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Shanley at right halfback and
Jack Morris, the 1950 freshman
sensation now back from the air
force, will be at fullback.
The rookie flavor of the 1955
Oregon squad really shows in
the second unit where not- a
single -man from last year's
squad is listed. J. C. Wheeler,
a converted full back from Ore
gon City, and Bill Tarrow of
Boise JC are the ends, sopho
mores Jerry Kerschner and
John Raventos are the tackles,
Harry Mondale, a .1951 letter
man back from the army, and
Jack Pocock of Boise JC are
the guards Norm Chapman, a
Medford sophomore is the cen
ter. . '
Jack Crabtree will probably
be the quarterback, Jack Brown,
another sophomore service re
turnee, and Chuck Osborne of
Menlo JC will be at halfback
arid Fred Miklancic of ' Boise
JC, a power runner with consid
erable talent, will be at fullback.
Then there are five sopho
mores, three lettermen, two non
lettermen and a junior college
transfer in the third unit. Any
way it's counted, the Webfoots
are short of veterans with only
12 lettermen on hand.
The Ducks will leave for the
vital test of their inexperienced
squad on Friday by . chartered
plane and will take their final
workout at Salt Lake City. No
further scrimmage work is ex
pected prior to the game.
Reserved seat tickets for the
Medford-Gresham high fool
ball encounter here this Fri
day are now on sale at ' the
high school office. Hours at.
the office are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UO Athletes
Do Well in
Classroom
University of Oregon, Eugene
One member in three of the
1954-55 University of Oregon
freshman and varsity athletic
teams scored tetter than a B
minus for his year's scholastic
work, it was announced here to
day after a final check was made
of the records of 150 athletes.
President O. Meredith Wilson
expressed pleasure at the result
of the survey and said, "We are
proud that so many of our ath
letes have distinguished them
selves in the classroom. It is re
assuring evidence that both "our
coaches and our athletes recog
nize -the importance of good
scholarship. Since so much cyn
icism about college athletics has
developed, it is a pleasure to call
public attention this demon
stration that academic excel
lence and athletic skill have
been combined at Oregon in the
past year."
During the 1954-55 athletic
year the Webfoots finished third
in the PCC football race, second
in the Northern Division basket
ball chase, won both baseball and
track, captured the division golf
dual match title tied for second
in tennis and wound up fourth
in a 13-team field in their first
try at the Pacific Coast wrestling
championship.
20 Better Than B
There were 20 of the 51 ath
letes who had compiled better
than a straight B average and
the other 31 ranged from a B-
minus to a B. FootbaU led in
those with better than a B aver
age with seven players while
track had six. baseball and golf
three and wrestling one.
The distribution in the B
minus crouo was fairly even,
also, with football again leading
with height, basketball and base
ball having seven each, track
five, golf three and wrestling
one.
Tnrluded in the B-nlus eroun
were four members of the cur
rent football team. Three of
these, Phil McHugh, Capt. Lon
Stiner and Tom Crabtree, are
holders 'of scholastic scholar
shins. The fourth man is sopho
more tackle John Raventos. Mc
Hugh won the Dean Walker Me
morial scholarship and is on the
All-America scholastic team,
Stinpr was the winner of the
Town club scholarship and Crab
tree is now in the third year as
the holder of the Kichara s.
Smith Memorial scholarship.
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i SINGLES .CHAMP Tony Ttabert, who won the National
j1 Tennis Singles Tournament at Forest Hills, N. Y., shows
I his wife the trophy, after the' finals match in which he
i beat Australia's Ken Rosewall. The new champion says
. he has no immediate plans to turn professionaL '
Vancouver Council Studies
Oak Proposal; Seals Must
Settle Backing
By ELDON BARRETT
Seattle (U.R) San Francisco's
"Little Corporation" nursed a
king-sized financial headache to
day and the Oakland Oaks ap
peared -ready to move to Van
couver, B. C. in hopes turnstiles
there might play a happier
melody.
Those two developments high
lighted yesterday's meeting of
the Pacific Coast League direc
tors here.
Brick Laws, Oakland owner,
and Claire Goodwin, PCL presi
dent, were to sit in on a meeting
of the Vancouver city council
today. The council may act on
Laws' proposal to move the Oaks
to the Canadian city and Good
win indicated the move would
be approved by. the directors.
"We'll take that matter up
when we find out how the coun
cil acts," Goodwin said. "But
if Mr. Laws wants to move to
Canada I am positive the league
will go along with him."
Meanwhile, an ultimatum was
issued to the "Little Corpora
tion," owners of the San Fran
cisco franchise, to put their fi
nancial house in order by Sept.
23.
Damon Miller, president of
the "Little Corporation," .said
Anthony Longo, retired Los An
geles furniture dealer, had been
delegated the job of trying to
dig up financial backing for the
Seals in 1956.
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Longo will present his find
ings to Miller who will , present
them to the league directors on
Sept. 23. If Longo can raise ade
quate capital the ."Little Cor
poration" will be permitted to
operate the ' Seals next year,
Miller Said. . ..
" Directors spent four hours
discussing the Seals' financial
plight yesterday. S. H. Patterson
and his son,' Norwood, owners
of a San Francisco radio and
television station, ; turned down
an option to purchase the Seals
The Seals were able to oper
ate last year only after they
obtained a $150,000 loan from
the league and a $50,000 bank
loan. This year their finances
failed and the Pattersons, who
guaranteed the bank loan, pick
ed their option Sept. 3, the last
day they had to exercise it.
fIn other action the directors:
- 1. Approved transfer of own
ership of the San Diego Padres
to the Westgate-California Tuna
Packing -Co. of San. Diego
2. Authorized counsel Leslie
M. O'Connor of Chicago and
Goodwin to revise the constitu
tion and present the -revised
form to the league for its ac
ceptance. 3. Authorized a Best three-out-of-five
playoff series between
Los Angeles and Hollywood to
determine third place in this
year's standings. That series be
gins tonight. -
BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS!
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Mel Ingram from Grants Pass, Al Simpson from Ashland,
and Medford's Fred Spiegelberg
Three Head-Coaches will talk it over and discuss Southern
Oregon football almost before it happens.
MAIN AT CENTRAL
OFFICIALS TO MEET
Basketball and football ref
feres of the Rogue valley will
convene at Southern Oregon
college gymnasium at 7:30
o'clock tonight. Main business
will be election of a commis
sioner to assign basketball
arbiters. Football officials will
conduct a discussion.
Harbert Captain
Of Ryder Team
New York (U.R) Former
PGA champion Chick Harbert of
Northville, . Mich., has been
elected by the other members to
captain the United States Ryder
Cup golf team in its annual se
ries against Britain at Palm
Springs, Calif., Nov. 5-6.
Other star pro golfers on the
team are Marty Furgol, Cary
Middlecoff, Sammy Snead, Doug
Ford, Tommy Bolt, Ted KrolL
Jerry Barber, Jackie Burke Jr.,
and Chandler Harper.
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Kyoga just north of the Equa
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also press dried gnats into cakes. '
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