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d'Doul Inks Cap Contract Vancouver, B.C. U.R) Lefty O'Doul, heading toward his 22nd straight season of manag ing Pacific Coast league ball clubs, weni to work today to turn the erstwhile Oakland Oaks into a pennant contender for Vancouver's fans. The 58-year-old slugger of Na tional league fame arrived by plane here yesterday a few hours after he came to terms with C. L. (Brick) Laws, presi dent of the Oakland club which was transferred into the domin ion at the end of last season. O'Doul, who managed the Oaks to a seventh place finish in his first year there last sea son, signed for a year at a sal ary believed to be around $lrjgP00. G Although the Oaks finished next toQast this season, Laws Qsaid he thinks the team's recent tieup with the Baltimore Orioles will result in better baseball. "Things will be a lot different riext season," Laws said at the Providence hospital in Oakland where he is undergoing a check up. "I con't expect we'll have two or three players coming back from last year's team." O'Doul managed the San Francisco Seals for 17 years be fore taking over San Diego for "three seasons. Bob Baker To Go Against Valdes Cleveland (U.R) Big Bob Baker of Pittsburgh will take a million dollar gamble tonight in his heavyweight challenger's fight with lofty JNino Valdes of Cuba at the Cleveland arena. Although already in position to press for a shot at the heavy weight crown, Baker asked for tonight's return TV -radio 10 rounder with Valdes "so's I can beat him impressively this time and clinch the title fight." But an upset defeat by tall Nino, the 9-5 underdog, would blast Baker out of the running for Rocky Marciano's champion ship and the riches that go with it, for there's no contract for a return bout. Pacific Coast Conference Can Now Levy Heavy Fines By KAL WOOD San Francisco (U.R) The Pacific Coast Conference set the stage today for heavy-scale fines for illegal recruiting ac tivities with the lifting of the $1000 maximum on penalties, s. The conference voted yester day in the wake of a S1000 fine against UCLA for unbecoming proselyting, to make future fines "appropriate" to the infraction. "In the future, fines may be assessed in such amounts as the conference deems appropriate," H. P. Dick Everett of Washing ton, PCC spokesman, announced. This apparently opens the way for more severe financial raps at schools recruiting outside the conference code. Today, the directors are ex pected to take up the matter of a "living wage for athletes. Yesterday, the organization outlined a six-point program that it will offer to the NCAA on the handling of television for foot ball games. Mainly, the proposal asks -for Willamette Nips Pilots in lExtra Salem U.R) Bill Turlay scored a field goal with only two seconds left in the overtime period last night to give Wil lamette a come-from-behind 61 60 basketball victory over Port land's Pilots here. With 29 seconds left. Portland led 6057 but sub Keith Driver scored for Willamette., to make it 60-59. Then Turlay scored the game winning bucket. Jack Scrivens of Portland led scorers with 19 while Vic Back lund hit 15 for Willamette. J. Henning Risks Title John Paul Henning will risk his n o r.t h w e s t heavyweight championship wrestling belt against the challenge of the Proud Prussian, Kurt von Pop penheim tonight at the Jose phine county fairgrounds arena. Promoter Elton Owen was try ing to sign Wild Bull Savage to meet Poppenhelm but when he was not available, finally came to terms with Henning for a title defense. Henning has tangled with Pop- penheim before and knows that the big Prussian is a rough one. Poppenheim defeated Luigi Ma- cera last week and he says that he intends to take that title home with him. His pet holds are the Boston Crab and the Ger man crossbow. The one hour semi will match Alex Perez, the sensational Mex ican from El Paso, against the greatly improved Oregon young ster, Danny O'Rourke. Perez outsmarted the old fox. Buck Weaver, last week to win in a dandy match. REFEREES TO MEET A meeting of basketball ref erees will be held at 7:30 p.m. this evening at Hedrick junior high school. Mre Control more regional control, more reg ional games and fewer national "Game of the Week" programs in the West. "We feel that the conference involved should have the say on whether a game should be blacked out in any certain area," said Al Masters, Stanford grad uate manager and PCC televis ion chairman. In other business, the confer ence voted to crown a champion in football, baseball, basketball and track. There never has been an official champion in the past. In the future, trophies will be given for team titles. Cita'tions will also be given to athletes maintaining a "B" average; and plaques will be awarded to play ers making the All-Conference football team picked by the coaches. Welsh Tops Sn Offense New York (U.R) George Welsh's gallant efforts weren't enough to provide 'Navy with a victory over Army this year but they earned the 164-pound Mid die quarterback the major col lege total offense crown. Official figures released today by the National Collegiate Ath letic Bureau revealed that the 185 yards Welsh gained against the Cadets gave him a season total of 1,348. That total was just 35 yards more than was gained by Art Luppino of Ari zona. Jim Swing, Texas Christian's brilliant halfback, ranked third with 1,283 yards while Paul Hornung, Notre Dame's junior quarterback, was fourth with 1,215 yards. Honus Wagner Services Will Be Held Friday Pittsburgh (U.R) Three gen erations of baseball fans today mourned the passing of John Peter (Honus) Wagner, the great est shortstop of all time. The 81 -year -old . "Flying Dutchman" of Pittsburgh Pirate fame died in his sleep Tuesday morning at his home in nearby Carnegie, Pa. Old Honus in jured his hip in a fall last Sep tember and was bed-ridden the final days of his life. Use Tribune Want Ads c L lint mif ' A FREE CHRISTMAS TREE will be given with every pur chase of 10 gallons of gas 0 At rvice 2390 Pacific Hwy. - Just North of Big Y HIGH AND MIGHTY Bill Russell, USF's Ail-American cen ter drops in two points against Chico State while Ken Piery goes through motions of trying to block. Dons opened defense of NCAA title with 70-39 win in San Francisco. (International) Wednesday, December 7, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEft Psychologist Cracks Video Quiz Show for Top Prize of $64,000 New York (U.R) Psycholo gist Joyce Brothers, 101-pound blonde boxing expert, with a heavyweight wallop, clobbered the clock and a seven-part ques tion Tuesday night to win $64,000 on a TV show. The trim PH.D., bolstered by guest "expert" Col. Eddie Eagan and her mother's lucky charm, became the second contestant to romp off with the whole gackpot on "the $64,000 question." On Sept. 13, Marine Capt. Richard McCutchen also won $64,000 by answering a difficult question on exotic foods. Siill Shaking Mrs. Brothers, the author of a scientific paper on "Anxiety," said after the show: "I'm still shaking. I know now what in dividuals undergo in an anxiety experience. "My mother sewed a lucky charm inside my dress I couldn't possibly show it to you, I just wasn't taking any chances." All told, the program was tapped for $104,00 Tuesday night by thrjee contestants, the largest loss by a single program in the history of TV. Electrician Moves Up Stanley Skeens, an electrician for a coal mine in Barrat, W. Va. pushed his way to the $32,000 level, by answering a multi-part question on the Bible. Skeens, a native of Danville, W. Va., will be back next week to tell wheth er he, too, will shoot for top money. JOYCE BROTHERS Jackpot Winner Another contestant, mailman Roscoe Wright, of New York moved to the $8,000 point by answering a series of questions on poetry. Drunken Driver Passes Own Sentence Chicago (U.R) Fred J. Estra da, 20, on trial on charges of drunk driving was asked by Judge Joseph J. Butler "Do you know what they do to drunken drivers like you?" "They get a year in the coun ty jail," Etranda said. "You have just passed your own sentence," the judge said, The location of the nesting grounds of the whooping crane. 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