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Ohio State's Freeman on Road Back By JOHN GRIFFIN Uniied Press Sports Writer Ohio State's Robin Freeman, once again the "biggest little man" in college basketball, took another long stride today on the road that leads back from bitter disappointment to a possible na tional scoring championship. The five-foot, 11-inch Buck eye, who took over this week as the country's top scorer, added another 34 points to his total Thursday night as he paced Ohio State to an impressive 94-73 vic- tory over touring Washington. That hit his best-in-the-nation average of 34.5 points per game almost on the nose and was add . ed evidence that this year the little senior from Cincinnati in tends to go all the way in the point race. - Last year Freeman was the No. 1 scorer in the country for the first five weeks of the sea son. Th(i he dropped to second place but still wasonly one point behind Eventual champion Dar rell Floyd of Furman when the KnmK!nir pffncts of exhaustion and an injured ankle started slowing him up. He was forced to drop out of school in mid year to build himself up, but his per-game average of 31.5 points A stood as the fourth highest in major-college history. Freeman Leaps High Freeman, who leaps high to dod the ball over the heads of startledOgiants, tallied nine "bas kets and 16 free throws for his game-leading total Thursday nieht. .Wake Forest, scoring its fourth win in four nights, sprang Thurs day night's big uet by beating Brightam Young, 86-80. It was the second loss in two nights for Brigham Young, the nation's No. hv North Carolina State on Wednesday. Wake Forest, fresh from win ning the Carrousel Tournament, led all the way, piled up a 49-38 halftime lead and stood off a Cougar second-half rally that cut the margin to 66-63 with 2Vz minutes left. Manhattan turned in another major upset by beating 11th ranked George Washington, 71- 63, at New York's Madison Square Garden. The Jaspers pre vailed despite a brilliant 34-point performance by G. W.'s Joe Holup, who sank 13 of22 shots. OtJrer Top Gamei gt other leading games: Con icut tfceat NYU, 90-82; In diana took an 82-79 comeback win over Drake; Tulane led all the way to h n d .Washington j State its "sixth loss in seven starts, 91-52; Miami, Fla. beat Bradley, 80-73, at Miami; South ern California notched a revenge 68-50 win over Dartmouth; Southern Methodist, ranked 12th nationally, routed Wichita, 85- 67: and Colorado A & M beat Colorado, 6fc58. National champion San Fran Cisco seeks its 33rd straight' vic- tory tonight at New Orleans against Loyola of the South. The Dons' current streak of 32 ties them for the fifth longest win ning skein in major-college his tory. Q Illinois, ranked 13th, hosts Oklahoma ani 19th-ranked Van- derbilt visits Iowa State in other features tonight. 'Santa' Sought c In Slaying of Two Alexandria, L..' (U.R) Po lice hunted for an unkempt bur glar who tolS1 . little gill he was Santa jglaus and then killed her father and his father-in-law when they surprised him looting their homft. The intruder yesterday enter ed a bedroom whr Mary Susan Felknor. ii and her brother Frank, 2, were slewing. He quieted the awakened Mary Susan by. telling her he came to leave presents under the Christ mas tree "for your daddy." Air Force Capt. Edward M. Felknor, 32, and his father-in- law, Frank E. Miller, 55, Clin ton, S.C..were killed with six shots from a .22 caiiber pistol when they surprised the burglar in another bedroom. Authorities questioned 13 per sons without finding a single clue t the identity of the slay er. The search for the killer ranged from Oakdale, Natchez, Miss. La., to WASTED TIME Auburn, Me. (U.R) Burg lars worked night-long to batter apart a safe in a garage only to discover that it was empty and the safe door was unlocked. O Read and Use Classified Ads TKe Community's Biggest Marketplace "j RUDY -MIX Phorfc 2-5336 or 2-5897 M. C. LININGER & SONS Third Gator Bowl Contest For Five Auburn Plainsmen This is another in a series on teams in Bowl games.) By RAY LACKEY Auburn, Ala. (U.R) Foot ball fans at Jacksonville, Fla., on Dec. 31 will see five familiar figures on the gridiron when Auburn and Vanderbilt get the 11th annual Gator Bowl under way. They are Auburn seniors who no doubt will set some kind of record by starting their third Gator Bowl game. There are two backs and three linemen in the group, and to gether they have led Auburn from football obscurity in 1952, when the Plainsmen lost eight and won two, to three success ful seasons resulting in the three Gator Bowl appearances. Heading the list is fullback Childress, a line-plunger who demolished Baylor in last year's Gator Bowl by gaining 134 yards, scoring two touchdowns and kicking three points after touchdowns. James Slow But Fancy The other veteran back is fancy Fob James Jr., a halfback who has the ability to stop and start quickly which more than makes up for a slight deficiency of speed. James scored four times this season on dashes of more than 60 yards, and he promises to be Auburn's closest approach to Vandy's great run ner, Cha-lie Horton. The other seniors, tackles Frank D'Agostino and M. L. Brackett, and center Bob Scar MedfordTribune Otto Graham Chosen Pro Gridiron Player of Year By EARL WRIGHT Uniied Press Sports Writer New York (U.R) Otto Graham, the 34-year-old quarter back who will lead the Cleve land Browns against the Los Angeles Rams Monday for the National Football League cham pionship, today was named the pro circuit's Player of the Year in the annual United Press poll. Graham ended a brief retire ment shortly before the 1955 season began and led Cleveland to a division title for the 10th straight year. He won the in dividual passing crown while di recting the team that led the league in scoring with 349 points. Won Title Easily Graham was voted the sea son s outstanding pro piayer in voting by 30 sports writers who covered the games in the various league, cities. He received 13 votes, winning the honor easily. Graham's closest rivals in the balloting, rookie fullback Alan Ameche of the Baltimore Colts and end Harlon Hill of the Chi cago Bears, each drew four votes. Quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, who will lead the Rams against the Browns Mon day at Los Angeles, and end Gene Brito of the Washington Redskins each received two votes. Quarterbacks Ed Brown of the Chicago Bears and George Shaw of Baltimore, fullback Howie Ferguson of the Green Bay Packers, halfback Doak Walker of the Detroit Lions and linebacker-fullback Chuck Dra- zenovich of Washington each re ceived one vote. Didn't Plan To Play Graham didn't plan to play this year. After leading Cleve land to the 1954 championship, he announced he would be sell ing insurance and working on several other business ventures while the Browns tried for their sixth straight Eastern Division title this year. - But he agreed to play one more year when Coach Paul Brown was faced with starting the 1955 campaign with only one quarterback, George Ratter- man. Graham was a bit rusty at SKIER'S TIME GOOD . Spout Springs, Ore. U.R) Mack Miller of McCall, Ida., measured his way over a slushy rain-soaked 4Vi mile course here yesterday in the remarkable time of 70:48:6. His effort led 22 other Olympic ski hopefuls in training at Spout Springs, Ore. It was the first cross-coun try time trial of the training sea son for 23 men shooting for six berths on the U.S. Nordic com bined ski team. borough will anchor the Auburn line. The Plainsmen used a varied offense to win eight games this year losing only to Tulane and tying Kentucky. Childress and James carried the brunt of the ground attack for Auburn. Two youngsters were the key to the Auburn passing attack. Quarterback Millard Howell Tubbs, named for Millard (Dixie) Howell who was famed at Alabama as the . man who threw the ball to Don Hutson, was one of the most improved passers in the Southeastern Con ference this season. Phillips Receiving On the receiving end of many of Tubbs' tosses was sophomore end Jimmy Phillips, a big, fast youth who may develop into one of Auburn's great football play ers before his college career closes. The Plainsmen have gotten down to the grind of pre-bowl practice in good spirits and in good physical condition. Coach Ralph (Shug) Jordan warned his squad that in the Commodores they must be ready to face a hungry team that was knocked out of the Sugar Bowl by a last-game loss to traditional rival Tennessee. Auburn made its first Gator bowl by Auburn date back into the 30's. In 1937, the Plainsmen tied Villanova 7-7 in the Cuban National Sports Festival,, the Rhumba Bowl in Havana, and in 1938 they beat Michigan State in the Orange Bowl. first but soon regained his bril liant passing form. He wound up with one of his best seasons, completing 98 of 185 passes for 1,721 yards and 15 touchdowns. He won the passing title by aver aging 9.30 yards per throw. He has announced that Mon day's game will be his last "even if Paul Brown has to play quar terback next year." DINNER GUESTS Hallandale, Fla. (U.R) Willie Hartack, the nation's leading rider who on Wednesday hung up his tack for 1955 with 412 victories, and Frank H. Merrill Jr., the top trainer of the year, will be honored guests at a "Din ner of Champions" on Wednes day, Dec. 28. Both will be pre sented with appropriate trophies by James Dunn, president of Gulfstream Park. PIRATE AIDE NAMED Pittsburgh (U.R) Douglas A. Molony of New Orleans, a mem ber of the Louisiana State Bar association, and a former ticket agent for the New Orleans Peli cans of the Southern Association, has been named assistant to Pittsburgh Pirates General Man ager Joe L. Brown. Molony also served as traveling secretary, secretary-treasurer and business manager of the Pelicans. He is 28 years old. BAHAMA VERSUS MELIS New York U.R) Yama Ba hama of Miami, Fla., winner of his last 18 bouts, has been signed to meet Paola Melis of Montreal in next Monday's TV-radio fight at St. Nicholas Arena in place of Chico Vejar. Vejar pulled out of the fight because of an ailing back and faces a possible 90 day suspension because examining physician could find nothing wrong. Council Objects To 40 MPH Speed Limit Central Point An objection by the city council here to the 40 mile per hour speed limit on Front st. in Central Point, has been denied by the state speed control board of the Ore gon State Highway Commission. In a letter to the council this week the speed control board said the 40 mile limit was rea sonable and correct. The United States exported nearly 2,000 more cattle by air than by boat last year. icarnon dauii nm i mice EflEUrUi&U EJUIILSNU Lnilbv 821 NORTH RIVERSIDE Open Tomorrow CLOSED All Day Christmas Open Regular Hours Monday Open Bowling All Day Monday Wed., and 1 P.M. to 9, P.M. Fri. PHONE 2-2682 MEDFORD, OREGON Bowling CITY LEAGUE Lamports Sporting Goods took over first place in City Bowling leaeue bv taking a 4 to 0 win nvor tvTc Rarhpr shoo. JNorman Hillyer of the Barker team roll ed an all spare game. Lamports came up with high game with a 910. Lloyd Knapp of Crater Electric rolled top individual game of the evening with 234 followed by Gordon Schulz with 208 and Les Schneider with 203. Standings: W. Lamport's Sporting Gods ....15 Vz MacCartney Clark & Laden..l4 Mogan Lumber Co. ' 12 First National Bank 12 Central Market H'-a Norton Lumber Co 9 Calif. Oregon Power Co 8 Ross Lumber Co - 8 Ed s Barber Shop 7 Weter and Olsen " Tru-Mix Construction Co 6 L. 4,i 7 8 8 8!i 11 12 12 13 13 14 Results: MCL E. Blind L. Bex D. Turner Absentee H. Shaw 1 435 445 492 471 484 Mogan Lbr. V. Allen N. Henson D. Barker C. Mineer F. Chapman Handicap 3 493 506 472 474 513 39 2377 2497 Norton Lbr. M. Olsen E. Olsen M. Morse C. Pfnister J. Boettcher Handicap 2 466 462 399 379 452 177 Crater Elec. P. Dorff G. Eberious L. Knapp H. Vallee C. Hampson 478 457 538 442 504 2335 2419 Ed's Shop E. Paschke F. Couch Joe Kantor N. Hillyer John Kantor Handicap 0 442 453 502 553 432 114 Lamports' B. Piche B. Meyer 5 4r L. Schneider 583 : Absentee) 510 J. Farrar 529 2496 2616 Tru-Mix (Absentee- 0 Central Mkt. B. Hayman H. Sullivan F. K. Leber J. Keener G. Schulz Handicap 4 491 444 J. Cummings 466 465 330 508 532 174 2500 (Absentee) 468 Jim Baize 502 M. Bell 441 2321 Copco 1 B. Schroeder 491 O. Hanson 467 Ross Lbr. G. Culy A. Schatz D. Smith F. Martin B. " Forrest Handicap 3 485 399 (Absentee) R. Streton (Absentee) 480 423 561 409 505 482 246 2526 2422 Weter-Olsen L. Smith J. Roberts B. Luman M. Brown L. Webster 0 440 479 400 492 428 F. N. B. W. Nissen E. Bennett A. Bauman D. Miller G. Shuler Handicap 4 435 457 489 433 492 120 2426 2239 ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE Seven Up took three games from Klievers to take back the top spot in the Rogue Valley league Thursday. While Andys dropped three to Darrell Miller Co., John Bradish rolled a 594 to take high series and Vern Allen had high game of 247. Standings: W. Seven Up 40 Andy's Jewelers 38 Forest Patrol 36 " 2 Star Body Works 35,i Kliever's Machine Shop 35 City Hall 34 li U.S. National 33 Darrell Miller i: 32 Lorenz Co 29 Pine Tree Market 26 L. 28 29 V2 31 a 32 i,i 33 33 'z 35 36 39 42 Results: Seven Up K. Shaw D. Coates G. Dayon J. Morgan D. Swan Handicap 3 405 471 543 365 535 51 2370 Kliever's 1 W. Eberius 493 M. Jacobson 434 E. Isaacs 392 T. Van Sickle 470 V. Allen . 535 2324 1 430 316 452 Miller Co. J. Haven D. Tremblay B. Kramer H. Wyatt C. Cox Handicap 3 468 460' 413 Andv's E. Floate . D. Johnson B. Wright L. Smith .... T. Anderson 397 392 177 : 2317 511 418 2207 U.S. Bank 3 S. Doty '448 G. Rader 381 E. Humphrey 428 F. Eastwood 475 P. Shafer 464 Handicap 210 . 2406 Lorenz Co. : 1 C. McWhorter 496 D. McCorm'ck 465 W. Gottfried 414 B. Tye J.. Mathes 503 494 2372 2 535 City Hall 2 N. Dow - 461 E. McKinstry 410 G. Brown 418 B. Duff . 450 J.Compagnoni 556 Handicap 189 2484 Pine Tree B. Jenkins D. Chapman S. Mallon F. Chapman D. Kreer. 413 372 527 511 2358 " ,r,.rr.,7u: 'o,m iiS0 that deals with some as Star Body IK Forest Patrol 2i A. Bohannon 495 B. Van Hoy 477 B. Graham 350 H. Smets 321 C. Emery 421 J. Bradish S94 D. Graham 425 D. Stockton 448 L. Graham - 512 T. Maul 479 Handicap 21 2233 2319 GIBBS PRO REFEREE Los Angeles (U.R) Veteran official Ronald Gibbs of St. Thomas, Minn., has been named referee for the National. Football League championship game Mon day between the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams. Other officials named by Com missioner Bert Bell include, um pire, Samuel Wilson of Lehigh; head linesman, Dan Tehan of Xavier; back judge, Tay Brown of Southern California, and field judge,: William McHugh of De Paul. . For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads QUICK and EASYl Is That So? From time to time my mail is brightened with a good story, a classroom boner, or a dude I. ... pect of natural history. I like 'em. Keep 'em coming. Matter of fact, the best boner dealing with a natural history subject will win next week's award of the 30-volume set of Encycloped ia Americana. If boners are dupli cated, the postmark settles the argument. Fair enough? A sign at a Drive-in restaur aunt in the Flordia Keys: "Old Fishermen never die, they mere ly smell that way." A fellow ranger at Yellow stone turned this one in. Dude: "Ranger, the light's not right for picture taking. What time in the morning will you be turning the falls back on?" A fishing friend in Minnesota sent in this one. An old Texan, attending an anglers' banquet in Minneapolis, was getting more and more irked as speaker after speaker told tall tales of Min nesota fish. Finally, the Lone Star visitor was asked for a few brief remarks. "Well, we all don't have any fish in Texas worth bragging about," he began humbly holding his hands apart about 12 inches. "To tell the truth, I never saw a fish any bigger than that." He paused and then went on: "Of course, you have to remember, in measur ing our fish between the eyes, we don't make allowances for the extra size of the eyeballs." A New York reader sent in this one: A sign in a New York City store window read "Fishing Tickle Sold Here!" Noticing the error, a customer briskly point ed it out and added; "Funny, hasn't enyone else told you about it before?" "Oh sure," replied the dealer, "Plenty have dropped in to tell me. But you know, once in, they mostly buy something. . ." Price of Apples irom lacoma. A woman in a grocery store was more than ex asperated at the high price of apples, and said as much. " know they are high, ma'am, explained the clerk, "but you know apples are scarce this year." "Scarce! Why just this morn ing I read in the paper that there was such a heavy crop that they're rotting on the trees." That s just it, ma'am," the clerk replied, "That's why they are scarce. It just doesn't pay to pick em. From a Pittsburgh weather man. "If there's anything people get sicker of than two months without rain, it's two days with." But best, I think are some of toe classroom howlers submit ted by pupils and teachers. A Butte teacher says a stud ent was making an extemporane ous speech in her science class when he came up with this gem: "After sinking a shaft 100 feet at the mine, they finally struck bedpan. From a Kansas City student's examination paper: "They don't raise anything in Kansas but Al paca grass, and they have to ir ritate that to make it grow." From a Santa Barbara paro chial school test paper: "False doctrine means giving people the wrong medicine. From an Everett, Wash., oral examination: "Doctors today say that fatal diseases are the worst." An Oakland geography exam ination paper produced this blooper: "The equator is a mena gerie lion running around the earth. Heard of any that are better? (Released by McClure News paper Syndicate) (Copyright, 1955, by Eugene Burns) - Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the MADE IN U.S. 16 PROOF. ; tfiplfv 'his New Economical ) .'jjpj" breathlessFy light : fcROWH.1 I - t& W,wmv.M7 m I :jf",n,il VODKA : jtV IDiyb ONLY$ 555 45 QTi E5lS tJJ 86 PROOF Friday, December 23, 1955 By EUGENE BURNS Ringer-Naturalist best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal- craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many trienaiy letters. Please address your letter to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Investigation of Price Gouging on Farm Prices Set Washington (U.R) The Agriculture Department today pressed its investigation to dis cover if price-gouging by mid dlemen may be partly the cause of plummeting farm profits. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said he wants to know if middlemen are reaping "im proper" profits at the expense of the nation's hard pressed farmers. Benson announced yesterday the farmer's share of the con sumer food dollar declined to 39 cents in November, the lowest point in 15 years. However, he said while farm prices had declined 10 per cent compared to one year ago, retail food prices were down only 2 per cent. He said his department is making detailed studies of mar keting charges of various farm products to learn if the charges are unfairly inflated. Earlier this month he said "we know" some middlemen's charges are out of line. Benson said the farmer is squeezed between rising farm costs and falling farm prices. He called the' squeeze "a real ob stacle to a solution of the farm surplus problem." He said in an interim report on his investigatin that beef and pork are outstanding examples of the farm price spread. He said prices paid farmers for pigs and beef cattle have declined about 10 cents a pound during the last year, but retail beef prices have declined only four cents and re tail pork prices 6.1 cents. Demands have been made both in and outside of congress for an investigation of the price spread. Rep. Sid Simpson (R 111.), a member of the House Agi culture Committee, has propos ed the calling of a bi-partisan farm conference to study the problem. Laughs of Washington (U.R) Patrolman Daniel J. Andrews caught two men fishing coins from a side walk telephone and captured them with a minimum of trouble. Andrews hailed a passing taxi and had the driver pin the phone booth door shut with his cab, holding the two men inside until the paddy wagon arrived. Cleveland, O. (U.R) Patrol man John Milcinovic said a mo torist he accused of drinking readily admitted the patrolman's charge that his eyes "looked glassy." "One of them is glass," the motorist told Milcinovic. Los Angeles (U.R) Mrs. Ann Stoica, 33, won a divorce from swimming pool builder Eli M. Stoica Jr., 38, on the ground he watched television so much she became a "television" widow." "He even liked the commer mercials," she said. Niagara Falls, N. Y. (U.R) Schoolteacher Gertrude Krute net has no love for whomever wrote "I love you" on her class room desk in bright red crayon. Miss Krutenet told police the writer was also a music lover, for he stole two record players from her room. Miami Beach (U.R) Ricky Salomon, 8, received a traffic summons Thursday. A. FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAl SPIRITS. INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS CO., L A, Recommendation Due On U.S. Defense of Quemoy, Matsu Isles Honolulu (U.R) Army Sec- hour briefing on the Far East retary Wilbur Brucker was en route to Washington today with a secret "recommendation" on whether the United States should defend the Quemoy and Matsu islands from Communist attack. The secretary refused to dis close at a press conference yes terday what the recommended ation would be. Brucker is on his way to Washington after completing his first tour of the Far East since he became Army Secretary. Brucker said he had a three- Nehru To Sound Out West Powers London (U.R) Indian Pre mier Jawaharlal Nehru is pre paring to sound out the Western powers of the possibility of a new East-West conference to dis cuss disarmament and specifical ly a ban on nuclear test blasts, informed sources disclosed to day. The sources said he is armed with a fresh Russian go-ahead for his plan. They said Nehru would like to see the talks organized in the spring, possibly during the visit to Britain of Soviet Premier Nik olai Bulganin and Soviet . Com munist party chief Nikita S. Khrushchev. But the sources added that Nehru is not now seeking to pin down a definite date or place. He does not want to sit in on the conference or act as a mediator, they said. Neither does he insist that the talks be held on any certain level, the sources said. But they added that he envisages a high powered conference on a loftier level than the ambassadorial plane of the regular U. N. Dis armament Commission. 4-H Club News Southwest Poultry Clubt Members of Southwest Poultry club met Dec. 20 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elie Nouguier, 1579 Kings highway. Dates were set for future meetings and a contest on livestock judging was held. A Christmas party for the members was held recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Smith, 1306 South Columbus ave. Norman Renner, , the Day . . Police gave Ricky a summons for "failing to yield the right of way to a motor vehicle" affer he walked into the side of a car. Christmas f m fas Greetings To All Our Friends and Patrons m in JACKSON This is our first Christmas celebration in Medford and the wonderful Rogue Valley . . . and what a happy one it is! The splendid reception you havegiven us is most appreciated. You may be sure we shall redouble our efforts to serve you better in 1956 ... and the years to come. So, A Merry Christmas to all . . . from all of us! E. W. Peck, President MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE situation by CINPAC Adm. Felix B. Stump and was carrying some of Stump's recommenda tions to the Pentagon. He also declined to discuss Stump's recommendations on grounds of security. The Army Secretary said visits to Formosa and Quemoy and a 90-minute conference with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek left him impressed, by the ability of the Chinece National ist army. If the Communists come over from the mainland, he said, "it is very evident that the Chinese Nationalists will be ready for them with all they have." ' Brucker also conferred with President Syngman Rhee of Ko rea. . Asked if he though Rhee would carry out his threats to resume the Korean fighting, Brucker replied: "I got the impression that he was very cooperative and de sires to work with the Ameri can government in every con ceivable way . . . but he re serves the right to be indepen dent." WHAT I performance!? 'jjj jCKETm ... and II ji 1 the price $J U j " Is right for you! f I ... J? I H SEC IUUK NtflKtil m IoldsmobileI H DEALER Jf MEDFORD " and COUNTY fs
