Hugh DeVore
Named Eagles
Coach
Philadelphia OJ.R) Hugh
DeVore, football coach at Day
ton university for the past two
seasons, bounced back into the
National Football League today
as new head coach of the title
starved Philadelphia Eagles.
His acceptance of the job ov
er the telephone from his home
in West Orange, N.J-, late Mon
day was complete switch from
his intentions only 24 hours
earlier.
DeVore explained that he
"had just about made up my
mind to stay at Dayton as of
Saturday night,"; but reconsid
ered after discussing the matter
further with Philadelphia offic
ials, NFL Commissioner Bert
Bell and Rev. Charles Collins,
S.M., dean of Dayton.
"I reconsidered in the best in
terests of my children," said De
Vore, father of seven. "I enjoy
ed the pro league while with
Green Bay in 1953 and look for
ward to a fine relationship with
the Eagles."
DeVore added he "is not too
familiar with the Eagles' person
nel although, of course, I heard
a greal) deal about the team
while with Green Bay."
It was believed general man
ager Vince McNally dangled
more than $15,000 a season be
fore him in a final offer. Club
officials admitted DeVore was
the "only man considered seri
ously" since Trimble got the ax
the day after the Eagles lost
their 1955 season finale to the
Chicago Bears.
There waaono immediate an
nouncement of the length of De
Vore's contract, but the Eagles
scheduled a formal signing and
press conference for noon today.
Medford
.Tribune
outhern Teams Move
nto Top Ten; Dons
iemain In Top Spot
New York (U.R) The United
Press college basketball ratings
with first-place votes and won
lost records through Jan. 7 in
parenthesis:
Team Points
1. San Francisco 30 (11-0) 343
2. Dayton 3 -(11-0) 308
3. N. Car. State (11-1) 225
4 Kentucky ( 7-1) 149
5. Illinois 7-1) 130
6. Indiana ( 8-1) 75
7 Southern Meth. ..(12-2) 73
8. (lie) Vanderbilt ..( 8-2) 60
8. (tie) Duke ( 9-2) 60
10. North Carolina ..( 8-2) 51
Second 10 teams: 11, Holy
Cross, 48; 12, Utah, 45; 13, Louis
ville 1, 44; 14, Temple, 40; 15,
Ohio State, 38: 16, Iowa State,
29; 17. UCLA, 26; 18, tie, St.
Louis 1, and Marquette, 19 each;
20, Michigan State, 17.
New York U.R) San Fran
cisco remained the nation's No.
1 college basketball team for the
sixth straight week today, but
the United Press ratings had a
distinct southern accent with
five Dixie schools in the top 10.
Vanderbilt and Duke moved
up among the leading 10 teams
in a tie for eighth place,, joining
Young Players Join
Ind ians; Others Sign
By UNITED PRESS
The Cleveland Indians are
wasting no time bringing their
the 1956 campaign.
General Manager Hank Green-
berg revealed yesterday that Al
Smith, perhaps the American
League's most versatile player,
had signed for an estimated $18,
000. Rookies Rocco Colavito and
Rudy Regaldo also came to
terms, joining the young pitch
ing trio of Herb Score, Ray Nar
leski and Don Mossi in the fold.
Valuable Player
Smith, who finished third in
the "most valuable - player"
award voting, hit .306 last sea
son. He played all three outfield
positions and also appeared at
shortstop, second base and third
base. He was the only Cleveland
player to appear in all 154 games
of the season.
Elsewhere:
The Chicago Cubs reported
that pitcher Paul Minner and
catcher Harry Chiti have signed,
giving them a satisfied list of
11 players. Minner had a 9-9
record last season while Chiti
hit .231 in 113 games.
First baseman Preston Ward
and pitcher Bob Purkey came
to terms with the Pittsburgh
Pirates. Ward hit .212 in 84
games last season while Purkey
had a 2-7 record before he was
optioned to New Orleans.
Dodger Signers
The Brooklyn Dodgers reveal
ed that outfielders Geno Cimoli
and Bob Wilson had returned
their signed contracts and also
certified pitcher Sandy Koufax's
holdover two-year contract. Ci
moli and Wilson will be among
eight candidates for Brooklyn's
regular left field post. Koufax
had a 2-2 record last season and
will be studied carefully next
spring because southpaw Johnny
Podres is headed for Army
service.
The .Dodgers also said they
will meet the Indians in an
exhibition game at their Jersey
City "home away from home"
on the night of April . 30. The
Dodgers will also play seven
regular league games in Jersey
City.
Habitat Improvement Jobs Busy
Game Commission Crews in 1955
Portland
Without food, 49 quail roosts were erected and
water and shelter no bird or an
imal can survive.
Working on this premise, hab
itat improvement crews of the
Oregon Game commission had
a busy year during 1955 in pro
viding or improving homes for
wildlife to make better hunting
for Oregon citizens.
During the year, 66 agree
ments, making a total of 208,
were signed with private land
owners for wildlife habitat im
provement projects. Develop
ment projec were carried out
on 45 farms in the Willamette
valley and on 80 farms in the
Columbia basin. Development
sites on these farms averaged
about three acres per site.
Sixty-four of the 66 farm own
ers joined the program year to
allow hunting by permission on
the 47,413 acres of land they
control. More than 200,000 acres
of land are open to such hunt
ing according to the agreements.
In the northwest region, an
estimated 10-3 miles of multi
flora rose, using 40,000 seed
lings, were planed for hedges
to provide escape cover for up
land game birds. Approximate
ly 315 acres were planted in Su
dan grass, rye grass, amber cane,
and other commercial crops for
wildlife use. Twenty concrete
cistern type water developments
or "guzzlers" were constructed
to provide watering places for
game and other animals. Three
hundred wood duck boxes were
constructed and erected to pro
vide additional nesting sites for
the colorful woody.
In the coast range on 26 log
ged or burned areas, 3,725
pounds of seed, mostly grasses
and legumes, were sown on ap
proximately 900 acres to pro
vide a food source for big game
and other animals.
In the Columbia basin, a total
of 127,648 woody plants of 2
species were planted on 82
sites averaging about three acres
per site, and various grasses
were sown on 82.5 acres on 40
sites on waste areas, waterways,
and guzzler locations.
In addition to the plantings,
2,194 rods of fence were "built
to protect guzzler sites and wild
life food plantings.
Other improvements and de
velopments were the distribu
tion of 1,000 pounds of sago
pondweed for waterfowl food
crop planting, the seeding to
grasses of approximately 165
acres on the Wenaha big game
winter range, and the coopera
tive reseeding with the Forest
Service of an estimated 500 acres
of burned deer range on the Fre
mont national forest.
The habitat improvement
crews also established several
trial plot plantings at Warner
Valley, Summer Lake, and the
North Fork John Day game
management areas. At the North
Fork, some bitterbrush seeding
trials were begun.
Lloyd Mangrum
Wins LA Open
Los Angeles (U.R) With
the "most satsifying" victory of
his long and brilliant career
tucked under his belt, Lanky
Lloyd Mangrum looked forward
today to a full campaign on the
touring pro circuit health per
mitting.
Mangrum headed north for
Pebble Beach and the Bing Cros
by clambake, with $6,000 in his
pocket after winning the $30,000
in Los Angeles Open Monday.
Leading from wire-to-wire,
Mangrum beat the star packed
field by three strokes. It was his
fourth victory in this 30-year-old
event.
Mangrum took 272 strokes for
the 72 holes 12 strokes under
par for the distance. He finished
three strokes ahead of a fast
closing Jerry Barber; and four
ahead of Tommy Bolt.
North Carolina State, Kentucky
and North Carolina as the
South's representatives in the
select group.
Dayton, which like San Fran
cisco, is undefeated in 11 games
this season, gained a few points
on the top-ranked Dons as it
clung to the No. 2 ranking. In
diana was another newcomer
among the top 10 teams in the
weekly ratings of the 35 leading
coaches who make up the Unit
ed Press board.
Shooting for Record
San Francisco, which now
has won 37 consecutive games
and is shooting for a new all
time major college high of 40,
was the top choice of 30 coaches
this week. The Dons also re
ceived three second-place votes
and two for third place, giving
them 343 out of a possible total
of 350 points.
Dayton attracted three first-
place ballots and one each went
to 13th-ranked Louisville and
18th-ranked St. Louis. Dayton's
Flyers reduced San Francisco's
first-place margin to 35 points
from last week's 49.
North Carolina State remain
ed ifl. third place, even though
it lost its first game of the sea
son; and Kentucky, slowly mak
ing its way back among the best
in the land, jumped two places
to fourth.
Illinois held fifth; Indiana
vaulted eight places to No. 6;
Southern Methodist moved up
three notches to No. 7; Vander
bilt and Duke made tremendous
leaps to share the No. 8 ranking,
and North Carolina dropped
from fourth to 10th place. Duke
ranked 18th last week before
upsetting N.C. State Saturday
night; and Vanderbilt was 22nd.
The coaches based their rat
ings on games played through
Saturday night, Jan. 7.
The South, a Johnny - come
lately as far as college basket
ball is concerned, thus supplied
half of this week's first 10 teams
with Louisville in 13th place.
San Francisco now has led the
United Press ratings for 11 con
secutive weeks, including the
last five of the 1954-55 season
when it won the national cham
pionship. No team ever has been
on top that long.
The Dons can tie the major
college winning record of 39
straight this week by beating
Santa Clara tonight and Fresno
State on Friday night. Then they
take a two-week break for mid
year examinations before taking
on California.
Willamette Hands
Whitman Defeat
Walla Walla (U.R) Wil
lamette University handed Whit
man College its second North
west conference defeat of the
season here last night by edg
ing the Missionaries 65-61.
Willamette came from behind
with only minutes remaining to
tie the score at 59-59 and then
went on to win.
Vic Backlund, a Willamette
forward, led all scorers with 22
points. Whitman Guard Del
Klicker led all Missionaries with
14.
Willamette led at halftime
33-32.
Mdlen Quits
Dons; Team
Seeks 38th
San Francisco U.R) The
University of San Francisco
Dons go after their 38th straight
basketball victory tonight just
one game snort ot tne aii-urne
mark for a major college. '
Although the nation's No. 1
team is expected to have little
trouble with its opponent, Santa
Clara, the Dons got bad news
from within their own ranks.
Yesterday Mill Mallen, 6-foot,
3V6 inch, 230-pound alternate
forward, announced that he de
cided to . quit the squad so he
could devote more time to
studies.
Forward Alternate
Mallen alternated with Carl
Boldt and Mike Farmer at for
ward this season to help the
Dons win 11 straight. He was
the hero of. the Holy Cross semi
final game in the Holiday Fes
tival Tournament at New York.
Coach Phil Woolpert announc
ed Mallen's withdrawal at the
weekly meeting of the Northern
California Basketball Writers.
Santa Clara goes into tonight's
game at Kezar Pavilion without
a chance, statistically. The Bron
cos have a record this season of
2 wins and nine losses but they
have a habit of being "up" for
the Dons.
The two teams tied for the
California Basketball Associa
tion title in 1953, Santa Clara
edged USF by one game for the
title in 1954, and the Dons took
the cup last year on their way
to the national collegiate cham
pionship. . '
Tuesday, January 10, 1956
MEDFORp (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNETHIRTEEN
Washington, UO
Meet Tonight
Eugene (U.R) Oregon and
Washington basketball teams
meet here tonight in a non-conference
game.
Washington already Has play
ed two Pacific Coast conference
contests, splitting with Stanford
at home last week end. Oregon
opens its PCC season here this
week end with a pair of games
against California.
Coach Bill Borcher said that
Ed Bingham, a top reserve,
would be lost to their team for
at least 10 days with a bad leg
reinjured Saturday night against
Portland.
TV Group To
Meet Today
Los Angeles U.R) The
NCAA's Television Committee
was slated to hold a roundtable
discussion at its 50th annual con
vention today on the televising
program for collegiate football
during 1956.
In addition, the NCAA coun
cil was expected to vote on
whether to lift the probation
ban imposed on the University
of Miami for granting excessive
financial aid to athletes.
During Monday's session, the
NCAA's outgoing TV committee
recommended continuation of
controlled television broadcast
ing of football on the combina
tion national and regional basis
of 1955.
The television report will be
placed before the full conven
tion on "Thursday for action: If
the 1955 program is voted
down, the NCAA's 1956 TV "com
mittee, as yet unnamed, will
draft a new plan for submission
to a mail referendum in mid
March. The 1955 program called for
the televising of 13 games, eight
nationally and five Saturdays to
be devoted to regional telecasts
in the various sections.
WALTON MEETING
Cole Rivers, Oregon State
Game commission fish biologist,
will discuss the proposed 1956
angling rules at a meeting of the
Jackson County chapter of the
Izaak Walton league tonight.
The meeting will be at 8 p.m. at
Hight's real estate office, 221
North Central ave.
Copper, gold and aluminum,
when . ground very fine from
their metallic state, are often
used as important ingredients in
the mixing of modern paints.
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