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Schools Reply to Charges Of Former UCLA Star Knox New York (U.R) Ronnie Knox' scathing indictment of football at UCLA and the Uni versity of California ' as "pro football" where he was "forced to lie and taught to connive" drew replies today from officials of the two schools. Knox, star back now playing professional football with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in . Canada, made his charges in an article in this week's Collier's Magazine. In addition to relating details of undercover payments to ath letes, he said that UCLA em ploys a "farm system" whereby athletes whose high school grades are not good enough to enter college were sent to jun ior colleges for a year and given $40 a month, "thus committing them to UCLA," and that, while at California, he had been "coached" in how to lie to Com missioner Victor O. Schmidt of the Pacific Coast Conference. Payments from Individuals Wilbur Johns, athletic director of UCLA, commented on the "farm system" charge in Los Angeles: 'I don't know how Knox can make such a statement when we have investigated the same rumors and have been un able to verify them. If any such payments are made, they must come from individuals and not from any organized group at the university." In response to Knox' written charge that UCLA "deliberately let me appear guilty of receiving under-the-table money without giving me an opportunity to prove by innocence" by refusing to turn over to the Pacific Coast Conference a list of athletes re-. : ceiving such payment, Johns maintained the school had no such list. , Books Not Opened to PCC "The penalty assessed against all our seniors, including Knox, was revoked by the conference because booster groups refused to open their books to conference investigators," said Johns. "We're sorry we could not keep athletes who might have been innocent from being punished but we could not as a university, force an outside group to open its books to the conference. At Berkeley, Calif., Athletic Di rector Greg Engelhard of the University of California, com mented on Knox' charges he was coached in how to lie to commis sioner Schmidt when the PCC head investigated football at that school in the fall of 1953: "I don't know anything about that." Regarding Knox' relation of the "deal" he received to go to California, Engelhart said, "All the strings he said have been said" before and I don't see any season to re-open the case." PARK ir. Or CMr -It m DRiyE WITU 'MR BRAKES! ANY CAR A 3.50 Volu..... grVs Wtot W Do Uainfu mh CI... mmd (.pack lm Wlraal 2 SMyI Srwfc Iiim. 4 CfcKfc mmd Add trmlL, HmU. 5 Admrt mrmkm 6 CanMhr Tut Mm. WE HAVE IT . . . New Tirtifont i RIVETUSS 1RAKE LINING '. !" v- W TO MM urn, i mi .,.-, 'irriiu.-iii STORES 214 S. Riverside Ave. Bowling CLASSIC LEAGUE , Gordon Schultz and Bob Ste vens of E. H. -Mann Co. rolled 627 and 623 respectively to lead their team to a 4 to 0 victory over Hight Real Estate. Other highs for the evening were Ray Speer of Morse Motors, 621, Ted Jantzer of Trail Creek Lumber Co.. 614. High game for the eve ning was rolled by Fred Ander son of E. H. Mann Co. with 256. Standings: W. Mora Motors ,-, i? E. H. Mann Co 11 Lamport Sporting Goods i Sewing Machine Center .-,10 Sam's Sporting Goods 9 Daugherty Lumber Co. 8 Hammer's Sporting Gods 8 Oak Knoll Golf Club 8 Trail Creek Lumber Co. 7 Walker Real Estate. 6 Hicht Real Estate 3 Tabu Dinner House 2 Results: Morse Motors E. Lenz E. Learning G. Clark R. Speer F. Dnscoll J Oak Knoll Golf 1 518 R. Wise 515 H. Sullivan 466 C. Shinn 6J1 D. Lubbers 521 C. Sullivan 2641 503 489 599 486 543 2620 Sewing Center Sam's Sport. 2 D. Dunham 460 F. Liddell 482 H. Frye 570 W. White 494 H. Wlthrow 492 D. Spain 479 A. Klatt 452 H. Schroeder 555 R. Morgan 561 c. Proctor 535 2535 2536 Trail Cr. Lbr. 4 Tabu 0 H. Goode 570 R. DeVore 513 521 w. Thompson 454 33j? B. Blunt 339 503 J. Donovan 5y 614 P. Patterson sTl G. Piazza J. Paul r. Harmon T. Jantzer 2798 2611 Walker Rl. Est. 2 Hammer's Sport. 2 HrocK 5z l. Holzlnger 567 Absentee 486 C. Hammer 503 D. Parker 523 N. Gix 504 F. Stevens 517 C. Dawson 500 N. Hillyer 536 K. Preston 522 2654 2596 Lamport's Spt. 3 -Daugherty Lbr. 1 H. Vessey 570 J. Morgan 305 S. Kurih 528 F. Chapman 521 L. Schneider 502 B. Dvef 464 S. Van Dyke 509 V. Allen 560 J. Farrtr 469 J. Burroughs 521 2578 2571 Hight Rl. Est. E. H. Mann Co. 4 E. Kessler 530 G. Spaunhorst 492 J. Kmpp 531 B. Stevens 623 B. Green 529 A. Langston 498 D. Wilson 531 G. Schultz 627 W. Atkins 551 F. Anderson 596 2672 " 2836 Mount Owner Not to Run C!ub in '57 San Francisco U.R) C. L. (Brick) Laws, owrier of the Vancouver Mounties, will not operate the Canadian club next year, according to Pacific Coast League President Leslie O'Con nor. O'Connor made the announce ment Monday at the annual meeting of the PCL directors a meeting at which the league also apparently decided to junk this year's split week schedule for games in 1957. O'Connor Reelected The PCL directors also: 1. Reelected O'Connor as pres ident and elected the following officers: first vice president, Robert H. Cobb of Hollywood; second vice president, Emil G. Sick of Seattle and third vice president, Fred David of Sacra men to. 2. Amended league rules so that player deals within the loop can be made during the last 30 days of a season. Previously the teams were banned from dealing during the windup month. Under the new setup, a club can send a player to another team providing he first is placed on the waiver list. If no club which is lower in the standings than the team bidding for the player claims him, the deal can be consummated. However, if he is claimed by another team he either has to go to the club for the waiver price of $5,000 or the deal Is off. MedfordsTmbunb Argentina Banned From Olympic Row Montreux, Switzerland (U.R) Argentina has been banned from all international and Olym pic rowing events, the Interna tional Rowing Federation an nounced today. "As a result of a very careful examination," the federation said, "we regret having to say that we have been convinced that a large number of amateur rowers have received and accept ed considerable compensation. "The fact that bulletin No. 25 of the Argentine Association of Amateur Rowers confirms the amateur status of the rowers con cerned aggravates the situation." River Level at Savage Rapids to be lowered , Grants Pass The level of Rogue river behind Savage Rap ids dam will be lowered Oct 1, according to Neal Shaffer, man ager of the Grants Pass Irriga tion district Shaffer said that owners of boats moored behind the dam should move them. He added that the district will make an effort to lower the level gradually so the river below the dam will not become muddy and interfere with fishing. NEWS CONFERENCE SET Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 6:30 a.m. fPST) Thursday. Zaharias Placed In Oxygen Tent, Condition Worsening Galveston, Tex. (U.R) Babe Didrikson Zaharias was put in an oxygen tent today and appeared to be nearing the end of her long and losing battle against cancer. However, doctors at John Eagle Point, Rogue River Vie Thursday A match between two clubs ranked as Oregon titans and the first Southern Oregon conference encounter of the fall highlight prep gridiron rivalry for south ern Oregon teams this week end. Eagle Point plays host to Rogue River on Thursday eve ning in the tussle which will usher in a program of 10 games involving grid aggregations who are members of districts or sub districts of this area. The EP-RR ruckus has been moved up a night in order that nimrods on the two clubs can assure them selves of early arrival at their favorite hunting spots for the opening of deer season on Saturday. Medford and Marshfield col lide here in the non-counting battle of the state's top rated grid powers on Friday night. The Pirates of Coos Bay are ranked No. 1 in the state and Medford No. 2. On the same evening Cra ter plays host to Grants Pass in the Southern Oregon conference opener. It will be the league football debut for the Comets of Central Point who became A-l this fall. Other Friday encounters, all non-league scrambles, Klamath Falls goes to Redding, Calif., Ashland entertains Lakeview, Phoenix host to Douglas, Tal ent is "at home" to Merrill, Rogue River will go to Eagle Point, Illinois Valley will meet Brookings at Cave Junction, and Glendale will be host to Suther lin. The lone Jackson County B league scrap this week will match St. Mary's and Jackson ville at the Medford high field on Saturday. It will be a "home" game for Jacksonville. Sealy hospital said the oxygen tent did not indicate a critical turn for the worse in the famed woman's condition. A medical advisory said the "use of the oxygen tent has been resumed intermittently as she de sires it." It was the hospital's first ad mission that an oxygen tent had been used previously on the Babe. Since an operation a month ao to relieve an intestinal ob struction, an oxygen tent had been placed in her room but doc tors denied it was used and ord ered it removed. Uncomfortable at Night The daily condition bulletin said "Mrs. Zaharias' condition is changed to the extent that she had an uncomfortable night and feels less rested than usual this morning." Worsening of the Babe's con dition was disclosed Sunday. Tuesday, September 25, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Exhibition Results Bears In Pro Grid By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer The National Football league has ended its exhibition cam paign and the results indicate the Chicago Bears and New York Giants will play for the 1956 championship Dec. 30 at Yankee stadium. But don't bet too heavily that it will work out that way. The NFL title has been won the past two years by the Cleveland Browns, a team that lost the bulk of its exhibitions before both those campaigns. For what it's worth, here's how the 12 clubs fared in their 1956 pre-season contests: Coach Paddy Driscoll's Bears led the Western Sivision teams with a 5-1 record. Coach Jim Lee Howell's Giants topped the Eastern Division clubs with a 4-2 mark. The Green Bay Pack ers (4-1) had the second best record among the Western Di vision teams while the Washing ton Redskins (3-3) had the sec ond best mark among Eastern clubs. The pre-season records of the other Western Division teams: Detroit Lions, 4-2; Baltimore Colts, 3-2; Los Angeles Rams, 3-3; San Francisco Forty-Niners, 3-3. Put Giants, Favored Roles The records of the other Eastern Division teams: Pittsburgh Steel ers, 2-3; Philadelphia Eagles, 2-5: Chicago Cardinals, 1-5; Cleve land Browns, 1-5. These records do not include Cleveland's victory over the Col lege All-Stars or the Ram tri umph over an armed forces squad. Van Nuys, Calif. -KU.PJ Re porter Allen Todd was in the po lice press room here Monday when he heard a radio call, "Fire at 14410 Sylvan st." Sec onds later Todd jumped to his feet, ran to the smoke-filled sec ond floor of the police station and quelled a small blaze before firemen arrived. Richland Youths Fined For Hermisfon Riot Richland, Wash. (U.R) Four of five tosn-age boys jailed last week after a rock-n'-roll riot at a high school dance at Hermis ton. Ore., were assessed fines yesterday by acting Municipal Court Judge Vera Thompson. Two were fined $25 each for disorderly conduct; another $50 for reckless driving and another $25 for illegal possession of beer. A fifth pleaded innocent to a disorderly conduct charge and was released on $25 bail. The disturbance occurred after a football game when Rich land youngsters got out of con trol during a "rock-'n' roll" ses sion at a dance, authorities said. We 0UY, SELL and TRADE USED GUNS SAM'S SPORTING GOODS 32 So. Central Ave. Medford, Ore. I - I f Taste made it ereaiSff Tradition made it sure ! Since 1857, the tradition of Seagram has been : "Make finer whiskies, make them TASTE better." Today more people enjoy Seagram's 7 Crown than any other whis key in the world. - r Say acagranis and be nre OF AMERICAN WHISKEY AT ITS FINEST Seagram-Distillers Company, New York City. Blended Whiskey. 86.8 Proof. 65 Graiq Neutral Spirit?.., i'fi ftp x 1 f'VVn - . I REG PARKS On GP Mat Card Lenz Will Fight Bastien at GP Grants Pass Henry Lenz sneaked into the ring 'last week after Red Bastien had just won the team match from Kurt von Poppenheim and clamped a full nelson on Bastien in the fair grounds arena. He rendered him nearly un conscious before he could be broken loose by Black Hawk and the referee. When Red recovered he storm ed to Lenz' dressing room and nearly tore the door off. Match maker Elton Owen then signed these two for a grudge mix with winner to take all of the purse. This has all the makings of a pier six brawl. Parks Relurns The opening one hour match will mark the first return of Reg Parks since his initial ap pearance here on the midget card. Parks meets Regi Siki, the colored flash from Los Angeles. Parks, although only 20 years old. has developed rapidly and is fast becoming a threat to all northwest matmen. He special izes In the giant swing that Frank Stojack used to use so effectively. He is a big, hand some man and looks like a real comer. Siki appeared here only once last winter when he lost to Bull i Montana. He has taken on . weight and experience and should make a real test for Parks. Matches start at 8:30 p.m. U.S. SAID PREPARED Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) j Adm. Felix B. Stump said the ! military picture in the Far East ! is more stabilized than it was a year ago. He said the United States is prepared for "any even tuality" in the area. Starts Tomorrow . . . Robinson Bros. 0 0 ODDS and ENDS SHOE ' " ""'""''''" UN I ri-VI 'Hi inl , ... . - " Prices Good Thru Sat Sept. 29 ONLY! We Must Make Room For Our 1 New Fall Florsheims & Weyenberg's ALL W SALES FINAL PLEASE Work Boots REGULAR 10.95 to 15.95 VALUES 3 (0)88 Casuals . . Loafers Dress Oxfords REG. 7.95 to 17.95 VALUES 98 98 Another Big Group! DRESS SHOES Reg. 14.95 to 21.95 Values 0 98 f (Q to I Moo House Slippers Now 99' Sizes 6 to 7V2 ONLY! Sorry, NO S&H Green Stamps Given On Clearance Items! 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