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oo O O ftkL .tiS?- -5-. 4 , 1 z .-, ...... .. , - jmr ' I in in ii j mini-1 -in LmmS l.i ; ImmmuI Annum iiinrr SAILS TO NEW HEIGHT Charles Dumas of Los Angeles in Olympic stadium at Melbourne, Australia to set i. new oi six feet, 11V1 inches. TOM COURTNEY COPS 800 RICHARDS KEEPS OLYMPIC By "LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor Melbourne (lift) Tall Tom Courtney of Livingston, N. J., a Yank who simply wouldn't be beaten, spurted from behind and won the Olympic 800-meter run in record time today as the U.S. widened its lead over Russia in the unofficial team race with three more gold medals in two sports. The Rev. Bob Richards of La verne, Calif., retained his pole vault crowa with an Olympic record leap of 14 feet, lHi inches and weight-lifter Tommy Kono of Sacramento, Calif., won the light heavyweight title with two world records. However, one other American champion was dethroned. Cy Young of Modesto, Calif., lest his javelin title to husky Egil Danielsen of Norway who set a new world record of 281 feet, 2'i inches nearly 40 feet past Young's Olympic record and nearly seven feet past the world's previous best. Young was buried under an avalanche of others who broke his old record and failed to qualify for the final round. Russia bagged one of the two weight-lifting medals up 'for grabs tonight when Arkidii Voro biev won the middle heavy weight crown by smashing the world record in the press with a lift of 325.18 pounds and the Olympic record for total lift with a combined 1,119 pounds. Dave Sheppard, York, Pa., was second with a total of 975.5 pounds and Gene Debuf of France was third. 10 Medals For Yanks The three gold medals in the afternoon boosted the U. S. total to 10 seven in track and put the Yanks out in front by a wide margin in the team race with a total of 157 points to Russia's 97. Courtney's tremendous victory in the 800, however, was the high point of the day for the 110, 000 wildly cheering fans in the ' huge arena. The former Ford ham flash had the race ' won, then almost lost it to a complete outsider, Derek Johnson of Great Britain, then came on again with a last moment spurt to win by a stride In 1:47.7. Johnson was second, Audun Boysen of Norway was third, Ar nie Sowell of Pittsburgh fourth, Michiel Farrell of Great Britain fifth and Len Spurrier of Delano, eCalif., was sixtn. Courtney's time it a good-sized chunk off the Olympic jecOrd.cf 1:49.2 set by Mai WrHtfield of. the U. S. in 18 and tied by Mai in '52.' The favored U. S. basketball teamapilefl up the highest score in Olympic history by whacking the Philippines 121-53 for its third straight victory. Bob Jean gerard of Wilmette, 111., former Colorado star, led the Yanks with Zi points but as usual it was San Franoisco's Bill Russell who drew the most applause fi;om the crowd though he played fvs than half the game. Russia, beaten by France in its previous game, downed Sing apore 91-43 and stayed "alive" for a possible title showdown e?ainst the United States. Pole Vaulieri Help q Other contributors to the soar iH American point total during the aftefnoon were Bob Gutow ski of Lajolla, Calif., and George Xattos of Snta Cruz, Calif., houfinished second and fourth in the pole vault; Isabelle Dan iels f Jakin, Ga., who picked up a fourth in the women's 100- .iHt&r dash v?on by. Betty Cuth- bert of jSustralia. and by weight- Tift Jim George of Akron, hio, wfth a thfrd in the light heavyweight, lift. In rowing, the U. S. qualified six its seven crews including Yale's eight-oared shell for Tues day's rowing finals. The only Crew eliminated today was the fouj oars with coxswain, a group (from the West Si8e Rowing club of Buffalo, N. Y. Upset by Australia and Can ada in its debut last week, Yale's plucky crew barged back with a sni-final victory over Aus tralia, Russia and Japan in its q e a 8 j heat today, eliminating the later two. Kelly Qualifiei Handsome Jack Kelly of Phila delphia, on his third try to dupli cate his father's 1920 Olympic victory, qualified for the single sculls final. The American paired oars without coxswain, pairs Olympic Ramblings By BILL BOWERMAN U of O Track Coach En Route to Olympics with Traek and Field News Tour, Out of Canton Island headed for Fiji, Nov. 19 Getting out of San Francisco was not easy. We were scheduled at 8 a.m. and made it at noon fog long trip to Ha waii. Visited with mother of Rafer Johnson, a couple of Los Angeles sportswriters. These sports writ ers reflect some of the animosity of the L.A. area. They are re sentful that the conference had courage enough to enforce the rules, and they are not informed enough to realize that the things that were being done to young men in the name of "assistance and scholarships" by the rule breakers were undermining the entire educational program. Surely hope our conference presidents have the courage to stick by their convictions and keep our conference clean or chuck the whole thing and admit that football has whipped them. Glamour Missing We got into Honolulu after dark. There was none of the glamour I had read about: 1. We could see nothing except the torches burning on the road side. 2. No playing of ukeleles. 3. Duke Kohananee, or some thing or other, was not standing waist deep in the breakers with surf board under arm. .4. And finally, it was raining thought I was in Eugene, ex cept it was warm rain. We were all given an orchid lei and whooshed to the Reef hotel for a wait. People were in teresting. I suppose the long house coat affairs many of the people wore are typical Ha waiian garb. Many men in shorts, Hawaiian beach shirts, etc. We flew all night and landed at Canton Island at dawn. This atoll is a coral reef about 50 to 110 yards wide and a complete 15-mile, circle around a lagoon. Very picturesque. Supposed to be excellent fishing, 50 to 60 pounders. Also an abandoned outrigger canoe with the flotsam on the beach. What an outfit for a Boy Scout camp. We are off for Fiji, another 1600 miles. At the airport there was a tall pole with sign boards reading "Ha waii 1900 miles, Singapore -2700 miles, London 11,000 miles, Mel bourne 2300 miles." And I thought, "Oregon 7700 miles." Corvallis OI.PJ Oregon State's Coach Tommy Prothro, a Pacific Coast Conference clear-cut championship wrapped MP and the Rose Bowl bid only a formality to come, today, de parted here last night for a brief Hawaiian vacation. The Beaver boss plans to return to Corvallis Dec. 9. He will call his team to gether on the 14th and hold five days of conditioning drills be fore the squad leaves for its training camp in the southland and start work for the Rose Bowl game against Iowa. WRONG NUMBER Miami iU.P.) The Southern Bell Telephone company report ed today that one out of every 28 numbers dialed in Miami is a wrong cne. The mistakes amount to 480,000 miscues a week and the company believes it's a "wrong" number. Michigan leads the nation in production of red tart cherries, supplying more than half of the entire national crop. , clears the bar during finals Olympic high jump record with coxswain, double sculls, and fours without coxswain all qualified for the finals. In track preliminaries, defend ing champion Andy Stanfield of Jersey City, N. J., Thane Baker of Elkhart, Kan., and Bobby Morrow of San Benito, Tex., each won two heats in the 200 meters to qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals. Bill Dellinger of Springfield, Ore., was the only qualifier at 5,000 meters. It took a desperate rally to save the 800-meter medal for the U. S., but Courtney was equal to the task. He was off the mark on top but was content to let Sowell set the pace as they head ed into the back stretch on the first of two laps and thereby ap parently saved an extra ounce he needed so sorely at the finish. Briton Springs Surprise It was Sowell, Courtney, Boy sen and the unheralded Briton. Johnson, running in that order with Spurrier fifth on the back stretch of the final lap. Heading into the turn, Courtney made his bid for the lead and he ran shoulder to shoulder with So well as they straightened out for home. But midway down the stretch, the amazing British star struck between the two Yanks with a Tickets Go On Tuesday for Oregon A-l Grid Championship Tussle Tickets for the Medford Marshfield High school state championship football game will go on sale at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the senior high school office here. The game is slated for Friday night, Nov. 30, at Multnomah stadium in Portland. Medford Principal Lester Har ris stated that 600 tickets were being sent by the Oregon School Activities association from Port land by Greyhound bus. They cost S2 each and the reserved seats are around the 40-yard line. There will be no limit on the number of tickets one person can purchase. Efforts were still being made today to switch the game to Hayward field at Eugene and to a different time in order to bet ter convenience the supporters of both the Black Tornado and the Pirates. However, it appear ed that the labors would come to no avail. Harris said that he had made a formal request to the OSAA, asking that the game be played on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. on the Eugene collegiate turf. He made an alternate request that the contest be shifted to i p.m. Saturday if it could not be moved from Multnomah stadium in Portland. Decision Made Nevertheless, Tom Pigott, executive-secretary of the OSAA, contacted by the Mail Tribune this morning, stressed that the board of control already had made its decision to keep the play-off final at Multnomah on Friday. He indicated that he did not expect the board to change its mind. Pigott said that he, himself, would not bring the matter up to the board foi; further discus sion. The secretary pointed out that there are "so many things involved" and "so much plan Browns Ejected For First Time Cleveland (U.R) The Cleveland Browns were elimin ated from a pro football division race Sunday for the first time in their 11-year history. Cleveland's chances were al ready dim and a 20-17 loss to the Washington Redskins left the Browns 3',i games behind the first-place New York Giants in the National Football league's Eastern division with only three to play. ISPORTSl Yank Trackmen Fatigue Band Melbourne (U.R) The Unit ed States track team, expe.cted to win as high as 14 gold medals in the Olympic games, already has fatigued the band which salutes the winners when they mount the victory rostrum. When Tom Courtney, the 800 meter winner, stepped up to the platform to receive the- sixth American gold medal and the band had to play the Star Span gled Banner for the sixth time, only two bars of the American national anthem were played. The music stopped dead, Courtney looked around in stern surprise and then when it be came obvious that the band in tended to play no more, he shrug ged his shoulders, grinned in amusement and jumped down from the stand. METERS, TITLE sudden spurt and grabbed the lead by a yard with less than 50 more to go. He seemed to have the gold medal within easy reach but Courtney wouldn't quit. Husky Tom put on one last blast, caught Johnson and inched ahead by a stride as he hit the tape with his face contorted and arms flung high. Richards had little difficulty defending his pole vault crown. He and Gutowski put on a two man show after darkhorse George Roubanis of Greece went out at 14 feet, 10U inches. The bar was raised to 14-11V2, a fraction over the Olympic record Richards set four years ago and Gutowski went out. Richards, too, missed his first turn at that height but made it on the second though he brushed the bar as he floated across. In weight-lifting, Kono set new world records for the jerk lift and total lift as he won the light heavyweight crown. Kono, who won the 1952 Olympic light weight title, hoisted 285.81 pounds in the jerk, bettering the old record of 281.39 pounds set by Russia's T. Lomakin in 1955. His total of 986.25 was 27.55 pounds over his own wld record. Sale Here ning to do" that the board did not think a change feasible did not see how a change could be made at such a late date. Meanwhile, there is the feel ing that the game in Portland between two southern Oregon teams discriminates against fans of the two clubs. Many people feel that they can't afford an overnight trip to Portland, let alone get away from their jobs to go from Coos Bay or Medford to a Friday night game. A Eugene report says that Hayward field is still available. Tailored for today's taste Today's motorist no longer sports the heavy duster, gloves and goggles of , yesteryear. He dresses for comfort and his taste demands lightness! The lightest mildest straight bourbon you can find ! s im (c ; sr0 $I35 If STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY SS PROOF NATIONAL DISTILLERS Paul Hornung Green Bay's Bonus Choice. Philadelphia (U.R) The Green Bay Packers won the bonus choice in the National' Football League draft today and chose Noire Dame quar terback Paul Hornung. Packer Coach Lisle Black bourn outdrew Ray Richards, coach of the Chicago Cardi nals, the only other team eli gible for the annual free pick of college talent. Blackbourn, in announcing his choice of Hornung, de scribed the handsome, rangy 210-pounder at "the greatest potential among current Noire Dame backs." The teams swung into the regular draft with the Los Angeles Rams taking Jon Arneti, Southern California halfback, as their first choice. Quarterback John Brodie of Stanford went to the San Fran cisco Forty Niners and the Packers picked Ron Kramer. Michigan end. Vol Services Eyed by Two Bowl Groups By TIM MORIARTY United Press Sports Writer A tug-of-war( was developing today between officials of the Sugar Bowl and the Cotton Bowl both would like to entice Tennessee to their annual New Year's Day carnivals. The Sugar Bowl selection committee has indicated it would like to pair Tennessee and Geor gia Tech in a rematch of their regular-season game which the Vols won, 6-0. However, no of ficial announcement is expected until both teams conclude their Southeastern conference sched ules next Saturday. Tennessee is a heavy favorite to wrap up its first undisputed SEC title in 16 years and a per fect 10-0 record against Vander bilt, while Georgia Tech 8-1 closes out its regular season against Georgia. Cotton Bowl officials, it was learned, also are interested in matching Tennessee against Tex as Christian, which clinched the Southwest conference berth last Saturday via a 20-17 triumph over Rice. Navy is a strong sec ond choice for the visiting bid if it gets by Army in their service classic next week end, while Georgia Tech, Syracuse and Pitt also are being considered. Clemson, ACC Champ Colorado's opponent in the Orange Bowl also is not expected until next week end when the Atlantic Coast conference will select its official representative. Clemson, the ACC champion, is the leading choice for the open berth, but Duke and South Caro lina also are in the running. Iowa was officially designated as the Big Ten Conference's en try in the Rose Bowl last Satur day night, while Oregon State was expected to receive the of ficial blessing of the Pacific Coast Conference members for the other berth via a telegraphic vote today. Both berths remained open for the 'Gator Bowl, with unbeaten untied Wyoming heading the list of candidates that also includes Duke, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and South Carolina. Now you can buy a whiskey that's kept pace with the trend to lightness Century Club. Lightest straight bourbon of all, it is tailored for today's taste I Try itl 45 Q.T.- Monday, November 26, 1956 HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS Everyone is standing around waiting for the first place Bos ton Bruins to begin nose-diving in the National Hockey league but they're going to keep on waiting in vain as far as Johnny Peirson is concerned. Peirson fired home a pair of second period goals to pace the Brums to a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs Sundav night and the victory increased Boston's margin over second- place Detroit to two points. Dickie Moore's goal gave the Montreal Canadiens a 1-1 tie with the New York Rangers. The tie moved the fifth-place Rang ers within a point of fourth-place Toronto. AMERICAN LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS The Providence Reds smashed a four-team deadlock and moved into undisputed possession of first place in the American Hockey league today, on the strength of Johnny Bower's bril liant goaltending and a flashy offensive attack. Bower stood out with his work in the nets as the Reds defeated Hershey, 6-1, Sunday night, drop ping the Bears to third place. Fred Glover's second goal of the game gave Cleveland a 3-3 tie with Rochester and second place. Eowa Told Rose Bowl Trip Certain FINAL PCC STANDINGS By United Press (Conference Gzmei) W L T PP PA OSC 6 1 1 152 104 UCLA S 2 0 122 59 USC 5 2 0 143 87 Washington 4 3 1 190 159 Oregon 3 3 2 91 88 Stanford 3 4 0 151 140 WSC 2 5 1 118 196 California 2 5 0 108 141 Idaho 0 4 0 64 121 (All Games) . W L T PF PA OSC 7 2 1 184 131 UCLA 7 3 0 148 122 USC 7 2 0 190 106 Washington 5 5 0 232 206 Oregon 4 4 2 133 102 Stanford 4 6 0 218 213 WSC 3 6 1 163 247 California 3 7 0 135 181 Idaho 4 S 0 171 215 Los Angeles (U.R) Oregon State college was officially named today as the Pacific Coast Conference representa tive to play Big Ten champion Iowa in the 1957 New Year's ' day Rose Bowl game. Los Angeles U.R) The Ore gon State Beavers were expect ed to receive official word today that they will represent the Paci fic Coast conference against Iowa in the 1957 Rose Bowl game. The announcement was ex pected from the PCC commis sioner's office here where votes were to be received from mem ber schools. The PCC office said no official announcement would be made until all votes are counted. Oregon State, however, won the PCC championship and clinched the bid to the Rose Bowl Thanksgiving day by bat tling rival Oregon to a 14-14 tie. Iowa was officially notified Saturday night that it would rep resent the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl. The Hawks earned their first Rose Bowl bid in the school's history by defeating Ohio State 6-0. 1Mb PRODUCTS CORP. N. 1 SPARTAN FAVORED East Lansing, Mich. (U.R) Michigan State University, a five-timp winner of thp NfAA cross country meet which they hosted today, has never previ ouslv nroducted an individual champion. 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