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Campbell Wins Decathlon, Passes Old Olympic Marks By LEO ft. PETERSEN Unixd Pxes Sports Writer Melbourne U.PJ Mighty Milt Campbell, a.lnisky 22-yeaf-o!d iailor trorfl Plainfield, N.J.. ' the classic decathlon today withIeats of s'engthseed and versatility unsurpassed in tne recorded hist(y of trig iympic Garnas. 0 ' he3 decathlon crown, bring ing America.! 20th gold medal in eight days, carries with -it un official recognition es ''world s greatest athlete" and during the 1U events crammed ink) . two day of muscle-torture Camp bell wa all of thajt evn though he fell 48 poin sliort of the world record. He led from the start of the first event Thursday. The former Indiana football itar, a bitter econd to Bob Ma thias of Tulare, Calif., 'in the 1952 games at Helsinki, today broke big Bob's Olympic record by 50 points with a total of 7,937. And among the 15 inter national stars he defeated was world record-holder Rafer John son of Kinfsbttrg, Calif., a so phomore at UCLA. Johnson won the second place nedal with a total of 7.587 points despite an injury suffered Thursday. Johnson was hammered by pulled stoqiaca muscle received during 1iurs4ay'i broad jump and as they rested between events toay Campbell did this best tS cheer up his dejected buddy. Johnson carried "on to whip Russia's Vssili Kouznet sov, who finished tfiird wiUi 7,485 points. JlCarlJn Lauer of Germany was fourth, - Walter Meier of Ger many was fifth and Lars Lasse nius of Finland finished sixth. In other sports, Bill Yozyk of Northampton, Mass., set a rec ord of 2:18.6 to lead qualifier? in the 200 meters butterfly , stroke which is new on this year s Olympic program, but j American teams were beaten in water polo and field hockey, i and "canoeist Frank Bam Havens oi Vienna, va., was aetnronea as 10,000-meter kayak champion when he finish eighth, in the final. Russia Cuts U.S. Lead Despite the 1-2 American fin ish in the decathlon, Russia cut into the U.S. lead in the un official team race with a 1-2 finish in the women's shot put won by Tamara Tychkevitch with a record heave of 54 feet, five inches, and a total of 18 points in canoeing. Betty Cuthbert of Australia, victor earlier in the 100 meters, became the first double medal winner in women's track by romping of with the 200-meter dash in 23.4, tying the Olympic record set in 1952 by a country woman, Marjorie Jackson. But aside from that, the vast crowd in the Melbourne Cricket Grounds reseryed its cheers for Campbell. ISPORTS Jackson B. Hoopsters Make Bow Saturday Talent G- Jark.m rounfv ft Qeagud basketball aggregations FMie their bow here Saturday q KighPftr tjie 1936-1957 season, mesim ia theloops annual jam- Oboree. o Q - All six members at the league Tf slheSliiled, o tie' represented and 'ill0vie5 inkthjequivlent of l'i ares, jc eight-iainute pe- n. The teaiSs are St. Mary's, 19JS3champ, Butte Ic.lls, Pros pect, Jacksonville, Rogue River irhd htet TaleSt. TalenJ, aProsp:t and .Rogue Hjver will wearewhite jerseys nd will match their totalcore Qa gainst the olored Jersey com bination of St. Mary's, Butte ,-sFalls nd Jacksonville. w The Jambor&wM start.-at 7 Itni. Order of periods iSiTalant veMug St. Jlar's, sButte Falls (mis aspect, Jacksonville versus Rogue River, SJ. Jiary's versus Prospect, Talent versus Jacksonville Snd Eutfe Falls versus Rue5 Rfvs. o Poison Oak Bfcthert Coach Miliars) Webb'ibpen Ing sew will depend on the progress of recovery ofthTee ail-, ing players. Jer- Fakus, 6-6, and RMt Pruittftave prison oalt s Jim DarlandTias beenffl. Osiers from whom the q'uint may be chosen are Jack Daley,' Jack BirmHlgham, Eddie Fogel, RoSney Read, Bob Be'chart, Gary Miksche afld Jofcn Kerr. Flakus, hiitt, Darland, lir mingham. "Read and Betschatt are SW lettermen, Daley yre vicsisly IetSred at Jacksonville uni Kerr is a transfer from St. Francis of Eugene. At Prospect coach Wes 8auf-' fer Is building his club around four lettermen, seniors Jim Dan iels, Jim Davidson and Don Van- nice. They may be starters with the fifth man possibly Leo Dan iels or Dick Cummins. Stauffer has 16 men on his combined var sity and ayvee squad. At Rogue River mentor. Ray McClain has two lettermen. Bob Wilson and 'Larry ElledRe. Others from whom he'll pick his Quint are Bob Allen, Bob and Jon Bigham, Fred Hopper, Don Hoffman, George Bringmann and Lawrence Wagner. For Butte Falls coach Art Backland may call on Pat Con ley at center, Bill and Jrm Irwin aUforward. and Mike Conley at guard with the fifth man to be chosen from among bean Smith. Jerry Dillen and Edwin Ellis. Ron R?msen is expected to see forward service. All the list ed players are' lettermen except Dillen. Jacksonville Csng Jacksonville tutor Fred Rich ardson indicated that he might pea with" Marion- Dowell, 6-4 plus, at center. Norm Pawlowski, 6-2, andVClyde Smith at forwards and Gary Hueners and Maurice Mclntyre. Of the group Mclntyre ris the only non-lettermarr.' 'Another group the coach ex pects to try includes Fred Mc Keen. 6-5. at center, Eldon Smith and Floyd Driskell at forwards, and letterman John Allen and Dare Rasmussen or Dennis Caird at guards. Two lettermen are not yet with the squad, Hudson Branson, hurt by a falling tree last summer, and Tom King, who had a knee -injury in football. Pat Hubbard, 6-3. is a freshman prospect sidelined by. i bad knee. . For Talejit Coach George Freshmen On SOC Lineup For Wildcats Ashland Three freshmen, a junior, and one senior will be in the Southern Oregon college Red Raider lineup tonight when the red and black clad hoopsters of the Rogue go against the strong Linfield Wildcat crew at McMinnville. The short, inexperienced quin tet is the same unit that handed the SOC Alumni a 72-42 defeat in Ashland Tuesday and will start against the Wildcats Fri day night. It includes Don Reese and John Foust a pair of 6-1 for wards. Reese is from Grants Pass and a junior who previous ly played basketball at Gonzaga university. Foust is a freshman from Medford. Starts at Center Norman Oliva, "B" school all stater from Malin for two years, will start at center. Oliva is a freshman and stands 6-3. Senior guard Dale Bates from Creswell and freshman Don Jacobson from Grants Pass, both 5-11, will be Aggies Barred From Cotton Bowl, Austin, Tex. U.R) Texas A tt. M College today wore the Southwest Conference football championship crown for the first time in 15 years, but the Aggies are barred by the NCAA frnm niavintr in thf Pnttnn ' Bowl New Year's classic. The Aggies completed their first undefeated season since 1939 by smashing Texas 34-21 in their annual "Turkey Day" : clash. Thursday officially was Thanksgiving Day in Texas. Texas Christian, "the runner up in the conference this season, will be host in the Cotton Bowl because the Aggies are barred by the NCAA for recuiting violations. Friday. Norember SO, 19S6 MEDFORD (OREGN) MAIL TRIBTTrTT ELEVEN M 9gt Complete Upholstering Ser dice AUT q Upholstering, Polishing and Waxing Si iB-E-fti&B HB-A a Recovering, Bray may have Mel Wallace, three-year letterman and two year regular and Phil Combs, one-year regular at forward, Ter ry Hazelton, 6-2, one-year letter man, at center, and Fred Helm and Bob Hoffman, two-year let terman, at guards. Hoffman was a letterman last year. One other two-year man, Ron Weinhold, is expected to see duty at guard. Bray has some good prospects among 11 other aspirants and a number of them may see service. running the Red Raider team from guard positions. Coach Ted Schopf will be gun ning for the Wildcat cage crew, especially since the Wildcats up ended the Red Raiders two weeks ago 27-13 in a football final at McMinnville. Last year the Red Raiders split a two game series with McMinnville, losing the second game 44-33 after SOC won 93 to 62 opening night. Also making the trip north and slated to see action are for wards Steve Ganong, a 6-2 fresh man from Gold Beach; Don Lowrance, 6-4 senior letterman from Junction City; Bruce Pen ney, a 6-5 center from Pasco, Wash., and a freshman; Ten Ten ney, a 6-0 junior letterman guard from Ashland; Chuck Crandall, a 5-9 junior letterman guard from Coos Bay; and Al Christen sen and Robert Nopp, newcomers from Bend and Salem stand 5-9 and 5-10, respectively. o AS o Restyling Tops, Seats Aircraft Z nors, : Insulation Q Synthetics Q Plasties o o O Fabrics . o o By the yard Quality Workmanship Finest Material's- Estimates . Gladly NORTHERN STAMPS . 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