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TElf MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. January 1, 1957 Iowa is Nine Point Favorite to Stop Oregon State; 101,000 Expected By HAL WOOD United Preu Sports Writer Pasadena, Calif. U.R Ore gon State and Iowa, a pair of perenniel also-rans in big time iootball competition, headline the 42nd Rose Bowl show today with the versatile Hawkeyes a nine-point favorite to continue Big Ten domination of the Pasa dena classic. A capacity crowd of 101,000 is expected to jam the huge saucer under sunny skies and a temperature of around 70 de grees. It's the first appearance in his tory for Iowa in this oldest of all post-season grid shows; and only the second time for Oregon State. But this year both these small schools came up with their finest football teams that netted conference championships. Beat Beavers Earlier One of the. reasons for the Iowa favoritism is that the boys from the corn belt administered a 14-13 licking to the Beavers earlier in the year. It is the first time since the Big Ten-Pacific McCormick Voted Top '56 Amateur New York jOJ.R) Pat Keller McCormick, the greatest woman diver in history and mother of a 9-month-old son, today was vot ed the James E. Sullivan award as the nation's outstanding ama teur athlete of 1956. The 26-year-old Mrs. McCor mick, who now has retired from competition to become a full time housewife in Lakewood, Calif., was the only diver ever to win two Olympic gold medals in each of two successive Olym piads. Tha pretty California star won the Sullivan award, the nation's most coveted amateur prize, by a wide margin over decathlon star Rafer Johnson of Los Ange les and sprinter Thane Baker of Elkhart, Kan., with the rest of the field far behind. "It's the greatest thing that ever could happen to me," said Mrs. McCormick in Lakewood. "AH athletes dream of winning the Sullivan award, and I've al ways thought about it. It is the greatest honor an athlete can get. "I was nominated for it twice before, I believe," she said. "So it was a thrill today to hear that I've finally won it." The Sullivan award, named In honor of a founder of the AAU, goes annually to the amateur athlete "who, by performance, example, and good influence, did the most to advance the ' cause of good sportsmanship during the year." Mrs. McCormick was only the second woman to gain the award in its 27-year history, the first being swimmer Ann Curtis in 1944. The new winner, wife of U.S. Olympic women's diving coach Glenn McCormick, won both the women's springboard and plat form diving at the 1952 Olymt pics in Helsinki, Finland. She repeated in both events at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. Femandes Whips Norm Perry in Net Tourney Miami Beach U.R) Young Carlos Fernandes of Sao Paolo, Brazil, whipped Norman Perry of Los Angeles for the singles crown in the Orange Bowl jun ior tennis tournament Monday, then teamed with him to win the doubles championship. Fernandes, a smooth-stroking player who outdid Perry both at the net and in the back court, won the singles title, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. It was his first tournament appearance in this country. Huskies, UCLA Named As PCC Teams to Beat Los Angeles U.R) Univer sity of Washington and UCLA were named today as the teams to beat in the Pacific Coast con ference basketball race by the Southern California Basketball Writers association. " Of 11 votes cast,. Washington received seven, UCLA four and a lone vote went to Oregon State. Medford Jr. Rifle Club Plans Meeting The Medford Junior Rifle club will hold its annual meet ing and election of officers at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 3 at the Medford YMCA building. Plans will be made for this years shooting program, it was announced. Club members have reported that it is important all those intending to shoot this year be present. TRACK DEBUT New York U.R) Four min ute miler Laszlo Tabori, one of 38 Hungarian Olympic athletes now in this country, will make his American track debut in the two-mile run in the Boston K. of C. meet, Jan. 19, it was an nounced today. Coast Conference pact signed 10 years ago that there had been a rematch on a regular season game for the bowl. This will be a battle of wing formations with much less pass ing to be expected than when T-formation teams are playing. Coach Tommy Prothro of Ore 1 vr&.vi i f X . '-M . i SECRET WEAPON The un-heralded Oregon State passers limber up their throwing arms during a practice session in Santa Monica, CalifT, for Rose Bowl game against the Univ. of Iowa Hawkeyes. The Beavers don't pass much but possess a secret weapon in Jot Francis (left) aand Paul Lowe (right) who both have a 500 per cent or better record. MedfordWtribune Tournament Denies UM Color Bar Claim Owensboro, Ky. U.R) The University of Mississippi's claim that it was "guaranteed" no Negro players would compete In the Kentucky Ail-American City Basketball Tournament was flat ly denied today by tournament chairman Gus E. Paris. Mississippi withdrew from the tournament Sunday rather than play a consolation bracket game against Iona College of New Ro- chelle, N. Y which has Negro guard Stan Hill of New York City in its starting lineup. At the time, University presi dent Dr. J. B. William and Ath letic Director C. M. Smith issued a joint statement in which they said. "When we accepted the in vitation to that tournament, it was with an understanding there would be no Negroes in it. Smith said he couldn't think of the name of the person who gave him this assurance but "it was the tournament manager or director." Paris, a professor at Kentucky Wesleyan College, insisted that no such assurance ever was giv en Mississippi. "The question of Negroes was not discussed with University of Mississippi officials, and abso lutely no guarantee was made that there would be no Negro players in the tournament," said Paris. In the absence of Mississippi, Iona automatically advanced to the finals of the consolation bracket and tonight will play Montana State. A special com- The Hudson river is 306 miles long. w "'i w r or-"-""TV" . m'-im iw wJns1 m i fsr In It' X7 -i :ftf y Jt. s. ; - r S i 3B .. ! "S. VISITING DISNEYLAND with other football players. Ail American tackles Alex Karras, Iowa (left) and John Witte, Oregon State, meet Ann Mossberg, Rose Bowl queen, who will preside over annual game in Pasadena Jan. 1 between championship teams. (International Soundptioto) gon State uses the single-wing; Coach Forest Evashevski of Iowa uses the winged-T balanced line and single-wing blocking. Both clubs boast powerful for ward walls. The anchor man for the Beavers is All - America tackle John Witte a 232-pound-er chosen by opponents as one mittee will meet after the tour nament to decide what monetary arrangements should be made with Mississippi in view of its withdrawal. Mississippi's action followed a similar move by Mississippi State College in withdrawing from the Holiday Tournament at Evansville, Ind., rather than play against Negro players, on the Evansville College team. Howe Nears Pro Hockey Point Lead Montreal (U.R) Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings moved to within six points of Mon treal's Jean Beliveau for the lead in the National Hockey League scoring race during the past week. Including games played last Sunday, Beliveau had 19 goals and 33 assists for 53 points. Howe picked up three goals and five assists in three games last week to increase , his season to tal to 46 points'. Howe had 23 goals, tops for the league, and an equal number of assists in 33 games.. Ted Lindsay of Detroit held down third place with 43 points, while linemate Norm Ullman had 35 points, two more than Montreal's Bert Olmstead. In the goalie statistics, the Montreal duo of Jacques Plante and Gerry McNeil boasted the lowest goals-per-game average 2.14. Glenn Hall of Detroit was second with a 2.30 mark. : Win iw . of the great linemen of the year. The most respected man on the Iowa line is Alex Karras, also a tackle, who was chosen All-Big Ten. Iowa Coach Uncertain The Iowa coach still can't make up his mind about who will start in the backfield and won't make the announcement until the men line up for the kick-off. It will be Ken Ploen at quar terback and Don Dobrino at left half; but at right half it may be Mike Hagler, who has been on the second string, or Bill Hep pie, the regular; and at full, Evashevski can't make up his mind between regular Fred Har ris or second stringer John Nocera. The Oregon State backfield will be the same as it has been for the last seven games: quar terback Gerry Laird; left' half Joe Francis; right half Earnel Durden and fullback Tom Berry. Indications are that this will be a low-scoring game. Coast Teams Unimpressive In UP Poll New York U.R) West coast basketball teams don't look too tough to the United Press Board of Coaches. In this week's poll only UCLA from the West. coast could make it into the top ten and only four other Pacific coast schools even rate mention. Kansas, with Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain living up to all the notices, continued to head the list of basketball powers. Behind the Jayhawks were such fami liar names as North Carolina, Kentucky, Southern Methodist, Louisville and Illinois. Oklahoma A&M and Manhat tan joined UCLA to round out the top 10 teams in the minds of the coaches from across the country. Oregon State drew mention this week but picked up only three votes and was far down in the list of vote getters that failed to make the first 20. Washington also missed the top 20 but California was named to the No. 16 spot and Seattle to the 17th place in the poll. Bowl Game Lineup By UNITED PRESS Here in capsule form is the lineup of New Year's Day bowl games: Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.: Iowa 8-1 vs. Oregon State 7-2-1; NBC radio and TV, starting at 5 p.m. EST; expected attendance, 101,000. Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Tex.: Texas Christian 7-3 vs. Syracuse 7- 1: NBC radio and TV, starting at 2 p.m, EST; 65,000. Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, La.: Tennessee 10-0 vs. Baylor 8- 2; ABC radio and TV, starting Orange Bowl at Miami, Fla.: Colorado 7-2-1 vs. Clemson, CBS radio and TV, starting at 2 p.m. EST; 70.000. Sun Bowl at El Paso, Tex.: Texas Western 9-1 vs. George Washington 7-1-1, starting at 3:30 p.m. EST; 15,000. Tangerine Bowl at Orlando, Fla.: West Texas SUie 7-2 vs. Mississippi Southern 7-1-1; start ing at 8 p.m. EST; 12,500. Jockey Injured In Race Is Recovering Salem (J.R) A 21-year-old jockey who was injured in a fail during the Oregon State Fair racing program, has virtually re covered completely from the ac cident. Friends here said they had re ceived word from Caldwell, Ida., that Dewey Henshaw, who re mained unconscious for more than a month in a Salem hos pital after the accident, is now nearly well. Henshaw said he planned to give up his career as a jockey and serve as a trainer. BOXERS SIGN New York U.R) Bobby Courchesne of Holyoke, Mass., and Johnny Busso of New York have been signed for a 10-round. widely - televised lightweight bout at St. Nicholas arena, Mon day, Jan. 7. LJL, When You See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE 2-6779 LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON ! 0ok ' ' L if . - V' . - " " - , y . Mi TITLE BOUT Sugar Ray Robinson, right, will defend his middleweight crown against challenger Gene Fullmer, left, in a 15-round title fight Wednesday, Jan. 2 at Madison Square Garden. The fight will be broadcast at 7 p.m., over KYJC. Sugar Ray, Fullmer Clash Wednesday ' r SOARING HIGH ABOVE THE HEADS of his Notre Dame opponents, Melvin Wilkes of Brigham Young snatches the ball from four Irish players. Notre Dame won the game in Madison Square Garden 91-66. (International Soundrhoto) Basketball By United Preu East St. Bonaventure 70 Creighton 0 South AIl-Amerfcan Tournament At Owensboro, Ky. Seml-Final New Mexico A&M 43 Maryland 43 Consolation Montana St. 75 Georgetown 71 Georgia 69 Florida 62 Midwest Loyola III. 57 Western Mich. 55 Northwestern 73 Yale 63 Akron 75 Toledo 60 Southwest Okla. ,City U. 74 Oregon 52 PRINCETON GUEST Kansas City, Mo. U.R: Princeton, Ivy league champion three times in the past seven years, will be the guest team in the 1957 Big Seven conference pre-season basketball tourna ment, it was announced today. THE BLUES Kalamazoo, Mich. (U.R) The Perennial State Fair homemak ing champion, Mrs. John L. Holt, has the blues. She has been patching together her prize rib bons in a quilt, but the color scheme is unbalanced because of all the blue ribbons. She needs reds, yellows and whites, to liven up the pattern but hasn't figured out how to prepare a second-best cake or third-best preserves. Cleveland. Ohio U.R) When Willard Bu ion took his stepson, Roger Pennington, fishing in Lake Erie here and was overdue nine hours, he didn't need an alibi. Mrs. Burton, who had no tified police when they failed to return, was surprised when her husband showed up with more than 200 white bass. Burton said they were biting so good, he just could not leave. Ani rf mi RETIRING Artie Gore, 48, baseball umpire for 20 years, 10 in the minors and 10 in the National League, his hung up his gear to retire to Lexington, Mass. home. Gore was released by Na tional League President Warren Giles to make room in the league's umpire ranks for two younger men. WE'RE NOW W AT WHERE WE CAN OFFER FINER SERVICE THAN EVER Cal-0re Machinery Co. Same Phone .... 3-4507 -V f " . mm ws. v 1 J? 1 Referee Rebuffs Warnings New York KU.PJ Julius Hel fand today rebuffed the sugges tion of Sugar Ray Robinson's co- managers that the referee be of ficially warned against Gene Fullmer's possible butting and hitting low in Wednesday night's middleweight title fight at Mad ison Square Garden. Chairman Helfand of the New York State Athletic commission said, "I've never issued any warning or special instructions to a referee yet, and I won't start now. Whoever referees the fight will know his job and do it. Because of challenger Full mer's headlong attack. Sugar Ray's co-pilots Ernie Braca and Harold Johnson announced they would ask Helfand Wed nesday "to issue storm warnings against head collisions and low blows, even though uninten tional." They recalled that Robinson suffered a deep brow cut in a head collisision with England's Randy Turpin at the Polo Grounds in September, 1951, shortly -before knocking out Turpin In the 10th round. "And if Ray hadn't belted out Randy just when he did, Ray probably would have lost on a technical knockout," Braca said. Thirty-five-year-old Robinson, who -was very impressive in his final two rounds, of sparring Monday, rested today and de clined to comment on the butting angle. "I'll let my managers han dle that end," he said. And no comment came from 25-year-old Fullmer, still incom municado in a midtown hideout. Carlos Ortiz Takes 19th Straight Win New York (U.R) Unbeaten young Carlos Ortiz of New York, fresh from his 19th straight vic tory, resolved today: "1 11 break into the top 10 lightweight rank ings this year." Ortiz climbed off the canvas at St. Nicholas Arena in the first round Monday night and gave young Gale Kerwin of Valley Stream, N. Y., a body beating for a lopsided 10-round decision. Carlos weighed 135Vi pounds; Kerwin, 139. Clarksville. Ark is believed to be the nation's smallest com munity with a symphony orches tra. The population by the 1850 census was 4,343. IN OUR LOCATION 1105 COURT ST. 14 Shooters Fire At Targets Sunday Fourteen shooters fired at 1,300 targets Sunday at the Med ford Gun club with highs In 16 yards. George Jantzer scored 86 hiti out of 100, Ed Pease had 50 out of 50, Bert Peack, 47 out of 50; and Bob Langhoff and - Harry Elden had 25 straights. Ed Pease and Harry Tom were high in the handicaps with 24 hits out of 25 each. In skeet shooting Everett Gibson was high with 45 hits out of 50 and Bert Peck had 44 out of 50. There will be shooting each Sunday throughout the winter with programs as shooters de sire, club members' have an nounced. The annual team shoot will be Feb. 10 and the membership meeting end dinner Feb. 13. The same team captains are expected to be in charge. FARIA SURPRISE WINNER Sao Paulo, Brazil U.R) Man uel Faria of Portugal was tha surprise winner of the St. Syl vester long distance run of about 4V4 miles today through the streets of Sao Paulo. Stritof Drago of Yugoslavia was second and Herbert Schade of Germany third in the traditional race which begins one minute after midnight on New Year's day. wmw wmm GO RAMBLER ONLY LOW-PRICED CAR WITH AIRLINER RECLINING SEATS READ "The Dinosaur Story" In Wed., Jan. 2, Tribun LEA MOTORS 5th & Bartlett Ph. 2-61 85
