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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE er w Champ to Grant Return By JACK CUDDY United Press "Sports Writer New York (U.R) Young Gene Fullmer, the Utah batter ing ram who won Sugar Ray Robinson's middleweight crown with a murderous close-quarter attack, said today he would grant a return title shot. to Ray and his "foul-fight" screaming handlers. "We'll take the return fight," said Robinson's co-manager, Harold Killer Johnson of Chi cago, "but first we'll file an of ficial protest Friday against Refree Ruby Goldstein for per mitting Fullmer to butt, heel. rabbit-punch and wrestle throughout the bout." "That's right." said Co-Man ager Ernie Braca of New York. "We'll file the protest with the state athletic commission Friday to make sure there's a competent referee In the ring next time. And then Ray will beat that street-fighter. Floors Robinson Young Fullmer, who floored Robinson once and wrestled him to the canvas once breaking the ring ropes, won a lop-sided, unanimous. 15-round decision be fore a near-capacity crowd of 18,134 fans, who paid $194,643 to witness the age-vs-youth classic. But the bull-shouldered new champion is bound by a return-bout contract to grant Rob inson another shot at the title within 90 days. Physicians who dtd the six stitch tatting on Robinson's gashed left brow said the wound would be healed in plenty of time for him to try to win the 160-pound crown for the fourth time, within 90 days. The brow was slightly cut in the fifth round, and opened bloodily in the 14th. Although Sugar Ray lost his cherished diadem, he was some what consoled by a purse of $152,465, resulting from his 47',2 per cent of the net gate and $60,000 from TV-radio. Full mer, who would have fought for nothing to get the title, got exactly nothing from TV-radio, but his 12V4 per cent of the net gate came to $24,330 largest purse of his career. Dark-haired Fullmer, 25, of West Jordan, Utah, won the title by a wide margin through the use of headlong but "heady" tactics. Scaling 157'4 pounds to Rob inson's class-limit 160, he be came the first Utah-born scrap per to win any world crown by letting Robinson do most of the advancing and leading, and then plunging in with terrific, count ering barrages to body and head. At 35, Robinson's legs no long er were fast enough to take him out of range of the straight-forward rushes. And the Fullmer barrages forced the once-great champion to fall into clinch after clinch, where he was prac tically "moidered" by left hooks to the body, and short, clubbing over-hand rights to the side of the head. Roughness reched its peak in the sixth round when they wrestled to the canvas, landing en route on the lower ring rope and breaking it. The clock was stopped an additional 25 seconds between the sixth and seventh rounds while workmen tried to HOCKEY By UNITED PRESS The National Hockey league race has resolved into a see-saw battle for first place between the Detroit Red Wings and the surprising Boston Bruins. The Red Wings, who have been swapping places with the Bruins for over a week now, moved back atop the NHL to day, thanks to a 2-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Sophomore Johnny Bucyk and veteran Gordie Howe took care of the scoring and goalie Glenn Hall turned in his second shutout of the season as the Red Wings reached the half-way point of the race with a one- point lead over Boston. The Montreal Canadiens, who are four points off the pace in third place, have played 36 games, the same number the Bruins have participated in, while Detroit has played one less game. The New York Rangers and the Maple Leafs are tied for fourth place, 18 points back, while Chicago is last, another nine points farther back. Bern, Tebbetts To Be Honored Manchester, N. H. (U.P.) Catcher Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees and Manager Birdie Tebbets of the Cincin nati Redlegs will be the honored guests at the Manchester Union Leader charity fund sports ban quet on Jan. 23. Also included on the honored guest list are pitchers Tom Brew er and Frank Sullivan of the Bos ton Red Sox and infielder-out-- fielder Jim Gilliam of the Brook lyn Dodgers. Lifts Sugar Ray's repair the rope. But it fell down again in the 10th, and a few extra seconds were required to remove it entirely. Takes Ray's Best Fullmer, who never -was stop ped in 40 previous fights, proved himself amazingly rugged by taking the best shots right on Mays Inks By UNITED PRESS The major leagues' top starts are wasting no time this winter getting their names on the dot ted line. Two more key players were added to the list today when Willie Mays came to terms with the New York Giants for an estimated $35,000 and relief pitcher Hershel Freeman signed with the Cincinnati Redlegs for about $22,500. The Redlegs also revealed the signing of pitcher Russ Meyer. The list of satisfied players already includes such high salaried .stars as Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees, and Don Newcombe and Peewee Reese of the Brook lyn Dodgers. Delighted With Roommate - Mays, who strugged through a rugged season along with the rest of the Giants in 1956, in dicated he was not cut and said he was delighted he would be rooming with Jackie Robinson next season. Mays batted .296 and hit 36 homers last season figures which the Giants con sider disappointing inasmuch as they regard him a gate rival to Mickey Mantle. "Any club Robinson's on has got to be a winner," Mays said. "He's a great ballplayer and he will be as long as he plays." Freeman won a big pay hike from the Redlegs, who regard him as the National League's top relief pitcher and perhaps their key man in the 1957 pennant race. Redlegs May Have Formula Freeman had a 14-5 record and appeared in 64 games last season when the Redlegs finish ed only two games behind the Dodgers. Another such season plus a little improvement in the starting hurlers could be the formula for the Redlegs' first pennant since 1940. Meyer, obtained from the Chi cago Cubs on Sept. 1, is expect ed to be an effective spot start er for the Redlegs in 1957. He has been asked to submit to a physical examination at the Redlegs' offices next Tuesday. First-baseman Bob Boyd, who hit .311 in 1956, signed with the Baltimore Orioles. He indicated a broken elbow, suffered last May in Cleveland, was com pletely mended. OSC' Huskies Vie for Title Portland (UP.) Oregon State and Washington will slug it out for the Pacific Coast Conference basketball title this season with the team able to finish with an 11-5 record taking the champion ship. At least that's the opinion of the men closest to the scene of action the coaches. In an informal survey of pre season opinion made by the Ore gon Journal, the PCC mentors saw the two Northwest schools fighting it out for the PCC crown with UCLA and California only a short distance back. Sal Maglie To Be Honored by Writers Chicago (U.R) Pitcher Sal Maglie, whose comeback spark ed the Brooklyn Dodgers to the 1956 National League pennant, will be honored by the Chicago chapter of the Baseball Writers Association's annual dinner, Jan. 20. Manager Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees will be present with the J. Louis Cocis key Memorial Award for long and meritorious Service to base ball. . MACHAMER HELD McMinnville (U.PJ Bill Machamer. the Madras basket ball magician, was held to his season's lowest number of points ,' last night but his 16 counters still were high for the game as his Linfield Wildcats throttled Ore gon College 77-45 in a basketball game here. Doug Rogers paced OCE with 11 counters while Terry Woods had 12 for Linfield. BOWL RECEIPTS Miami. Fla. (U.R) Orange Bowl participants Colorado and Clemson will each get around $207,000 as their share of re ceipts from the annual New Year's Day football game. KUTS HEADS RUSSIANS London (U.R) Distance run ner Vladimir Kuts headed the first contingent of Russian Olympic stars which returned Tuesday to Moscow, according to Moscow radio. Moscow report ed that Kuts was mobbed by wel comers at the airport. Thursday, January S, 1937 the chin from the once-great old master, who had knocked out 90 of his previous 146 op ponents. Gene not only took them, but he came back fighting. Sugar Ray's best rounds were the fourth, ninth and 12th. They were the only ones given him by all three ring officials, al Giant Pact; MedfOtWjWTribunb pawwwiUMWii.j ii.i ii. I I . .411a. ill I 11- tb ' -'-. . Jj$t ' .. TORNADO GUARD 'Larry Perkins, above, letterman who moved up from a reserve role last season to a regular berth for the current campaign, will be at a guard spot for Medford High school when it plays Crater at Central Point on Friday night and at Hedrick gym here Saturday in the opening Southern Oregon conference basketball series for both teams. (Landis-Shangle photo) PCC Meets Today to Devise New Code for Athletic Aid By PETER HAYES United Press Sports Writer San Francisco (U.R) The Pacific Coast Conference, beaten nine times out of 10 in the Rose Bowl by the potent Big Ten, meets here today to devise a new code that will make it easier to give financial aid to athletes. However, the annual New Year's Day fiascos are not the main reason for the two-day ses sion which will be attended by the nine university presidents, chancellors and faculty repre sentatives. Both UCLA and Southern California have been calling for a "realistic" code since last sum mer after being suspended from the Rose Bowl as part of severe penalties incurred when many of their football players were ad judged guilty of taking illegal handouts. For a time, both schools were reported ready to bolt the PCC but the threat of secession died down after the powerful presi dents council of the conference voted to work on new regula tions. Possible Switch Although already voted down, the subject of restoring some eligibility to football players who were penalized a season's play also is expected to be de bated again. The presidents coun cil, which in effect is the su preme court of the conference, voted by a 7-2 margin last month to make the sentences stick. Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul, president of the University of California and council chair man, says that the code under consideration is similar to that in the Big Ten except that work would be required in the PCC to earn the aid. "It is a liberalization of the financial aid program with JUST IN TIME Cobleskill, N.Y. (U.R) Mrs. Edward Foote, of Summit, N.Y., wasted no time in making use of Schoharie County's new Commu nity Hospital. She was admitted to the hospital just 20 minutes after its official opening and gave birth to a son three hours later. Grown; Fight though he got two of their votes for his gallant finish in the 15th. The three ring officials favor ed the Westerner on a rounds basis as follows: Referee Gold stein, 8-5-2; Judge i Harold Barnes, 9-6, and Judge Frank Forbes, 10-5. The United Press agreed, 9-6. Berra Signs stronger penalties for violation," Sprul said. The current program sanctions on-campus employment at. S2.00 an hour with the wage ceiling at $100 per month. The revised code would entail confidential reports among the schools on their assistance pro grams based on how much aid "the college scholarship service" determined an athlete could receive. feu tiVVJ - f &l AUSSIES WIN DAVIS CUP Australian tennis stars Lew Hoad (left) and Ken RosewaO flash victory smiles as they claim the Davis Cup after they won the two concluding singles matches in Adelaide, Australia Earlier they had cinched the Cup by winning the doubles matches. Czar Named To Settle PGA Disputes Los Angeles U.PJ The Pro fessional Golfers' Assn., irked with its own inability to cope with errant players, today named a "czar" to arbitrate all disputes and set up a series of rrules, regulations and fines to control activities on the rich year-round tour. More than 100 players, here for the Los Angeles Open start ing Friday, sat in on a meeting at which Edwin J. Carter, tour nament bureau manager, was given added powers that includ ed the right to bar men from competing in PGA - sponsored tournaments. "Fines will be levied by our tournament supervisor, Harvey Raynor," says Carter. "If they think the fine is unjust, they may appeal to me. I make the final decision. There is no furth er appeal." Carter said that he will have the right to- ban a player from competing in PGA tournaments if a player refuses to pay a fine. In the past many fines have been levied, but very few col lected. Bill Russell Overshadows Scoring Ace New York (U.R) Bill Rus sell's amazing defensive feats overshadowed even Bob Pettit's continued scoring splurge to day in the National Basketball association. Official NBA weekly statistics issued today disclosed that rookie Russell of the Boston Celtics, college basketball's "player" of the year" in 1956 with San Francisco, racked up a grand total of 112 rebounds in four games during the week. Russell has merely accounted for 35 per cent of all Celtic re bounds in games he s played, 20 per cent of all rebounds by both teams. Virtually unnoticed, 6-10 Pet- tit of the St. Louis Hawks tallied 134 points in four games to ce ment his leadership in six dif ferent departments total points 806, average points 26.9 per game, field goal attempts 633, field goals scored 274, free throw attempts 337 and free throws scored 258. Shaw to Have Operation Baltimore (U.R) Baltimore Colt Quarterback George Shaw who suffered a knee injury in the second ga.-ne this season that sidelined him for most of the year, will undergo an operation at Johns Hopkins hospital Fri day. The young signal caller, who made a brilliant debut in pro fessional football in 1955, is scheduled to arrive in Balti more by plane today from his Oregon home. Dr. Envin Mayer, Colt physi cian, said the exact nature of Shaw's injury is unknown. He indicated the .operation would be exploratory. New York (U.R) For the second straight year the Univer sity of Oklahoma was named today by the Football Writers Association of America to re ceive the third annual Grantland Rice Award, emblematic of the 1956 national collegiate football championship. Hawkeyes Show Little Emotion for Bowl Win By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer Los Angeles (U.R) In case you have been wondering about what a wild celebration there must have been in' the Iowa dress ing room after the Rose Bowl victory don't give it another thought. The Hawkeyes were one of the finest band of cold-blooded men ever to grace a gridiron. But when it came to displaying emotion they just didn't have it. They walked off the field, through the tunnel and into their dressing room after their 35-19 victory over Oregon State with out so much as a whoop or a holler While their boosters from the home state went delirious with joy, tearing down the goal posts at both ends of the field before the game ended, the Iowa foot ball players trooped to their dressing room with stolid faces. A fan raced but of the crowd and threw his arms around little Bob Commings 173-pound guard. "Great game, Bob," the fan boomed. "Thanks," whispered Com mings with the flicker of a smile. In contrast to many of the Rose Bowl victors, this was a crew that had a job to do, went out and did it, and appeared to be glad the whole thing was over. There was no boasting. Even head Coach Forest Eva shevski showed no signs of hap piness after the game just a quiet contentment. His statement that "we were lucky to win all season long," is one of the most oft-quoted statements in the history of foot ball. But it was about all he had to offer to the scribes surround ing him. Colt Halfback Lenny Moore Named Outstanding Rookie New York (U.R) Lenny Moore, former Penn State half back who led the Baltimore Colts in scoring last season with 54 points, today was named the National Football League's out standing 1956 rookie in the an nual United Press poll. The 23-year-old Moore, a na tive of Reading, Pa., is the sec ond straight Baltimore player to win the rookie poll. Alan "The Horse" Ameche. former Wiscon sin Ail-American who put in his second season with -the Colts in 1956, was the 1955 winner. Moore beat out Preston Car penter of the Cleveland Browns for rookie of the year honors in voting try 25 sports writers who covered the campaign in the various NFL cities. Moore received 10 votes. Car penter, former University of Ar kansas halfback who set a Cleve land record in 1956 by carrying Golf Event Scheduled Los Angeles (U.R) The pro-celebrities event, prelude to the rich Los Angeles Open, was staged at the Ranchp Golf Course today with top stars from the pro golf circuit and stage, screen and television competing. The $2,500 prize in the 18 hole event attracted such stellar names in the world of golf as National Open champion Dr. Cary Middlecoff; Masters and PGA champion Jackie Burke, Tommy Bolt, Gene Littler and many others. The entertainment field offer ed Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Buddy Rogers, George Gobel, Mickey Rooney and Howard Keel, to name a few. The competition for the top money in the $37,500 open starts Friday, with the final 18 holes of the 72-hole event set for Mon day. Sports Broadcasts KYJC At 8 p.m. Friday the Crater High-Medford High school basketball game ' will be broadcast. KMED The Crater Med ford game will be broadcast at 8:15 p.m. Friday. WE'RE NOW IN OUR NEW LOCATION AT 1105 COURT ST. WHERE WE CAN OFFER FINER SERVICE THAN EVER Cal-0re Machinery Co. Same Phone . . 3-4507 There is the possibility that the Iowans were too tired after the tilt to cheer. "Oregon State was in better shape than we were at the end of the game," said Commings. "We couldn't get our second wind." There also is the possibility that the Hawkeyes are sick and tired of football after practicing and playing for more than four months. In fact, Evashevski hint ed as much. g "I told the players after the game," said Evy, "that I didn't want to see them again until next spring. They said the feel ing was mutual." Hawkinson Tops Local I NG Hoopmen Hawkinson Tire Tread, after a slow start, coasted to an easy 54-34 drubbing of National Guard Headquarters company in a Medford Independent league basketball game at McLoughlin Junior High school last night. Leading the Hawkinson five was Bob Zarek with 22 points. At "one point in the game he tallied eight straight field goals. Dale McCay scored nine points for the winners. Bruce Bateman was high man for the NG, scoring 16 count ers. Halftime score favored Hawkinson 31-14. Hawkinson is now tied for second place in the league with a 4-1 record. Also scoring for the winners was Dick W o o t o n with six points. John Drew and Bud Bateman registered six points for Headquarters company. the ball 188 times, received six votes. Sam Huff, a first-year player from West Virginia who won the starting middle guard berth with the champion New York Giants, placed third with four votes... jonn uniias, wno came, up from sandlot football to set new Baltimore club record by completing 55.6 per cent of his passes, was fifth with three votes. Clyde Conner, an end from College of the Pacific who made good with the San Francisco Forty-Niners, and J. C. Caroline Chicago Bears halfback, each re ceived one vote. Moore finished eighth in the league in rushing with 649 yards on 86 attempts. His average of 7.5 yards per rush was the best posted among the pro circuit's top ten ball carriers and was the highest in the history of the Baltimore team. Moore, described by Coach Rip Engle of Penn State as "the greatest back I ever coached," scored nine touchdowns to equal the Baltimore season high set by Ameche in 1955. The Reading rookie also caught a touchdown pass and three one scoring pass. Magazine Picks Morrow '56 Sportsman of Year New York (U.R) Bobby Mor row of San Benito, Tex., winner of three gold medals in the 1956 Olympic Games, has been named "sportsman of the year" by Sports Illustrated Magazine. Mor row, who won the 100 and 200 meter sprints and ran the anchor leg on the American 400-meter relay team, was singled .out for his sportsmanship as well' as his ability. RING DINNER CANCELLED Chicago (U.R) The fourth annual ring dinner of the Chi cago Boxing Writers and Broad casters' association has been post poned until sometime in Febru ary. The dinner originally was scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 6. Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson and his manager Gus d'Amato will be honored guests. Walla Walla (U.R) Raymond V. Nig Borleske, a former coach at Whitman College and Lincoln high school in Portland, died yes terday of a heart attack. Basketball By United PreM Eut Lehigh 62 Albright SS Aiderson Brdi 77 Morris Hrvy 75 Boston U. 87 Northeastern 53 D&rtmouth 70 Connecticut 67 Villanova 71 Muhlenberg 67 South . Senior Bow! First Round Morehead St. Ky 7 Fla. St. 71 Soring Hill College 67 Furman 56 -Vanderbilt 80 William & Mary 65 Murray St. 98 Middle Tenn. St. 68 Alabama Poly 101 Howard 70 Alabama 66 Miss. CoUege 53 Midwest Momingside 97 Buena Vista 64 Washington Bo. 77 Valparaiso 62 Houston 74 Drake 72 Creighton 69 Gannon Coll. 61 Canisius 80 Detroit 70 Southwest McNeese 55 East Texas St. 52 Southern Methodist 79 Baylor 64 By United Press Eugene 69. Springfield 51 South Salem 62. McMinnville 61 Dallas 55. Forest Grove 53 Molatla 59. Oswego 43 Sc-appoose 72. Wilson 43 Willamette 54. Lebanon 58 double overtime Tigard 58. Estacada 41 Knappa 66. Corbett 42 Stayton 60, Central 56 Eastern Oregon 64. Seattle Pacflie, 53 forfeit Linfield 77. Oregon College 41 South Dakota 83. Gonzaga 70 Commission 1 Lists Fishing Conditions Portland (U P) Th. it. ly report on fishing ' conditions prepared by the State Game com mission: Northwest: The North streams low and clear; steelhead ing fair on the Nehalpm hut on other streams; angling in Til- iamooK-iestucca district good past days but prospects only fair at best; most streams low; pros pects will brighten when a new storm raises the rivers. Southwest: North and south forks and upper main Umpqua river low and clear; water tem peratures rising; success for steel- neaa lishing poor but fair num bers of fish passing Winchester dam near 'Roseburg; steelhead fishing fair to good in Elkton area of lower TJmnnus rivor- arm. ter in excellent shape; Smith river steelhead angling spotty; Millicoma river fair to good in main stream and fair to poor ia east and west forks; Coquille river good with drifted eggs on all four forks but main Coquille between Myrtle Point and Co- nililla nnlv fair Kti-ii-.a-t V,u angling in Isthmus slough poor to fair; warmer weather may bring about improvement in steelhead fishing in the Illinois: river. Northeast: Few steelhead been taken in Sanke river and Pine creek; conditions good in lower Grande Ronde and Imhaha riv ers; angling fair below the Three Mile diversion dam on the Uma tilla river. Idaho Hoop Boss Has Operation Moscow, Idaho (U.R) Uni versity of Idaho basketball coach Harlan Hodges was in good con dition at a hospital today after undergoing surgery for appen dicitis. . Hodges entered the hospital after complaining of severe ab dominal pains Tuesday night. Freshman coach Clem Par- berry will handle the Vandals when they open their Pacific Coast conference season tomor row against defending champion UCLA here. WANT TO SAVE MONEY On Your January FOOD BILL? SEE THE Groceteria $ DAYS AD ON PAGE 7
