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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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