Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 06, 1957, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextPCC Gives Athletes Financial Break; Relaxes Stiff Penalties San Francisco (U.FO The Pacific Coast conference gave athletes a break financially Fri day after voting to make it tougher for them scholastically. Faculty representatives for the nine member schools ended a two-day meeting Friday by vot ing to permit increased money assistance to athletes and can celling penalties against athlet ic teams other than football at the University of Washington and UCLA. In their first day session, the representatives voted for more stringent scholastic require ments for athletes at the con ference schools. Casper Takes Lead in LA Open; Burke 2nd B HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer Los Angeles UR Billy Casper a stoutish 25-year-old professional from Chula Vista, Calif., stole a march on the big names in golf Saturday as ne fired his second consecutive three-under-par 68 and took the leadership at the halfway mark in the rich Los Angeles open golf tournament. With a 136 total for the 36 holes, Casper had only a one stroke lead over Gardner Dick inson, Sanford, Fla., who also had a 68 Saturday and a 137 score. Eight on their heels came smiling Jackie Burke, the Mas ters and PGA champion from Houston, Tex. Jackie fired a 69 for the second day in a row proving that he is back on his stick after an operation last ' summer. Next in line came Mike Fel chick of Mahopac, N. Y., and Doug Higgins, Midland, Texas, with a 139 and at 140 were Charles Rotar. San Bernardino, Calif., and Doug Ford, Maho pac. It was a closely-bunched field but not as tightly packed as the opening day when four were tied for first and five for sec ond. There still are a lot of good men in contention. However, among these you could just about count out de fending champion Lloyd Man grum, a home-town boy. He tacked a 73 Saturday onto his 74 Friday for a 147 bare ly qualifying for the final two rounds. The bulky field was cut to 90 and ties Saturday with a score of 148 or better need ed to get into the final two days. The tournament favorite, Dr. Cary Middlecoff, wasn't too far off the pace. He was even-par 71 Saturday to go with his op ening 70 for a 141 score. A throng of 9,200 followed BOWLING ROGUE ROLLERS In Rogue Rollers Bowling league Brooks Electric took four games from Rogue Sportsman and Pioneer Cafe took four games from Tic Toe, to go into a first place tie. Dorothy Hop kins rolled 216 for high game and Vivian Knox 545 for high series. Other high game and high series were: Vivian Knox 213, Mable Clark 210-510, Eva Ses sions 203-500, Dell Christianson 196-510 and Claudia Lowd 180- 523. Split conversions were made by Vera Fmley 7-6-9-10 Leona Erickson 5-10, Vi Coats 5-7. and Judy Barnum 4-7-10 Ralph's Restaurant carded 823 and 2254 for high game and high team series. Standings: W L Brooks Electric 7 1 Pioneer Cafe iC. P.) 7 1 Economy Market IC. P.) 2 Darrell Miller Co. 6 2 Ralph's Restaurant 4 4 Chris Drus 4 4 The Hideaway 4 4 Rogue Equipment Sales . 4 4 Tic Toe Time Shop 3 3 O K Market 2 6 Bateman s Insurance Agency.... 2 6 Rogue Sportsman 1 7 Hideaway 1 Miller Co. 3 R. Shama 321 N. Roberta 390 V. Bailey 323 A. Zenor 43j T. Farrar 413 L. Merrifield 353 P. Haven 432 V Coats 437 O. Wjatt 403 Handicap 114 196S 2013 Rnrite Snorts 0 Brooks EleC. 4 J. McCreadv 455 P. Braack 356 E Johnson 421 E. Sessions 500 D Webster 3R3 J. Frohreich 427 C Ludwig 379 J. Barnum 410 D. Paul 410 E Lenz 484 Handicap 9 2048 2186 Pioneer Cafe 4 Tic Toe 0 L Robinson 463 E. Olsen 365 H. Paulson 464 S Couler 381 L. Turner 379 O. Finley 457 D. Harris 361 L. Dibble 3!) I E. Baker 443 L Erickson 423 Handicap 102 2110 2019 Batemans 1 Rogue Equlpt. 3 C Martin 366 V. Lusk 369 V. De Lisle 315 A Shreeve 367 Y Strobe! 379 Henson is) 387 C Sedev 291 E. Dickinson 426 C. Riegs 4S3 T. Ault 313 Handicap 45 1834 1907 O. K. Market 1 Economy Mkt. 3 M. Langston 450 C. Lowd 523 N. Oswold ' 426 D. Hopkins -SS B. Mahan 443 G. Shumate 349 L. Mete 369 N Weber 319 V. Findley 395 Christianson 510 Handicap 60 2083 2249 F.al .h i Rest. 3 Chris Drnr 1 V Knox 545 E. Doty 310 M. Sullivan 380 T. Tolles 465 D. Houston 332 G. Russell 405 T Dotv 487 A. Gish 3.t M. Clark 510 V Corby 413 Handicap 81 2254 2046 I The group thus relaxed the stiffer penalties meted out last summer to four schools for per mitting excessive payments to athletes and opened the way for UCLA' and Washington to peti tion the NCAA for simrlar action and possibly compete in nation al playoffs in such sports as basketball and baseball. USC. Cal Eligible Southern California and Cali fornia, the other two schools punished last summer, were al ready eligible for competition in sports other than football. California was hit with only a monetary penalty and USC's non-football teams had previ- the stars around the soggy course Saturday ana ll.y were treated to some fine golf. Among the better efforts was a 32 on the back nine by Harry Weetman, the long-hitting Brit ish star, who eventually came in with a 69 for a 142; and a 33 on the front side for the vet eran E. J. Dutch Harrison, who wound up with a fine 68 to top a 73 Friday for a 141. In the 140 bracket came Paul O'Leary, Bismarck, N. D.; Fred Wampler, Indianapolis, Ind.; Stan Kertes, Chicago and Smiley Quick, Los Angeles. At 141, along with Middle coff and Harrison were the vet eran Paul Runyan, La Jolla, Calif., and Marty Furgol, Le mont, 111. One of Friday's leaders. Gam bee Leads OSC Triumph Palo Alto, Calif. U.R) Forward Dave Gambee scored 30 points Friday night to pace Oregon State to a 64-63 opening Pacific Coast Conference basket ball win over Stanford. A final-minute basket by OSC's Jerry Criming gave the Beavers the one-point victory as a desperation try at the gun by the Indians came too late. Stanford, trailing early in the second half, came through to tie up the game twice once after five minutes of play nd again with four minutes kit in the game. Then the Indiims surged ahead on shots by Bill Bond, who had 13 points, and Haga, who had 14. Stanford gained as much as a four-point lead during the second half. Gambee was brilliant with his hook shots, which gave him 17 points the first half and 13 in the second. ' Medford JVs Clip Comets Medford High junior varsity basketeers chalked up their second win of the season over the Crater jayvees Friday night, clipping the Comets 50 to 29 Friday night in the prelim to the Medford-Crater varsity mix at Central Point. The Junior Tornado ran up an 11 to 4 margin in the first quarter and was on top 27 to 12 at the half. After three stanzas the bulge was 35 to 18. Ron Peery scored 17 points and Bob Plankenhorn 10 for Medford. LINE-UPS: Medlord JV 50 29 Crater JV Plankenhorn 10 t 6 Barnes Rasmussen 9 8 Beach J. Funston 2 c 7 White Peery 17 g Burns Brauner 5 g 4 Bennett Substitutions For Medford. Monroe 3. Harvel 2. Barlow. Hamilton, Peter son 2. Whalev. Freizen: for Crater. Fowler 2. Clark. Black 2. Mack 2. Davis 2. Day. Aussie Scores ' Tennis Triumph Tampa. Fla. U.R Don Candy of Australia scored a smashing upset over top-seeded Eddie Moylan of Trenton. N.J., in a five-set marathon Saturday 6-3, 7-5, 3-6. 5-7, 6-4, to enter the final of the Dixie Interna tional tennis championships. Candy, consid6red an out standing prospect for the Aus tralian Davis Cup team, ob viously wilted under the warm sun in the three hour match but had enough to stave off Moylan's bid for victory. In women's play top seeded Karol Fageros of Miami breezed into the final with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Martha Hernandez of Mexico. In the other women's semi-final, Rosa Marie Ryes of Mexico trimmed Evelyn Cowain of Covington, Ga., 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Pairings Listed For Crosby Event Pebble Beach, Calif. OI.PJ Pairings for the annual Bing Crosby S15.000 national pro amateur golf tournament Jan. 11-13. were .announced Satur day with stars from the world of golf, movie, television, foot ball and baseball featured. The top pairings, with the ISPORTS ously been okayed by the con ference. The new financial assistance code adopted in principle Fri day is based on the extent of an athlete's need although he is required to put in a certain num ber of hours on on-campus work. It also made it possible for an athlete to receive a grant with out working for it if his need is great enough. Under the present assistance program an athlete is limited to earning $100 per month on on-campus jobs. Greg Englehard, California athlete director, said the new assistance provisions will "go a long way toward eliminating under-the-table payments." Extent of Need Under the new code the ex tent of need would be determin ed by an independent agency such as the college scholarship service which would use a for mula provided by the conference and based on a standard cost for each campus. The code also specified that all forms of assistance shall be administered by the university, a move seen as a blow to alumni groups. The vote on the liberalized assistance program was 7-2 with Oregon and Stanford opposed. The vote was 5-4 on each res olution asking relaxation of re strictions against teams other than football at UCLA and Washington. These two schools were joined by USC and Ore gon State on both votes with California voting for UCLA and Washington State voting for Washington. The conference put off until its spring meeting at Spokane, Wash., May 19-23, consideration of points involving policing of the money assistance program and penalties for violators. The presidnts of the confer ence schools H st month proposed that offending coaches be fired and athletes Use their eligibility. Harry Weetman of Britain Scares U.S. Pro Golfers in By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer Los Angeles U.PJ Harry Weetman, a chunky, jut-jawed golfer from the British Isles, is scaring the daylights out of the American professionals in his first crack at U. S. money on the winter tour. Weetman has been hitting such prodigious drives that the other golfers are standing around staring in amazement. "I played ahead of him the other day," said professional Shelley Mayfield, who is no short hitter himself. "I hit my second shot and walked about 30 or 40 yards and then a ball came trickling by my feet. It was Weetman's tee shot. Siraighler Than Baer "He must be the longest hitter to come along since George Baer." Jackie Robinson to Retire, Magazine Says New York (U.R) Jackie Robinson, who was traded to the New York Giants Dec. 13 by the Brooklyn Dodgers, will an nounce in a copyrighted article in Look magazine's Tuesday is sue that he is quitting baseball, the magazine announced Satur day. The magazine said the article, written by Robinson, would be entitled: "Why I am quitting baseball." "I'm through with baseball. From now on, I'll be just anoth- j er fan, a Brooklyn fan," Robin-: son wrote, Look said. "I'm through with baseball because I . know that, in a matter of time, baseball would have been j through with me." S. O. Shapiro, a vice president of Look magazine, said Robin son's article will say: "I want to explain just how ; it happened because some peo- j pie may now feel I haven't been j honest with them these past few i weeks when they asked me j about my plans. I've always 1 played fair with my newspaper friends, and I think they'll un derstand why this was one time I couldn't give them the whole story as soon as I knew it." j Shapiro said that Robinson ! had decided to quit baseball prior to his trade to the Giants. I He broke major league baseball's ! unwritten "color line" when professional listed Dean of baseball Ellis; Coach Red UCLA and Harry last: Dizzy and Wesley Sanders of Todd; Gen. Omar Bradley and Fred Wemp- ! ler; Bob Hope and Mike Sou- 1 chak; Phil Harris and Gene ! Littler: Gen. Bob McClure and Joe Moore Jr.; Lex Barker and Dick Turner; Dcik Arlen and Chuck Congdon; Guy Madison and Don Addington; Bob Lem on and Mike Dietz; Otto Gra ham and Don Fairfield; Free man Gosden and Ronnie Nicol; Ralph Kiner and John Bar num: Dean Martin and Ed (Porky) Oliver; Bob Crosby and Ted Margolea; Dennis O'Keefe and Bud Hofmeister; John Weissmuler and Jimmy Clark. McCormick ' First Winner Of Babe Cup Chicago U.PJ Mrs. Pat McCormick, two - time double Olympic diving champion, will be honored as the first winner of the Babe Didrikson Zaharias trophy at a presentation dinner here June 26. The event, originally sched uled for Jan. 15, was changed to June 26, the late Babe's birthday on which the Zaharias award to the top amateur wom an athlete will be made annual ly. Announcement of the date change and Mrs. McCormick's selection was made jointly by George Zaharias, husband of the famed woman athlete, and Bob Russell, Chicago Daily News sports writer, general chairman of the trophy organization. Zaharias said that with ,more time for planning, "we can give Pat McCormick the kind of reception that a great woman and a great athlete deserves. We know the Babe would have wanted it that way." Babe and her husband estab lished the trophy to stimulate more feminine interest in ama teur athletics before she suc cumbed in her battle with can cer last year. Two Washington Nags Win at Santa Anita Arcadia, Calif. U.R) The state of Washington, which us ually has little to cheer about in horse races, Saturday sent off the winners of both the Stakes at Santa Anita as Battle Dance won the $27,000 San Pasqual handicap and Sir Wil liam captured the Los Feliz stakes. Battle Dance, claimed for $17,500 last summer, staged a front-running victory over Honeys Alibi while the favored Porterhouse was third on a slightly off track which he dis likes. Race For Tour Weetman has played in the United States before with the British Ryder Cup team. And even then he was outhitting the American stars. But now he is even longer off the tee and much straighter than Baer. "This man is bound to win some money in America," says Ed Carter, tournament bureau director for the PGA. "He's a real good player." ' Carter revealed that the PGA had received a letter from Weet man asking how much money he would have to have for entry fees to play from Jan. 1 to April 7, which would include the Masters Tournament. In the slightly more than three months of the swing, the pros will be playing for a stag gering total of $240,000 so Branch Rickey brought him up to Brooklyn in 1947 and sparked the Dodgers to six pennants dur ing his 10 seasons with them. According to Shapiro, Robin son will say in his article: "Late one evening, Mr. Stone ham (Horace Stoneham, presi dent of the Giants) telephoned to ask me how 1 felt about the U - Rental Equipment Air Compressors Water Pumps Cement Finishing Machines Electric and Gas Cement Vibrators Roller Water Wagon WITH OPERATOR 2 Graders Shovel 4 Cranes Back Hoe Drag Lines Tractors with Bulldozer, Ripper or Carryall 2 Turnapulls Gunnite Machine with Mobile 600 Cu. Ft. Compressor c&iWW-&m27! Oregon TecH Dumps PSC By UNITED PRESS The Oregon Collegiate Confer ence basketball season opened Friday night with Oregon Tech trouncing Portland State, 91-65, and Eastern Oregon edging Southern Oregon, 72-71. It was the Tech Owls first win over Portland State since early in the 1953-54 season. The Owls were led by Ted Fischer, who scored 26 points, and Jerry Fasteen, who got 21. Johnny Winters scored 27 for the Vikings but his effort wasn't enough to off-set the strong Ore gon Tech offense. Tech led 38-31 at halftime. At Ashland, forward Earle Smith hit a jump shot with 33 seconds left to give the Moun taineers their razor-thin victory over the Red Raiders in a real rouser. Southern Oregon, trail ing by eight, 36-28, at halftime, came back to take the lead, 71 70, with 1:44 minutes to play. But Smith's shot clinched it for Eastern Oregon. Larry Howard of Eastern Oregon led the scoring with 20 points. Bill Hollingsworth, Norm Oliva and Chuck Crandall all got 14 for the Raiders. HOCKEY By UNITED PRESS Bronco Norvath, considered too lackadasical to play for the New York Rangers looks like the spark today that will fire the Rochester Americans into the American Hockey League playoffs. The 27-year-old forward, shipped to the minors about a month ago, led the Americans to a 6-3 win over Buffalo, Fri day night. The victory sent Rochester into fourth place and dumped the Bisons to fifth. In the other AHL game play ed Friday night, two streaks were stopped. Cleveland top ped Springfield, 5-2, ending its four game losing streak and snapping the Indians four game win skein. Money Weetman was told for entry fees alone he would have to bring along $240 (or $1 for every $1,000 he competed for). Ouihit Middlecoff Weetman was paired with Dr. Cary Middlecoff, the National Open champion, in the pro-celeb-rites tournament, and was 10 to 20 yards ahead of the champ off the tee. Comedian Bob Hope also was playing in the foursome. Every time Weetman addressed the ball, Hope would kiss the ball goodbye, then add: "Goodbye old ball, you're going for a long ride out of sight." However, like most visiting professionals, Weetman had the putting jitters in his first round of the lucrative Los Angeles Open and came in with a two over par 73. trade. I had to tell him that I'd be glad to play with the Giants if I decided to play at all. I said I had some tninking to do and would give him a definite answer in a few weeks. I could not tell him then I was through with baseball forever because I agreed long ago to write this story, when the time came; ex clusively for Look magazine. As a matter of fact, I was working on this story when Mr. Stone ham called." v Robinson reportedly was en route to New . York from the west coast Saturday. AAIX CONCRETE C? 243E.McANDREWS RDL Sunday, January 6. 1957 Billy Martin Sighs Pact New York U.R) Infielder Billy Martin agreed to terms at the earliest date of his six sea sons with the New York Yan kees Saturday when he returned his signed 1957 contract from his home in California. Martin might just as well have brought his contract with him to New York, since he now is here for a visit. The 28-year-old infielder, the third Yankee to sign for next season, batted .264 in 121 games in 1956, being sidelined twice because of injuries. In the field, he had a .680 average which was second only to the "White Sox' Nellie Fox among American League second basemen. His 10 errors were the fewest commit ted by a regular second baseman in the league. Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford are the other Yankees who have agreed to terms for 1957. Martinez Upsets Ike Washington, D. C. (U.R) Featherweight Isador Martinez of Panama was "ready for all comers" today but his latest vic tim, Ike Chestnut, conceded, "I never want to see him again." "I'll take on anybody includ ing Sandy Saddler," said Marti nex after his unanimous, upset 10-round decision over Chestnut in Friday night's nationally tele vised bout. "I intend to stay in the United States and maybe be come a citizen. Chestnut was not too tough." Martinez made an impressive U. S. debut as he bobbed and weaved through 10 rounds that had the lOth-ranked feather weight contender thoroughly confused. The shifty Martinez paused at various times to wink and smile at Chestnut to the de light of the Capital Arena crowd. GOLF COURSE OPENS Borrego Springs, Calif (U.R) Southern California's newest golf course, the De Anza Coun try club, opneed Saturday at this desert community. Because of rain, many of those attend ing the opening spent the day in the nearby desert club in stead of on the fairways. More than 2,000 varieties of apples are known and cultivated, and about 1,000 kinds are grown in various sections of the U. S. "THE MOST FORGOTTEN THREE" PACK UNIVERSAL JOINTS Labo PACK WHEEL BEARINGS LUBRICATION This Mont Only . . . Ford Passenger Cars and Light Trucks Use Our Easy Budget Plan CRATER LAKE MOTORS Main Cr Fir Sts. "WHERE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN World's No. 1 Sports Fan, Paul Helms, Dies of Cancer Los Angeles (U.R) Paul Hoy Helms, the world's No. 1 sports wan who gave more than a million dollars to a foundation honoring the world's athletes, died of cancer Saturday at his apartment here. He was 67. Helms had been a prominent figure in the sports world since the 1932 Olympics in Los An gels when he decided to make a hobby of sports. He set up the Helms Atheltic foundation as "an investment in youth" in 1936, handing out trophies and giving lasting rec ognition to athletes the world over. Helms Hall in Los Angeles is the only privatelyrowned sports museum in the world. Open to the public, it contains trophies and equipment donated by top athletes such as uniforms, glov es, bates, helmets, and other me mentoes of sports. "Maybe these things will be an inspiration to other kids to try for greatness," Helms had said at dedication ceremonies. Helms did all he could to help promising youngsters toward stardom. He discovered and en couraged Duke Snider. Jackie Robinson and Ralph Kiner to baseball immortality through subsidizing them. He also was an early supporter of football stars Glenn Davis and Frankie Albert and track star Mel Pat ton, among others. Hedrick Jr. High Defeats Crater The Hedrick Junior high school eighth grade boys basket ball team defeated their opposite numbers from Central Point Fri day afternoon, 34 to 31, but the Hedrick seventh graders were defeated by the Central Point seventh grade team, 27 to 12. The games were played on the Hedrick floor. The eighth graders from Hed rick led throughout the game, with quarter-scores of 13 to 6, 23 to 17 and 31 to 21. High scor er for Hedrick was Sieg, with 13 points. Higginbotham was high for Central Point with 12. The Central Point seventh grade team led 5 to 0, 9 to 2 and 2 and 25 to 4 at the quar ters. Champ and Cavin tied for CP high-scoring honors, with 10 each. No Hedrick player garn ered more than 2. Parts Q GOOD SERVICE IS One unit of the Helms found ation honors each year the fore most amateur athlete of each of the six continents of the world. The multimillionaire sports figure participated activelv in civic welfare activities and was president of the Southern Cali fornia committee for the Olym pic games which annually stag es the Los Angeles coliseum re lays, a major track and field event. Helms was born at Ottawa, Kansas, and attended school in Buffalo, N.Y. after the death ft his mother when he was three, he went to live with his uncle, William E. Hoy, a top baseball player of the 90s and toured the old National Leauge circuit with him, sitting quietly in the dug out during games. He yearned to be a sports hero like his uncle, but his fragile physique limited him to being a coxswain ori the Syracuse uni versity crew. After graduation he went to work for a Cleveland ' baking company then moved to the West Coast to start his own bak ery business. His contract to pro vide bread for the 1932 Olym pics from his tiny bakery was ' the beginning. Today it Is the world's largest home-delivery bakery. Helms is survived by his wid ow. Pearl. WHAT ABOUT. JHE FUTUREX t -4 i. . . FOR j :vTRAVl ADVENTOE EDUCATION 'FINANCIAL SECURITY U. S..MARINES PHONE 2-9128 ' . Sponsored by . . . Trowbridge & Flynn Electric Company 214 W. Main Medford $ 75 75 $f Phone 3-4547 A MUST" 45c h Only