TWELVE MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday. January 10, 1957
Neil Plumley Selected On Wigwam Wisemen Ail-American Club
Tornado Gridder on Second
Team in Nationwide Poll;
10 Oregonians Mentioned
Neil Plumley. Medford high's
all-state and all-conierence loot-
ball tackle last season, has been
named to the second team in
the Wigwam Wisemen of Amer
ica's 10th annual national high
school All-Ameri'.a selections.
Names of players named to the
quad were announced today by
Mose Simms, chairman of the
Wisemen's football committee.
The national poll is sponsored
by ir.e Oklahoma City, Okla.,
and the honorable mention list
total 649 names.
Sportswriters of 1,229 daily
newspapers, 1,009 radio sports
casters, 307 telecasters, 310
game officials and 123 talent
scouts naminated 2,555 seniors
from high schools in all 48
tates and the District of Colum
bia. There were no players from
Pacific coast states on the first
team. Plumley and Mickey
Flynn, Anaheim, Calif., half
back, were the only far western
ers named on the second team
nd Plumley was the only Ore
gonian to make one of the seven
teams.
Oregonian Mentioned
Nine Oregon grid stars rated
honorable mention. They were
Roger Jonnson and Jack Shan
ley, Marshfield of Coos Bay, Bill
Bailee, The Dalles, Dick Smith,
Giant Offer
Spurned by
J. Robinson
By NORMAN MILLER
New York (U.PJ Jackie
Robinson rejected the highest
offer of his career today and
prepared to write his formal
farewell to baseball.
The 38-year-old Negro star,
ending his career amid the same
Swirl of controversy with which
It began, revealed that he is
turning down more than $50,000
and "other considerations" to
play this year with the New
York Giants. He said his formal
request for voluntary retirement
would be sent to National league
President Warren Giles "no
later than next Tuesday."
Regret Expressed
"I only regret this offer wasn't
made to me a couple of years
ago," said Robinson by way of
thanking the Giants for their
generous offer. "I would have
jovea 10 piay ior people ukc
Horace Stoneham and Chub
Feeney."
It was Feeney, the Giants'
vice president, who made the
final bid to lure Jackie back "for
one more year." The offer, a con
tract for more than $50,000 in
1957 and a subsequent job in
the Giants organization, was
made Wednesday night. News
of the offer leaked out and Rob
inson discussed it with report
ers before appearing on a tele
vision program.
Robinson, whose top salary
With the Brooklyn Dodgers was
$42,500, said he thought "I con
vinced Feeney that 1 won't be
playing," and added, "I don't
believe I could do the Giants
any good."
Marlene Hagge
To Be Defender
In Sea Island
Sea Island, Ga. Top women
professional golfers of the nation
start their winter tour Friday
with Marlene Bauer Hagge the
defending champion and a fav
orite in the 54-hole Sea Island
invitational.
Mrs. Hagge after winning here
in 1956 went on to total win
nings of $20,235, a new wom
en's record. A 22-year-old veter
an who has played golf since
she was 34, Marlene set a 72
hole record for women of 284
in the Mile-High open at Den
ver, Colo.
Wiffi Now Pro
A brand new pro, Wiffi Smith,
will be among the 20 some pros
competing to grab the honors
from Mrs. Hagge this season.
Purses of several of the wom
en's tourneys has been upped
this year and Sea Island's has
been boosted from $3,500 to
$5,000.
With an eye on men's par the
ladies PGA is arranging for
course distances to be cut some
250-yards from last year for a
new total of around 6.000. This
is expected to make easier mens
par of 72 and give the women
a better break in headlines.
PACKERS SIGN HOHNUNG
South Bend, Ind. ;U.PJ Paul
Hornung, twice an All-America
quarterback at Notre Dame, was
"tickled pink" today about his
three year contract with the
Green Bay Packers, even though
he turned down a "real fabu
lous offer" from Canada. Horn
ung signed the Packer agree
ment, for an estimated $15,000
per year.
Glide, Jack Temple, McMinn
ville, and Paul Bauge, Baker,
backs, and John Willmant'., La
Grande, Bob Lilly, Pendleton,
and Ted Hutchinson, McMinn
ville, linemen.
The 2,978 prep football pick
ers turned in the most complete
coverage ever made in high
school football. Simms and the
football selecting committee
traveled over 30,000 miles,
watched some 1300 teams play
in the 1956 football season. The
opinions of prep talent scouts
for colleges, football officials,
and especially sports writers
were sought, which was a great
help in charting the 1956 squad.
Thii made the job of paring the
list down to seven first teams
much easier than has been the
case in the past. Every game
played in the nation was taken
into consideration.
The 10th Annual Prep All
America Football classic will be
played the last part of August,
1957, in Crump Stadium, Mem
phis, Tenn. AH the boys named
to the first seven teams and
those on the honorable mention
list are eligible to play in the
game provided they meet the
requirements of the selecting
committee, the East and West
coaches and have graduated
from high school or have com
pleted .their high school football
eligibility.
Notified of his selection last
night, Plumley said, "I'm really
surprised." He remarked, "It's
quite an honor. It's quite a deal."
Asked if he would go to Memphis
to play in the all-star game, if
invited, Plumley agreed that ac
ceptance or rejection might rest
on whether he is chosen for the
Oregon Class A Shrine All-Star
game.
FIRST TEAM:
C Bob Daniels 200 Wichita (East)
Kan.; G Chuck Dostal 196 Cedar
Rapids (Rov'elt) Iowa; G Clarence
"Bo" Strange 195 Baton Rouge, La.;
T Bert Wilder 215 Greensboro (Sr.),
N. C; T Bichard Davis 225 Memphis
IMessick) Tenn.: E. Gary Trout 213
Schenectady (Mt. Plea). N. Y.; E
Henry O'Steen 20O Anniston, Ala.: Q
George Johnson 187 Sonora. Tex.; H
Murray Hall 189 Greer, S. C: H Ron
Hartllne 197 Lawton. Okla.; F Robert
I Red Worrell 208 Centerville. ra.;
Aux-Back Walter Roecker 193 Cin
cinnati (Beacon). Ohio.
SECOND TEAM:
C Ronnie Slack 200 Palm Beach.
Fla.; G Richard Synng 192 Bay City.
Mich.: G John Necessary lye Mot
Springs. Ark.; T Nick Maravich 245
Pittsburgh. Pa-: T Neil Plumley z.iu
Medford. Ore.: E Richard Price 204
VIcksburg. Miss.; E Jack Park 200
Atkins. Minn.; Q Ronald Grimsley 175
Canton, Ohio; H Mickey Flynn 175
Anaheim. Calif.: H Fred Hecker 190
Sioux Falls. S. D.; F Myron Pottios
209 Charleroi. Pa.: A-B Bobby Saund
ers 175 Manassas. Va..
THIRD TEAM :
C George Ethier 245 Newport R. I.;
G Charles Boatman 220 Alice, Tex.:
G Oscar Hauer 203 Hamilton, Ohio;
T George O'Brien 205 Denver, Colo.;
T Frank Piscal 215 Jersey City, N. J.:
E John Halstead 200 Bay City, Mich.;
E Stan Chappie 201 Seattle. Wash.;
Q Porter Shreve 190 Washington, D.
C; H Randy Meadows 165 Downey,
Calif.: H Lome Johnson 190 Lynn,
Mass.: F Chick Granning 200 Chatta
nooga. Tenn.; A-B Marvin Tibbeta 170
Atlanta, Ga.
Stanford Break
From PCC Urged
Stanford, Calif. (U.R) An
editorial in the Stanford Daily
urged the school Wednesday to
quit the Pacific Coast confer
ence if the present athletic code
remains in force.
The editorial, by David Scott,
an associate editor, said:
"The Pacific Coast conference
is going professional and Stan
ford is the only school that
seems to be worried about it.
"In its meeting last week, the
conference opened the door to
unlimited financial aid by adopt
ing its grant-in-aid for subsis
tence.
The pressure from Fred Fagg
of USC and Raymond Allen of
UCLA and the worry of drop
ping nine out of 10 bowl games
to the Big Ten have been too
much for the rest of the
schools."
Actually PCC teams have lost
10 out of 11 bowl games.
Lovellette Spurs
Minneapolis Win
By UNITED PRESS
The Syracuse Nationals fig
ured out how to stop big Clyde
Lovellette for three periods
Wednesday, but until they dis
cover how to do it for four
periods they are going to find it
tough to beat the Minneapolis
Lakers.
The Nats bottled up the huge
center for three periods, permit
ting him but one basket, but
Lovalette led a fourth-period
Minneapolis surge to beat Syra
cuse, 98-86, in the only game
played in the National Basket
ball association.
Lovellette canned 12 points in
the final session to wind up the
game with 14, considerably be
low his average, but enough to
help the Lakers snap a six-game
losing streak.
LOLLYPOP TROUBLE
Hamden, Conn. U.R) Bea
trice C. Leonardo sued the New
Haven Water Co., for $50,000,
claiming she slipped on a lolly
pop and was injured while walk
ing down the stairs at its building.
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Gigman Wiseman All-American
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Ed Bingham
Sidelined by
Foot Bruise
By UNITED PRESS
A 12-man University of Ore
gon basketball squadv minus one
two-year letterman, left for
Berkeley today for a week end
series with the powerful Cali
fornia Golden Bears.
Oregon State, meanwhile, pre
pared for an invasion by the
Southern California Trojans
Friday and Saturday nights in
Gill Coliseum.
Coach Steve Belko of Oregon
left Forward Ed Bingham of
Medford behind. Bingham suf
fered a foot bruise a week ago.
The Ducks are strengthened by
the return of veteran Phil Mc
Hugh to the team.
California currently leads the
PCC with three straight vic
tories. Coach Slats Gill indicated he
would go along with the same
quintet which started against
Stanford last week when the
Beavers split the series. This in
cludes Bcb Allord and Dave
Gambee at forwards, Gary Goble
at center and Jerry Crimins and
Ken Nanson at guard.
Elliotts Shake
Off Suggestions
On Coaching Jobs
St. Louis (U.R) The Elli
otts, Pete of Nebraska and Chal
mer (Bump) of the University
of Iowa staff, have shaken off
any suggestions today that they
presently are the "hottest"
coaches in the new job market
at the 51st NCAA convention.
Pete Elliott, who has a $1,500
a year arrangement at Nebraska
for the next three years, and his
brother. Bump, are pupils of
Oklahoma's Bud Wilkinson. This
is why they are hot.
But Pete had "no comment"
on reports he is about to sign a
contract, possibly for $17,000 a
year, at the University of Wash
ington. Bump said he had nothing to
say, chiefly "because I have
talked to no one." He has been
mentioned as a possible choice
to fill the head coaching vacancy
at California, vacated by Lynn
Waldorf. Bump also was report
ed in line for the Iowa State and
University of Missouri posts.
Generally, both coaches and
athletic directors are saying
nothing about negotiations.
There are reports George Briggs,
athletic director at Washington,
has made an "attractive offer" to
Pete Elliott, but Briggs wouldn't
admit as much here.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
By UNITED PRESS
Ted Kennedy took a dim view
of his own comeback chances to
day but insisted the Toronto
Maple Leafs "should beat out
the New York Rangers for a
Stanley Cup berth with or with
out me."
"I think the Leafs are strong
er than the Rangers and I think
most of the other teams believe
so, too," said the 31-year-old vet
eran after Wednesday night's 4-3
triumph at Madison Square Gar
den.
The victory enabled the Maple
Leafs to take a two-point lead
over the Rangers.
Rain May Bring
In Steelhead
In Rogue River
Portland (U.R) The weekly
report on fishing conditions pre
pared by the State Game Com
mission: Northwest: Water low in most
streams along north coast; new
rains needed to start steelhead
movement; Trask river fair and
a few spring chinooks taken;
Wilson and Nestucca rivers only
fair.
Southwest: Steelheading fair
in lower Umpqua but rains may
change picture; angling general
ly poor throughout central Doug
las county streams.
North Umpqua clear and
South Umpqua slightly cloudy,
both are low; Tenmile lakes out
let and Smith river slow; both
forks of Millicoms should be
good as well as main river.
Rain may bring in steelhead in
the Rogue river in Agness area
and in the Illinois river; middle
section of the Rogue and the
Applegate not open to steelhead
until Jan. 15.
Northeast: Fishing fair on
lower Umatilla river and a few
steelhead picked up on the John
Day river, south fork, below
Highway 395; fishing below Mc
Nary on the Columbia on fair.
Lloyd Pope Leads
Holiday Handicap
With a four-round total of 157
points, Lloyd Pope is leading in
the holiday golf handicap at
Rogue Valley Country club.
The tourney ends in February.
Lee Flink and Dick Travis
have 153 points each.
Players total their best four
18-hole rounds in the winter
play get one point for a bogey,
two points for a par, three for
a bird, four for an eagle and 10
for a double eagle. Travis with
a 42 count has the best round
single round tabulation. Pope has
picked up 41 each points on two
rounds.
Basketball
Scores
WEDNESDAY COLLEGE SCORES
By United Press
(East)
St. Joseph's 97, LaSalle 83
Lafayette 100, Lehigh 59
Yale 91, Brown 67
Dartmouth 88. Springfield 69
Syracuse 93, Fordham 76
Rutgers 86, Johns Hopkins 63
Geneva 78, Carnegie Tech 69
Amherst 68. Army 55
Pennsylvania 77, Cornell 72
Penn State 62. Temple 53
Marshall 77. Ohio University 71
(South)
Kentucky State 92, Rio Grande 74
Louisville 93, Memphis State 71
Furman 104. Davidson 85
Navy 82. VMI 57
(Midwest)
Wichita 69. St. Louis 64
Xavier (Ohio) 88, Cincinnati 62
(West)
Air Force Acad. 82, Kan. Wes. 43
San Francisco CC 39, Santa Rosa 32
Oakland JC 67. Col San Mateo 44.
Col. of Marin 51, American RW 44
Pacific Lutheran 68. Puget Sound 39
Whittier 71, Occidental 65
Sacramento JC 57. Stockton JC 50
Modesto JC 59, Contra Costa 49
R. Johnson
Ail-American
By UNITED PRESS
Roger Johnson of Marsh
field and Neil Plumley of Med
ford today topped a list of
Oregon prep football stars
selected for ail-American men
tion. Johnson was the only Ore
gon player honored by
Scholastic magazine when it
chose a 78-man honor squad.
He was one of 15 halfbacks.
Plumley was given a sec
ond team tackle berth on the
19th annual Wigwam Wiseman
of American team.
Slauqhter Signs
For 17th Season
By UNITED PRESS
Enos (Country) Slaughter,
baseball's old warhorse who in
sists on kicking up his heels like
a young colt for the world cham
pion New York Yankees, is all
set to play his 17th season in the
big leagues at the age of 41.
The Yankees announced to
day that the hustling outfielder
has agreed to his 1957 contract
estimated to call for a $20,000
salary.
Slaughter, who will reach his
41st birthday on April 27, just
after the season opens, sparkled
for the Yankees in the 1956
season. His two-run homer prov
ed the winning blow in the third
game of the World Series, turn
ing the tide in favor of the Yan
kees for the first time when
Brooklyn seemed on the way to
the title.
Follev Awarded
Slit Decision
Syracuse, N.Y. (U.R) Prom
ising young heavyweight Zora
Folley, who got up off the can
vas to win his second split de
cision over Wayne Bethea Wed
nesday night, today was prom
ised a match with the winner
of the bout between ranking
heavyweights Bob Baker and
Harold Carter.
The 25-year-old Folley, of
Chandler, Ariz., apparently was
startled into a strong finish aft
er Bethea dropped him for a
nine count in the seventh round
of their televised 10-round
match at War Memorial audit
orium.
Bethea, 24, of New York, car
ried the entire fight to the slick
punching Folley, but folley piled
up the victory margin in the
first four and 10th rounds.
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Three PCC Schools Denied
Leniency by NCAA Officials
By CHARLES NETHAWAY
St. Louis (U.R) The Na
tional Collegiate Athletic asso
ciation faced almost no battles
today as it approached its an
nual floor session which will end
all but minor business of the
51st convention.
There was an outside chance
three Pacific . Coast schools
Washington, Southern Califor
nia and UCLA may appeal
to the convention for leniency
in their probation cases. They
have been denied it by the
BOWLING
SENIOR-JUNIOR LEAGUE
Last week in the Saturday
Senior-Junior Bowling league
Bob Corbett picked the 6-7-10
split. Cummings agency had high
team game with 706. The Fyr
Fyter team had high team series
of 1364. Dexter Staniforth had
high game of 161 and high series
of 307. Bob Corbett was next
with a 141 and 280. Delores Wil
liams was high for the girls with
156 and 293. Janice Mathews
came second with 140 and a 254.
Standings: W. L.
Cummings Agency ...32 16
Hawthorne Market 29 19
Chevron 99 28 20
Veterans of Foreign Wars 26 22
Medford Paint & Wallpaper 26 22
Rainbow Cafe 24 24
Fyr Fyter 22 26
BOWLING STDG HED
CRATER LAKE LEAGUE
Standings: W. L.
Barco Supply 191a 8'.,
Medford Post Office 19 9
Medford Shrine Club 19 10
Desert Service 1714 1014
Ellis 'Market 17 11
Haupert Tractor 17 11
Your Office Boy 16 12
Prospect Shopping Center 16 . 12
OK Market 10 18
Mechanics Laundry 7 21
Medford Auto Upholstery 7 21
Team Twelve - 4 24
Team Twelve o Desert Service 4
D. Allison 430 W. Beard 453
VI. Ritchie 453 G. Quinney 506
R. Eastgate 433 L. Kula 456
L. Chriss . 432 F. Kirk 491
C. Ericson 403 M. Hadlev 494
Handicap . 18
2241 2418
Office Boy 4 OK Market -
S. Colton 462 R. Mete 376
F. Conrad 393 D. Mitchel 470
T. Groomes 377 J. Niehaus 313
R. Sterton 503 D. Drlscoll 334
D .Lambert 421 R. Anderson 363
Handicap 90
2156 - 1946
Shrine Club 3 Ellis Market 1
O. Hanson ' 438 B. Ellis 409
N. Spencer 421 R. Kline 474
G. Schuler 406 R. Hart 428
R. VoegUy 442 O. Norstrom 413
R. Rice 485 H. Ellis 506
Handicap 159
2351 2230
Prospectors 1 Haupert Trax. 3
W. Fehl 539 L. Heidem n 506
D. Moore 426 C. Owsley 434
J. Hollenbeck 464 W. Newland 485
J. Slack 340 G. Haupert 482
J. Paul 479 D. Fosbury 494
Handicap 27
2275 2401
Auto UDholsterv 1 Barco Supply 3
B. Robert 468 R. Swan 485
R. Steffens 325 L. Penderg t 378
W. Schroeder 410 H. Wyatt 486
B. Albright 422 R. Schlach'r 553
R. Breedlove 324 W. Judy 479
Handicap 336
2283 2381
Mech's Laundry 1 Post Office 3
R. Travis 456 R. Adams 445
K. Shockley 389 B. Kline 421
C. Wieskamp 396 J. Watson 386
F. Price 363 L. Hubler 519
(Absentee) 405 L. Nelson 454
Handicap 207
2216 2225
FREEMAN STUDIES
Columbus, Ohio (U.R)
Robin Freeman, devoting most of
his time to his law studies at
Ohio State, has decided to
abandon plans to play basket
ball. The former All-America
who lost one finger in a wood
chopping accident last year, ..as
slated to play for a local team
in the Columbus league.
SALES
PARTS
NCAA executive council, but
that group could be overruled
by the open convention Friday.
Ethics among coaches were
discussed by the American Foot
ball Coaches association. The
group said a coach facing a ma
jor schedule and forced to
break "unrealistic rules" set up
by his school and conference
should have the support of the
membership, since the rules
often make his position "unten
able."
In another direction, however,
the coaches revealed they have
installed a system, of disciplin
ary action, ranging from proba
tion to reprimand, against indi
vidual members of the AFCA.
Missouri athletic director Don
Faurot stole Wednesday's play
by naming and parading his suc
cessor as Tiger coach, young
Frank Broyles, backfield coach
at Georgia Tech. Broyles won
a three-year contract. His sal
ary was not announced.
Rule for Gophers
The executive council for
1956 ended its affairs with the
Pacific Coast Conference action
and one favoring the University
of Minnesota. In the latter case,
the council ruled Minnesota was
innocent last June in using Bill
Horning, a professional baseball
player, in winning the "College
World Series." It took no action
against the Gophers. Horning
signed with Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
in 1950 but played no pro ball
and drew no compensation.
The PCC schools are on pro
bation for under-the-table pay
ments to football players. They
held sports aside from football
should not be affected, but the
council said the ban was a blan
ket affair, except in the case of
Southern California where it ap
plied to all sports only for the
first year of a two-year proba
tibnary period.
Basilio Seeks
Postponement
Cleveland, Ohio flJ.R) Wel
terweight champion Carmen Ba-
silio was scheduled to face the
doctor today on his request to
have his Jan. 18 title defense
against Johnny Saxton post
poned because of a hand injury
suffered in training.
Dr. J. W. Lambright Jr. who
pronounced Basilio "fit after a
surprise examination last Sun
day was. to take a closer look at
the right hand of the champion
from Chittenango, N.Y.
Matchmaker Larry Atkins of
the Cleveland arena said Basilio
has asked for a two-week post
ponement but, because of Gold
en Gloves bouts in the arena dur
ing the latter part of this month
no re-match would be made pos
sible before Feb. 8.
NEGRO CADDY PLAYS
Charlotte, N.C. (U.R)
James Williams, an 18-year-old
Negro who caddies at the East
wood Golf club here, became the
first of his race to play Char
lotte's Bonnie Brae course and
he made the event even more
memorable by firing a one-over-par
37 for nine holes. Williams
showed up at about 9:35 a.m.
Wednesday and played the nine
holes by himself.
TOO ANXIOUS
Rochester, England (U.R) Pa
trolman Douglas D. Kent, who
said he was anxious for promo
tion, began a two-year prison
term today for robbing stores so
he could be credited with report
ing the thefts.
SERVICE
HOT Z1GGITYI Doug
Ford of Mahopac, N. Y.
dances a jig on the 18th
green after sinking final
putt for a 230 and winning
the Los Angeles Open tour
nament His first place
. money netted him $7000.
Phoenix Host
Of Brookings
Phoenix Phoenix High will
play only one game this week
with the Brookings basketball
crew. The tussle will be on Fri
day night here.
The original schedule called
also for a Saturday night hassle
but that brush reportedly has
been cancelled by mutual con
sent. Only one game will be
played when Phoenix makes its
trip to Brookings at the first
of February.
Coach Jack Woodward has
his club working this week to
improve its offense against man-to-man
defense. Pirate teams
have been set 'em up crews for
several years but the club now
is drilling a lot on the fast
break.
Woodward may have Jim
Heath and Jim James starting
at forwards, Doug Witte at cen
ter, and Gary Simmonds and
Jim Stout at guards. Don Wal
lace and Les Schleigh should
see considerable duty. Jim Wal
dron, alternate at center, is on
the injured list and may not be
able to play this week end.
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