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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. January IS. 1937 Mickey Ma Pay Boost; By UNITED PRESS Mickey Mantle is shooting for a S60.000-or-better salary and by way of warming up for it he has fired his first contract right back at the Yankees unsigned. The Yanks' first offer, contain ing a S5.000 raise, left him cold. Mantle admitted Mondry night in Baltimore where he :7as hon ored as baseball's outstanding hitter in 1956. "I sent the contract right back to them," he said. "It wasn't signed, so I guess they knew how I felt about it." While the 25-year-old center field sensation who won the American leaue's"triple crown" last year did not reveal terms of the contract he sent back, it was learned that it called for a, fo.000 raise over his 1956 salary estimated at S32.500. The Yankee offer would boost Mickey's pay to $37,500 this year. Hasn't Announced Figure "I haven't announced the fig ure I have in mind to any of the newspapers and I don't intend to," Mantle declared. "But that Martinez Remains As ntle Refuses 55,000 2 Burns Receive Cuts contract they sent me was no where near it." As a banner box-office attrac tion who batted .353, drove in 130 runs and hit 52 homers to lead the league in all those de partments ast season, as well as win the circuit's Most Valuable Player award. Mantle feels he's entitled to at least $60,000. The Yankees realized h e probably would turn down the first offer but they wanted to establish a price from which they could bargain. The highest sal aried player currently is Yogi Berra, who will receive an es timated S55.000 this year. Joe DiMaagio's S100,000-per-annum was the highest player salary ever paid by the club. Mantle and the Yankees probably will . get together in the $45,000-$50,- 00(1 range. Next move is up to the I Yankees. Other Club Signings ! Elsewhere in the major league orbit, some of the other clubs were reporting more progresss. Pittsburgh announced the sign ing of first baseman-outfielder Bob Skinner and third baseman Gene Freese. That gave the Pi rates a total of 10 players under contract. Two of Brooklyn's standbys, catcher Roy Campanella and pitcher Carl Erskine, agreed to terms, Both received pay cuts in the face of disappointing per formances in 1956. Campy's sal ary was sliced from 542,000 to 537,500 reportedly while Erskine dipped from 525,000 to 522,000. The Washington Senators an nounced the signing of pitchers Bob Wiesler, Pete Ramos and Ralph Groves, outfielder Dick Tettelbach and infielders Jose Valdivielso and Tony Raig. Those six were the first Senator play ers to agree to terms. Outfielder Jim Rivera became the fifth member of the White Sox to sign, following two rookies who agreed to terms earlier in the day, pitcher Bill Fischer and shortstop Don Pho-hovich. MEDFORlViKTRIBUNB Contender Little Action Slated For PCC Today; Idaho, WSC Play Toronto, Ont. (U.R) Vince Martinez' punching power from added weight kept his status as a welterweight contender intact today while his latest victim, Spain's Pedro Jiminez, was left to admit that he "learned a lot It was a painful lesson for Jiminoz. former Spanish middle weight champion, who lost on a technical knockout to Martinez after six rounds of their sched uled 10-rounder Monday night at Maple Leaf Garden. A crowd of 2.000 saw Mar tinez, the fifth-ranking welter weight from Paterson. N.J., give Jimin"Z such a bloody beating that 16 stitches were needed to close the deep, blood-spurting cuts on his right eyebrow, chin and forehead between his eyes. Martinez weighed in at 156'4 pounds, more than nine over the welter limit, for his scrap with the 159'i pound Spaniard. It was the 58th victory in 62 professional fights for Martinez. For Jiminez, who gave up his Spanish 160-pound crown for a fighting invasion of North Amer ica, it was the fourth loss in 83 fights. By UNITED PRESS There'll be a smattering of basketball along the Pacific Coast tonight, but idle leaders of the Pacific Coast Conference and the California Basketball As sociation are not worried about being overrun. Only one gairie is scheduled in the PCC, and that pits Washing ton State against Idaho. Both teams are looking for their first victory, so it's just a matter of which one can get out of the con ference basement. Each team has lost four games. Fresno State meets San Jose State in the only CBA game, but St. Mary's will test Sacramento State in a non-conference con test. San Jose State can take un disputed possession of second place in the CBA with a win SHAW UNDER KNIFE Baltimore (U.R) George Shaw, quarterback for the Balti more Colts, underwent an emer gency operation for appendicitis early today. His condition was reported as good. n.P.iii.Mn.i, !'. uw ii'iom. fwiM tjy ij!Hihlh it "sir 3 n T1 M V ' A A BEARS DOWN DUCKS Oregon forward Charlie Fran klin steals a rebound from Bear forward Don Mcintosh (56) during game at Berkeley, Calif. Other Oregon plavers are Bud Kuykendell (left) and Hal Duffy. Cal won, 53-46. NBA President Makes Conciliatory Offer to Players Concerning Union Boston (U.R) President Mau rice Podoloff of the National Bas ' ketball association made a con ciliatory offer to the players of his league today even as they gathered to talk about forming a union. Podoloff said he would sug gest to the players at a meeting after lunch that they elect player representatives in a "secret vote" on each team, and that these rep resentatives be allowed to attend , cl ances and consider whether join ing a labor union would help them attain their requests. Should the pro court players formally affiliate with organ ized labor, they would become the first pro athletes in history to do so a move that Podo loff's offer apparently was de signed to head off. Major grievance of the basket ball players was the "no strike" the annual meeting of tne league's board of directors in April. Player requests and com plaints could be "ironed out" at this meeting, the league head said. The players, gathering here for the annual All-Star game at the Boston Garden tonight, con tend that Podoloff has ignored their petitions in the past. At their scheduled meeting, they planned to discuss these griev- ause inserted in every NBA contract this season. Th players contend its is illegal. Other "gripes" included the "whispering fine." by which basketball referees can fine player money for various actions or comments. The fine is usually whispered to the offending play er as the referee passes him on the court. The -players want no fine imposed unless accompanied by a technical foul, called at the time. over the Bulldogs. The Spartans and St. Mary's are presently tied at 3-1, while Fresno has yet to win in three attempt. Other games scheduled for to night include Whitworth vs.Gon- zaga, San Francisco City College vs. Sacramento J.C.; Stockton vs. West Contra Costa; Oakland vs. Santa Rosa; Modesto vs. San Mateo; Menlo vs. Hartnell; and American River vs. Napa. Kansas Tops Hoop Teams; UCLA Fifth . New York (U.R) The United Press college basketball ratings with first-place votes and won lost records through Jan. 12 in parentheses: Team Points 1. Kansas (26 12-0) 330 2. North Carolina (6 14-0) 311 3. Kentucky (2 11-2) 244 4. So. Methodist (13-1) 238 5. UCLA (13-1) 164 6. Louisville (1 9-2) 128 7. Illinois (8-2) 108 8. Iowa State (9-2) 79 9. Seattle (14-2) 58 10. Vanderbilt (9-2) 43 Second 10 11, Wake Forest, 36; 12, Canisius, 35; 13, Cali fornia, 23; 14, Bradley, 22; 15, Ohio State, 17; 16, Brigham Young, 15; 17, St. Louis, 13; 18, West Virginia, 11: 19, tie, Okla homa A&M and Oklahoma City University, 6 each. ' Others Kansas State, 5; San Francisco, Duke and Syracuse, 4 each; Xaviert Ohio, Duquesne and Washington, 3 each: Dayton, Utah, North Carolina State and Manhattan, 2 each; Purdue, Min nesota, St. Joseph's and St. Bon- aventure, 1 each. Ladies' Night For Reopening Of GP Wrestlinq Grants Pass Professional wrestling will reopen, after a five week lay-off, at the Jose phine County Fairgrounds arena this Friday night. Matchmaker Elton Owen is bringing in two brand new fac es who are rated as stars in their home towns. All ladies will be admitted free to this big opening card. The top half of the double main will introduce the classy Latin American, Tito Carreon, against the ugly half breed, Bull Montana. Carreon hails from Albuquer que, N.M.. and is a lightning fast demon who never slows down. He attended high school in Gardenia. Calif., and was a star athlete there. Tito is rated as fast and tricky as Rito Ro mero who made a hit here last winter. He may need all of his ability to stand up under the punishment that Bull Montana dishes out. The first main event on this card will pit Alec Perez against newcomer Pierre DeGlane from Canada. Perez will be rememb ered here for his matches last winter. He has since .picked up .valuable experience around his home town of Amarillo and he is the former Texas Golden gloves champion in boxing. DeGlane was Canadian ama teur champion in 1950 and is a fast moving clean wrestler who can hold his own in any kind of company. This big ladies-free card will start at 8:30 p.m.- FURGOL. BERG CONSISTENT Chicago (U.R) Ed Furgol of St. Louis and Patty Berg "of St. Paul, Minn., proved the most consistent winners in profes sional golf the past year, ac cording to performance averages compiled by Golf Digest. Basketball Scores MONDAY'S SCORES By United Press East Catholic U. 77. Washington Col. 61 Yale 84, Brown 33 Pittsburgh 76. Svracuse 64 Tufts 80. Northeastern 64 South Mississippi St. 63. Vanderbilt 62 Georgia Tech 82. Mississippi 78 N. Carolina Col. 56. Maryland St. 50 Georgetown (Ky.) 85, Bellarmine 79 West Virginia 81. W&M 72 Tulane 68. Kentucky 60 Louisiana St. 62, Tennessee 91 VMI 94. Presbvterian 87 Maryland 66. South Carolina 39 Midwest Bradley 89, Detroit 76 Iowa St. 39, Kansas 37 Loyola (111.) 69, Washington (Mo.) 50 Kansas St. 59. Missouri 55 Illinois 1 12, Indiana 91 Purdue 77. Northwesetrn 57 Michigan 71. Wisconsin 62 Ohio State 85. Minnesota 73 Southwest West Texas St. 83. Arizona St. 82 Arkansas 67, Texas 66 Wichita 68. Houston 53 Pacific 67. College of Idaho 63 Lewis and Clark 70. Whitman 60 Polio Benefit At Griffin Creek Griffin Creek Griffin Creek school will have a sports and band program for March of Dimes benefit Saturday eve ning, Jan. 19, in the gymnas ium. There will be a mother and daughter volleyball game and a father and son basketball tus sle. The band will play several numbers during the.evening. The events will start at 7 p.m. Pop will be sold with net pro ceeds to go to the March of Dimes. There will be no charge for admission but a jar will be placed at the door to receive contributions for the polio fund. BJARNE JENSEN OUT Portland (U.R) Bjarne Jen sen, 6-9 Franklin high school center who paced the Quakers to the state basketball champion ship last year, will be out of action for at least two weeks with a knee injury. PIERRE DE GLANE On Wrestling Card Wrestling Card Has Double Event The wrestling card for the Grants Pass arena at the Jose phine county fairgrounds will feature a double main event with the first match starting at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18. The first match will feature Tito .Carreon, of Albuquerque, weighing 202 pounds, battling Bull Montana, of Toledo, weigh ing 208 pounds, for the best two out of three falls or a one-hour limit. The second match features Alec Perez, of Amarillo, weigh ing 210 pounds, against Pierre DeGlane, of Windsor, Canada, weighing 200 pounds, for best two out of three falls or a one hour limt. All ladies will be admitted free to the matches except in the ringside seats. BOXER TO RETURN Portland (U.R) Promoter Tommy Moyer said today that heavyweight Bob Satterfield, who knocked out Dale Hall last week, would return here in mid February for a bout with Jack Johnson, California heavyweight champion. Rogue River, Phoenix Mix this Evening SOUTHERN OREGON CONFERENCE W. 3 3 1 1 0 Medford Ashland ... Klamath Falls Grants Pass Crater ROGUE LEAGUE Brookings Eagle Point Illinois Valley rnoenix 1 Rogue River 0 Glendale 0 W. ... 4 ... 4 ... 2 W. Prospect 2 Buttle Falli 2 St. Marys rMdford) 1 Jacksonville 1 Talent 0 Rogue River 0 L Pet. 1 .750 1 .750 1 J00 1 500 4 .000 L. Pet. 0 1 000 0 l.ooo 1 .367 1 .500 7 .000 3 .00 SUE L. Pet. O 1.000 0 1.000 1 .500 1 .500 2 .000 2 .000 Phoenix and Rogue River lead off a program of 14 games involving high school basketball teams of this ares this week. They collide at Phoenix this evening. It will be a Rogue league conflict Other contention is. on Fri day and Saturday. In the Southern Oregon con ference of A-l schools Ashland has the opportunity to take over lead alone while Klamath Falls and Grants Pass will try to make the most of chances to tie for the top position in the standings. Ashland goes to Klamath for Friday' and Saturday scrapes. Crater will travel to Grants Pass on Friday and the two aggrega tions mix at Central Point on Saturday. EP Meets Brookings Eagle Point and Brookings oc cupy the spotlight in the Rogue league. They clash at Brookings on Friday and Saturday with only the Friday game to count in the standings. Both are now unbeaten in league games. Phoe nix will mee't Illinois Valley at Cave Junction on Friday . and Illinois Valley journeys to Glen dale on Saturday. Three Jackson County B league tussles are on Friday with St. Mary's at Butte Falls, Li Crosse Gets NBA Tournament Phoenix, Ariz. The 1957 na tional tournament of the Na tional Basketball congress hes been awarded to La Crosse, Wis., March 18-23, it was announced today by Larry Walker, NBC executive secretary who oper ates the organization" office here. The NBC sponsors a program district, . state, and national for independent teams. Fifty per cent of the revenue from state and national tournaments is re turned to team sponsors to help defray expenses incurred from travel, lodging, and meals. The eligibility rules of the n o n - professional organization have been cleared by the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Asso ciation; thus college athletes may participate in NBC tourna ments without jeopardizing their future eligibility for NCAA sponsored events. Athletic coach es, physical education instruct ors, and former professionals also are permitted to compete, Jacksonville at Talent and Pros pect at Rogue River. St. Mary's will face St. Francis at Eugene and Mt. Shasta, Calif., will come to Talent for Saturday night non-league scraps. Medford high's Black Tornado is idle this week. Its next activ ity will be with Ashland on Jan. 25 and 26. IV Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks Fines. Drain Tile 727 W. 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