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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.
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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
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Ashland ...
Klamath Falls
Grants Pass
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Brookings
Eagle Point
Illinois Valley
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Rogue River 0
Glendale 0
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Buttle Falli 2
St. Marys rMdford) 1
Jacksonville 1
Talent 0
Rogue River 0
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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.
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CONLAN NAMED
Chicago (U.R) Jocko Conlan,
veteran National League umpire,
will serve as master of ceremo
nies at the 39th annual Old
Timers Baseball Assn. banquet,
Feb. 7.
NEXT M&Li atT
Chicago (U.R) The 76th an
nual meeting of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association
will be held here Friday and
Saturday, it was announced today.
but on a strictly amateur basis.
State and district commission
ers are now being appointed.
Basketball leaders interested in
accepting NBC commissioner
ships may write the National
Basketball Congress, P. O. Box
2708. Phoenix, Ariz.
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