EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
Sport
Parade
New York (U.R They al
ways called John (Red) Pollard
the "Indestructable" and ' the
word out of Florida today seems
to prove it all over again.
, The name may not be very
familiar to you. But 20 years
ago it was a racing byword as
he and the mighty Seabiscuit
drove to fame and fortune to
gether. - Now. at 46. Red Pollard is get
ting ready for another of his
numerous comebacks.
It's like hearing that Walter
Hagcn, Dizzy Dean or Jimmy
Braddock is going to give it an
other try. Yet Red is only a
year older than the still active
Johnny Longden. And he has
proved many a time that you can
not keep a good man down.
Sat On Sidelines
Pollard was at the top, as Sea
biscuit's regular rider, when he
cracked up late in 1937. Still
nursing a broken leg, he sat
disconsolately on the sidelines
as the 'Biscuit, with Georgie
(the Iceman) Woolf up, lost by
a nose to Stagehand in the 1938
Santa Anita handicap.
Barely recovered, Pollard
went to Suffolk Downs for the
Massachusetts Handicap. There,
as a favor to a friend, he gal
Medf
Larry Beck
Leading PCC
In Scoring
Los Angeles (U.PJ Washing
ton State's Larry Beck leads the
Pacific Coast conference basket
ball scoring race after two week
ends of play, statistics released
by the PCC commissioner's of
fice showed today.
Figures on games through Jan.
12 showed Beck on top with 82
points and an average of 20.5 per
game to 78 and a 19 5 average
for Danny Rogers of Southern
California and Bruno Boin of
Washington.
Beck ranked second only to
Don Dorland of Washington in
field goal percentage. Dorland
has 10 goals in 17 attempts for
58.8 per cent, while Beck has
scored on 32 of 61 shots for 52.9
per cent. Doug Smart, Washing
ton, at 52.8 per cent was third.
Dorland also was top-ranked
from the free-throw line, having
hit 13 of 14 for 92.9 per cent.
Smart was the top rebounder
with 17.5 per cent, having re
covered 64 of 367 total oppor
tunities. The three top teams in PCC
play UCLA, California and
Washington dominated team
statistics. Of the three, Washing
ton's performance was outstand
ing with the Huskies leading in
total scoring, field goal percent
age and field goal defense. UCLA
was first in free throws and Cal
ifornia in total defense. Oregon
State led in rebounding.
Washington led scoring with
- a 76 point average and shot 45.3
per cent from the floor, hitting
110 out of 243 shots.
In team defense, California
allowed but 51.4 points for the
lead in that department.
UCLA's lead on free throws
was with a mark of 78.6 per
cent on 121 points in 154 at
tempts. Oregon State captured 162 re
bounds to its opponents' 113 for
a mark of 58.9 per cent.
Pro Basketball
Playc
rers Delay
Plan To Unionize
Boston ;U.R National Bas
' ketball association players tem
porarily set aside a plan to
; unionize today and put their
; faith in a promise by League
. President Maurice Podoloff that
: their grievances will receive a
'sympathetic'' hearing by club
owners in April.
Podoloff. in an apparent effort
-to forestall unionization of the
players, gathered together 18
; members of the NBA s, all-star
teams Tuesday afternoon and
pleaded that they give him
three months to set up machin
ery for settling owner - player
. differences "in a family man
ner." ' The players then went into a
three-hour meeting with their at
torney. C. Keith Hurley, and
representatives of the American
Guild of Variety Artists, an
AFL-CIO affiliate of the actors
, union. Following the session,
' Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics,
acting as spokesman for the
players, said they would take
no action right away.
- ,- The players have asked for an
; arbitration board for settling
' disputes, mainly pertaining to
. salary; for additional pay for ex
'hibition games in excess of 20;
elimination of the '"whispering
fines" imposed by referees, and
moving expenses for traded
. players.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
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ty 3 Sports Writer
yf United Prtw
loped a green two-year-old colt
and it bolted. Red s leg was re
broken, again he sat by as Woolf
rode Seabiscuit to victory in the
Pimlico Special.
Shortly thereafter, the 'Bis
cuit came down with a bad leg
too and both Pollard and the
horse recuperated together on
owner C. S. Howard's California
farm.
Cam Back Together
A year later they came back
and the big horse and the little
redhaired jockey fashioned a
story book ending by winning
the Santa Anita Handicap on the
third try.
But, while the 'Biscuit re
tired, it was only the beginning
of another chapter for Pollard.
Until, in 1945, he was serious
ly injured again in another spill.
For a long period his life hung
in the balance.
After that spill, Red tried
training for a while but, while
his charges were supposed to be
runners. Pollard commented
quizzically that "they never
proved it to me." So he chucked
the whole thing.
You can't blame his friends
for hoping that, to keep the
larder full, somebody passes him
another 'Biscuit.
Tribune
Hornet Quint
Beats Eagles
Hedrick Junior high ninth
grade hoopsters decisioned an
improved Eagle Point freshman
contingent 43 to 35 yesterday.
First half was close with Hed
rick having a 10 to 9 quarter
margin and 20 to 19 midway
edge. The Hornets boomed to a
38 to 26 command in the third
quarter.
Darrell Miller put in 16 points
for Hedrick and Jerry Anderson,
playing with a lame back, total
led 10. Greenwood scored eight
for Eagle Point.
Gary McGill of the Hornets
was sidelined by a bad charley
horse. Hedrick is host to McLough
lin this Friday afternoon.
MNE-IPS:
Hedrirk 43
Frohnmayer 4
Miller IS
Deakins 1
Anderson 10
35 Eagle Point
' Jorde
3 Berryman
3 Cooper
6 Nease
Moore 7
8 Greenwood
Substitutions For Hedrick. Klie-
ver. Lindemann. Parsons. Miles. Low-
rev 2. Cantrall 3, Whitlock. Jensen;
for Eacle Point. Pcile. Ever. Weit-
man. Lemmon. Hugo 7. Anderson.
Cousy Spurs
East Team
To Victory
Boston (U P) Bob Cousy
provided the East All-Stars with
the playmaking and spark for a
109-97 victory over the West in
the National Basketball associ
ation's annual All-Star Game,
but his teammate. Bill Sharman,
supplied the high point of the
game with the longest field
goal in Boston Garden history.
Cousy, the Boston Celtic's
backcourt wizard, scored only
10 points, but his ball-handling
and feeding set up hook-shooting
Neil Johnston of the Phila
delphia Warriors and others in
a third period spree that gave
the East its fifth victory in the
seven games that have been
played.
Cousy's performance won him
the most valuable player award
for the second time in the past
four All-Star games. However,
Sharman's 70-foot field goal in
the first period was the high
spot for the crowd of 11,178.
Accidentally Mada
In attempting a long, one
handed downcourt pass to
Cousy, Sharman accidentally
threw the ball through the hoop
in as clean a basket as he will
ever score.
The East team converted 15
out of 30 field goal attempts in
the third quarter. Johnston hit
on six out of nine tries during
the spree, three of them coming
on passes from Cousy.
The West squad, led by Mel
Hutchins of Fort Wayne and
Jack Twyman of Rochester,
staged a brief rally early in the
final period to pull to within
five point 78-83, of the easter
ners. But Carl Bryan of New
York then contributed seven
points in another rally that kill
ed the West's chances.
Bob Pettit of St. Louis wound
up as the game's high scorer
with 21 points, two more than
Johnston and Maurice Stokes
of Rochester.
Boxing Results
By UNITED PRESS
Miami Beach, Fla. Chico Ve
jar, 153. Stamford. Conn., out
pointed Bob Provizzi, 157, Free
land, Pa. (10).
Widntsday, January 18, 1957
PETE ELLIOTT
MENTOR AT
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Young
Pete Elliott had two things today
to brighten the future of any am
bitious football coach: A three
year contract as head man at
the University of California and
23 returning lettermen to mould
into a winning team.
Elliott, head Nebraska coach
for one season, was named Cal's
head coach Tuesday night, re
placing Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf.
Athletic Director Greg Engle
hard said Elliott was the unani
mous choice of the executive
committee."
Englehard said the 30-year-old
protege of Oklahoma's Bud Wil
kinson would have a free rein in
selecting his assistants.
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RECTOR SHINES FOR PILOTS One of University of Port
land's most valuable assets this season is guard Frank Rector,
6-0 sharpshooter from Medford. Coach Al Negratti's Pilots, who
have accumulated nine wins in 13 games, have encountered zone
defenses 11 times and in the clutch Negratti usually calls on the
Medford eager for some of his zone-breaking 35-foot casts.
Rector has hit 35 per cent of his shots thus far in the 1956-57
campaign on 27 of 77 field goal attempts. Last season, in his
first year as Portland head man, Negratti called Rector up from
the freshman squad and Frank performed very well, collecting
189 points in 23 games, swishing the hemp at 31 per cent. In
the confines of Gonzaga university's gym in Spokane last Friday,
Rector was instrumental in the Portland team gaining a split
series. The Pilots won the first game 64-62 as the ex-Black
Tornado gunner collected five field goals on 11 attempts. The
Negratti men lost the second game 71-67.
North Carolina Humbles
NCS; Eyes No.
By UNITED PRESS
They have the record 15-0,
they have revenge over their
arch-rival, and now North Caro
lina's torrid Tar Heels need only
the votes to become the nation's
No. 1 college basketball team.
North Carolina, the only un
beaten major college team in
the nation now that Kansas has
been whipped, bid to supplant
Kansas at the top of the ratings
heap Tuesday night with a
rough-and-tumble, 83-57 victory
over once mighty North Caro
lina State on State s own court
in Raleigh, N. C.
It was only the fourth win in
13 games for Tar Heel Coach
Frank McGuire in a redhot rival
ry with State Coach Everett
Case, but it could have been
North Carolina's biggest move
toward an unbeaten season.
Nothing Works For State
N. C. State, perennial cham
pion of the Atlantic Coast con
ference but hampered by the
loss of scoring ace John Richter
with an ankle injury, tried eve
rything to upset the Tar Heels
and nothing worked. The Wolf
pack played a possession game
early, but the Tar Heels took a
28-23 halftime lead.
After a late rally that cut the
Sport Car Run
Won by Couches
Lee Couch and Beatrice Couch
of Gold Hill were the winning
team Sunday in the first rally
of the Siskiyou Sports Car
club.
They won a free lubrication
job from Bud's Texaco Service
of Medford. There were 10
teams participating with various
makes of cars. Drivers came
froifi Ashland, Medford, Gold
Hill. Grants Pass and Eugene.
The teams were Bill Huntly
and Evin Thumer of Medford.
John Collingwood and Janet
Gowing of Eugene, Dick Eather
ton and George Green of Grants
Pass, Ron McKenna and Bill
Messer of Medford. the Mike
Forbes team, Jack White and
Charley Beck of Medford, Larry
Tolle and Herb Clocker of Med
ford. Dr. Aubrey Hill and Mol
lie Hill of Ashland, Bud Truax
and Gay Lee Truax of Medford
and the Couches.
Sam Price and Nick Nixon
laid out the rally run. A spa
ghetti and meatball dinner was
held at the Nixons'.
At present the club is infor
mally organized. Next meeting
of the club will be at 1 p.m.,
Sunday, Jan. 27 at radio station
KMED. Anyone interested in
sports cars is invited.
CHOSEN
CALIFORNIA
Officials declined to mention
salary terms other than to say
the "financial figure agreed
upon was mutually satisfactory
to both parties."
It has been learned unofficial
ly that Elliott signed for at
least S18.000 a year S3, 500
more than he got at Nebraska.
Simultaneously with' Cal's an
nouncement, Nebraska reported
Bill Jennings, backfield coach,
was being promoted to the head
coaching spot.
Elliott inherits a team with
plenty of potential. Of the 23 re
turning lettermen there are
three good quarterbacks and a
solid line.
1 Ranking
margin to three points and then
faltered, State tried an all-court
press but that backfired as the
Tar Heels built a 10-point lead
into their final 26 point margin
in the last three minutes.
Lennie Rosenbluth led North
Carolina with 29 points and Pete
Brennan added 22, while Ken
Clark topped N. C. State with
16. North Carolina had only one
more basket that N. C. State, but
the Tar Heels rolled it up at the
free throw line' with 43 con
versions in 50 attempts to State's
19 for 34.
In one eight-minute stretch in
the second half, the Tar Heels
didn't get a basket but had 15
free throws, 12 of them by Bren
nan'. Watch For Rankings
North Carolina, now ranked
No. 2 nationally, and Kansas,
which was upset, 39-37, by Iowa
State Monday, now are idle for
two weeks for exams. But they'll
be watching for the new cage
rankings early next week.
Southern Methodist, the na
tion's No. 4 team, barely skinned
to a 59-57 victory over Rice to
remain atop the Southwest Con
ference. St. Louis, ranked 17th nation
ally, romped to a . 91-65 victory
over Drake in the Missouri Val
ley Conference, breaking the
game open after being held to a
36-33 halftime lead. Joe Todd
racked up 28 points for St.
Louis and Dan Callahan had 22
for Drake, but Drake scoring
ace Red Murrell was held to 11
and fouled out with 15 minutes
left.
CAMPBELL PICKED
Philadelphia OI.R) Milt
Campbell of Plainfield, N.J
who set an Olympic games rec
ord in the decathlon at Mel
bourne, Australia, has been
named the outstanding Ameri
can athlete of 1956 by the Phila- j
delphia Sports Writers associa-;
tion. The 23-year-old Campbell, I
currently in the U.S. Navy, will i
accept the award at the writers' j
53rd annual banquet, Jan. 28.
Daily's U-Drive
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Basketball
Scores
TUESDAY COLLEGE SCORES
By Lnited Press
(East)
Holv Cross 83, Quantico Marine 76
Richmond 70. Geo. Washington 57
Duquesne 76. DePaul 70
Colgate 78, Hobart 62
(South)
Wash. & Lee 8fi, Presbyterian 5
Virginia 76. South Carolina 73
N. Carolina 83, N. Carolina S. 57
(Midwest)
St. Louis 91. Drake 65
Notre Dame 86. Mich. St. 76
(Southwest)
Bavlor 67. Texas A&M 58
SMU 59. Rice 57
Tex. Tech 59, Hard-Simmons 53
(West)
St. Mary's fCal.i 91, Sacramento St. 49
Washington State 73. Idaho 70
Gonzaga 76, Whitworth 73
St. Martin's 63, West. Washington 62
High School Scores
TUESDAY BASKETBALL
By United Press
Corvallis 63, Springfield 57
McMinnville 47. Tigard 41
South Salem 64. Milwaukie 48
St. Helens 51, Newherg 44
Forest Grove 39. Oregon City 33
West Linn 60. Oswego 43
Cleveland 64, Woodrow Wilson 39
Grant 54, Roosevelt 48
Washingon 59. Jefferson 54
Lincoln 53. Benson 50
Silverton 53. Canby 42
Hood River 54. Wv'east 39
Newport 61. Tatt 54
Drain 50. Yoncalla 42
Elkon 51. Canyonville 41
Mvrtle Creek 45. Riddle 20
Suherlin 56. Oakland 38
Glide 50. Douglas 48
Lowell 46. Triangle Lake 28
Lorane 55, Crow 38
CoDurg 71, Wesfir 41
Creswell 35. Cottage Grove 33
(overtime)
Rainier 60, Claskanie 59
Waldport 53. Toledo 49
Knappa 55, Warrenton 54
Nestucca 46, Tillamook Cath.
42
Nehalem 56, Neahkahnie 40
Sheridan 56. Amiv 40
Gaston 49. Perrydale 29
St.' Francis 43. Willamette 41
(overtime)
Harrisburg 46. Jefferson 45
iuslaw 56. Mapleton 46
Mill Citv 58. Shedd 39
Alsea 44, Siletz 33
Colton 69. Brownsville 49
Tripleheader
Will Determine
Oregon Titles
Portland fU.R) Oregon's
high school baseball cham
pions will be decided in a
tripleheader scheduled for
June 8 at Portland's Multno
mah stadium.
The B division finalists will
meet in the afternoon with
the two A brackets staging
their play off that night.
Dodgers Sell
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn (U.R The Dodgers
don't own a home in Brooklyn
any more.
This came about officially
Tuesday afternoon when the
ball club formally sold title to
Ebbets Field to Marvin Krater
and his associates. Immediately
the Dodgers rented the park for
the next three years.
Dodger officials said they hope
by the time the lease expires
they will be able to move into a
new home in Flatbush. the much
discused Brooklyn Sports Center.
However, since plans for ac
quiring property and building
the center still are lagging and
in some danger of being aban
doned, Tuesday's formal sale of
Ebbets Field was regarded by
some observers as the breaking
of one more chain binding the
Dodgers to Brooklyn.
Detroit May Get
NBA Franchise
Boston (U.R) Detroit has
been named as the probable site
of the next National Basketball
association franchise.
Owner Fred Zollner of the
Fort Wayne Pistons said Tues
day he had been exploring the
possibility of shifting his fran
chise to Detroit next season be
cause of falling attendances in
Fort Wayne.
Detroit, which had an NBA
franchise that folded, was nam
ed the. next logical site for ex
pansion of the professional
basketball league by NBA Presi
dent Maurice Podoloff.
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bert of Lafayette, La.,
flashes victory smile after
winning pro laurels of the
Bing Crosby golf tourney in
Pebble Beach, Calif.
Butte Falls
Mutual Five
Win in M5BL
MIliL STANDINGS
W. I..
Company A (Natl Guard) 7 1
Pet.
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I Mutual of Omaha 7 1
Lea Motors 5
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Hawkinsn Tire Tread 5
Prospect 3
Butte Falls 3 6 .333
Hdqtrs. Co. (Nafl. Guard) 1 6 .143
Asnlanrt National tji ..u.. 0
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Mutual of Omaha regained a
share of the lead with Company
A of the National Guard in the
Medford Independent Basketball
league last night by overcoming
Lea Motors 61 to 57.
In the other game Butte Fall.5
subdued Headquarters company
of the National Guard 44 to 39.
Lea headed Mutual most of
the way. The Insurance five
caught up. at 47-all. It was see
saw from there until Morris
Jiminez knotted the fray at 57
all and Dale Newton put Mutual
in front to stay with a free shot.
Keith Johnson scored 21 points
for Omaha.
Butte Falls overcame a Head
quarters first half lead of 20 to
15. Davies tallied 13 points and
Sonich 10 for the mountain area
quint. Bruce Bateman had 16
and John Drew 11 for the
Guardsmen.
Boxing Group
Drops Sandy
As Champion
Milwaukee (U.R) Feather
weight champion Sandy Saddler
was dethroned today in a blood
less coup headed by Fred Saddy,
chairman of the National Boxing
associations rating committee.
The NBA officials had warned
the wiry Bostonian Jan. 9, to
sign for a titlt bout by midnight
Jan. 15 or be .dropped from the
NBA's rating 'as featherweight
champion of the world.
"We heard no word from Sad
dler, his manager or a doctor
who could confirm Saddler was
physically unfit to fight," Saddy
said.
"So, we are dropping him
from our ratings as champion."
Saddler fought his last title
defense Jan. 20, 1956. t
McATEER GOES HOME
New York U.R) British Em-'
pire middleweight champion Pat !
McAteer, knocked out by Spider
Webb in Chicago on Dec. 19, left j
for his home in Birkenhead, i
England Tuesday to complete I
training for a European middle- j
weight championship bout with
Charles Humez of France in
Paris, Feb. 4.
White's
PARTS
SALES
GP Grapplers Rep Tornado;
Medford, Crater Slated
Grants Pass high turned back
Medford 34 to 8 yesterday in a
wrestling card at Grants Pass.
Gordon Owsley in the 129
pound class and Tom Morris in
the 191 bout were the only Med
ford victors in counting matches.
Bob Martin and Charles Robert
son took exhibition verdicts and
Jim Scourey earned an exhibi
tion draw for Medford.
The Medford grapplers will be
hosts to Crater about 4:15 on
Friday at the senior high gym
nasium. Crater defeated the Tor
nado last week.
Grants Pass match results
were:
97 pounds LaComb, G. def.
Comet Freshmen
Defeat Phoenix '
Central Point Crater high
freshmen downed Phoenix 58 to
35 yesterday in basketball con
tention. The Comet crew led at the
quarters 14 to 8. 26 to 18 and
42 to 24. Clare Huntley of the
Crater club was high point
maker with 15.
Next tussle for the Comets is
here Friday against Grants Pass.
LINE-UPS:
Crater 58
35 Phoenix
Rodney
4 Fleyd
5 Chrais
4 Baker
7 Bryan
Crater. Cooper.
Toner 3. Eldred
2, Lamp. Korbol.
Hamilton 6. Ate-
Sharp
Cote
Huntley 15
Pfaff II
B. Anhorn 3
Substitution:
-For
Woods 3. Michael 9,
6. Turner 6. Schultz
Caster; for Phoenix
chian. Morton. Hall
7. Abbott, Turner
6. Whisenant. James
2. .
Coleman Grabs
Pease Handicap
Ray Coleman won the Ed
Pease handicap at Medford Gun
club last Sunday, busting 45 out
of 50 clay pigeons.
Don Petersen and Harry Tonn,
with 45 birds each, tied for
runner-up.
At skeet Everett Gibson had
23 for 25 and at 16-yards Cole
man also topped the list with
49 out 50. Bob Langhoff broke
48. Twenty-six shooters broke
2,300 targets.
SOFTBALL DIRECTOR
Albany (U.R) Bob Robert
son, director of parks and rec
reation here, has been appointed
state Softball director, according
to Ralph Guynes. president of
the State Softball association.
Robertson replaces Jim Dimit of
Salem who resigned.
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lew .1957
Ken Johnson, M, 4 to 1.
105 Williams, G, pinned
Steve Passe, M.
114 Brunner, G., dec. Ron
O'Neill, M, 5 to 0.
- 122 Valle. G, dec. Bill Hamp
ton. M, 4 to 0.
129 Gordon Owsley, M, dec.
Taylor, G. 1 to 0.
135 Whiting. G, dec. Charles
Acker, M. 3 to 0.
140 Condray, G. pinned
Charles Finch. M.
147 Byrd, G. dee. Dave Aos,
M. 8 to 0.
156 Phil Paquin. G, dec.
Jerry Anderson. M, 4 to 1.
167 Winterbottom. G, doc.
Francis Williams, M, 4 to 0.
177 Peterson. G, dec. Ga:y
Heath, M, 8 to 2.
191 Tom Morris, M, pinned
Slaven, G.
Unlimited Medford forfeit
ed to Grants Pass.
Group To Accept
Contributions to
Pay Louis' Tax
Chicago (U.R) Contribu
tions to help pay Joe Louis' tax
debt of SI. 119,000 to the federal
government will be accepted by
a newly-formed corporation, it
was announced today.
Officials of the corporation
and Louis' attorney. John Payne,
said they believed the debt pos
sibly could be settled at about
25 or 30 cents on the dollar
owed.
Louis has no connection with
the fund, which will receive do
nations through Post Office Box
1174, Chicago, and Payne pro
duced an, affidavit signed by
Louis in which he affirmed that
he has not requested or solicited
aid to pay his tax debt and that
he would not receive or obtain
control of any money obtained
by the Joe Louis Fund.
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