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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MZDrORD (OREGON) Eagles Scrap Brookings in Rogue Loop ROGUE LEAGUE W. i . 4 1 2 0 . 0 I Prt 0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .67 1 .667 8 .000 3 .000 Brookings Eagle Point . Illinoit Valley Phoenix Rogue River -Clendjile Possession of the top rung alone in the Rogue Basketball league will be at stake Friday when Eagle Point and Brook ings contend on the Brookings court. At the same time Phoenix and Illinois Valley will have a ruckus at Cave Junction which will break a tic for third position. Illinois Valley will go to Glen dale on Saturday for Rogue league action. Eagle Point plays at Brookings again on Saturday but the outcome will have no affect on Rogue standings. Brookings and Eagle Point enter their series opener unde feated in the circuit. However, the coast club has played one more league foe than the Eagles. EP Intact Coach Art Thompson of Eagle Point indicated yesterday that his squad is intact. He said that he has been drilling the Eagles in offensive measures against the man-to-man defense and full court press that the Brookings club has displayed. The mentor will likely call on his usual start ing five of Jack Greb, Wayne Christian, Gary Foran, Dennis Boren and Ron Veach. Brookings starters may be Bill Workinger, Anderson, Ron Lane and R. and M. Bullock. Twenty two Eagle Point play ers will leave at noon on Friday for Brookings. The group in cludes 12 varsity and 10 jayvee players. They will be quartered in the homes of Brookings play ers. Phoenix could use a crew opening made up of Jim James, Gary Simmons, Doug Witte, Jim Stout and Jim Heath. The IV team could be chosen from among Larry Preston, Dick Goodwin, Dennis Hogan, Pat Simington, Mike Piller and Den nis Kennedy. Gil Cadilli Gets Verdict Over Berrios Boston OJ.R) A little guy with a crew cut had the already confused featherweight boxing situation in a jumble today all because he wouldn't believe the Gil Cadilli, lithe scrapper from San Francisco, accompnsn ed that feat Wednesday night by dancing and jabbing lus way 10 a stunning upset win over second-ranked featherweight con tender Miguel Berrios of Puerto Rico. Cadilli, well known on the West Coast but unranked na t;nnr,ll mnn a cnlit decision in I nationaly televised 10-rounder K ancient Mechanics nan. m ictory, fashioned before a sparse gathering of 362 fans, v.,,ht nn ahruDtlv Berrios' visions of a shot at feather weight champion Sandy Sad dler's crown. In Max of Contenders f, imnnrtant tn Cadilli. the cleverly -wrought triumph shot the dark-haired &an r ranciscan into the maze of contenders all straining for a chance ai uie 126-pound title. Going into the bout, Berrios 1. 1 1 i lino for a fizht with (IdU uiGii ' - ip-ranked contender Cherif Ha- mia of France, wun oauui -already stripped by the National Boxing commis sion the Berrips-Hamia bout mirht have been for a vacated crown. However. Cadilli threw that scheduled bout onto the Junk pile, at least as far as luster is concerned, and demonstrated to home-viewing telesiders just how good a boxer he is. Goalie Suspended For Quitting Club Boston U.R) Goalie Terry Sawchuk, three-time winner of the Vazina trophy, had one chance left today to have his indefinite suspension lifted by the Boston Bruins. That was to see a doctor. Bruins Coach Milt Schmidt, who ordered the suspension Wednes day in the absence of General Manager Lynn Patrick, said: "If Terrv's sick, then we'll go along ail the way with him. But we've asked him to see a doctor and he won't have any thing to do with the idea." The 27-year-old Sawchuck stunned Bruins officials, players and fans alike Tuesday when he announced he was quitting the team flat. He said his nerves were "upset" and he couldnt go on. AWARDS TO SIME Durham. N. C. OJ.R) Dave Sime. Duke University track star, leaves foi-a two-day tour of New Jersey and Ohio today to pick up two "athlete of the year" awards. Sime, of Fairlawn, N. J., will receive one award tonight in his home state and then will be honored on Friday at the an nual Columbus, Ohio, Touch down Club's annual dinner. MAIL TRIBUNE UEDFOKDf.TEIBUNE SIPODIffiTrS American League Slates Record High of 237 Night Tilts in 1957 Chicago (U.R) A record high of 237 night games will be played in the American league during the 1957 season, continu ing the trend toward more after dark activity. The Baltimore Orioles, who played 42 night games last sea son, are the 1957 arclight cham pions. The Orioles, who enjoyed a fairly successful 1956 season at the gate despite their lowly finish in the A. L. race, will play 47 games after dark in 1957, while the Kansas City Athletics, who played 44 last year, are down for 43 in 1957 for second place, according to the schedule released today by league head quarters. The Washington Senators, last year's after dark champions with 45 games, are scheduled for 38 in 1957. The Indians are down for 31 night games, one up from , Sport Parade New York (U.R) Mickey Mantle is dashing around the country picking up Innumerable awards this winter and it should come as no secret that he prob ably will strap on the Hickok SI 0,000 gold and diamond belt Monday night as the pro athlete of the year. Nothing has been announced on this officially, but Mantle's chief opposition ior the Roches ter award must be teammate Don Larsen, the World Series no-hitter, and heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. But they still must stand as a couple of one-shots. And one-shots don't win this costly bauble. The voting in the past has proved as much. Remember when Jack Fleck upset Ben Hogan in the U.S. Open? Well, Fleck received reams of public ity. Yet when the votes were counted. Otto Graham had the gimcrack fastened around his waist. Poll Mad Monthly. The monthly award winners in the Hickok polls were basket ballers Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks and Paul Arizin of the Philadelphia Warriors, Jockey Eddie Arcaro, golfer Jackie Burke, Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Mantle, Sal Maglie of the New York Giants, Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Larsen, Patterson and Frank Gilford of the New York football Giants. Baseball players seem to have an edge in polls of this sort, primarily because they hold the headlines for such a long length of time. In the six years of this award diamond dandies have taken it three times. Phil Rizzuto won it in 1950: Aliie Reynolds in 1951, and Willie Mays when the Say Hey Kid has his fabulous season in 1954. Marciano in 1952 The three other winners were Ben Hogan 1953, Rocky Marcia no 1952, and Graham 1955. You could also make a case this year for Johnny Longden, HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS The Montreal Canadiens haven't lost a game since Dec. 26 and as a result the National Hockey league race is turning out to be a one-team affair. The high-scoring Canadiens lengthened their unbeaten string to nine games and the, NHL lead over runnerup Detroit to five points Wednesday night by de feating the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2. Henri Richard. Dickie Moore and Jean Beliveau, who trails Detroit's Gordie Howe, 25 to 24 goals in the race for individual honors, flicked the puck past goalie Ed Chadwick in the second period and it proved enough to beat the rallying Maple Leafs. AMERICAN LEAGUE Norm Defelice warmed up for his second trial with the Boston Bruins by pitching a shutout at Springfield Wednesday night that enabled his Hershey Bears to move into a first-place tie with Providence in the Ameri can Hockey league. Defelice, who is slated to re place Terry Sawchuk as Boston goaltender, received outstanding assistance from his defensive unit as he came through with his first shutout in eight games. Hershey, which has now won seven of its last eight games, in cluding three in a row, scored three times in the first period off the last place Indians. Al Nicholson. Larry Zeidel and Arnie Kullman received credit for the goals. Bobby Solinger added the fourth goal midway through the final period. This was the only action scheduled for the league. Thursday, January 17, 1S5? last season, .while the Chicago White Sox are scheduled for 22, one less than in 1957. Tops 1956 By Nine The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, who have been holding the line for fewer night games, have upped their 1957 after dark schedule from 14 each to 21 and 18, respectively. The New York Yankees, who played 16 last year, are up one for 1957. This year's total tops 1956 s night game schedule by. nine, but falls considerably short of the National League's figure of 259.' The Orioles and Senators open the season in Washington on April 15, one day sooner than the others. The season opened on April 17 last year and closed on Sept. 30. The 1957 season closes one day sooner. who set a r.ew all-time jockey record for total victories, or two-time national riding cham pion Willie Hartack. But the signs are that they'll be buried along with all the other candi dates as Mantle emerges su preme. Larsen's no-hitter, the first in World Series history, was a tremendous performance. And Patterson's win over Archie Moore was impressive but, as they say on the fight beat, who else did he beat? ; Mantle had them talking throughout the entire baseball season. His efforts had to be the year's best pro performance. And if he doesn't get the Hick ok belt, the kid from Oklahoma wuz robbed." ' Dethroning Of Saddler Irks Skipper Miami, Fla. (U.R) Manager Charley Johnston, who threat ens to sue the National Boxing association for stripping Sandy Saddler of his world feather weight title, won't be able to appear before the New York Athletic commission Friday as requested. The New York commission sent a telegram to Johnston Wednesday asking him to appear before their regular weekly meeting to arrange a physical examination of Saddler by com mission doctors. "My wife has just had a seri ous operation and I can't leave Miami until the doctors give her the okay, which will be in a week or 10 days," Johnston said. Million Dollars When informed of the NBA's action against Saddler, which the New York Commission has declined to recognize, Johnston grew angry and threatened to "sue each member of the Na tional Boxing association indi vidually for a million dollar." Saddler, who has not defend er1 his title since stopping. Flash Elorde of the Philippines last January at San Francisco, was injured in an automobile acci dent last July. Johnston was negotiating for Sandy to defend his title against Cherif Hamia of Algeria at the time of the acci dent. Meanwhile. Julius Helfand, chairman of the New York Com mission, announced in New York that his group will take no ac tion against Saddler until Sandy undergoes a physical examina tion. South Carolina Mentor To Stay Columbia, S. C. !U.P.) Young Warren Giese, denying a report ed "fabulous offer" to coach football at Houston, turned his attention instead today to spring practice and recruiting to pre pare the South Carolina Game cocks for the 1957 season. Giese announced Wednesday night he had withdrawn his name from consideration for the vacancy at Houston and "I have every intention of fulfilling my three-year contract" at South Carolina. Only Wednesday morning, the handsome, 32-year-old coach re turned from a two-day visit to the Texas school's campus. He had been invited by Houston of ficials to discuss the vacancy created when Coach Bill Meek switched to Southern Methodist. Giese denied that he ever had a firm offer from Houston but sources here insisted he could have had the job for the asking. He was reportedly offered $20, 000 a year for five years, an auto mobile, ahome and some stock. JNlfc OSCAR FRALEY i Sport Writer yTTi United Prss Basketball Scores WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAMES By United Press (East) Villanova 63, Pennsylvania 47 Svracuse 75. Penn State 45 Temple 73, Scranton 57 Army 81, Pern Military 61 (South) Louisville 104. Eastern. (Ky 1 67 Maryland 82, Georgetown V.D.C.) 69 Clemson 70, Furman 77 (Midwest) Evansville 67, Ky. Weslsyan 64 Mount Union 69, Fenn 48 (West) Seattle 76, Portland State 64 Oregon Tech 63, Southern Oregon 60 Souchak 8-1 Golf Choice At Caliente Agua Caliente, Mexico (U.R) Mike Souchak, an 8-1 favorite in the bookie betting, tees off in defense of his title in the S15.000 Caliente Open Golf tournament today in the last PGA co-sponsored tournament to allow wa gering. In this town, where gambling of this type is legalized, the long hitting Souchak was rated ahead of such well-known money-winners ass Jackie Burke, the PGA and Masters champion; Dow Fin sterwald, the second-leading cash collector of 1956; Doug Ford, winner of the recent rich Los Angeles Open and the Panama City, Panama, titles; and Jay Hebert, who captured the Bing Crosby pro championship. Just about all the big names of the current touring brigade, with the exception of National Open champion Dr. Cary Mid dlecoff, are on hand to battle for the top prize on the Tijuana Country Club course. Best Score Seen Souchak not only is the fa vorite to win the tournament, but he has been installed as a 10-1 shot to shoot the best score the opening day. Burke, Hebert and some of the others in the fine field are playing under a mild protest They are opposed to open gam bling on golf tournaments. "There is too much of a chance for a scandal in the game of golf to take this kind of a chance," Burke said. "In the fu ture we will have a clause in our contracts that will stop this type of bookie betting and odds making." Rogue Clearing; Main Steelhead ' Winter Run Soon Portland (U.R) The weekly report on fishing conditions pre pared by the State Game Com mission: Southwest: Central Douglas county streams rising slowly; lower South and upper main Umpqua rivers muddy; North Umpqua is milky; angling suc cess spotty and poor; steelhead ing on Tenmile lake outlet has been good. - Opening of Rogue and Apple gate winter steelhead season Jan. 15 resulted in only fair fish ing; most fish were dark. Rogue dropping and clearing; main run of winter steelhead soon will arrive in the Ferry Hole and Hells Gate area; Rogue muddy from Galice on down stream from road construction; Applegate in excellent condition but only a few steelhead have arrived. Pennsylvania Boxing Leaders Taking Steps To Get Johnson Purse Philadelphia U.R) The Pennsylvania Athletic commis sion is taking steps to collect the $4,000 purse it fined light heavyweight Harold Johnson for his poor showing here in a bout with Julio Mederos 13 months ago. The commission has obtained a release signed by Johnson giv ing it the authority to collect the money from Promoter Her man Taylor who has been hold ing it in escrow. Johnson collapsed in the second round claiming he had been handed a "doped orange" by a stranger before the bout. Viking Victory Records World 5Vi Furlong Mark Coral Gables, Fla. OJ.R) Vik ing Victory, a four-year-old son of Coallown and the 13 to 1 pick in the fifth race at Tropical Park Wednesday set a world record of 1:03 flat for five and one-half furlongs, bettering the old mark of 1:03 15 established by Nance's Ace, also at Tropical, in 1944 and equaled by Bold Bazooka at Hollywood Park in 1955. RICHARDSON HONORED Portland (U.R) More than 500 persons attended a banquet at the Multnomah Athletic Club last night honoring Jimmy Rich ardson lnral snorts and civic leader. Richardson was general manager of the Multnoman ciud for 20 years. DIXIE TOURNEY OUT Chapel Hill, N. C. (U.R) The Dixie Baseball classic, which pits four outside teams against North Carolina's big four Wake Forest, North Carolina, ' Duke and North Carolina State will not be held this year but will be revived in 1958. Walter Rabb, university of North Carolina baseball coach, made the an nouncement Wednesday night. Hunting and Fishin Southern By MEL (The following is the first of a series reports and comments on hunting and fishing in the area to be presented in the Mail Tribune by Mel Reel well-known southern Oregon sportsman and writer.) The weather certainly has no regard for the Rogue river val ley sportsmen when it comes to opening day for the second sea son on the Rogue it usually rains. After a month and one' half of beautiful weather, low, clear water and the river teem ing with fish according to re ports opening day found the river a chocolate mess. Despite water conditions hundreds of hardy souls gave it the old col lege try anyway but with scant success. The weatherman predicts scattered showers over the week end and if these stay scattered enough it should be in excellent shape for Saturday and Sunday. The river has been "greening" considerably. Every indication points to a bumper season, fish wise, if the weatherman will only cooperate. The Applegate river was in good condition for the opening and a number of limits were reported. Conditions were a bit on the crowded side in the fav orite spots and this created some problems for, with the water as low as it is now. there aren't as many good drift spots as normal. Open Areas Told For those who find the game laws a bit confusing it might be well to state that the Apple gate is open from its confluence with the Little Appleeate to the mouth of the Rogue. The Rogue is open only below the mouth of the Main Applegate. The Illinois dropped to fish ing conditions by Sunday and a large number of anglers lim ited. Veterans state that there is a big run of fish in the river and this week end should be one of the best of the season.- The two best producing spots re main .the Swinging bridge and the Briggs creek area. Drifted cluster eggs were the most consisent producers but the new Spin 'n Glo which has proved so deadly on the Smith and Chetco made its debut last Sunday and lived up to its ad vance billing. This little fluor escent plug with the white wings is slid on the leader above the hook and fished exactly like eggs. It can be drifted or still fished and will maintain its ac tion in almost calm water. Numerous inquiries have been made as to how the steelies take this lure. It seems to depend on the individual fish. Some fish smash it while others just pick it up like a bait. The road down the Illinois is reported to Stokes Shines But Rochester Falls To Hawks By UNITED PRESS A record - breaking perform ance by Maurice Stokes wasn't enough Wednesday night to gain the Rochester Royals a virtual tie for. the Western division lead in the National Basketball asso ciation. Stokes tallied 31 points and set a Rochester arena record with 33 rebounds, but the Royals bowed in overtime to the St. Louis Hawks, 108-106. A win would have put the Royals with in two percentage points of Fort Wayne; the loss left them a game behind. Bob Pettit and Chuck Share were the game heroes for St. Louis. Pettit, who took team scoring honors with 22 points, tallied two free throws with a minute left to create a 98-98 tie and send the game into overtime. Then Share scored three baskets and Pettit had two more free throws in the extra session. The game was the only one scheduled in the league Wednes day night. Seattle Whacks Portland State Seattle U.R) Seattle uni versity, using its reserves throughout much of the second half, handed Portland State a 76-64 basketball defeat last night as big Elgin Baylor racked up 32 points. Little Johnny Winters of Port land State bucketed 21 points Portland State was behind by 20 points with about five min utes to play but put on a late rally to cut the margin. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18. N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 or Oregon REES be in good condition although there are a few rough spots that have to be negotiated with cau tion." Umpqua Slacks Off The Umpqua river (both forks) which has been the most consistent stream for big fish so far this season slacked off considerably in the last week due to the cold weather with the resultant colder water. The fish were there but refused to bite. With warmer weather and some rain due in the area this week end these fish should start to move again and when they do, it should be tops. Any one contemplating a trip there during this period of unsettled weather conditions should call Roseburg Orchard'3-4157 (J. C. Sporting Goods) for last minute on the spot news. The Smith river (California on Redwood highway) is low and clear. During the recent rain, it came up 4-6 feet and prompt ly lowered again. The park hole really payed off Sunday morn ing with fish taken up to 14 pounds. This writer fishing in the Gasquet area picked up a couple' with the largest running 15 pounds. Unless a storm hits here to raise the river, this week end is going to be rough. Too low and too clear is the report. Chetco Paying Off i The Chetco river (Brookings) has been paying off in the low er river with lots of fish run ning in the 14-15 pound class. Eggs, Spin 'n Glqs and Little Oakies drifters are the answer here. Some local boys drifting the rover from the upper Low Water bridge to the park have had a field day. This drift nec essitates taking a boat over the mountain 22 miles as there are ho roads along the river above 6-8 miles from the mouth. Of course someone has to fore go the fishing and drive the car back down to the takeout. There is a regular guide service available for this trip which Is termed "terrific For , a last minute check it is possible to call Brookings 2401. Bank fish ing is good upstream about 4-6 miles and boats and motors are available at the mouth. The Chetco will be a good bet from now till it closes the last of February. 15-18-pound fish are common on the Umpqua, Smith and Chetco. ' . For those contemplating fish ing the Smith in California the license fee is S3 for 10 days or $10 for the season. TO FINISH THE JOB! ' L Colts May End Talk on Ewbank Baltimore, Md. (U.PJ The Baltimore Colts were expected to end all speculation concern ing Webb Ewbank's status with the club today by announcing the meticulous former line coach of the Cleveland Browns will be allowed to finish out his two year contract as head coach next season. Ewbank, who left the job with the Browns to take over the Baltimore helm in 1954, has been under fire for his coaching meth ods and there had been talk that he would be let out soon after the completion of the 1956 sea son. Holiday Handicap Headed by Travis Dick Travis has picked up 43 points in a round of play in the holiday golf handicap at Rogue Valley Country club to assume the lead with a 160 tabulation. His other top point rounds have been 42, 38 and 37. Lloyd Pope is now second with 157 (41, 41, 39, 36) and Lee Flink has third with 153 (38. 38, 38, 39). The handicap ends on Sun day, Feb. 2. NAVY STADIUM Annapolis, Md. (U.R) Con struction is expected to start in mid-March on a new 53 million football stadium at the U. S. Naval Academy, it was an nounced today. Adm. William Smedberg III, Academy super intendent, said the double-decked 31,000 seat stadium would be known as "Navy and Marine Corps stadium" and would re place 16,000 seat Thompson Field as the site of Navy's home football games. GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COUNTY v FAIRGROUNDS ARENA FRIDAY NITE JAN. 18 8:30 p.m. Ladies Freell Ladies Free!! Double Main Event Every Man a TV star. Best 2 '3 falls or 1 hour limit Tito Carreon, 202, Albuquerque vs. Bull Montana. 208, The Toledo Terror Carreon is a flashy Latin American who has been a great card in the Southwest. Best 2 3 falls or 1 hour limit Alec Perez. 210, Amarillo vs. Pierre DeGlane. 200, Windsor, Canada Perez appeared here last spring and DeGlane is a flashy newcomer with a great background. Notice All LADIES will be ad mitted absolutely free to this big opening card (except In the ring side seats). UK - ' ' Medford Mail Tribune St. Mary's Has Tiff at Butte Falls St. Mary's of Medford travels to Butte Falls on Friday evening for what may prove the most hotly contested skirmish of the night in the Jackson County B Basketball league. Other games will have Jack sonville at Talent and Prospect at Rogue River. St. Mary's, as defending champ and once beaten in the current chase, will be fighting to stay in the league running. Butte Falls will aim to keep its record unmarred in the circuit Prospect Favorite Prospect, which like Butte Falls is undefeated in league play, is expected to romp against the Chieftains. Talent, tussling for a victory after two loop set backs, should have its hands full with the Redskins who are 1-1 in the circuit along with St. Mary's. Butte Falls and Prospect in the first two nights of contention loomed the strongest challengers for the crown. Two non-league hassles are billed by B members on Satur day. St. Mary's will take on St Francis at Eugene. Talent is host for a return encounter with Mt. Shasta, Calif. The average velocity of the wind in Miami is 10 miles per hour but it has reached 132 miles per hour. NORTH BEND COOS BAY 'lus tax j JWESTC08STS untunes jtf 1 1 tt "IIP' ai1fJffif!"tn i mi m ni m mm