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WINTER ATHLETES Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie
Jensen helps daughter, Jan, 6, adjust her skis as Mrs.
Jensen, former Olympic diving champ Zoe Ann Olson,
looks on. They are doing their skiing at Heavenly Valley
near Bijou, Calif, on Lake Tahoe, where Jensen has pur
chased a new home so they may enjoy the winter sport
to the fullest. Jackie has just signed a new contract with
the Red Sox for S25.000.
Sport
Parade
By
OSCAR FRALIY
Sport! Wrttat
United Press
New York (U.R) Slammin'
Sammy Snead shrugged off the
U.S. Open "jinx" today and
while picking Ben Hogan as the
man to beat, insisted that he
still could win it when the na
lion's best golfers go to the tee
at Toledo's Inverness course in
June.
The Open for two decades has
been Sam's golfing cross. Four
times he finished second and in
1939 he kicked it away with his
infamous last hole eight when a
par would have taken the title.
"But I'm still not too old to
win it," the 44-year-old Snead
insisted. "And thas time I know
the course real weil and I figure
to be in better, shape than 1 1
have in 10 years." I
In recent years Sam always
has come up to the Open with
some sort of an ache or a pain.
There were those who figured it
was an alibi suggested by a
mental conviction that he never
could win the Open because of
his long-time jinx.
Putting To Tell Tale
"Most people sort of over-play
that kind of talk," argued Sam.
"Personally, I don't think there's
anything to it and. if I'm put
ting well, I can win it. If I'm
putting well, I will win it."
That's an about-face for Snead
in the confidence department,
because he actually has come up
to the Open almost annually
with obviously quivering nerves.
The intervening weeks may do
something to shake his current
aplomb yet there is small ques
tion but what the Slammer has
the ability.
"I'm going to be ready this
time," he explains. "Now, if I
needed the money, there are a
lot of tournaments 'I'd rather
win. say like the 550,000 world
at Tarn O Shanter. But the Open
is the only one I've missed and
I'm going to give it a real shot."
So, building up to the Open,
Snead disclosed that he would
play in the Masters, the Greens
boro Open, the Greenbrier In
vitation, the Palm Beach Round
Robin and then the Open.
"I m going to take a month,
not do any teaching, and really
practice," he said. "You know,
they all say old Sam will never
win the Open but one of these
days I'm gonna sneak in there
when nobody thinks I have a
chance any more."
Sam Likes Course
Sam's hopes are buoyed by
the fact that in the past he has
had such tremendous success at
Inverness. It was there that he
dominated the Inverness Four
Ball, winning it five times with
three different partners.
"I'm convinced," said Sam, in
an abrupt about-face from his
thinking in previous years, "that
the Open is no different than
any other tournament. You're
playing the same guys, with just
a few exceptions, that you do in
most other tournaments and I've
won my share of those."
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MAIN AND FIR - MEDFORD
Joe Maxim,
Ed Machen
Trade Pokes
Miami Beach ' (U.R) Joey
Maxim, 34 years old but "still
strong as a bull," pits his age
and 16 years of experience
against Eddie Machen, one of
the division's top-ranked young
lions, in a 10-round television
bout at the Miami Beach audi
torium tonight.
Machen, 24, from Redding,
Calif., was a heavy favorite 4-1
or better because of his strong
punching arm which has netted
him 14 knockouts in his 19
fights. He is undefeated in his
pro career, which began in 1955
and is ranked third among the
heavyweights.
But Maxim, former light
heavyweight champion, figures
the 110 fights he, has put under
his belt since 1941 will make
the difference against the Cali
fornia youngster. Maxim, from
Cleveland, has 82 wins, but only
21 KOs.
"Sure Machen's young, but so
was Floyd Patterson when Joey
beat him," said Joey's manager,
Jack (Doc) Kearns.
Maxim defeated Patterson,
who recently won the heavy
weight crown, in June of 1954,
on a disputed decision.
B. Hollingsworth
Retains Scoring
Lead in League
Portland (U.R) Portland
State, though wallowing in the
midst of the Oregon Collegiate
conference standings, dominated
league statistics for games
through Jan. 19.
The Vikings had the best de
fensive record as a team and
also had the league's top scorer
from the field and from the free
throw line.
John Winters, with a shooting
percentage of .500, led the field
goal division while Ced Achele's
.857 from the free throw line
paced that department.
Crandall Shoots .468
Bill Hollingsworth of South
ern Oregon was the league's top
point producer, collecting 133
points for an average of 19 per
game thus far. Behind him were
Winters with an average of 17.8
and Earl Smith of Eastern Ore
gon with 15.1.
Chuck Crandall of Southern
Oregon and Daryl Girod of Ore
gon College followed Winters in
field goals, Crandall witn an
accuracy mark of .468 and Girod
at .450.
A pair of Eastern Oregon play
ers, Dick Quinn and Larry How
ard, stood 2-3 in free throw
averages, Quinn at .818 and How
ard at .806.
Team offensive leader In the
loop was Oregon Tech, scoring
an average of 73.6 points in its
five games to date.
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WINNING RAE HIKOK "professional athlete of year"
award, Mickey Mantle, switch slugger of New York Yan
kees proudly shows off $10,000 diamond-studded belt pre-
ented him at Rochester, N. Y. dinner. (International)
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Smith, EO
Howard. EO
Williams, OT
Fasteen. OT
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Parker. PS
Oliva. SO
West. EO
Perkins, PS
Fischer. OT
McCutcheon. OT
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Crandall. SO 79 37
Girod. OC 40 18
West. EO 65 29
Oliva. SO 7' 34
Fasteen. OT 67 28
McCutcheon. OT 50 20
Woolsey. OC , 51 20
Parker. PS 67 28
William. OT 62 24
Hollinusworth. SO 105 40
Fischer, OT 46 17
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Quinn. EO 22 18
Howard. EO 36 29
Miller. OC 14 11
Woolsey. OC 12
Fanfare
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
Friday, January IS, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE KINE
North Salem and David Doug
las will be on the Medford High
school 1957 football schedule
as replacements for two of three
1956 regular season opponents.
Medford will open the season
against the Vikings in Salem on
Sept. 13, Tornado tutor Fred
Spiegelberg has reported. David
Douglas will come here for
Medford's initial home game on
Sept. 20.
The 1958 rivals Medford won't
meet next fall are Jefferson of
Portland, Milwaukie and Rose
burg. Portland schools, with the
addition of Woodrow Wilson to
the circuit, aren't being allowed
to play outside their own loop
in the regular season. Roseburg
reportedly doesn't feel it is up
to the caliber of Medford foot
ball and bows from what has
been a traditional rivalry. The
Indians do have a heavy slate in
their own district.
David Douglas, a school in
operation for only a few years,
is a Metropolitan league mem
ber like Milwaukie. The Scotties
have yet to establish a reputa
tion as an athletic power but are
due to be heard from. The Med-ford-David
Douglas clash, will,
of course be the first athletic
competition between the two
schools.
Medford has opposed Viking
teams before but not North Sa
lem as such since the division of
capital city students between
South and North schools. The
Tornado's last meeting with old
Salem high was, according to
our records, in 1943 when the
clubs had a scoreless tie.
SEPT. 27 OPEN
It's a replacement for Rose
burg that Spiegelberg is
seeking. The Sept. 27 dale
still is open. Does anyone
know of a school which wants
football game. Please relay
the information on to Fred.
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Perkini. PS .
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Crandall. SO 29 21
Hollinusworth, SO 74 3
Parker. PS 2! 15
Oliva, SO
Bates. SO 35 24
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OTHER GAMES
Other adversaries on the Med
ford schedule follow in the
order of last season. The games
are Marshfield at Coos Bay,
Oct 4; Crater at Medford, Oct.
11; Medford at Klamath Falls,
Oct. 18; Eureka, Calif., at Med
ford, Oct. 25; Ashland at Med
ford, Nov. 1; Grants Pass at Med
ford, Nov. 8. Crater, Ashland,
Klamath and GP are conference
and district rivals.
FIVE HOME GAMES
The Tornado, grid slate, as
it stands adds up to five tilts
at home and three away, not
much different from 1956
when Medford had six of nine
regular season contests on its
own lurf. However the new
slate won't have last fall's fea
ture of the first six hassles of
the campaign all at home. The
last three nevertheless, are
billed for "The Home of the
Black Tornado."
RED ZONE
We've read in the last few
days of the possibility of legis
lation in basketball which would
prevent the goliaths such as Wilt
(The Stilt) Chamberlain from
"dunking" the ball into the
hoop. Haven't noted any pro
posal by which dunking is to
be overcome but we have visions
of a semi-circular area under
the hoop. This would be painted
a brilliant red and baskets shot
from the confines of this area
would not count. Or, perhaps,
the rule would require a shot
to be released below the level
of the hoop.
CALDWELL IMPROVING
Note on Bill Caldwell, ex
Eagle Point prepper now on
the Pacific university cage
varsity, from coach Vic
Adams, says that the tall
player has been bothered by
injuries. Caldwell has come
along slowly but is improv
ing and will see more action,
Adams stated. The mentor
added that Caldwell is a good
hook-shot and rebounder.
TEAM OFFENSE
FG FT T Ave.
Oregon Tech 134 100 368 73 6
Southern Oregon 169 170 488 69.7
Eastern Oreson.... 145 105 395 65 8
Portland State Ill 96 318 63 5
Oregon College ... 95 79 269 53.8
TEAM DEFENSE
FG FT T Ave.
Portland Stat 103 Q.l 9oo n
Southern Oregon 143 157 443 6.r2
Oregon (.ollege .. 1 !-7 92 328 65 2
Eastern Oregon ... 170 93 433 72. 1
Linfield, Pacific
NW Loop Rivals
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The Northwest conference has
a limited week pnrl rtaclrotKoll
schedule with front-running Lin-
neiu nosung r acific tonight and
Lewis and Clark Saturday. The
Wildcats go into the week end
at 3-1.
The rest of the six-member
league takes a week end off
while Linfield struggles to keep
its oaiance at the top of the
pack.
A pair of imDortant series are
on tap for the Oregon Collegiate
eonierence with Oregon Tech,
4-2 and in first place, taking on
Oregon College at Klamath
Falls and Portland State meet
ing Eastern Oregon at LaGrande.
All four clubs are still in the
thick of the fight for the league
lead.
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HOCKEY
National League
By UNITED PRESS
An interesting scoring duel
between Gordie Howe and Jean
Belivau added spice today to that
perennial Montreal-Detroit battle
for first place in the National
Hockey league.
Howe picked up two goals and
two assists Thursday night in
leading the Red Wings to a 6-2
victory over the Chicago Black
Hawks at Detroit.
The Wings' victory enabled
them to tie idle Montreal for the
league lead, while Howe dead
locked Beliveau. the Canadiens'
star center, for first place in the
individual scoring race with 58
points each.
The New York Rangers play
the Bruins at Boston Saturday
afternoon in a nationally-televised
game. Chicago is at Mon
treal and Detroit at Toronto in
Saturday night contests.
Boxing Results
By UNITED PRESS
Loi Angeles Charles (Tombstone)
Smith, llp-at Lot Angeles, outpointed
Don Jordan, 142'i. Los Angeles, in
successfully defending his California
welterweight championship. (12).
Dear Howard:
I ani real disturbed at you. Why didn't you tell
me I could buy a 1957 OLDSMOBILE GOLDEN ROCKET
"88", nicely equipped, ready to drive home FOR ONLY
$3,226.00. I paid more than that for this cheap car I
bought ... all I can say is that I really goofed by not
going down to the DARRELL MILLER COMPANY first.
I hear they give a good TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE, TOOI
It is too late to do anything about it now, but you
can be sure I will not make that costly mistake when I
buy my next car.
Will see you Monday.
Sincerely yours,
George
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