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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Coach Tells Of Houbreg's Smartness Los Angeles Charlie Eckman, the colorful former referee who has become the very succssful coach of the Fort Wayne Pistons, was talking about smart basket ball players one night after a game. "You can name all the guys you want for smart players," Eckman began, "but my candi date is Bob Houbregs. He knows more about the game and all its angles than any player I've ever seen in this league." Eckman's estimation was sur prising to his listeners, not be cause anyone considered Hou bregs stupid, but merely because no one else had really thought of him as such an intelligent player. Houbregs had gained most of his fame for his amaz ing hook shot which won him All-American honors at Wash ington." Bounced Around Houbregs bounced around the National Basketball association a bit before he finally settled with Eckman and the Fort Wayne Pistons, incidentally, will be based in Detroit next sea son. Big Bob was the first draft choice of the Baltimore Bullets in 1953 after he was graduated from Washington but the Balti more team went bankrupt that season. The Boston Celtics took Hou bregs from Baltimore when the players were divided up among the other NBA clubs, but they carried him for only a few games before making him a free agent. It didn't take Eckman and the Pistons long to grab him and Houbregs has been playing ex cellent ball for the Pistons ever since. They finished first for three seasons in a row with Hou bregs on the club. Last season, Houbregs played more than ever before in pro ball because Larry Foust, the Philadelphia giant who has been a mainstay for the Pistons for several years, suffered a back injury in mid-season and was sidelined. Playing steadily, Hou bregs averaged 12 points per game for the season and had a shooting average of 44 per cent, one of the best in the league. Houbregs will be in action for the Major League All-Stars when they battle Boston at Oregon State college's Gill Coliseum R April 20. Bob Baker Decisioned New York.U.W Willi Bss manoff, regarded in soe quar ters as another Max Schsneling, isn't anywhere as good ae the once mighty "Black Uhlan," but he's eager and confident and may yet wind up as a leading heavyweight contender. Young Willi took Big Bob Baker's best punches in their televised 10-round bout at the St. Nicholas Arena Monday night and then walked off with a unanimous decision over tie Pittsburgh heavyweight. Baker, the ninth-ranking heavy weight contender, was slow get ting started and wham he finally decided to make a fight of it, the 24-year-old Besmanoff re sorted to a running game and the strategy paid off. HOCKEY By UNITED PRESS The Montreal Canadiens. over whelming favorites to whim the New York Rangers in their semi-final Stanley Cup series, tackle the Broadway Blues in the fourth game of the best-of- seven series tonight with a chance to take an almost insur mountable lead. The Canadiens. with a 2 to 1 edge in the three games played thus far, skated through a spir ited workout Mcsiday, but Coach Toe Blake refused to count the Rangers out of it. Even with Dollard St. Laurent out of the lineup, the Canadiens are prohibitive 8 to 8 favorites to sweep by the Saagexs and into the finals. Tuesday. AprH -2-. 1957 MEDF0RlV,TRIBu7fE sipqpninrg DELLINGER SCHEDULED FOR MILE EXHIBITION DURING ROGUE RELAYS Exhibition appearance of BUI Dellinger, ex-University of Oregon distance star, dur ing the Rogue relays hee rrexoi Saturday afternoon was eofr firmed last night. Medford high track coach Bob Newland was informed in a telephone conversation with U of O mentor Bill Bowerman last night that Dellinger will be here. Dellinger, an Olympic run ner last December, is the American record holder in the 5,000 meter run and is an ex national collegiate titlist in the siile. Now an Air Force offi cer, he is currently on reserve officer training corps duty at University of Oregon. DURING RELAY At the Rogue meet Dellinger will run in a mile exhibition. It is tentatively planned for him to run during the last half of the two-mile relay, using the leaders in the prep event to set the pace for him. A sep arate watch will be kept on D.eMinger. Prep cindermen in the race, four from each seheol. each will be running a half-mile and Dellinger there by will have fresh pacers for each half of his special run. Bowerman also confirmed that a U of O freshman dis tance medley team will run in exhibition here Saturday. Two of its members will be Medford high grads, Wilcey Wi-nehell and Bruce Kelling-t-on. Appearance of Jim Bai ts y, U of O runner and first a-n to do the mile in .under i'ou m-i-n-u-lejs in the United S$a-ies, s-ti'll depends on bis pr-ogxess in ll-aiming and his ttMec fe.om a- ftgsit a'peh aii- Medcfwd' wM' fef 'h'os't to G-ra-n-l-s Pass., Creator, A-sh-l-a-nd, Kla-B&a&h Fail's arad MaT-sM-ield $9 fctve r-eiteuy-s. G.ra'n-ts P'ass is def-edHf ham-, nosing onxl Medifd iagrt ss &SS Kansas City, Pirates Go 18 Blank Snnlnp By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports , Writer Of course, it could be the major leagues' idea of a huge April Fool's Day joke; but were those really the Pittsburgh Pi rates and Kansas City A's who had all that wonderful pitching? The calendar said April 1, sure enough, but it could have been Oct. 1 with the likes of Don Larsen and Sal Maglie pitch ing against each other in the World Series as the seventh place Pirates and eighth-place A's battled to a brilliant 0-0 tie in 18 innings at West Palm Beach, Fla. And this great pitching was backed up by real World Series typa fielding fey Jtob Clcmente of the Pirates and Milt Graff of the A's. The KC toress trr veteran nghty 5"ei Garver, -iho allow-1 e& enly thre hits for the first si innings; ex-Yankee Mickey MeEUrmott, who did even better by permitting just two singles in seven frames; and rookie Carl Duser, who yielded a stingy two hits in the last four. Pirate laurels went to Ronnie Kline, last year's top losing pitcher in the National League with 18 losses who permitted four singles in eight innings; Bob Purkey, who yielded five hits in eight iimings; and Vern Law, who allowed two hits in two frames. The A's threatened in the 18th but Cletus Boyer, attempting to go from first to third with none out on Vic Power's single to righ, was thrown out by Cle- mente. The Pirates' only see-ring chance went down the drain ia the seventh when Graff's great play robbed Dick Groat of a key base hit. So there it was the most brilliantly pitched game so far this spring. Could be these two underdogs have enough hurling this year to cause even more sur prises. The Pirates and A's had the spring training stage to them selves Monday as all other games involving big league clubs were rained out. Bv UNITED PEESS The Hershey Bears wiU be counting on their home ic ad vantage tonieht to flet them back in the running for th American Hockey League cham nionshirj. Hershey, after winning the opening game in its best-of-seven spmi-final series with Cleveland. dropped two r a row to the Barons and is at a point of des peration. A loss tonight would put the Bears at a 3-1 disadvan tage with two of the remaining games scheduled at Cleveland if needed. In the other semi-final round Rochester holds a commanding 3-1 advantage over 'he pennant winning Providence Reds. The next game is scheduled for Wednesday at Providence. Dave Gambee Named t Helms Athletic Club Cnrvallis (U.R) Dave Gam- bee, Oregon State's junior bas ketball ace, has been namea 10 fhP Hplms Athletic Foundation All-American third team for the 1955-57 season. Fiiin Ravlor of Seattle was on the second team while Larry Friend of California was on the third squad. Awards Banquet Season for Y Medford YMCA Church League Athletic association clos ed its season in three sports last week with trophies for first place going to the Friends church for girls' volleyball, the Zion Lutheran church in Junior league basketball and First Methodist for high school divi sion basketball competition. First Baptist was winners of the men's division in basketball. An award banquet held Fri day evening at the YMCA high lighted the purpose of the league to extend Christian fellowship between churches and youth members. Each team was asked to select a player who was the most valuable player from the standpoint of sportsmanship, eth ical conduct and morale building of the group. These players re ceived individual trophies from Ron Sherman, league chairman. Talk by Hum The Rev. John Bright gave the invocation following which Rev. Ray Hum of the Nazarene church of Medford, highlighted the evening with his tark on "What Makes" an Athlete Great?" Basing his remarks on the qual ities which were exemplary in the life of Jesus Christ, and the way they may be applied to ath letics or any phase of living in which young people find them selves, Rev. Hum again empha sized the values of Christian ideals. Bob Jones, master of ceremo nies, introduced Mrs. Roy Wilkes of the YMCA staff, who conduct ed the Volleyball league. Mrs. Ron Sherman was given a prize for "basketball widow of the year." The Rev. Marvin Lumley of the Nazarene church. Phoe nix, concluded the meeting with a benediction. About 100 persons were in at tendance. The Church Athletic association may inaugurate a softball schedule for boys and young men if there are enough requests. Those interested should call the YMCA. Al Smith To Replace Al Rosen Cleveland '(U.R) Al Rosen's "definite" decision to retire from baseball today left the Cleveland Indians with the big problem of finding a good third baseman to succeed the American league's most valuable player in 1953. Tribe Manager Kerby Farrell has tried out a half dozen play ers to plug the hole, including second baseman Bobby Avila, outfielders Al Smith and Dave Pope, and rookie Billy Harrell. Smith is the likely, though un willing, choice to have the juste on opening day. Rosen talked fey teiesahese with Farrell is Tucsoa, Ariz., and General Manager Hank Greenberg in Daytoina Beach, Fla., Monday before giving a "no" answer to a request fey Greenberg 24 hours earlier that he end his retirement. For sev eral hours before that,, Kssen strongly leaned toward rejei-miag the team even if it meant ipufc ting his fulltime job ait the Cleveland office of Bache awel Co., investment brokers. "My future in Cleveland iB predicated on my family, my jU and my happiness," lose sa& after announcing his "final" cision. "I've decided once and for ail that I cannot jeopardise tte-t 4 ture for one .mere yse l?? ball." 3 J? ! - A i IN ROGUE RELAYS Neil Plumley, above, one of the lead ing contenders for state shot put honors, will head a Medford high trio in one of the events of the Rogue relays here next Saturday afternoon. Athletes of Ashland, Crater, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls and Marsh-field will compete with the host dele gation in a 12 event program. The shot put will be one of three field relays with the distances of three men of eac-h school to fee totalled. Plumley had a' put f 52 feet 4 inches i-n a warm up meet last Saturday a-nd has one practice effort -f 54.-6 t'hd-s season. Little Rogue Relays To Be At Ashland Phoenix Scene of the second annual Little Rogue relays has been switched to the Southern Oregon college oval at Ashland, Phoenix school officials have announced. The relays will be on Saturday. The meet was to have been held at Phoenix. There will be seven entries in the meet of A-2 and B schools. They include Eagle Point, Illi nois Valley, Glendale, Rogue River, Henley, St. Mary's of Medford and Phoenix. The program of events will be similar to that for Class B of the Hayward relays the follow ing week. This week's rivalry will serve as a tune-up for the Haywards at Eugene. Six field events and five relay contests are planned. Ted Williams Includes Ike, U.S. in Charge Zone Shoot Trap Event This Sunday Medford Gun club will be host Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7, for the Southern Oregon Zone shoot. The Pacific International Traps-hooting association compe tition will offer a 500-target pos sible for two-day participants. There will be 200 birds at 16 yards, 2t0 handicap targets ad 50 pairs f d'sub-tes. Doubles a-nd 16-ya-rd events will fer trophies to winners and run-ners-up in each class a-nd in the handicaps trophies also will go the win-ae-rs a-nd rua-ners-up. 74 in Teleg-raip-h-re Members f the local elu'fe turned in a 74 score last Sunday for their action ia the Oregon Journal Telegraphic trapshoot. Everett Gibson and Larry Horn each busted 25 clay pigeons and Gene Hunt broke 24. They fired against Ontario, Pilot Rock, Portland and Roseburg. A final day count of 69 was turned in for the Spokesman Review telegraphic skeet tour ney. Don Hawk had 24, Bert Peck 23 and Floyd Young 22. Bernard Henry took Ed Pease handicap laurels Sunday with 47 out of 50. Horn broke 45. There were 20 shooters and they broke 2,350 targets on Sunday. M a rga e f If tgf Gets Biffs tftt$3i$ Margaret Taylor, Ceateai ?sil, shooting with the Meitfertl 3o ior Rifle club took his"! iri honors together with see- place over all at Bssefau&g it the National junior sfaf&&te H shoulder sectional jrvateS s& cently. Dave Sullivan, ot tka 5?;flB field High school jw rtSte club, was first ftria. kM 377 to Mis Taylor's S4 A -SwS of 78 shooters comtg&i-iL The five high ffe night's firing at 'tke Xatatwl Guard range at Caj ST1 were Jim Kawcett 251, Keq. Kumasawa 343, Ken yS 3&2 John Fawcett 321, and I!J Grew 316. Moreno KQs Annaloro Sa-n Frameisc U.&) Kfi-saiFd'o Mo-re-ao, the Mexisaa feMher- weig-ht wh hut-s hike a heavy weight, k-atsl fe-i'S 29ith faro eik lot is 31 fi-gkrfs tfssi-ay, pm a jiwiey g-lurn w-a-itteg tm mm mou-th fcwn ait Was -M stopped vetera-a Gaefeaisia &nns& lope m She fcfth Foawed at (fee Csw Patese Kltonctey Jptefct, tegs feeea maitehed w:h Jose at ioliywe.4 aa Aisirii 2& Ararate-, wfe bast feeoa stopped i 33 bs, tey-sgd isit9 Stilt f.rl Mqv! Boxer May Stop Race) Hearings New Orleans-HJiRO-aeterS of boxer Ralph Dupas w-ffi- go to state court today iB e.j at tempt to stop hiear-ings y tke Louisiana Bo-xin-g Com-BOTSsi'Sin on charges the iigh-tweig-ht is Negro and ther-efoo-e ineiiigiiMe to box whites in Loui-s-i-aa-a. Fight Promoter H-e-a-rd- K-agais said he will ask the cem-Ft ef Judge Rene Viosca to issue a-ra injunction stopping the enais sion from further massd&cmg charges against Dupas., The commission s e h e a m e hearings for tonight em h-a-rg(es brought by a sectioa of tke sa. health department that D-u-as is a Negro. The sixth ranked, 2 1-y ear-old fighter was invited by the com mission to testify and give evi dence bearing on his racial back ground. Dupas is not a formal party to the court action and said he did not expect to be in Gourt. Viosea is the judge who in 1943 handed down a ruling which permitted the "Battling Doeusen Brother-s of Louisiana- Bernard, Max-ie and Kegina, to bo-x as whit-esi. Viosca upheld the-ir eonten-ticva tihey were white against charges they were Ne groes. ' In Lea-i'sia-H-a, criminal law forbids Negroes to compete againsit whites in athletic con tests. Sarasota, Fla. (UP.) Ted Williams stuck today to the guns he fired at the late Sen. Robert A. Taft and the Marine Corps and apparently included Presi dent Eisenhower in a sweeping denunciation of all politicians. At the same time, the "third man" present during the Boston Red Sox slugger's latest popoff said Williams had been partly misquoted by Executive Sports Editor Crozet Duplantier of the New Orleans States. Duplantier wrote Monday that Williams at tempted to "pull strings" to avoid being recalled by the Mar ines during the Korean conflict and spat on the floor at the men tion of former President Harry Truman's name. Referring To 'Friend' Hy Hurwitz of the Boston Globe, who arranged the inter view with Duplantier, said Wil liams actually was talking about a friend who attempted to ob tain a deferment from Sen. Taft and explained that Tempestuous Ted was "just doing a lot of spitting" and wasn't neces sarily spittin-g at the mention of any individual's name. Presidenit Eisenhower's name was broia-gh't iia-to the story when Purwitz gave his version of Wil liams' pOKieis on "gutless pol-fitkiaw." "Wf'ee gis a lot of gutless poli- tit&iaiijs m 1?Sus country," Wil- Pitches Shutout Gtenifole, Calif. (U.R) The YaseoMv-ef bounties were slated te smei Portland again today with Kiel Held on the mound te tey te hurl the Mounties to a re-vesige victory. Jiteiikie southpaw Marty Gar- fee sfois-t oat the Mounties Mon day as the Beavers coasted to 9 7 te victory in Riverside, Caiitf. It was the second complete game Garber had pitched in ex hibition play this season. He gave up only three hits. BOXERS TO MEET Cleveland (U.R) Rory Cal houn of New York and Joey Giardello of Philadelphia have signed to meet in a 10-round welterweight bout at the Cleve land Arena, April 16. In his last start Giardello -wound up in a no-decision hassle at Kansas City with Willie Vaughn. liams said. "I didn't want to meet the President nor did I want to meet Harry Truman. I don't like gutless politicians. 1 he whole system we have is phony. That goes for all the United States of "America." Hurwitz told the United Press that he interpreted that to mean Williams had turned down invi tations to meet both President Eisenhower and Truman : "be cause of his dislike' for anybody connected with politics." Or.ce Admired- Taft Williams confirmed his state ments that he "lost respeft" for Lame Hurlers Leave Camp Vero Beach, Fla. (U.R) Sore-armed pitchers Carl Er skine and Karl Spooner were scheduled to leave the Brooklyn Dodgers' training base here to day for a plane flight back to Brooklyn for medical examina tions. . Team officials said the two players might check in later in the day at Long Island college hospital where Dr. Herbert Fett is expected to examine them. Erskine, Brooklyn's two - time no-hit hero, announced Monday that chronic pain in his right shoulder has "become more acute" and that he believes he needs "medical help" if he ever is going to pitch effectively again. Spooner-, young lefty who struck out 27 batters in his first two games as a Dodger in 1954, but sat out almost all last season with a sore arm, has shown none of his old speed in training. Sen. Taft and also that he "re sented being recalled into the Marines" in 1952. Williams, who had previously served three years with the U. S. Navy Air force during World War 11, new combat missions in Korea at the age of 34. "I used to admire Sen. lait, Williams said. "I thought he was a wonderful man. But a friend of mine was called back for Korea like I was. He knew Sen. Taft. He went to him and asked if he could help him get a defer ment. "Tin vnn know what Sen. Taft 'told him?" Williams asked. "He said, "I can't touch you. If you were just an ordinary person I could help you but because you are pretty well known I can't do a thing for you." - ' About the Marine Corps, Wil liams said: "Sure. I resent being called back at the peak of my earning power ' and added ne thought other prominent per sons were "picked on'.' because they were public figures. SOC NETMEN LOSE Ashland '(U.R) Willamette's tennis team blanked Southern Oregon 7-0 here yesterday. '(r Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks Flues. Drain Tile 72? W. McAndrews Phone 2 4107 Portland! KUeSTCOlST. I mr lines III 1111 'Cemetery' Fired As Ike's Caddy Augusta, Ga. U.R) A heavy hearted caddy at the Augusta Masters golf tournament this week will be a frail Negro called "Cemetery," who's been fired as presidential caddy. Pro Ed Dudley of the Augusta National Golf club confirmed Monday that veteran caddy Wil lie Parteet, 51, has been "re lieved of his duties" as President Eisenhower's personal c-addy be cause he has beeassie too s-le-w. 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