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?
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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
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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.
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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
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