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This Could Be Last
Day in IVOajor Loop
Championship iftaces
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By JACK CUDDY
United Press Sports Writer
New York 't? Welter
weight Champion Carmen Ba
silio is a solid 3-2 favorite to
wrest the middleweight crown
from Sugar Ray Robinson to
night in their modernistic ring
spectacular at Yankee stadium.
Anticipated late support for
37-year-old Sugar Ray failed to
materialize before weigh-in time
today.
Despite the smaller stadium
crowd, tonight's scheduled 15
rounder at 6:30 p.m. (PST) will
be witnessed by more paying
spectators than any previous at
traction in history sports or
otherwise. Through the help of
Sports Broadcasts
Radio Station KMED will
carry the Carmen Basilio-Ray
Robinson middleweight title
boxing bout at 6:30 p.m. to
day. electronics, the fight will be
shown on screens in 178 theatres
in 135 cities in the United States
and Canada, with more than
510,000 seats available. Sale of
those seats could approximate
$1,800,000.
The battle of champions be
tween slender, debonair Robin
son, 37, and raw-boned, fist-scarred
Basilio, 30-year-old ruler of
the welterweight division, will
not be televised to homes. But
will be sent to homes by radio
NBC in the United States, Can
ada, Hawaii and some Latin
American countries.
Thanks to theatre-TV tonight's
bout will be the richest in the
careers of Robinson, the flam
boyant New Yorker, and Basilio
of Chittenango, N. Y., the some
what shy son of an onion farm
er. The betting, in which Basilio
has been favored ever since the
match was signed on June 28, ap
parently was more affected by
Carmen's seven-year edge in
youth than by Robinson's weight
advantage of approximately five
pounds.
Carmen, who marches forward
persistently bobbing and weav
ing knocked out 25 of the 70
men he met since he turned pro
fessional nine years ago. He won
51 bouts, lost 12 and had seven
draws. He twice won the welter
weight 147-pound title, most re
cently on a ninth-round knock
out over Johnny Saxton, Sept.
12. 1956.
Sugar Ray. who holds thet
record for winning the middle
weight 160-pound crown four
times, will be making his first
defense since he recaptured it
from Gene Fullmer on a fifth
round knockout at Chicago last
May 1.
Ted Cinches
Batting Toga
New York OP Ted Wil
liams, who batted 1.000 against
the New York Yankees' pitching
the last three days, predicted
today that the same pitching
will prove decisive in a World
Series with the Milwaukee
Braves.
Williams, who has clinched his
fifth American league batting
title by lifting his average to
.383 since he returned to the
Boston Red Sox' lineup last week
singled out left-handers Whitey
Ford and Bobby Shantz and
right-handed fireballer Bob Tur
ley as the Yankees' "key men in
the Series."
"That Turley is a tremendous
autumn pitcher," the 39-year-old
Williams said. "And wait until
the Braves get a load of Ford
and Shantz. Those little guys
are terrific pitchers in Yankee
stadium."
Willamette '
Ties Aggies
By UNITED PRESS
It was a sad day for more of
Oregon's small college football
teams Saturday.
Linfield, Pacific and Lewis
and Clark of the Northwest Con
ference all took sound beatings.
Willamette escaped with a tie
while Southern Oregon and
Eastern Oregon scored wins over
Air Force teams to uphold the
honor of the Oregon Collegiate
loop. But Oregon Tech and Ore
gon college were beaten.
Linfield and Pacific invaded
Cougars Will
Host Bears
By SCOTT BALLIE
Washington State, which
hasn't been in the Rose Bowl
since 1929, gets a chance to take
a big step in that direction next
Saturday when the Cougars host
California in the only Pacific
Coast conference game of the
afternoon.
Coach Jim Sutherland's crew,
with Bob Newman's passes
strictly on target, opened the
season with a 34-12 victory over
Nebraska Saturday as Southern
Methodist was upsetting Cali
fornia, 13-6.
The Cougars, Bears, Stanford
and Oregon are the only four
teams in the wracked PCC eligi
ble for the Pasadena trip. And
of those four, the Cougars rate
the week-end palm.
While Washington State was
thumping the Cornhuskers,
highly-touted Oregon had a
rough time getting by Idaho,
9-6, and Stanford started off
with a 46-7 breather against out
manned San Jose State.
Oregon State, which can't go
to the Rose Bowl this year be
cause it was the PCC team there
last January, launched its sea
son with a 20-0 triumph over
Southern California.
Washington, which remains
barred from the bowl along
with the Trojans and UCLA for
misdeeds, had to scramble to
gain a tie with Colorado in its
season opener, 6-6.
REPEATS AS WINNER
Astoria (IP Defending
champ Mrs. Francis Rowell of
Portland successfully defended
her Oregon Women's Golf associ
ation championship here defeat
ing Mrs. R. L. Borst. also of
Portland, 2 and 1.
California. The Wildcats lost to
Cal Poly 32-7. Pacific dropped a
48-6 decision to Chico State. Ha
waii handed Lewis and Clark a
40-6 whipping.
Willamette, at Salem, came
through with a 13-13 tie against
the California Aggies.
Southern Oregon defeated
Moffett AFB 26-6 and Eastern
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By CONNIE RYAN
United Press Sports Writer
This may be the last day of
the 1957 major league pennant
races if Milwaukee and Kansas
City win tonight, the final six
days are simply for the formal
records.
The New York Yankees, Chi
cago White Sox, Milwaukee
Braves and St. Louis Cardinals
all won single games Sunday,
so the Yanks clinched at least a
tie for the American league pen
nant, while the Braves held a
five-game lead over the Cards
with six games to go and the
Cards run into the Braves in a
decisive three-game series start
ing tonight.
Yankees Need One
The Yankees, who are idle the
next twb days, need win only
one game or the White Sox need
lose only one to settle the AL
flag. The Chisox play at Kansas
City tonight and the Athletics,
who strongly resent being
called the Yankee "farm club,"
can win it for the Yanks by
downing the Chicagoans.
Manager Fred Hutchinson
named lefiy Wilmer (Vinegar
Bend) Mizell, who has won eight
and lost 10, as the Cardinal
starter in this "must-win" series
from the Card point of view
The Braves, with a six-game
winning streak and confident
they will win their first flag
since coming to the midwest
from Boston, named Lew Bur
dette (16-9) as their starter.
A's Win Fourth
In yesterday's games, the
Yanks beat Boston 5-1, when
Red Sox pitchers walked four
runs home in the sixth inning;
the White Sox stayed "alive" by
taking Cleveland, 9-5; Baltimore
defeated Washington, 6-5; and
Kansas City ran its winning
streak to four straight by beat
ing Detroit twice, 4-3 and 2-1.
Milwaukee went 10 innings
to beat the pesky Chicago Cubs,
9-7; the tenacious Cards came
from behind to trip the Cincin
nati Reds, 7-5; Brooklyn beat
the Phillies 7-3; and Pittsburgh
happily accepted four unearned
runs to defeat the New York
Giants, 5-1.
Braves Send Up
Rousing Chorus
Milwaukee, Wis. (IP) "We'll
wrap it up tonight and let the
batboy pitch tomorrow."
Veteran Warren Spahn voiced
the pennant - clinching keynote
which met with a rousing chorus
of agreement from all the rest
of the confident Milwaukee
Braves, who need only a victory
over the St. Louis Cardinals to
night to make them the new Na
tional league champions.
"That World Series is so close
now I can almost taste it," said
shortstop Johnny Logan, as the
Braves prepared to face the Car
dinals in a three - game series
that automatically becomes
meaningless if Milwaukee wins
tonight.
Even ultra-cautious Fred Ha
ney, who had been studiously
avoiding any talk about the pennant-clincher,
almost as if it
were some kind of contagious
disease, broke down and admit
ted it looked like the Braves
were "in" after they beat the
Chicago Cubs 9-7 in 10 innings
Sunday.
STANDINGS
(Bv UNITED PRESS)
NATIONAL, LEAGUE
W L. Pet. GB
Milwaukee 91 57 .615
St. Louis 86 62 .581 5
Brooklyn 82 68 .547 10
Cincinnati 77 71 .520 14
Philadelphia 74 7fi .433 18
New York 69 82 .457 23 'i
Pittsburgh 60 91 .397 32 'j
Chicago 58 90 .392 33
Sunday's Results
Milwaukee 9 Chicago 7 f 10 innings)
St. Louis 7 Cincinnati 5
Brooklyn 7 Philadelphia 3
Pittsburgh 5 New York 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet. GB
New York 95 54 .368
Chicago 88 59 .599 6
Boston 78 70 .527 16 i
Detroit 75 73 .507 19 '2
Baltimore 72 75 .490 22
Cleveland 71 76 .483 23
Kansas City 56 90 .384 37 2
Washington 55 93 .372 39 !2
Sunday's Results
New York 5 Boston 1 i
Chicago 9 Cleveland 5 '
Baltimore 6 Washington 5
Kansas City 4 Detroit 3 (1st)
Kansas City 2 Detroit 1 (2nd)
Jack Regas Nabs
Double Victory
Washington (W Cement
truck driver Jack Regas, Liver
more, Calif., hung up a double
victory in the President's Cup
Regatta.
Regas piloted Hawaii Kai IV
to victory in both the Presi
dent's Cup and American Speed
boat Championship races Sun
day before more than 90,000
fans lining the Potomac river.
Redskins to Feature
New Offense in 1957
This is another in a series
on the 1957 prospects of Na
tional Football League clubs.
By BOB SERLING
United Press Sports Writer
Washington HP) Washing
ton's resurene Redskins are
hitting the National Football
League warpath this year with
a brand-new offense, a sensation
al rookie halfback and the high
morale which is typical of a Joe
Kuharich squad.
Kuharich, whose complicated
defensive patterns made the
Tribe surprising contenders the
last two seasons, is readying a
radically-new attack for 1957.
It is an unbalanced line, literal
ly combining the power of the
old single-wing with the decep
tion of the "T."
Washington sputtered through
most of its pre - season games,
its offensive linemen obviously
unfamiliar with Kuharich's new
system. But both the club and
COLLEGE SCORES
By United Press
SOUTH
Duke 26 So. Car. 14
Virginia Military 7 Tampa 0
Rice 20 Louisiana St. 14
MIDWEST
Cincinnati 13 Dayton 13
Louisville 33 Evansville 7
Bowling Green 60 Baldwin Wal. 7
So. Dakota U. 6 N. Dakota St. 0
So. Dakota St. 23 Iowa Tchrs 20
Kansas St. Tchrs 13 SW Missouri 0
Kansas St. Tchrs 13 SW Missouri 0
Valparaiso 27 Kalamazoo 6
SOUTHWEST
Arizona St. 28 Wichita 0
Houston 7 Miami (Fla.) 0
Hardin-Simmons 14 Tulsa 0
Mississippi 44 Trinity Tex. 0
Tex. West.v14 N. Tex. St. 13
Tex. A&I 47 Nat. U. of Mexico 6
New Mex. 25 New Mex. A&M 7
WEST
Utah 32 Montana 13
Brigham Young 14 Arizona 14
Montana St. 27 Fresno St. 14
Oregon St. 20 So. Cal. 0
Eastern Ore. 19 Malmstrom AFB 18
Cal Poly 32 Linfield 7
Willamette 13. Cal Aggies 13
Cent. Wash. 14 Whitman 13
SOC 26 Moffett AB 6
Seattle Ramblers 30 OCE 0
Chico St. 48. Pacific 6
Yakima Vallev JC 12 Ore. Tech 6
Col. of Idaho 20 Humboldt St. 14
High School Scores
By United Press
Burns 20 John Day 7
Tillamook Cath. 13 Gaston 0
Merrill 33 Sac. Heart of Klamath
Falls 0
Chiloquin 18 Bonanza 6
Concordia 53 Star of the Sea 0
Brookings 18. Illinois Valley 13
Portland
Jefferson 56 Madison 0
Grant 20 Wilson 6
Wash. 19 Lincoln 19
Benson 28 Cleveland 12
Roosevelt 34 Franklin 6
Seixas, Gibson
Tennis Champs
Los Angeles (IP) Vic Seixas,
the veteran Davis Cupper from
Philadelphia, and U. S. Cham
pion Althea Gibson, of Mont
clair, N. J., today shared top
honors in the final results of the
31st annual Pacific Southwest
Tennis championship.
Seixas, second-seeded, easily
annexed the men's singles cham
pionship Sunday by turning back
unseeded Gil Shea, of Los An
geles, in, straight sets, 9-7, 6-3,
6-4. Miss Gibson likewise had
little trouble in downing her
rival, Louise Brough, of Bever
ly Hills, Calif., 6-3, 6-1, for the
women's crown.
Australia's Ashley Cooper and
Neale Fraser, both upset earlier
in the week in singles play,
staged a comeback in outlasting
Seixas and Budge Patty, of Los
Angeles and Paris, to win the
men's doubles title, 3-6, 5-7, 13
11, 13-11, 6-3. The marathon
match lasted nearly four hours.
the new attack are loaded with
potential.
Going for the 'skins this year
is the apparent return of little
Eddie LeBaron to his 1955 form,
after an injury-hampered '56 sea
son. Behind LeBaron is Rudy
Bukich, obtained from the Los
Angeles Rams, who gives Ku
harich the long-ball passer he
always has wanted.
Fine Rookie Crop
If his quarterbacks come
through, Kuharich's spirited
braves could do a lot of scalp
ing. The Redskins have the fin
est crop of rookies to wear the
burgundy and gold of "Marshall
Tech" in 15 years.
Halfback Ed Sutton of North
Carolina, fullback Don Bosseler
from Miami, offensive tackle
Ray Lemek of Notre Dame and
defensive tackle Ed Khayat of
Tulane have clinched jobs on a
predominantly veteran squad.
But the outstanding freshman of
them all is a lanky speedster
from tiny Central Michigan Col
lege Jim (Poodles) Podoley.
Washington coaches label
Podoley as "good and potentially
great." Even Kuharich, tradi
tionally cautious, privately
thinks the big youngster could
be one of pro football's finest
backs.
Add Podoley, Bosseler and
Sutton to Washington's veteran
backs like Leo Elter, Dick James
and Billy Wells, and it's easy to
see why the Redskins have high
hopes for what has been their
chief weakness an erratic
offense.
Washington also boasts two of
the finest offensive guards in
football in Dick Stanfel and Red
Stephens, and a veteran defen
sive unit that's big, fast, smart
and mobile.
Leaky Pass Defense
Kuharich's title hopes, how
ever, are clouded by a question
able pass defense. The Redskins
badly miss Roy Barni, a crack
defensive halfback who was
killed last summer. Pittsburgh's
All-America end, Joe Walton, is
being groomed for Barni's wing
back post. But while Walton
shows promise, he's also dis
played the faults that come with
inexperience. And Kuharich al
so lacks depth in the safety slot,
where veteran Norb Hecker has
been unable to plug this major
defensive loophole by himself.
"You gotta face facts," says
the frank Kuharich. "One mis
take in that defensive backfield
and it's six points for the other
guy. You can blow a signal on
the offense and all you lose is a
few yards. Goof up on defense,
and it could cost you a game."
Kuharich is predicting no title
for his '57 Redskins, not with
known and thus far uncorrected
pass defense weaknesses.
But Joe will go as far as to
agree "it's a pretty good football
team."
And from the cautious Kuhar
ich, that is the same as saying
"give us a few breaks and . . .
maybe."
Ray Robinson
Has Fight Offer
Los Angeles IP) If Sugar
Ray Robinson wins his Middle
weight match with Carmen Ba
silio tonight, he will be offered
a shot at the light-heavyweight
crown now worn by Archie
Moore, George Parnassus,
matchmaker for the Olympic
auditorium, said Saturday.
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MEDFORD (ORE-SON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
Oregon State Dispells IDoubts
By Shellacking Trojans 20-0
By HOWARD APPLEGATE
United Press Sports Writer
Portland OP) Any doubts
about whether Oregon State
would have a football team cap
able of putting up a strong de
fense of its Pacific Coast confer
ence title were dispelled today.
The Beavers handled the highly-rated
Trojans of Southern
California with ease in Multno
mah stadium Saturday night to
rack up a 20-0 victory, first OSC
win over USC since 1946.
The Trojans were the only
PCC team to defeat the Beavers
last year.
The crowd was the largest
ever to see a football game in
BOARD GETS CONTRACT
San Francisco OPi The pro
posed contract to bring the New
New York Giants to San Fran
cisco came today before the San
Francisco Board of Supervisors.
The board planned to refer it to
its finance committee for a pub
lic hearing on Wednesday.
Oregon. The official attendance
was 36,885, passing the former
mark of 35,266 set 27 years ago
when Oregon played Washing
ton. Kansas Is Next
Oregon State now goes on the
road for two weeks. The Beav
ers meet Kansas at Lawrence
Saturday and the following week
play Northwestern at Evanston,
111.
Fullback Nub Beamer from
Roseburg paced the relentless
ground attack of Coach Tommy
Prothro's single wing Beavers
by scoring two touchdowns, one
on a 31-yard run. Beamer, a
junior, racked up 131 yards in
23 carries.
The other Oregon State touch
down came on a 46-yard run by
end Dwayne Fournier on a
double reverse.
Southern California in its first
game under new coach Don
Clark was no match for the ex
perienced Oregon State team.
The closest the Trojans came o
scoring was in the first half
when they marched to the Ore
gon State 26 after recovering a
fumble at mid-field.
Beamer Booms
Beamer, a substitute last sea
son, plunged over from the two
yard line early in the second
quarter after sparking an Ore
gon State drive which carried
71 yards in nine plays. His 31
yard scoring romp came in the
fourth period climaxing an Ore
gon State drive which moved
70 yards in 11 plays.
Fournier, a senior from Mc
Minnville, caught the Trojans
flat-footed midway in the third
period, when he raced behind a
flock of blockers to the goal line
on an end-around play.
Quarterback Ted Searle of
Honolulu, out of most of last
season with injuries, put on a
fine exhibition of blocking and
kicked two out of three extra
points. Hawaiian All-American
halfback candidate Joe Francis
displayed his usual calm-under-fire
in directing the Beaver attack.
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