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CRUNCHING THROUGH CALIFORNIA is
Oregon State's fullback, Nub" Beamer, 34, at
Berkeley. California's fullback Forbes, 32,
Said
ears
To Coach
SCOTT B&ILLIE
Sen Francisco CIP) Is Cali
fornia about to resume wearing
its ghostly shroud as "the grave
yard of coaches?"
The bears often went by that
chilling name until Lynn Pappy
Waldorf revived their football
empire in 1947 and got them into
the Rose Bowl three times.
But then his own fortunes
waned. His last two seasons were
losing ones and he announced on
the eve of last season's final
Perfect Record Teams
Retain Top Ratings
As Season End Hears
By NORMAN MILLER
New York (W Texas A&M,
Oklahoma and Auburn, the na
tion's three perfect-record col
lege football powers, retained
the 1-2-3 ratings of the United
Press board of coaches today in
the extremely close race for the
national championship.
Michigan State, the three titans
from the Big Ten Conference,
remained in contention right be
hind the top three following a
weekend in which the leaders
won as expected. The first six
rankings were unchanged from
last week.
Tennessee advanced three
notches to seventh, followed in
order by the service academies,
Navy and Army, with Duke this
week's newcomer among the top
10 in the 10th ranking.
Texas Aggies No. 1
Only 57 points separated the
first four teams this week. Texas
A&M was the first choice of 14
members of the 35-man United
Press rating; Oklahoma received
eight first-place votes, Auburn
six and Michigan State five.
Rarely have four teams been
in such close contention for the
top rating at such a late stage of
the season. In points, distributed
on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for
votes from first to 10th places,
the Texas Aggies led with 307
out of a possible 350; Oklahoma
had 287, Auburn 256 and Mich
igan State 250.
Iowa and Ohio State, each with
one first-place vote, followed
with 228 and 184 points, respec
tively. Tennessee had 116, Navy
82, Army 79 and Duke 44.
Shakeup On Top
A shakeup in the top 10 may
be expected next week following
battles between some of the
ranking powers. Texas A&M best
bet for the Cotton Bowl, takes
on Rice tied for the 15th ranking
this week. Oklahoma, which has
clinched an Orange Bowl berth,
plays Notre Dame tied for No.
20 "in Saturday's nationally-televised
game.
Auburn faces a '-breather" in
unranked Georgia, but Michigan
State plays tough Minnesota and !
Ohio State has a chance to qual- j
ify for the Rose Bowl by beating j
Iowa. I
Mississippi, another leading
bowl prospect, headed the second
10 group, followed in order , by
Arizia Tempe State, Wisconsin
and Clemson. There was a five
team tie for 15th place among
Arkansas. Dartmouth, Oregon,
Rice and StarJftrd.
Tied for 20th place were Notre i
name. Penn State and UCLA.i
MAIL TRIBUNE
Hearing
Graveyard Ranks
game with Stanford that he was
stepping out. Alumni pressure
generally is regarded as having
had a lot to do with Waldorf's
decision.
Now another nice guy there is
finishing last and only in his
initial season. Pete Elliott, the
hero of Michigan's 49-0 victory
over Southern California in the
Rose Bowl, can't find the win
ning number. To date he has a
record of one victory and seven
defeats.
Holy Cross, Illinois and North
Carolina each received one point
this week.
Marshall Keeps
Seven-Point Lead
In AHL Scoring
New York Of) Willie Mar
shall of Hershey, although held
to one goal and an assist last
week, maintained his seven
point lead in the American
Hockey League scoring race.
Marshall, according to official
league statistics, also led in goals
scored and assists for the fourth
consecutive week. The 25-year-old
center has compiled 27
points on 13 goals and 14 as
sists. Dune Fisher, right wing on
Marshall's high-scoring line, is
second in total points with 20.
Bill Sweeney of Providence
gained six points in last week's
action to boost his total to 19,
good for third place. . Tied for
fourth place with 17 points each
are Gerry Ehman of Springfield,
Jimmy Moore of Cleveland and
Bruce Carmichael of Provi
dence. Eddie Shack, a rookie with
Providence, upped his penalty
minutes to 58 to retain., his
league lead in this department.
Hershey's Gil Mayer, out with
the flu all week, remains the
leading goaltender with a 2.00
average. He has yielded 14
goals in seven games. . However,
Johnny Bower of Cleveland
leads in shutouts with two.
FIGHTS
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crumples under the onslaught led by Ore
gon's center, Randall, 52. This drive was for
the first Oregon score. (International)
eturn
Fans entering California's Me
morial Stadium last Saturday to
watch the Bears lose another to
Oregon State also saw something
else a faceless effigy swinging
over one of the gates.
The dummy bore no name ei
ther. But it dangled apparently
in silent protest launched by the
militant crowd of Bear rooters
who stand for a losing era only
so long.
Cal's rooting section, a white
block of explosive cheering . in
the goods times, was noticeably
quiet Saturday as the Bears lost,
21-19, despite a tremendous sec
ond half comeback.
And numerous empty spots
showed up in the rooters' depart
ment, indicating that many had
either decided to go to the
movies, or study, or have a beer.
Other California coaches have
walked the plank despite more
successful seasons than Eliott is
having. Nibs Price was dropped
after the 1930 campaign when
his Bears had been walloped by
Southern California, 74-0.
Navy Bill Ingram left after
having a so-so season in 1934.
This was followed by the bright
era of the "thunder team" under
Stub Allison. Then came Frank
Wickhorst in 1946. He lasted one
season, winning two out of nine,
and gave way to Waldorf. .
Waldorf Happy
Now the cycle is complete.
Waldorf is happy in his new job
as chief scout for the San Fran
cisco Forty Niners. And the per
sonable Elliott, immaculately
dressed in a brown gaberdine
suit, vainly walks up and down
the sidelines as the Bears lose
and the rooters grow sullen.
Elliott, a former assistant to
Bud Wilkinson, is strong for two
things. . .the split-T and loyalty
to his charges.
"I'll never be prouder of a
team than this," Elliott said in
his quiet way after Saturday's
heart - breaker. "They really
could have come apart in the sec
ond half but instead they came
out and tried to win it."
He and the Bears will try
again under the eyes of a critital
rooting section, when they host
Washington next Saturday. In
the meantime, more effigies may
swing from various gates for
Pete Elliott a nice guy is fin
ishing last.
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By HAL WOOD
Long Beach, Calif. OP) The
embattled Professional Golfers'
Association went into executive
session today to study the pres
sing problems involving sport
dom's "biggest show on earth"
the $1,400,000 touring pro
fessional tournament program.
The major problems were
these:
Should the annual PGA
tournament, a matched play af
Fanfare
Ballots for selection of the
Mail Tribune's Southern Ore
gon Conference all-star football
team have been placed in the
mail. As usual, sportscasters,
sportswriters and coaches in the
five conference towns have been
asked to vote. Date of announc
ing the team depends on how
quick the ballots come in.
JOB FOR TORNADO
The fact that Beaverlon has
been rated Oregon's No. 1
high school football team in
the Oregon Journal coaches
poll is indication enough that
the Medford Black Tornado
has a task cut out for it next
Saturday night in the state A
1 quarter-final fracas at Bea
verton. SIMILAR ATTACK
Beaverton reportedly is a split
T team, which uses some single
wing and tight plays behind its
unbalanced line. Its attack is
considerably like Medf ord's.
Running game of the Beavers,
with Mickey Sinnerud, Steve
Cook and Steve Beguin lugging,
has been its principal weapon.
But its success with aerials,
with Mike McGettian throwing,
in the last week's Gresham game
provide indication that the Bea
vers use passes more often than
the Black Tornado.
RUNBACKS BIG ITEM
Medford punt runbacks,
particularly the 88-yarder by
Halfback Johnny Jones, made
the big difference in total net
yardage piled up by the Tor
nado and Grants Pass in their
District 6 deadlock grid skir
mish last Friday night. The
Tornado had 129 yards from
Ihe return of four of six
Grants Pass boots. The Cave
men made runbacks on only
two of Quarterback T o n y
Braumer's five kicks for six
and five yards and a total of
11.
LONG PUNTS HELP
Brauner's punts were consist
ently long against the Caveman
in the big engagement and a big
asset in keeping Grants Pass in
scoring more often than it did.
He averaged 39.8 yards per kick
for the night. His longest was
44 yards and the shortest 34,
measured from the scrimmage
line.
Steady Tony has had the role
of unsung hero for his blocking,
play calling and team leadership.
ECKEL HUNGRY
More information on Paul
Eckel's football play for Brig
ham Young university has
come from the school. The x
Medford high star is what his
line coach, Owen Dixon, calls
a "hungry" player and in two
games this fall was recognized
as outstanding lineman.
A right guard. Eckel is one
of three starting sophomores
in what is termed one of the
best BYU lines in years. "Paul
REITER DIES
St. Petersburg, Fla. (UV--An
86-year-old former football
coach, who believed one of his
teams was the first to ever use
the forward pass, died here Mon
day. He was Howard R. (Bosey)
Reiter who coached at Wesleyan
College in Middletown, Conn.,
from 1904 to 1909. Reiter main
tained his 1906 Wesleyan team
used the forward pass for the
first time against Yale. Later
that year the forward pass was
legalized.
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fair, be changed to medal play
so that the financial losses in
this event could be reduced?
Is the new PGA program
of keeping entrance fees from
all tournaments the proper pro
cedure or is it alienating the
sponsors?
Is the selection system for
the Ryder Cup team correct, or
should there be some changes
made so that such stars as Sam
my Snead, Ben Hogan and Jim-
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
is extremely fast and agile
Above all he is aggressive and
really gets in there' Dixon
has declared.
Eckel broke his jaw at the
start of the grid season in
1956. After the jaw healed, he
decided not to play in the few
remaining games, thereby sav
ing his eligibility. However,
he earned a varsity letter at
BYU last school year on the
wrestling team.
Tiger Coach
Wins League,
Keeps Job
Princeton, N.J. OP) Dick
Colman, who guided Princeton's
football team to first place in the
Ivy League as acting head coach,
took over today as the full
fledged new coach of the Tigers
on a three-year contract extend
ing through 1960.
Colman was officially named
head coach Monday on his 43rd
birthday, succeeding his grid
iron "father," Charley Caldwell,
who died of cancer on Nov. 1.
The Tigers,, currently leading
the Ivy League with a record of
six victories in seven games un
der Colman, greeted the an
nouncement of his appointment
at Monday's practice with a
cheer and then went back to
work getting ready for a key
tussle this Saturday against
Yale.
Colman, 17th head coach in
Princeton's 89-year football his
tory, promised the squad to "do
the best job possible."
Colman had been acting head
coach since Sept. 23, five days
before the start of the season,
when poor health forced Cald
well to drop the reins.
Celtics String
Moves to 9
By UNITED PRESS
The St. Louis Hawks didn't
beat the Boston Celtics, but at
least they made it close for a
change.
The Celtics set their season's
record at nine victories and no
defeats Monday night by trim
ming the Hawks, 92-88, at Bos
ton. But the Eastern Division
leaders were held to less than
100 points for the first time this
year and their winning margin
was far from their 14-point
average.
It was the only action in the
National Basketball Association
Monday night.
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my Demaret would be eligible
without playing in more tourna
ments? Should the PGA put into
effect a stronger disciplinary
program to keep "in line" men
who speak against their own
organization?
Right now some of the spon
sors are rebelling at the new
PGA edict whereby that organ
ization collects the entrance fees
in all PGA co-sponsored events.
The Opponents
An organization, known as In
ternational Golf Sponsors Asso
ciation, Paul O. Ridings, execu
tive secretary from Fort Worth,
Texas, is on the local scene at
tempting to band together spon
sors to fight the program.
Among those reported to be in
association are representatives
of the HoustoVi, Los Angeles,
San Antonio and Baton Rouge
tournaments.
The Houston event, a $37,500
open in past year, already has
been announced for next year
as a $30,000 invitational knock
ing $7,500 off the prize money
but with no entrance fees
charged.
The PGA was told it-could
charge its members whatever
it wished. Ed Carter, tourna
ment bureau director, says that
monies collected for entrance
to the tourneys would go to the
PGA anyway-because they are
mostly paid by the PGA mem
bers. Future Plans
But a spokesman for the Los
Angeles Open said that his or
ganization, which is finishing
out a three-year contract this
year, would not turn over the
entrance fees.
"That would mean that the
$9,200 we collect each year
would go to them," said the
representative.
There were rumors here that
the Los Angeles Open, under a
new sponsor plan, might be in
creased to $50,000 or even a
$100,000 tournament possi
bly made into an invitational to
circumvent the payment of en
trance fees. All conversation
today was just talk no facts.
However, action will be com
pleted before the session is over
this weekend.
Washington Huskies Plan
For California Bear Tilt
Seattle, Wash. (IP) Coach Jim
Owens stressed pass defense to
day as his University of Wash
ington Huskies prepared for
Saturday's game against the Uni
versity of California Bears.
The Huskies got a rest Mon
day for their 13-6 victory over
the University of Oregon Ducks
last weekend.
EDITORS FAVOR LATINS
London (IP) A United Press
poll of leading Western Euro
pean sports editors showed de
cided favoritism toward South
America today to win the 1958
world soccer title. Brazil and Ar
gentina were the top picks of 45
editors polled in 15 countries
with England also drawing
strong support.
BEARS GIVEN REST
Berkeley, Calif. (IP) Coach
Pete Elliott gave his University
of California Bears the thing
they needed most Monday a
good rest.
Kentucky Straight
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Quick Solution Star to Fgdo
New York (IP) Minor
league officials discuss their
franchise headaches with Base
ball Commissioner Ford Frick
again today but problems were
snowballing so fast that a solu
tion was said to be a month
away.
Officials of the Pacific Coast
League, American Association,
and Texas League were slated
to meet with Frick this morn
ing. It was learned from high
baseball source, however, that
the franchise switches being
forced by the transfer of the
Dodgers to Los Angeles and the
Giants to San Francisco are be
coming so complex that they
won't be settled until the winter
major-league meetings in Colo
rado Springs, Colo., in Decem
ber. Meeting Follows
Today's meeting is a follow
up to a meeting held last Thurs
day, but unlike that earlier get
together will not be secret.
Presumably, officials at to
day's meeting will be armed
with further authority from
their respective leagues, because
at the conclusion of Thursday's
meeting Frick announced that
"a number of possibilities were
considered which the represen
MARSHALL FAVORS SERIES
Washington OP) Washington
owner George Preston Marshall
said Monday he would like to
arrange a home-and-home series
each season with his Redskins
and Baltimore Colts. The clubs
meet only once each season be
cause they are in different divi
sions of the National Football
League. They drew a capacity
crowd of 33,149 Sunday to Grif
fith Stadium.
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back to their leagues and clubs".
The meeting was called to set
tle indemnities as well as the re
organization of the top minor
leagues forced by the Dodger
Giant switches. .Pacific Coast
League owners are dissatisfied
with the reported $100,000 in
demnity offered them by the
major league teams and some
have threatened suits a de
velopment major league leaders
would like to avoid.
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mer St. Louis Browns' manager
Luke Sewell who died here Mon
day, will be buried today. Sewell,
who makes his home in Akron,
Ohio, also managed the Cincin
nati Redlegs. He was a catcher
with Cleveland, Washington, Chi
cago and the Browns.
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