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o O o o EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) PGA's Tournament Committee Proposes Medal Competition By HAL WOOD Long Beach. Calif. f0 The traditional PGA golf tournament to decide the match play cham pion of the United States will be changed to a 72-hole medal play event, starting next year, if a proposal of the tournament committee is accepted at a na tional PGA convention today. 'The sentiment seems to be in favor of switching to medal play, said Joe Novak, Los An geles, a PGA spokesman. "We lost about $12,000 on the tourna ment last year and we believe that by changing to medal play we can overcome this deficit." However, before the new plan Is put into operation there is expected to be a lot of opposi tion. Harry Bassler, veteran Los Angeles pro, said that he favor ed having two PGA tourney one to determine a match play champion, one for medal play Others have voiced the opinion the PGA should retain tradition and take the financial loss. The convention Tuesday weak ened a bit in its battle with sponsors over collection of en- w trance fees by agreeing to meet twice yearly with the Interna tional Golf Sponsors association to discuss mutual problems The IGSA is represented at the current session by Jaul Rid ings, Fort Worth, Tex., and the membership includes sponsors of many of the top tournaments in the country. The PGA recently instituted a deal whereby it keeps all the entry fees of tourney players. While most of the sponsors al ready have signed for 1958, many have changed their for- Tornado Has Much Work On Defense Medford high football fans at tending the Black Tornado's state quarter-final game with Beaverton on Saturday night will be able to sit together, it was reported today. While all seats are general admission at Beaverton, an area will be roped off for the Med ford partisans. Coach Fred Spiegelberg re ported a good Medford drill yes terday afternoon despite the nun&er of Medford cripples. Emphasis continues on defense as the enthusiastic Tornado players drill to hold back the multiple offense that carried the Beavers to the District 3 A-l championship. Both individual and team de fensive workouts were conduct ed yesterday. Line blocking and downfield blocking for the backs and dummy scrimmage of the Tornado's own plays also were on the practice agenda. Spiegel berg said more of the same was likely this afternoon. The Tornado has been having ankle trouble of late and Half back Johnny Jones was the lat est casualty, turning his ankle in punt fielding drill Monday. Others on the hobbled list are Guard Tom Merton. Halfback Ron Reich and Fullback Bob Gee. Gee, hurt in the Eureka game, was reported looking good in yesterday's workout. The others likely also will be able to play on Saturday but may not be at full strength. Merton, injured in the first half of the Grants Pass rjfcmfi is the biggest question tt-gr but, while he can't prac tice it's thought he'll be ready see action. Injury to the starting guards in recent action is a blow to o thf) Tornado but Medford has ,ii.m Corum and John Frohnmay c for duty at right guard where ilerton plays and Frank Albert, Giorge Ice and Don Mann to ffll the gap at left guard. A Iread injury in the Eureka mix put Dick Corum, regular at the left position, out of action for th' season. Beaverton's aggregation util izes both T and single wing plays ith an unbalanced line and has a good passing attack. Its back field horses are Mickey Sinner ud, Steve Cook, Steve Beguin (fnd Mike McGettigan. FIGHTS Bv tTnited States tfoKoke. " Mass: Alex Miteff . 202. A-gentina. knocked out Bob Graves, JX' Elizabeth, N.J. (4). ouston. Tex.: Joe Brown, 140'i, Wv Orleans, outpointed Kid Centel- 1384. .Nicaragua, uu. non-uuei. WANT T TO RENT A TRUCK, & OR C CAR, FOR A DAY, ' OR MORE Wilcox Beehive TRUCK & CAR RENTALS 6th & Grape, Med. SP 3-3261 MAIL TRIBUNE mulae to take up the loss in the entrance fees. The PGA an nounced that the Houston event, which used to be a S36,000 open, had been changed to a S30.000 invitational, with no en trance fees, and the Texas Open, which had been 520,000 to S15, 000. On the other hand, the Azalea in Charlotte, N.C., a $12,500 tourney, has been dropped in favor of the $25,000 Miami Beach Open March 27-30. J. Edwin Carter, tournament board director, announced that the players would compete for Oregon, Stanford Set Pace In Conference Statistics Los Angeles (W Statistics from the Pacific Coast Confer ence commissioner's office show ed today that Oregon has re gained the lead in PCC total de fense with a 260 yard average. Stanford continues as the total offense leader, having averaged 350.9 yards per game. Oregon State is the top rush ing team with a 247.8 yard aver age, while Washington State has gained 167.4 yards per game passing for the aerial lead in the conference. Defensively, Oregon has al lowed the fewest yards rushing, 155.1. Southern California has given up the fewest yards pass ing, 65. The leader in punting and in terceptions is UCLA. The Bruins have averaged 39.8 yards per punt and have picked off 17 in terceptions. Oregon leads in kickoff returns with r 26.7 yard average and Southern Cal tops- in punt returns with an 11.9 average. Individual statistics showed that Washington State's Bob Newman, the nation's leading passer, dominates the PCC in both passing and total offense. In passing he has completed 75 throws in 140 attempts for 53.6 per cent. Nine of his passes went for touchdowns. In total offense Newman has 1045 yards. Shea In Front Stanford fullback Chuck Shea leads in rushing with 641 yards and a 5.1 yard average. Newman's favorite target, Don Ellingsen, is the leading pass receiver with 34 catches for 440 yards while UCLA's Kirk Wilson, . last year's national champion punter, leads in his department with a 41.1 yard average. Wilson and his teammate, Hick Wallen, are tied in pass in terceptions with four each. In punt returns Sterling Ham- Wing Skaters Bolt Association Detroit (IB The last place Detroit Red Wings haven't been setting the National Hockey league on fire this season but they upset the fledgling NHL Players association Tuesday by breaking away from the associa tion. The Wings bolted the group because they were not consult ed about the association's recent ly filed suit against the owners of the six NHL clubs. The Wings immediately set up their own local organization. Consent Not Obtained The Detroit players said the $3,000,000 lawsuit filed against the league furnished the main reasons for their withdrawal. The Red Wings charged the suit was filed without first get ting consent of the Detroit play ers and that they were refused confidential information as to why the suit was filed. The Red Wings also said their request for papers that "constitute the legal organization of the association" was not fulfilled. The NHL Players association initiated the suit to force club owners to recognize the group as the official agent of the players. Dave Fish Has Cast Removed Eugene. Ore. KB Center Dave Fish, who fractured his hand in the Stanford game, took the cast off Tuesday and is ex pected to go with the University of Oregon Ducks against South ern California Saturday at the Los Angeles Coliseum. However. Coach Len Casa nova would not comment on the rendition of end Ron Stover, who suffered a "slight concus sion" last week in the Washing ton game. PASSING THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU 1953 Buick Special 4-Door Tutone blue and white New seat covers. Excellent tires plus standard transmission LEA MOTORS 5th at Barteltt Phone SP 2-6185 Wednesday, Noyember 13, 1357 $1,400,000 in purses in 1953. Bob Goldwater, Phoenix, Ariz., was elected chairman of the PGA Advisory committee, suc ceeding the late John Jay Hop kins of New York. Others named on the committee were Bob La cox, Kansas City; Harry Radix, Chicago; B. C. Gould, Detroit, and Tom Lanphier, San Diego. No surprise at all was the an nouncement that the PGA col lected fines from its players last year totaling $1,500 and that the irrepressible Tommy Bolt led the list of violators for "unbe coming conduct." mack of Oregon State leads with 253 yards, and in kickoff re turns Oregon's Jim Shanley leads with' 290 yards. Five men are tied for the scoring lead with 52 points. They are Oregon State's Nub Beamer, Washington S t a te's Jack Fanning, UCLA's Don Long, Shanley and Shea. Tough Road Lies Ahead For Browns By UNITED PRESS Jack Lavelle, New York Giant scout, believes the honeymoon is over for the Cleveland Browns. , , "All the National Football league teams are taking turns beating one another but you have to say the Browns have a tougher schedule than the Giants during the second half of the season," Lavelle said as he esti mated New York's chances of overhauling Cleveland in the Eastern division. "Cleveland has played the easy part of its sched ule." The Browns, leading the Giants by one game, have road games with the Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, and Giants. They have home games with the Chicago Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams. The Giants have road games with the Card inals and Pittsburgh Steelers and home games with the Phil adelphia Eagles and San Fran cisco Forty-Niners before enter taining the Browns. Lavelle tabs the Lions and Cardinals as two of Cleveland's chief hurdles. Giants Favored The Giants are 11-point choices to whip the Eagles Sun day at Yankee Stadium but the Browns are favored by only four against the Redskins at Washington. New York edged Philadelphia downed Washing ton, 21-17, earlier this season. In the other games Sunday, the Lions are favored over the Forty-Niners by 4V4 at Detroit, the Bears are six-point choices against the Baltimore Colts at Chicago, and the Rams are favored by five against the Green Bay Packers at Milwau kee. The Cardinals and Pitts burgh Steelers are idle because their game at Chicago was set back to Dec. 22. i This week's United Press selections: Giants (5-2) over Eagles (2-5), Browns (6-1) over Redskins (2-5), Lions (4-3) over Forty-Niners (5-2), Bears (3-4) over Colts (4-3), Packers (2-5) over Rams (3-4). Pistons Nudge Knickerbockers By UNITED PRESS With one driving layup shot, Gene Shue of the Detroit Pis tons made himself a hero in stead of a goat and gave his team its first victory in its new home town. Shue clicked with his game winning basket just three sec onds before the final buzzer Tuesday night, making the Pis tons 109-107 winners over his old teammates, the New York Knickerbockers. It was the Pis tons' first win in three starts in Detroit since moving there from Fort Wayne. In the first game of the De troit doubleheader, the unbeaten Boston Celtics squeaked to their 10th straight victory, 107-104, over the Minneapolis Lakers. No other games were scheduled Tuesday night. Radio, heater, 895 SPORTS , k. I 1-;; ' : KILLS BEAR WITH PISTOL Wally Wallace, right above, 724V2 Oak st., poses with the brown bear he killed Saturday morning in the Jacksonville area. He said he brought down the animal with three shots from the .22 caliber Duramatic pistol he holds in his hand. Range was about 30 feet. Wallace and his hunting companion, Ray Phillips, right, were about 3V4 miles out of Jacksonville toward Ruch and about a mile from the highway when they encountered the bear on the hillside. Both the animal and the hunters were surprised in the meeting and the bear reared up in a threatening manner. Estimated weight of the animal was 225 pounds. Circuit ReSuctant To Give Up Denver To Coast League New York (IP) Officials of three minor leagues headed back home today to place some new franchise ideas before their members but the American As sociation's reluctance to give up Denver appeared to be blocking a quick solution. Presidents of the Pacific Coast league, American association, and Texas league failed to reach any agreement in a 6V hour Bing Devine Takes Over Card Post St. Louis (IP) New St. Louis Cardinal general manager Vaughn (Bing) Devine said to day he will ask Redbird mana ger Fred Hutchinson to return to St. Louis. "I want to discuss some of the players with Hutch, then I'll have to get someone to take over my old job," Devine said. "I'm especially interested in what Fred may have scouted up on his trip south and to Cuba. Hutch has done an outstanding job, and I'm glad he's with us." Devine, a native St. Louisian, was graduated from Washington university here in 1938. Devine played Municipal league baseball in St. Louis and played pro ball at Findlay, Ohio, in 1939. He returned to St. Louis that summer to work in the Car dinals' publicity office. He held various positions with the Cardinal organization and, in 1949, was made general man ager of the Rochester farm team of the International league. In 1956 he was apopinted execu tive assistant to Frank Lane. Indians Sign Gary Holmes Seaside (IP) Gary Holmes, much sought after 18-year-old southpaw pitcher who struck out 22 batters in a seven inning game last June, signed a profes sional baseball contract with the Cleveland Indians Tuesday. Holmes was signed by Carl Mays, Cleveland scout in this area, for a bonus under 84,000. This will enable him to play in the minor leagues to get experi ence. A bonus over that figure would require him to stay on the roster of the major league club. Holmes pitched Seaside to the state A-2 title. In the 1-0 playoff win over Glide he struck out 22 men, two on wild-pitch third strikes. He also knocked in the winning run. About 96 per cent of United States farms are family-operated the same proportion as 30 years ago. Time tested service assures best money service M f since jfv 1878 OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main PHONE: meeting Tuesday with Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick and other officials. The PCL reportedly wanted to acquire the attractive Denver area as one of the replacements for the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas it lost to the Giants and the Dodgers. But the association balked at giving up one of its choicest franchises. Under baseball law,' the PCL has no rights to draft Denver without the American associa tion's agreement. Although the PCL is technically rated a higher league with an "open" classification, it does not have the right to draft territory from the two Triple-A Class leagues the American association and the International league. "We made other plans at to day's meeting and they now will be submitted to the leagues involved for consideration," said Frick. Bud Wilkinson Coach of Week Norman, Okla. (IP) He savs "we hoDe we will be good enough to win, but if we play the best we can we don t mina losing." He almost foreets what It is to lose because his team hasn't lost a game since its opener in 1953. He is so happy in his adopted state that he once turned down a bonus of two yachts, one air conditioned, and two oil wells if he would take another coach ing job. He's Charles (Bud) Wilkin son, the United Press Coach of the Week after his Sooners whipped Missouri, 39-14, Satur day to clinch the Big Eight championship and an Orange Bowl trip. Both are old hat for Wilkin son teams, which tied for the conference title in 1947, his first year at Oklahoma, and have won every year since. Wilkin son's record against conference opposition is a gaudy 60-0-2. His previous bowl teams have won four out of five and will be favored this time over its At lantic Coast conference rival, probably Duke. Trojans Primiruj Defense for UO Los Angeles (W Most of Southern California's workouts are being aimed at stopping Ore gon's running attack which fea tures Jim Shanley and Jack Morris. Coach Don Clark sent the Tro jans through another bruising workout Tuesday in preparation for Saturday's clash with Ore gon. He ended the drill with a 20-minute goal-line scrimmage. When ytm need np to $1500, bring your money problems to HFC, Amer ica's oldest and most ex perienced consumer finance company. You re ceive money service backed by 79 years' ex perience prompt atten tion, a wide choice of re payment plans, and your money in one day. Visit or phone HFC today. St., 2nd Floor SP 3-5301 Sun Devils Boost Lead On Gridiron New York OP Arizona State of Tempe clung to the na tional college football lead in both total offense and scoring today although defending cham pion Oklahoma was starting a late-season rush to retain both crowns. Arizona State's Sun Devils, unbeaten and untied in seven games, actually increased their lead in both vital statistics dur ing a week end that saw them crush Texas Western, 43-7. State boosted its scoring av erage to 36.6 points per game, against 33.0 for second-place Army, and increased its total offense average to 437 yards per game against 412.1 per game for Army. But Oklahoma, which won both titles for the past two sea sons, made impressive strides as it trounced Missouri, 39-14. The Sooners moved up from 10th to fifth in scoring and up to ninth in total offense perhaps still too far behind in both to catch up in the time remaining. Mississippi Tops Rushing However, the. Sooners racked up 424 yards rushing against Missouri to drive from seventh to third in rushing yardage, an other department they have led for two straight years. Mississip pi retains the lead in rushing with 337.8 yards per game to 320.3 for Army and 300.1 for Oklahoma. Utah, with ace Lee Grosscup doing most of the pitching, now has virtually wrapped up the national title in passing. The Redskins gained 316 . yards through the air against Army last Saturday to boost their av erage to 201.8 yards per game to 174.0 for second place Holy Cross. The clash between air-minded Utah and rushlng-conscious Army, which was won by Army 39-33, produced the second wild est ground-gaining game of the year. Together the two teams piled up 840 yards, a sum topped only by the 921 compiled by Colorado and Kansas St. Oct. 19. Utah's 33 points was the sec ond best losing total of the year, topped by Colorado's 34 against Kansas's 35 on Oct. 5. Utah still is running ahead on the record of percentage of pass completions with an average of .615 compared to the mark of .610 set by California in 1954. GASOLINE PRICES CUT London (IP) Britain's major petroleum companies cut gaso line prices today for the sixth time in a year. The reduction amounted only to three farth ings (three-fourths of a cent) and still left the prices higher than they were before the Suez block ade last year. Standard car fuel now costs 66 cents a gallon. get thatwbird: .then get yourselt some fine bourbon. nmcl M3k stratcilii 11 I OLD I HFRMITAfiF I brand (S yecsrs old - KENTUCKY STRAIGHT ! 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' Also: Dartmouth over Cornell, Harvard over Brown, Penn State over Holy Cross, Syracuse over Colgate and Boston College over Marquette. The Midwest Michigan over Indiana Ben Jonson wasn't on my team. Michigan State over Indiana He had a line for us guys. Ohio State over Iowa "It's better to be dumb than super stitious." Purdue over Northwestern So I win a doubleheader. Also: Wisconsin over Illinois, Dayton over Miami, Iowa State over South Dakota, Missouri over Kansas State and Colo rado over Nebraska. The South Georgia Tech over Alabama Edmund Burke spoke bravely. Auburn over Georgia No rabbit feet for him. Duke over Clemson "Super stition is the religion of feeble minds." Tennessee over Mississippi My strait jacket fits' well. Also: Florida over Vanderbilt, West Virginia over Wake For FOR EXTRA WIDE There's "three in a row" comfort In Studebaker's roomier interiors. Take the entire family for a guest drive today ! at) Studebaker-Packard 'nc t tnu motodc 134 S. Riverside, Medford, Ore. 3 Ml the woM est, Kentucky over Xavier, Mis sissippi State over LSU, North Carolina over VPI, South Caro line over Virginia and Miami over Maryland. The Southwest Texas Aggies over Rice See a pin and pick it up. Arkansas over SMU All tht day you'll have good luck. Texas over TCU See a pin and let it lay. Oklahoma State over Kansas Bad luck you'll have, all the day. Also: Texas Tech over Hardin Simmons, Tulsa over Cincinnati. The West Washington over California Shallow men believe in luck. Oregon State over Stanford Strong men believe in cause and effect. Oregon over USC So quoth Emerson. Washington State over Idaho I'd rather be lucky than strong enough to lift a sack of popcorn. Also: UCLA over College of Pacific and Utah over Air Force Academy. Flamond Winner, In Portland Bout Portland OP) LeRoy Fla mond, 158, Portland, decisioned Ron Milne, 158, Seattle in a lo cally televised fight here Tues day night. In the prelims Tommy Thom as, 148, Portland, decisioned Ernie Gipson, 153, Seattle, in 6; Harvey Burke, 170, Portland, decisioned Al Noreiga, 165, Seattle; Howard Meredith, 155, Albany, decisioned Bob Silver fox, 154, Portland; Jerry Hamir ton, 150, Portland, knocked out Bill Clements, 148, Seattle, in 2. Cranberries are said to b na tive to North America. i o o
