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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"winners" while all shook up
because this is the 13th.
Game of the Week
Oklahoma over Notre Dame
The Sooners have had a couple
of close scrapes but possibly be
cause they were looking ahead
to the Irish. This is a battling
Notre Dame team and yet Okla
homa would seem to have the
horses.
The East
Army over Tulane Sure I'm
superstitious.
Navy over George Washington
Run from black cats.
Penn over Columbia Don't
walk under ladders.
Princeton over Yale And
how come those smart colleges
all have mascots? '
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
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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.
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