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M usiaE Continue! As Batting By FRED DOWN New York TP Stan Mu sial's seventh National league batting title shared honors today with splendid all-round perform ances by two of the circuit's younger stars Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Final official figures released Sunday by the Elias Baseball Eurei confirmed Musial, of Donora, Pa., as the NL batting champion with a .351 mark that was his beffc)since 1951. The St. Louis Cardinals' 37-year-old star batted .500 in a September spurt that broke up a five-player battle for the crown and put him far ahead of Mays' .333 second place Ugure. Musial's seventh chamDion. ship leaves him one short of the league mark held by Honus vvagner and his 176 hits raised his career total tn 2. 957 onlv 43 shy 'f) the 3,000-mark which has been achieved by only six players in modern baseball his tory. Aaron. Mays Stand Out But, great as Musial's per formance was, it could not com pletly overshadow the steady day-to-day batting exploits of Aaron or the all-round skills of the ever-amazing Mays. Aaron, the world champion Milwaukee Braves' most valu able player award winner, led in three important departments runs, 118; home runs, 44, and runs batted in, 132. His .322 average tied Cincinnati's Frank Robinson for third and his 369 total bases beat out Mays' total by three. Mays, the 26-year-old center fielder of the New York-San Francisco Giants, was the first player in 29 years to hit 20 or more homers, triples and doubles in the same season. Willie, who'll replace the Golden Gate as 'Frisco's most spectacular land mark in '58, numbered 35 homers, 20 triples and 26 doubles among his 195 hits and also led the circuit with 38 stolen bases. v The pennant-winning Braves trailed the Cardinals in team batting, .269 to .274, but they scored the most runs, 772, and hit the most homers, 199. The hard-hitting Braves scored 100 runs more" than four other teams the Giants, Phillies, Cubs and jjratgB. gorlatop Dick Groat of the PJfJg gjt .315, and second- Davis Cup Crew Now in Stride Brisbane, Australia (IP) Cap ita! Billy Talbert of the U.S. Davis Cup Team today discount ed his (piayers' defeats in early I tournaments in this country and said so far his squad is progress ing according "to plan." Before sweeping the Philip pines, 5-0, in the cup interzone semi-finals last week, the U. S. players showed poorly in both the New South Wales and South Australian championships. "When we suffered early re versals in both of these, there was widespread alarm about our cup chances," said Talbert. "I feel sure those ideas are radi cally changed now." The U.S. team was scheduled for a workout today at the Mil ton Courts where it will meet Belgium in the interzone finals tiiis Thursday, Friday, and Satur-y. Britain's Best Buy o America o I -1 C . . And only THE PERFECT OgLY CAR Up to 35 miles ptr on Crui easily at turnpike speti Room for 5 big popl Heater standard equipment o Champ baseman Red Schoendienst of the Giants and Braves, at .309, were only other .300 hitters in a league which averaged .260. Schoendienst also led the league in hits, with 200, for the first time in his career. Richie Ashburn of the Phil lies had the most singles, 152; Johnny Temple of the Redlegs the most sacrifice bunts, 16, and Wally Moon of he Cardinals the longest batting streak, 24 games from May 5 to May 31. John Crow Honored as Top Player By JOHN GRIFFIN New York (LP) John Crow of Texas A&M, a rugged all around type back coveted by pro football teams, can display new credentials today as college foot ball's "player of the year" to pro officials in Chicago and Mon treal. Crow was voted the 1957 top individual award during the week-end in a United Press na tionwide poll of sports writers and broadcasters. The 210-pound Aggie halfback from Springhill, La., was an em phatic winne in the balloting with 83 first-place votes. Half back Walt Kowalczyk of Michi gan State was a distant second at 25 votes and big Alex Karras of Iowa, previously voted "Line man of the Year," was third with 21 votes. Crow, who earlier won "Back of the Year" honors, received his latest honor while he was listen ing to play-for-pay offers from the Chicago' Cardinals, who claimed him in the National Football league player draft, and from the Montreal Alouettes, who have named him on their negotiating lists in Canadian pro football. End Jim Phillips of Auburn was fourth in the voting with 14 points, followed closely by sophomore halfback Bob Ander son of Army with 12, and pass ing star Lee Grosscup of Utah with 10. LANDY'S MARK FALLS Melbourne, Australia (IP) Al bert Thomas, 22, of Sydney, bet tered John Landy's Australian three-mile record by 1.5 seconds Sunday when he was clocked in 13 minutes, 25.9 seconds in a dual meet. His time was 11.7 seconds off the world mark held by Sandor Iharos of Hungary. K. Falls Boys on Goose Chase Rescued Klamath Falls (IP) Two 15-year-old Klamath Falls boys went on an authentic wild goose chase Sunday. Richard DePue and Johnny Grems crossed frozen section of the Gerber reservoir about 45 miles northeast of here while hunting geese but when they tried to make their way back they found the ice had melted, and they were stranded. A search plane spotted them Sunday afternoon a few miles from the reseryoir, and they were returned home. "It was a real honker,1 Johnny said. Pontiac Dealers have it! Meet the Vauxhall, a masterpiece of British genius for practical living. In spite of its trim silhouette there's actually room for the average family and all of their luggage. Fuel economy is a miracle of austerity, and it manoeuvres with a close-coupled ease that lets you park virtually anywhere. All this, plus bulldog ruggedness and the classic good taste of its styling, makes this a truly extraordinary car . . . and one you really must see! SPORTS Pirate Surge Beats Yreka Phoenix Phoenix high turned a half-court press to advantage here Saturday night as the Pi rates stormed in the last quarter to cop their season basketball opener with Yreka, Calif., 54 to 47. Lagging by 34 to 35 after three periods, the Pirates em ployed the press to get the ball and roll up 20 points, while holding the Miners to 12. Jim Stout paced the Phoenix attack with 20 points. Lester Schleigh of Phoenix and Bill Wilson of Yreka each hail 14. Score was knotted at 11-all at the quarter and Yreka was on top 24 to 20 at halftime. Phoenix will be host to St. Francis of Eugene next Friday evening and will oppose the Southern Oregon college junior varsity at Ashland on Saturday. LINE-IPS: 54 Phoenix Yreka 47 F 6 Simmonds .... Mathews 1 F 14 Schleigh Dillen 7 C 4 Witte Wilson 14 G 2 Heath Reed 10 G 20 Stout Tourville 7 Substitutions For Phoenix. Wal lace 3. Waldron 5. Hamilton; for Yreka. Root 8. Wilburn. Webfoot Squad Banquet Guests Eugene OP) The Oregon foot ball team will be honored to night at the annual Oregon club banquet in the Eugene hotel. Fea tured speaker at the dinner hon oring the Rose Bowl-bound Ducks will be Norm Van Brock lin, pro football ace and star quarterback of the 1948 Oregon team. HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS The Toronto Maple Leafs, after a slow start, are making up ground fast in the National Hockey league race. The Leafs picked up three points during the week end by battling New York to a 3-3 tie at Toronto Saturday night and then edging the Rangers, 2-1, Sunday night at New Yrk. In other Sunday night games, the Montreal Canadiens in creased their league lead to seven points by downing the De troit Red Wings. 3-1. and the Boston Bruins blanked the Chi cago Black Hawks, 3-0. AMERICAN LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS Pete Conacher, farmed out re cently by the Toronto Maple Leafs, is working his way into shape with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey league. Hampered by a leg injury ear lier this season, Conacher flashed some of his old-time form Sun day night in pacing the Bisons to a 5-4 victory over- the Spring field Indians. He scored two goals. The Rochester Americans broke the Cleveland Barons' 10 game unbeaten streak, 3-1, and the Providence Reds downed the pace-setting Hershey Bears, 5-2, in other Sunday games. Martin Behaim of Nurem berg constructed the earliest surviving globe in 1492, showing geographical knowledge general ly available just before Colum bus' first voyage. LOOK MOM, NO HEAD! Texas Western's Wayne Jones appears to have a basketball for head in this unusual photograph taken during game with Wichita University in Wichita, Kas. Other players are Ev Wessel (51) of Wichita and Jon Sanders (31) of Texas Western. Wichita won, 71-48. Jackson B League To Open; Prospect Jackson County B league, playing a 16-game slate this sea son, gets off to an early begin ning in games that count by launching loop activity on Tues day night. Jacksonville will be at Butte Falls and Talent at Prospect. Butte Falls has announced its main game for 8 p.m. after a grade school preliminary. St. Mary's draws a bye. Three of the B leaguers had non-conference scraps following the Friday jamboree. St. Mary's polished off Sacred Heart of Klamath Falls 41 to 32 on Sun day. On Saturday - night Pros pect clipped Rogue River 54 to 39 and Jacksonville lost 53 to 44 to Illinois Valley. St. Mary's combined its great er height and better shooting ac curacy to overcome the Trojans of Klamath Falls. Sacred Heart showed better ball handling but had trouble connecting from the field was numerous "in and out" shots. Uses Full Squad The Crusaders could have won by a bigger score but Coach Bill McKibbin chose to give his 10 squad members each a chance to see considerable service. He did not start three players who loom as top line mer and several of the apparent first liners sat out part of the third and fourth Is That So? Water, the most abundant sub stance on earth, is one of the most eccentric thank goodness! This eccentricity makes life,' as we know it, possible on our earth. Water contracts as it cools like any other liquid and so be comes denser. That is, the lower the temperture of the water, the denser the water becomes and the more it weighs for any defi nite volume. This normal behavior of liq uids holds until the water al most reaches freezing to be precise, four degrees Centigrade (39 15 degrees Fahrenheit) when the water undergoes a strange change. As it cools be low four degrees C. it defies all laws of liquids and begins to ex pand. With the expansion its density diminishes instead of in creases and the water steadily becomes lighter until the tem erature reaches O. C. (32 F.) at which it freezes, and turns to ice. When other liquids cool and turn into a solid they tend to contract and become denser and heavier than the same volume of the corresponding liquid at the same temperature. Water, refusing to conform, does not obey this rule. As it turns to ice, it continues to ex-pand--and very rapidly, too, as broken water mains and cracked radiators testify. In this rapid expansion while freezing it be comes lighter by almost one tenth than the water from which it forms. This is the reason ice bergs float. These weight changes of water at different temperatures defy ing natural laws are of utmost importance. Should the water contract steadily with dropping temperatures and then freeze into still heavier solid ice the climate of our world would take on an entirely different pattern. As for us humans, we wouldn't be here. Water Becomes Heavier As winter brings its cold weather the water of lakes and seas become heavier. As its den sity increases the water sinks and displaces the lighter, warm er water at the bottom which in turn rises to the surface and Take Games quarters. The Trojans were in front In the early minutes. St. Mary's pulled in front for keeps in the second stanza but Sacred Heart threatened to catch up in the final quarter. First quarter score was 9-each. SM was ahead 18 to 11 at half time and 33 to 23 after three cantos. It narrowed to" 35 to 30 in the last panel. Dave Beard was high point man in the game with 13. Craig and Dave Gardner with 16 and 13 tallies paced the Pros pect decision. The Cougars had 14 to 7, 26 to 21 and 39 to 32 quarterly standings. Jon Bigman, Rogue River, and Floyd Scaife, Prospect, each had 10 points. Illinois Valley had a 27 to 20 halftime lead on Jacksonville. I.INE-UPS: 53 Illinois Valley Jacksonville F 12 Slanaker D. Bransom F 19 Goodwin E. Smith C 4 Woodbury Dowell G 4 Dickey Perreard G 4 Hanby Davis Substitutions For Illinois Valley, Ollis 2. Lewis 6, Rauber 2; for JacK sonville. Allen, Winningham, Caird, Whitney, Hanley. 41 St. Mary' 10 King 4 Mansfield 3 Colver Sacred Heart 32 Horn 5 Jackson Collins 7 Hayes Amsberg 6 G 3 Evans Beard 13 Substitutions For St. Mary's, Kirsch, Miksche 2, Flakus 9, Daley, Kerr 10; for Sacred Heart, Folk, DeBel, Bram ble 1, Powell, Hurley, Wilkinson. By EU6ENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist cools. This cooling and mixing continues throughout the lake until the temperature reaches four degrees above freezing C. Then, as the water cools still further, the density change re verses. The top water which is coldest suddenly remains at the top instead of sinking as it nears freezing. Finally, as this top wa ter turns to ice, it becomes still lighter and the ice floats on the surface like a protecting cover. If the density of the cooling water did not undergo this re markable change between four degrees C. and freezing, the sur face water would continue to sink. As it dropped below freez ing, the ice would form at the bottom of the lake and would build up there from season to season until the waters of the lake (rivers and seas, too) would become entirely solid. Only in summer then would the surface layers of the lakes and oceans melt slightly in some areas and there would be ho great movements of ocean cur rents to modify the world's weather. The tropics would then become unbearably hot and the temperate regions would freeze throughout the year. (Released by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Trib une, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. JOBS FOR DISABLED Albany, N.Y. P) The New York State Division of Employ ment found a record 34,000 jobs for disabled workers last year, according to Director Richard C. Brockway. Brockway said 2,200 of these jobs went to workers with major disabilities. Monday, December 9, 1957 OSC Sweeps Hoop Series With Pilots Vancouver, Wash. (IP) Coach Slats Gill's Oregon State Beavers racked up University of Portland 64-46 before 3500 fans here Sat urday night for their second sec ond straight lopsided win over the Pilots. Oregon State won at Corvallis Friday night 75-49. Dave Gambee again was the big man for the Beavers Satur day. He scored 20 points to give him a total of 43 for the two game series. He also led his team in rebounding. Ken Nanson also was a Beaver star. Besides scoring 18 points he held Jim Armstrong, the Pilot scoring ace, to only 7 points. Dick Jolley was Portland's top scorer with ,18. Oregon State shot .397 from the floor while Portland had only .292. Sanders Studies Aggies' Offer Los Angeles (IF) Coach Henry (Red) Sanders of UCLA s.ys he has been contacted bv Texas A&M officials about tak ing the football post vacated by Paul Bryant last week. The famous Bruin coach, who has compiled a nine-year record of 66 victories, 19 'losses and one tie while at UCLA, com mented Saturday that he had a "wonderful job" and had not considered leaving. "But," he added: "With the coast conference in its present state of confusion, it s hard for me to know exactly what I want to do." WILSON GETS CROWN McMinnville (IP) Wilson high of Portland won its first state girls' swimming champion ship Saturday by defeating Cleveland high 50-44. Oswego high was third with 39 points. Gangster Tactics Told To Committee Washington (IP) The Senate Rackets committee heard testi mony Saturday that one team sters union official threatened a Knoxville, Tenn., grocer before his store was dynamited and that another was on the scene when the blast occurred. B. B. Powers, the food market operator, said his store was dy namited Sept. 5, 1956, less than 48 hours after he was threaten ed with "trouble" by William J Reynolds, then president of the Knoxville Teamsters Local 621. He said Reynolds made the threat because he was selling soft drinks (coca-cola) bottled in a plant that Reynolds claimed was on strike. Two other witnesses testified that W. A. (Hard-Heading Smit ty) Smith, business agent of Nashville, Tenn., Local 327, was near Powers' store about the time of the dynamiting. John C. Chapman, a youthful sheet metal worker who now lives in Baltimore, and Luther C. Hargis, 32, of Knoxville, iden tified Smith from pictures as one of three men they saw in , Cad illac near the store. Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D - Ark.) criticized Knoxville police for laxity in handling the still-unsolved dy namiting case. TIT FOR TAT Hartford, Conn. (IP) After writing out a speeding ticket for Duane F. Ballard, officer Harold Cunningham realized that two years before in Iowa he had been given a similar ticket by Ballard. Cunningham was fined $15, Ballard paid $11. R A D I O D I S P A T G H E D IF WE MIX IT, YOU CAN'T 111 Got a Fluid Driveway? (and a shiftless husband?) Got a Party Planned? (and wall-to-wall mud?) Give Dear Old Dad a Concrete Walk or Driveway . (we'll bill him after Christmas) Listen To Our Re washed News 7:30 A.M. - KBOY Tarheels Look Strong In Season Hoop Start By JOE SARGIS United Press Sports Writer North Carolina's smashing opening-game victory served notice on the college basketball world Monday that Coach Frank McGuire's Tarheels are solidly equipped to defend their national championship. The Tarheels, performing without the graduated Len Rosenbluth and injured Joe Quigg, walloped Clemson, 79 55, Saturday to run their un beaten streak to 33 games. The victory was especially impres sive because three of North Carolina's principal rivals were hard pressed to win and a fourth challenger suffered its first de feat. Second-ranked Kansas had to go all out to shade Northwest ern, 71-65; fifth-ranked Ken tucky went to three overtimes Bearcats Grab Tip-Off Tourney McMinnville (IP) The Wil lamette Bearcats defeated Pa cific at Linfield college here Saturday night 74-57 to grab the first annual Northwest confer ence Tip-Off tournament title. The Bearcats roared to a 43 18 lead at the half and fought off a Badger rally early in the second half. Linfield took a consolation crown by squeaking by Lewis and Clark 63-61. DRIP-DRY NO IRON Mansmooth "3 Itself DRIES QUICKLY - SMOOTHLY - WRINKLE FREE! 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North Carolina lost still a third player Saturday when 6-7 Danny Lotz suffered a broken foot but will be heavily favored in all three games it plays this week against George Washing ton Tuesday night, Furman Thursday night and South Caro lina Saturday night. Neverthe less, any talk of the Tarheels challenging San Francisco's rec ord 60-game winning streak will have to wait until after the Ken tucky Invitational Tournament Dec. 20-12. Games tonight include: Drake vs: Creighton, Detroit vs. Wich ita, Memphis State vs. Texas A & M, Missouri vs North Da kota, SMU vs. Hamline and Northwestern vs. South Dakota State. cuff or with links MEN'S STORE Phone SP 3-3803 BEAT IT! H O T o W A T E R T O O by LIlllliGER'S 2-5897 MUrdock 5-8121 Huannanan Sof)95
