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o o O o o o C3 9 u O EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) liners Play Before Sellout Crowds in Most Home Games San Francisco HP The San Francisco Forty Niners, the "Hair-breadth Harry" club of the National Professional Foot ball League, have sold out for 10 of their 12 games this year. They have attracted 670,000 paid admissions for 12 games including next Sunday's assured sellout at Kezar Stadium. They played before an all-time record crowd of 103.000 in Los Angeles. They "sold out" the house in Chicago. Detroit and Baltimore. They drew the big gest crowd of the year in New York 54.000. They have filled their 60,000 capacity Kezar Stadium five out of six times this year and in the other game drew 40,000, against the Chicago Cardinals in the season's opener. So what makes this club the greatest attractiorj,in the history of professional football? They've never won a championship, yet four out of five years they have been the greatest road gate. Is it their old, bald-headed , quarterback, Y.,A. Tittle? Cellar-Dwelling Bears Voice Objections to PC C Actions - - Berkeley, Calif. IW A reso '.lution urging the University oi ; California at Berkeley to with- - "draw from the Pacific Coast con ference went today before the ' student governing body. The resolution was adopted on .Monday night by the university's ! -powerfulTntercollegiate Athletic .Advisory board, which held a closed door session on the cam Tpus. Its adaption came as a bolt Sport Parado : O B? JACf CUDDT ; Substituting for Oscar Fraley . : 2w York m This writer, '.friendly to both Cus D'Amato and Jim Norris, tried over the weekend to arrange a forget- the-past conference that might settle their feud and result in a big heavy-weight title fight. Promoter Norris was willing. He said "As far as I'm concerned the fud is one-sided. I'll be glad to sit down with Cus any time and make a fresh start in talks about a title bout." QBut D'Amato, manager of champion Frank Patterson, re fused point-blang to have any dealings with Norris, "because I have no confidence in the man." D'Amato's refusal was so bit terly final there seems no hope Qof a reapproachment. And the situation could cause much trouble in 1958. Not only does D'Amato refuse to let young Pat terson fight for Norris and his International Boxing Club, but he refuses a defense against any contender, who in D'Amato's n oplfcion, is "frendly" with the IBC. In his weekend statements, Cus hinted that the barred "friendly" group might include every contender listed among the top 10 by the Ring Magazine, although he did not come right out and say it. He repeated that he is nego tiating for a spring title defense in England against an undesig nated oppoennt. He added, "and we have four offers for title fights in the United States from independent promoters." Meanwhile, Norris stressed his willingness to confer with D'Amato. He said, "if Cus does not want to meet me in New York now. I could fly up from Miami in 314 hours or from Chi cago in two hours and 40 min utes, any time he wants to sit down and talk it over." But the world's best known promoteOadded "If he doesn't want Patterson to fight . under our promotion, I'm sure he won't put us out of business. The gov ernment might put us out, but D'Amato jsvon't." Norris' "government" mention referred to the monopoly deci sion now before the ' United States Supreme Court for confir mation or reversal. Last summer Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan found the IBC guilty of violating the anti-trust laws and ordered the IBC bro ken up. But his verdict was ap pealed to the Supreme Court. Fears IBC "Control" Friends of D'Amato says he fears the IBC will try to "con trol" Patterson if he defends under IBC promotion. But Norris emphasized: "We don't control any fighters or 0 have any pieces of them, and we don't want any. We're perfectly satisfied with the promoter's share of fights." Among the many other reas on for D'Amato's feud is his charge that the IBC refused to use his preliminary boxers after Patterson had won the vacant title by knocking out Archie Moore, Nov. 30, 1956. He said MAIL TRIBUNE Is it the glamor of the name, rorty Niners? Or San Francisco? Or maybe it is the greatest running back, now an end, Hugh McElhenny. Or a rookie named R. C. Owens. No matter how you look at it, it's a fabulous operation. The Forty Niners get what could be called a "poor" press in their home town yet the fans riot to buy tickets. "It's hard to believe," says Bill Kim, of the Forty Niner staff. "We put tickets on sale at our downtown office at eight o'clock Monday morning after the win over the Colts," said Hill, "and eight hours later they still were streaming into our of fice despite the fact that we had only 1,000 tickets to start the day. "And we practically sold out for the Green Bay game, final of the year, before the Colt tilt. We could have been playing that one just for fun and still had a sell-out." The Forty Niner office is swamped with telephone calls from the blue. The board can act only in an advisory capacity, but its recom mendations carry considerable weight. It is made up of three members each from the faculty, student body and alumni. The resolution recommended that the University of California at Berkeley withdraw from the PCC effective July 1, 1959. The action was undoubtedly By OSCAR FRALEY Sports Writer United Press the IBC had promised faithfully to do so. But Norris said, "We used some preliminary fighters sug gested to us by Charley Black and Vinnie Cirola, whom D'Amato had given us to under stand would represent him." Since he won the title, Patter son defended twice for independ ent promoters and knocked out Hurricane Jackson (10 and ePte Rademacher. The champion's purses were large enough in those bouts to put him in the 90 per cent brackets, said D'Amato. BOWLING Standings: Hawthorne Market Laurine'g Carpet House Women of Moose Hudson's Pharmacy Veterans of Foreign Wars Ginns Florist Courtesy Chevrolet W. 20 16 13 11 10 9 7 L. 4 18 11 13 14 15 17 Results: Courtesy 0 fMonty Jantzer 183) 884; Gilman's 3 (James Flagg 200) 1013. V.F.W. 1 (Lauren Iverson 237) 926: Hawthore 2 (Mike Jantzer 218) 1021. Ginn's 3 (Tom Ginn 279) 1083; Latinne s 0 (Frank Semihard 267) 950 Hudson's 1 (Con Bauman & Daryl Christenson 237) 716. W.O.T.M. 2 (Bob Edwards 231") 763. SENIOR JUNIOR LEAGUE Standings: W. Bauman's Fire Equipment 25 Vx Medford Paint & Wallpaper 23 Star Body Works 22 li Rainbow Cafe 21 Veterans of Foreign Wars 15Vi Women of The Moose 14 Cummings Insurance 12 Laurine Carpet House 10 x L. 10 Vz 13 13 Vi 13 20 ',4 22 20 2 Hi Results: Bauman's 4 (Joy Bauman 401) Den nis Bauman 502) 2541; Rainbow 0 ( Ralph Goode 392. Bill Harmon 396) 2408. V.F.W. 2 (Beverly Lenz 385. George Schuler 455 2435: WOTM 2 (Butch Tompkins 349. Pauline Denyer 394) 2447. Star Body 2 (Janice Mathus 373, Stew Schroeder 425) 2448; Medford Paint 2 (Jerolyn Burroughs 378, Cary Brown 451) 2451. Laurine's 2 (Shirley Berns 164. Marshall Sellars 373) 2530: Cummings 2 (Calvin Lenz 352, Sharon O'Brien 352) 2464. Girls high game Shirley Berns 164; girls high series Delores Williams 405. Boys high game Dennis Bauman 190: boys high series Dennis Bau man 501. CLASSIC LEAGUE Standings Lamport's Sporting Goods Sewing Machine Center E. H Mann Co. Morse Motors Oak Knoll Golf Course Hight Real Estate Henry's Broiler Hillyer Oil Co Trail Creek Lumber Co. Sam's Sporting Goods w. .37 'i 37'2 36 'a 32 2 32 30 29 28 21 17 L. 22'i 22'2 23 2 271,2 28 30 31 32 39 43 Results: E. H. Mann Co. 2 (Ed Mann 585) 2.597: Hight Real Estate 2( Doc Wil son 555 2607. Lamport's Sporting Goods 3 (Jim Morgan 619) 2742; Morse Motors 1 (Leo Webster 599) 2731. Sewing Machine Center 4 (Dick Weber 561) 2675; Trail Creek Lumber Co. 0 (Gene Piazza 580) 2475. Oak Knoll Golf Course 3 (Rav Wise 553) 2626: Sam's Sporting Goods 1 (Ernie Engelkes 542) 2500. Henry's Broiler 3 (Bill Evans 562) 2676; Hillyer Oil Co. 1 (Bill Meyers 558) 2656. BASGALL MADE MANAGER Pittsburgh (IP) Romanus (Monty) Basgall, former Pitts burgh Pirates' infielder who twice won "manager of the year" honors in the Class A Big State league, has been signed to manage the Pirates farm club at Lincoln, Neb., in the Class A Western league. Basgall played second base for the Pirates in 1948, 1949 and 1951. Tuesday, December 10, 1957 demanding tickets some from irate fans who claim they have been regulars down through the years, others from people "just hoping" they might get a couple of tickets that had been over looked. There is no national cham pionship involved yet just the pennant race. But the fans are carrying on as though the honor of the country were at stake. When they couldn't get tickets last week, thousands either flew or drove to Reno, Nev., Sacra mento or other cities 100 or more miles away to watch on television. Other hundreds of thousands in the West listened by radio. Tickets for the Colt game last Sunday were being scalped at S40 each for a $3.75 ducat, or for two together, $100. If the Forty Niners get into the world series game against Cleveland on Dec. 29 the day following the already sold out Shrine East-West game some of the ticket-selling tales may be come too fabulous to believe. sparked by the failure of the PCC to adopt the university's proposals for revising the athlet ic code. At a meeting last week, the PCC rejected a proposal by California and UCLA, its south ern sister, and Southern Calif ornia that the member schools police themselves. Complete Freedom The California schools also proposed complete freedom of scheduling by member schools. The resolution went today be fore the Executive Committee of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC). If adopted, it will then go before Chancellor Clark Kerr for final sanction. The advisory board released a statement saying: "On June 21, 1957, the board of regents adopted the state ment of athletic policy for the University of California, which in the opinion of the Intercol legiate Athletic Advisory Board of the University of California, Berkeley, if adopted by the Pa cific Coast conference, would have restored intercollegiate ath letics to its appropriate place in educational affairs. That state ment of policy was in practical effect approved by the presidents of all the conference institutions, but thereafter was rejected by the conference at its December, 1957, meeting. Withdrawal Recommended "We -therefore recommend to the chancellor and the Executive Committee of the Associated Students of the University of Cal ifornia that the University of California, Berkeley, withdraw from the conference effective on July 1, 1959.." Those drawing up the resolu tions were O. Court Majors, Judge Stanley Barnes and Judge Henry Selvin of the alumni: Dean Herford Stone, Dean Wil liam Keeler and William Mona- nan of the faculty; and Ron Wheatcroft, Roger Gregg and John Mahoney, representing the students. Also attending Monday night's meeting was Greg Engllhard, di rector of athletics. He is an ex officio member of the board. PCC Head Not Being Replaced, Reports Indicate Stanford, Calif. (IP) There has been no attempt to hire a successor to Vic Schmidt, retir ing commissioner of the Pacific Coast conference, according to Stanford Director of Athletics, Al Masters. It has been reported that Fritz Crisler, long-time Big Ten coach and athletic director, had been offered the post. However, Mas ters, ex-officio member of the conference committee assigned to study the commissioner's post m the light of Schmidt's resig nation, said: "We haven't even called a meeting yet, so no one can have received an offer unless the committee met while ignoring me. Also, we haven't even made a study of the commissioner powers which we will do be fore considering anyone for the post." MID METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 22S7 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Cancer Fund To Benefit From Bout New York (TP) Yvon Dur elle, light heavyweight cham pion of Canada, is favored at 12-5 to beat Jerry Luedee at Tampa, Fla., Wednesday night in their 10-round TV fight, which apparently features this week's boxing schedule. Their bout is for the Babe Didrickson Z a h a r a s Cancer fund. Durelle of Baie St. Anne, N. B., is the third ranking contend er for the world title. Luedee, of New Haven, Conn., is unranked; but he is strong and fugged, and a good puncher. -Luedee's 23-6-1 record in cludes 13 knockouts. Durelle's 45-15-2 and one no-contest in cludes 23 kayoes. There will be no Friday night TV fight because NBC gives the leather-tossers a rest that night and stages a bowling tourna ment instead. Bob Baker, Pittsburgh heavy weight, engages Dick Richard son of England at London to night, and heavyweight Archie McBride of Trenton, N. J., tac kles Ingemar Johansson at Goth enburg, Sweden, Friday night. Light heavyweight champion Archie Moore is slated for a non title 10-rounded with Luis Igna cio at San Paulo, Brazil, Friday night. The week's boxing schedule includes: Tuesday London Bob Baker vs. Dick Richardson; Miami Beach Bob by Lane vs. Angelo Defindis; Houston, Tex. Paul Jorgensen vs. Gabby Pal- ioiu; tsoston taaie Rocky Tomasello. Andrews vs. Wednesday Tampa, Fla. Durelle vs. Jerry Luedee. Thursday Los Angeles Kid Yvon Ana- huac vs. Dwight Hawkins. Friday (No TV fight). Gothenburt, Sweden Archie McBride vs. Ingemar Johansson; Sao Paulo, Brazil Archie Moore vs. Luis Ignacio non-title. Saturday Detroit Duke Harris vs. Wilfie Greaves; Hollywood, Calif. Alfredo Escobar vs. Vince Delgado; Milan, Italy Tombstone Smith vs. Giancarlo Garbelli. Idaho Said Best Team In Years by Hodges (Editor's note: This is anoth er in a series on the outlook of West Coast basketball teams. By RUSS NIELSEN Moscow, Ida. (IP) "The best team in recent years . . . That's how Coach Harlan Hodges rates his University of Idaho basketball squad this sea son. "If only we had a real, big man we might go places," says Hodges. He has seven lettermen who show good speed and scoring ability as well as considerable height. The talent is well-bal- Pace Claims Little Rock Welcome Due Ann Arbor, Mich. (IP) Negro halfback Jim Pace of the Univer sity of Michigan said today he has learned that his hometown of Little Rock, Ark., is planning a civic reception, parade and banquet for himself, teammate Willie Smith and University of Wisconsin quarterback Sid Wil liams when they return home for the Christmas holidays. Pace said he understood that committee including Gov. Orval Faubus and Little Rock Mayor W. W. Mann was arrang ing the celebration. Smith and Williams also are Negroes. Pace, the speedy halfback who was named to the second team backfield in the United Press Ail-American poll, said he was overwhelmed." Trotting Association to Plan Membership Easing Columbus, Ohio (IP) The U.S. Trotting association Mon day eased its compulsory mem bership rules to assure compli ance with federal anti-trust laws. The changes permit tracks to receive USTA services at a spe cified fee without actually being a member of the association. Rememkr in December HFC makes seasonal loans 1 OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main PHONE: Jim Funston Prep FoofbaflS A Third Team Berth Goes To Merton Portland Iff) Two players from state champion Jefferson were named to the Oregon Jour nal's 1957 all-state high school football team. Quarterback Terry Baker and center Doug White made the team from Jeff. Others on the first team included Greg Willen er of South Eugene and Dick Manilla of Springfield attends Tim Bullard of Marshfield and Bob Belleisle of South Salem at tackles; Bill Woodcock of Baker and Jim Funston of Medford at guards, and backs Paul Goddard of Lincoln, Mickey Sinnerud of Beaverton and Frank Hawley of Vale. Second Team Named on the second team were Mike Sparlin of Grants Pass and Bob Eayne of South Salem at end; Dale Durdel of Beaverton and Randy Hawke of Bension at tackle; Denny Pieters of South Salem and Mike Hansel man of Jeff at guard; Gary Rit chie of McMinnville at center, and backs Gary Albright, Mil- waukie; Steve Picard, Seaside; Rick Herman. Springfield and Hardy Spurgeon Marshfield. Third team members are Jim Luening of Roosevelt and Claude Layton of North Salem at end; Andy Kriekas of Springfield and Gary Lohan of Washington at tackle; Tom Merton of Med ford and John Thies of Jeff at guard; Stu Hall of Beaverton at center, and backs Charley War- ance and Hodges may use the platoon system to get the most out of his material. The nucleus of the team is provided by flashy guard Gary Simmons and centers Jim Bra nom, 6-7, and Gary McEwan, 6-6, the tallest men on the squad. Simmons hit on 26 straight free throws last season to set a conference record. Guard Wahylon Coleman and forward Harold Damiano are among the best scorers on the club. Coleman and sophomore for ward John Liveious had great freshman years but the latter eager set out last season be cause of scholastic troubles. The other veterans are center B. J. Schafefr and guard Bill Wilson. There also are five sophs who looked good on the f rosh team last season and three junior college transfers guard John Cisna and forwards Rich Gilbert and John Pilger. "It will take a while longer before I can decide to use pla toons since the material appar ently is available." The Vandals sweep into PCC action Jan. 3 against Stanford. BASKETBALL East St. Francis (Pa.) 65. Duquesne 64 St. John's 78 (Bridgeport 66 Brandeis 84, Providence 68 South Davidson 54, Catawba 48 (ot) Maryland 71, Kentucky 62 Citadel 75, William & Marv 60 Texas A&M 71, Memphis St. 57 Alabama 68, Murray St. 61 Vanderbilt 105. VMI 74 Tulane 74, Louisiana Coll. 63 Georgetown 76, Loyola College 51 Midwest Kansas St. 79. Purdue 73 Wichita 89 Dttroit 82 Kansas 82, Marquette 62 Northwestern 74, S. Dakota St. 58 Notre Dame 69, Nebraska 56 Cincinanti 80. Temple 57 Missouri 78, North Dakota 40 Bradley 91, Arizona 52 Wisconsin 43, Washington (Mo.) 33 Southwest Rice 81, Louisiana St. 56 SMU 66. Hamline (Minn.) 50 Texas Christ. 65, Okla. City 56 West Montana 64, Idaho 60 Seattle 104. Portland State 54 Whitman 69, Uorthwest Nazarene 87 Calif. JC 55, San Francisco City Col lege 50 Whitman (Wash.) 60, N.W. Nazarene 57 Sacramento JC 72. Serra JC 53 If end of the year expenses are piling up, you'll appre ciate HFC's friendly, effi cient, one-day money serv ice. At Household you may borrow up to $1500 and choose your own terms op to 24 months to repay. HFC is America's oldest and largest consumer fi nance company. For money service backed by 79 years' experience, phone or visit HFC today. St., 2nd Floor SP 3-5301 elect JIM FUNSTON On Oregon Journal All-State Team ren South Eugene; Raye Ren fro, Jeff; Larry Peterson, Mc Minnville, and Jerry Goertzen, South Salem. Jim Funston, Medford high, named to a guard position on the Oregon Journal's all-state football team, was a center and linebacker for the Black Tor nado. Both he and Tom Merton, Medford, picked for the third all-star club, are seniors and three year letterman for the local school. Both Medford players made made the Medford Mail Tribune and the Klamath Falls Herald and News and KFLW All-South ern Oregon conference first teams. Funston was voted by his teammates as the Black Tor nado's outstanding player. Schwall Said to Sign With Majors Norman, Okla. (IP) High- scoring forward Don Schwall of the University of Oklahoma bas ketball team quit the team Mon day to sign a major league base ball contract. Schwall, a 20-yearold junior from Ypsilanti, Mich., said he had received "substantial" offers lgrilucky SeriSs for thcUdli&ays b a v M " bourbon ; ffpf fcr Ga-fesv 1 r-'V!MM ; pTlGJl Se 1 --Jr' Give nnnn . . u J Bajcy Tastes so l&Ii-. Swallows so Smooth mil umi nn tnmnniir IrriminW rpA- niLL a 11 ILL Ul., LUUMilUX, ftimubrti, M KENTUCKY STRAIGHT m on 0 regoii State First Aggregation TOM MERTON On All-Star Third Team from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Kasnas City Athletic and Detroit Tigers. A report from an assistant coach at Oklahoma, who asked that his name not be revealed, said Schwall would sign "today or Wednesday" for $50,000 with the Pittsburgh club. fHCTDIDHTm BY. HITIflNII IttCTt I f n?C PBfinilPTC ffl uwimuuiui ut. iwiiwwi xiuw "-v i BOURBOH WHiSKEf 8S PECQF Journal's SPORTS Yardley Holds to Lead in Scoring Race in NBA By UNITED PRESS George Yardley of the De troit Pistons maintained his Na tional Basketball association in dividual scoring during the past week by averaging more than 30 points a game. The veteran Yardley has tal lied 601 noints through 21 games for a 28.6 average. New York's Ron Sobie and Minneapolis' Dick Schnittker moved in front of Sharman in the free throw race. Sobie made 22 of 24 attempts to run his per centage to .891 while Schnittker countered on seven of eight for 886. Sharman failed on four of 18 and his average diDDed to 882. o Bill Russell maintained his re bound leadership at 26.1 Der game and Maurice Stokes of Cincinnati stayed on top in as sists with a 6.5 average. Salt Lake PCI Entry Names New Manager for 1958 Salt Lake City (IP) Eddie Leishman, a top administrator in organized baseball, today was named new general manager of the Salt Lake entry in the Paci fic Coast league. Leishman came to SaltLak City seven years ago as owner and operator of the Salt Lake Pioneer League team. WANT TO RENT A TRUCK, OR CAR, FOR A DAY, OR MORE 9 Wilcox Beehive TRUCK & CAR RENTALS 6th & Grape, Med. SP 3-3261 its Best For the best of Holidays give Hill and Hill, a truly American whiskey, straight from Kentucky . . . the per fect combination of prestige whiskey and exqui- $A35 iite package. - -t 4s Qt. O
