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o o O TEN -KtDfOUD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Forty Miners, Lions Pro Triumphs; Play-off NATIONAL I.EAGl'K Eastern Division W X-Cleveland 8 New York 7 Washington 5 Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 4 Chicago Cards 3 T 1 0 I 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pet. .818 .583 .455 .455 333 .273 Prt. .687 .667 .583 .500 .417 .250 Wtern Division W Detroit 8 San Francisco 8 Baltimore 7 Los Angeles 5 Chicago Bean 5 Green Bav 3 X-Clinched title SunrtaVs Results Cleveland 34. New York 28 Washington 10. Pittsburgh 3 Detroit 21. Chicago Bears 13 Los Angeles 37. Baltimore 21 San Francisco 27. Green Bay 29 Next Sunday's Games Detroit at San Francisco 'Playoff) Pittsburgh at Chicago Cardinals By EARL WRIGHT United Presi Sports Writer The San Francisco Forty-Nin-ers, surprise team of the Na tional Football league's richest season, are three-point favorites to win more gold next Sunday by whipping the visiting Detroit Lions in a playoff game for the Western division title. The winner will play host to coach Paul Brown's Cleve land Browns, Eastern division champions, in the title game Dec. 29. Detroit and San Francisco forced the first playoff game since 1952 when they rallied to win their final regular season games Sunday. The crippled Lions trailed the Bears, 10-0 at the half in Chicago but rebounded behind quarterback Tobin Rote to win, 21-13. Three hours later at San Francisco, injured quarterback Y. A. Tittle hobbled on to a muddy field in the third quar ter and sparked a Forty-Niner rally that erased a 20-10 Green Bay Packer lead and produced a 27-20 victory. Colts Bow Out The Baltimore Colts started thf day tied for first with De CD troit and San Francisco but bowed out of the closest div ision race in league history by dropping a 37-21 decision to the Rams at Los Angeles. Norm Van Brocklin ended Baltimore's drea mof its first title by throw ing four touchdown passes in w the ram. Cleveland clinched Eastern honors Dec. 7 when the Pitts burgh Stselers upset the New York Giants. But the Browns appeared set on proving they would have won without any help S they came from behind twice at Yankee Stadium to edge the Giants, defending league and Eastern champions, 34-28. In Sunday's other jame, Sam Baker scored all the points in leading the Redskins to a 10-13 (victory over the Steelers at Washington. In a Saturday fame the Chicago Cardinals edged the Eagle at Philadelphia, 31-27. Walter Burkemo Wins Sanford Sanford, Fla. nt It took Walter Burkemo 13 years as a professional golfer to win a PGA medal play tournament, the $15,000 Sanford Open. Burkemo, the Franklin Hills, Mich., pro who is a feared rival in man-to-man match play, "beat the scoreboard" and two stout contenders as he posted a 269 for 72 holes for a one-stroke vic tory Sunday. Q The two contenders, home pro Jay Hebert and Ed (Porky) Oliver of Canton, Mass., finish ed in a second-place tie at 270. Grid Schedules Meeting Subject San Francisco IP Athletic directors, of the Pacific Coast conference met today to draw football schedules for 1961 and 1962. Among the directors were Jose from California, UCLA and Southern California. All three school have decided to drop out cf th conference before that ctmie. Greg Engelhard of California Jaicf achedules would be drawn even though the games might not necessarily be played. "Or then again, they might be," he added. Leather Kg. $2.50 Cordovan Now for Christmas BB2l$H Centra! j?M2iS Dm Your Charge Plata Drug Store ' Ik if ON OREGONIAN ALL-STATE Jim Funston. above, Medford high star center, was named to the Portland Oregonian's prep all-state first team on Sunday. It was the second all-state grid honor for him. Last week he was selected for a guard spot on the Oregon Journal first team. Three Medford players received honorable mention in the Oregonian poll. They were Tom Mor ris, tackle, Tom Merton, guard, and Bob Gee, back. Mike Spar lin, Grants Pass end, was picked for the first team, and Jim Smith, GP quarterback, for the third squad. Hoop Quints Warned: Look Out for Seattle By UNITED PRESS Look out for Seattle: Coach John Vastellani's Chieftains ap pear to have the goods again this season even if their excit able mentor said he was wor ried about dropping "about 10 games" during the campaign. With Elgin Baylor ticking for 26 points Seattle defeated fourth ranked Bradley, 82-76, last Sat urday on the first game of an eastern invasion that next takes them to the Blue Grass festival at Louisville and the Holiday festival in New York. Another surprise was dished up Saturday night as San Jose State knocked off Stanford, 66 59. Center Marv Branstrpm came out of a slump to put on a fine, all-around exhibition while leading the Spartans to their win. He scored 14 points during the night and got one of the clutch tallies which meant the difference after Stanford had tied the score at 59-59. UCLA, finding the 24-second rule of the pros to its liking, beat De Paul for the second straight night this time by a score of 73-48. It was the ninth ranked Bruins fourth win in as many starts. Both DePauw tilts were played with the 24 second shooting deadline in force as an experiment. Oregon State limited Jean Le febvre, Gonzaga's titanic French man, to 11 points while defeat ing the Bulldogs, 71-63, to re main undefeated. Dave Gambee dunked in 16 for the winners. Oklahoma State came from behind in the second half to defeat Washington, 43-39, and sweep the series with the Husk ies. ' St. Mary's, far from home, lost Its fifth straight game by taking a 69-50 defeat from Day ton. The Gaels have four more tough midwestern opponents lined up, including Bradley, be fore they come back to Morago. Washington State took it on the nose from Montana 68-58." This week's action gets off to Billfolds each plus tax f MAIN AND CENTRAL Monday, December 16, 1957 Record Set V a fast start tonight as University of San Francisco tangles with Southern California on one half of a double header at the Cow Palace. Stanford and Santa Clara meet in the other end. The teams then swap oppon ents Tuesday night in the cem ment pavilion. After that, the Dons head for out of town along with Seattle for the Blue Grass tournament at Louisville. Eastward treks also generally are on the docket for other coast quints. DeCoIa, Russo Tussle Tonight New York 0P Tony De Cola and Danny Russo, two busy young Brooklyn welterweights, will fight tonight at St. Nicholas arena. Lanky DeCola is favored at 7-5 because of his greater ex perience and boxing skill. NO WONDER Cherry Burton, England (W Both sides got so mad at the umpire for a local football match that they complained to the Ref erees association from whom though they'd hired him. The association did a bit of check ing, found the objectionable referee was an escapee from a nearby mental hospital. Tru-Mix Concrete SAVES YOU TIME! SAVES YOU MAN POWER! SAVES YOU STORAGE SPACE! SAVES YOU THE MESS OF STOCK PILES OF AGGREGATE AND CEMENT! and Tru-Mix Saves You the uncertainty of getting good concrete in cold weather! its delivered on the job at the Slight Temperature for the BEST RESULTS Even FREEZING WEATHER! Jim Funston Oregonian All-Stater Portland IP Two players each from Jefferson, the state champ, and South Salem, the runner up, were named Sunday to the Oregonian's 1957 all-state prep football team. Tackle Bob Belleisle and guard Denny Pieters from South Salem and back Terry . Baker and guard Doug White from Jefferson were on the team. Others included ends Mike Spar lin of Grants Pass and Greg Willener of South Eugene; tackle Tim Bullard of Marsh field; center Jim Funston of Medford and backs Mickey Sin nerud, Beaverton; Steve Picard, Seaside, and Paul Goddard, Lincoln. Shasta High Tops Ashland Second Time Ashland Shasta high downed Ashland 47 to 32 Saturday night to sweep a two-game basketball series with the Grizzlies at Red ding, Calif. The Wolves won also 37 to 24 on Friday. Ashland made a stronger bid in the Saturday, fracas. Shasta was in front 33 to 26 at the third quarter rest. The Oregonians closed to 33 to 30. After a bit the Wolves were up to 36 to 30 then Ashland hit a break in shot and another from out to open up the game for the Californians. In the final minutes the Ash landers turned to a pressing game and fouls called against them hurt their attempt to come from behind. Quarter scores all favored Shasta 13 to 5, 24 to 13 and 33 to 26. Thhe halftime count repre sented the widest spread. Ashland Junior varsity beat the Shasta lightweights 34 to 22 Saturday for a two-game sweep. BOX: Ashland Lombard, f Daniels f ... FG .. 1 .. 1 FT fF TP 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 3 5 3 5 7 0 2 6 0 0 10 0.1 0 0 2 0 6 14 32 FT PF TP 1 2 5 0 0 4 4 2 10 10 5 0 2 6 0 14 0 0 0 2 12 1111 9 9 47 lobiasson. c 1 Hartwell. g 2 Peterson, e 3 Maurer 5 Johnson . 0 Watrus 0 Totals ...13 Shasta FG Brovillard. f 2 Miklich. f 2 Urban, c 3 Jones, g 2 Woolf. ft 3 Carter 2 Sarafin 0 Anthony 0 McGowan 5 Totals 19 SOC Jayvee Tips Phoenix Ashland Southern Oregon college junior varsity cagers dropped Phoenix high 45 to 21 here Saturday night in the pre lim to the Raider varsity game with Linf ield college. Control of tne backboards and strong defense was the key for the jayvees. Coldness in the shooting department hadicapped the visiting Pirates. Phoenix scored only three points during the second and third quarters. LIVE-IPS: 45 SOC JV Phoenix F 4 Murray Simmonds F 4 Sword Schleigh C 7 Smith Witte 21 G 8 Deets Heath G 5 Fitch Stout 3 Substitutions For SOC, M. Wallace 5. Nevi 3, Locke 2. Callender 2. Roath, Bellah 5: for Phoenix. D. Wallace 8, Waldron. Hamilton 2, Daugherty, Tay lor 1, Korth 1. Costa Mesa, Calif. (IP Stan Smith, 22, of Glendale, Calif., was killed Saturday when his sports car went out of control and overturned at the Orange county fairgrounds. Smith was the third sports car driver kill ed in one week in Southern Calif ornia. in TOIHaiK CONCRETE C? Nation's Leading Quintets To Face Strong Opponents By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer What happened to Bradley and Notre Dame in the week end's big basketball upset could happen this week to North Caro lina and Kansas when the na tion's top two teams run into some mighty rough competition. Bradley, last year's National Invitation tournament cham pion, rated No. 4 in the nation this season, was handed its first defeat, 82-76, by visiting Seattle Saturday when Ail-American hopeful Elgin Baylor scored 26 points. . Notre Dame, ranked No. 10 and hailed as the Midwest's top independent team, bowed to previously winless Marquette, 78-64, in perhaps an even bigger surprise. What more warning could na tional champion North Carolina have as it prepares to extend its winning streak, which now stands at 36 games after a 70-58 romp over South Carolina? Coach Frank McGuire's Tar Heels will have to prove their right to rank No. 1 when they face Minnesota Friday night in the first round of the University of Kentucky Invitational tour nament at Lexington, Ky.. That could be the end of the Tar Heel streak right there, but if they win they might have to face Kentucky, the nation's No. 3 team, in the final Saturday night. And that could be one of the season's top games. Kansas now has won five straight this season, including Saturday's 66-54 victory over St. Joseph's Pa. Jayhawk 7-footer Wilt Chamberlain was appear ing before his "home folks" in Philadelphia and came through for them with 31 points as he sank 11 of 15 field goal shots, and added 22 rebounds. But Kansas will be tested Friday by 20th - ranked Washington and B Leaguers Vie Tuesday Jackson County B league basketball continues Tuesday with Jacksonville playing at Talent and St. Mary's going to Butte Falls. - Talent will seek its third straight win in the loop. Butte Falls is one and one in the cir cuit while Jacksonville was loser in its only previous ap pearance. St. Mary's makes its season debut in the circuit. 3& 'i Saturday by California, defend ing Pacific Coast conference champion. Bradley and Notre Dame were the only members of the na tion's top 10 to lose on Satur day, sixth-ranked Kansas State drubbed Iowa. 86-69, as Jack Parr scored 25 points: seventh ranked Michigan State routed Colorado, 84-44; eighth-ranked Temple trounced Bucknell. 75 59; and ninth-ranked UCLA crushed De Pauw, 73-48. BASKETBALL SATURDAY COLLEGE GAMES East Columbia 60, Armv 56 Lafayette 71, NYU 63 Penn State 71, Colgate 58 Seton Hall. 61, Scranton 60 Pennsylvania 73. Rutgers 64 Fordham 83, Rhode Island 50 Temple 75, Bucknell 59 Dartmouth 81, Williams 46 Boston College 82. Connecticut 68 Houston 77, Canisius 70 Kansas 66, St. Josep's (Pa.) 54 Niagara 82. Florida Southern 61 Hardvard 81. MIT 61 LaSalle 72. Manhattan 59 Yale 80, Holy Cross 75 Cornell 60, Syracuse 54 Steel Bowl Final Duquesne 81, Pittsburgh 64 Consolation Miami (O.) 66. Geo. Washington 64 South Princeton 61. Navy 53 Alabama 70, Bavlbr 60 Virginia Tech 54. The Citadel 45 North Carolina 70. South C -olina 58 Furman 95. Florida State 89 Virginia 66. Wake Fores! til North Carolina St. 78. East. K75 Richmond 65, VMI 59 Tex. Tech 67. Georgia Tech 64 Duke 60. Villanova 53 Birmingham Classic Final Mississippi State 52, Auburn 37 Consolation Tex Christian 82, Miami (Fla.) 59 Midwest Kentucky 73. St. Louis 60 Texas A&M 72, Ohio State 69 Michigan State 84, Colorado 44 Michiigan 88. Wash. Mo.) U 58 Dayton 60. St. Mary's (Calif.) 50 Missouri 78. Indiana 73 Marquette 78, Notre Dame 64 Kansas State 86. Iowa 69 Purdue 70, Nebraska 61 Creighton 67. DePaul 55 Seattle 82. Bradlev 76 Detroit 68, Louisville 66 Cincinnati Tournament Final Cincinnati 79, Xavier (O.) 68 Consolation Marshall 87, St. Bonaventure 68 Southwest SMU 72. Vanderbilt 58 Texas 75, Tulane 64 West Idaho 85, Nevada 48 UCLA 73. DePauw 48 Oklahoma St. 43, Washington 39 Iowa St. 27, Wyoming 51 Montana 68, Washington State 58 Utah 94. Tulsa 55 Oregon State 71. Gonzaga 63 Utah State 71. Montana State 70 San Jose State 66, Stanford 59 Brignam Vw" San Jose State 66, Stanford 59 Portland St. oi. i.,. 43 College ot Idaho 77. East. Oregon 50 Pacific 57. bacramento State o3 ' Pacific Lutheran 83. Humboldt St. 63 Southern Oregon 73, Linfield 63 Willamette 84, Puget Sound 71 ll p5'; '"y -IN HOLIDAY DRESS FOR GRACIOUS GIVINGI When you give or serve Old Sunny Brook, you're offering a great Kentucky bourbon cheerful and delicious! KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON STRAIGHT PROM KENTUCKY A TRULY AMERICAN WHISKEY rl 443 190 T NOTE TO BLEND BUYERS: Vow set a sepenor Mcntf yoa ct Kentucky btend- Ak tci Sunny Brooh Kentucky Bteotied Whiskey! THE0LD SUNNY 6R00K COMPANY, LOUISVILLE? KENTUCKY, DISTRIBUTED BY NATIONAL TILLERS PRODUCTS COMPANY BOTH 26 PROOF KENTUCKY BLENDED WHISKEY CONTAINS 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS Prep Scores SATURDAY BASKETBALL South Eugene 65. Franklin 60 -Corvallis 63, McMinnvUle 54 North Bend 68. Medford 64 South Salem 65. Fort Vancouver 51 Klamath Falls 57, Springfield 44 Hudson's Bay 56. North Salem 38 David Douglas 50, Bend 48 (Over time i The Dalles 65. Reynolds 45 Mac-Hi 53. St. Patrick's 47 Jefferson 63. Gresham 37 Milwaukie 47, Redmond 44 Cleveland 65. Oregon City 59 Tigard 69. Wilson 60 Wy'East 57. Oswego 52 Roosevelt 44. Central Catholic 43 Dallas 52, Forest Grove 36 Nvssa 60, Middleton, Idaho 46 Buhl 40, Ontario 36 Vale 45. Burns 38 Central 43. Willamina 31 Cottage Grove 35. Douglas 33 Toledo 50. Reedsport 34 Hood River 43. White Salmon 39 Molalla 49. St. Helens 48 Grant Union 49. Madras 42 Nestucca 65, Oakridge 61 Lebanon 54. Newport 33 Hermiston 48. Kennewick 47 Shastat Redding, Calif.) 47, Ash land 32 Prineville 60. Seaside 38 Eureka. 56, Brookings 34 St. Francis (Eugene) 44, St. Marv's (Medford i 28 Eagle Point 38. Butte Falls 37 Jacksonville 65. Illinois Valley 41 Philomath 34. Halsey-Shedd 21 St. Francis Game Victor St. Francis of Eugene whack ed St. Mary's" high of Medford basketball club 44 to 28 here Saturday night. The Saints put to use a tight zone defense and they had con trol of the backboards. Period leads for the Eugene quint were 13 to 7, 21 to 13 and 33 to 24. Bob Gillette of the Saints with 10 points was the only one to tally in double figures. LINE-UPS: 44 St. Francis St. Mary's 28 F 8 Larion : Miksche 4 F 8 Wellnitz King 3 C 10 Gillette Flakus 7 G 5 Barbisan Kerr 6 G 4 HaSvn Evans 7 Substitutions For St. Francis, Spies 5, Christensen 3, Reed, O'Neil 1; for St. Mary s, Colver 1, Michaels, Mans- lield, Hayes, Daley. ii rOO ,Yf ftf ni Studebaker-Packard 'DE' LEIGH MOTORS, 134 N m bRook J, -I LA Pays Off Debt to SP By HEMRY RIEGER 0 Los Angeles (IP) The Los Angeles Rams today ma&ed their "accounts owed" ledger closed after defeating Baltimore 37 to 21 to break up a three way tie in the National Fooball league's Western division. The Ram victory Sunday left the final Western Division stand ings still knotted but only in a two-way tie between San Fran cisco and Detroit. And, in the minds of most Ram fans; it paid off a six-year-old debt to San Francisco. It was the Forty Niners who defeated Detroit in the final game of the 1951 sea son to give the Rams clear title to the division championship. The win over Baltimore was a personal triumph for Ram passing ace Norm Van Brocklin, who was rumored earlier in the week preparing to announce his retirement at the end of the sea son. If the Flying Dutchman had any such intentions, his per formance Sunday must have dis suaded him. After the game his only reference to the rumor was, "I don't know where you guyi (reporters) get such ideas." TROPHY PRESENTED, New York HP Ohio State University was honored as the nation's No. 1 collegiate football team Sunday night when it was presented with the United Press Cup by Frank H. Bartholomew, president of the United Press. 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