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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGOIT) hso State's Coach Begins Woes Session on Rose Bowl Editor's note: This is the sec ond of 10 dispatches on the teams which will play in the major bowl football games New Year's Day. By BOB GRIM Columbus, Ohio (IP) Coach Woody Hayes, disturbed over a growing casualty list, today pre scribed plenty of work and sweat for his national champion Ohio State Buckeyes before meeting Oregon in the Rose Bowl New Year's Day. Hayes pinned his hopes on the Southern California sunshine working its healing powers on the squad, which numbered eight injured players prior to Ohio State's departure for Pasadena. The Buckeyes' No. 1 patient was halfback Don Clark, their topo scorer and ground gainer, who suffered a groin injury against Purdue. Clark was the only doubtful starter for the Rose Bowl, how ever, barring further and more serious injuries. Not Indispensable a Before Oregon supporters be gin raising their hopes for an . upset, it must be pointed out that the Buckeyes rolled over their two toughest opponents, Iowa and Michigan, without Clark. Although Clark's absence hurt, Hayes unveiled another standout running back for his grinding split-T offense. Taking over where Clark left off, sophomore fullback Bob White was a one man wrecking crew against Iowa. He personally guaranteed the Bucks the Big Ten title and Rose Bowl trip in the final minutes. In one of the most spectacular individual displays ever seen in Ohio Stadium, White carried the ball seven times in an eight-play march for the winning touch down. He gained 66 of the 68 yards covered in the drive. The trip to the Rose Bowl will be the second in four years for Hayes. His 1954 unbeaten power house crushed Southern Cali fornia, 20-7, in the rain and mud. Eight Straight Victories Hayes believes this Buckeye team has fewer stars but works better as a unit than the 1954 Gill Praises Gambee Over SU's Baylor Corvallis HP) Coach Slats Gill of Oregon State Monday said Elgin Baylor, Seattle Uni versity star, is a great basket ball player but declined to say whether he thought he was bet ter than his own ace, Dave Gambee. Gill said, "Let's just leave it as this. I wouldn't trade Dave Gambee for Baylor, or for any one else." The veteran mentor said that perhaps Baylor had "a bit more spring in his legs, plays the board a little better and clears the ball for the fast break as well as anyone I've seen since Red Rocha." Of Gambee he said, "Dave has a more wide variety of shots . . . and perhaps is a lit tle harder to defense. The two played against each other last week when Oregon State took Seattle 63-55. Baylor had 17 points with Gambee guarding him much of the eve ning. Gambee scored 18. Kegling Standout At Camp White Camp White Members of the Veterans Administration domi ciliary, Camp White get a treat on Friday, Dec. 20, when Harold Asplund, topnotch bowler from California appears in an exhibi tion and demonstration at the VAD lanes. Asplund,a member of the Brunswick, Balke, Callender company advisory staff, is a 200 average bowler in four leagues. He has been a member of the All-West bowling team and has recorded eight 300, or perfect, games and two 299 games. He has placed second three times and third twice in the Peterson classic at Chicago. Tourney titles include the Ritz classic, St. Louis, Mo.; the Bowl More classic and Presiden tial sweepstake, Denver, Colo.; the Diamond classic, Amarillo, Tex., and the BPOK classic, Spokane, Wash. Illinois Coach Moves To Furman on February 1 Greenville, S.C. API End coach Robert B. Bob King of the University of Illinois will quit his post after 11 years to return to Furman University, his alma mater, as head football coach. King, whose shift was an nounced to Furman alumni Mon day night, said he will leave Illinois "certainly with a feeling of sadness," and on Feb. 1 take the job of building up Furman's sagging football reputation. Use Tribune Want Ads Easy-Just Dial SP 2-6141 MAIL TRIBUNE squad. Its record speaks for it self, eight straight victories after an opening loss to Texas Chris tian. The main Ingredients for the Ohio State success were the de velopment of sophomores like White in the backfield, end Jim Houston and tackle Jim Mar SIPdDIffiTrS Miners Open Workouts For Detroit Must Game San Francisco OP) The San Francisco Forty Niners went back to work today to prepare for Sunday's playoff game against the Detroit Lions at Kezar Sta- dium the third straight "must win" game for each team. And this one is really a "must win" game because there can be no tie. If the two teams end the regular 60 minutes with a tie score, they will flip a coin for option and continue playing un- Prep Quints To Contend in 13 Games Available information shows 13 games on the slate this week for high school basketball teams of this area. Heaviest night is Friday with seven conflicts listed. Jackson County B leaguers have, two scraps this evening with Jacksonville at Talent and St. Mary's at Butte Falls. Phoe nix will meet Illinois Valley at Cave Junction. The two clubs are Rogue league members but this will be a non counter. They also play on Friday at Phoenix. Two-Game Stands Crater and Ashland of the A-ls have two-game series. The Comets are at Oakridge Friday and Saturday nights and Ash land is host to Tillamook those nights. Eagle Point is also a road team playing at Bend on Friday and Saturday. Other Friday hassles are Jack sonville at Prospect in the B league, Roseburg at Grants Pass and Crater junior varsity at Rogue River varsity. Eagle Point reportedly is seeking games for Dec. 27 and 28 to fill out its schedule. Point Lead Held By Detroit Star New York fW George Yard- ley of the Detroit Pistons is maintaining a National Basket ball Association scoring lead that really is wider than it looks. The balding Piston star led Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks by only seven points, 686 to 679, in weekly scoring statis tics announced today by the league. The Celtics' long reign as the league's top scoring team was being menaced by both New York and St. Louis. The Celtics still led with 110.7 points per game, but the Knicks had 110.0 and the Hawks 109.2. St. Louis allowed the most points per game, 105.8. Bold Ruler Named 'Horse of Year' Baltimore (TO Wheatley Sta ble's Bold Ruler was crowned "Horse of the Year" today by the nation's leading sports ex perts in the Turf and Sport Di gest s 22nd annual poll. Of the 175 writers and sports casters voting, 78 voted Bold Ruler the best horse in the coun try while Ralph Lowe's Gallant Man and Mrs. Charles Ulrich Bay's Idum were tied for second place with 28 votes each. Hoop Referees Will Convene Rogue Valley Basketball ref erees association will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 pjn. at Medford Senior High school. Assignment of officials to games will be a matter on the agenda. Bay At Builders Supply Bricks, Fines. Drain Tile . 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 fefKjN QUALITY IsIpJ blocks Tuesday, December 17, 1957 shall on the line and a slightly greater emphasis on passing with quarterback Frank Kremblas. The Buckeyes' secret of win ning comes from the absence of damaging fumbles and pass inter ceptions. Kremblas had' only one aerial intercepted all sea son. til one team wins both the game and the Western Division cham pionship of the National Football League. And that gives the winner the right to meet the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 29 lor the NFL championship. Kezar Stadium will be packed to 60,000 capacity for Sunday's crucial game. Tickets went on sale Monday morning and sold out in five hours. Some fans began forming the line Sunday afternoon as soon as the Forty Niners defeated Green Bay to gain a spot in the playoffs. They weathered a night-long driving rain to be among the fortunate. Monday, the players rested while Coach Frankie Albert and his staff looked at films of the Green Bay game and plotted new plays to throw against the Lions. Most local observers believe the Forty Niners might be out- manned by the solid Detroit team, but San Francisco will be fighting for its first divisional championship and that could make the difference. One fan, who stood in the rain all night Sunday to buy tickets, said he figured Albert and his boys would dream up something to outsmart the Lions. "They have done it so manv times this season that now we've sorta come to expect it," he. explained. Orders Accepted For Rose Bowl Game Booklet University of Oregon, Eugene University of Oregon f odtball fans planning to see the Rose Bowl game telecast on New Year's Day may do so with the official game program in hand. These programs are being made available by the Pacific Coast conference for the fifth year. This unique service has made a hit with television and radio fans throughout the coun try. Orders are now being accept ed, and will be filled and air mailed to purchasers when the attractive 56-page booklet comes off the presses about Christmas. The nominal charge for this service is $1. The program sells for 50 cents at the game, but the additional charge covers 42 cents airmail postage plus han dling and addressing. To order; simply mail $1 to "Official Rose Bowl Game Pro gram, P.O. Box 909M, Pasadena, 3, California." The program not only con tains all the regular game infor mation ' but also includes many stories and pictures about the oldest of all bowl games. It makes a timely gift for a foot ball friend who will be view ing the New Year's Day game over the nationwide NBC net work. NEW COLLEGE COACH New York (IB Henry (Hank) Majeski, who batted .282 during 14 seasons in the major leagues, succeeded Jeff Safford today as baseball coach at Wagner college. Remember in December HFC makes seasonal loans 1 OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main PHONE: SEEKING USE OF ROSE BOWL in 1958, Walter O'Malley, president of Los Angeles Dodgers, asks Pasadena officials for permission to turn it into big league baseball park. This is how field would appear after necessary alterations. (International Soundphoto) Schmidt Factions By SCOTT BAILLIE San Francisco OP) Out of the wreckage of the Pacific Coast conference walks the lone liest figure ever associated with it, Victor O. Schmidt, who is re signing next June as commis sioner. The bookish- 53-year-old law yer had the job of proving in fractions of the house rules aft er the gridiron scandals of 1956 began to break. This led to rows between him and UCLA and Southern California, which were fined $15,000 and $10,000 respectively by the conference for not letting him come on the campus to quiz athletes under suspicion. And these fines, plus other stiff penalties against the two schools which joined California in bolting the conference last Friday, led to many attacks against him in the Los Angeles area. Such hostility may have been too much for the unobtru sive Schmidt. Here's how one source close to the PCC squabble put it to the United Press: Defamed in Los Angeles "Vic would have stayed on the job if he had not been de famed so often by certain fac tions in Los Angeles." But as matters stand, there may not be much of a job left anyway now that Stanford is the only California school which has chosen to stay in the conference. Schmidt, who had announced his resignation on Dec. 5, term ed Friday's secession "a great disappointment." And this walkout came on the heels of an erratic fortnight which saw the PCC first beat down a move to curtail his pow er, then accept his resignation and finally get sandbagged by the Bear-Bruin-Trojan triumvi rate. Schmidt, willowy and shy, joined the conference in 1940. He became acting commissioner in 194 upon the death of Edwin Atherton. The latter was a rug ged FBI man. Schmidt is a stu dent who reads history in his spare time rather than football features. Not an Athlete "He never was an athlete him self,", another source told the United Press. "And this often has been thrown up into his face by the PCC x athletic directors. They would prefer to have some ex-football star or coach hold ing the post." In fact, the directors once vot ed to drop him after his present contract ran out. They were overruled by the faculty repre sentatives who had hired him. Last September the bombard ment on Schmidt got a little hotter during an investigation of the staggering PCC by a com mittee of the California state legislature. Assemblyman Jo- 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 up 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 Takes Rap By LA During PCC seph Shell of Los Angeles charged that the Bruins and Trojans were fined an extra to tal of $25,000 because the com missioner had been "affronted" by their refusal to let him on the campus. His announcement that he PCC Draws Tilts for '58 Grid Meets San Francisco (IP) Athletic directors of the shaky Pacific Coast conference met here Mon day to develop football sched ules for 1961 and 1962 "on the premise that there had been no withdrawals from the confer ence." However, California, UCLA and USC voted last Friday to withdraw from the conference after the 1958 season. "We went on the premise that there had been no withdrawals from the conference," said Al Masters, athletic director at Stanford and spokesman for the group. "We drew up the football schedule as usual but I can't tell you what the schedule called for." Masters said the group did not discuss possible renegotiating of games scheduled previously for 1958, 1959 and 1960. "Any possible renegotiation of games already scheduled for those years become, matters for the individual schools concerned to decide," he said. Ohio State Lists Single Drill During Final Week Columbus, Ohio (IB National champion Ohio State was listed for only one pre-Rose Bowl foot ball practice this week because of final examinations. Coach Woody Hayes said'the Buckeyes would hold a light workout on Wednesday and will leave Saturday for Pasadena, Calif. Open This Week, Thru Friday, From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. CONVENIENT TERMS OF COURSE! Lawrence's YOUR FRIENDLY FAMILY STORE Specializing in Fine Silver, Diamonds and Watches 130 EAST MAIN Est. 1908 Reign was quitting just after getting what amounted to a vote of con fidence by the PCC faculty rep resentatives drew another reac tion. "There was much to indicate he wasn't pushed but was shoved," wrote Art Rosenbaum of the San Francisco Chronicle. One way or the other, he now can get out of the rat race and into the quieter realm of writ ing contracts. BASKETBALL BY UNITED PRESS East Hofstra 60. Springfield 59 Georgetown (D.C.) 84, Cath. V. 88 South Georgia Tech 61, Baylor 59 Memphis St. 70, Citadel 63 K. Kentucky 96. Hardin-Sim. 60 Phillips Oilers 78, Auburn 54 Texas Tech 79, Louisiana St. 72 Miss. South 68, SE Louisiana 63 Tulane 85, Centenary 75 Mississippi 81, David Lipscomb 59 Midwest Creighton 69. St. Mchael's 51 Illinois 64, Colorado 46 Wisconsin 67, Rice 62 Wichita 81. Iowa 78 Nebraska 68, Denver 63 Southwest SMU 65, Kentucky 64 Kansas St. 63, Arkansas 48 N. Mex. A&M 60, New Mexico 49 Thirty Staters Meet Wednesday Robert Knoll, Oregon State college alumni director, will be speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Medford Thirty Stater club at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Jackson hotel. He will narrate movies of the OSC-Stanford football game. All OSC men grads of the Medford area are invited. Thirty Staters is an OSC booster group which promotes the college's athletic program. It assesses no dues. HONORS FOR BRUNDAGE New York (IP) The Sports manship Brotherhood will hon or Avery Brundage, president of the International Olympic Committee, and" Dan Ferris, Sec retary of the AAU, at its an nual award luncheon on Jan. 23. Give a Special Gift for Someone Special! Come in tonight and look over our wonderful selec tion of famous make diamond wrist watches in all price ranges. Washington Claims PCC 'Chaotic' Says Schools To Drop Seattle (IP) Dr. Henry I, Schmitz, president of the Uni versity of Washington, said to day the 42-year-old Pacific Coast conference should dissolve. He indicated the university would take immediate steps in this direction. California, UCLA, and the University of Southern Califor nia voted last Friday to with draw from the conference after the 1958 season. However regrettable it may be the fact is that the withdraw als of the University of Calif ornia at Los Angeles, the Uni versity of California and the University of Southern Califor nia from the Pacific Coast con ference have made "an already confused situation chaotic," he said. "The University of Washing ton cannot expect its athletic director and his staff to operate an orderly program under such conditions. Accordingly, the university believes the only practical so lution is an early dissolution of the Pacific Coast conference. And it is our intention to ex plore the mechanics by which this can be accomplished. Such action will, we believe, serve the best interests of all institu tions concerned." Schmitz says he has not pro jected plans for Washington be yond the breakup of the confer ence. The school has commit ments in football through 1960, mostly with PCC schools. Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, pres ident of the University of Ore gon, disagreed with Dr. Schmitz. "I do not believe that dissolu tion of the conference is the line to follow," he said. Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college, said "I would rather let the fragments of the explosions get down to earth and look at them before drawing any quick conclusions about them. One thing that might facilitate matters, how ever, would be for those who are withdrawing from the con ference to make their withdraw als effective immediately. Dr. C. Clement French, Wash ington State College president, said the three schools that have withdrawn have been at odds with the conference and the remaining six have much in Your Key to Gracious Giving See how the gay golden spiral of the new Hospitality Bottle matches your holiday mood . . . adds gift appeal to the solid flavor appeal of the never-changing Old Frrz Bourbon inside! Get it . . . give it . . . get credit for being the imaginative man who knows good Bourbon! Same price as regular fifth. 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Last week Oregon took four of 16 pre-Rose Bowl drijs alloted and Casanova said the team re turned after the layoff in good physical condition. After studying movies of the Ohio State games against Iowa and Purdue, he said, "Ohio State is rightly ranked as the top team in the country." Hawkinson Tips Pointers, 65-60 Hawkinson dropped Eagle Point in a close basketball clash in the Independent Basketball league last night, 65 to 60. Hawkinson moved out to an early lead but Eagle Point came back in the second half to tie it and then moved out in front 38 to 36. Eagle Point then held a two-point edge for several trad ed baskets before falling - back again when Hawkinsons took over the lead with a 56 to 55 score. Hawkinson 9 F. Johnson 13 Clark 7 Harris Eagle Point Schogpert "Van Etten IS 20 10 15 McKay Simmons 11 Thompson Nelson 14 Substitutes, for Hawkinson: Youns. D. Johnson 4. Cavanaugh 4 and Saline 2; for Eagle Point: Extell and Offord. 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