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Newspaper Page Texto Q CSTX HEDFOUD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE W- lions Surge From Behind To Defeat Forty-Miners for Division Diadem FINAL NFL STANDINGS Eastern Division W Cleveland 9 New York 7 Pittsburgh 6 Washington 5 Philadelphia 4 Chicago Cards 3 L 2 5 6 6 8 9 L 4 S s 6 7 9 T 1 0 0 1 i o ; o i Western Division W Detroit 9 I-San Francisco 8 Baltimore - 7 Los Angeles 6 Chicago Bears 5 Green Bay 3 .Includes playoff game T 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunday's Results Pittsburgh 27, Chicago Cards 2 Detroit 31. San Francisco 27 (Only games scheduled) By HAL WOOD San Francisco (W A rol licking band of Detroit Lions, who roared loudest all season long when they were behind, girded today for the big money battle against the Cleveland Browns in the auto city next Sunday. q Fresh from a 31-27 "kill" of ihe SarKFrancisco Forty Niners in the playoff for the Western division title, the Lions are "ready, willing and able" to take on the Browns in the Na tional Football league big game where a win is worth about $5,000 to each player. The game is rated even. The Lions, noted for come backs, spotted San Francisco a 20-point lead early in the third quarter and then came snapping back with one of the great come backs in football history. ' Trail by 20 in 3rd Behind 7-27 with only 2714 minutes of play left, Detroit scored three touchdowns and a field goal on the brilliant pass ing of reserve quarterback To bin Rote and the slippery run ning of halfback Tom Tracy. Within two minutes they scored two touchdowns midway in the third period as the San Fran cisco defenses fell apart. Big comebacks are nothing new for the Detroit club. It has been doing the same thing all season. The Lions trailed the Baltimore Colts by 21 points in the third quarter and came on to win. But this one had looked like no competition for San Francis co through the first half and early in the third period. It was just about this time that the Lions dug in. "We saw that money ' slipping," said Creekmur, "and we decided to claw." They settled for a San Fran cisco field goal there that made the score 27-7 and then they went to town. Celtics, Hawks Have Wide Leads By UNITED PRESS Like two racehorses running ahead of the rest of the pack, the Boston Celtics and St. Louis Hawks were matching strides today 814 games ahead in their respective divisions of the Na tional Basketball association. The Celtics protected that margin Sunday with a 115-98 victory over the Cincinnati Roy als while Syracuse, second in East, chalked up a 119-93 rout of the Detroit Pistons. Cincinnati's defeat enabled St. Louis to gain a full game in the West with a 123-115 win over the Minneapolis Lakers. In the other Sunday game, the New York Knickerbockers downed Philadelphia, 126-100. HOCKEY By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE The New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings picked up important ground on the pace setting Montreal Canadiens dur ing the week end. The second-place Rangers de feated the crippled Canadiens, 4-2, Saturday night and then downed the Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2, Sunday night, reduc ing Montreal's lead to four points. Detroit moved into a tie with the Boston Bruins for third place by sweeping a week end series with the Chicago Black Hawks. The Red Wings won Saturday afternoon's TV game 5-3, and shut out the Black Hawis, 2-0 Sunday night. In another Sunday night game, Andre Pronovost scored two goals in pacing the Cana diens to a 4-1 triumph over the Bruins. O By United Press AMERICAN LEAGUE A six-day pre-Christmas va cation worked wonders for the Hershey Bears, pace-setters of the American Hockey league. The Bears, who had won only one of six previous games broke out of their slump during the week end with twin victories over the Providence Reds and Buffalo Bisons. Two goals by Bobby Solinger helped the Bears to a comeback 6-2 victory over Buffalo Sun day night after they downed the Reds, 5-4, in overtime Sat urday night. In Sunday night's only other contest, Providence spotted Ro chester a 1-0 lead in the open ing period and then rallied to defeat the Americans, 5-2. SIPCDn&TTS JOURNEYING TO TEXAS, Coach Red Sanders, Univer sity of California at Los Angeles, and Mrs. Sanders, confer at College Station with officials of Texas A & M who report edly are offering him $40,000 annually to take charge of football squad. He now gets $18,000. (International) Cincinnati To Have More Versatile Force (Editor's note: This is the sixth of 16 dispatches on the off-season outlook of each ma jor league learn .for 1958, writ ten by ihe managers of each club.) By BIRDIE TEBBETTS Written for the United Press Nashua, N.H. OP) The Cin cinnati Redlegs will enter a more versatile attacking force in the 1958 National Baseball league battle. The accent will be more toward pitching and speed. We have been known pri marily as a power team but next year we will not only hit but move. Our thinking has changed since finishing fourth last sea son. The Redlegs are going to be a combination of youth and experience. You might say our theme is to build for the future while we take care of the present. That might sound like a large O'.'der but I believe we have or will get the personnel to carry it off. There have been some changes already . . . there will be more before spring train ing starts . . . and perhaps even more before the first game of the 1958 season. Corrects Weakness Pitching was obviously our principal shortcoming last year so we went out and did some thing about it right away. Now I believe we have corrected that weakness. We have already acquired seven new pitchers including good front-liners and solid re lief strength. Harvey Haddix, Bob Purkey and Willard Schmidt would be welcome additions to any staff. In addition to our remaining regulars, we expect a lot of Charley Rabe who pitched well for Seattle last year and there are a couple of promising rookie prospects coming down for spring training who will get a chance. Naturally, we had to sacrifice some power to get the men we wanted. You do not get some thing for nothing, even in base ball. We lost batting strength in yielding Wally Post and Joe Tay lor but don't forget we still have Frank Robinson and Gus Bell in the outfield. Right now the best prospect for Bell's replacement looks like Stan Palys who led the league in batting with Nash ville last season. Says Bailey Versatile I am not saying I will do it but there is another outfield pos sibility if these other men don't pan out. I might move Ed Bailey out there and have Smoky Bur gess do the catching. Bailey is a very versatile man who gives me that much more leeway in planning. Of course, the big question mark is Ted Kluszewski. A lot has been said and written about Ted who was bothered by a back ailment during most of the 1957 season but I prefer to adopt a .wait-and-see attitude for the moment. George Crowe filled in well at first base in 1957 and Steve Bilko will be up again from Hollywood. Overall I would have to say the picture looked very bright now. A great many people have been picking Milwaukee to run away with the flag next year but I do not agree. It was a five- Monday, December 23, 1957 UNI club battle until mid-August last season and I see no reason why it should not be the same, or tougher, next year. Certainly the Giants and Pirates also are improved so I cannot see the Braves running over anybody. Bend Edges Eagle Point Cagers 46-41 V.aelp Point Fa sip Point hi eh faces the rest of its basket ball campaign with bolstered confidence after a week end jaunt to Bend. While the Eagles dronped both games of their series with the Lava Bears, the defending A-2 Rogue league champions had the satisfaction of two good perform ances against Class A-l compe tition. Bend edged by Eagle Point 46 to 41 in a Saturday fracas which was tight all the way. The Bears had taken the Friday fracas ,50 to 43. Five points was the widest margin separating the teams in the Saturday game. Eagle Point was in front at the quarter 16 to,15 and Bend at halftime 29 to 25 and after three quarters 40 to 39. In the second half each club put in seven field goals and Bend had a 3 to 2 edge at the free line. Hawes Paces Home Team The tussle was a wide open one despite the low score. Eagle Point more than held its own in backboard play and in the second half the Eagle defense held down the Bears with the exception of George Hawes who had six of the Bend field goals over the last two periods. Hawes was the game's high scorer with 16 while Bill Turner had 11 for Eagle Point. Eagle Coach Tom Van Etten announced that varsity and jun ior varsity drills will resume on Dec. 30. The EP club gets a sample of Rogue league rivalry on Jan. 3 and 4 with non-league action against Phoenix. After the Eagles had won the Rogue v,annpr last season, the Pirates upset them in the subdistrict tourney finale. line-ups: 46. Bend Eagle Point T 2 Harris Turner F 10 Ylvisaker Greb C 16 Hawes Christian G 10 Hodge Veach r C Fl,narv Nelson Substitutions--For Bend. Lenaburg, Connollv, Simonis: forEagle Point, Hubbard 2, Smith, Chamberlain. To do work equal to that of a mole, an average sized man would have to dig a tunnel wide enough to permit passage of his body almost 37 miles long in a single night. Lower your overhead Increase your income . . . investigate "THE AMAZING VOLKSWAGEN" MORSE MOTORS West 6th and Ivy Sts. Phon. SP 2-7155 Grizzly Hoop Quintet Tops Tillamook Ashland A wide margin built up in the second quarter and early third period gave Ash land sufficient protection against a Cheesemaker threat Saturday night and the Grizzly1 hoopsters turned back Tillamook high 49 to 42. The Grizzlies broke away from an early second panel deadlock to lead by 12 points at 30 to 18 at halftime. They in creased to a 16-point advantage at 34 to 18 as the second half got underway. From that spot the Ashland offensive effort lost stride, Tillamook began to out gun the Grizzlies from the free line and the Cheesemakers got tough under the backboards. Ashland by by 13 at 43 to 30 by the end of the thircj canto but with just IV2 minutes to play in the conflict, Tillamook had whittled the Grizzly margin to five points, 47 to 42. Jack Tobiasson closed out the scoring for Ashland with a brace of gift counters. Maurer, Miner Lead Bill Maurer of Ashland with 12 points, all on field buckets, and Barry Miner of Tillamook, also with 10 were high point men for the game. The Grizzlies outscored Tilla mook 12 to 10 In the first quar ter, 18 to 8 in the second and 13 to 12 in the third but the north coast quint had 12 to 6 advan tage in the final panel. Statistics bear out the boost Tillamook got from its free point making. The team from the land of cheese, trees and ocean breeze shot 12 for 17 at the gift stripe in the second half while Ashland was making five for 15. Ashland had the edge in field goals, seven to six. Score was tied four times be fore Ashland kept the lead for good. Two free heaves by Ben Watrus made the score 14 to 12 to establish permanent com mand. It was the second win of the week end for Ashland over the Cheesemakers. Friday score was 48 to 37. BOX: Tillamook FG FT 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 5 0 4 PF TP 5 6 Snyder, f 3 Baty, f 2 5 12 3 3 2 0 7 0 4 42 Miner, c 4 Trammell, g 1 Krake, g 1 irieneer . o Hatfield 0 Hoffman 1 Vaughn 0 Anderson 0 Totals 12 18 19 Ashland FG Lombard, f 0 Maurer, f 6 Tobiasson, c 2 Hartwell, g 2 Petejson, g 5 Daniels 1 Watrus 2 Murray 1 Totals 19 FT PF TP 14 1 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 11 22 49 Giardello Choice Over Tiger Jones New York (IP) Middle weight contender Joey Giardel lo is favored at 3-1 to beat Ralph (Tiger) Jones on Friday in the featured bout of this week's light holiday boxing schedule. Giardello of Brooklyn, ranked fourth among 160-pound con tenders, meets unrated Jones of Yonkers, N. Y., in a TV-radio NBC 10-rounder at the Miami Beach auditorium Friday night. Six of Seven Joey, campaigning for a title shot, won six of his seven starts this year and had one no-decision affair with Willie Vaughn. That brought his rec ord to 70-13-5 and lnd. They included 25 kayoes. Jones also had seven bouts this year. He won three, had a draw with Joe Gray, and then lost three on close decisions to Gene Fullmer, Del Flanagan and Willie Vaughn. His 44-20-4 record includes 11 knockouts. There will be no Wednesday TV fight since Wednesday is Christmas day. The week's boxing schedule In cludes: Monday New York (St. Nicks) Tommy Tibbs vs. Lulu Perez. Tuesday None scheduled. Wednesday None scheduled. Thursday Boise. Idaho Dick Lane vs. Roque Maravilla; Kingston, Ja maica Sammy Walker v. Ben Lewis. Friday Miami Beach Joey Giar dello vs. Ralph (Tiger) Jones. Saturday Milwaukee Orville Pitts vs. Joe Rowan; Hollywood, Calif. German Ohm vs. Boots Monroe. UCLA Board Talks Offer To Sanders Los Angeles (IP) One of the top sports cliffhangers of the year may be decided and or an nounced today when the UCLA board of control meets in a spe cial session that could determine whether football Coach Henry (Red) Sanders stays or goes to Texas A&M. The thick air of gloom that prevailed here was penetrated only by statements from anony mous sources that Red doesn't really want to go. Sports ex perts sadly reported it appeared the odds for his staying were growing slimmer. Sanders, who returned from a conference at Texas A&M over the week end, hinted only that his decision could go either way. But he let it be known he was interested in moving to Texas and neatly left the next play up to the board of control. "We exist in a miserable league here on the Coast," he said, adding he thought the Southwest conference was "a very fine organization." Door Open He left the door open to the Bruins by stating he planned to make no proposal on his UCLA contract but that he would "listen if the local school came up with one. Athletic Director Wilbur Johns held a two-hour conference with Sanders immediately upon his return from Texas, then an nounced the special board of con trol meeting. Johns said Sanders had not told him "what his' decision might be." But board, which is charged with approving all UCLA con tracts, presumably will consider making attractive revisals in San ders' long-term contract. The board would have to receive his resignation if he presented one. Unofficial sources reported that influential alumni were busy working on ways to woo Sanders into staying at UCLA where he is the Pacific Coast conference's most successful coach. They spoke of "fringe" benefits such as outside business opportunities as well as contract ROSE BOWL FOR DODGERS? President Walter O'Mal ley (right) of the National League Dodger baseball club and City Mgr. Don C. McMilian look over plans of the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif. O'Malley has in dicated that the Dodgers would "probably" play in the Rose Bowl next season, but that there would be no defi nite announcement made until about the second week in January. Something TRU-MIX CONCRETE J&dwoud-sp 2-5271 Sooners To Bowl Editor's note: This Is the seventh of 10 dispatches on the football bowl teams. The dispatches will cover the teams in ihe Gaior, Orange. Rose, Sugar and Cotton Bowls. By BOB HAUGHT Norman, Okla. (IP) Now that he's out from under the pressure of coaching the nation's top foot ball team, Bud Wilkinson's main worry is keeping the Oklahoma Sooners in shape for their Orange Bowl date with Duke. Wilkinson's handling of the team since Notre Dame clipped its 47-game victory string has been relaxed. A perennial pessi mist, Wilkinson doesn't even bother to -predict defeat now that Oklahoma is a member of the losers' fraternity. Only Bowl Win to Gain Oklahoma has little to gain by beating Duke Jan. 1 at Miami except for a third straight Or ange Bowl victory. In 1954 and 1956, the Sooners were determ ined to beat Maryland to keep Tempe Picks Frank Kush Tucson, Ariz. OP) Youthful Frank Kush, 27, line coach at Arizona State at Tempe for the past three years, has taken over as the school's head football coach, succeeding Dan Devine who moved to the University of Missouri. Kush, a star guard on the Michigan State team in 1950-51-52, was named for ASC's top football job Saturday by the board of regents. WOMAN BOWLS 84 Eugene (IP) Now women are taking up marathon bowl ing. Irma Chamberlain, 43-year-old Eugene housewife, bowled 84 straight games during the week end at the Eugene recrea tion here with an average of 161 per game. Bus Eaton of Roseburg, who started the mara thon bowling fad, rolled up 425 straight games in Portland last month. to crow shout.... CONCRETE C? 248 E.McANDREWS RDt Seek 3rd in Row their record-breaking winning streak alive, and they won both times. In its last bowl contest before the two Maryland clashes, Okla homa had a 31-game winning streak snapped' by Kentucky in the 1951 Sugar Bowl. Looking toward its battle with Duke, the Oklahoma squad has been going through a variety of practice maneuvers. One day last week, Wilkinson drilled the team on downfield blocking, punts, quick kicks, pass scrimmage, ball carrying and punt return de fense. "We're just trying to keep in shape," Wilkinson said. "We try to make our practices enjoyable and not work the team too hard." Injured Players Mended Wilkinson closed out a 9-1 sea son with four players, including United Press All-America half back Clendon Thomas, on the in jury list. Thomas didin't miss either of the last two games, how ever, and all four squadmen were running at top speed when the coach opened final home field drills here last week. Although Wilkinson's creed proclaims that "defense wins football games," he isn't banking on Oklahoma's regular season yield of only 1,347 net yards to win in the Orange Bowl. Neither is he counting on Oklahoma's tendency to score in the third quarter, as contrasted to Duke's late-game scoring weakness. "It's like baseball. One good inning can't win the game. It's scoring when you need to score that counts," Wilkinson said. "Duke is perhaps the best team we've met with the excep tion of Natre Dame on the day we played Notre Dame," Wilkin son said. Dow Finsterwald Wins Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. OF) The purse was small but young Dow Finsterwald had the satisfaction of winning a golf tournament from Sam Snead on the veteran's home course. Finsterwald beat Snead by one stroke for the $300 top prize in the two-day $1,500 Boca Ra ton Pro-Am Tourney Sunday. The consistent Ohioan, playing out of Tequesta, Fla., posted a winning 133 after shooting a four-under-par 66 on the final round. Snead, the first round leader, missed putts of seven and three feet on the two final holes to post a 68 and 134 total. Lew Worsham of Pittsburgh teamed with Ed Tutwiler, six times West Virginia State am ateur champion, to win the Pro Am event with a best-ball 122. . ..... (r vy r All over the nation bourbon drmkers are saluting today's COUNTY FAIR - lighter in taste, ngnter m navor. ngnter in Doay man ever before. Go right.. go light., go COUNTYKAIR! Mailers Csimty Fai 55 r 45 QT. I i95 I PINT Send $1 or more to CARE Food Crusade New York 16, N. Y. or your local CARE office Courtesy Medford Mail Tribune Bill Casper Sifford Vie In Play-Off Chino, Calif. (IP) Young touring star Billy Casper Jr. of Bonita, Calif., and Charles Sif ford. former national Nesro champion from Philadelphia, tee off today in an 18-hole play off for top prize money in the Pomona Valley Golf open. The two powerful stroke mak ers deadlocked for the 51,000 first prize money Sunday in an in-and-out session that saw each of them in the lead and finally wind up with 12 under par 294s. The runnerup in today's playoff will get $60 0. Casper had a one stroke lead going into Sunday's round but had to come from behind by registering a birdie on the 17th and par on the 18th to keep pace and walk off with a 70. . Sifford shot a 69, one of five fired over the long 7,100-yard Los Serranos course Sunday. Ted Rhodes, Chicago, another Negro star, made it tough going for Casper in the early play of the final round. Rhodes, who wound un third with a 206, overcame a two-shot aeiicit to pass the hefty Casper after the third hole. But he later blew the round with four bogies on the back nine. Oregon Quint Victor Over Cougar Club By UNITED PRESS Oregon seeks its second vic tory in a row over Brigham Young at Provo, Utah, tonight while Oregon State, its first loss of the season tallied up, meets Indiana at Bloomington. Oregon downed Brigham Young Saturday night 63-55 as Bud Kuykendall scored 19 points and Hal Duffy and Dale Herron controlled the backboards. Four Ducks got into double figures. Herron got 15 points while Duffy and Charlie Franklin had 10 each. OSC Loser in Overtime Iowa tlowned Oregon State 77-67 in an overtime game to make it 78 straight times at home that Iowa has won over non-conference opposition. Oregon State had won five straight until Saturday. Dave Gambee of the Beavers led all scorers with 20 while Lee Harman had 15 and Ken Nan son 13. . The annual Far West classic will be held Friday and Satur day at Gill Coliseum in Cor vallis. 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