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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Detroit Lion Offices, Mice Only Things Stirring For Christmas Before Big Game By JACK BERRY Detroit HP) " . . . Not a crea ture was stirring not even a mouse" except at the Detroit Lion offices in the shadow of Briggs Stadium where Christmas this year is just another day. The only concession the Lions are making to Christmas is set ting practice up to 12 noon in stead of 10 a.m. as they make Cal Scribe Discovers Poem Talent In Ode To Sports Year Woes By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San Francisco Pome: 'Twas the day before Christmas And all through the land Sports empires were crashing Like castles in sand. In Brooklyn there was sadness: "Dem Bums" sprouted wings. Thy moved to Los Angeles, The land of "big" things. And the Yankees in New York Had things all their way; The Giants moved to 'Frisco By the Golden Gate bay The Pacific Coast Conference In a muddle for years, Was about to break up With no shedding of tears. Jim Norris' boxing club, Once king of all fights, Was losing its grip On men who wear tights. A victory string went down -In one brilliant flame. Oklahoma was defeated By old Notre Dame. The minor league clubs, Invaded by teevee, Were threatening to sue The majors for a fee. Sports leagues in general Were just a bit wobbly As the Justice Department Looked into monopoly. With all this ill will It's hard to believe That good ol' Saint Nick Had gifts up his sleeve. But the Lions of Detroit Knew this to be true Because with the chips down The Forty Niners blew. For as Santa Claus left With a din and a clatter - San Francsco handed Detroit The game on a platter! Former Illinois Coach's Funeral Services Held Champaign, 111. (IPI A host of the great from Midwest foot ball paid final tribute today to Robert C. (Bob) Zuppke, Uni versity of Illinois gridiron im- mortal. Funeral services were held to day at 12 noon (EST). Zuppke, nicknamed the "Lit tle Dutchman" by those who respected his football judgment and admired his warmth, coach ed Illini teams for 29 years. They earned a .621 mark with a 131-81 won-lost record during the years 1913-1941. Football greats of the past and present gathered here Mon day as Zuppke's body rested in a casket draped with a blanket orange "I." HOCKEY New York Willie Mar shall of Hershey scored six points in two games last week to re gain the American Hockey League leadership in all three offensive departments. According to ' official league statistics released today, Mar shall now has 21 goals and 30 assists for a total of 51 points. Trailing the 25-year-old scoring star are Dune Fisher, also of the Bears, and rookie Bill -Sweeney of Providence, each with 41 points. Fisher, a line mate of Marshall, had five points last week while Sweeney was held to two. Montreal (IP) Camille Henry and Andy Bathgate, the ace sharpshooters of the surging New York Rangers, took advan tage of a scoreless week by three Montreal Canadiens to close in on the scoring leaders in the Na tion Hockey League, official fig ures showed today. Henry, the smallest player in the league at 145 pounds, en joyed one of the biggest weeks of the season notching four goals and three assists to jump from ninth to sixth place in the scor ing derby with 30 points, only five back of leader Henri Rich ard of Montreal. MAIL TRIBUNE preparations for Sunday's Na tional Football League cham pionship game with the Cleve land Browns. Lion Coach George Wilson and his assistants Buster Ram sey, Aldo Forte, Red Cochran and Bob Nussbaumer spent all day in conference Monday and continued through the night while the players enjoyed a day Utah Coach In Line for Stanford Job Portland (IP) Jack Curtice, University of Utah football coach, is in line to replace Chuck Taylor as head coach a! Stanford, the Oregon Journal said today. Curtice is head coach of the West Shrine team which is work ing out on the Stanford campus. George Pasero, sports editor of the Journal, said in a story that it was learned from an au thoritative source close to the Stanford situation thai Curtice may already have been offered the Stanford .post. Announcement is expected to be withheld until sometime Saturday after the East-West Shrine game, the Journal said. Ohio Coach Crying Over Team's Rate Pasadena, Calif. (IF) Using Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes' yardstick, there's an awful lot of people with holes in their heads today in South ern' California. The OSU mentor told mem bers of the Southern Cali fornia Football Writers Asso ciation Monday that everyone who picked Ohio State by 19 or more points in the Rose Bowl "had holes in their heads." Ignoring Hayes' admonish ment, the writers then selected the Buckeyes by an average of 21.4 points to win the New Year's Day classic. Seventeen of the 83 voters picked Oregon to win and five voted for a tie. Oregon's Len Casanova said if desire would do it the game was in the bag for the Ducks - because his team wanted badly to win. - "We've not beaten anyone badly but we were not beaten badly by any team and I hope we can keep on the right side of the ledger Jan. 1." Casa nova said. Kansas Claimed Best in Nation By UP Rate Poll New York (IP) The United Press college basketball ratings (first-place votes and won-lost records Jhrough Dec. 21 in pa renthesis): Team Points 1. Kansas 19 (7-0) 290 2. Kansas State 5 (7-0) ... 258 3. West Virginia 3 (8-0) . 254 4. North Carolina 2 (5-1) 5. San Francisco 1 (6-1) . 202 6. Michigan State 2 (4-0) 178 7. Cincinati 3 (6-0) ...150 8. Bradley (3-1) 66 9. Maryland (5-0) 65 10 Utah (6-0) 36 Second 10 Group: 11, Ken tucky, 29; 12, Temple, 24; 13, Seattle, 23; 14, Iowa State, 17; 15, Oklahoma State, 15; 16, St. Louis, 12; 17, OREGON STATE. 10; 18, Illinois, 8; 19, St. John's, N.Y., 5;4 20 (tie), Louisville, Wichita and Yale, 4 earn. Others: Texas Christian, UCLA, Evansville, Western Ken tucky and Mississippi State, 3 each; Notre Dame, Niagara, North Carolina State and Rice, 2 each; Purdue and Colorado State, 1 each. PORTLAND ST. POSTS WIN Portland (IP) Larry Apple gate hit two free throws with two seconds to play to give Port land State a 47-45 basketball vic tory over Western Washington here Monday night. SPORTS Tuesday, December 24, 1957 off after Sunday's 31-27 come back victory over the San Fran cisco Forty Niners. "Our schedule is mixed up be cause of Christmas," Wilson said. "Normally we have a meeting following the Wednesday prac tice but we've switched that so the boys can get home to their families. Holiday Makes Coaches Work "That meant that we had to work twice as hard Monday to put our playbook together so we could give it to the boys Tuesday," said Wilson who is gunning for the NFL title his first year as head coach. ' The Lions' playbook contains all the plays mapped out and used from the start of training last summer, how often they were used and how they suc ceeded as well as all those used against Detroit. In addition, Wil son and his aides viewed and re viewed movies of the three games the Browns played this season and the film of Cleve land's last victory over the New York Giants. The Lions and Browns split their exhibition series and the Lions defeated Cleveland, 20-7, in a rough contest Dec. 8 which cost Detroit the services of quar terback Bobby Layne who frac tured hisankle." "The Browns will probably come up with something new," Wilson said. "They've had an ex tra week to get set up for this one. We know they'll be rough, they always are. Good Shape Physically "We got a break in San Fran cisco as far as injuries are con cerned," Wilson said. "I think we'll be in pretty good shape. Jim David, defensive halfback, and Gene Gedman, right half back, should be okay and Char ley Ane, offensive tackle, Who sat out the Forty Niner game should be able to play some. "We have no new injuries and none of the old ones acted up," Wilson said. Meanwhile, not even the Lion office force could get in their last -minute shopping. Ticket sales will go on all day Christ mas for season ticket holders. A winding line greeted box office treasurer Maurie Shubott Mon day. The Lions will have just over 9,000 seats, including bleachers, to sell to the general public if all season ticket holders ' pur chase their tickets. The general sale won't start until Friday but the fans received a boost when Commissioner Bert Bell an nounced the Lions can sell stand ing room tickets which should place the crowd at about 55 56,000. The Detroit area will be blacked out on television. Oregon Clips BYU Second Time, 79-76 Provo, Utah (IP) Coach Steve Belko's surprising Oregon bas ketball team clipped Brigham Young 79-76 Monday night for its sixth win in seven starts this season. Oregon defeated Brigham Young Saturday night 63-55. Belko's gang, paced by Char lie Franklin and Dale Herron, pulled away to an early lead and once the Ducks led by 19 points. Half time count was 45-34, Ore gon. Brigham Young put on a spir ited rally in the second half and with two minutes to play closed the margin to two points. But Oregon held off the threat. Franklin scored 20 points be fore fouling out, Herron had 18. Bud Kuykendall and Chuck Rask had 10 each, Hal Duffy 9 and George Radovan 8 for Ore gon. Colorado Victor By Free Throws Boulder, Colo. (IP) Four free throws by guard Gerry Schroe der gave Colorado a 61 to 58 victory Monday night over Stan ford in a basketball game. Schroeder and center John Musciano tied for high point hon ors with 16 each. Guard Paul Neumann was high point man for Stanford with 15 points. STEP CLIMBING WORKOUT Knoxville, Tenn. (IP) - Ten nessee's football players, greeted on their return from a pre Christmas holiday by a stint of step-climbing, are scheduled to arrive in Jacksonville, Fla., to day for Saturday's Gator Bowl game with Texas A&M. Tennes see left Knoxville by train Mon day. Before the players climbed aboard, assistant coach John Bailey had them race up and down their stadium's 64 steps three'times. ST. MARTIN'S RIP LINFIELD Olympia, Wash. (IP) St. Mar tin's defeated Linfield 72-69 here Monday night in a college bas ketball game. YOUTHFUL RECEIVER All-American Back Walt Ko walczyk of Michigan State hands off to youthful football fan Kim Sargent, 5, during practice session of the East '. squad at Santa Clara, Calif., for the 33rd Shrine East West classic in San Francisco Dec 28. Bill Martin Jack Tighe (Editor's note: This is the seventh of 16 dispatches on the off-season out-look of each major league team for 1958, written by the manager, of each club.) By JACK TIGHE Written for the United Press Spring Lake, Mich. (IP) I feel a lot happier than I did a year ago at this time even though I had just been hired to manage the Tigers. One of the big reasons I'm hap pier is Billy Martin. At this point I believe we're improved over the team that finished fourth this season. The reason? Martin. The big thing is whether Billy can play shortstop and I think he's a winning ballplayer, a smart ballplayer and will be helpful to the otherb oys. And you can't foget his cutching hitting. PIRATES SIGN OSBORNE Pittsburgh (IP) The Pitts burgh Pirates today named Don Osborne, manager of the Miami Marlins for the past two seasons, as their farm club representa tive to handle pitchers. BOWLING SENIOR JUNIOR LEAGUE On Saturday the senior league Christmas Tournament was roll ed with mixed doubles only winning scores will be sent to Chicago to contend in National Competition. Top three Joy Bauman and Dick Atkins 1037; Linda Eccels ton and Ralph Goode 1014; Pauline Denyer and Bill Crow elll006. Split conversions: Don Smith 5- 7, Ralhp Goode 5-8-10, Joy Bauman 5-8-10. Girls high game Pauline Den yer 156. Boys high game Bill Harmon 181. Standings: W. L. Sewing Machine Center 42 'i 25 'i Lamport's Sporting Goods 39 Va 28 li Morse Motors . 39,i 28 ',i E. H. Mann Co 37 li 30,i Hight Real Estate 36,i 31 i Oak Knoll Golf Course 35 33 Henry's Broiler 33 35 Hillyer Oil Co 32 'a 35 i Trail Creek Lumber Co 25 43 Sam's Sporting Goods 20 48 Results: Sewing Machine Center 3 (Rex Mor- Ean 537) 2.527; Lamport's Sporting ioods 1 (Harold Vessey 550) 2,507. Oak Knoll Golf Course 3 (Ray Wise 562) 2,674; Trail Creek Lumber Co. 1 Don Harmon 552). Morse Motors 4 (George Clark 475) 2.693; Henry's Broiler 0 (Jack. Gardi ner 564) 2.578. Hillyer Oil Co. 4 (Frank Knox 650) 2.781; E. H. Mann Co. 0 (Andy Ander son 596) 2,519. Hight Real Estate 3 (Buzz Green 542) 2,594; Sam's Sporting Goods 1 Cliff Proctor 529) 2,524. Standings: W. L. Baumans Fire Equipment 32'i 11 Medford Paint 27 13 Star Body Works 26fc 17 Y2 Rainbow Cafe 26 18 Women of the Moose 21 26 Veterans of Foreign Wars.. 1714 2614 Cummings Insurance . 17 27 Laurines Carpet House 1414 29 ',4 Results: Bauman's 4 (Joy Bauman 434, Dick Atkins 375 and Dennis Bauman 375) 2532; Cummings O (Sharon O'Brien 386. Carlene Schupenies 307) 2431. Star Body 3 (Janice Mathews 326, Stewart Schroeder 425) 2287; VJ.W. 1 (Judy Booth 321, George Schuler 455) 2257. W.O.T.M. 4 Pauline Denyer 334, Butch Tompkins 385) 2401: Laurines 0 (DeLores Williams 371, Don Smith 435) 2242. Medford Paint 1 (Jerolyn Burroughs 371, Bill Crowell 391) 2475: Rainbow Cafe 3 (Linda Eccelston 400, Ralph Goode 452) 2614. Girls high game and series Joy Bauman 189 434. Boys high game and series George Schuler 169 455. Split conversions Butch Tompkins 6- 10-7. John Clogston 5-7. Don Smith 5-7, Pauline Denyer 5-6-10. ' BANTAM LEAGUE Standings: W. L. Hawthorne Market 21 12 Laurines Carpet House 21 12 Veterans of Foreign Wars 17 16 Ginns Floist 16 17 Gilman's Dairy 15 18 Hurson Pharmacy 14 19 Women., of the Moose 14 19 Courtesy Chevrolet 11 22 Results: Laurine's 2 (Rranch Schuhard 261. Celia Batten 162) 986; Courtesy 1 (Montv Jantzer 245, Bob Christianson 221) 978. Gilman's 3 (Robert Childs 213. Pam Wyatt 121) 1009; Hawthorne Market 0 (Terry Winetrout 214, David Wilson 180) 963. Ginn's 3 (Fritzie Beck 202, Tom Ginn 223) 1002: Hudson Pharmacy 0 (Daryl Christianson 226, Ron Bauman 175) 921. Girls high game and series Fritzie Beck 127202. Boys high game and series Frank Schuhard 191361. Reason Happier If Billy can handle shortstop satisfactorily, we should im prove over our 1957 perform ance. I intend to move Harvy Kuenn to right field and Al Kaline to center with Charley Maxwell in left. Even though Harvey didn't have as good a season this year as he had in the past, his bat ting average still was better than a lot of good ballplayers. Thinks Kuenn Can Switch I think Harvey will be able to make the switch without too much difficulty. He played it in several exhibition games last year and he looked good. And of course, with a. player like Kuenn, you expect his hitting to bounce back. It's funny thing. In 1956 we led the league with a team bat ting average of .279 and we fin ished fifth. This year we hit .257, 11 points behind New York, and we wound up fourth. Right now our pitching "is no better and certainly no worse We gave up Duke Mass in the Kansas City trade but I think Tom Morgan will take up any slack left by Duke. And Willis Hurlin, our pitch ing coach, thinks he might be able to help Mickey McDermott. Mickey had a good record the two yearrs he was at Boston before being traded to Washing ton and he just might turn out to be the darkhorse of the Kans as City trade. Our bench is stronger with Gus Zernial and Lou Skizas but we still want a No. 1 catcher. I don't think we can expect any help from dur minor league teams for nefct season. We'll have to depend on trades and what we have. Others Afraid to Trad The thing is, I don't think any team above us is going to be too anxious to trade with us for fear of making us better. We're still after someone like Lou Berberet of Washington or Gus Triandos of Baltimore. Whenever we talk trade, the two names that always crop up are Kuenn and Reno Bertoia so you know Harvey is in demand. My coaches told me before the end of last season that they all hoped Reno would be back they all think he'll be a . great player. We're going to give Bertoia every chance in the world next year. As of now he's our third baseman. There's question about his ability it's just a question of maturing. Maybe if he realiz es that the rest of the league thinks highly of him, he'll start believing he's a, major leaguer. Our pitching staff held us up this year and with luck some thing Frank Lary didn't have much of last season it'll be even better. I think Billy Hoeft is an improved pitcher and there's nothing to indicate that Jim Bunning won't have just as good a year as he had in his first full season this year. LEHIGH AWAITS NOLAN Bethlehem, Pa. (IP) The Le high basketball team is eargerly awaiting the return of Dan Nolan from the Dec. 28 Blue Gray football game at "Mont gomery, Ala. Nolan, the quarter back for the Blue team, is the leading rebounder on Lehigh's basketball team. BASKETBALL By United Press COLLEGE BASKETBALL South Kentucky 92. Utah State 64 Loyola (La.) 94. Louisiana St. 62 Vanderbilt 73, New Mex. A&M 59 Midwest . Oregon State 62. Indiana 51 St. Louis 89. Washington 63 Bradley 77. St. Mary's (Calif.) 61 Michigan St. 57, Iowa St.-51 (o.t.) Southwest Oklahoma 64, Ohio State 55 West Montana 75. Montana State 66 Utah 70. Washington State 48 Oregon 79. Brigham Young 76 Colorado 61, Stanford 8 Idaho 106. Alaska 59 St. Martin's (Wash.) 72. Linfield 67 Portland State 47, Western Wash ington 45. College of Marin 58, Oakland JC 40 OREGOV PREPS Wy'East 58. Oswego 57 Woodburn 50, Canby 56 (3 overtimes) Broun Rookie Prefers To Let Performances Tell His Grid By EARL WRIGHT New York (IP) Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns fullback who prefers to let his performances tell the story, today was named the National Football League's outstanding 1957 rookie in the annual United Press poll Brown's 942 rushing yards gave him the league ball-carrying championship by 242 yards. He finished even farther ahead of his rivals in the voting for rookie honors. The former Syracuse All America player received' 28 of the 32 votes cast by sports writers who covered the cam paign in the 11 league cities. Don Bosseler, Washington Red skins fullback, was a distant sec ond with two votes. Jim Podo ley, Washington halfback, and R. C. Owens, end and halfback for the San Francisco Forty-Niners, split the other two votes. Broks Colts' Monopoly Brown snapped a two-year Baltimore Colt grip on the rook ie award. Lenny Moore of the Colts led the 1957 voting after Alan Ameche of the Colts won in 1955. Coach Paul Brown was able to grab Jim in the NFL draft be cause Cleveland had the only losing season in its history in 1956. Enroute to the ball-carrying championship, Brown set an all time league rushing mark for a single game when he gained 237 yards against the Los Ange les Rams Nov. 24. Scored 4 Against Rams Brown scored four of the 10 touchdowns he made this year in that game. One of his runs against the Rams covered 69 yards and was the longest scor ing run from scrimmage made Red Sanders Still Keeps Mouth Shut Los Angeles (IP) A decision as to what Coach Henry (Red) Sanders will pull from his Christmas stocking an improv ed UCLA contract or a new pact with Texas A&M appeared still up in the air today, while the Texas school grabbed the ball and said it might name a new head coach today or tomorrow. The UCLA Board of Control met for three hours yesterday to discuss his contract and what to do to improve it. Then it an nounced it had "discussed vari ous aspects of the situation" but that nothing would be made pub lic pending another session be tween Sanders and Athletic Di rector Wilbur Johns. Christmas Message Given at Roundtable Christmas has a deep emotion al and sentimental attachment for everyone, according to the Rev. Richard M. Jones of the Eastwood Baptist church. He spoke at the Monday Juncheon of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable. Mr. Jones spoke to the group in its annual Christmas message. He told them at this time of the year everyone seems to at tempt to assume a "peace on earth, good will towards men" attitude for a short period which "rescues people from the cynic ism and pessimism" which they have most of the year. He hoped people of the world could have the friendly -feeling of Christmas all year, not only for the emotional and financial benefit, but also the spiritual benefit of the season. He said the spiritual gap would be much greater than emotional or finan cial if the coming of Christ had not taken place. . He told of the "age of fear" people in the United States are living in and the melting of fear during the Christmas sea son. "There is a need for this feeling all year," he said. He assured the group below the layer of commercialism sur rounding' Christmas, there is a deeper layer of Christian faith. BALLINGER SIDELINED Pasadena, Calif. (IP) Gary Ballinger, fourth string Ohio State halfback, probably will miss the Rose Bowl game be cause of a broken bone in his right hand. He suffered the in jury while practicing against the varsity Monday. UlLU METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Story in the NFL this year. He also was the team's top pass receiver in the game with three catches for 21 yards as' the Browns ral lied to win, 45-31. Jim also played a vital part in Clevelands 6-3 no touch down" victory over New York in the season opener. The Giants were the defending league and Eastern Division champions and never quite recovered from that defeat. Brown, a native of Manhasset, N.Y., is only 21. Still a "growing boy," he is six feet, two inches tall and weighs 230 pounds. Michigan Threatens To Take Over Rating By UNITED PRESS Can Michigan State turn the usually-wide-open Big Ten bas ketball race into a "walkover" this season? The experts say no but the Spartans' early-season record suggests that the answer may be yes. They're reeled off five straight victories, including Monday night's 57-51 conquest of Iowa Sate at Ames, Iowa, and are the only Big Ten team unbeaten in pre-conference competition.. Indiana and Ohio State were rated Michigan State's chief conference challengers but they've won one game between 'em so far. Indiana lost to 17th ranked Oregon State, 62-51, for its fourth defeat in five games Monday night while Ohio State bowed to Oklahoma, 64-55, for its fifth straight setback. J Eight h-ranked Bradley whipped St. Mary's (Calif.) 77- 61, lOth-ranked Utah beat Wash ington State 70-48, llth-ranked Kentucky downed Utah State, 92-64, and 16th-ranked St. Louis defeated Washington, 89-63, in other games involving top-rated teams. Michigan State, rated No. 6 by the United Press Board of Coaches, trailed Iowa State, 30 28, at halftime and went into overtime when Don Medsker's free throw as the final buzzer sounded rolled off the rim. Jack Quiggle, who led the TORNADO CAGERS BEGIN HOME SLATE ON FRIDAY ' First home game of the sea son for the Medford high Black Tornado highlights basketball action in this area this week. The Tornado, in its final warm-ups before embarking on its Southern Oregon conference slate, will be host to the Astoria Fishermen. The varsity tussles Friday and Saturday will be at 8:15 p.m. Preliminaries are set for 6:30 p.m. on each occasion. On Fri day Medford junior varsity will meet Rogue River Varsity. Sat urday's curtain lifter will match Medford and Grants Pass junior varsity players All members of the Southern Oregon conference with the ex ception of Ashland will have non-conference ' skirmishes on Friday and Saturday. 1 Crater will meet Willamette at Central Point and Grants Pass will en tertain Coquille on Friday. For the following night the Comets and Cavemen will exchange foes. Klamath Falls also will be "at home." The Pelicans will play Tigard. Two Players Injured Medford will have one play er, and possibly two, sidelined for the Fishermen series. Don Bowling, who suffered a broken bone in his foot and missed the Marshfield-North Bend trip, is now shooting around but can't run. Coach Frank Roelandt said Bowling may be ready to play in a couple of weeks. In drill last Wednesday Tom Hamlin, only regular returning from last season, turned an ankle. He may be able to play against Astoria, however. Roe - Remember in December HFC makes seasonal loans! OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main PHONE: Pettit Takes . Scoring Lead In NBA Test New York (IP) Bob Pet itt of the St. Louis Hawks, who staged the biggest single-game scoring spree of the National Basketball association with 51 points Saturday night, took over the league total scoring lead today. Pettit, who racked up his big score against Syracuse, held a 44-point lead over balding George Yardley of the Detroit Pistons in weekly scoring sta tistics issued today by the league. Adolph Schayes of Syracuse held third place in total points with 682 and Bill Sharman was fourth with 658. However, on average points they were' tied for third at 24.4. Big Clyde Lov ellette of Cincinnati was fifth both in total, 655, and average, 23.4. Spartans with 19 points, hit for " two field goals in the overtime session to clinch the game. Ron Baukol, a reserve guard, scored 18 to lead Iowa State. Fighter Looking For Bright Days In Coming Year New York (IP) "It'll be the merriest Christmas I ever had," said lightweight Tommy Tibbs, the former shoeshine boy who unexpectedly blossomed into a red hot ring attraction this year and outpointed Lulu Perez impressively Monday night. Tommy's lopsided decision over flashy Perez of Brooklyn in their TV fight at St. Nicholas arena was his 10th victory in 12 1957 fights that included one draw. Those 10 wins and the rapid fire body attack that achieved them made promoters forget his woefully spotty record of the past. Now he has practically evened his won and lost score. He has 42 wins and 43 defeats; also three draws. And he is only 23. Tibbs, lightweight champion of New England, weighed 132 pounds to Perez' 133 as he gave the former, featherweight chal lenger a severe body beating before 1,007 at St. Nick's. landt has been alternating Lar ry Brown, Ron Peery and Frank Albert as fifth man in place of Hamlin. Aim is to keep up team speed and backboard strength as well. The mentor said he isn't wor king on anything special with which to meet the Fishermen but is giving the Tornado straight fundamentals in prim ing both the offense and de fense. He reported that the Med ford squad is looking a little more consistent. Astoria is coached by Jerry Mosby, ex.-Eagle Point high tu tor. Night Skiing Set At Mount Shasta Mount Shasta, Calif. The first night skiing in this part of the country is planned for Snowmen's hill near the foot of Mt. Shasta. Starting Christmas day, lights will be on daily from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Manager Gordon Hart said his area has 12 inches of packed snow. A tow rope will be in operation daily from 9:30 to 4 p.m. and again at night. The T bar, will be started when about IV2 feet of additional snow has fallen. Snowmen's hill is in an area between 4,500 and 5,000 feet with tows that can handle about 600 skiers per hous. 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