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.
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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
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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. The rope
tow area has a capacity of 200
and the T-bar area can handle
600.
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