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G O TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE GIRD FOR ASTORIA Coach Frank Roe landt charts some strategy for his Medford high school basketball crew as it readies for its Series with the Astoria Fishermen here Friday and Saturday nights. Players, left to right, are Tom Hamlin, Bilbee Lane, ornado Friday Against Astoria Five Astoria high's Fishermen, with only one returning regular and their most experienced men jun iors, are expected to give the Medford basketball quintet a nigged time under the back boards Friday- and Saturday night's when the Black Tornado makes its first appearances of the new campaign on its home court. The north Oregon coast club and Tornado collide at 8:15 p.m. on koth occasions on Hedrick Junior High school floor. There will be 6:30 p.m. starters with fedford jayvees vying both Rights. Gordon Scott, 6-2 junior for ward, good shot, good rebound-j 9 &nd fine defensive player, is git returnee regular on the Fish ermen rooster. Jon Wagner and 9rian Paaso, juniors and forward (fcnd guard, respectively, were Jitd W alternates in the state (journey roster last March. Wag Ofcr, 6-2, is regarded is an accur st Shooter and tough backboard JTifn. Paaso, also 6-2, is an alert fflyir adds to the Astoria yfctcjtboard strength, ome Beef Atori won't have any real &tht dvntge over the Tor 9f o crew but boasts some beefs 3rtt hlp out in clearing the fctrtU after mived shots. Scott 4 900-pounder and Paaso tips ghf acalc It 199. Wagner and Arnold Curti, 6-1 senior, are 173-poundera. Curtis is team cap tain. He ha good eye for the hoop and is quick and tricky. jTalltat player on the club is DavaoHellberf, ff-3, 150-pound junior, Caa,ch Jerry Mosby of the JJshermn eould pick his start ers from among Scott, Wagner, Hallbirg, Paaso, Dick Seppa, 8xry Lempea and Curtis. Seppa, a ynior guard, is known for his goring ability and continued jpaxd play while Lempea, also a junior and g guard, plays a fast, glart fpirited game. aVlso on the Astoria roster are jenioif, Jack Leinenweber, Dick Matthews, Darrell Isaacson and Dick Neimi, and James Johnson, a sophomore. Complete Astoria record is not HOCKEY If ATIOVAL LEAGUE Bt UJITED PRESS Coach Phil Watson finds it hard to smile after a defeat, but he isn't too sorry the Chicago Black Hawks handed his New York Rangers their first Christ mas night defeat at home since 1928. Billy, Lea, Ted Lindsay and Lorn Ferguson three of the mlayers Chicago got this year from the Detroit Red Wings scored the goals that shattered cn of the most unusual unbeat en streaks in sports. They spark ed g 3-1 triumph that ended a five-game losing streak for the last-place Chicago, club in Na tional Hockey league play. The Black Hawks cost the second-place Rangers a chance to cut Montreal's lead to two points because the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Canadiens, 5-4. In the other game Wednesday night, the Boston Bruins whipped De troit, 4-1. AMERICAN LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS The Hershey Bears have a fat lead in the American Hockey league, but the second-place Cleveland Barons found out Wednesday night that the first place club isn't letting down a bit. Cleveland took a 2-0 lead on Jimmy Moore's two second pe riod goals but the home club pulled even before the regula tion game ended and won, 3-2, at 3:52 of the overtime period on Obie O'Brien's goal. . The Buffalo Bisons walloped Begins IHIome Season available but shows wins of 58 to 35 over Seaside and 73 to 32 and 48 to 37 over Scappoose. Coach Frank Roelandt of the Tornado had his squad running this afternoon, trying to "get some of the turkey off." He re ported that regular Tom Hamlin, who turned an ankle last week, is moving a lot better on the in jured limb and "may go some" MedfordTribunb STOMPS EAST BOASTS MOST BIG NAMES IN SHRINE FRAY By HAL WOOD San Francisco (IP) The flu bug has again sidelined one of the East's star players as the cream of the nation's collegiate football players made ready for the annual East-West Shrine classic. All - America lineman Alex Karras from Iowa complained of a temperature and sore throat Wednesday. One quick look and the East team's medicos put him to bed at the Santa Clara Uni versity infirmary. Another East star, halfback Jim Pace of Michigan, was back in the lineup, but still far from his peak potential after a week end bout with the flu. However team physicians said they expected all ailing players to be ready to take the field in Kezar Stadium here Saturday when the Shrine charity classic gets under way. East Has Big Names The East has most of the big names in the collegiate ranks, which accounts for its being favored by nine points by those who claim to be privy to hjOW games should come out. The West has no standout performers to match Karras, Pace, Walt Kowalczyk of Michi gan State, Charlie Brueckman of Pitt and Mickey Trimarki of West Virginia and seldom has in the past. But the over-all record for the 32 East-West game discloses that the West has won 15 times, the East 13 with four deadlocks. Best known players on the West squad are Bob Stransky, Colorado back; Jim Jones, Wash ington fullback; Jim Shofner, TCU back; Ron Wheatcroft, California end; and Joe Fran cis, back from Oregon State. Both squads the East at Santa Clara, the West at Stan ford went through a short drill Wednesday and then knocked off ' for a Christmas party. Engle Confident East coach Rip Engle, him self only recently out of the sick bed, wasn't making any predictions. But he indicated, flu or no, his boys would be Weil-Known Golf Announcer Dies Los Angeles D. Scott (Scotty) Chishplm, 80, noted golf tourna ment starter and announcer died Wednesday at his home in Santa Monica. Calif. Chisholm, co-founder of the Los Angeles Open Golf tourna ment, has been scheduled to work at the tourney when it be gins next Thursday. the Rochester Americans, 7-1, and the Springfield Indians edged the Providence Reds, 4-3, in the other games. Thursday, December 26, 1957 Jerry Anderson, Don Peek and Lowell Dean. Hamlin turned his ankle in practice last week and just how much service he'll be able to see isn't certain. Games each day will be at 8:15 p.m. They will follow 6:30 p.m. preliminaries. on Friday and Saturday. Don Bowling, letterman, who has not seen duty so far because of a broken bone in his foot, will be in uniform, Roelandt said. But, it is doubtful that he'll be able to play. Medford junior varsity meets Rogue River varsity in the Fri day prelim and Tornado and Grants Pass second teams. out in front at the final gun. Jack Curtice of Utah, charg ed with woulding the Western ers into a coordinated machine, wasn't talking either. But the Ute mentor has been quietly schooling his squad into a smooth T - formation group which, his sly smile tips," will give the Eastern headliners a run for their money. Regardless of the outcome Saturday afternoon the real winners will be the crippled children the Shriners hope to see walk again. Crater High, Willamette Mix Friday Central Point Crater high winds up its pre-conference bas ketball slate Friday and Satur day nights with another pair of scuffles which should shed light on its chances in the Southern Oregon circuit. , And the Comets are expected to have their hands full against both rivals although playing on the Crater floor. They meet Wil lamette of Eugene on Friday and Coquille on Saturday. Grants Pass of the Southern Oregon conference, is host to the two schools on the opposite evenings. Willamette will come with a 3-1 record. The school from the Eugene area holds an overtime nod over Springfield which in one game lost by only one point to Klamath Falls of the South ern Oregon loop. Willamette also has beaten Madras and Cottage Grove and lost to Toledo in overtime. Eslremado Will Start Only scores available for Co quille show a split with New port and a win over Siuslaw. It's reported that the Red Dev ils also dropped a closey to To ledo. Coach' Don Anielak, who aims to have the Crater crew bounce back from Oakridge setbacks, has indicated that senior Jim Estremado may make his first starting appearance for the Com ets. Bill White, Wayne Allen and Randy Campbell may get other starter assignments with the fifth man to be chosen from among Kermen Bennett, Jerry Kime'and Joe Teeter. AGGIES ARRIVE AT GATOR Jacksonville, Fla. OF) Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant and his Texas A&M football squad arrived to day to complete their prepara tions for Tennessee in the Gator Bowl Saturday afternoon. The Tennessee Volunteers arrived Tuesday and even worked out behind closed gates on Christmas Day to get ready for the Aggies and their much-honored half backs, All-America John Crow. Cubs Hope Like Finish Editor's note: This is the seventh of 16 dispatches on the off-season outlook of each major league team for 1958, written by the managers of each club. By BOB SCHEFFING Written For United Press Scottsdale, Ariz. (IP) If we can start next season as we fin ished the last one, the Cubs will do all right. During the last two months of last season we won 29 and lost 27, and that is the kind of base ball we want to play all season. We've done a lot of building, and some trading, and we'll do more to get the material we need to become a solid club. . The baseball writers have been ribbing me about the trade we made with Milwaukee, in which we gave right-handed pitchers Bob Rush and Don Kai ser, along with outfielder Eddie Haas, for left-handed pitcher Taylor Phillips and catcher Sam Taylor. I think we helped our club in the deal. We got youth, as both Taylor and Phillips are 24. And in Phillips we got ourselves a probable starting left-handed pitcher, which we badly needed last season. When you are trying to bring a club up, there is nothing like trying to find young players, with lasting qualities, who might not win the pennant for you the first year or so but will improve with experience and make you a contender for several years. We brought up some young players in the second half of last season and our winning percent age started going up. We've got some good young pitchers, prob ably the best staff of young pitchers of any team in the ma jor leagues. Barring ' physical handicaps, they'll get better with seasoning. . The pitching staff of Phillips, Moe Drabowski, Dick Drott, Jim Seattle, San Francisco Among Tourijey Favorites By JOE SARGIS United Press Sports Writer College basketball's annual holiday head-knocking begins in earnest tonight with several of the nation's more highly regard ed teams in action in five ma jor eight-team tournaments. The action unfurls in such widely separated cities as Kan sas City, Mo., Big Eight, Ral eigh, N.C., Dixie Classic, New York City Holiday Festival, Ok lahoma City, Okla., All-College and Houston, Tex., Southwest. Kansas and Kansas State, ranked 1-2 by the United Press board of coaches, are the teams to beat in the Big Eight tour ney which also includes Okla homa, Missouri, Iowa State, Col orado, Nebraska and outsider Princeton. Kansas plays Okla homa and Kansas State meets Missouri tonight while the others play Friday night. Tarheels Dixie Favorite The Dixie Classic offers the most evenly-balanced field of all the tourneys, but North Carolina, upset by West Virginia in the Kentucky Invitation tournament and " the defending national champion, is favored. The com petition here includes North Carolina State, Duke, Wake For est and outsiders Duquesne, Northwestern, St. Louis and Se ton Hall. The opening day pairings find Wake Forest playing Duquesne, N. C. State- meeting Northwest ern in afternoon action and fourth-ranked North Carolina playing St. Louis and Duke meeting Seton hall in night games. The Holiday Festival at New York offers 12th ranked Temple, 13th ranked Seattle, California, New York University, Dayton, Manhattan and Connecticut. Temple and Seattle are favored to reach the final round with each drawing comparatively "easy" opponents in the open ing round. The Owls play Pitts burgh and Chieftains meet Con necticut. Dons Top Field Fifth-ranked San Francisco tops a "stacked" field in the All-College tourney which includes such teams as Western Ken tucky, Denver, Niagara, Tulane, Oklahoma City, University, Tul- sa and Idaho State. San Fran- cisco opens against uenver in Rose Bowl Clubs Back at Practice Pasadena, Calif. (IP) The Rose Bowl teams of Ohio State and Oregon return to the prac tice field today after a day off to enjoy Christmas. Coach Woody Hayes planned an afternoon workout for the Buckeyes at East Los Angeles Junior College, and coach Len Casanova called for a scrimmage for his Oregon Ducks in prepar ation for their New Year's Day game. Both teams attended Christ mas celebrations, sponsored by the Tournament of Roses assoc iation and alumni. The Ohioans received gifts from Columbus merchants. Casanova reported that co captain Harry Mondale was re covering nicely from an attack of influenza but that his No. 1 replacement at guard, Joe Schaf feld, had been hit. for Start of 1957 'Brosnan, Johnny Briggs, who seems to be recovered from an arm injury that has hurt his ca reer, Bob Anderson, and a couple of youngsters we've brought up should do all right. Ed Mayer, up from Fort Worth, and Glenn Hobbie, a left-hander from Memphis are highly re garded, although still a little rough around the edges. So was Drott when 'he first came along. Outfield Problems Don't be surprised if Fernando Rodriguez, at 35, gives us some good relief pitching. We got him from the Giants' Minneapolis farm team, and he's doing well in the Winter League down in Cuba. We haven't any deals in sight right now, but we still have out field problems, particularly in center field. The outfielders we have are Lee Walls, who came from Pittsburgh last year in the deal which also gave us Dale Long at first base; Jim Bolger, Bob Speake, Walt Moryn and Chuck Tanner. Third base was a problem last year until John Goryl came along and did a pretty good job. We've got Bobby Adams for third base duty also, and have been given high recommenda tion on Antonio Taylor, a 20-year-old from Minneapolis. Jerry Kindall and Bobby Mor gan give us pretty good protec tion at second and Ernie Banks, well, you just tell me a better guy to have at shortstop who hits those long ones for you like he does. Cal Nieman, another young ster 'who made the team last sea son, caught more games than any other catcher in the Na tional League and was only out hit by three or four catchers, if memory serves me correctly. I know he can do a good job for us, and Taylor will be of help. the three-day tourney, and rates the favorite's mantle off its su perior height and general all around consistency. Western Kentucky is the "dark horse" here. Undefeated Texas Tech and defending champion Southern Methodist get the Southwest Conference tourney off in the afternoon while co-favorites Texas Christian a'nd Rice play a little later. TCU winds up the afternoon's activity against Tex as A&M and Rice meets oft beaten Baylor in the second game of a night twin-bill. Other teams include Texas, Arkansas. Semi-finals are scheduled for Friday and the final for Satur day. North Nicks South Grid Stars 23-20 Miami, Fla. (IP)- Dick Christy and Jim Ninowski set a frantic pace with long runs and passes Wednesday night as the College North-South All-Stars wrapped up the ihrills of a whole season in one night for 28,303 fans in the Orange Bowl. Ninowski, the slender Michi gan State quarterback who was named the North's most valuable player, completed 13 of 33 passes for a record 295 yards in leading the "Yanks" to a 23-20 victory, only their third in the 10-game series sponsored for Shrine charities. His throws, most to teammate Bob Jewett at end, produced one touchdown and set up another. They also put Michigan State's other senior end, Dave Kaiser in position to boot a 36-yard field goal for what wound up being the winning points. Christy Goes on Rampage Christy, the 180-pound speed ball from North Carolina State who was named the South's MVP went on a second half ram page. He broke through the line for 62 yards and a touchdown in the third period and carried back a punt 57 yards in the final quar ter for another score. As if that were not enough, the stubby "Rebel" halfback from Chester, Pa., nearly pulled off an upset for the south, a four point underdog. With 2:15 left in the game, Christy ran back a North punt 47 yards; then with 15 seconds left, he caught a 23 yard pass from Arkansas quar terback George Walker on the North two. There was time for only one play, and a dive at the line by LSU's Jimmy Taylor fell one yard short as the Yankee forward wall held. DUKE, SOONERS ON HAND Miami (IP) The Duke and Oklahoma football squads ar rived today ' by plane to begin work for the big New Year's clash in the Orange Bowl. The players for both schools re assembled on their campuses Wednesday night and this morn ing after spending Christmas at home. The Duke squad is due shortly after noon and the Soon ers about 2:30 p.m.. (e.s.t). Nei ther team plans a workout until Friday morning. mi ii ! imm iiil it-1 mi iv V FRANK LEAHY To Sign Aggie Pact Frank Leahy To Become Aggie Coach College Station, Tex. an The T-xas Aggies picked up a driving football fundamentalist the' same pattern as Paul (Bear) Bryant Wednesday night when Frank Leahy, former coach at Notre Dame, agreed to become head coach and athletic director. Dr. M. T. Harrington, Texas A&M president, said Leahy agreed to contract terms by tele phone and that the formal sign ing of a contract was expected by the end of the week. This may be Saturday at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., where the Aggies meet Tennessee in their final game under Bryants who is going to Alabama. However, Leahy was in a hos pital at Michigan City, Ind., to day. He slipped and broke his ankle Tuesday while carrying Christmas packages into his Long Beach, Ind., home. He was taken to the hospital for X-rays and remained for treatment. Three-Year Pact . Dr. Harrington said Leahy, 49, would be given a salary of $16,000 a year plus rent-free use of a college-owned residence. The contract is for three years. The Natre Dame graduate, noted for pessimistic attitude de spite having winning teams, will become the 22nd coach since A&M fielded its first football team in 1894. Leahy's overall record, includ ing two years at Boston College, is 107-13-9. . Leahy was expected to report to College Station soon after the first of the year,. Harrington said. Leahy quit Notre Dame after, the 1953 season because of ill health. He compiled an 11-year record of 87 victories, 11 losses and 9 ties and had six undefeated seasons. . He said Wednesday he had completely recovered his health. "The layoff got me over all the troubles that I had and my local doctor has told me that I am healthier than I've been in 10 years." Bearcats Open Hoop Tourney Sacramento, Calif. HP) The fourth annual Far Western conference invitational basket ball toournament got under way here this afternoon with Wil lamette university meeting San Francisco state. Other opening (round games will pit defending conference champion Nevada against Whit tier college, California Aggies against Chico State and host Sacramento State against Hum boldt State. R A D I O D I S P A T C H E D IF WE MIX IT, YOU CAN'T cJ;e Lit Got a Fluid Driveway? (and a shiftless husband?) Got a Party Planned? (and wall-to-wall mud?) Give Dear Old Dad a Concrete Walk or Driveway (we'll bill him after Christmas) Listen To Our Re washed News 7:30 A.M. - KBOY Sport J$kk OSCAR FRALEY I Parade aSSt sports s4fXjl United Press New York ttPt Notre Dame and the Milwaukee Braves de serve their fair share of glory, but for the upset of the year Tve got to hand it today to angular Mai Anderson, the unseeded cowboy from Australia who won the National Amateur tennis championship. Anderson's victory at Forest Hills may not sound like such great shakes if you don't happen to be a tennis buff. For there still are those who regard the court game as not essentially a he-man's dodge. In such case, they'd better take another look, because An derson's feat required great en durance, skill and the ability to withstand pressure. And his triumph was really an earth-shaker in, the tennis world because no other unseeded play er ever had captured the big one. To put the icing on the cake, the 22-year-old Aussie in the final heat the No. 1 seed, Ashley Cooper and did it in straight sets to boot. Notre Dame must be the popu lar choice because of the much more widespread general inter est in college football. The Fight ing Irish put over the shocker when, as an 18-point underdog, they ended Oklahoma's 47-game Rice Works On Defense Against Passing (Editor's note: This is the ninth of 10 dispatches on the football bowl teams. The dispatches will cover the teams in the Gator, Orange, Rose, Sugar and Cotton , BOW1S.) By JOHN COLTON Abilene, Tex. 0P Coach Jess Neely checked his Rice Owls into this West Texas city today and ordered ' "heavy" workouts daily both here and in Dallas to offset a five-day Christ mas holiday lay-off. The Owls, who face potent Navy in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day, move to Dallas for Dec. 30-31 workouts, also tagged "heavy." But what Neely calls "heavy"is something to wonder about. The Owls last Friday wound up a solid week of the roughest practice scrimmage the efficient Jess could dream up. They re sume practice here to make way for basketball players in Hous ton, where. Rice Institute is host to the Southwest Conference Tournament opening today. "The boys are in fine condi tion," Neely reported. , "I'm real pleased with the way they react to Navy plays. I think our of fense looks all right, but we're far from through. We have plen ty of work to do yet." While the Owls have done plenty of head-knocking, Neely has concentrated on passing and defense against passing, with Navy's passing trio of Tom For restal, Joe Tranchini and Pat Flood in mind. Forrestal, N a v y's No. 1 T quarterback, and King Hill, his f vjwi "cpw-vt ff ftff j , LAMP0RTS lew . t v tut -4. 4 A.. . . - OLE WHIRLY-BERT, MIXER-MASTER READY MX by UfililGER'S SPring 2-5336 SPring 2-5897 MUrdock 5-8121 winning streak by a tight 7-0 score. In the matter of unexpected performances you also have to hand it to the Braves and to the Cleveland Browns. The Braves will tell you, of course, that they expected to win the World Series from the Yan kees. However, the oddsmakers made them the outsiders and they kicked over the tote board to win it. As for the Browns, not even Coach Paul Brown thought his Cleveland club could come all the way back in the National Football league race this season. The team had a lowly 5-7 record last year and was rebuilding with 12 rookies. Yet the Browns captured the Eastern Division championship going away and come Sunday they'll have a chance to make it all the way to the league title. Two other major upsets of 1957 which stand out in the mind are the victory of Iron Liege in the Kentucky Derby and Mike De John's boxing triumph over unbeaten Argentine heavyweight Alex Miteff. There were many other upsets during the year but these, at least in this corner, were the stickouts and - Anderson's topped them all. Aerials, Rice counterpart, have account ed for a third of their team's to tal offense. Hill chalked up 1,244 yards in the Owls' 7-3 season. Forrestal made 1,169 in Navy's 8-1-1 season. Hill and Frank Ryan, his quarterback understudy from Fort Worth, pa?sed Rice to the Southwest Con "erence c h a m pionship. The Cwls gained 1,091 yards in the sir against Navy's 1,469. But Hill and Ryan threw only half as many passes 65 completed in 116 attempts 'to Navy's 113 in 229 attempts. The versatile Hill, who oper ates with equal ease from a bal anced or unbalanced line, a split or tight-T, also leads the Owls in rushing with a net 446 yards in 90 carries, a 5.0 average. He has five TQ's and 17 conversions for 47 points. On the ground it's practically a stand-off. Navy rushed for a season total of 2,375 yards. 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