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o TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. December 27, 1957 Four Coast Players on West Starting Offensive Eleven For Shrine Contest G O By SCOTT BAILLIE United Press Sports Writer San Francisco (IP) The Pa Gcific Coast, generally regarded as a weak sister in college foot ball, enjoyed the biggest repre sentation on the West Shrine game today by nailing down four spots on the starting eleven. Coach Jack Curtice named ick Douglas of Stanford as his itarting quarterback against the Just for the Shrine game Satur day along with left end Farrell !Fun Funston of College of the JPtcific, right tackle Dave Jesmer tt Oregon State ard left guard irry Kramer of Idaho to the first offensive unit. Free substi tution rules are in force. Tailback Joe Francis, Oregon State's nifty passer, wound up on the defensive unit as did Col orado's Bob Stransky who led the nation in rushing. But Cur tice emphasized Thursday that everybody would be playing on offense as well as defense before Saturday ended. It shaped up as a long one for the underdog West team which was handed another jolt in the line Thursday when co-captain Clyde Letbetter of Baylor came down with the flu. He remained on' the list as a starting right guard with the offensive brigade, however, as Curtice kept his fingers crossed. The team had barely assem bled when tackle Bob Oliver of Baylor also dropped out of the lineup after his wife was in jured in an accident. East Has Strong Offense Coach Rip Engle of the East UNI SIPdDrBTTS Southpaw Pitching Could Make Red Sox Pennant Contenders Editors: This is the ninth of 16 dispatches on the off-season outlook of each major league team for 1958, written by managers of each club. Br MIKE HIGGINS Written For The United Press Dallas, Tex. (If) Sixteen games form a big gap for the (Jted Sox to close in order to be come an American league pen nant contender, but it certainly wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility if we can get some southpaw pitching and some rookies come through. We are well set in the outfield in fact Ted Williams, Jim Pier ipll and Jackie Jensen form bout as fine a trio as there is in the league. We have the nucleus O of a strong-armed pitching corps in Tom Brewer, Frank Sullivan 'And Willard Nixon, and our latching and infield aren't the fcorst in the league, by far. Offensively, we ranked third in hitting last season, led the league in doubles and RBI's, nearly matched the Yankees' run output and hit more homers than any club except the Ath letics. Lowly Fielding Record But, we stole fewer bases than anybody except Washington' and ' kicked the ball more than any body but Cleveland to finish next to last in fielding. We haven't made any deals, al though plenty were discussed at Colorado Springs. And, we may not make any until next spring or summer, but the Sox are ready to make any deal that we think will help the club. We could use some reliable left-handed pitching, but Frank Bauman, up from Oklahoma City; Leo Keily, who won 20 Lyle Luttrell To Be Policeman ' Washington (tP Shortstop Lyle Luttrell of the Washington Senators retired from major league baseball today to be a policeman at Morrison, Calif. Luttrell, who will be 28 in March asked to be put on the voluntary retired list, and Sena tors President Calvin Griffith said the request would be granted. No Major Future A club spokesman said Lut trell told Griffith he felt he had no future in major league ball and had joined the police force at Morrison, near his home in Duarte. Luttrell opened the 1957 sea son with the Senators. He play ed in 18 games and batted .200. In May, he was optioned to the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast league where he batted .204 in 67 games. By going on the voluntary re tired list Luttrell is free to try a comeback if he should want to. He would have to return to the Washington club or obtain a release. games in relief for San Fran cisco, and R. W. Smith, also a good winner with the Seals, could come through and solve that problem. Keily has been with us before, of course, but his record on the Coast indicates he must have re gained that sinker that marip him such a bright prospect three years ago. Record Speaks For Itself Sullivan's 2.73 earned run av erage and his 14-11 record speak ior tnemseives, although with a bit more luck it could have been much better. Brewer gave us 16 games and Nixon 12. Dick Sis ler should come up with a much better year than his 7-8 record of last season when he missed numerous turns because of ail ments. In fact, Sisler could turn out to be a real producer. Then, there's Mike Fornieles, whom we got from Baltimore in the Billy Goodman deal. Look at his ERA a solid 3.66. Even if we con't make a deal. I can see where we could have much better pitching. We might improve ourselves with trades, but with the breaks we might just do it with what's already there. x i Troy, UCLA Faces Teams Of Big 10 By UNITED PRESS Southern California and UCLA will meet a pair of Big Ten powerhouses in a double header at Los Angeles tonight in one of several big holiday tourna ments on the West Coast. The Bruins, home from a dis astrous road trip, take on Michi gan State while the Trojans, with an unimpressive record so far this season, go against the Ohio State Buckeyes. At Corvallis, Ore., host Ore gon State will face Yale, and Washington will meet strong Utah in the Far West Classic. The Beavers are rated a Pacific Coast Conference title threat while Utah is ranked in the top ten nationally. Another double header will pit San Jose State against Arizona (Tempe) State and Santa Clara against Arizona at the San Jose Civic auditorium. BOWLING VICTORY LEAGUE The Victory Bowling league wound up its first half this week with Clave Construction team the winner. Hearin Lumber com pany wound up in second spot and Quity Market in third. The league resumes on Jan. 6. Standings: VV. L. Clave Construction 41 23 Hearin Lumber 40 a 23 !i Qualitv Market 37 27 Eastside Union Stetion 37 27 E. H. Mann 35 29 Sewing Machine Center 35 29 Pioneer Club 30 34 Davis Transfer 29 35 Rogue Sportsman 26 38 Pick's Apparel 26 38 Arthur Murray's Studio 24 40 U. S. Bank 23!i 40'i Only about 10 per cent of the blind persons in the U. S. were bora sightless. Rain Hurts Gray Hopes Montgomery, Ala. (IP) The threat of a rain-slick field today damped Southern hopes of up setting the heavier North in Saturday's 19th renewal of the Blue-Gray football clash. Kickoff time is 10 a.m. (PST) before an expected crowd of 21, 000. The classic will be televised nationally by NBC with a 100 mile blackout around the heart of Dixie. The South leads, 12-6 in the series and will be out to avenge last year's 14-0 loss. Run Mostly Yankee Head Coach Murray Warmath of Minnesota, said, 'Sve'll run and pass but probably run more than anything. We don't know much about the Rebel squad except its fast. We've got a big line and some big boys in the backfield who can move the ball. The Yanks are favored by six points although some oddsmak ers gave it to the Rebels by a point. Coach Andy Pilney of Tulane, the Southeastern conference's coach of the year, said: "We'll use a lot of spread formations and keep the game wide open if possible keep the North off balance." came up with a powerful of fensive platoon that sports quar terback Mickey Trimarki of West Virginia, halfbacks Jim Pace of Michigan and Walt Ko walczyk of Michigan State and fullback Emil Capara. Trimarki got the starting call over Army's Dave Bourland, who couldn't check in from West Point until this week. Stan Slater of the Cadets took over a guard spot in a potent line where Pitt's Panthers were represented by center Charley Brueckman and tackle Jim McCushker. Ail-American Alex Karras of Iowa shook loose of the flu bug Thursday and was able to prac tice with Engle's squad. He will be at left tackle in the defensive unit. Pace also returned to the prac tice field Thursday and Engle remarked that the rugged Wol verine seemed ready to go al though he had missed three pre vious sessions because of the virus. EAST Offense: Left end Fred Dugan, Dayton; left tackle Don Healy, Maryland- left guard Stan, Slater. Army; center Charlie Brueckman. Pitt; right guard Bill Gehler. Wisconsin; right tackle Jim McCusher. Pitt; right end Jim Phillips. Auburn; quarterback Mickey Trimarki. West Virginia; left halfback Jim Pace. Michigan: right half-back Walt Kowalczyk. Michigan State; fullback Emil Capara, Penn State. . Defense: Left end Jim Orwig, Michigan; left tackle--Alex Karras, Iowa; left linebacker Charley How ley West Virginia; middle guard Pat Burke, Michigan State; right line backer Frank Kuchta, Notre Dame; right tackle Lou Michaels. Ken tucky; right end Jim Gibbons, Iowa left halfback Don Gilbert, Mchigan j State; right halfback Les Walters, Penn State; safeties Bob Mitchell, Illinois and Bob McKeiver, North western. WEST Offense: Left end Farrell Funston, COP: left tackle Jerry Cornelison. Southern Methodist; left guard Jerry Kramer. Idaho: center Larrv Cowart, Baylor; right guard Clyde Letbette. Balor; right tackle Dave Jesmer. Oregon State; right end Wil lard Dewveall. Southern Methodist: quarterback Jack Douglas. Stanford; left halfback Jim Shofner. Texas Christian; right halfback Stuart Vaughan, Utah; fullback Gerald Nes bitt, Arkansas. Defense: Left end Clancy Osborne. Arizona State; left tackle Don Ma noukian, Stanford: middle guard Charles Moore, Texas Tech; right tackle Floyd Peters, San Francisco State; Tight end Gary Van Galder, Stanford: left linebacker Wayne Wal ker. Idaho: right linebacker Jim Jones. Washington; wingbacks Mer rill Douglas, Utah and Bob Stransky, Colorado: safeties Joe Francis. Ore gon State and Charles Jackson, South ern Methodist. Nats Bolster Second Spot By UNITED PRESS The Syracuse Nationals, al though no threat to the Boston Celtics, widened their second place advantage over the New York Knickerbockers in the Na tional Basketball association's Eastern division race to two and one-half games today. The Nats, who defeated the Knicks in overtime on Wednes day, made it three victories in a row Thursday by downing the Cincinnati Royals, 104-100. The Celtics, rebounding from a Christmas night loss to the Philadelphia Warriors, easily de feated the Knickerbockers, 120 110. In the night's other game, the Detroit Pistons defeated the St. Louis Hawks, 110-106. The loss snapped a Hawks' eight game winning streak, but still left them with a comfortable 8V2 game lead in the Western Divi sion race. Far West Cage Scuffles . in Opening Round Tonight Rats destroy up to 200 mil lion bushels of grain a year. Corvallis OP) Washington and Oregon State meets Yale tonight in the open ing round of the annual Fur West basketball classic at Gill Coliseum. Utah, the favorite, is the only unbeaten team on hand. Wash ington has won just one gamr but has faced stern opposition in pre-season play. Oregon State is 6-1 for the year while Yale, the defending Ivy league champ, is 3-1. It is the first appearance here for Yale, which formerly was coached by Howard Hobson who led Oregon to a national title in 1939. The Eli coach this year is Joe Vancisin, who replaced Hobson a year ago. Top Individuals Some of the top individual players in the West will be on hand in Dave Gambee, Ken Nan son and Lee Harman of Oregon State, Doug Smart of Washing- Utah faces, ton, find Milt Kane, DeLyle Condif? and Pearl Pollard of Utah. Yale features Johnny Lee, an . nil-American candidate. First Kamc tonight matches Washington and Utah at 7:30 while Oregon State and Yale are billed for 9 p.m. The winners meet Saturday night for the title with Hie losers playing a con solation game. Oregon State won last sea- Pitt Players Name Mondale Pittsburgh (IP) Harry Mondale, Oregon gutrd, was named today to the Pittsburgh all-opponent football team for the second straight year. son's classic with a 62-40 win over San Francisco, the team which eventually won the west ern NCAA regional here and went on to finish third in the nation. SMART TO OWN FUN TO DRIVE "THE AMAZING VOLKSWAGEN" MORSE MOTORS West 6th and Ivy Sti. Phone SP 2-7155 Elgin Baylor Pleases Fans At Garden New York OP) Elgin Baylor, Seattle's classy shot maker, firm ly convinced the New York fans today he is equally spectacular against Eastern style basketball teams as he is against Western opposition. The 22-year-old Baylor won the plaudits and whole-hearted endorsement of 12,852 fans at Madison Square Garden when he scored 34 points and picked off 22 rebounds while pacing Seattle to an 87-83 victory over Connect icut in the Holiday Festival tour nament Thursday night. Baylor's eye-catching perform- j ance moved faeattle into tne semi-final bracket along with California, Temple and Dayton. The 6-6 Baylor will be on exhibit again Saturday when Seattle meets Temple in one semi-iinai. Dayton faces California in the other, and the two winners com pete for the title on Monday. Highest Total California registered its high est total of the season in crush ing outclassed New York univer sity, 96-65. Temple experienced somewhat more difficulty in turning back Pittsburgh, 76-71, and Dayton topped defending champion Manhattan, 59-51, in the first of four games played at the Garden Thursday. But most of the fans and bas ketball officials went away talk ing about Baylor's remarkable showing. "Baylor was simply superb," declared Connecticut coach Hugh Greer. "There aren't many things he can't do on a basketball court." Seattle's All - America candi date certainly gave a far differ ent exhibition than he did last year when he came into the Gar den with the Chieftains in the National Invitation tournament and failed to look especially im pressive against St. Bonaventure. California, a team which or dinarily plays possession - type basketball, ran New York uni versity dizzy after being held in check for the first 10 minutes. Bob Daltcn and Denny Fitzpat rick of the Bears each hit for 17 points. "California's the best team I've seen in the tournament," said Dayton coach Tom Black burn, who has a date with the Bears on Saturday. "I don't re member seeing them give up the 1 ball foolishly more than twice in the whole game against NYU." Crater Plays Willamette Central Point There will be no preliminaries for the Cra ter high basketball this week end. The Comets meet Willamette of Eugene this evening. Coquil le will be Crater's Saturday op ponent. Tip-off time for each en counter is 8 p.m. Grants Pass is taking on the same foes this week end, play ing Coquille tonight and Wil lamette on Saturday. CAKE KING DIES Malan, Italy OPI Italy's Christmas cake king Angelo Motta, 67, died Thursday at his home while his big . panettone cakes towered on millions of Italian tables. 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