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reno gtSdes Best Sickles across wire in first race. Tiny Bam (No. 7 on rail), finished
second, wfth Our William (No. 4 left background), badly beaten third. (International)
Ducks, Buckeyes Put Finishing
Touches To Rose Bowl Training
Pasadena (t?l Favored
Ohio State and underdog Ore
gon put the finishing touches to
their Rose Bowl training today
with coach Len Casanova bank
ing his hopes for an upset on
the Webfoot "big three" backs.
But despite the Oregon of
fensive trio of halfback Jim
Shanley, fullback Jack Morris
and quarterback Jack Crab
tree, Cozen Woody Hayes' Buck
eyes sull ruled a 19-point
favorite.
Hayes received cheering
news Saturday night when doc
tors said star back Don Clark
would beable to play against
the Oregon University squad.
O Hayes said Clark wouldn't
start, out the top Buckeye run
ner almost certainly will see ac
tion. w
A sellout crowd is assured for
the annual contest.
Oregon plans only a light
drill Tuesday, tapering off fal
lowing a series of heavy contact
sessions.
The Ducks probably would
be spending New Year's Day in
g Eugene, Ore., instead of Pasa
dena, if it were'nt for th com
bined and individual taJents of
Cfchanley. Morris and Crbtree.
Webfoot Bene Th5
While Ohio S'Ate h been
described as (f itrong-deep-team,
without exception indivi
daul stars, the aper-thin Ore-
Son bench $3 been a Sburce of1
(truble j$ Ccch Lfti Qupnov
Sftruchout thi g?io. feut ith
Ct!il three.' h food condi
Q lion, tj-e Ducgs manage to p6ll
Qnost cf) th b, oneS out of the
fire.
Of the thiSe, Shanlefi per
haps the best -around player.
He led the squad in rushing dur
ing 1957 with 664 yards and
holds the school record of 1828
yards over a three-year span.
Shanley, only 5 feet, 8 inches
and 170 pounds, also gained 221
yards on pass receptions and
led the Pacific Coast conference
in kickoff returns with an aver
age of 30.9 yards.
Casanova calls him "one of
the finest players I ever coach
ed." Shanley also is a standout
on defense.
Morris' Toe Valuable
y The 25-year-old Morris, who
once was clocked at 9.5 seconds
in the 100-yard dash, kicked a
field goal to beat Idaho, 9-6, and
his extra points meant the dif
ference between victory and de
feat against both Washington
State and Stanford.
A good blocker, Morris also
is the second leading rusher
with 661 yards. He is second in
team scoring to Shanley, with.
4d points, compared to 54 for
the clever halfback.
Crabtree was the target of
some criticsm in past seasons
but was regarded as much im
proved in 1957. Mixing up plays
well and demonstrating the
same ability to come through in
the clutch that mark Shanley
and Morris, Crabtree completed
- 55 of 99 passes, for 624 yards
0 and five touchdowns.
Hay ward Award
Dinner Slated
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Portland OP) Outstanding
Oregon athletes will be honored
Feb! 6 at the lOtlP annual Bill
Hayward "Banquet of Cham
pions," the Oregon Sports Writ
ers and Broadcasters association
announced here over the week
end.
Bob Blackburn, president of
the organization, said the ban
quet will be held at the Colum
bia Athletic club in Portland.
A panel of 50 judges will vote
on 12 finalists and select the
"most outstanding" athlete.
Blackburn said several outstand
ing southwest Washington sports
figures also would be given
awards.
Last year's winner of the Hay
ward trophy was Jim Bailey, dis
tance runner for the University
of Oregon.
'AMAZING' CAR TESTED
London (IP) The Sunday
Dispatch said Sunday the British
Motor Corp. is secretly testing
an "amazing little car" that uses
a water-filled hydraulic system
instead of springs. It said the
car-"can corner at 70 miles per
hour without rolling or sliding,
and at 30 m.p.h. it has ridden
smoothly over 14-inch deep potholes."
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Top-Ranked Quintets
Clash in Tournament;
Dons Capture Title
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sporls Writer
Kansas and Kansas State, a
couple of arch-rivals who merely
happen to be ranked the nation's
No. 1 and 2 teams, collide to
night in a battle for tournament
glory like that already won by
North Carolina, San Francisco,
and Texas Christian.
Action tonight marks the
windup of the. big holiday bas
ketball tournaments, with Kan
sas - Kansas State clash coming
in tho final nf the 'Riw T"iVlt par-
mvai ai xs.ansas
In addition, Temple and Calif
ornia will meet for the crown in
the Holiday festival tournament
it New York. Unbeaten Mary
land will face Memphis State in
the deciding game of the Sugar
Bowl tournament ato New Or
leans, and Iowa plays Syracuse
in the Queen City final it Buf
lo, N. Y.
Fans Eager
The big game at Kansas -City
is one cage fans of the Midwest
have been anticipating and was
set up Saturday when Kansas
won its semi-final game 55-48,
over Iowa State as seven-foot
Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain tal
lied 27 points, and Kansas State
trounced Nebraska, 88-57, as six
eight Bob Bczer tallied 18
points.
' r l i t r i :
Tcjriplo Owls
Oyer Cat Boars in Garden
Hew York OPt Temple
and its slick court general, Guy
Rodgers, were rated heavy
favorites to beat California in
the finals at Madison Square
Garden tonight for the Holiday
Festival basketball champion
ship. The Temple-California clash
will foltow a third-place play
off between Seattle and Dayton.
Two consolation games will be
played in the afternoon with
Manhattan, last year's cham
pion, meeting New York Uni
versity in one contest and Pitts
burgh facing Connecticut in the
other.
Temple advanced to the finals
with a 91-73 triumph over Se
attle Saturday night while Cali
fornia was forced into overtime
before defeating Dayton, 60-55.
The Owls got a break in their
game with Seattle when Elgin
Baylor, the Chieftains' star, was
forced to the sidelines for a little
less than two minutes during
the second half because of an
eye injury that required two
sititches.
Rodgers, a standout for
Temple during the entire tour
ney, and Jay Norman used that
two-minute interim to help the
Owls run off 11 straight points.
That spurt gave Temple a 66-52
advantage and Seattle never
was able to close the gap after
that.
California had much more
difficulty subduing Dayton and
after the Bears' victor, their
forthright coach Pete Newell,
said, "I'm surprised we've done
as well as we have."
Earl Robinson, California's key
man, has not been particularly
impressive in the tourney thus
far and it took a strong come
back by the Bears to tie the
score at 50-all at the end of
regulation time against Dayton
Saturday night.
Al BSch's clutch three-point
play during the overtime session
sparked the Bears to their ulti
mate victory over the Flyers.
Newell concedes he faces a
itough nut in Temple but insists
California has met tougher op
ponents this season.
"We've played teams like
Monday, December 33, 1957
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Temple beat Seattle, 91-73, in
a Holiday festival semi-final. In
the other, California won over
Dayton, 60-55.
North Carolina, last year's na
tional champion ranked No. 4
this year, was victorious in the
Dixie Classic at Raleigh, N. C.
Arch-rival North Carolina State
tried to upset the Tar Heels, but
failed, 39-30, in a slow-down
game.
San Francisco's fifth - ranked
Dons romped to a 60-45 victory
over Oklahoma City in the All
College finals at Oklahoma City.
TCU Wins Third Tille
Texas Christian won the
Southwest Conference tourna
ment at Houston for the third
time in the last six years over
Rice, 57-55.
Other tournament champions
went to:
Mississippi State, victor in the
Mississippi State tournament at
Starkville, Miss., over Morehead
State, 46-41.
LaSalle of Philadelphia, win
ner by 59-55 in overtime over
liost Richmond in the Richmond
Invitational at Richmond, Va.
Georgia Tech, the Motor City
tourney winner at Detroit with
a 70-66 upset of Detroit.
Holy Cross, in its own invita
tional at Worcester, Mass., with
a 77-72 win over Dartmouth.
Heavy Choice
Kansas, Kansas State and San
Francisco," he said, "so I think
we've met the best."
The only three defeats Cali
fornia has suffered this season
were administered by Kansas,
Kansas State and San Francico,
all of whom are ranked among
the top five team nationally by
the United Press Board of
coaches.
Mine Explosion
Being Investigated
Amonate, Va. (IP) A team
of federal and state mine offic
ials today resumed ah investiga
tion of the explosion which rip
ped a big Pocahontas Fuel Co.
coal mine here Friday night,
killing 11 men.
A 30-man group entered the
mine Saturday after the bodies
of the 11 victims were brought
to the surface about 12 hours
following the blast. However,
poisonous fumes still were ling
ering in the pit and the investi
gators made little headway.
A company spokesman said re
pairs were expected to be com
pleted this morning to a section
of the mine ventilation system
knocked out by the explosion.
Meanwhile, funeral services
were scheduled today and Tues
day at eight West Virginia and
Virginia communities for the
men who died in the explosion.
The cause of the deaths has been
listed as asphyxiation.
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Joe Francis
Had Key Rolo
In West Win
By SCOTT BAILLIE
San Francisco OP) The
West Shrine team had lot of
big names on its squad last Sat
urday but nobody named Joe
Francis and he played a key
role in leading the West to its
27-13 upset.
Even after the game, the Ha
waiian from Oregon State hard
ly drew a mention as West Coast
writers extolled the fine way in
which Coach Jack Curtice's un
derdogs had shown the greater
"desire" in racking up the stars
from east of the Mississippi.
But that is old stuff to Fran
cis, who rarely was mentioned
either during the two weeks he
drilled with Curtice's T-squad.
For he had come to training
camp noted only for his work
as passing tailback in the single
wing. "Francis is working real hard
to learn T-quarterbacking,"
came the report from the squad
each day. "He is trying very
hard but Jack Douglas of Stan
ford probably will start."
Which was the case and Fran
cis went into the defensive pla
toon at safety.
One Shot At Quarterback
Curtice had said, however,
that everybody would have to
be a two-way pleyer. And
jumping Joe got his shot at
quarterback midway through
the second period when the East
began to rush Douglas badly.
The Westerners were enjoy
ing a 7-0 lead at the time and
were on another march when
Douglas began to get battered.
On his first play, Francis ran
into the same trouble of not be
ing ableto spot a receiver so
churned six yards to the East
14. From there, he pitched out
to Merrill Douglas of Utah for
the touchdown which put the
West safely ahead.
Francis figured in another
important play late in the game
when the East could have made
the outcome more respectable.
The "big name" group took over
on the West 33 after Jim Orwig
of Michigan had recovered a
blocked kick.
Dangerous Jim Pace of the
Wolverines swept right end for
six yards and seemed going
for more but Francis came over
to tackle him. Mickey Trimarki
of West Virginia passed to Day
ton's Fred Dugan for another
12. That put the East on the 15
and Trimarki fired another pass
which was picked off on the two
yard line by Francis who looked
like an infielder hauling down
a, high toss. Back the islander
stormed for eight yards until he
was smashed down on the 10
and the East's last scoring
chance was gone.
Francis was credited with
four tackles during the after
noon, the same number which
went to Stanford's Don Manou
kian who was named lineman
of the day.
Their performances were
pretty well summed up by Ger
ald Nesbitt of Arkansas, who
scored three times for the West.
"I think we wanted to win a lit
tle bit more than the East did."
Motorists Found
In Deep Canyon
Stevenson, Wash. (IP) The
bodies of three motorists were
removed from the bottom of a
1000-foot deep canyon about
noon Sunday by Skamania coun
ty sheriff's officers and volun
teers. The victims had been mis
sing since Dec. 23 on a trip from
Salem, Ore., to Cook, Wash.,
and their wrecked car was found
in the canyon Saturday.
The dead were identified as
Cole C. Taylor, 62, Cook, Wash.;
Mrs. Sadie Kelly, about 69, also
of Cook, and the Kelly woman's
daughter, Mrs. Lillie May
Bjerke, a"bout 34, of Mulino,
Ore. .
Police theorized the car, be
lieved to have been driven by
Taylor, plunged over the edge
of Cook's Grade, 2Vz miles north
of the Evergreen highway, near
Taylor's home.
Residents in the Cook area
late Saturday discovered tire
marks hidden by brush at the
edge of the road and notified
authorities.
The sheriff's office said all
three persons had been thrown
clear of the car during its
plunge. The bodies were found
on the bank of the Little White
Salmon river, below the spot
where the wreckage of the car
was found.
AUTHER DIES
New York (IP) Mrs. May
Talmage Mangam, author and
former New York Evening Sun
columnist, died at her home here
Sunday. She was the daughter
and biographer of the late Rev.
T. Dewitt Talmage, eminent
Presbyterian minister.
Larry Boardman
Bout Favorite
New York (tP) Once-sensational
Larry Boardman will
try to salvage some glory from
this year's dismal campaign to
night in a TV 10-rounder with
welterweight Peter Schmidt at
St. Nicholas arena.
Boardman, 21, an aggressive
hooker and a good puncher from
Marlboro, Conn., is favored at
9-5 over Schmidt, who now lives
in New York. Schmidt, 23, was
born in Romania, but later lived
in Germany and Canada, where
he was amateur welter champ in
1955.
GOLD HILL
Many Social Events Held
By MRS. CLYDE KELL
Gold Hill Among many holi
day social events held in this
area' was a semi-formal party
given Monday evening, Dec. 16,
in the Hanby school gymna
sium. Attending the affair were
about 50 boys and girls of the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades
who had completed instructions
in dancing. Lessons have been
given one night a week for sev
eral weeks, under the supervi
sion of several adults who have
Social etiquette was taught as
well as the dancing lessons,
which included waltzes, the fox
trot and swing steps. Only stu
dents who had obtained the per
mission of their parents were
permitted to participate in the
program.
Many parents were present
for .the social affair that eve
ning. Sixth grade parents served
refreshments.
"Christmas time in the Philip
pines," was the title of the pro
gram topic arranged by Mrs.
George Dorman for the Decem
ber meeting of the Woman's
Society of the Gold Hill Com
munity Methodist church when
the group met at the home of
Mrs. Frank Carter, Upper River
road, prior to the Christmas
holiday. At this time Mrs. -Mel-vin
Burnette read and explained
the customs and religious ob
servance of the people in the
Philippines.
Mrs. Howard Walton was in
charge of the afternoon's devo
tions. She presented picture
slides of the Christmas story and
special music for the occasion.
Co-hostesses were Mrs. Bur
nette and Mrs. Alfred Bailey.
The business session was con
ducted by Mrs. Ferd Jones, pres
ident of the society. The next
meeting will be. held Jan. 10.
Mrs. William Fields was host
ess on Friday afternoon, Dec. 20,
for a meeting and Christmas
party of the Gold Hill Garden
club.
Officers for the ensuing year
were installed during the busi
ness session by Mrs. Roy Cam
eron. Mrs. Ernest Gregory was
installed as president; Mrs. J.
G. Kofahl, vice president; and
Mrs. George Dorman, as secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. William
Fields is the retiring president
of the organization. Mrs. Cam
eron was assisted with the pre
sentation of corsages by Mrs.
Loyd Dusenberry. The corsages
were made by Mrs. Dusenberry.
Two visitors, Mrs. Clayton
Fields and Mrs. Linebell Deck,
both of Rogue River, were pes
ent. The next meeting of the Gar
den club will be held Friday,
Jan. 17, at the home of Mrs. Sid
ney Anderson on Sardine Creek
road.
Amethyst secret friends were
rveealed at a meeting and
Christmas party of the Past
Noble Grands club the evening
of Friday, Dec. 20, in the Jiome
of Mrs. Paul Thompson. Mrs.
Lester Parker was co-hostess for
the occasion.
Mrs. Thompson had created
an arrangement of holly and red
berries on the fireplace . mantel
and a lighted Christmas tree
decorated one corner of the
room.
The business meeting was
conducted by Mrs. Ralph Bell,
president of the group. The next
meeting will be held on Thurs
day, Jan. 23.
Mrs. Arthur Boye was hostess
to a meeting and Christmas
party of the Gold Hill Health
unit Tuesday, Dec. 17. She was
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Serving Food and
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Syracuse Nats
Pick Up Ground
By UNITED PRESS
The Syracuse Nationals, whose
hold on second place in the East
ern division of the National
Basketball association was in
danger only a few days ago, now
hold a 2Vz game edge over the
New York Knicks.
The Nationals gained addition
al ground over the idle Knicks
Sunday night when they rallied
to beat the Philadelphia War
riors, 105-97, at Syracuse. ' In
the only other league game Sun
day, Minneapolis spurted at the
end to beat Cincinnati, 111-103.
assisted by Mrs. Ted Schoene-
mann and Mrs. Ethel Mae Kan
clier. Mrs. Ed Knapp, president of
the organization, presided at
the business session. At this
time plans were started for a
mass chest x-ray program, so
that everyone in the area who
is interested will have the op
portunity to go with others from
Gold Hill to Medford on the
same evening for this purpose.
Final arrangements will be an
nounced later, according to
health unit officials. '
About 200 youngsters in the
Patrick and Hanby schools have
received their final shot of polio
vaccine, according to Mrs. Eliz
abeth McGalliard, school health
nurse. She also stated at this
time that Thomas Goff is the
new psychiatric social worker
for Jackson county.
Several visitors were present
for this meeting. They were
Mrs. H. S. Deuel, Mrs. O. J.
Erickson, both from Gold Hill;
Miss Dorothy Schoenemann, of
Honolulu, Hawaii, and Miss
Wanda Oden, a student nurse
from Eugene, who is taking her
field work training in Jackson
county. She will graduate as a
public health nurse upon com
pletion of her training here.
Mrs. E. C. Hoffman will be
hostess for the Jan. 7 meeting at
her home on Highway 99, north
of Gold Hill. Co-hostesses will
be Mrs. Roy Cameron and Mrs.
Iola Beeman.
Mrs. John Cogswell was host
to a surprise party to honor her
husband on his birthday at a
noon luncheon on Friday, Dec.
20. Guests were Mrs. Joe Lewis,
Mrs. Harry Newnham, Mrs.
Lester Parker, and Mrs. May-
belle Rains.
Youngsters of the Gold Hill
Juvenile Grange presented a
program and participated in a
Christmas party following a
brief business session of the
adult Grange, conducted by the
new master Charles Foote, on
Friday evening, Dec. 20.
The program consisted of two
separate tableaux and special
music. .
Mrs. John Bruce, matron of
the Gold Hill Juvenile Grange,
has announced that the next
meeting of this group will be
held Thursday, Jan. 9, immedi
ately after school. Mrs. Bruce
urges all members to attend the
meetings. Since it will be the
beginning of a new year, dues
may be paid at this meeting.
Mrs. Walter McLean is the as
sistant matron of the Juvenile
Grange.
The Odd Fellows lodge 129
held its 33rd annual Christmas
party for youngsters in the com
munity Saturday evening, Dec.
21.
H. D. Force was master of
ceremonies for the program,
which is an unplanned affair.
In order to encourage all chil
dren to participate they are al
lowed to contribute any type of
entertainment they choose.
While the audience of adults
and children waited for Santa's
arrival they sang, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Bruce.
About 200 attended the party
at the IOOF hall. All children
were given a treat by Santa.
The choir of the Gold Hill
Community Methodist church
were invited to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Moore Sunday
evening, Dec. 22, following car
oling in the Gold Hill area, un
der the supervision of the choir
leader, Mrs. Paul Molloy and
Mrs. John Bruce, church organ
ist. Transportation for the group
Beavers Nudge Utah
In Far West Finale
Corvallis OP) Coach Slats
Gill's Oregon State basketball
team found itself one of the
top favorites- for the Pacific
Coast conference title today aft
er an exhibition mark of eight
wins in nine games and its sec
ond straight Far West classic
title.
The Beavers handed Utah its
first loss of the season, 65-63,
Saturday night to wrap up the
Far West Classic crown. They
won over Yale Friday night.
Washington won its second
game of the season in Saturday
night's consolation game by
downing Yale 66-51.
Trailed By 12
Oregon State at one time trail
KISSING TO EMPHASIZE it all, Jayne Mansfield of films
and muscle man Mickey Hartigay announce at Tokio press
conference they will wed January 15. , (International)
was furnished by Mrs. Norman
C. Gail, Mrs. Howard Walton
and Mrs. Sam Jones.
Mrs. Darrel Greb, of Med
ford, assisted Mrs. Moore with
serving hot chocolate and
Christmas cookies to the carol
ers. Gilbert Mack, principal of
the Gold Hill schools, and Mrs.
Audree Beeman, school secre
tary, extended on behalf of the
faculty of both schools, their
appreciation to all parents in
the community- who responded
so willingly, when an announce
ment was made asking for
mothers to help with the prep
arations of the costumes usedkin
the Christmas program.
Nearly 200 youngsters from
the Patrick and Hanby schools
participated in the program.
Mrs. Beeman, costume chair
man, was assisted by Mrs. Edsel
White, who was in charge of
the task of washing and ironing
the costumes and Mrs. Allen
Hilkey whho was in charge of
the sewing. The women were
assisted by many volunteer
workers.
Jackson Hotel
NEW YEAR'S EVE
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Light Buffet at Midnight .
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(Sorry, No Minprs)
ed Utah by 12 points but came
up to a 31-29 deficit at half time
and came through in the closing
minutes to win.
Dave Gambee led the scoring
with 17 points, 11 of them in
the second half after he had
four fouls.
Doug Smart, voted the Class
ic's outstanding player, led
Washingtton to its win over
Yale with 21 points. Joining
Smart and Gambee on the all
star team were Lee Harman of
OSC, Johnny Lee of Yale and
Milt Kane of Utah. '
The two-night tourney drew
10,718 fans despite the fact that
OSC students are home on
Christmas vacation.
Motion Picture Set
At Griffin Creek
Walt Disney's "Alice in Won
derland" will be shown at Grif
fin Creek school gymnasium
Saturday, Jan. 4, the sponsoring
group, Griffin Creek Mothers'
club, announced today. The show
will begin at 1 p.m. and last
about two hours. In addition to
to the Disney technicolor fea
ture, "Cartoon Parade," also in
color, will be shown. An "Our
Gang" comedy and other car
toons will complete the program.
The show will be the second
in a series of monthly movies for
children planned by the Mothers'
club. It is open to any child and
a 15-cent charge is made to
cover the cost of the films.
More than 200 children at-'
tended the first show, the club
reports, and they will be contin
ued once a month through the
school year if attendance warrants.