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Roundup (Continued from Page 8) Basketball officials associa tion; C. A. (Dutch) Meyer is commissioner . . . Dick Mc Laughlin, Neil Plumley, ex Meaford high, play for Oregon State college Rooks against Dick Copple, ex-Medford, of Washington State college freshmen in football . . . Med ford high beats Grants Pass, Douglas, in cross-country run ... Ed Bngham, ex-Medford high, ex-University of Oregon athlete, at Lacklund Air Force base, Tex. . . . Paul Eckel, ex Medford high, stars for Brig ham Young University in foot ball . ". . McLoughlin Junior high ninth grade end grid sea soil unbeaten for unofficial Southern Oregon title . . . NOVEMBER: Medford high football team nudges Ashland, ties Grants Pass in Southern Oregon con ference title game, voted Dis trict 6 A-l play-off represent ative, bows to Beaverton in state ' quarter-finals: Crater beats Klamath Falls, Myrtle Creek loses to Ashland; Ash land tops Klamath. . .daugh ter born to Medford high grid coach Fred Spiegelberg. . . Medford high ninth in state A-l cross country. . .Southern Oregon ties Eastern Oregon to cinch Oregon Collegiate con ference grid toga, defeats Se attle Ramblers, loses to Hum boldt . . "Medford Crater eight In Oregon Journal football poll. . .Groups name presi dents: Bob Shores, Medford In dependent Basketball league; Mrs. Frank Tamney, Rogue Valley Women's Golf associa tion; Bill Moffat, Rogue Snow men; Jim Fawcett, Medford Junior Rifle club; Lewis Con ger, Medford Rifle club; Tom Rickard, Izaak Walton league . . .Merrill District 5B football champ. . .Glendale has four, Eagle Point, Henley, Brook ings each two. Phoenix one on Rogue league grid all-star . . .Dennis Dunham rolls rec ord of 387 consecutive games at Medford Bowling lanes. . . Tag team match headlines first pro wrestling match here in two years . . . Medford YMCA volleyball women sec ond in Longview jamboree . . .Jefferson, Roosevelt city grade school co-football cham pions; McLoughlin Blacks city seven grade intramural grid winners. . Jack Morris, Norm Chapman, University of Ore gon, on International News Service all-coast second team; Morris on United Press coast second team; Morris's value to Ducks stressed in UP story . . .Jim Funston, Tom Ham lin, Tom Morris, Tom Merton, Bob Gee, Medford, Mike Sparlin, Jim Smith, Wendell Winterbottom, Jerry Putnam, Jack Dean, Mike Rose, Grants Pass, Mail Tribune Southern Oregon loop grid all-stars; Funston, Morris named Med ford outstanding players. . . Dan Sieg, Hedrick, Al Funs ton, McLoughlin, vote! top Medford ninth grade gridders . . .Medford Rifle club seeks funds to complete indoor rifle range. . .Larry Slessler, ex Medford high, daes well as College of Idaho footballer . . .Chuck Dorn wins Rogue Valley riders motorcycle tur key run. . .Tom Prothro, Ore gon State college mentor, ad dresses Kiwanis. club lunch eon for Medford high foot bail squad. . . DECEMBER: Howard Morns, Llnfield college, ex-Crater high, named to all-Northwest conference, nited Press Little All-Coast, HOWARD MORRIS Little All-American Associated Press and William son system Little Ail-American first teams and NAIA Lit tle All-American second teams PBI.I.WI lUWI III fc f UnJL IS Coming OREGON Ki ROSE By HAL WOOD Pasadena, Calif. (W Ore gon, attempting the role of a giant killer, takes on the na tion's No. 1 team, Ohio State, in the Rose Bowl today and the odds are the Pacific Coast conference will take its 11th shellacking in 12 outings against the Big Ten in the post-season classic. Never in the 44-year his tory of the game has there been such a wide spread in the odds, which make the Buckeyes three touchdown favorites. Both teams are in good shape for the clash, with the kickoff set for 2 p.m. (PST) and the prospects "90 per cent" for a warm, sunny day. The game is televised and ra dio broadcast nationally (NBC). While Ohio State is heavily favored, Coach Len Casanova of the Ducks has one good psychological factor working for him: In three major post season games so far this year, the underdogs have won. De troit pulverized the Cleve land Browns, who were three Pirates Gamble on Klu For Long Ball Editor's Note: This i3 the 12th of 16 dispatches on the off-season outlook of each major league team, written by the managers of each club. By DANNY MURTAUGH (Written for United Press) Woodlyn, Pa. (IP) We've taken a big gamble of Ted Kluszewski in an effort to get another long ball hitter to go with Frank Thomas. We're gambling that Klu can regain the ability he once hr.d. If we can come up with a well Kluszewski or a rea sonable facisimile, we think we're in much better shape. We got a lot of base hits last year, but we were lacking in the long ball. Last season our pitching was strong but thin. We had three pitchers capable of hold ing their own with any others in the league Ron Kline, Bob Friend and Vera Law. Our big weakness, from a pitching standpoint, was the lack of a good left-hander. Smilh Bears Watching A fellow who's going to bear watching is R. G. Smith, who opened a lot of people's eyes in the last four games of the '56 season. He lostvone game, 2-1, and then won, 2-1. We think he'll be ready for a regular starting assignment this year. The Pirates also have three men coming up from Holly wood who should help Red Witt, Benny Daniels and Curt Raydon, all right-handers. We're also ' bringing up Johnny Powers from Colum bus and he should help on of fense. He hit some 30 homers last season and he knocked in close to 10 runs. We think he's ready for the big time. Down the middle, I'd say the Pirates are as strong as anv other team in thp leiiffitf ! At short and second we have Dick Groat and Bill Mazer oski. In my opinion those two can do as much to win games as any other double play com bination in either league. I mean defensively, of course. Virdon Defensive Star In center, we have the sec ond best man defensively in the league. I'll concede the Giants' Willie Mays is No. 1 but I think Billy Virdon is only a shade behind him and in football; Jack Morris, Uni versity of Oregon, ex-Medford high, on Pacific Coast conference all - star second team. . .Don Hawk, Martin Clogston Medford Gun club skeet title winners. . .Medford beats Crater in wrestling; Crater wins from Ashland, loses to Grants Pass. . .Jack Worthington Rogue Valley Country club fall golf handi cap champion. . .Chuck Cran dall, Phil Sword, Herb Col ley, Modesto Jiminez, South ern Oregon, on Oregon Col legiate conference grid all star. . .Medford high. Grants Pass lose to Marshfield, North Bend, beats Astoria twice in basketball; Ashland, Crater top Fortuna, Eureka, Calif.: Ashland beats Tillamook two games, loses twice to Red ding, Calif.; Crater beats Wil lamette, loses to Oakridge twice, Coquille once: Grants Pass beats Roseburg, loses to Coquille, beats Willamette. . . Southern Oregon college cag ers down Humboldt twice in dedicating new gym, split with Linfield, Lewis and Clark. . .Jim Funston, Med ford high named to Oregon ian, Oregon " Journal all-state football teams. . .Larry Cop ple impresses as Oregon State college basketball reserve. . . Wayne Allen, Crater high most valuable player. . .Jack Greb, ex-Eagle Point high, top grid scorer for Yuba Jun ior college. IN GIANT BOWL point favorites; the West, nine point underdogs, trounc ed the East in the Shrine game at San Francisco; and Tennessee upended favored Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl. "So you have- to admit that we have a chance." said Cas MEDFORDjfJTRIBUNE Orange Bowl Tilt Opens Grid Fiesta By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer The bowls, seven of em, were to be overflowing with almost 400,000 football fans today when the college grid iron game ushers in the New Year with a colorful program in the nation's sunshine belt. Football's annual fiesta be- Swatting I ahead of all the others. Be hind the plate, we have Hank Foiles, who was good enough to make the National League All-Star team last year. Foiles is a first-class ball 'player. The keynote for the Pirates this year is versatility. I've got players I can move around and I'm going to do it. Thomas can play three posi tions; Gene Freese can play third and the outfield; Bob Skinner moves from first base to the outfield without a sec ond thought. The top four even five clubs in our league are going to be tough to beat. They have good pitching and 'good hit ting. If the Redlegs strength en their pitching, I'd have to pick them to win. Folley Picked Over Sawyer Washington OB Heavy weight Zora Folley, a whop ping 4 to 1 favorite who is hoping for a title shot this year, will be after his 17th straight victory tonight when he faces Garvin Sawyer of Cincinnati in a nationally televised 10-round bout. Folley is a hard-punching 26-year-old from Chandler, Ariz., who has not lost a bout in more than two years and is ranked second among the heavyweights. Sawyer, 22, has not had nearly as much experience as Folley. A former national AAU and International Gol den Gloves hea vy weight champion, the young Cincin nati boxer has fought profes sionally only 17 times. He won 13 of those bouts and lost four. Knicks, Royals Victors in NBA By UNITED PRESS The Old Year couldn't have ended on a happier note for the New York Knickerbock ers or the Cincinnati Royals. The Knicks set an all-time club scoring record Tuesday night in beating the Minnea polis Lakers, 142-116, at Madi son Square Garden perhaps a good omen for the Knicks in their rugged battle to earn a playoff berth in the Eastern Division. The Royals came through with a 130-96 romp over the Detroit Pistons at Cincinnati with Maurice Stokes back in the lineup after missing 11 straight because of an injury, and took second place in the Western division. HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS Slowly but surely the De troit Red Wings are climbing back into contention in the National Hockey League, and an old hand, Gordie Howe, is leading the way. Howe fired home a pair of goals Tuesday night to pace the Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks that moved them into a fourth-place tie with To ronto. SIMMONS LEADER Moscow, Idaho OP) Guard Gary Simmons tops Univer sity of Idaho scorers as the Vandals prepare to open their Pacific Coast conference bas ketball season. Simmons has an average of 18.3 points per game in 10 pre-game confer ence titlts, eight of which Ida ho won. Guard Whaylon Cole man was second with an aver age of 10 points per game. Idaho opens its season here Friday against Stanford and hosts Southern California Saturday. " KILLER SCUFFLE with a wry smile. "There have been upsets before in the Rose Bowl." The Oregon coach enjoys the underdog role. It would give him a chance to make history. Biggest upset in Rose Bowl records took place on Jan. 1. 1934. wher. Columbia gan at 10:30 a.m. (PST) when Oklahoma and Duke kick off in the Orange Bowl and goes right on into the moonlight for the night Tangerine Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Prospects for good weather were generally bright on all bowl fronts, although in Flor ida overnight showers might precede the football action. The day's largest crowd, more than 100,000 will watch Ohio State try to give the Big Ten its 11th victory in 12 meetings with a Pacific Coast conference foe in the Rose Bowl. The national champ ions, with a rugged ground attack spearheaded by half back Don Clark and fullback Bob White, is the heaviest fa vorite in the 44-year history of the Pasadena spectacle. A capacity crowd of 75,504 was anticipated for the Cot ton, where Navy quarterback Tom Forrestal and Rice's King Hill, were likely to en gage in a passing duel. Navy has been jolted by the possi ble loss of star guard Tony Stremic, who was injured in a scrimmage last week. Rice finished its season in high gear, winning its last four games to take the Southwest conference crown. Oklahoma was out to atone for its only loss of the season, the streak-busting upset, by Notre Dame, at the expense of Duke in the Orange Bowl before about 75,000. The Sooners also had injury prob lems, with first string quar terback Carl Dodd on the shelf, and Duke is emotional ly geared for an upset. . The prospect of good weath er and impressive workouts stamped Mississippi the Su gar Bowl choice over Texas before about 80,000. Sport Parade New York (IP) Starting with bowl game victories to day for Ohio State, Oklahoma and Navy, here's a peek into the sports future for 1958 and some of the things you muscle buffs can expect to witness: Boxing Sugar Ray Robinson will regain the middleweight crown by knocking out Car men Basilio at Chicago Sta dium in March. Archie Moore will retain the light heavy weight crown and Floyd Pat terson will stiffen a couple of stiffs. The heavyweight champ will get into trouble with world boxing organizations because manager Cus D' Amato will refuse to fight the top listed contenders on the theory that they are IBC-con-trolled. Baseball Cincinnati' will move to New York and play in the Polo Grounds. Milwaukee will retain the National league pennant in a stretch battle with St. Louis while it will be the Yankees all the way in the American league as well as in the World Series. Willie Mays will regain the National league batting, hom er and most valuable player titles. Ted Williams will re peat as American league bat ting champion, Mickey Mantle will be the home run king and Gil McDougald finally will win most valuable recogni tion. Golf The old guys will have one last big year as Cary Middle coff cops the Masters. Sam Snead at long last wins the U.S. Open. We can dream, can't we? and Doug Ford If You Wish to Register for This Class Please Call KE 5-2243 ROLE TODAY turned back Stanford, 7-0, In the mud. There's a very slim chance of any mud this time, so Ore gon will have to make its own breaks. The Buckeyes are in disgustedly (to Oregon) healthy condition and every man who was expected to be in shape is available for ac tion. The consensus is that It will be a close first half, but that the superior depth of the Big Ten team will wear Ore gon down and result in an easy victory for the Buck eyes. Umpqua River Steelheading Could Be Good Portland (IP) The weekly report on fishing and hunting conditions prepared by the State game commission for United Press: Southwest: Steelhead fish ing in the Umpqua expected to be poor until waters clear. South coastal streams are muddy but should be good if water clears. Elk river best for still fishing. Coos and Millicoma rivers fair for steel head. North fork of Smith river is fair to good for steel head. Bobby Morrow Trophy Winner New York (IPl Bobby Joe Morrow, the sprinter who won three gold medals during the 1956 Olympic Games, today was named winner of the Na tional Amateur Athletic un ion's James E. Sullivan Me morial trophy for 1957. The AAU presents the award annually to the ama teur athlete "who, by per formance, example and good influence did most to advance the cause of good sportsman ship during the year." Morrow, a 22-year-old sen ior divinityy student at Abi lene Christian College, was the first choice on 213 of 586 ballots cast by sports authori ties who took part in the poll. CURVE NAMED St. Moritz, Switzerland Iff) A bend on the mile-long St Moritz bobsled run officially will be named "Portago Cor ner" Thursday in honor of Marquis Alfonso de Portago, the automobile racer and bob sledder who was killed in the race last year. By OSCAR FRALEY Sports Writer United Press takes the PGA. Harvie Ward will return from a year in sackcloth and ashes to take the Amateur again. Basketball The Boston Celtics will mop up everything in pro basket ball while Kansas wins the NCAA championship. Wilt The Stilt Chamberlain will be the player of the year. Chalk eater. Tennis Althea Gibson will sweat the ladies into limbo all over again while Ashley Cooper of Australia slams the men. The Aussies, as usual, will retain the Davis Cup in a common canter. Horse Racing jia x-ueDio, no reiaxion to My Old Kentucky Home, will capture the Kentucky Derby j by a nose over the favored Nadir. Willie Hartack will be the number one jockey j again. 1 Football j Natre Dame, which hinted ! at the future by edging Army and ending Oklahoma's skein, will bounce back to the top as mythical national cham pion. The Cleveland Browns will get all sorts of revenge by clobbering Detroit in a playoff for the NFL pro title. Hockey The rocket - powered Mon treal Canadiens will sweep through to the National Hockey league championship and then add the Stanley Cup. Track and Field Nine guys will break four minutes for the mile and 99 others' will have excuses why they didn't. Summary Short year, huh? ATTENTION! New S.O.K.C. Dog Obedience Class Starting Jan. 9 Teach Your Dog Soma Manners! Floridians Cop Gator Hoop Toga By UNITED PRESS While most everyone else was out making merry on New Year's eve, Florida's basketball team was busy making the necessary shots to earn it the Gator Bowl Tour nament championship for the third time. Joe Hobbs was the key man in Florida's 76-53 victory over Georgia at Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday night, scoring . 24 points that enable the Flori dians to avenge a 66-60 defeat at the hands oft he Bulldogs earlier this season. In a consolation game, Clemson jumped to an early lead and then coasted to an 85-65 triumph over South Car olina. Vince Yockel paced Clemson with 26 points while Bob Frantz was high man for South Carolina with 20 points. Notre Dame made good on eight free throws in the clos ing minutes to lick Northwest ern, 71-66, at Evanston, 111. Trailed By 15 The Wildcats trailed by 15 points at intermission but bat tled back to tie the score and then go ahead, 62-61, with less than five minutes remaining. With time running out, how ever, Northwestern pressed and fouled repeatedly and Notre Dame capitalized on the frc throws in the last three minutes to clinch the game. Center Joe Ruklick of Northwestern was individual high scorer with 22 points. John McCarthy led the Irish with 19 points. , In other games played last night guard Dennis Boone reg istered 23 points to spark Xay ier, Ohio to an 86-66 win over Regis; Seton Hall downed Colby, 67-53, and St. Peters, N.J. defeated Wittenberg, 54r 41. ORANGE BOWL WINNERS Miami Beach (IP) Blond Chris Crawford, net rushing artist from Piedmont, Calif., and Brazil's Maria Esther Bueno today shared top hon ors in the 11th annual Orange Bowl junior tennis champion ships. Crawford staged his second upset in two days Tuseday when he ran up a five-set victory over favored Earl Buchholz of St. Loiis, winning the No. 1 singles title, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. BASKETBALL TUESDAY COLLEGE SCORES By UNITED PRESS Gator Bowl Tournament Florida 76, Georgia 63 (cham pionship) Clemson 85, South Carolina 65, (consolation) Xavier (Ohio) 86, Regis 66 Seton Hall 67, Colby 53 Notre Dame 71, Northwestern 66 New, Different, Better TAtniver TUES . JAN . 7 FREE LUNCH SERVED AT OUR STORE 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. By West Side Extension Unit SEE -The Most Exciting JOHN DEERE DAY Program Yet ... -How "Farming Spreads Its Wing's" with NEW John Deere Tractor Power and Equipment . . . -How Your Old Friend Tom Gordon Learns a New Lesson the Hard Way ... - -Featuring "The Ace Ranchero." HUBBARD-WRAY Wednesday, January 1, 1958 26 Traffic FataflitBes Are Recorded in County in '57 Jackson county had 26 traffic fatalities during the year, seven of which oc curred during August, ac cording to 1957 traffic sta tistics. Of the total, four were in Medford, three were pe destrians and the other was the operator or an automo bile. November was the only month during the year that did not have a traffic fatality. Pedestrians killed within the city limits were Elias Henry Vinson, of 144 North Riverside ave., who was struck by u car on Riverside ave. at Fifth st., May 18; James Alfred McKitrick, 84, of 819 North Riverside ave., who was hit by a vehicle Aug. 22 on Main st. at Fir Phoenix Move Hinted for PCL Phoenix, Ariz. '(IPl Re ports that Leslie O'Connor, president of the Pacific Coast league, has been looking for office space produced specu lation today that PCL head quarters will be moved here from San Francisco. Movement of the New York Giants to San Francisco and Brooklyn Dodgers to Los An geles forced realignment of the PCL. Phoenix replaced San Francisco in the Coast league while Salt Lake City and Spokane replaced Los Angeles and Hollywood. Scheduling, statistics, um pire assignments and other PCL matters are handled by O'Connor's office. TOPS COUGARS Pullman (IP) Three Wash ington State college hoopsters averaged a bit more than 11 points a game in the Cougars' 10-game pre-conference bas ketball schedule. Forward Bill Galbraith scored 117 points to take a slight lead over guard Jim Ross and cen ter John Maras. WSC won four of the 10 games. The Cougars open their Pacific Coast conference slate here Friday against Southern Cal ifornia and take on Stanford Saturday. THREE SIGN San Francisco HP) Fred Dugan of Dayton, Charley Krueger of Texas A&M and Carley Brueckman of Pitts burgh signed contracts for 1958 Tuesday with the San Francisco Forty-Niners of the National Football league. , - Come Stay ALL DAY MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE st.; - and John Arthur Mar shall, 24, Kalispell, Mont., who died Dec. 11 after being struck on North Pacific high way near the Richfield sta tion. Mrs. Violet Zamr-la, 38, of 263 Mace rd., Medtord, died Aug. 10 after the vehicle she ! was driving was involved in an accident at Crater Lake highway and Delta Waters rd. Two Die in Crashes .Three of the automobile accidents in the county claimed the lives of two per sons each. March 31, Pfc. Lee Roy Riggs, 19, Ft. Lewis, Wash., and Mrs. Lila Mae Gunter Riggs, 23, were killed in an automobile - truck col lision on Highway 99 about a mile south of Medford. Oscar E. Wilson, 79, Portland, and James ; . David jr Montgomery, 74, Rogue River, were killed May T21 when the car in which they were riding went off a wood bridge on Evans Creek north of Wimer. Melvin Carl Hancock, 63, and his wife, Ethel A. Han cock, 54, Gold Hill, were killed in that city, Aug. 2,1 when their car hit a parked lumber truck.' Four of the county traffic deaths were pedestrians, re ports show. Killed were Paul Byron Shanlain, 6, of Kent, Wash., on Highway 99 about a mile south of Rogue River, June 18; Edd B. Johnson, 83, Eagle Point, when hit by a truck on Highway 62 near Eagle Point Aug. 6; Joseph V. Heines, 66, Camp White, who was killed Sept. 1 while walking along Highway 62 near Four ' Cor ners; and Agnes M. Pinne, 68, of 936 Grant st., who was struck by a car Dec. 18 near Piggly Wiggly market on Stewart ave. Others in County Other county traffic fatal ities included Jack Everett Engler, 25, Seattle, Wash., who was killed March 24 when struck by a car as he was pushing his stalled auto mobile north on Highway 99 at Talent; Mrs. Leona Pearl Eskue, 39, Olympia, Wash., killed Feb. 4, on Highway 238 in an automobile accident west of Medford; Charles J. Howe, 60, Grants Pass, killed when his car left Highway 99 and plunged into the Rogue river near Miller's Gulch on Jan. 31. Also killed during the year were Charlie N. Kelly, 44, of 118 East MeAndrews rd., who died April 23 of injuries re- i ceived in a two-car accident on Highway 99 near Beal Farmers and Their Families! 110 TICKETS NEEDED FREE Show Starts 1:30 P.M. MOVIES IN COLOR AT THE t T V 1 I H1iIIII4i1IiIM Following Lunch As Guests of CO., Inc. 25 lane April 21; Mrs. William Donovan, 28, of 13 Newtown st., and her unborn son, who died of injuries after the car she was driving was hit by a train at the Stewart ave. crossing, May 8; Garland Dale Winkle, 26. Shady Cove, who died June 16 when the car in which he was riding left Highway 62 one mile north of Shady Cove. Miss Jewell Valline Robertson, 24, Gold Hill, Was killed Sept. 28 in a . one car acident east of Sav age Rapids dam. Fatally injured in a logging truck accident on Dead In dian rd. July 11 was Gerald L. Hamann, 20, Crescent City. Killed in an accident on Hill crest rd. at North Phoenix: rd. Aug. 1 was Gary Dean Holman, 17, Ashland, and also killed during August was Charles Embree Lawson, 29, Lake Tahoe, when his truck left Highway 62 a mile south of Shady Cove. Willard Ratliff, Los An geles, was killed Oct. 13, on Highway 66 near Emigrant lake, when the car in which he was riding was involved in a three car accident. Last fatality in the year was Ted Low Hewlett, 35, Jackson ville, who died Dec. 23, when his car skidded on an icy highway at Bybee corner dur- -ing fog. During the year March and December had three traffic -fatalities each while June and September had two each. May ran second to August's seven deaths with four deaths while January, February, April, July, and October had one each. SEE THE Only 7 Moving Parti in Engine Up to 35 Miles Per Gallon Front Wheel Drive COMPARE k INITIAL COST LOOKS ROOMINESS ECONOMY Keith Schulz Garage 116 No. Front Phone SP 2-4756 JAN. 7 At Our Store! So. Riverside Are. Medfcfrd ft
