Duck's Great Stand
Renews Enthusiasm
For Rose
Br HAL WOOD
Los Angeles W A renew
ed enthusiasm for the Rose
Bowl pact with the Big 10
flared along the West Coast
today following "little" Ore
gon's magnificent stand
against the champion Ohio
State Buckeyes. j
From Seattle in the north I
to Los Angeles in the south
in the disentegrating Pacific
Coast conference there now
seems to be some belief that
there is a chance for West
Coast football after all.
Oregon was supposed to be
the greatest mismatch in bowl
history against the Ohio State
team that was voted by the
United Press board of coaches
as the greatest in the nation.
"But if Oregon, which lost
two conference games, can
come that close to whipping
- the nation's No. 1 team," said
' one PCC man, "then our PCC
football can't be so bad at
that
Critics Stilled
In Los Angeles, which is
the major center of insurrec
tion as far as the conference
is concerned, the critics were
stilled.
Some of the dissension in
the loop was brought about,
not by rules and regulations,
but by the fact that that many
thought California, USC,
Stanford and UCLA had out
grown the Northwest schools.
The Oregon, Washington and
Idaho representatives in the
conference, with the excep
tion of the Huskies, have tiny
stadia, with small income at
the gate, compared with the
stadia in California that seat
from 80,000 to 100,000.
However, the Rose Bowl
records show that the teams
from the Northwest seem to
fare just as Well or better in
the post-season classic than
California outfits.
The Record
For instance, last year
Oregon State lost to Iowa
19-35. This time Oregon was
edged by Ohio State, 10-7.
On the other hand, Southern
California was trounced by
Ohio State, 20-7, in the last
appearance of the Buckeyes
in the Rose Bowl. Or to go
back a few years, Illinois
whipped Stanford 40-7; Michi
gan trounced Southern Cali
fornia, 49-0; and Illinois walk
ed over UCLA, 45-14.
It has been the habit of
many Californians to look
down their collective noses
at Oregon and Washington
teams. They didn't take any
pride in whipping the team
from the Northwest. When
California clubs lost it was
regarded as an upset or that
the California teams were be
low pan
Oregon s performance in
Neuberger Asks
Columbia Hearing
Portland TJT Sen. Richard
Neuberger (D - Ore.) today
asked for hearings by the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on what he called
"the stalemated development
of the upper reaches of the
Columbia river basin. ,
The Senator said he had
three reasons for requesting
the hearings from Sen. Theo
dore F. Green (D-R.I.).
"First," he said, "we must
try to prevent Canada from
diverting the upper Columbia,
which could imperil not only
future development of the
Northwest but also endanger
friendly relations between the
two great North American
allies."
Other reasons he listed
were the need for Mica Creek
and Libby dams and the need
for a North Pacific Water
ways project modeled after
the successful St. Lawrence
seaway.
Grange To File
Power Petition
Portland HP Elmer Mc
Clure. state Grange master,
said a preliminary initiative
petition calling for an act to
promote state sale of electric
power to industrial users
would be filed in the secre
tary of state's office in Sa
lem today.
McClure said official spon
sor of the initiative is the Ore
gon Electric Consumers Coun
cil, made up of the Grange,
Farmers Union, AFL-CIO and
People's Utility District and
Rural Electrification Admin
istration groups.
The Grange chief said that
if the people approved the bill
would make Oregon a prefer
ence customer of Bonneville
Power Administration and
would set up a commission to
handle the resale of power to
industrial customers. "I be
lieve it would help to promote
industry in the state," he said.
More Negroes live in the
13 southern states than in the
other 35 states.
Bowl Pact
the Rose Bowl, however, may
put a stop to all this. The
local boys know now that
when thev whiD a team coach
ed by Len Casanova, they
have licked one of the. best
Three CP
Cave Fives
Post Wins
Central Point Three Cen
tral Point school hoop fives
won games here yesterday.
Crater high freshmen laced
the St. Mary's of Medford
junior varsity 51 to 18. Cen
tral Point eighth grade won
31 to 20 and the seventh
grade took a 27 to 25 nood in
tussles with Ashland teams.
The Comet Frosh had 10
to 7, 25 to 11 and 40 to 13
quarterly spreads. Loyal Hig
inbotham ran up 22 points
for the CP team while Bry-
son LaCasse got 15 points and
grabbed 16 rebounds.
Eighth graders were on top
5 to 2, 11 to 8 and 25 to 13
at the intermissions. Central
Point seventh lagged 6 to 8
at the quarter and 7 to 14 at
the half but rallied for 15
points to go in front 22 to 20
in the third period.
LINE-CPS:
51 Crater SM Jayvee 18
F 4 Foote Evans 8
F Edwards ringgan 2
C 15 LaCasse Shasky 3
G 2 Romine Hout 1
G 22 Higinbotham ..McPherson 2
Substitutions For Crater. J
Allen. White. 4, Martin, Nelson 4,
Hogue, Fisher. Mattson: for S.M.
Kirsch 2. Daley. Ralph, Snider,
Mete, Marsh, Kurts.
31 CP 8th
5 Kimball
3 Kropp
Ash. 8th 20
..Robinson 4
..Kerscher 1
9 Champ
Everett 3
3 Je. Anhorn
-Callahan 9
G 9 Burns
Sturtz 2
Substitutions For CP. Caster
2, Debrick.f Frink. Martin; for Ash
land, King 1. Lininger, Lewis.
27 CP 7th
12 Wald
3 Davis
7 H Allen
3 Pepper ..
Ash. 7th 25
Hess
, Cohon
..G. Tepper 15
Johnson 5
bwanson
..D. Tepper 5
Substitutions For CP. McAlvey
2, Jones, Henny.
Schayes Sinks
50th Straight
Gifter Heave
By UNITED PRESS
Adolph Schayes, high-scoring
forward of the Syracuse
Nationals, today is within five
throws of the all-time Nation
al Basketball association rec
ord for consecutive foul con
versions.
The six-foot, eight-inch vet
eran connected on all five of
his foul attempts Thursday
night to extend his string to
50. Boston's Bill Sharman set
the mark of 55 in 1956.
The New York Knicker
bockers, however, spoiled the
evening for Schayes and his
teammates with a 131-98 vic
tory, moving them to a game-
and-a-haif of the second-place
Nats in the Eastern division,
In the second game of the
double - header at Philadel
phia, the Warriors edged St.
Louis, 95-93.
Portland To Add
One-Way Streets
Portland (IP) Grand
and Union avenues in east
Portland will be converted
into one-way streets for 28
blocks Sunday, the city traf
fic engineer's office said to
day.
Southbound traffic will
take Union ave. and north
bound traffic, Grand ave. be
tween S.E. Market and N.E.
Hassalo sts.
The couplet is part of a
longer stretch of 37 blocks on
Union and Grand avenues
which will be made one-way
ter the Banfield freeway is
opened from N.E. 37th ave. to
the Willamette river. This
longer couplet will be be
tween S.E. Stephens and N.E.
Hancock sts.
4 Training School
Escapees Captured
Aberdeen, Wash. (IP)
Four of the seven youths who
walked away from the State
Training School for Boys at
Chehalis Wednesday were ap
prehended here Thursday aft
er " an early morning chase
and auto crash near the east
city limits.
The boys, between 15 and
18 years of age, were operat
ing a car they had stolen at
Morton.
One escapee was caught
when he jumped from the
car just before the crash. The
three others escaped in the
brush but were picked up a
few hours later by city police.
SPORTS
Van Hangs
Togs After
9 Seasons
Los Angeles (IP) Fabu
lous passing star Norman Van
Brocklin of the Los Angeles
Rams today officially went
into retirement after nine
seasons as one of the National
Football league's top quarter
backs.
The "Flying Dutchman," as
Van Brocklin became known
in pro football, declared that
he still felt he had "a season
or two" left in him but decid
ed to quit while at the top of
his game.
"It began to be a mental
strain each season,". Van
Brocklin told a hastily-called
press conference late Thurs
day. "I'm about the last of the
guys I came up with and I
decided it was time to retire
"I began thinking of retir
ing in mid-season for no par
ticular reason other than I
decided that this was my last
season and the Baltimore Colt
game was my last game."
Home in Portland
Van Brocklin said he had
no desire to coach and
planned to continue to act as
a sales and public relations
representative for a pipeline
company in Portland, Ore.,
where he will make his home
"I don't feel I'm leaving
the Rams in a lurch," Van
Brocklin said. "They've got
two or three quarterbacks
coming up."
General Manager Pete Ro-
zelle of the Rams disclosed
the club agreed to let Van
Brocklin retire even though
he still had a year to go on
his current contract because
the quarterback has made up
his mind.
Van Brocklin was drafted
by the Rams in January,
1949, while he was still a
junior at Oregon. He joined
the Rams that summer, for
saking his final season of col
lege football, and for the
next three years alternated at
the quarterback spot with the
equally famous Bob Water
field. Starter in 1952
In 1952 he became the
Rams starting quarterback.
He finished first among the
National Football league pass
ers for the 1950, 1952 and
1954 seasons and second in
1951 and 1954.
In setting his personal, and
the Rams record, of 20 touch
down passes in a single sea
son, he completed four scor
ing aerials in each of his last
two NFL. games, against
Green Bay and Baltimore.
His nine years totals tallied
like a bank clearing with
1,001 completions out of 1,897
attempted passes for a pro
life time average of .534 per
cent. He amassed 16,114
yards and scored a total of
118 touchdowns.
'SKINS SIGN ANDERSON
Washington (IP) Bill An
derson, co-captain of the Uni
versity of Tennessee football
team, has been signed to a
National Football league con
tract by the Washington Red
skins, who picked him as their
third draft choice. Anderson,
a 190-pound halfback, will be
tried out as a defensive end
or back by th 'Skins.
Judy Garland's
Pad Cancelled
Las Vegas (IP) Laryngitis
and not pique was blamed to
day for concellation of a con
tract between singer Judy
Garland and the swank Fla
mingo hotel.
The temperamental song
stress was reported to have
stalked off the stage in mid
performance New Year's eve
at the hotel after arguing with
noisy ringsiders.
Jack Cathcart, producer of
the Flamingo shows, said
Thyrsday night, however, it
was laryngitis and not tem
perament which brought the
mutual agreement to cancel
the rest of Miss Garland's
engagement which was to
have run until Jan. 15.
"Her voice is just gone,"
Cathcart said. "Her voice just
petered out and she was un
able to go on."
The producer explained that
Miss Garland had just return
ed from an engagement in
London and was tired before
she opened at the Flamingo
Dec. 26.
Stale Hospital
Escapee Captured
Oswego, Ore. HP) State
police Thursday apprehended
Wesley Vern Street, 38, who
escaped from the Oregon
State hospital in Salem earlier
this week. ,
Street, along with James
Johnson, 22, escaped early
Monday. They lowered them
selves to the ground with a
rope made of bed clothing
after cutting a steel bar. John
son was captured later that
day after he was shot in the
back and leg in a field near
Salem.
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Four Games To!
PC Conference Hoop Slate
By UNITED PRESS
Determined groups of tall,
thin creatures bouncing Sputnik-like
objects will invade
the Northwest tonight, but
there's no cause for alarm
they're just college basket
ball players making their
first bid for the Pacific Coast
conference title.
They've all been under fire
and had their share of wins
and losses, but tonight they
start playing for keeps.
Four conference games are
scheduled and all of them will
be played in the Northwest.
The California Bears play
Oregon State, Stanford meets
Idaho, Southern California
tangles with Washington
State and UCLA goes against
Oregon. Washington is idle.
Beavers, Bruins Favored
Oregon State and UCLA
are tabbed as the ones to beat
Sibby Sisti
Sac Pilot
Sacramento, Calif. (IP)
Sibby Sisti, a former major
league baseball player with
the then Boston Braves, has
been named manager of the
Sacramento Solons of the Pa
cific Coast league.
The Sacramento club an
n o u n c e d the appointment
Thursday night, confirming
an ill-kept secret that the
manager of Austin in the
Texas league would move to
the revamped PCL.
Sisti, 37, replaces Tommy
Heath as manager of the
Solons. Heath resigned to ac
cept a combination field and
general manager job with the
Portland Beavers.
CD
Quints Vie
Phoenix Phoenix high
hoopmen go back into com
petition this . evening after a
rest during the holidays. They
play Eagle Point here tonight
and vie at Eagle Point' on Sat
urday.
The teams are Rogue league
members but this week's
series doesn't count in the
race.
The Pirates laid off all of
Christmas week but have
been on the nractice floor
three times this week. Coach
Jack Woodward indicated
that Don Wallace might break
into the Phoenix starting line
up. The five likely will be
chosen from among Wallace,
Garry Simmonds, Lester
Schleigh, Doug Witte, Jim
Stout and Jim Heath.
Prelims both nights will be
at 6:45 p.. with the varsity
frays about 8:15 p.m.
DOW WINS AWARDS
Chicago (IP) Dow Finster
wald, who played the most
consistent golf on the pro cir
cuit during 1957, has been
named winner of the Golf Di
gest magazine's performance
award. Finsterwald finished
with a .643 average in the
magazine's ratings, while
Doug Ford wound up second
with .631 mark. Bill Caspar
was third at .434, Arnold Pal
mer fourth at .431 and Art
Wall fifth at .407.
UP Coach Board To Rate
Small College Quintets
New York (IP) A group
of 45 coaches, from as many
states in the Union will start
rating the nation's small col
lege basketball teams for the
United Press starting next
week.
On coach was chosen from
each of the 45 states which
have college teams eligible for
the rankings. Only Utah, Wy
oming and Rhode Island do
not have a coach on the board.
None of these states has any
eligible teams.
As in the case of the United
Press major college basket
ball ratings, each will select
his top 10 teams weekly.
These individual selections
will be used to form a con
sensus only, with 10 points
being awarded for a first
place vote, 9 for a second and
so on down to 1 for a tenth.
The small college ratings
will encompass approximate
ly 720 schools. Some are
members of the National Col
legiate Athletic association,
some of the National associa
tion of Intercollegiate Athlet
ics, some are members of both
groups while others are mem
bers of neither one of the na
FRESH
SALMON
EGGS
SAM'S
SPORTING GOODS
. 32 South Central
in the PCC, but most of the
other teams have proved that
they will be in the race.
The Beavers have lost only
one of nine games this season,
and that was to Iowa, which
is awfully heard to beat on
its home ground. They scored
Orioles Might Even
Make 1st Division
EDITORS: This is the
13th of 16 dispatches on
Ihe off-season outlook of
each major league learn for
1958, written by the man
agers of each club.
By PAUL RICHARDS
Manager of Baltimore Or
ioles Written for the UP
Waxahachie, Tex. (IP)
The Orioles should finish
somewhere around the mid
dle in the standings, near, the
first division, next season.
And, who knows, we might
even make it this time after
coming so close last time.
It all depends on who comes
through for us and who does
not come through for some of
the other clubs.
We've got some boys who
should improve Gus Tri
andos, Billy Gardner, Al Pil
arcik and Brooks Robinson.
Better Balance
And, the addition of Larry
Doby from the White Sox
gives us a little more author
ity with the bat and a little
better balance in the batting
order.
Right now, I'm planning on
keeping Doby' despite the
trade rumors to the contrary
although the broad expanses
of Memorial Stadium may not
be quite to Larry's liking.
We had fairly good pitch
ing last year and I hope to be
a little stronger next season
with lefty Don Ferraresse
and right-hander Charlie
Beaman coming up after good
showings with Vancouver.
Also, our bonus boy Jerry
Walker looked pretty good
in the 10 to 12 games he
worked last season. Especial
ly, that 10-inning 1-0 job
against Washington. I really
think the boy is going to help
us.
O'Dell Should Improve
Too, I look for Billy O'Dell
to be improved and we should
get some good pitching out of
standbys like Billy Loes,
Connie Johnson and Harold
Brown, along with the reliev
ers, George Zuverink and
Kenny Lehman.
Big Y Sponsor
Of Ml BL Team
Medford Independent Bas
ketball league's leading team
will be able to continue in
the circuit thanks to the Big
Y market.
It was thought that the
club, which was playing un
der the Mutual of Omaha
banne:, would have to drop
out of play because it lost its
sponsor. However, the Big
Y has taken over sponsor
ship.
Big Y is unbeaten in the
league. The quint was city
loop champ last year under
the Mutual standard.
tion - wide sports regulative
bodies.
Any four-year, degree-granting
institution is eligible for
the small college division rat
ings provided it is not in
cluded in the major statistical
basketball list of the NCAA
and it does not hold member
ship in one of the allied NCAA
conferences whose champion
ship team automatically qual
ifies for the NCAA Basketball
university division tourna
ment. The first small college bas
ketball ratings will be re
leased for Thursday morning
papers, Jan. 9. The ratings
will be released alternately
for Wednesday afternoon pa
pers and Thursday morning
newspapers.
At the end of the season,
the 45 coaches will select a
Small College All-America
basketball team for United
Press clients.
Roy Helser, Linfield col
lege, is the Oregon coach' on
the rating board.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
slight Launch
wins over tough Seattle and
Utah.
The Bruins have a unim
pressive 5-4 record in pre
season play, but they have
plenty of veterans and they're
plenty tough in conference
play.
We got by to a great ex
tent on defense last season,
even running up a new lea
gue record in number of er
rorless ball games. That de
fense should be as good or
better this season with addi
tional seasoning for Bob
Boyd at first and Robinson
at third.
And, our batting punch
could very well be beefed up
if Bob Nieman could bounce
back to the form he showed
in 1956 when he hit .320. His
44-point drop hurt at the
plate last year, especially
with Willy Miranda hitting
below .200.
Foil Honors
Y. A. Tittle
New York (IP) Y. A. Tti
tle, the bald-headed quarter
back who sparked six success
ful San Francisco Forty-Niner
rallies in the final minutes
of the 1957 season, today was
named National Football
league "player of the year"
in the annual United Press
poll.
Tittle received 11 of 31
votes cast by sports writers
who covered the NFL cam
paign in the 11 league cities.
John U n i t a s, Baltimore
Colts quarterback, and Jim
Brown, Cleveland Browns
rookie fullback, tied for sec
ond in the balloting with
seven votes each. Tommy
O'Connell, Cleveland quarter
back, received three. Gene
Brito, defensive end for the
Washington Redskins, receiv
ed two. The other vote went
to Hugh McElhenny, San
Francisco offensive halfback
and end.
GRIDDERS IN ARMY
Los Angeles (IP) Jon Ar
nett, Del Shofner, John Hous
er and George Strugar, all of
the Los Angeles Rams of the
National Football League, will
enter the Army on Jan. 26 for
a six month hitch, according
to a Rams official.
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LEA
5th at Bartlett
Friday, January 3, 1958
Wilt Gets
Back Lead
In Scoring
New York (IPI Wilt
Chamberlain's 106-point bar
rage in three Big Eight tour
nament games last week en
abled him to regain the ma
jor college basketball scor
ing lead.
The Kansas junior, who was
sidelined by an infection for
Thursday night's game with
Oklahoma State, has tallied
322 points in 10 games for a
32.2 average, according to of
ficial NCAA statistics re
leased today.
Don Hennon of Pittsburgh,
last week's leader, fell to
fourth place as he was held
to 67 points in New York's
Holiday Festival. The power
charged guard, who is more
than a foot shorter than
Chamberlain, has a 27.9 av
erage with 223 points in eight
games.
Players Move Up
Oscar Robertson of Cincin
nati and Leo Byrd of Marsh
all each moved up a notch to
second and third, respective
ly. Robertson canned 52
points in two contests last
week for 237 points and a
29.6 average while Byrd
scored 33 in a single game for
205 total points and a 29.3
average.
Rounding out the top 10
scorers are Bailey Howell of
Mississippi State 26.9, Kelly
Coleman of Kentucky Wesle-
yan 26.3, Elgin Baylor of Se
attle 25.9, Dom Flora of
Washington & Lee 25.7,
Wayne Embry of Miami, Ohio
Drake 25.3.
TREATED WATERS GET
FISH
Portland Some 261,000
fingerling trout were released
by the game commission in
December as the final step in
the rehabilitation of Ochoco
reservoir near Prineville,
Ana reservoir near Summer
lake. South Twin lake near
Bend, and Crooked creek
near Jordan Valley, all of
which were treated with ro-
tenone last summer. The ro
tenone treatment was given
to remove large populations
of roach, suckers, and other
undesirable species.
TRAINER BUTTERS DIES
Newmarket, England (IPI
Frank Butters, generally re
garded as one oft he greatest
horse trainers in the world,
died here Wednsdry at the
age of 79. Butters, who won
15 English classics, reached
the peak of his career as
trainer for the late Aga Khan,
one of the world's leading
horsemen.
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
Stilt Out; Kansans
Bow to Aggie Five
By TIM MORIARTY
United Press Sports Writer
It took an inspired Okla
homa State basketball team" to
prove that without" Wilt (The
Stilt) Chamberlain, Kansas is
good but hardly great.
While Chamberlain was
under a doctor's care with a
glandular infection, the de
f ensive-m i n d e d, on e-time
Aggies handed top-ranked
Kansas a 52-50 setback Thurs
day night on the Jayhawks'
home court.
It was the Jayhawks' first
setback since the final of the
NCAA tournament last spring
when they bowed to North
Carolina, 54-53, on Joe
Quigg's two free throws in the
third overtime period.
Kansas had won 10 straight
Bow Meet
On Sunday
Rogue Archers of Medford
will hold a tourney Sunday
at their indoor range over
Paulsen's Thrift market in
Central Point.
Bowmen from Rogue River,
Grants Pass, Crescent City,
Calif., Brookings and other
Southern Oregon points will
compete in men's, women's
and juniors divisions.
This is one of the six win
ter tourneys of the Southern
Oregon league of Archers.
About 60 bowmen will be
entered.
CARDS SIGN PITCHER
Wilmington, Calif. (IPI
Howard Hughie, 18-year-old
pitcher from Harbor Junior
College, has signed with the
St. Louis Cardinals organiza
tion and will report to the
Stockton club in the Califor
nia league. Hughie compiled a
10-2 won-lost record in 1957
with Washington High School
of Los Angeles.
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in Medford
games this season, including
an earlier 63-57 triumph over
Oklahoma State when Cham
berlain, the nation's leading
scorer, led the way with a 30
point effort.
Although ranked 14th in
his week's United Press rat
ings, State now boasts an im
pressive 6-1 won and lost rec
ord. Meanwhile, fourth-ranked
West Virginia remained unde
feated by knocking - off Ca
nisius, 86-66. It was the ninth
straight victory for the Moun
taineers. Boston College, one of New
England's best teams, whip
ped Brown, 88-78, for its
sevenths straight victory.
The Citadel won the Senior
Bowl tournament by swamp
ing Spring Hill, 67-55, while
Tennessee State whipped
Hamline, 106-57, and Western
Illinois downed William
Jewell, 72-58, in the semi
finals of the NAIA Midwest
Tip-Off tournament.
SCREENS DIVERT FISH
Salmon and steelhead ang
lers in northeast Oregon have
at least 100,745 more chances
of creeling a tackle buster
four years hence as a result
of the game commission's
fish screening program in the
area. This is the number of
downstream migrant salmon
and steelhead youngsters di
verted during the year from
irrigation canals and almost
certain death by the fish sav
ing screens. Bob Sayre, fish
ery biologist for the north
east region, said the figure
was probably much higher
since only those fish caught
at screens equipped with by
pass traps could be tallied.
Many screens have no traps
and the fish are merely di
verted back to the main riv
er channel.
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