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Woman Referee Handles Boxing Chores Efficiently Stockholm, Sweden IOT A shapely blonde, who handles herself perfectly In the clinch es, is winning a unanimous decision today over all those boxing skeptics who feel a woman's place is in the home and not in the prize ring. As Europe's first female boxing referee, Mrs. Marga reta Sjoelin, 25-year-old moth er of three children, ij just as much at home in the ring as she is in her living room at nearby Varnamo. "Since I was a girl, I have been fascinated by boxing," she explained in the dressing room after officiating a bout. "My brothers are fighters and my husband, Stig, used to be European middleweight amateur champion. So it was natural that I picked the only activity in boxing open to women-refereeing." Fight fans who have seen the efficient, business - like manner with which the good looking Mrs. Sjoelin works in the ring, agree that she is a better referee than many men who have performed the job. So far she has refereed only amateur bouts at the lo cal boixng club of Vernamo where she lives. She applied for a national referee's license a few months ago but boxing officials pro tested that the granting of such a license would cause Swedish boxing to "lose face" internationally. In Milwaukee, Wis., secre tary Fred Saddy said the Na- tional Boxing Association has no written rule against worn en referees but added it is more or less of an unwritten rule. Mrs. Sjoelin's application for a national license was heartily endorsed, however, by the provincial Smaaland boxing section, which put her through extensive tests and granted her permission to ref eree locally. "Sweden is a country where women's emancipation is more advanced than in most countries.", said one lo cal boxing official, "so it's only natural that we would have a female referee sooner or later." Due to the controversy she caused by seeking a national license, Mrs. Sjoelin has made up her mind to referee only in her own home town where the fight crowd is used to her. In bouts outside Vernamo, she acts as a judge. Sweden's new glamour ref eree takes exception with those who feel she should be home with her two daughters, Birgitta, seven, and Arbor, two-and-a-half, and her five year old son, Bjoern, instead of being at the fights. "When I am away boxing, I have to get someone to look after my children," she says, "but I don't think I'm neglect ing them because of boxing." Her husband, Stig, who works as a butcher, has no objections to her refeenng, either. This could be because he won the Swedish and Nordic amateur middleweight titles more times than he can re member and now serves as a part-time coach for the Swedish Amateur Boxing Federation. He plans to be come a fulltime boxing coach next year. Unlike many women who are convinced boxing is a brutal sport, Mrs. Sjoelin in sists that properly executed, it is no more dangerous than any other contact sport. Her big, ambition is to ref eree in the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Meanwhile, she continues to work in her home-town ring. And when they say "Keep your eyes on tne reieree they're never kidding around here. . ONE, TWO, THREE, HIKE Pro football stars Tobin Rote (left) of the Detroit Lions and Elroy Hirsch of the Los Angeles Rams keep in form with an assist from Pan American Airways stewardess Sue Nave on Honolulu's WaiMM Beach. The pros will meet a selection of college all-stars in the Hula Bowl Jan. e SIPODnBIFS Oklahoma St. Lists 2nd Upset By MILTON RICHMAN Oklahoma State, a non-re-spector of basketball reputa tions, shaped up as the na tion's No. 1 giant killer today by adding sixth-ranked Cin cinnati to a list of upset vic tims which already included mighty Kansas. There were upsets galore all over the basketball map Monday night but possibly the biggest one was Oklahoma State's 61-57 victory over Cin cinnati which came only four nights after . the . Cowpokes' stunning 52-50 triumph over Kansas. The victory was Okla homa State's ninth in a row. Other Monday night upsets included Montana State's 62 61 win over Iowa State; Io- Sport Parade By OSCAR FRALEY Sports Writer United Press By OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK (IB You can have your Bill Ttussels and Wilt Chamberlains but retir ing NYU coach Howard Cann, looking back over 35 years as a tap-in tutor, said today he still ranks George Mikan as the greatest of the big men. "I'd have to take Mikan over them all," said the for mer NYU football and basket ' ball captain and 1920 Olympic shot putter. "And Bob Cousy of the Bos- Blackbourn Out For Green Bay In Shakeups Green Bay, Wis. (W The Green Bay Packers' board of directors Monday night voted to fire head coach Lisle Blackbourn and to replace him with backfield coach Ray Scooter McLean on a one year contract. Blackbourn had one year remaining on a five-year pact, calling for 525,000 per year. The board said it would pay Blackbourn the full amount for next season. The board action came af ter unanimous recommenda tion of the executive commit tee which met Monday noon. The ouster of Blackbourn and McLean's promotion were both recommended to the ex ecutive committee by its three-man contract commit tee. A board statement said "it was to the best interests of the Packers that a change be made." It was "advisable to hire McLean instead of a coach from the college ranks because McLean had seven years with the Packers as backfield coach, the board said. Salary terms of McLean's contract were not- disclosed, . but board spokesmen said he was given free choice in se lection of his assistants. Mc Lean said he was "very sat isfied" with the one year agreement because it was "a real challenge. I know I can do the job," he said. "If I don't . . . the board of direct ors is free to find somebody else." McLean said he would sign the contract "in the near future." Hoop Referees Will Convene Rogue Valley Basketball Referees association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8. at Medford Senior High school. Commissioner C. A. Meyer said that game assign ments will be made through Tuesday, Jan. 21. ton Celtics stands out in my mind as the best all-around player I've ever seen." The 62-year-old coach isn't one to dwell in the past and thinks that the players of the modern era are much more skillful than those o'f the long ago. Yet he refuses to compare the ancient original Celtics with a team such as the cur rent pro champions, the Bos ton Celtics. Different Type of Game "It's a different type of game these days," he ex plained. "If the old Celtics had played the type of firehouse game we do today, they prob ably would have been even more skillful than they were. "The old Celtics had enough height, and guys like Johnny Beckman and Nat Holman certainly had as many skills as any of your modern play ers," he added. "You have to remember it was a different game and those exhibitions played by the old Celtics did not mean too much. "If they had played in a league, it would have been different," he said firmly. "And those old Celtics could have played in the pro league of today." Cann is stepping out under a cloud. He has been involved in a family brawl at NYU, and blames a poor season in which his team has won only two games on the less of mor ale because he was "fired." Can't Win Recruiting Battle Enumerating his woes, he charges that: NYU does not give athletic scholarships; city colleges can not win the recruiting battle against schools which have a scenic campus life, and NYU ruined its other sports in an abortive attempt 10 years ago to" become "football's Notre Dame of the East." "Let's face it," he barked, "recruiting is 90 per cent of the battle. Personally, I can't blame a boy who wants to go to school, let's say, at a beauti ful campus school such as North Carolina. "I went after a boy who now is in the Ivy League," he added. , "But, while I knew his fam ily well, his mother told me outright that she wouldn't let him go to school in New York City because there was so much crime and so little cam pus life." wa's 70-68 victory over Illi nois, and Columbia's 60-56 conquest of Cornell. Fifth-ranked Kansas State and seventh-ranked Bradley barely averted defeat at the hands of lesser-regarded riv als, too. Kansas State had to come from behind in the final three minutes to nip Minnesota, 72 71. Bradley was forced into overtime before beating Hous ton, 75-73. Unbeaten Mississippi State rolledito its 11th consecutive triumph by licking Alabama, 46-42. Tulsa overcame an 11 point half-time deficit to squeeze by Drake, 59-57, while Purdue defeated Indi ana 68-66. Notre Dame used only five players in beating Butler, 83-72. In other games Michigan walloped Wisconsin, 70-49; Arkansas defeated Baylor, 68 53; Auburn topped Mississippi 71-51; Xavier, Ohio, defeated Miami, Ohio, 78-65; Tulane licked Georgia, 67-59; Tulane downed . Villanova, 55 - 44; Memphis State edged Okla homa City, 53-50, and South ern California beat Washing ton, 60-54. Shoot Won By Gifford Herb Gifford, Medford, with a 465 score, headed a field of 59 bowmen Sunday in the Rogue Archers' indoor tourney at the range in Cen tral Point. Ray Biles, Grants Pass, was second with 460 and Ed Bad ley, Rogue River, third with 454. Jerry Williamson, Central Point, won the women's divis ion with 398. A 309 by Car men Sanders, Brookings, took second, and Susie 'Palmer, Jacksonville, was third with 301. Taking top boys' honors were Jack Jones, Grants Pass, 312, Howard Misner, Grants Pass, 280 and Wally Struble, Crescent City, Calif., 247. Karen Thompson,' Crescent City, took girls' with 112. 16 Grid Deaths Listed for 1957 Claims Survey Waterbury, Conn. HP) Si las Bronson Library an nounced a "fine-free day" and got back 400 overdue books including one gone for 50 years. Los Angeles (IP) Six teen players 13 of them high school youths, suf fered fatal injuries on the nation's football playing fields in 1957, m survey re vealed today. There were no deaths among college players, while two occurred in sand lot games and one in semi pro football, the survey said. In addition, there were five player deaths which were only "indirectly" at tributable to football be cause they involved heart attacks and infections. The report was prepared under the chairmanship of Dr. Floyd Eastwood of Los Angeles State College for the American Football Coaches Assn. and the Na tional Collegiate - Athletic Assn. Football fatalities have averaged 17.38 per cent per year during the 26 years of the survey, Eastwood re ported. The 1957 figure rep resented a decrease of 2 or 20 per cent less than 1956. Eastwood's report . de clared thai the chances of death attributed io foot ball "are extremely ' less than the chances of death attributed to motor vehi cles, drownings, firearms and fireburns." According to the survey's 26-year records, more than 72 per cent of fatal injuries are due to blows on the head and the 16 last season followed this finding. Army Club Drops OTI Klamath Falls CIP - Ore gon Tech suffered its first bas ketball defeat of the season here Monday night by drop ping a 78-62 decision to the San Francisco Presidio's Army team. Tony Psaltis, former South ern California star, led the Presidio with 16 points while Charley Bogle of Oregon Tech hit 29. Tuesday, January 7, 1938 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVTlf I J I I " f" I I TT 1 ' ' IIIIIIWI ) i I We'll Beat toy Deal m Imml Iff L If ,.l3lO)o:: Milwaukee HP) The Mil waukee Braves have signed a working agreement with the Yakima, Wash., club in the Class B Northwestern League for 1958. The Braves said manager Herb Kittle of Yaki ma approached them during the winter league meetings at Colorado Springs and asked for an agreement. 'THINKING' SIGNAL Suracuse, N. Y. API Police Chief Harold F. Kelly said he intends to put up a "think ing" traffic signal light to slow down speeding automo biles. He said pads will be laid down on the approaches to the light. If a car' speeds over- the limit, the signal will flash red. If the vehicle obeys the speed limit, the "think ing" signal will light the green light. OSC Court Club Takes Time Off Corvallis (IP) Coach Slats Gill gave his Oregon State basketball team today off and said the players also could take Thursday off from practice. The Beavers have won 10 out of 11 including two straight PCC games, for their best early season" mark since 1947. Oregon State's next game 'is not until Jan. 18 against California at Berkeley. SIEVERS WINS TROPHY Washington (W Outfield er Roy Sievers of the Wash ington Senators, who led the American League last season with 42 home runs and 114 runs batted in, has been nam ed winner of the Washington Touchdown Club's Clark Grif fith Memorial Trophy. He will receive, the award next Saturday at the club's annual banquet. BASKETBALL COLLEGE RESULTS By United Press East Columbia 60, Cornell 56 Niagara 53, Villanova 44 Brown 76, Harvard 70 Lehigh 73, Albright 69 South Davidson 84. Wash. & Lee 6S George Washington 72, Citadel 68 Loyola (La.) 79, Florida State 67 Memphis St. aa, UKia. uixy au Tulane 67, Georgia 59 Florida 81. Louisiana State 97 Mississippi State 46. Alabama 42 Tenn. Teen 33, jc astern ivy. sz Auburn 71, Mississippi 51 Kentucky 86, Vanderbllt 81 Midwest Michigan 70. Wisconsin 4 Purdue, Indiana 66 Notre Dame 83. Butler 72 Kansas State 72, Minnesota 71 Iowa 70, Illinois 68 Xavier (O.) 78. Miami (O.) 65 Montana State 62, Iowa State 61 Missouri 55, Nebraska 54 Wash. (Mo.) V 66, Carleton 48 Southwest Tulsa 59. Drake 57 East Tex. St. 61, Texas A&I 35 Oklahoma St. 61, Cincinnati 57 Arkansas 68, Baylor 53 Bradley 75, Houston 73 Tex. West. 73, Ariz. Tcmpe 72 West Southern Cal 60, Washington 84 Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY mlA BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 New Ljxvry&?2&L4AZQz Come in and see the totally new kind of luxury car that is setting new records in popularity! See the com pletely new Ambassador V-8 by Rambler. 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