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Pros, Ams Tee Off Thursday
li Annual Crosby Clambake
By HAL WOOD
United Press Sports Writer
Pebble Beach, Calif. IP
The Crosby Clambake, once
a neighborly little $2,500 golf
tournament down at Rancho
Santa Fe near San Diego,
joins the big leagues Thurs
day when the world's great
est professionals tee off with
amateur partners in the chase
for $50,000 in prizes.
This sometimes is the zan
lest tournament on the cir
cuit, but nobody ever has
doubted its worthiness. In the
16 years It has been staged,
Bing has been able to turn
over to charity about $350,
000. And he has shelled out
more than this himself in
prize money and expenses.
But what makes the tourn
ament different from the
others in which the pros com
pete is the make-up of the
amateur partners.
All Walks Of Life
From all walks of sporting
life they come to help out
Bing and his charities. From
the movies, television, radio,
baseball, basketball, football,
boxing, hockey and what-have-you.
Some of the pros used to
look down their noses at this
event because they did not
care to be playing with
amateurs, such as Bob Hope
who might be asking the au
dience: "Wonder what the
political situation is in Pata
gonia?" while the pro is at
tempting to sink a putt worth
$2,000.
Mostly, however, the ama
teurs from other field take
the game just as seriously as
the professionals.
The Monterey area, in
which Pebble Beach is locat
ed, is a hotbed of golf. There
are five courses within walk
ing distance of each other
and the Monterey area peo
ple probably know more
about golf etiquette than any
place this side of St. An
drews, Scotland.
But the fans who come
from San Francisco, Oakland
and other cities 100 miles or
so away aren't exactly golf
bugs.
The Others
Some of them are from the
boxing world and they come
cut to see how far Jimmy Mc
Larnin can belt a ball; or they
TENSE MOMENT Gay
Brewer relaxes after sinking
a 15-foot putt on the 18th
green for a birdie and a one
stroke lead at the end of
the third round of the $40,
000 Los Angeles Open Golf
Tournament He fired a one
under par 67 to take the 54
hole lead with a total of 207.
Pettit- Ailing
Bur SL Victor
By UNITED PRESS
Bob Pettit of St. Louis is
finding it hard to score with
a cast on his broken left
hand, but the Hawks are roll
ing along the victory trail.
The six-nine Pettit, whose
best shot is a one-handed
jump, is experiencing diffi
culty maneuvering the ball
with the cast extended over
the palm of his left hand. He
managed -only 11 points
against the New York Knick
erbockers Tuesday night, but
his teammates accounted for
enough points to beat the New
Yorkers, 114-112, in the night
cap of a National Basketball
association doubleheader at
Madison Square Graden.
The victory was the Hawks
25th in 36 games played thus
far and kept them nine full
games ahead of the second
place Cincinnati Royals in the
Western Division race. The
Royals defeated the slumping
Minneapolis Lakers, 114-99,
in the opener of the twinbill
before a crowd of 8,239.
DRIVE-IN PHONE
Syracuse, N.Y. ff
Keith S. McHugh, president
of the New York Telephone
Co says a coming develop
ment is a drive-in telephone
booth for busy motorists.
vfc ,a J
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J may be stage-struck young
sters who want to see Hoagy
Carmichael or Dennis O'Keefe
in action; or baseball fans
who want to see if Ralph
Kiner can clout a golf ball
as far as he used to hit base
balls. So very often they talk or
laugh while the players are
lining up a tee shot; or they
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QUICK CLICKS Smiley Quick of Los Angeles tips his
hat to the gallery after holing out on the 18th green
to take the lead in the opening round of the $40,000
Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament He finished the
round with a four under par 67.
Rigney Sees
Improved Over Past Year
(This is Ihe last of 16
dispatches on the off-season
outlook of a c h major
league club for 1958, writ
ten by the managers of
each club.)
By BILL RIGNEY
Manager of San Francisco
Giants
Written for the United Press
Walnut Creek, Calif. itf)
I don't go for making predic
tions but I'll venture this one
the San Francisco Giants
will be a much Improved club
over last year's sixth-place
New York Giants and there
are at least two reasons why.
For one, the entire team
could catch fire with renewed
fan interest setting the spark
just as the old Boston Braves
did after moving to Milwau
kee. And if either Orlando Ce
peda comes through at first
base or Willie Kirkland in
the outfield, we'll be even
tougher. They are our top
rookies.
Sure, there is a hole at
catching. That was created
when Wes Westrum became
one of our coaches. We have
some deals in the offing but
mentioning names isn't a part
of my policy either.
Overall, I'd" say our pitch
ing should be better next sea
son, the infield seems solid
and we have an old guy
named Hank Sauer in left
field who also may have a
top notch season now that he
is playing in a cooler climate.
As for Willie Mays, he is
going to get a lot more extra
base hits In Seals stadium
than he did in the Polo
Grounds where much of his
power was swallowed up in
left center.
Now let's talk about the
pitching. There's no reason
why Johnny Antonelli should
not bounce back from last
season's disappointment when
he finished with 12-18. He's
only 27 and a good, strong
guy.
Ruben Gomez had a fine
season and should win 20
next year. He has all the abil
ity in the world. And I'd like
to see Marv Grissom have one
more good year such as the
last one.
Among the kids, I'm pretty
enthusiastic about lefthander
Mike McCormick and Curt
Barclay. McCormick still has
a year to stay with us as a
bonus player although he
might just as easily stick
around because he earned it.
Barclay had a fair year with
us as a freshman and owns a
fine sinker. Another guy with
ability is Ray Crone, who is
always tough against the
Dodgers.
As for catching, although
we have deals in the fire, we
also have a fine youngster in
Bob Schmidt who was with
Minneapolis last season. You
may be hearing a lot about
him next season if he lives
up to his potential. We also
Wednesday. January 8, 1958
may tramp through a sand
trap while hurrying to get a
closer glimspe of a cinema
star.
But all through the tour
ney good humor prevails
with Hope and Crosby daily
putting on an act that night
clubs would pay big money
to corner but which they do
nate in the intrests of charity.
Giants Much
have Velmy Thomas and he
got as many key hits for us
last year as any other guy on
the club.
One thing is certain about
our infield I want Darryl
Spencer in there some place.
He's my shortstop but might
go over to second base if we
shuffled Danny O'Connel to
third.
Cepeda hit .309 last year
at Minneapolis and may give
us the youth and power we
need at that position. He is
big weighs about 200, and
he can hit to either field.
Three Dropped
From OCE Club
Monmouth (W Three var
sity basketball players were
declared ineligible at Oregon
College of Education Tuesday
because of scholastic difficul
ties, Registrar Jack Morton
said.
They included Bob Woods,
DeWayne Crabb and Todd
Sloan. Four players also were
dropped from the JV squad.
OCE opens conference play
against Southern Oregon here
this weekend.
Hart, Baker Vie
In 10-Rounder
Chicago (IB Garnett
(Sugar) Hart and Larry Bak
er, a pair of welterweights
dissatisfied with their last
outings, meet tonight in a
televised 10-rounder at the
Chicago stadium.
Hart, a 20-year-old Phila
delphian, ruled a slight favor
ite to defeat the 26-year-old
New Yorker and move up a
notch in the NBA ladder. The
January ratings put Hart in
the No. 9 spot and Baker at
No. 8.
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Smart Sets
Point Pace
In PC Loop
Los Angeles (IP) Doug
Smart, 6-foot, 7-inch center
for Washington, today led the
Pacific Coast conference in
scoring with an average of
19.5 points in two league
games.
The 21-year-old junior, a
one-year letterman from Seat
tle, topped the league scoring
statistics released by the PCC
office with a total of 39 points
in two games. Little Monte
Gonzales, sharpshooting sen
ior guard from the University
of Southern California, led
the league in total points with
51, but they were spread over
three games. He had a 17-
point average.
Smart was trailed by Ore
gon State guard Jim Ross,
18.5 in two games; UCLA cen
ter Ben Rogers, 17.5 in two
games; Oregon State forward
Dave Gambee, 17 in two tilts
and Gonzales.
So far this season Gonzales
has attempted 41 field goals
and made 20 of them for a
.488 average, while Smart had
made 15 of 34 attempts for a
.422 mark.
Burk Tops Average
Oregon State's guard
Burke, who hit 8 of 15 tries
for field goals, led the PCC
with the best average of .533,
followed by Washington
State's Dick Axelson, Stan
ford's Dick Haga and Idaho's
Hal Damiano, who hit half of
the time.
Ken Nanson of OSC had a
nearly perfect free-throw
mark, making 11 of 12 at
tempts for a .918 mark. Paul
Neumann of Stanford was
next with .889, and Oregon's
Charles Rask followed with
.833.
Gary McEwen, senior guard
from Idaho, topped the PCC
standings with 36 rebounds
recovered with a .219 - per
centage. Next was forward
Dave Gambee of OSC with
31 and a .214 mark, trailed
by center Hal Duffy of Ore
gon, 17 for .207, and Smart,
25 for .169.
In team statistics, Idaho
was the leader in scoring
with an average of 72 points
in two games. Southern Cali
fornia, the PCC leader with
a 3-0 record, was second with
70 points.
Washington State was next
with a 64.5 average, follow
ed by UCLA, 62.5; Oregon
State, 61.5; Oregon, 58; Stan
ford, 55; California, 50, and
Washington, 49.5.
Joseph Stops
Gipson in Bout
Portland (IP) L o u Joseph
of Kent, Wash., knocked out
Ernie Gipson of Seattle in the
second round of a scheduled
eight-round televised fight
here Tuesday night.
In other bouts Billy Cox,
Vancouver, knocked out John
ny Green, Portland in three;
Billy Millstein, Seattle,
knocked out Harold Nelson,
Portland, in four; Johnny
Wright, Portland, decisioned
Joe King, Seattle, and Harvey
Burk decisioned Hugh Wil
liams of Portland.
Bowling
VICTORY LEAGUE
Standings:
W L
Hearin Lumber Co.
4 0
Clave Construction
Arthur Murray's Studio
Quality Market
E. H. Mann Co. ..
Pick's Apparrel
Rogue Sportsmen
Sewing Machine Center .
Pioneer Club
U. S. Bank
Davis Transfer 6
Earl's Eastside Union Station 0
Results:
Hearin Lumber 4 (Eva Sessions,
485) 2205; U S. Bank 0 (Liz Under
bill. 442) 2036.
Clave Construction 4 (Doris Hick
son. 497) 2184; Davis Transfer 0
(Edith Redfield, 463) 2014.
Arthur Murray's 4 (Helen Paul
son. 464) 2054; Union Station 0
(Zoe Brandan, 436) 1942.
Quality Mkt. 3 (Loris Hay, 448)
1982; Pioneer Club 1 (Alice Monroe,
388) 1821.
Mann Co. 2 (E. Lenz, 497) 3033;
Pick's 2 (Vi Coats. 419) 2008. -
Sewing Center 2 (Dorothy Smith.
421) 1839; Rogue Sportsman 2 (Kay
Smith, 416) 1993.
Judy Barmum picked 6-4-7 split.
SPORTS
WITH GENERALS Bill
Scott, above, is one of the
mainstays with the Washing
ton, D. C, Generals who will
oppose the Harlem Globe
trotters at Hedrick Junior
high gym on Friday night,
Jan. 17. Scott, a guard, is six
feet, two inches tall, weighs
180 pounds and played bas
ketball at Western Kentucky
University. Tickets are on
sale at Lamport's in Medford.
Seaftleites
Keep Spots
St. Petersburg, Fla. HP)
Two Seattle, Wash., players
led the way into the' third
day of the West Coast Tennis
championships today as all
seeded players easily main
tained their positions.
Bill Quillian, second seeded
in the men's division, and
Janet Hobbs, first seeded in
the women's division, both
from Seattle, posted easy vic
tories Tuesday.
Quillian defeated Jim Vuil-
le of St. Petersburg, 6-0, 6-1,
and Miss Hobbs defeated
Vuille's wife, Janet, 6-0, 6-1.
Third seeded Armando Vie
ra of Brazil eliminated
George Lyttleton-Rogers of
Los Angeles, former Irish
Cup player, 6-1, 6-3.
Tony Vincent of New York
fourth seeded, downed Elon
Ekman of Sweden, 6-4, 6-3.
Jack Frost of Monterey, Cal.,
fifth seeded, defeated Thomas
Hallberg of Sweden, 6-0, 6-2.
In the women's division,
second-seeded Louise Felix of
Boston defeated 10-year-old
Gloria Jean Sullivan of St.
Petersburg, 6-0, 6-0, and third
seeded Maria Bueno, an 18-year-old
Brazilian, downed
Stella Cunningham of St. Pe
tersburg, 6-1, 6-1.
PHYSICAL FOR KLTJ
Pittsburgh (IP) Ted Klus
sewski, one-time Cincinnati
slugger acquired recently by
the Pittsburgh Pirates, will
undergo a complete physical
examination sometime next
week. Kluszewski has been
suffering with an ailing back
for the last year and a half.
Oklahoma
Tips Kansas
Sans Stilt
By FRED DOWN
United Press Sports Writer
Wilt Chamberlain's groin
injury is supposed to be minor
but it has his Kansas team
mates hurtin' all over today
for the second time in a week.
The Jayhawks suffered
their second straight defeat
since the great seven-foot star
was sidelined when they
bowed to Oklahoma, 64-62,
Tuesday night. The loss hurt
Kansas even more than last
Thursday's 52-50 setback by
Oklahoma State because it
was the opener of its Big
Eight schedule.
But, once again, a defeat
demonstrated graphically just
how much Chamberlain does
mean to Kansas.
The figures tell the story.
Wilt scored 30 points when
Kansas beat Oklahoma State,
63-56, Dec. 2. Without Wilt,
Kansas bowed to the same
team by two points Jan. 2.
And, on Dec. 26, Chamberlain
poured in 41 points and
grabbed 20 rebounds as Kan
sas whipped Oklahoma, 68-50.
North Carolina's third
ranked Tarheels whipped Wil
liam and Mary, 79-63, and
Texas Tech beat Texas Christ
ian in a key Southwest Con
ference game, 83-70, in other
top games Tuesday night.
Rice's towering Owls made
good on seven free throws in
the last, three minutes to edge
oui Southern Methodist, 78
74, in another Southwest con
ference game at Houston, Tex.
In other games, St. John's
of New York remained un
beaten with an 87-64 triumph
over Rhode' Island, St. Peter's
of New Jersey downed St.
Francis of New York, 92-66,
Richmond edged out The Cita
del, 54-50, Virginia beat Vir
ginia Tech, 80-65, LaSalle de
feated Muhlenberg, 67-61, and
Texas A&M scored a 71-50
victory over Texas University.
Crater Frosh
Rap Rogue River
Central Point Crater
high freshmen tumbled Rogue
River 73 to 36 last night in
a basketball fracas.
The Comet five had 22 to
12, 40 to 20 and 56 to 28
leads at the quarters. Gary
Romine had 15 points and
Dennis Edwards and Loyal
Higinbotham each 14 for
Crater and Laws 14 for Rogue
River.
Crater headed backboard
retrieving 59 to 20 with Bry
son LaCasse getting 20 and
Edwards 1 rebounds.
LINE-UPS:
73 Crater Rogue River 36
F 6 Foote Laws 14
F 8 White Gail
C 12 LaCasse Irwin 7
G 14 Edwards Combe S
G 14 .Higinbotham Archer 2
Substitutions For Crater, Ro
mine 15. Fisher. Nielson, Allen,
Martin. Hoeue: for Rogue River.
LRoss. Van Dorn, LeRoy 2, Dennis 4,
FUTURE UNCERTAIN
Philadelphia API The
annual football series between
Navy and the University of
Pennsylvania will be con
tinued through 1960 at Frank
lin field but arrangements
after that are contingent on
mutual scheduling problems,
it was announced Tuesday in
a joint statement by Jerry
Ford and Capt. Slade Cutter,
athletic directors of the two
schools.
PRICES START AT
PAL BOXERS OPPOSE
TYC TEAM TONIGHT
The weatherman has fore
cast favorable conditions this
evening for fight fans who
wish to motor to the Esquire
theater for the Medford Po
lice Athletic league boxing
card.
A 12-bout program begin
ning at 8 p.m. is planned in
PAL's fistic show of the new
season. PAL boxers will
square off against rivals from
the Talent Youth center. It
will be a rematching of the
two clubs who met last month
in a card at Talent.
Box office at the theater
will open at 7 pjn. Both re
served and general admission
seats are being sold. A num
ber of choice reserve seats
were left this morning.
Doublet Main
Bob Little of PAL and
Dave Parker of TYC will be
foes in one of the double
main event attractions. The
other top-placed tussle will
put Bo Brown of PAL against
Talent Stays Unmarred;
Loggers Need Overtimes
JACKSON COUNTY
B LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L
Talent : 5 0
Butte Falls 4 1
Jacksonville ... 2 3
Prospect o 4
St. Mary's 0 3
Pet.
1.000
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Unmarred Talent , claimed
its fifth straight victory in
the Jackson County B Basket
ball league in a romp last
night but Butte Falls high had
a much harder chore in main
taining second place in the
Talent's Bulldogs thumped
Prospect 73 to 33. The Log
gers of Butte Falls required
two overtimes to get by Jack
sonville 41 to 39 for their
fourth league verdict.
Dean Smith's 10-foot jump
er two minutes into the second
and sudden death extra period
was the margin of Butte Falls
decision. The game came
close to being a Jacksonville
triumph. The Redskins were
on top with 37 to 35 with just
seconds in regulation playing
time remaining but a Mike
Conley shot for the Loggers
tied up the contest. Ken Per
reard of Jacksonville and
Conley put in buckets in the
first overtime.
Combs Scores
Jacksonville headed 6 to 4
at the quarter. Then Butte
Falls fought to a 20 to 12
spread at half time, widest gap
of the night. The Redskins
put in 10 straight points while
holding BF scoreless in the
third panel to go on top 22
to 20. Jacksonville had a four
point lead in the third session
and was on top 28 to 26 at the
end of the period.
Jim Irwin recorded 19
points and Conley 14 for
Butte Falls and Perreard 14
for Jacksonville.
Talent had 21 to 7, 35 to
23 and 51 to 23 quarterly
edges. Phil Combs with 30
Presidio Clips
OTI Owls Again
Klamath Falls (IP) The
Army's Presidio team of San
Francisco held Oregon Tech
to only 8 points in the second
half Tuesday night to rack up
its second straight win over
the collegians, 51-28.
The Presidio used a full
court press and ball control
to win easily.
Don't sign the dotted line
until you've driven a Plymouth
Dick Knight Co. 33
$1998.00 WITH $498.00 DOWN
Jerry Loper of TYC. Both are
return matches.
The seating at the Esquire
theater on Main at Bear creek
bridge recently was adjusted
for boxing and wrestling presentations.
TONIGHT'S CARD:..
126 Bobby Little. PAL, vs Dave
Parker. Talent.
150 "BO" Brown, PAL, vs Jerry
Loper, Talent.
150 Buddy Smith, PAL, vs Jerry
Loper, Talent.
150 Johnny Imus, PAL, vs Dick
Bates, Talent.
126 George Aoki, PAL, vs Rollie
Welburn. Talent.
120 Johnny Little, PAL, vs Dave
Grimes, Talent.
110 Harvey Pamplin, Talent, vs
Doug Batten. PAL.
105 Billy Thomas, PAL, vs Dave
Westfall. Talent.
60 Danny Taylor, PAL, vs Ivan
Lockwood, Talent.
85 Mike Rogers, PAL, vs Skip
Moore. Talent.
85 Brian Young, PAL, vs Dick
Jennings. Talent.
Curtain Raising Bouts:
75 Bill Batten, PAL, vs Jerry
Cutbirth, Talent.
70 Joe Bill Cowan, PAL, vs Les
lie Tycksen, Talent.
70 Keenan Smith, PAL, vs Ken
ny Kerrs. Talent.
60 Jimmy Jones, PAL, vs Danny
Grimes, Talent.
points and 17 rebounds, al
though he sat out part of the
game, was the big gun for
the Bulldogs. He fired 10
for 20 from the field and 10
for 13 from the free mark.
Three other players hit in
double figures for the Bull
dogs, Buzz Heard 14, Mel Gin
gerich 11 and Jerry Baer 10.
Dave Gardner had 12 and
Mickey Ring 10 for Prospect.
Talent had 34 to 14 advan
tage in rebounds, shot .456
from the field and had an .808
free toss average.
LINE-UPS:
41 Butte Falls
F 6 D. Smith
F 14 Conlev
C Abbott
G 2 Cavin
Jacksonville 39
Winningham 2
E. Smith 8
Do well 11
Davis 2
G 19 Irwin
Perreard 14
Jacksonville
substitution Whit-
ney 2.
73 Talent Prospect 33
F 11 Gingerich Davidson 3
F 6 Welburn Wheeler 2
C 30 Combs D. Gardner 12
G 14 Heard Ring 10
G 10 Baer scaite s
Substitutions For Talent. Con
ner. Lilja, Toll, Walls 2. Snyder,
Butler; for Prospect, Grieves 1,
Jantzer.
Big Y Five
Rambles On
Big Y Market continued its
undefeated status in the Med
ford Independent Basketball
league last night by crushing
Hawkinson Tire Tread 83 to
50. '
Eagle Point pulled into
fourth place in the loop with
a lopsided triumph over
Headquarters Company of the
National Guard. Exact score
was not revealed.
On Monday Myron Root
company held off its nearest
challenger for second posi
tion with a 55 to 53 nod over
Company A of the National
Guard. Eagle Point downed
Standard Stations 65 to 30.
Ron Van Dolah spurred
Big Y with 22 points while
Wheeler had 17 for Hawkin
sons. LINE-UPS:
83 Big Y
F 22 Van Dolan .
F 10 Helm
C 6 Newton
Hawkinson'f 50
F. Johnson 2
D. Wheeler 17
- Clark 6
G 10 Bates
, Thompson 5
G 13 Johnson McCay 8
Substitutions For Big Y, D. Spi
nas 9, Mod. Jimenez 6. Mo. Jimenez
7. McGill: for Hawkinson's. Young
3. Harris 4, D. Johnson 4.
1957 Coach
Prize Goes
To Woody
' Philadelphia (IP) Vice
President Richard M. Nixwn
was guest speaker at a lunch
eon today at which the
Scripps - Howard newspapers
presented a coach of the year
award to Wayne Woodrow
(Woody) Hayes, of Ohio State.
The presentation to Hayes,
who engineered Ohio State to
a 10-7 victory over Oregon
Mate in the Rose Bowl on
New Year's day, was made by
Jack Howard, president of the
newspaper group.
The luncheon was SDonsor-
ed jointly by the SeriDDs-
Howard DaDers and the Am-
erican Football Coaches as
sociation meeting here in con
nection with the 52nd annual
convention of the National
Collegiate Athletic associa
tion.
Coach (Bud) Wilkinson nf
Oklahoma succeeded Leftv
James of Cornell as president
of the RAFCA at the func
tion. A reDort to the. NCAA hv
the committee on infractions
said that member schools and
coaches appear to be cooper
ating to a higher degree with
NCAA regulations and en
forcements. The committee', headed by
A. D. Kurland, faculty repre
sentative at the University of
Kentucky, felt it "significant"
that the past summer was the
"quietest" since the inaugur
ation of the present NCAA
enforcement program s i x
years ago.
"By quieted, I mean that
there were fewer complaints
of alleged violajions filed with
our committee . . . and those
complaints ... for the most
part, alleged less critical vio
lations," Kurland said.
The committee said it be
lieves that penalties to be im
posed for violations should
have a "bite" to them since
experience has shown that
modest penalties are not ef
fective deterrents.
Locked-in Driver
Causes Traffic Jam
Philadelphia (IP) Horn
honking autos were in a mile
long traffic jam Tuesday
night before someone got out
and investigated the empty
car at the head of the line.
The driver had crawled into
the car trunk for his tire
chains and the door had
closed, locking him in.
There were 42 keys on the
chain in the car's front seat.
The 38th one got him out.
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