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Demands off Players Stir Up Dre off Pro IBasebalO Leaders By MILTON RICHMAN Washington -TCPD- Multi-millionaire Tom Yawkey has threatened to pull out of base ball because of major league player demands while equally angry International league of ficials said today they will op erate "with or without" their players if they go out on strike. Yawkey, who has poured many of his millions into the Boston Red Sox, was only one of numerous major and minor league officials to express shocked indignance over the increasing number of requests for more money by players of every stripe. "There are three courses open to me," said Yawkey, after major league players asked for a revolutionary profit-sharing plan that would give them 20 per cent of club's gross income from all sources. "I can sit down and do nothing. I can fight back. Or, I can withdraw from baseball, What course I am going to take I don't know. No one is going to force me to do any thing. They never have before and they never will. ' Bavazi Voices Anger General Manager Buzzy Bavasi of the Los Angeles Dodgers was another who voiced his anger. "The players' latest demand just doesn't make sense," he snapped. "The average player salary on the Dodgers 10 years ago was $9,000. Today the av erage is $18,000. How can they possibly say we're paying Experts Figure Huskies Best Hoop Quint of PCC By ORVILLE BOYINGTON Seattle -&?D University of Washington basketball coach Tippy Dye hopes his Huskies will live up to the nice things said about them in the Pacific Coast conference this season Washington, figured by the experts to be the best of the lot in the PCC. will once again have its one-two punch of 6-9 Bruno Boin and 6-7 Doug Smart and will no long er be burdened by NCAA bans. Smart, an All-coast pick last season and mentioned in All America previews this season, carried the load "alone last year after Dye elected to let Boin sit out a year due to NCAA restrictions on tourna ment play. The arrangement didn't interfere-with the hook- shooting Boin's five-year math course, so he turned to AAU ball for a year. Poor Season Although Smart scored slightly more than 20 points a game and used his 220 pounds to good advantage on rebounds, Washington fin- Bosox Get Vic Wertz In Trade Washington- (DPI) - The; Bos ton Red Sox and the Cleve land Indians have turned the current baseball meetings into a trading mart. Both American league teams completed two separate deals Tuesday and the San ' Francisco Giants are expect ed to get into the act today when they attempt to close a deal with the Cincinnati Red legs. The Giants are after second baseman . Johnny Temple of the Redlegs and may have to surrender three players to get him, including first baseman Bill White. The Red Sox completed their two transactions within the space of an hour late Tues day night. They obtained first baseman Vic Wertz and pitch er-outfielder Gary 'Geiger from the Indians for outfield jr Jim Piersall and peddled catcher Lou Berberet to the Detroit Tigers for right-hand' ed pitcher Herb Moford. The Indians, in addition to their trade with the Red Sox, also sent second baseman Bobby Avila to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Russ He- man. ' All the trades were straight player deals with no cash involved. ished seventh in conference play with 5 wins and 11 losses. However, the pre -season dopesters predict it will be different this time around Boin, a 215-pound senior and All-Coast as a sophomore, is expected to take the pressure of Smart and add some 20 points a game to Washington's scoring figures. Dye s twin towers are scheduled to get some help on the front line from Earl Ir vine, a 6-4 junior who showed promise last season, and Al Murphy, another 6-4 scrapper who scores and rebounds ade quately But despite pre - season plaudits, the picture is not all bright for the mild-mannered Husky coach. His guard situa tion is admittedly sagging. Plenty Of Help He has plenty of candidates to choose from but needs to come up with a pair of de pendable outside scorers. Lou Coaston, a scrappy ball hawk and George Grant, another veteran, are tabbed as best bets for the starting roles. However, Dye may call on sophomore Cliff Names and Ernie Wheeler for consider able duty. Don Dorland; an other veteran, is also a pros pect for a starter spot as is Murphy who saw some guard action last year. If Dye can straighten out this problem his Huskies should live up to expectations. They will get their first test this Friday against Colorado at Boulder, Colo., and open their PCC slate Jan. 2 at Se attle against California. Jury Selected for Trial at Tillamook i Tillamook-UPD-A jury was sworn in late Tuesday to hear the- second degree murder trial of Lelani Batke, 21, Til lamook, charged in the death of a new-born child. The trial opened Monday in the court of Circuit Judge Jack Bohannan. The dead infant was found in some bushes in downtown Tillamook last summer. Miss Batke was indicted by a Til lamook county grand jury in September. Freighter Damaged; Heads for Japan Shiogama, Japan- (UPD -The American freighter Green Mountain State reported a crack in its No. 4 hold today, but it was heading for Ku shiro in northern Japan under its own power. The Green Mountain State, a cargo ship with a crew of 48, left Everett, Wash., Nov. 19. It reported it developed a gigantic leak in rough seas 341 miles south southwest of Cape Lepatka near Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. Coast- guard headquarters here sent a patrol boat to the ' freighter's aid, .but recalled the rescue vessel when the Green Mountain State radioed it was in no danger. Nyssa Woman Dies As Result of Wreck Hailey, Idaho (UPD Mrs. Alma Ditty, 72, of Nyssa, Ore., died in the Hailey hospi tal today of injuries suffered in an automobile accident just south of Carey Tuesday night. MISSING CLUE Poultney, Vt. UPD Wonder ing why his newly organized department had been receiv ing so few calls. Poultney po lice chief William Durfey. found that its number wasn't in the telephone directory yet. Injunction Sought In Ship Picketing Portland (UPD Fianza Cia. Nav. S.A., the Panama, com pany that owns the Capetan Yemelos, filed for a Federal Court injunction Tuesday to halt picketing of its ship. The Capetan is one of three ships in Portland picketed in a world-wide four-day boycott of ships flying "flags of con venience." 1 U. S. District Judge" Wil liam East set today for a hearing. WHITTLING CLUB Nashville, Tenn. - (UPD-A group of 25 elderly men or ganized the Bellevue Whit tling Club here. They mee every Saturday to whittle and "tell tell tales." -. - them less now than we were 10 years ago?" George Weiss, the major domo of the wealthy New York Yankees, wasn't partic ularly happy either although he said his club would wait until the next American league meeting Thursday to answer the players. , Angriest of all, perhaps, was International league Pres ident Frank J. Shaughnessy, whose players bluntly told him they will not play next year unless the league puts up $257,000 for the establishment of a pension fund. "They Know Consequences' "If the players decide not to play, they know the conse quences under baseball rules," Shaughnessy said, implying that the players would be ruled ineligible to play in any other professional circuit. "We're simply not able to meet their demands and their threat, doesn't frighten me a particle. We'll operate with or without them, and I don't care what they say." J. Norman Lewis and James Durante, attorneys for the players, insisted they meant business. Ed LeBaron Plans One More Year By BOB SERLING Washington -(UPD- Eddie LaBaron, one of the greatest ball-handlers in the history of the National Football league, will retire after the 1959 season, he : told United Press International today. LeBaron said he definitely had decided to quit profes sional football after his cur rent two-year contract with the Washington Redskins ex pires. The NFL's smallest quarter back and most bewildering current faker will graduate from George Wshington uni versity law school neSct year. "I've received several good offers to go with law firms," i Eddie said. "Ill play one more year and then will go into some kind of legal work." Fun Is Gone The 28-year-old little gen eral said he has enjoyed play ing with the "Redskins but added somewhat sadly: "Frankly it's become drudg ery instead of fun. I love to play on Sunday but I dread the practice sessions all week. It's hard to concentrate on football when you're also going to law school." LeBaron said he hoped the Redskins would win a title in his last year of football. "It would be the best way to bow out," he said. "I thought we had a chance this year but I wasn't too sur prised when we were elimin ated. Too many injuries and too many green men in key positions." Eddie revealed something of which even his teammates were not aware he loves to play defense. Loves To Tackle "I'm not kidding," he laugh ed. "I love to make tackles. At College of Pacific, I made several all-star teams as a de fensive back instead of quar terback, and the Forty Niners actually were going to draft me as a defensive back. "You know what gave me the biggest kick in the Cleve land Browns' game Sunday?" he continued. "It was in the last few seconds of the game when Junior Wren intercept ed a pass and I nailed him just when he broke into the clear." That was a remarkable statement in view of the fact that offensively, LeBaron played a brilliant game at quarterback and was faking the Browns off their cleats all day. San Francisco -(UPD Calu met Farm's Tim Tarn and Mrs. C. Ulrick Bay's Idun were named champion three-year-olds of 1958 today by the se lection board of the Thorough bred Racing associations. D.D.D. Jv (Delayed DeSoto Display) 4 BLESS DESOTO ik for building cars that !et C you step out like a lady 25 DEC. 5th .M HER REAL NAME ft)W iwy REALIZE THAT THE HEUOtC MARy HAY5 WHO, AT THE BATTLE OF WONMOJTH (JUNE 26! W), LOAOED SOUS TSNDHJ THE WOUNDED, ANO WHO SPRANS TO REPLACE HBt WOUNDED HUSBAND-IS KNOWN TO US AS "HOLLY PTTCHfF? BECAUSE SHE CARRIED PfTCHERS OP WATER TO . THE MOUNDED SOLDIERS. f Ym i V -i " SAVINGS BOWT"!6" s I STICKY FACT The first stamps mtk RftSTE ON THE BACK WERE ISSUED W IBVT. THE WERE A St FRANKLIN, ANO A 10 WASHINGTON -COME ON IN. JOIN A CLUB pTTH 8,000,000 OTHER JWEMBER5 THEY'RE THE SMART AMERICANS WHO HAVE JOINED THE PAYROLL SAVINGS PLAN WHERE THEY ARE EMPLOYED U.S. SAVINGS BONOS ARE tOUR KEY TO THE FUTURE.' MedfordTribune SLPdDLTSTrS I2I-5& IS "AJATIVE" TO Most U.S. sports were the out growth of games placed in other parte of the world. Basketball, originated by JamesA.NaismHh In 1891, is the only sport which had no roots in other game, tt spread from the U.S. and is now international '-r cope. TOP THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a signed, wallet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, co this paper. Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. A McClai H..po. ydklt ftr OSC Student Suspended For Taking Cop's Cap Corvallis (UPD An Oregon State College senior who snatched a policeman's cap during the Homecoming week noise parade Nov. 21 was sus pended from school Tuesday, President A. L Strand's office announced. William Stronge, 21-year-old engineering student from Des Plaines, 111., allegedly tossed the cap on one of the floats in the parade. It was not recovered. The officer was directing traffic at the time. Kalapus Scores 30 For Pacific United Press International - Northwest conference bas ketball teams took a beating Tuesday night in non-confer ence action as the collegiate season got going with several games. Willamette, loser to Gon- zaga Monday night dropped its second straight, an 85-79 decision to Whitworth at Spo kane. Marlin Marsh hit 18 points for Willamette. Pacific and Linfield both dropped overtime games Portland State edged Pacific 69-68 at Forest Grove, pulling away in the extra session and then holding off a late Pacific drive. Jerry Kalapus of Paci fic led the scoring with 30 points. It was 62 all at the end of regular playingtime. Lutherans Win . Pacific Lutheran downed Linfield 81-72 after the two teams were tied at . 68-all Roger Iverson had 22 points for the Lutes while Jackie Ri ley hit 18 for Linfield. Another Northwest Confer ence team, Whitman, dropped a 50-38 decision to Eastern Oregon. Washington State opened its season with a 64-54 win over Eastern Washington, and Seattle U. walloped College of Pacific 91-53. University of (Portland meets Brigham foung in Frtland tonight. . BITTER TEA Nashville, Tenn.-ttJPD- Hav ing trouble keeping awake at one of his wife's dinner par ties, John Ford realizedthat instead of saccharin he'd dropped two- sleeping tablets into his tea. . Out Front for the Holidays Your Key to gracious LIVING and ' gracious GIVING ... memorable OuFimmiB Always Bottled-in-Bond in New . HOSPITALITY DECANTER ONLY 8 YEAR OLD BOTTLED-IN-BOND JN OREGON fit. 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Jerry West, a 6-foot, 3-inch All-America candidate, spark ed West Virginia with 19 points. The Mountaineers en countered stubborn opposi tion from VMI and didn't break away from a 70-70 tie until the final three minutes. Chuck Cotton scored 30 points for VMI but they weren't enough to stop West Virginia MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Or., Wednesdiy, December S, 19SS 1) from chalking up its 38th con secutive Southern conference triumph. , Second Straight It was. the second straight close game for West Virginia, which beat Furman by nine points on Monday night. The Mountaineers were rated the No. 1 team in the country by the United Press International Board of Coaches last season. 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