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lornaao BasKetoaii rractices
Finally Get Into Full Swing
Coach Frank Roelandt can
now report that Medford
High school basketball prac
tice Is in full swing.
With football season com
pleted, around a dozen grid-
ders have made a quick switch
to maplecourt togs and the
list of lettermen now out for
the hoop sport has grown
from one to six. Another let-
terman will report to the
squad next week and another
when he has recuperated from
an ankle Injury.
Monogram men who switch
ed from football to basketball
this week are Lowell Dean,
all - conference hoopman last
season, Jerry Anderson, Don
Peek, John Harvey and Pete
Rasmussen. John Frohnmayer,
cast in the high school stage
production, "Brigadoon," is to
turnout on the cage court on
Monday. Calvin Dean is the
athlete whose appearance has
been delayed by a football in
Jury Until this week, Jerry
Shults was the only basketball
letterman out for drills.
Transition
Others who have made the
transition from football and
are cage candidates are Ken
Durkee, George Ice, Ray
Konopasek, Bob Quinney,
Dick Ragsdale, Booth Deak
ins and Bert Lindeman. The
18 man squad with whom
Roelandt is now working also
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Allen, Ken Jensen, Henry
, Olson and Tom Manley who
I turned out earlier.
Roelandt says he has his
quad working twice as fast
as usual for this stage of
preparation as the Black Tor-
1 nado aims for its pre-coruer
Ience warn. ups and season
openers here Friday, Dec. 12,
aeainst Marshfield and Sat-
1 urday, Dec. 13, against North
IBend. "We're trying to get
linto shape." Roelandt de
clared. Workouts include a
lot of running and condition
ing drills.
The mentor reported that
9ie has taken no measure
fcients of his players but that
the tallest players include
Lowell Dean and Anderson,
round 6-3, and Rasmussen,
Shults and Quinney, around
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Wally Moon was traded to
the Los Angeles Dodgers lor
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let agreed to return to base
ball as the Cardinals' pitching
coach.
Moon, the National league's
rookie of the year in 19o4,
batted only .238 in 108 games
for the Cardinals last season
Clmoli wasn't much better at
the plate, hitting .246 in 109
games.
Paine To Spokane
As part of the deal, the Car
dinals turned over Phil Paine,
a pitcher on their Omaha
farm club, to the Dodgers. Be
cause the Dodgers have no
room on their 40-man roster
for Paine, they assigned the
former Milwaukee Braves'
pitcher to Spokane of the Pa
cific Coast league.
Pollet, named to replace Al
Hollingsworth on the Cardi
nals coaching staff, broke in
with St. Louis in 1941 and re
mained with them for 10
years. He later pitched with
the Pittsburgh Pirates and
Chicago Cubs before ending
his active career in 1956. He
has been in the insurance
business for the past two
years.
UO Awaits
Miami Tilt
Miami - (UPD - Many Oregon
football players were expect
ed to take advantage of swim
ming facilities at Miami Beach
today as 75-degree weather
greeted the team on its arrival
for Saturday's nationally-televised
football game against
Miami university.
Coach Len Casanova sched
uled only a limbering up drill
for his 35-man team today.
Injured halfback Charlie
Tourville made the trip but
it was doubtful if he could
see more than a few minutes j
of action.
Game time for the contest
is 1:30 p.m. (est)-10:30 ajn.
(pst) Saturday.
Miami has a 1-8 record and
Oregon a 4-5 mark.
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Los Angeles -fljPD- An All-
Pacific Coast conference team
chosen by the coaches them
selves showed no regard for
the final outcome of the
league as Oregon, with a so-so
record, placed three men on
the first team.
Quarterback Joe Kapp, who
led California to the Pacific
Coast Conference champion
ship, and Oregon State tackle
SPORTSCASTS
KYJC-Friday and Satur
day, 8 p.m., Crater-Rose-burg
High basketball; Sat
urday, 10:15 p.m., Oregon
Miami university football.
KBES-TV-Friday, 7 p.m.,
Virgil Akins-Don Jordan
boxing; Saturday, 10:15
p.m.. Oregon-Miami foot
ball; Saturday, 1:30 p.m..
Colls -Rams pro football;
Sunday, 12:45 p.m., Med-ford-Jefferson
High foot
ball films; Sunday, 1:30
p.m., Packeri-Forly Niners
pro football.
KOTI-TV-Same as KBES
except not showing Med-ford-Jefferson
films.
KMED - Friday, 7 p.m.,
Akins-Jordan boxing.
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Go on Road
Grants Pass - Basketball
season opens on the road for
Grants Pass High school play
ers. The Cavemen vie at Yreka,
Calif., on Friday and at Weed,
Calif., on Saturday.
Coach Gordon Prehm may
open Friday with Rick Sabin
and Rex Benner, forwards:
John Fox, center, and Dick
Hayes and Mike Leonard, i
guards. Others on the varsity !
traveling crew will be Marv
Chandler, Ron Erickson, Lar
ry Janssen, Rog Burton, Dave
Mannan, Jim Purkett and
Darrell Deeters.
The ' Cavemen this week
will be without the services
of Jerry Putnam and Johnnie
Olson who returned to the
squad Monday after two
weeks absence.
Silky Sullivan Comeback
Marked by Typical Finish
San Bruno, Calif .-(UPD-Silky
Sullivan came back Thursday.
Silky, out of action since
July 1 with feet and neck in
juries, returned to the racing
wars and came from 12
lengths of the pace with one
of his typical "heart attack"
finishes to win the featured
event at Tanforan. .
Silky , didn't beat much
but his time of 1:10 3-5 was
the second fastest of the meet
ing. "I wasn't sure he could
win," said trainer Reggie Cor
nell after the victory, "but he
looked real good. Looks like
he's completely recovered
from his sore legs and his
throat trouble.
"We would like to rim him
again here before this meet
ing closes, but if we can't find
a spot for him, we'll send him
to the post at Santa Anita.'.
Probably no horse since
Man O' War created such a
sensation as did Silky Sulli
van when he was winning
races last spring after being
as much as 40 lengths off the
pace. During a remarkable
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Ted Bates, a United Press In
ternation All-America, were
the only unanimous selec
tions. .
But Oregon led all teams in
the number of men picked
with three halfback Willie
West, guard Bob Grotthau and
center Bob Peterson.
The only sophomore hon
ored was Marlin McKeever,
Southern California's great
young end. Eight players
chosen were seniors.
Others on the first team
were: End Chris Burford,
Stanford; tackle Bill Leeka,
UCLA; guards Frank Fioren
tino, USC, and Jim Brackins,
Oregon State, who tied; and
backs Jack Hart. California,
and Charles Morrell, Washing-
ton state.
The Second Team
Ends: Bill Steiger, Washing
ton State, and Jim Steffen,
UCLA; tackles, Dan Ficca,
USC, and Jim Linden, Oregon,
and Troy Barbee, Stanford,
the latter two in a tie; guards,
Pete Domoto, California, and
Don Armstrong Washington;
center, Terry Jones, Cali
fornia, and Marv Nelson,
Washington State, tie; backs,
Bob Newman, Washington
State, Don Buford, Southern
Caliiornia, Ray Smith, UCLA,
and Clarence Nub Beamer,
Oregon State.
BASKETBALL
THURSDAY COLLEGE GAMES
(United Press International)
East
St. John's 73, Providence 55
Cincinnati 88, NYU 67
Boston College 72. Holy Cross 83
South
Winston-Salem 92, S. Car. St. 70
Mississippi St. 121, Union 78
Virginia Tech 85. Virginia 73
Furman 82, Presbyterian 68
Georgetown 93, Ky. Wesleyan 73
Georgie Tech 65. Baylor, 56
Tulane 88. Louisiana Colleee 72
West
Colo. Coll. 84, St. Joseph's 65
San Fran. St. 69. L. A. Harbor
64
Seattle 60, San Francisco 58
USF Frosh 52. Mt. San Antonio
41
St. Mary's Frosh 75, Oakland CC
68
Washington State 68, Gonzaga 67
Whitworth 73, Whitman 70
Bakersfleld Tourney
San Jose CC 54, San Francisco
CC 45
Los Angeles Valley 81, Bakers
field 58
San Francisco CC 69, L. A. Har
bor 64
Bakersfield 94. Taft 52
L. A. Valley 77, Modesto 64
San Jose 64, Fresno 57
stretch at Santa Anita he won
three out of four starts against
against some of the best three-year-olds
in the country in
cluding one $100,000 event.
Cornell then took Silky east
for the Kentucky Derby and
the Preakness. When he got
to Louisville he was getting
as many as 200 fan letters a
week, he had cheering sections
in the grandstands and was
the most photographed thor
oughbred in the land.
But he was a dismal flop in
the east. He finished 12th in
the ' Kentucky Derby and
eighth in the Preakness.
He came back to win a
cheap race at Hollywood Park,
but then was put to rest.
But Thursday he ran like
a colt. He was 12 lengths off
the pace at the half-way mark.
Then Jockey Donald Pierce
touched him once with his
whip and Silky was off and
running.
Tom Ross, former Medford
resident who has lumber in
terests here, is one of the own
ers of Silky Sullivan.
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GOOSE TATUM
Natural Flare for Comedy
Goose Ta turn Turned
To Basketball Late
In Sports Career
Goose Tatum, who brings
his Harlem Stars to Medford
next Tuesday night, has had
a fabulous career . in basket
ball after discovering late in
his athletic career that he was
a basketball player.
The Stars will go against
Hawkinson Tire of Medford
at Hedrick Junior high school
gym Tuesday, starting at 8
o'clock.
Sawmill Worker
Tatum was working in a
sawmill in the Ozarks and
playing sand-lot and semi-pro
baseball when, on a lark, he
took a whirl at basketball.
His long arms and big hands,
Schools Will
Start Saturday
Gym Programs
Medfod public schools' Sat
urday recreation program for
boys of school age in the dist
rict will open tomorrow with
ayy gymnasiums of the sys
tem open from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m.
Grade school gyms will of
fer informal competition in
basketball, volley ball and
other games. There will be
free play and basket shoot
ing. No junior or senior high
students are to be in the grade
gymns.
The junior high programs
will have basketball instruc
tion and intramural games.
There will be tumbling, vol
leyball and badminton and no
senior high school students
will be permitted.
At the senior high regular
ly scheduled games will start
on Jan- 10. Bean Benson will
set up the league. Only senior
high students are eligible. -
There are some exceptions
at the various gymns to the
10 ajn. to 2 p.m. schedule
with some occasional after
noon or morning closures.
The gymns will not be open
for the recreation programs
during the Christmas holidays
on Dec. 27 and Jan. 3. The
schedules are set up through
March 14.
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plus his speed and a "dead
eye" developed in hitting
baseballs, made him a natural
for the cage sport.
It wasn't long before fans
came from considerable dis
tance to see the flash of the
Ozarks and gyms were sure to
be filled when Tatum was in
a game.
Being a natural "cut-up,"
he carried his love of fun onto
the basketball floor and found
that he drew the pleasure of
the fans with his antics. Then
he adapted a stunt he had
seen in a circus to the game
and his career was on its way.
Signed by Trotters
It was in a game in the
Ozarks that Abe Saperstein
saw the big Negro and
promptly signed him for the
Harlem Globetrotters. Tatum
was a mainstay for the famed
Trotters for many years and
five years ago left the Saper
stein outfit to branch out on
his own. Since then he has
taken his Harlem Stars to the
far corners of the world
where they have continuously
drawn capacity crowds.
Tatum has teamed with
another natural comic, Sweet
water Clifton, to provideome
of the best gags and hilarity
ever seen on a basketball
floor.
Tickets may be obtained at
Lamport's sporting goods
store, 226 East Main St., in
Medford.
Dan Murtaugh
In Auto Wreck
Chester, Pa. (OPD Danny
Murtaugh, manager of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, suffered
slight injuries early today in
an automobile - taxi collision
at an intersection here.
The peppery 41-year-old
Murtaugh suffered bruises of
the head and right knee. He
was released after treatment
at Chester hospital.
Murtaugh was en route to
his home in Woodlyn, Pa.,
when the taxi in which he
was riding was spun around
and slammed into two parked
cars in the collision.
"The Farmers Store Since 1884"
25 South Riverside Medford, Oregon
Robertson
Shines for
Cincinnati
United Press International
Bad back and all, Oscar
Robertson still is an All-Amer-can.
Thie 6-foot-5 University of
Cincinnati star, who led the
nation's major college scorers
last season with a 35.1 per
game average, tossed in 45
points Thursday night despite
a painful pulled muscle in his
back to lead the Bearcats to
an easy 88-67 victory over
New York university.
Hardly anyone in the crowd
of 12,000 that turned out for
the first college basketball
program of the season at Mad
ison Square Garden was
aware of the fact, but Rob
ertson almost didn't play. And
how he stood up under a se
vere battering by NYUs more
rugged rear guards even was
a mystery to Cincinnati Coach
George Smith.
"Up until just before the
game started, I wasn't sure if
Oscar would be able to play,"
Smith explained in the dress
ing room after the Bearcats
had gained their second win
in as many starts this season.
"He pulled a muscle while
working out in the afternoon,
and from the way it way both
ering him, we weren't even
going to let him leave the
hotel."
Apply Ice Packs
Ice packs were applied and
Robertson insisted, that he
would like "to give it a
whirl," Smith said, "so who
was I to stop him?"
And what a "whirl" he gave
it.. Oscar scored his team's
first eight points and wound
up the first half with 16 to
earn Cincinnati a 33-33 tie.
Once the second half got un
derway, so did Robertson. Al
though he fell 11 points short
of the Madison Square Gar
den record of 56, which he
set himself against Seton Hall
last season, Robertson man
aged to drive the NYU de
fense silly.
He scored on layups, tap
ins, sets from the side and
driving one-handers. He even
hit once while almost flat on
his back after being jarred
by a defender, and the Gar
den, which was inaugurating
its 25th season of collegiate
basketball, rang with the
cheers of an appreciative
crowd.
St. John's of New York
opened the doubleheader with
an easy 73 - 55 victory over
Providence, with Tony Jack
son and Al Seiden scoring 48
of the points between them.
St. John's led by only six
by "Chuck" Batten
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of the thoroughbred Owners
Association Thursday night.
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Upland Bird
Appears Best
PortlandPreliminary tabu
lations indicate the upland
game bird season recently
completed to be the best in
years, with some areas pro
ducing almost double the take
of last year, the Oregon game
commission said today.
As indicated in earlier news
releases, the hot spots proved
to be in Malheur and Umatilla
counties where upland bird
hunters found almost fabulous
gunning. In Malheur county
alone, figures obtained from
field checks and locker plant
reports show the take of up
land birds to be at least dou
ble the take of last year.
Excellent reports are also
being received from all up
land bird areas of the state,
with most gunners expressing
complete satisfaction on the
season just past.
But the game commisslr
is taking little credit for the
record. Director Phil Schnei
der explains this attitude "not
on the basis of undue modesty
but on the basis of hard-headed
biological facts."
Nature Responsible
Schneider said that all hunt
ers should .realize that nature
is responsible to a large de
gree for a good hunting season
on such species as the pheas
ant with its high productivity
capacities and short life span.
An assist can be given by pro
viding the proper habitat, but
it is entirely possible to have
a poor season next year
should weather conditions
and other factors be unsatis
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"With game species having:
longer lives and only one or
two young per year, such as
deer, management operates on
a long-range basis, and by reg
ulating harvest and other
means, we can maintain cta
bility or obtain gradual and
orderly increases or decreases
as needed. But not with up
land birds."
For these reasons, Schnei
der emphasized, we are pleas
ed when hunters express sat
isfaction, but the fact that up
land bird gunning this year
was better than average is not
related entirely to what the
game commission did or did
not do any more than when a
poor year comes. And poor
years will come since weather
and nesting success are the
deciding factors.
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