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Giants Gain Tie For Eastern Pro Grid Toga: Plav-Offff Set FINAL STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Eastern Division WIT Pet. PF PA Cleveland 9 3 0 .750 302 31 New York 9 3 0 .750 246 183 Pittsburgh 7 4 1 .636 261 230 Washington . . 4 7 1 .364 214 268 Chicago Cards .. 2 9 1 .182 261 356 Philadelphia .... 2 9 1 .182 235 306 Western Division WLT Pet. PF PA .750 381 203 Baltimore .... 9 3 0 8 4 0 8 4 0 6 6 0 4 7 1 110 1 Los Angeles Chicago Bears San Francisco Detroit Green Bay .667 344 27i .667 298 230 .500 257 324 .364 261 276 .091 193 382 Sunday's Results At Chicago Bears 21. Detroit 18 At New York 13. Cleveland 10 At Washington 20. Philadelphia At San Fran. 21. Baltimore 12 At Los Angeles 34. Green Bay 20 United Press International The New York Giants, busy proving you can go a long way with spirit, strong de fense and a crippled kicker, are slim, 11-10 choices to de feat the Cleveland Browns next Sunday in a play-off for the National Football league's Eastern division title at Yan kee Stadium. Pat Summerall, who hadn' kicked all last week because of an injured right leg, boot ed a 49-yard field goal with only 2:17 to go, Sunday on the same field. That kick twirling true through falling First Baptist Church Winner First Baptist overpowered the Methodists 64 to 13 Satur day night in a Men's YMCA Church league basketball game at the Medford Y. W, Zimmers was high scorer for the Baptists with 20 points Dave Doran had six for the Medfordites. TRAINER STRICKEN Corvallis - (LTD - Lester L (Doc) Needham, 50, Univer- stiy of Wichita athletic train er was in critical condition in a hospital here today from stroke suffered during the Oregon State-Wichita basket- " ball game Saturday night. Needham's wife, Freida, was en route from Wichita, Kan., and expected to be here some time today. Ralph Miller, coach of the Wichita club. said he would stay here until Needham's wife arrives. Y" BUILDING DEDICATED Portland (UPD Portland's new $1,277,000 YWCA build ing was formally dedicated on Sunday. t Wisconsin is a leading mink skin producer. A total of about 2.7 million are marketed year ly in the U. S. 1 ". ( hi CHI Tircstonc STORES 214 South Riverside Ave. Phone SP 2-7119 la snow, provided a 13-10 vic tory over the Browns and forced a playoff game for Eastern honors and the right to entertain the Baltimore Colts in the NFL champion ship game Dec 28. The two rivals are rated so even that oddsmakers tabbed the Giants 11-10 favorites in ALL THROUGH FranMe Albert (right) has announced his resignation as coach of San Francisco's 49ers. Here he is shown with the football team's owner, Vic Morabito, at a press conference in San Francisco, called to an nounce the resignation. Albert said he is through with coaching, but will remain in the Bay Area and seek other work. 1 Oregon Staters Record 72-55 Basketball Victory Corvallis -(UPD Amory T. (Slats) Gill, known to experi ment in pre-league games, was back on top today and has served notice that his Oregon State club can't be counted out of the coming Pacific Coast conference race. Oregon-State topped a tall Wichita club Saturday night, 72-55, and had to break a Bend Clips Eagle Point Bend The high-powered Bend high Lava Bears, hit- tin 45 per cent of their shots from the field and outshooting the Eagles 17 to five at the gift line, downed Eagle Point 53 to 29 in a basketball ruck us here Saturday evening. Bill Turner of the Eagles, however, was high scorer in the scrap with 20 while Con nolly had 12 for the Bears. Leads by quarters for Bend were 13 to 2, 22 to 10 and 30 to 19. Eagle Point" could put in only 20 per cent of its field tries. LINE-UPS: S3 Bend ', T 8 G. Hawet F 9 M. Riley . C 1 Kribs G 12 Connolly . G 7 Flanary Substitutions 7. Clark 2. Van 2. Ji. Ward 2. T, Eagle Point 29 Huffman Turner 20 Hubbard 6 ,, ,, Charters Smith 1 -For Bend. Je. Ward Vitert 2, D. Hawes . Riley 1: for Eagle Point. Nease 2, Greenwood. w&tnon,f . .... Sft the "early line" for next Sun day. Other scores Sunday in cluded Washington 20, Phila delphia 0; Chicago Bears 21, Detroit 16; Los Angeles 34, Green Bay 20, and San Fran cisco 21, Baltimore 12. On Saturday Pittsburgh downed the Chicago Cards 38-21. tough zone defense to do it. Gill used only eight men and all came through for him with points. The win evened Oregon State's record at 3-3. Beavers Lead Distance Oregon State led all the way although by riot more than seven points in the first half. Wichita's zone defense slowed the Beavers down and Oregon State led only 30-25 at halftime. Lee Harman,- a 6-0 senior, helped break the zone in the second half as he worked un derneath the basket. He pass ed off to OSC's big Gary Goble who dropped "in easy buckets. Goble scored 17 points fol lowed by Jim Anderson with 15. Harman scored 12. Wichita FG Gales 3 Tate 7 Urban 1 Brady 3 Rosdeltcher 2 Heller 3 Mallot 2 Glascock 0 Hayden 1 Casidy 0 . ' ' ' ' FT PF TP 2-5 3 8 4-9 2 18 0-1 3 2 0-0. 5 6 0-0' O 4 2-2 2 8 2- 2 0 6 0- 0 1 0 1- 2 0 3 0-0 0 0 11-21 IS 55 FT PF TP 0- 0 5 6 1- 1 3 5 3- 4 1 17 4- 5 4 12 5- 7 1 13 1- 2 2 7 2- 2 0 8 0-0 0 2 16-21 18 72 Totals 22 Oregon State FG . 3 . 2 . 7 Flynn Johnson Goble Harman i J. Anderson Woodland K. Anderson -Critser 4 3 3 3 1 Totals , ..27 Halftime: Oregon State 30, Wichi ta 25." I CONCRETE C? SP 2-5271 248 East McAndrews Road Baltimore Leads Pro Selections St. Louis -UPD- The Balti more Colts dominated the all star selections announced to day by the Sporting News for the National Football league. The Colts placed eight play ers on offense and defense platoons of the Western di vision of the pro football cir cuit. Baltimore q u a r t e rback Johnny Unitas was named the signal caller of the Western division and Bobby Layne of the Pittsburgh Steelers was chosen quarterback of the Eastern division. The Cleveland Browns and New York Giants had six po sitions apiece and the Los An geles Rams placed five men. The Chicago Bears, the Steel ers and Washington Redskins came up with three each. The Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions, San Francisco Forty Niners and Green Bay Packers had two apiece. The East team backfield consisted of Layne, Ollie Mat- son of the Cardinals, Frank Gifford of the Giants, and Jimmy Brown of the Browns. With Unitas for the West were Jon Arnett of the Rams and Lenny Moore of the Colts, plus fullback Joe Per ry of the Forty Niners. - Coaches, scouts, writers and officials in the two sec tions were consulted by the Sporting News m compila tion of the teams. Offensive line selections on the West team included Bob St. Clair of the Forty Niners at tackle, Del Shofner of the Rams at end, and Duane Put nam of the Rams at guard. Rams chosen for the de fensive team were linebacker Les Richter, and back Will Sherman. Rejection of Soviet Ultimatum On Berlin Made Paris -(UPD A tough Allied stand on West Berlin and re jection of a Communist ulti matum to quit the city or face possible war gave renewed hope today to West Germany that East-West talks' may yet reunite the divided country. The American, British and French foreign ministers met Sunday with the West Ger man foreign minister and is sued a communique reaffirm ing their intention to remain in West Berlin and to have free access to the city -ad vance rejection of any block ade attempt. Week of Meetings The Sunday talks began a week of important NATO meetings. Most important of these is the three-day session of the NATO council opening Tuesday. Today there was a series of lesser meetings in cluding U. S.-Canadian de fense talks. The four ministers did not reply formally to Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev's Thanksgiving day note de manding that West Berlin be turned into a "free city" with all Allied troops withdrawn. But they stated their position in words so clear there could be no doubt of their firm in tentions. The four foreign ministers will meet Tuesday with the entire NATO council of min isters to discuss a reply to Khrushchev. . Flame Ceramics Gives Lift To Golfers Chicago - (UPD - Flame ceramics, a process used to protect metals In jet and docket engines, is being di verted to the fairways to give a lift to the nation's golfers. The first set of flame ceramic' golf irons (marketed by MacGregor was introduced to the golfing world this month. . . - The manufacturer said tests have shown that ceramic coat ed irons have exceptional wearability and a solid "feel" that helps to improve control. The irons are black-faced and banded by chrome, which the maker said makes it easier for the golfer to frame a ball and line up shots. " . Threat of Revolt In Iraq Voiced London - (UPD - Reports to day from Baghdad said there was imminent danger of a Communist-led revolt which might place Iraq, in the Sov iet camp and bring the Middle East to crisis point again. William C. Rountree, assist ant U. S. secretary of state, leaves Cairo today for Bagh dad. Cairo reports said Iraqi Communists were organizing major demonstrations against him. Horses in the world have declined 22 per cent since 1940. r "X 1 (rs ? (cki Jb Aims CONGRATULATING EACH OTHER, these world's championship bowlers grin over trophies, cash awards. Ed Lubanski, Detroit, won men's Individual Match Game Bowl ing crown and $5,000; Charlotte Grubic, Steelton, Pa., took women's crown and $2,500. SPORTS ALL-STAR COACH - Fred Spiegelberg, above, Medford high football coach, will go to Portland on Jan. 10 to at tend the meeting for selection of the State All-star Football squad which will meet the Mertopolitan team next Au gust in the Shrine game at Portland. Spiegelberg's Black Tornado was runner-up this fall for the state A-l mantle Letters have gone out to 128 coaches of A-l and A-2 schools asking for their nom inations for the two squads of players. Tom DeSylvia, coach of state champ Jefferson, will be head tutor of the Me tro team. Long Grass Said To Encourage Mold Minneapolis - (UPD - A Uni versity of Minnesota horticul turist has some tips for bring ing your flowers and lawn through the winter in fine shape. C. G. Hard said that if grass is left to grow too long it will encourage snow mold in the spring. Therefore, he said, cut it until it stops growing. As for flowers, Hard said to bring in your geraniums, chrysanthemums and begonias before the first freeze. He sug gested replanting the geran iums indoors and storing other flower bulbs in a cool, dry place. Your roses still come through better if you mound them up with dirt to about a foot around the crown of the plant. Hard recommended spraying them with a fungi cide but not to water them. New Hampshire Has 'Unknown Soldier South Stoddard, N. H. -(UPD - New Hampshire has an "Un known Soldier" all its own. The young Union soldier of the Civil War rests in the Stevens family . lot in the South Stoddard village grave yard where he . was buried more than 90 years ago. There is no official recog nition of his grave other than the' regulation Army marker of the Civil War period an upright slab with "U. S. Soldier" inscribed in a me dallion. In 1864, a young man from this village, Henry H. Stev ens, enlisted in the Union Army. Three weeks later he died of illness at Ft. Schuyl er Military Hospital in New York. The body was returned here, but just before burial a second coffin bearing Stev ens' name arrived at the local railroad station. Both coffins were opened. The second con tained the body of Stevens. The occupant of the first cof fin never was identified. This body also was buried in the family lot. U. S. amateur photogra phers spend $400 million a year. GP, Riddle Independent Loop Winners; Tiremen Play Here This Evening Hawkinson Tire Tread tries for its second win in the new Southern Oregon Independ ent Basketball league this evening with an 8 p.m. fracas with Riddle at the St. Mary's gymnasium here. Grants Pass and Riddle tal lied week end loop victories with Butte Falls the victim in each case. Grants Pass with its super- Chiefs Better Prospect Fire Rogue River - Rogue Riv er high was a non-league bas ketball winner over Pros pect here Saturday night. Score was 40 to 33. Ron Laws and Jim Irwin each had 10 points for the Chieftains. Brisk Ticket Business Results in Arrest i Chicago-(UPD-The box office said it was a sell-out but Abe Nieder did a brisk business getting rid of tickets at $5 apiece to a recent profession al football game in Chicago. That is, business was brisk until- his customers realized the tickets were for games played in previous weeks. They had him arrested. Give the Great Bourbon of the Old West that's winning new friends everywhere An outstanding bourbon of noticeably fine quality no gift will be more ft, appreciated than Sunny Brook. The smoothness, the Kentucky taste1, the unusual character of Sunny Brook have made it a favorite for generations! Cfc THE OLD SUNNY BROOK CO, LOUISVILLE, KY, DISTRIBUTED BY NATIONAL ior height iand rebounding tipped the high mountain team 65 to 60 at Butte Falls on Saturday and Riddle won the Sunday fray on its home court 47 to 28. Butte -Falls was short-handed for the game because of the break down of one car carrying players. Bill Irwin had 16 points, Jim Irwin 15 and Darwin Moore 14 points for Butte Falls on Saturday. Reese had 15 and Heater 10 for GP. Moore topped point-getters at Riddle with 16. Betice was high for the home club with nine. Other games this week are Southern Oregon college jun ior varsity at Grants Pass on Wednesday and Hawkinson's at Grants Pass on Saturday. LINE-UPS: 65 Grants Pasi Butte Falls 60 F 9 Bertrand B. Irwin 16 F 13 Heater Brown 2 C 3 Dean Moore 14 G 15 Reese Abbott 9 G 10 Jacobson J. Irwin 16 Substitutions For Grants Pass. Robertson 12. Hayes 3: for Butte Falls. Menshaw 4, Owens, Edmond son 0. 47 Riddle Butte Falls 28 F 4 Hadley Dillard 6 Jones Edmondson 6 9 Betice Moore 16 6 Markum Owen 3 G 8 Cavaner Turk 1 Substitutions For Riddle, Levas seur 3. Montelone 2. Dietz 7. Rice 2. Hanson. Fisher; for Butte Falls. Sheppard. ii LL 1 C J,nn ,lU Mil ;,, SUecl K Lash is MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtihri, Oregon, Window Insulation Mechanicsburg, Pa.-fiJPD-In- ulating the windows of a house alone is like plugging a hole with a sieve, according to a manufacturer of Alumi num insulating windows and doors. It may help somewhat in re ducing heat loss, said Harold Waugh of the Capitol Prod ucts Corp., "but it is still very much like trying to plug a hole in a dike with a sieve." Waugh said complete insu- Service Restored In Eastern Oregon Pendleton (UPD Pacific Power and Light ComDanv here Sunday reported all sub scribers back in service after power lines fell under a heaw weight of ice Friday. Crews worked until early Sunday to get service restored in the towns of Helix. Athena and Weston and to ranches in between. Pacific Telephone renorted that 364 subscribers had serv ice restored on a temporary basis. - College Course Offered In Ice Cream Business University Park, Pa. - (UPD -The Pennsylvania State Uni versity is giving a four-day course for persons interested in the ice cream business. Included is information on the composition and proper ties of frozen desserts, the in gredients used, the principles of refrigeration, flavoring and freezing soft and hard frozen El AUTO PARTS? ! 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