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Wheaton
Gets No. 1
Cage Rating
New York - (LTD - Wheaton,
111., Tennessee A&I and Evans
ville, Ind., today ranked 1-2-3
in United Press Internation
als first small college bas
ketball ratings for the 1958
59 season.
Wheaton was rated No. 1
with 16 first-place votes and
309 points after sweeping its
first five starts. Tennessee
A&I, winner of the NAIA
tournament title the past two
seasons, was second with
seven first-place votes and
241 points. Evansville, beat
en by one point by Purdue,
was third with four first-
place votes and 223 points,
The nationwide Board of
Coaches which rates the
small schools for UPI based
its first ratings on games
played through last Saturday
night.
Steubenville, Ohio, voted
national champion for the
1A57-58 campaign by the
coaches in their final ratings
last spring, was fourth with
three first-place votes and
137 points.
New York (UPI) The United
Press International small college
basketball ratings (first-place votes
and won-lost records througn Dec.
13 in parentheses):
. Team Points
1. Wheaton. 111. (161 (5-0 .... 309
2. Tennessee St. A&I (7) (4-0) 231
3. Evansville. Ind. (4) (1-2).. 223
4. Steubenville, O. (3) (6-0) 167
5. West. Illinois (1) (3-1) 153
fi. Sou't Mo. St. (1) (3-0) 101
7. South Dakota (1) (3-2) 98
8. Louisiana Tech (4-0) 73
9. St. Michael's. Vt. (2-1) 62
10. Idaho State (1) (4-1) 55
11. West Virginia Tech. 51: 12,
Grambling, La.. 46: 13. Texas
Southern. 45: 14. Fresno. Calif.
State 1. 39: 15. McNeese. La.. 1, 37:
16. Kentucky Wesleyan. 35; 17,
Pacific Lutneran. 33; ib. Auron,
Ohio, 31; 19. Chapman. Calif.. 1, 29:
20 (tic i. South Dakota State and
North Carolina A&T. 19 each.
Ace Recorded
In Wrong Hole
San Mateo, Calif.-dJPD-Dave
McKay accomplished the goal
of every golfer when he
scored a hole in one on the
fourth green at the San Mateo
Municipal Course Tuesday.
Only trouble is, he was
playing the fifth hole at the
time.
His tee shot on number five
struck a tree, bounced back
across the fairway, rolled up
a rise and through a startled
foursome putting on the green
and dropped into the hole. 1
Grants Pass Five Beats
Hawkinson Quint 55-53
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Rex club took a wide lead at
the outset of the second half
and withstood a Hawkinson
Tire Tread rally in the clos
ing minutes last night to de
feat the Medford quint in the
Southern Oregon Independ'
ent Basketball league.
The tussle, moved up after
being originally set for this
Saturday, put Rex alone at
the top of the standings.
Hawkinson's was ahead in
the early going with margins
of four to six points. It had
gaps of 17 to 11 and 20 to
14. Grants Pass caught up at
20-all and went on top to
head 27 to 24 at the half.
Then Rex club fired out to
a 50 to 34 gap. Hawkinson
switched to zone defense, got
a few fast breaks and began
to catch up. Grants Pass was
playing ball control to hang
on at the end.
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test of their mettle in the Far
Western tournament which
opened today at Areata, Calif.
The Raiders had it rugged
in their opener in the meet for
they were billed against Uni
versity of Nevada this after
noon. Nevada, which whipped
Eastern Oregon twice last
week end, is the tourney fa
vorite. Other schools in the tourna
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By HAL WOOD
San Francisco -(UPD- Uni
versity of California's under
dog f o o tb a 1 1 team went
through another sweat-wringing
workout jn the unseasonal
heat and Coach Pete Elliott
opined that he didn't need to
worry about any of his boys
being overweight.
"We'll be in condition," said
the soft-spoxen mentor, who
isn't the most talkative person
in the world. "And we'll show
up."
That's about as far as Elli
ott will go in the way of pre
dictions. He knows that his
thrice-beaten team is a three
touchdown underdog to Randy
Duncan & Co.
What he fears most is the
way the Hawkeyes score from
a long ways out. He's afraid
that when one of the Iowa
speedsters , breaks into the
open, his boys won't be able
to sprint fast enough to bring
him down. All year long, Iowa
has struck like lightning from
40, 50 and 60 yards to score
touchdowns.
Bears Run, Too
What Pete doesn't mention,
but couldn't possibly have for
gotten, is that the Golden
Bears did a pretty good job
With the spread slimmed to
53 to 45, Ron Peery hit two
free tosses for the Tiremen
and Dick Niles put in a re
bounder for 53 to 49. Derald
sank a jump from outside
for 53 to 51 but Don Jacob
son of GP put in a driver
With 40 seconds remaining,
Niles hit from out for 55 to
53.
Tom Flynn of GP was foul
ed with five seconds to play,
He missed his shot and Woot-
en tipped the ball to Doug
Witte who barely missed on
a shot three-fourths the length
of the floor.
Flynn was high point man
with 13 while Don Reese and
Ron Robertson had 10 for
Grants Pass. Bill Madden
scored 11 for Hawkinson's.
LINE-VPS:
55 Grants Pass Hawkinson's 53
T 13 Flynn F. Johnson 4
F 2 Bertrand D. Wooton
C 7 Heater B. Madden
G 2 Henderson Serak
G 11 Reese Plankenhom
Substitutions For Garnts Pass,
Jacobson 2. Hayes. B. Robertson
2. R. Robertson 10. R. Maurer 1
Dean 5; for Hawkinson's. Witte,
Hams l. wnes 6. Mccay 2, peery 2,
D. Johnson 4.
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Since 1908
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Western
Francisco State, Sacramento
State, Chico State and the
host Humboldt State Lumber
jacks. Southern Oregon has al
ready met three of the fore
going clubs, splitting with
Chico and losing to San Fran
cisco and Sacramento.
Nine players are on the
SOC squad for the tourna
ment, Dave D'Olivio, Punk
Biddington, Hank Smith, Gor
don Carrigan, Jim McAbee,
Dave Love, Laval Meunier,
Don Vannice and Phil Sword,
- Away Runs
of scoring from the hinter
lands, too.
Joe Kapp, the all-around
quarteback, - can get up quite
a head of steam. He connected
once from 92 yards. Of course,
the fact that the play was a
mistake doesn't alter the
score. On this one, Kapp tried
to hand off to Jack Hart, but
Hart didn't take the ball. So
Joe just kept it and followed
Jack for the 92-yard touch
down romp.
On another play, this one
planned, Kapp rolled out
around end for 45 yards to
score. Hart" once went 55
yards for a counter. And then
there is the case of Frank
Sally, a line-man, who inter
cepted one of Lee Grosscup s
passes in the flat in the Utah
game and rolled back 68 yards
to score.
Look To The Past
Of course, Pete isn't look
ing at moving pictures of the
California games these days.
In the Cal gym he has four
films of Iowa's games this
year. Every day or so he calls
in his assistants and the squad
and they watch the speedy
Iowans. run for touchdowns.
They groan when Bob Jeter,
Ray Jauch or Don Horn break
into the open.
They think that Randy Dun
can is a very line passer
but maybe he can run, also.
"The few times we have
seen him run in the films,"
said Elliott, "he looks like he
can go when he has to."
So Pete is busy setting up
a defense for Randy there,
too.
Six Cleveland
Players Signed
Cleveland, Ohio - (UPD - Six
players, including peppery
Billy Martin-the Tribe's so
lution to its second-base prob
lem, returned signed contracts
today to the Cleveland In
dians. Two other infielders, Billy
Moran and Randy Jackson,
also came to terms.
The others vere rookie
pitcher Jake Striker, a south
paw from Bucyrus, Ohio, who
won 17, while losing 11 for
Mobile last season, veteran
hurler Morrie Martin, who
posted a 2-0 record while ap
pearing in 14 relief stints
as a Redskin, and youthful
outfielder Carroll Hardy.
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Henley Foe
Of Phoenix
On Friday
Phoenix - Phoenix High
aims at stronger offense as it
tunes for two games this week
end.
The Pirate slate includes
the first home game on Fri
day with Henley the oppon
ent and a trip to Brookings
on Saturday.
Coach Jack Woodward said
that the offensive work in
volves plenty of field goal
and free shooting drill as well
as floor play. It was felt that
defense showed up well
against St. Francis last week
with the Saints held to only
three field goals in the last
half.
The mentor said last night
that he was not able at this
time to name possible start
ers for the Friday ruckus.
Pirate varsity was strength
ened last week by moving
Ran Baker up from the jun
ior varsity. He played against
St. Francis. Baker is a good
fighter for the ball and re
bounds well.
Henley is expected to pro
vide stiff opposition with such
players as Burell Gober, Le
roy Larson, Joe Tacchini, Del
bert Herringshaw, Phil Swish
er and Doug Kammerer back
from last season.
There will "be a Friday pre
liminary at Phoenix, although
it is not known just who'll
play.
Paul Platz
SD Coach
San Diego, Calif. -(UPD -San
Diego university named Paul
Platz as its new head football
coach today after James Bob
McCutcheon resigned despite
an excellent .7-2 record for
the 1958 season.
McCutcheon, who compiled
an overall 48-8-1 mark, step
ped down Wednesday, pre
sumably under pressure. It
was no secret that the contro
versial coach had been at odds
with the school Booster club
since early season.
Agness Section
Of Rogue Good
Portland -(UPD The weekly
report on hunting and fishing
conditions prepared by the
State game commission:
Southeast: Lots of ducks in
Coos Bay and Coquille valley
and duck hunting should be
good but will improve with
stormy weather; waterfowl
hunting in the Umpqua valley
would improve if a coastal
storm comes up.
Cleveland Rapids area at
the Umpqua forks below Win
chester dam has been fair to
good; South Umpqua poor to
fair; Scottsburg-Elkton area of
Umpqua is fair; striped bass
angling in Isthmus slough
poor to fair; Coquille river
fair; Agness-Illahee section of
Rogue is good.
Central: All water areas
open and hunting fair in
Klamath Basin; generally
good duck shooting is expect
ed if weather breaks; goose
hunting in interior valleys and
Sprague area poor; gunning
on management area poor.
HOCKEY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
United Press International
The Chicago Black Hawks'
elation over their first victory
in eight games was tempered
today by the loss of star cen
ter Tod Sloan for an Indef
inite period.
The Black Hawks broke a
string of seven winless games
with a 5-2 victory over the
Boston Bruins Wednesday
night but Sloan reinjured his
left knee and will be sidelin
ed at least over the week end.
Sloan had missed six previous
games with a similar injury
and returned to the lineup
only last week.
The Black Hawks tied the
idle New York Rangers for
fourth place in the National
Hockey league.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Cleveland Barons are
driving toward an old, famil
iar position in the American
Hockey league, thanks to
some new, unfamiliar faces.
The Barons trounced the
Hershey Bears, 6-2, in Wed
nesday night's only AHL ac
tion to move within two
points of the second place
Bears and only three points
behind league-leading Buffalo.
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Oregon State Bills
Indiana Hoopsters
Corvallis-fflPD-Oregon State
and Indiana, defending cham
pions of their respective con
ferences, meet in a two-game
basketball series here Friday
and Saturday nights.
Indiana" won the Big 10
title last year and Oregon
State tied California for the
PCC crown.
Indiana has much of the
same personnel returning in
addition to sophomore center
Walt Bellamy, who stands
6-11. Bellamy scored 32
points against Missouri last
week end.
Oregon State played Indi
ana twice in December of
Hunter Roster
Established for
Special Seasons
Portland Big game hunt
ers have until Jan. 15 to file
application for the 1959
emergency season list, the
Oregon game commission said
today. Interested persons are
urged to apply by post card
for eligibility on the list. Ap
plicants are cautioned to ap
ply for only one county since
duplicate applicants will be
discarded.
Authority for emergency
big game hunts was author
ized by the 1957 legislature to
control crop damage. Under
provisions of the law, the
commission may declare a
damage control season on
short notice for not more than
75 animals in an area less
than a township in size.
Since the need for emer
gency hunts cannot be pre
dicted, it is necessary to estab
lish rosters of eligible hunters
in advance. Any resident 17
years or older may apply by
mailing a post card to the
game commission, 1634 S.W.
Alder, Portland.
License To Hunt
All post cards received be
fore 5 p.m. on Jan. 15 will be
considered in the drawing to
be held Jan. 20 to determine
the listing order of applicants.
Information required on the
card includes full name, age,
address, telephone number,
and county applied for. A
hunting license is not required
at the time of applying but is
necessary before participating
in a hunt.
The order of eligibility for
each county will not be pub
lished, but rosters will be
available at the Portland and
regional offices of the game
commission by Feb. 1. Eligible
hunters will be notified in the
order of their eligibility on
the county roster when a sea
son is authorized.
Experience during 1958 in
dicates that the individual
hunter has a poor chance of
being called. Only seven emer
gency hunts were declared
and all involved elk damage.
These included two in Union
county, one in Wallowa coun
ty, two in Clatsop county, one
in Douglas county, and one in
Coos county. A total of 101
hunters participated and
bagged 50 elk. More than
7,000 hunters applied for eli
gibility on the 1958 county
roster.
Eddie Perkins
Stops Vasquez
Washington (UPD Young
Eddie Perkins of Chicago,
who stopped Mexican Baby
Vasquez in the seventh round,
said today he craved a shot
at the lightweight crown next
year.
"I know exactly how to
fight Champion Joe Brown,"
explained the speedy, 21-year-old
Negro who gashed Vas
quez left brow so bloodily
Wednesday night that their
scheduled 10-round TV fight
at the New Capitol Arena
was stopped at 2:40 of the
seventh.
Referee Ray Bowen award
ed Perkins a technical knock
out when Dr. John Kneipp
advised that it would be
dangerous for Vasquez to con
tinue. "Yes, I know how to fight
the champion," Perkins con
tinued, "and the others don't
know. Besides, I've got the
speed to beat him."
OPTIONED TO BUFFALO
New York-(UPD-Veteran for
ward Wally Hergesheimer,
waived to Montreal and then
reclaimed again by - New
York, has been optioned to
the Rangers' Buffalo farm
club in the American Hockey
league.
1953 when the Hoosiers were
ransed tops in the nation.
The two teams split at that
time.
The games will be the final
ones for Oregon State until
the Far West Classic here
Dec. 27 and 29 with Iowa,
Air Force and Wyoming also
entered.
Machen Buys
Portland Home
Portland -(UPD- Heavyweght
fighter Eddie Machen, who
hopes for a rematch with
Sweden's Ingemar Johansson,
purchased a home here
Wednesday.
Machen said he would make
his permanent home here.
He was knocked out by Jo
hansson in the first round last
summer in Sweden.. Sid Fla
herty, his manager, said Ma
chen would start training for
a hoped-for return at once.
Pilots Play
In Garden
New York-(UPD-For the firy
time a University of Portland
basketball team plays in Madi
son Square Garden tonight.
Coach Al Negratti's Pilots
meet Iona College of New Ro
chelle, N.J., in the first game
of a Garden twin bill. Seton
Hall and Western Kentucky
meet in the second game.
Portland has won five
straight games after dropping
its opener to Brigham Young.
Iona has won four and lost
one so far this season. The
loss was to Xavier, . the de
fending National Invitational
Tournament champion.
Frank Lane Has
Eyes on Lopez
Havana -(UPD- Frank Lane,
the Cleveland Indians' f a s t
talking general manager, to
day revealed he would like to
pry third baseman Hector Lo
pez loose from the Chicago
White Sox to round out the
Indians' infield.
Lane Also said he is inter
ested in Yogi Berra "if the
Yankees don't want him any
more."
Taking time out from a
combination vacation-business
trip to Cuba, frantic Frank
disclosed he is ready to offer
the Whitesox inf ielder
Woody Held, first baseman
Mickey Vernon and a young
pitcher for Lopez.
Asked to comment on Casey
Stengel's reported plan to
use Berra at first base next
season, Lane said:
"Berra is still a good catch
er but he must get more rest
now. In case they don't want
him, I could use him. That
could be my first trade with
the Yankees."
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Faber has been reelected pres
ident of the Central Point
Sportsmen's club.
Others named at a Monday
meeting were C. W. Anhorn,
vice president; Willard Single
ton, secretary, and M. C.
Gleason, Robert Pfaff, Arden
Pinkham, Everett Hogue and
Bill Barber.
Movies and slides were
shown at the meeting by Bob
Pruitt, Grants Pass, Rogue
river guide, of boat trips on
the Rogue, McKenzie and Sal
mon rivers.
The club set the fourth
Monday of the month as its
regular meeting night.
Members plan to take up
again the Ramsey Canyon
lake project. Under the plan
they would administer the
fishing and other recreation
at the lake. A legal problem
must be worked out with the
federal government before
the club can undertake such
operation. The privately
owned reservoir was con
structed under the soil con
servation service program.
Cousy, Sharman
Boost Celtics
United Press International
Veterans Bob Cousy and
Bill Sharman have finally
boosted the Boston Celtics
into a first-place lead that
cannot be lost until at least
the week end.
Cousy and Sharman scored
46 points between them on
Wednesday night to give Bos
ton a 102-95 decision ' over
Detroit and help the Celtics to
a full game over New York
in the National Basketball
association's seesawing East
ern division races their larg
est of the season.
St. Louis upended the
Knickerbockers, 136-122, in
the opener of a doubleheader
at Detroit.
The Celtics, who play to
night while New York is idle
until it meets Boston Satur
day, capitalized on Piston cold
spells to win their ' fifth
straight.
Sharmans 25 points and
Cousy with 21 were tops for
Boston. George Yardley scor
ed 33 for Detroit.
Bob Pettit and Cliff Hagan,
St. Louis' one-two scoring
punch, knocked the Knicks
out of their first place tie
with Boston as each dropped
in 35 points.
CASPER ENTERS OPEN
Los Angeles-(UPD-Billy Cas
per Jr., of Chula Vista, Calif.,
has entered the 33rd annual
$40,000 Los Angeles Open,
beginning Dec. 31. Casper,
who won more than $40,000
last year, was golfdom's lead
ing money winner of 1958.
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"We're even going to white
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something white to look at.
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up here to have them do their
rain dances at a place called
Rain Rock. But, so far, all to
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