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1 2 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ. Oregon, Thursday, December 25, 1 958 siPdDinrs ins Coach Long on Experience Washington (UPD The new head coach of the Washington Redskins is a tough little ban tam rooster with a barbed wire vocabulary and a 15- year-old background in pro fessional football as a back- field coach. ' His name is Michael Regis Nixon, 47, who admittedly did a lot of soul-searching be fore he agreed to replace Joe Kuharich as the new Braves' boss. Nixon had known for sev eral days that Kuharich had been offered the Notre Dame job. The moment the offer was made, Kuharich went to Nixon and said bluntly: "If Marshall owner George Preston will let me, I'm going to take it, Mike. The Red skins' job is yours if you want it. You can come with me to Notre Dame or stay here as head coach It's your choice." Dreaded Coaching Pressure Nixon, perfectly happy as Kuharich's top assistant, at first decided against the. Wash ington job but Marshall, acting on Kuharich's recommenda tion, urged him to accept un der as yet undisclosed terms. "I didn't sleep" at all Sun day night," Mike recalled. "I've always dreaded the pressure of a head coaching job. But at the same time it's a challenge and I finally agreed." The few Redskin players still in town when Nixon's appointment was announced, cheered the news "If we had to lose Joe, Mike would have been our own choice," big tackle Bob Dee declared. Close To Players Nixon actually has been closer to the Redskins' squad than Kuharich. He has been Kuharich's buffer" sort of father-confessor to the play ers. It was Nixon who listen ed first to their gripes, their complaints and their prob- Iowa Takes Day Off Practice Pasadena, Calif. - (UPD - The University of Iowa football team got Christmas Day off after a vigorous two-a-day practice schedule for the Rose Bowl contest with California on New Year's Day. In Wednesday's climax drill, both offense and defense received attention. The first and second teams staged a full contact workout on de fense in an effort to solve California plays, but Olen Treadway at quarterback was able to complete four of five passes against the Hawkeye defense. The prize Iowa offense showed to advantage in a 35 minute session in which the Hawkeyes ran through 68 plays. All-America quarter back Randy Duncan and un derstudy Mitchell Ogiego, a sophomore, completed 25 of 30 passes. Coach Forest Evashevski said after the drill the. Hawk eyes appeared sharper than at any time since their ar i rival last week. lems. It was Nixon who made the 11 p.m. bedcheck on the Saturday nights before league games It was Nixon who handed out the meal money. In person, he is soft-spoken yet hard-bitten He learned his football under the late Jock Sutherland, and like Sutherland he dotes on kids who' love to block and tackle. SPORTSCASTS KBES-TV-KOTI-TV Saturday: 11:00 a.m. Gator Bowl game. 1:45 p.m. East -West game. KMED Friday - 8:00 p.m. - Med-ford-Corvallis. Saturday 11 a.m.-Blue-Grey game; 1:45 p.m. Easl Wesl; 8:00 p.m. - Medford Corvallis. KMED and KBES-TV and KOTI-TV - Cavalcade of Sports Friday at 7 p.m. - All-Junior College Names Given Los Angeles -(UPD Santa Monica, Calif., city college, winner of the junior rose bowl, today dominates the 1958 All-Junior College foot ball team selected by the Los Angeles Times - Gridiron In dex. The Santa Monica Corsairs placed three men on the first team while 13 of the 33 men chosen were from the South ern California area where more junior college football is played than anywhere else in the nation. Texas placed five men on the three teams selected. ' The selections are deter mined by a nationwide poll of junior college coaches con ducted by the Times and the All-American Gridiron Index of Glendale, Calif. The first team: Ends; Dave Washington, Santa Monica and Leroy Overstreet, Weber, Utah; tackles Bob Harrison, Hartnell, Calif., and Darrell Vail, Boise, Idaho; guards, Ron Poindexter, Bakersfield, Calif., and David Pitcock, Ty ler, Tex.; center Gary De- i laney, Mt. San. Antonio, Calif.; quarterback, Pat Young, Santa Monica; half backs, Lloyd Winston, Santa Monica, and Kenny Williams, Arlington State, Tex.; full back, Bob Gaiters, Santa Ana, Calif. FIRST LANDING SHINES Miami, Fla. - (UPD - Trainer Casey Hayes said today he was well pleased with First Landing's first workout of the winter at Hialeah Race Track. First Landing, the champion two-year-old colt of 1958, ran three furlongs in 37 15 seconds. The American Legion's na tional charter was granted by congress in 1919. Cal Coach Works On Defense (Editor's Note: This is an other of 10 dispatches on the football teams playing in the post-season bowl game). By HAL WOOD -United Press International Berkeley, Calif. (DFD If the defense holds up, Coach Pete Elliott of the California Bears expects the offensive to take care of itself in ' the Rose Bowl clash against Iowa on New Year's day. The blond young coach, pointing out that his team is in fine condition after the un usual winter heat that has blanketed Strawberry Can yon, believes that his offense is "a little bit ahead" of the defense. "I think our offensive is a bit stronger than the defen sive," said Elliott, "But I have to point out that when the occasion arose, our de fensive saved us in key situ ations last year." Kapp Directs Offense The offensive is directed by quarterback Joe Kapp, the nation's No. 1 pass-run option man. Kapp ran for 582 yards and completed 56 passes in 97 attempts for 649 yards more. The statistics bear out El liott's contention. While win ning seven and losing three games, the Bears scored 195 points, averaging 19.5 points a game. The most points scored against California this year was 32 by victorious Michigan State. Iowa is an 18-point favorite. Elliott is worried about two things: 1. -His line averages only about 192 pounds to the man, compared with 208 for the expected starting line for Iowa. 2. -According to the films, Iowa has a great break-away attack, with many scores coming from around mid field. "Their line is too big for us," says Elliott. "But maybe ours will move faster. It will have to in order to contain their break-away speed. Will Need Speed "In every game their backs seem to be able to score at lease once, oft-times more of ten, from 40, 50, or 60 yards away. We'll need a lot , of speed to halt that kind of run ning." It is possible that Califor nia has just the defensive speed to halt the Hawkeye runners. Jerry Lundgren. 185. and Tom Bates. 200. are the Cal ends with, speed enough to turn in the end-sweeps. The' Bears' Tjackfield. alone with Kapp. is exceDtionallv fast. In Jack Hart, the Bears have one of the best all around football players in the West. The other backs trade off positions and each sees considerable service. These in clude Hank Oleuin. Grover Garvin, Wayne Crow, Walt Anrold and Jack Yerman, the latter a member of the Cali fornia track team. Whether packing the ball or playing defense, these boys can pick em up and lay 'em down. Elliott expects to have a few new. tricks to spring on the Iowa defense. "We'll have a few ., new things," says Pete. "We are going to need everything we can get to get by their fast men. Maybe we can do it with trickery." West Coast Sports (Boom Hits. All-Tlme Peak in 1958 San Francisco (UPD The West Coast sports boom hit it's all-time peak in 1958 with the addition of major league baseball to such well-established and going concerns as horse racing, pro and college football, boxing, basketball, etc. The Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, fin ished a disappointing fifth and still drew nearly 2,000,000 fans into the Los Angeles coliseum. I The Giants traveled from New York to San Francisco, and with a surprisingly line third-place finish, attracted 1,225,000 into the little 23, 000 Seals Stadium. However, the boom wasn't in baseball alone! It continued its onward-and-upward march in horse racing, too. The ma jor tracks at Santa 'Anita, Hollywood Park, Golden Gate Fields, Del Mar, Bay Meadows and Tanf oran had a record sea- season. So did the county fairs. There were 285 days of "big time" racing in the state, which accounts for most of the days of the year except Sundays and, the 10 days around Christmas. During those 285 days, 4,858,472 fans went to the tracks and they bet a whopping $363,344,000. The big horse to campaign in the West, of course, was Round Table, voted the coun try's "horse of the year." But the "darling" of -1958 was a horse named Silky Sullivan, who became known as "Mr. Heart Attack." Silky came from 15 to 40 lengths off the pace to win such big events as the Santa Anita Derby. However, he failed badly on the Eastern swing and was gi ven a rest before making a victorious December come back at Tanforan. Round Table won the Santa Anita Handicap, the San An tonio Handicap, Santa Anita Maturity, and Agua Caliente Handicap, to name a few. In tennis, Perry Jones of Los Angeles took over cap tain of the U.S. Davis Cup team. The four-minute mile be came a matter of common 1 practice in the West. Herb El- Johansson Named Fighter of Year By Eing Magazine By JACK CUDDY United Press International New York (DPD- The Ring Magazine today named hand some Ingemar Johansson of Sweden "Fighter of the Year." Unbeaten Johansson, heavy weight champion of Europe and top contender for the world crown, is only the sec ond foreigner to win the magazines most coveted award since it was established in 1928. Max Schmeling of Germany took the trophy in 1930 by virtue of his victory over Jack Sharkey, on a fourth round foul, for the vacant world crown. , . Dark-haired Johansson, 26, won the award for 1958 by knocking out top-ranked Ed die Machen of Redding, Calif., at 2:15 of . the first round at Gothenburg, Sweden, Sept. 14. It was Ingemar's 21st straight professional victory and his 13th knockout. Round of Year ... That Gothenburg round, in which Machen hit the canvas several times, was named "the round of the year" by the ring, and described as "the most important first round knockout since June 22, 1938, when Joe Louis stopped Max Schmeling of Germany." The magazine's annual re view continues: "So vital was Johansson's victory over Ma chen, so important to the world boxing scheme, and so significant in setting up a rival for champion Floyd Pat terson," that the Ring named him "Fighter of the Year." "It was not just a one-vic tory year for Johansson," the publication stresses. "On Feb. 21 he stopped Joe Erskine of England in 13 rounds for the European title. Only July 13, he disposed of Heins Neuhaus of Germany in the fourth." Winning the award, Johns- son beat out five candidates- all champions-in the follow ing order: Sugar -iay Robin son, Archie Moore, Don Jor dan, Pascual Peres and Hogan (Kid) Bassey. Moore's dramatic defense of the light heavyweight crown against Canadian Yvon Durelle at Montreal, Dec. 10, was named "the fight of the year." Sport Parade By OSCAR FRALEY t Sports Writer United Press . New Yorfc-flJPD-Santa Claus has come and gone but now that the presents have been distributed it can be told that this is what Old Fearless ask ed him to bring for some of the "kiddies" in the sports world. Wrapped or unwrapped: Ted Williams-Some of the humility he should have ac crued with his years. . Archie Moore-A pair of r IXC WALSH STUDIO' brass knuckles to help make things a bit easier in 1959. Joe Cronin-A little aggres siveness as American League president to make the office mean something. Warren Giles-He could use some in the National League, too. Ford Frick Believe me, Santa, he could use a heap, also. Roy Campanella-The pow er which would be a real glory in his case. Sam Snead-A gold-plated opener in case he ever has to dip into these buried tomato cans. Floyd Patterson-A couple of legitimate challengers so he can prove his real worth. Casey Stengel He needed anything? The rest of the American League-A few ballplayers to make the whole business in teresting. Jimmy Brown-A hi-fi to play his new record for the Cleveland Browns at contract time. Mickey Mantle - One full season as "the new DiMaggio." Tommy Bolt-A little kind ness and understanding. Ashley Cooper-Another big sweep and a fat pro contract. Eddie Arcaro-A few more banks in his locality where he can stash that race-riding loot. Elizabeth Arden Graham The exclusive services of train er. William Molter, which she wanted so badly. Silky Sullivan-A hypo which can't be detected Sylvia Wene-300 in every thing. f - Rafer Johnson-A huge man tlepiece on which" to put that Sullivan Award when he wins it. Stan Musial The feeling that he can keep right on roll ing along. Terry Brennan-A coaching spot where he, too, will be given a green light to. go out after talent. Earl (Red) Blaik - A bus ticket so he can, at last, make one visit to the New York football writers luncheons. liott of Australia ran it in 3.57-8 in the Coliseum relays; in 3:58.1 in the Compton re lays; and in 3:57.9 in the Na tional AAU meet at Bakers field. Los Angeles took ever as the fight center of the West and staged several champion ship bouts. In one, Heavy weight king Floyd Patterson kayoed challenger Roy Harris of Texas, as expected. But the big upset came when Don Jor dan won a decision and the welterweight crown, from Vir gil Akins. The West's top heavyweight hopeful, Pat Mc Murtry of Tacoma, retro gressed when he was knocked out in the first round by Nino Valdes at New York." Archie Moore of San Diego won "fighter of the year ac colades for his comeback against Yvon Durelle. Archie, some place between 40 and 50 years old, got off the deck lour times to win by a kayo and retain his light heavy weight, crown at Montreal. Rosburg WinsTrophy San Francisco's Bob Ros burg won the Vardon Trophy as the lowest-scoring golfer in the country. Frank Stranahan won the Los Angeles" Open; Billy Casper the Crosby Clam bake; E. J. Dutch Harrison, the Tiquana open; Ken Ven tura the Palm Springs and Phoenix tourneys and Lionel Hebert came through at Tuc son. At Las Vegas, where first place is worth $10,000, Canada's Stan Leonard came through. This was the year the Paci fic Coast conference played its swansong in football and the title went to coach Pete Elliott's surprising University of California Bears, who play Iowa in the Rose Bowl New Year's Day. The PCC basketball crown was won by California, also for the second year in a row IT Builders Supply su i QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tile Bricks, Flues. 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 University of San Francisc captured the west coast ath letic conference championship again. In pro football, both Los Angeles and San Francisco had disappointing seasons. The" Forty Niner campaign, which ended with a 6-6 rec ord, resulted in coach Frankie Albert resigning and his as sistant, Red Hickey, being ap pointed to succeed him. Both teams, however, had great seasons v at the gate, playing to near-sellouts. The Pacific Coast league moved awayfrom the Coast except in San Diego, Portland and Seattle and enjoyed only fair success. The title went to Phoenix, which lost about $100,000 because of a poor gate. However, Spokane and Salt Lake City, other new cities, drew well. All In all, it was a fine year West with the prospects that for sports in the booming 1 1959 would be even better. AUTO PARTS? . A PADGETT AUTO PARTS 345 North Central STORE HOURS: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Merry Christmas to everyone and our sincere hope that "it" fits... BARKER'S WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY FRIDAY '. ii ... ji w&f9 lit; . 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