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Banks Again Voted NL's Most Valuable Br BOB SALMON , - United Prss International Boston-(DPD-Shortstop Ernie . Banks, confirmed as the Na tional league's most valuable player, set his sights today on hoisting his Chicago Cubs out v of the second division. The slugging prize posses- . sion of the Cubs, a power house at the plate and an au tomaton in the field, Wednes-. day was nambed to an unprec- ' edented second straight MVP ward by the National league writers. But Banks, who set two ' fielding records while his . , term finished in a fifth place tie this season, said he'd get as much of a kick out of see ing the Cubs make the first di vision or pennant grade as he . Banks clubbed out 45 home runs while carrying the Chi cago National . league entry this season to beat out another ; power-hitting infielder, Mil- - waukee Braves third baseman Eddie Mathews, for the cov eted award. ' The rangy Banks, who re i cently signed for an estimated $48,000 for next season, hit J04, drove in 143 runs, col lected 179 hits including 25 Ibbbi I Dcllvwed SP 2.5271 Graves Uses 'Ethics' In Gambling Operation JJy HAET T. FQ&TNEY, Associate Editor Dairy Commercial News " SPARES, Nev. A Gambling; casino-restaurant operation with a clean-cot " collegiate-family type of atmosphere has brought a steady stream of customers to this small railroad ghost town three miles east of Reno. , Creator of this unique Bakmf ability with personal honesty come up with Dick Gravesf . Nugget Caskao. And the Nugget ; Casino, even when deeeribed . with restraint, ta "really eome- . tbfcV.'OnveB, after operating small restaurant-casinos m- Canon City, Nevada and Reno, moved out to Sparks a couple of years ago. There he was able to buy enough property to aBcw for fun expansion of his enterprises and to provide parking space for -1100 cars- 'This was a significant point, , because of the parking problems faced by downtown Reno casinos. : . FACILITIES , Graves foist easmc-resUurant in Sparks -seated 130. By now he's expanded to a seat , tag capacity of .716, and already has new project underway. His operation now features, in addition to the usual slot machines, roulette, black : jack, etc, the, following restaurants: the ' Golden Rooster, featuring fried chicken; the Round House, specializing in broiled steaks; the Prime Rib room, used alternately as a dining room and private banquet room; a coffee shop, a snack bar, and Trader Dick's, for Polynesian food. All are under one roof, ; except for Trader Dick's, which la directly across the street. . New projects include a Pancake Room, to be completed soon and a "Chicken Coop" in v downtown Reno which sells fried chicken to take out. This opened last week and was so successful that everyone from Graves on down - through hfe top management were on hand ; to help the regular kitchen workers keep op vttb the orders- - . p . ' - " MONTT-MAKING - The above gives a physical description of the Nugget Casino it doesn't explain why. except for Its extraordinary profitableness, this restaurant-gambling operation is differ ent from any other. The dlffaienoa stems from Dick Graves, tan rather taciturn family man who would 'look like a preacher except that he habitually . wean a sport shirt. Graves, who started his career in Idaho with a slot machine business, ' early adopted this gambler's philosophy. "You have to send out winners to get players." Or, to paraphrase '.it,- "You have to give value for money received." Graves declares, "It doesnt make much difference what kind of a business you're running . . . you have , to give value whether with the most liberal - slot- machine, the best meal for so much money or the best drink of whiskey." He feels this is particularly so in this - economic era, when inflation and taxes have 'forced people to watch their spending more carefully. doubles, six triples, and scored 97 times. His fielding broke two Na tional league records, the first for a shortstop with the few est errors over a season, 12, and the second for the highest shortstop fielding percentage in the history of his league, .985. Ravine Battle Seems Resolved Los Angeles - (UPD -. Walter O'Malley and his Los Angeles Dodgers have apparently won the battle of Chavez ravine today, but only after threat ening to leave Southern Cali fornia. . , The Los Angeles city coun cil Thursday voted 9 to 5 to approve rezoning of Chavez ravme after the cigar-smoking O'Malley appeared at city hall to plead for no more de- "If these constant delays occur our location in Los An geles may become untenable and wp may accept offers to move somewhere else" O'Malley warned. : ' He de clined to say where the "of fers" originated. The actual vote one more COKCRETEC?! 248 E. McAndraws Rd. enterprise is jack uraves, wno integrity and As far as the customers go, Graves gives -"value for their money" by serving consist ently excellent food at reasonable prices. This, in combination with the special "Graves - type atmosphere" brings in about 6000 diners daily, and resulted in a $229,000 food business during August. And this is in Sparks, a town of 12,000 population. The "atmosphere" derives from Graves .policy of (1) hiring young employees, (many of the 650 workers are University of Nevada students while Bill Gait, who directs the food operation, just turned 30r and John Ascuaga, general manager, is just 33), and (2) treating them so well that even his dish washer, Jonesie, has been with him for five years, a record in a normally instable occupation- The policy results in happy satisfied workers and remarkably good service for the customers. - - PROFIT PLAN One of the incentives for employees is a 'profit sharing plan, the only one set up by a gambling-restaurant operation in Nevada. Under this, the employee puts 2 per cent of his salary, which Graves matches with 10 per cent into a trust fund. By the end of 10 yean a worker earning $5,000 a year will have a fully vested right to from $9,000 to ; SUUXXX Graves, while forthright about bis interest fax wUng money, will keep his word even if It means a missed financial opportunity. For example: he would hke very much to build a motel but in the early days of his operation he promised local motel owners that he wouldn't compete with them. It puts him in . a bad position now but he feels the local motel people have done a lot to help him so he's standing by his pledge. A FOIBLE . Graves has only one apparent weakness, and this he hides behind the guise of effi ciency he's a tall guy for gadgets- Equipment of the kitchen at the Nugget Casino includes a Radarange; a 90-foot long conveyor belt, an electric eye, water dispenser, a flight-type conveyor dishwasher, a can and bottle crushing machine, and Henny Penny fryers that cook a chicken in only nine and a half minutes. And top management and maintenance men wear FM radio receivers which keeps them in constant touch with the head office, even though the "beeps" occasionally make the Nugget sound like a space ship. NATIONAL AWARD The Nugget recently won the most coveted restaurant prize in the nation: First Award in the national 1959 food, service, and sanita tion contest sponsored annually by Institu tions Magazine. This is the first time a . Nevada restaurant has achieved such national acclaim by the food industry. , SPORTS Ducks Eye California Conflict Eugene (DPD Coach Len Casanova of Oregon again be gan casting a ' skeptical eye skyward today. Two weeks ago his speedy Webfoots in vaded Portland only to be bothered by rain and Wash ington's Huskies for their only loss of the season. ' But the weather man .did not mention rain in his Satur-. day forecast for the Portland area. 'Tartly cloudy" was the word. Casanova was anything but over-confident about the game with six -times beaten Call fornia. "Don't forget," the Duck skipper reminded, "California scored 23 points against us last year, and we can't honest ly say our defense is as strong as it was then." t - - "The Bear running attack is real strong and the only reason Pete Elliott's club is 1-6 is the mistakes it has made." Dedicate to Bates The Ducks, 13-point favor ites', were expected to have all available manpower ready for the hard - running Bear of fense. . Only fullback Dave Powell was not up to par for Thurs day's drill. Although still nursing a bad shoulder, Fowell will be ready for first- line duty against California, trainer Bob Officer assured. Quarterback . Dave Grosz, apparently healed from an ankle sprain suffered last week , in Oregon's 45-7-romp over Idaho, will be ready to lead the Duck offense, which is 8th in the nation. California , is expected to be explosively high for the Multnomah stadium contest, which has already, been dedi cated to halfback Steve Bates, knocked out for the season last week end by USC line man Mike McKeever. ;- than the necessary majority oi eignt - came after O Mal ley told the council members that any further delay might force cancellation of plans for the ?5-million dollar baseball emporium. Rezoninff was evner.ted to remove thi final stumbling block !to construction of the ball park. The Dodgers' fieht to build their stadium in Chavez ra vine has dragged on . since they arrived here two seasons ago and planted themselves in the Coliseum,' one of the finest sports arenas in the world - for football and track. . nas comumeu mvavj GOOD FOOD (Oregon, Washington, USC Choices in Coast Scuffles United Press International West Virginia's Mountain eers, who have been , belted twice during the past two weeks by top teams in '.the UPI ratings, are expected fb take it on the lug again Sat urday when they meet fifth ranked Southern California. The Trojans are 21 point choices to remain undefeated Bowl Game Picture Should Get Clearer By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press International The post-season bowl pic ture may i be jumbled and fuzzy right now, but it should start coming in clearer after this Saturday's big program of college football games. Northwestern, Washington, Oregon, Louisiana State, Syra cuse, -Penn State,. Kansas, Texas, Air Force, Mississippi, and Georgia all are in posi tion where a big win could put them definitely- in focus for one of those golden New Year's Day invitations. With only thi;ee Saturdays left in the 1959 season, here's the bowl situation: ROSE - Northwestern (6-0) can clinch a tie for first place in the Big Ten and thus put one foot in the bowl by mak ing good as a six-point pick over Wisconsin (if Purdue loses). In the West, Washing ton and Oregon (each 6-1) are front - running for the bowl berth and each is favored by 13 Saturday, Washington over Oregon State and Oregon over California. SUGAR - National cham pion Louisiana State (7-0) is in line for a return appear ance but faces a tough assign ment as seven-point pick over Tennessee. Missippi (6-1) re mains a possibility, too, des pite a 7-3 loss to LSU last week and : is a prohibitive choice this week over Chat tanooga. Other possibilities are Clemson (5-1) and the runnerup team in the South west Conference. ORANGE - There's a report Syracuse (6-0), will get a bid if it beats Penn State (also 6-0) in their showdown for the : Eastern . championship. Penn State, a seven - point underdog, also is a possibility. Kansas (4-3) can clinch a tie for first place in the Big Eight and put one foot in the bowl by beating Colorado. COTTON - Texas (7-0) should move closer to host berth by fulfilling 16-point odds over Baylor.- The Air Force (4-1-1), a possible foe, is favored by seven over Missouri. Other possibilities - Mississippi, Syracuse, Penn State. . GATOR - Georgia (6-1), a strong possibility, is a three point pick over Florida. Other possibilities - Missi s s i p p 1, Arkansas, Syracuse, Penn State. - The Missouri - Air Force game will be seep on tele vision screens in. the West. Eastern viewers will see a battle in which Pittsburgh is favored by just one point over Boston College. Northwestern, Texas, Syra cuse, Penn State, and Louisi ana State are among seven major teams risking unbeaten and untied records Saturday. The others are bowl-ineligible Southern California, a 21- point favorite over West Vir ginia, and North Texas State, a heavy choice over Louisville in a night game. In other games involving conference leaders: Penn is nicked by 6 over Yale in a game that will bust two- thirds of the three-way tie for the Ivy League lead, while co-leader Prmceton is 3 over Harvard; Atlantic Coast Con ference leader Clemson is a 10-point pick over Duke, des pite Duke's. upset of Georgia Tech last week; and Skyline leader Wyoming steps out of the league for a night game at San Jose State. Bearcats Aim For Tie Cincher United Press International Defending Champion Wil lamette can assure itself of at least a tie in the tense North west Conference football race Saturday with a win over Whitman. The Bearcats, tied with Col lege pf Idaho for the league lead, entertain the Mission aries in the Willamette home coming in Salem. Meanwhile, College of Ida ho steps out of conference to battle Oregon Tech, Oregon Collegiate Conference titlist, at Caldwell. Pacific travels to Portland for a clash with Lewis and Clark. Linfield will depend on the passing arm of quarterback Bill Parrish to produce a vic tory over the semi-pro Seattle Ramblers Saturday. The Wild oats! top running back, Jack- and untied at the expense of the visitors who were thump ed by Syracuse and Penn State in that order during the past fortnight. , Washington gets a .fine chance to tighten its leverage on the Rose Bowl bid when the Huskies, 13-point choices, meet erratic Oregon State The Oregon Ducks, just be- . Notre Dame is a one-point choice "over Georgia Tech in a top intersectional, while in other features Purdue is 3 over Michigan State, Iowa State 3 over Nebraska, Stan ford 6 over UCLA, Arkansas 6 over Rice, Ohio State 7 over Indiana, Navy 7 over Mary land, Illinois 8 over Michigan, Iowa 13 over Minnesota, Au burn 16 - over Mississippi State, and Army 35 over Vill- anova. , Miami (Fla.) hosts North Carolina in the only feature game Friday night. ." - Forty-Eight Report To Ted Schopf Ashland - Forty-eight pros pects turned out for the first i basketball practice this week at Southern Oregon college and more are expected, ac cording to basketball mentot Ted Schopf. Three lettennen started the practice but only two finished when Punk Biddington was reinjured in a scrimmage. Biddington was sidelined tem porarily last year with simi lar knee trouble but this time an operation is in store to end the injury. Biddington was a starting forward for the Raiders last year and earned second team Oregon Collegiate conference honors. : ' Glen Peterson and Don Vanriice were the other pair of lettermen reporting and as in years past a definite lack in height was evident. 6-5 Tallest Height Peterson stands 6-5 and newcomer John Payne is a shade shorter but lacking in experience' except for one year oh the jayvees. .. From there things break down to heights ranging from 5-5 to 6-3. - t All-conference guard Gor dy Carrigan and Dick Smith are still with the football team and will not report until Nov. 16. Schopfs main problem is finding a replacement for Dave D'Olivo, who has grad uated with all-conference hon ors as a center. His rebound ing and scoring was a big factor in the Raiders play last year when they gained the NAIA district finals. Conner on Hand Dave Gardner is up from the jayvee sauad and he has "been working as a guard and forward. Gardner is only 6-0 but his one hand push shots scored many points from the outside for the Junior Raid ers last year. Dennis Conner is new to the squad as a guard and he could be in there fighting for one of the starting guard slots be fore the season is very old. Conner was a former Med ford high athlete. Tom Bernet is healthy again after undergoing an operation just after the season opened last year"; The 6-1 forward is from Grants Pass by way of Shasta Junior college.. Two other guards were on hand that have played for SOC. One is Dick Puhl. up from the jayvees, and the oth er is Dick Lillebo, who let tered at SOC four years ago. Southern Oregon opens the collegiate hoop season with a pair of games against Hum boldt State college Dec. 3 and 4 in the Raider gym. UUQU fjp DICK KNIGHT CO. Plymouth DeSoto Simca . 33 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PHONE SP 3-6247 hind Washington in bowl con sideration, also are 13 point favorites to hand California its seventh straight defeat. In other Saturday tussles, UCLA is at Stanford, Fresno State at College of the Paci fic, and Wyoming at San Jose State. Washington State gets the day,off. Willie Wood, USC's top quarterback, is set to go against West Virginia after recovering from a twisted an kle. Coach Don Clark has in dicated he might use Jerry Mollett, a third string soph, at fullback. Mollett turned in an effective job last Saturday as the Trojans were downing California 14-7, in "L'affaire McKeever." Washington and Oregon both are 6-1 so far this sea son but the Huskies have the edge for the bowl bid as a re sult of a 13-12 win over the Ducks. Should Coach Jim Owens' aggregation turn back the hot 'n cold Oregon Stat ers, it would be just about home free. After that game comes jousts with California and Washington State with the latter shaping up as the more troublesome. Bob Hivner, husky quar terback who is recovering from an injured finger, has done some good passing dur ing the week and could team up with Bob Schloredt as a solid one-two punch in their split-T operation. Bruce Hake, regular Oregon State center, returned to duty after being out three weeks with a shoul der, injury but the big ques tion is what Prothro may be 1U1I gates. So far he only has dis closed thafhe was "experi menting with the lineup." ; Oregon vs. California - Oregon, which may depend greatly on Dave Grosz' aer ials to put down stubborn California, also 1 has worked on stopping Cal's running at tack. It's not the worst in the country even if the Bears have lost six straight. Coach Pete Elliott plans to shoot sophomore Alex Jamille into the right halfback spot which had been held down by the injured Steve Bates. Stanford tries to extend its wining streak to two and is a six point choice over UCLA's contingent of second - year men who have lost their last! pair. Passing has given the Bruins trouble and they face the nation's top aerial per former in quarterback Dick Norman. ' Inge Testimony Wanted in N.Y. New York -TOPD- The New York State Athletic com mission today revoked the promoter's license of Rosen sohn Enterprises, Inc., and indirectly booted the re turn Ingemar Johansson Floyd Patterson heavy weight title out of the state! New York -(DPD -The New York state athletic commis sion hoped to have heavy weight champion Ingemar Jo hansson as a witness at the three license-revocation hear ings slated for today. "Johansson is scheduled to arrive from California today," said a commission spokesman, 'and we'll try to get him as a witness." Each of the three hearings is an aftermath of the June 26 fight in which Sweden's Johansson won the title from Floyd Patterson at Yankee stadium. The three defendants who must show cause why their licenses should not be perma nently revoked are: . -Cus D'Amato, manager of ex-champion Patterson, whose hearing opened Thursday and will be resumed today on five misconduct charges that men ace his licenses as manager and second. -Bill Rosensohh, who pro moted the June 26 fight, and whose -matchmaker's license is threatened by three miscon duct charges. -Rosensohn Enterpr lses Inc., whose promoting license is threatened by three miscon duct charges. Gets up to 40 Miles Per Gallon", Imported from Paris by Chrysler $395 Down OSC Might Have Trick Up Sleeve Corvallis -(UPD Coach Tom my Prothro may unload a "secret weapon" on the Uni versity of Washington Huskies Saturday in Seattle when his Oregon State College Beavers take the field. The Beavers, plagued by a miserable 2-5 record this sea son practiced all week behind locked gates which were care fully patrolled by close mouthed student guards. Prothro, who has never known a losing season in his five years at OSC, wasn't say ing anything about the prac tices or the game. Windows Even Guarded "We just polished up what we have been working on," the drawling skipper observed after Thursday's final heavy drill. ' - ( During the drill curiosity seekers were even chased away from second story win dows in nearby Gill Coliseum. . Nor would Prothro give any indication as to his starting eleven. Thursday the entire squad ran through drills with the single exception of guard Denny Pieters, who is suffer ing a minor back bruise. Its anybody's guess what Prothro has up his sleeve for the Huskies, but it is a sure bet that he'll be pulling all the stops to nail down the Beaver's third win of the season. Ring Magazine Honors Perex New York-(DPJ-Little Pas cual Perez of Argentina was named "Fighter of the Month", in the Ring magazine's latest ratings today because of his ninth defense of the world flyweight crown on a 13th round knockout over Sadao Yaoita of Japan Thursday night. The defeat dropped Yaoita to second place among 112 pound contenders, and boost ed Pone Kingpatch of Thai land to the challenger's rung. Nine changes shook up ,the welterweight 147-pound rank ings. Charley Scott of Phila delphia replaced fellow-townsman Sugar Hart as1 top con tender because of his kayo victory over Hart, who dropped to third. . ' Luis Rodriguez of Cuba took oyer second place among the welters. Denny Moyer of Portland, Ore., remained fourth. RudelT Stitch of Louisville, Ky., rose to fifth because of his win over Ralph Dupas of New Orleans, who sank to seventh. TrnnRiE 1600 N. Riverside o Phone Friday, Nov. 6, 19S9 Conditioning For Life Saying Class Scheduled Conditioning for the Amer ican Red Cross senior life sav ing class will start Monday, Nov. 9, at the Medford YMCA. The conditioning is set for Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Both men and women will prepare for the January life saving course. To be eligible for the class good physical condition is re quired. To be in the class one must be 16 years of age or over and a student in or above the 11th grade. Other requisites are ability to make a good standing front dive and swim 440 yards con tinuously, using the crawl, or any trudgeon stroke, the side stroke and back stroke. Use of the inverted scissors or in verted breast stroke well, is asked. - Also the prospective class member should be able to tread water for one minute, to surface dive to a depth of six feet and swim two body lengths under water and to float motionless or rest in floating position one minute. Persons interested in a wa ter safety instructor's rating or a current senior life saving card may contact the YMCA concerning the class. Don't Forget -2nd Annual AUT0RAMA 12 of the finest Customs from Cali fornia 10 of the finest Rods from recent Portland Show 1 Entry from Canada that won Sweepstake at Portland Show -' 1 Entry from Idaho Pickups Antiques . Motorcycles Racing Equipment Racing Movies OVER 40 ENTRIES Bedford Armory Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 7-8 12 Noon Til 10 P.M. Sot.. 12 Noon Til 8 ?M. Sun. Adults $1.00 Children 50c Under 6 FREE We Got 'em! 2rj 00333 Plus SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS mum MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Or. Rams Scuffle Forty Niners San Francisco -flJPD- It'll be the old story of the "irresist ible force vs. the immovable object" Sunday when the Forty Niners and Rams bat tle in the Los Angeles Coli seum. The Los Angeles Rams, de spite their 2-4 season mark, must rate as the .powerful force, since they lead all the other pro football teams in total offense. The Rams have rolled up a total of 2,159 yards this year. But the San Franciscans, under the first-year tutelage of coach Red Hickey, have not been easy men to move this season. The Forty Niners, fifth in total offense, are sec ond only to the Green Bay Packers in defensive statistics. The oddsmakers aren't too awed by the 5-1 record San Francisco carries into the Ram tilt, and some sources have tabbed the Los Angeles club the slight favorite. The Rams have won the last seven con secutive games against the Forty Niners in the Coliseum. The first Christmas .card was designed in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. SP 2-4806 Temple, is out with injuries.
