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
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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. .
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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.
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DICK KNIGHT CO.
Plymouth DeSoto Simca .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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Temple, is out with injuries.