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Win f 1 L. TCU Cewwun "' I,. - tmtm I - . . - t,"jA y-,--"r- - i f i" 'jJSf vB:-uW:ALtAMERICA 1959 I - T I , ' ' ' fMW,d r .... Midwest Heads UPI All-America; Bill Cannon Tops Individual Vote UPI Sports Editor . New York-fllPD-The Midwest dominates the 1959 United Press International All-American football team announced today although Billy Cannon ran away with individual hon ors. Louisiana State's star half back received a total of 3,048 points in the nation-wide bal loting by 339 sports writers and broadcasters, the largest number ever to vote for a UPI All-Amercan team. Can non's showing was the second strongest in the history of the voting, being exceeded only by the 3,369 - points which Leon Hart, Notre Dame end, received in 1949. Selected with Cannon as the finest collegiate players in the land were: Ends Monty Stickles, No tre Dame and Bill Carpenter, Army. , TacklM i Dan Lanphear, Wisconsin and Don Floyd, Texas Christian. Guards Roger Davis Syracuse and Bill Burrell, Illinois. Center Max Baughan, Georgia Tech. Quarterback Richie Lu cas, Penn State. Halfbacks Cannon and Ron Burton, Northwestern. Fullback Charles Flowers, Mississippi. Midwest Gets Four Berths Stickles, Lanphear, Burrell and Barton gave the Mid west four berths on the myth ical eleven. There were three players each from the South and East and one from the Southwest. Baughan and Flowers, in addition to Can non are from the South while Davis, Carpenter and Lucas are from the East and Floyd from the Southwest. Geogra phically, that left the Far West, Rocky Mountain and Midlands afeas without rep resentation on the dream team. Cannon is the only repeat er from UPI's 1958 Ail-Amer ican team. He was one of two uniors on that team, the other being . Bob White of Ohio State. White was injured "most of the past season and re ceived only 201 points, which put him well down on the honorable mention list. All of the 1959 AU-Amer-leans are seniors and all ex cept Carpenter, the lonely end who must stay in mili tary service, are expected to be the most sought after play ers by the professional foot ball leagues. Fast and Heavy Line The linemen are all fast and heavy. The line averages 219 pounds, Davis is the heaviest 228 pounds', Burrell and Carpenter the lightest at 210. The backfield averages 194 pounds, with Cannon the bul kiest at 208. There was only one close contest for a first team berth. That was for' the center spot where Baughan beat out Jack ie Burkett of Auburn by 37 points. Lanphear led the lineman in the balloting with 2,110 points, 39 more than Davis received. Syracuse, the nation's No. 1 team in the ratings by the United Press International Board of Coaches, placed a man . on each the first team and Gerhard Schwedes was voted into the third team backfield. . The Midwest also dominates the second team With four places. The Far West won three berths, the South two Prospect Vies Friday .prospect wniie there are some Mooters on the squad and a couple of them are pos sible starters, new coach Du ane Payne says he'll have a short but fast basktball team at Prospect high this season. The Cougars, who play the Crater junior varsity at Cen tral Point on Friday night, will run when and if they can. according to Payne. There are four Prospect lettermen, Dave Hall, Floyd Scaife, Bob Fitch , and Cliff Chapman. Hall is the only 6-footer among the four. Tallest man is Lee Williams, 6-2, who is playing his first basketball. He could get starting call on the post. Mike Burrell is 6-1. Others on the squad are Tony YelL Joe Jones, Craig Gardner who is near six feet, Stan Payne and Terry Gard ner. First action for the Chiefs against a high school varsity will be on Dec. 11 at Rogue River. Cannon Takes Heisman Honor New York (UPD - Halfback Billy Cannon of Louisiana State today was named win ner of the 1959 Heisman Me morial Trophy as the outstand ing college football player in the nation. Cannon, who paced LSU to an unbeaten season in 1958 and to victory in all but one game this season in gaining a berth in the Sugar Bowl re ceived 1,929 points in ballot ing by sportswriters, broad casters, and telecasters throughout the country. - He far outdistanced runner- up Richie Lucas, star Penn State quarterback who re ceived 613 points, and third place Don Meredith, Southern Methodist's star passer. Football Hall Receives Ten New York -(UPD- General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, tne nation's top-rated Syra cuse university team and 10 former stars were honored Tuesday night by the Nation- al Football Foundation and Hall t)f Fame.. . MacArthur ' was presented the hall's second annual gold medal before a dinner crowd of -about 1,400. Last year, President Eisenhower was recipient of the award. Syracuse's Cotton Bowl - bound Orangemen received a new award, the MacArthur Bowl, emblematic of the na tional football collegiate championship for 1959. On . hand for their enroll ment in the hall were Maj. Felix Doc Blanchard (Army), Bobby Dodd (Tennessee), Col. Carl .Hinkle (Vanderbilt), Banks MacFadden (Clemson), Charlie Trippi (Georgia), Doak Walker (Southern Methodist), and Biggie Munn (former Michigan State coach). Honored posthumously were three former players - Her man Hickman (Tennessee), J. S. Stan Keck (Princeton) and Henry Phillips (Sewanee). Thundercolts Invites Guests Thundercolts Fast Draw club of Medford, sponsored by Rogue Sportsman, will have open house at 7 o'clock this evening at Medford Arm ory rifle range. There will be a short talk on the reason for forming a fast draw club. Demonstra tions of safe and fancy gun handling are planned and there will be a run-through of the new type of shootout which the club holds monthly. No charge for admission will be made and whole fam ilies are invited. Questions will be answered. Coffee will be served. Alex Signs Pro Pact Los Angeles-(DPD-Davis Cup star Alex Olmedo, the Peruv ian who helped the United States regain the world's am ateur title in 1958, today held a professional contract that could earn him nearly $100, 000. Olmedo took time out from his classes at University of Southern California to sign a contract Tuesday with tennis promoter Jack Kramer which guarantees him a minimum of $35,000. But Kramer ex pects the dark-haired Latin star to make much more than that. De John, Valdes Given Verdicts London-IUPD-Mike De John and Nino Valdes, a pair of American campaigners, didn't win many friends or influence any people in Tuesday night's all-heavyweight boxing show at the Empire Pool. De John, of Syracuse, N.Y., was- given London's version of the Bronx cheer when he was awarded a close 10-round de cision over Dick Richardson of Wales. Valdes, a ponderous Cuban now fighting out of New York, also was unimpressive in gaining a technical knock out over Brian London, who quit at the end of the seventh round because of a cut over his left eye. and the East and Southwest one er.ch. " - - On the first three teams, the Midwest was voted a total of 10 places with the South next in line with nine. There are five from the East, four from the Far West, three from the Midlands, counting Iowa State in the Midlands sector along with Oklahoma. That left only the Rocky Mountain region shutout on the three mythical elevens. THE SECOND TEAM: Ends Christ Burford, Stanford and Jim Houston. Ohio State. Tackle s Dan Ficca, Southern California and Gene Gossage, Northwestern. Guard s Zeke Smith, Auburn and Mike McKeever, Southern Cal ifornia; Center Burkett. Backs Don Meredith, Southern Methodist; Dale Hackbart, Wiscon sin; Dean Look, Michigan State and Ernie Davis. THE THIRD TEAM: Ends Don Norton, Iowa and Marlin McKeever, Southern Cali fornia. Tackles Ken Rice. Auburn and Lou Cordileone, Clemson. Guards Mike McGee, Duke and Jerry Stalcup, Wisconsin. Center Max Fugler, Louisiana State. Backs Jack Spikes, Texas State: Prentice Gautt, Oklahoma and Schwedes. IV Defeats Brookings Cave Junction-Illinois Val ley high opened the Rogue valley prep basketball season last night by licking Brook ings 53 to 45. The Cougars will be hosts to St. Bernard of Eureka, Calif., on Friday and Saturday. In the fray last night, IV took command at the start and held it. The Cave Junc-j tion club led 23 to8, 33 to 23 and 46 to 38 at the quarters. Doug Lewis of IV and Bob Raymond of Brookings each had 20 points. The Cougars of coach El don Durham opened with all four lettermen in the lineup. They are Lewis, Bob Tucker, Mike Hanby and Jerry Buch-holz. MedforivKTbjbuke 58 Illinois Valley Brookings 45 F 20 Lewis Hedberg 5 F 2 T. Johnson .Brimm 3 C 10 B. Tucker Albertson G 17 M. Hanby Raymond 20 G 1 Buchholz Nelson 5 Substitutions For IV, Turner, C. Tucker, S. Hanby, Hill 1, Baird 7. Versteeg, M. Johnson; for Brook ings, Booth 7, Jacques, Arrell 5, Scott, Lensey, Arnett. Yankees Want Warren Spahn St. Petersburg, Fla. (UPD Southpaw Warren Spahn be gan his big league career un der Casey Stengel and that's the man he may finish it un der if current talks between the Braves and Yankees cul minate in a long-anticipated trade. Dispensing with the usual smoke screen that accompa nies most -trade parleys, the Yankees got right to the heart of the matter by asking the Braves what their chances were of landing the 38-year-old Spahn. The Braves naturally asked who-will-you-give? - Gil McDougald and Hank Bauer, was the reply of Yan kee General Manager George Weiss. Milwaukee is receptive to McDougald, but isn't especial ly interested in Bauer. So both sides .retreated tempor arily until they can get to gether again at the major league meetings in Miami Beach next week. SCHEDULES FIRST-TIMERS West Point, N.Y. (UPtt Cal ifornia and Miami of Ohio ap pear as first-timers on Army's 1960 football schedule. The Cadets renew play next year with Syracuse, the nation's No. 1 team, Nebraska and Pittsburgh. Rounding out the schedule are games with Bos ton College, Penn State, Vil lanova and Navy. . GIVE the true old-style Kentucky Bourbon Indians Dance To Bring Snow Squaw Valley,. Calif. -UPD-A dozen Piute Indians, headed by Chief Harry Winnemucca, will perform a "snow dance" here Tuesday on behalf of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. . The 11-day winter games are slated to start Feb. 18, just 80 days from today and the valley is conspicuous as a result of an unusual lack of snow. The last precipitation was recorded in the valley on Nov. 3 when there was some inter mittent rain and snow, but it wasn't measurable. BEAVERS TRADE Portland-OJPD-The Portland Beavers traded catcher Nini Tornay Tuesday to the Pitts burgh organization for two pitchers and a catcher. The Beavers get righthanders Lon Lovenguth and Bob Anderton and catcher Darrell Wester feld. "Lovenguth won 13 and lost 4 for Columbus of the American Association last year and Anderton had a 2-4 record at Salt Lake City. Westerfield caught 88 games for Salt Lake and hit .209. He is a former UCLA star. There are 1,751 daily news papers in the U.S., 98 news papers in Canada. Combined circulation of these news papers is 62,000,000 copies every day. One of the greatest appeals of the daily news paper is due to the fact that each one is written and edited with its own community in I mind. - - V-X u JL r t-Jb, A BIRD IN THE HAND R. C.'Owens of the San Fran cisco 49ers needs no leap on this pass as he is about to wrap his hands around ball in second quarter of game with the Browns in Cleveland. The pass from quarter back John Brodie was good for 20-yards and led to a touchdown. The 49ers won, 21-20. OSC Faces Rainbows Honolulu-flJPD-Coach Slats Gill opens another campaign as head man of Oregon State's basketball team to night when the Beavers meet University of Hawaii in the first of a two-game series. Oregon State plays the Ha waii team again Thursday night and then winds up its trip to the islands with a game against a Service team Saturday night. Gill indicated he would start Karl Anderson at cen ter, Steve Flynn and Jay Car ty at forwards and Jim Wood land and Ron Critchfield at guard. The Beavers, who flew here over the week end, leave for Corvallis at 6 p.m. local time Sunday and arrive in Oregon early Monday. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. iV Wednesday. Dee. 2, 1959 PRIDDY GOLF PRO Palm Desert, Calif. -flJPD-.-Jerry Priddy, a veteran of 13 . years as a major league base--, ball player, today announced he had turned golf profes sional. 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