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1 - O MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdfori, Or. " 0 Tueuhy, Dec S, 1959 White Sox I Get Back .. 'z Old Hand Br MILTON RICHMAN Miami Beach, Fla. - (LTD -Minnie Minoso came back to the White Sox Monday and promptly made them the No. 1 choice to win the pennant again among a majority oi baseball men. Minoso was one of 11 play ers traded within a matter of minutes Sunday night when the White. Sox completed a seven-man deal with the In dians and then, while both clubs still were congratulat ing themselves, the Reds and Cubs followed with a four- man swap revolving around ,- big Frank Thomas. Here's how the flurry - wound up: The White Sox got back ' Minoso. their old leftfielder whom they traded to Cleve- land two years ago, plus catcn--' er Dick Brown and lefthanded pitchers Don Ferrarese and ' Jack Striker in exchange for third baseman-outfielder Bub ! ha Phillins. catcher John Ro mano and first baseman-out fielder Norm Cash. Thomas To Cubs Cincinnati sent Thomas to the Cubs for southpaw reliev- . er Bill Henry and outfielders , Lee Walls and Lou Jackson. The deal for the 37-year-old ," Minoso caused some eyebrow ' lifting among those who re called the White Sox let him go to the Indians for Early Wynn and Al -Smith on Dec. 4, 1957, because they felt he -(' was "slowing up." St. Louis (UPD J a c k Mc Mahon, St. Louis Hawks' f guard, has been named assist . ant coach and director of player personnel of the Na- . tional Basketball association club. McMahon, an eight-year evteran in the NBA, will re- ; main on the active player list ! until Dec. 15 and then will E be assigned to the Hawks' farmout list. f See COMMERCIAL ! CREDIT PLAN Call Commercial Credit Plan whenever you can use extra cash. Our loan service is fast, friendly and convenient. Rates ( are reasonable. That's why thousands of families prefer to use Commercial Credit Plan It's the pay way that fits your pay day! HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? 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Weaver figures that the lantern-jawed junior operated at only 75 per cent of efficien cy last year after sustaining an injured thigh. During the three games he was sidelined early in the season, the enemy cracked Gael defenses for an average of 16 points more per contest than when Mesch ery was in working condition. Once he was back, St. Mary's won the West Coast Athletic Conference title and finished with a season mark of 19-6. Meschery, who stands 6-6 and weighs 215, played center most of last season. This year he is a forward and has av eraged 18 points per game for three contests. . Howie Dallmar, the former Philadelphia Warrior who re turned to Stanford as head coach, forsees a good future for Meschery if he joins the pros. "He's a great player," Dall mar says. "And he is one of the strongest 6-6 kids we've ever faced. The pros will like MEDFORO&fTRIBUIIl SIPCDDETTS th i0 "1; ff1 ... SLAPS AT BALL Missouri's Charley Henke (55) slaps at the ball and teammate Jackie Gilbert (33) as he fights In diana's . Frank Hadovich for rebound during game at Co lumbia Monday. IU got the ball, but Tigers pulled major upset and won, 79-76 over seventh ranked Hoosiers. (UPI Telephoto) Branch Rickey To Siast League Miami Beach, Fla. (UPD Branch Rickey, that familiar old battle glint back' in his eye, promised to let loose a blockbuster today against the American league which he feels is trying to sabotage the Continental league. "I will have a statement to day and when I'm through they will hear me," declared the still fiery, 79-year-old Continental League president. "I will have a statement to day and when I'm through they will hear me," declared the still fiery, 79-year-old Continental League president. Conjecture as to what the ingenious Rickey possibly could have up his sleeve rang ed from a guess that he will announce his prompt inten tion of going to Congress, to still another guess that he may dramatically produce three franchises needed to round out his proposed eight team league. Without intending to do so, President Joe Cronin of the American league practically forced Rickey's hand with Monday's announcement that "no definite decision has been reached regarding expansion of the American league." "We were not the least sur Star him because of that great strength. He has fine control and timing. Few of his shots are ever blocked and he al most can fire them right through a defender." Tom's backeround is some what different from most cagers. He was born in Man churia 21 years ago during the Japanese occupation. A group of Christian Brothers helped raise him and this was a key reason why he entered St. Mary's. He is studying to go into foreign service. Much of Meschery's power was sapped last December after he sustained the thigh injury during a game with Redlands. The big guy aggra vated the condition by crouch ing in a whirlpool bath and by the time the Gaels had reached Utah to launch a tough road trip, Meschery was suffering from a blood clot. He stayed in a Salt Lake hospital while the Gaels split a pair with the Utes, then were racked up by Brigham Young, Utah State and Ten nessee Tech. With his weight far down, Meschery finally made it into the lineup against Loyola of Los Angeles on Jan. 10 and obviously was rusty, So rusty, in fact, that Weaver kept him out of the starting lineup the following night against Pep perdine. But then Meschery eventually went in) scored 17 points and grabbed 17 re bounds. "But he never got back to normal all year," Weaver says. St. Mary's fervid supporters feel that now Meschery is ripe to live up to that oft-mentioned "potential." And so far he seems headed thataway. prised," Rickey said calmly. The National league's an nouncement that it has "no present plans for expansion" was more to the liking of Con tinental league officials, who insist the only reason the American league keeps talk ing expansion is to hampej the new circuit's efforts to ob tain its last three franchises Commissioner Ford Frick viewed Monday's announce ments by the two major leagues as a green light for the Continental league to go ahead with its plans. "Now that the National and American leagues have restat ed their positions cis announc ed last May, the Continental league continues to have the opportunity of proceeding with its announced program," Frick declared. "The commis sioner looks forward to such positive action as will permit them to qualify for major league status." ' So far, the Continental league has five major cities in the fold. They are New York, Denver, Toronto, Houston and Minneapolis-St. Paul. " Among the other cities said to be in terested in securing a fran chise are Buffalo, Montreal I and San Diego. ' f MEDFORD HOOP ALL-STATER Jerry Anderson, above, is among seven lettermen on the Medford high school basketball varsity which opens its season this week end. Anderson was named to the all-state second team at the Oregon Class A-l basketball tournament last March. He paced the Black Tornado with 468 points and 235 re bounds in the 1958-1959 season. In the state meet he was second high scorer with 88 points and tied for single game high with his 33 markers against McMinnville. Medford plays Marshfield at Coos Bay on Friday and North Bend there on Saturday. Experienced Hands On Black Tornado Maplecourt Squad We should have a pretty good ball club. We'll know in a month or so." That's head coach Frank Roelandt's current appraisal of his Medford High school basketball contingent. Quite a bit of experience, good overall height but no great altitude are other de scriptions which fit the new edition of the Black Tornado. There are seven lettermen on the 12-man squad, headed by Jerry Andrerson who was named to the Oregon A-l state tournament all-star second team. Two-year lettermen along with the all-stater are Lowell and Calvin Dean and Jerry Shults. Booth Deakins, Ken Durkee and Henry Olson earned first hoop varsity monograms last year. Mostly Seniors Up from last season's jay vees are Jim Barry, Ken Jensen, Darrell Miller, Bob Quinney and Dick Ragsdale. Not out is one other letter- man, Jonn ronnmayer. The squad is predominately seniors Barry, Ragsdale and Quinney are the only juniors. Quinney is tallest at 6-3 Vi. Anderson, Lowell Dean and Miller list heights at 6-3 and Deakins and Shults at 6-2. Ol son and Cal Dean are even six feet. Barry, Jensen and Basketball Starts Set For Three Three Jackson county high schools, which got late starts in preparation for respective campaigns, launch their basketball slates this week. They are Medford, St. Mary's of Medford and Phoenix. All were delayed in maplecourt activity by late football seasons. St. Mary's kicks off its schedule as host lo Riddle here tonight. It will go, to Eagle Point on Friday and will entertain for the Jack son County B league jam-' boiee on Saturday evening. Medford will meet Marsh field at Coos Bay on Friday and will vie at North Bend on Saturday. Phoenix will be at home to Pleasant Hill on Friday. Saturday play will take the Pirates lo " Brookings. CRATER TRAVELS Crater high and Ashland have Toad trips. The comets of Crater oppose Willam ette on Friday and St. Francis on Saturday with the games on the home floors of the Eugene school. Ashland takes on Shasta high at Redding, Calif., both nights. v Rogue River will be host for two games this week end. Prospect on Friday and Canyonville on Saturday. Other week end rivalry will lake Illinois Valley lo Myr tle Creek. Grants Pass meets North Bend and Marshfield the opposiles of Medford on the coast. Talent will have a Tues day game against the Cra- ler high junior varsity. Play will be at Talent. The Saturday B jamboree will offer l!2 games or six quarters of basketball. Each of the members of the league will tussle each each other one once. There are only four B look schools this lime, St Mary's, Butte Falls, Prospect and Talent, tine Jacksonville was merged with the Medford district. . - ' Ragsdale are 5-10 and Durkee 5-8 Y2. Opens at Coos Bay Medford's advancement to the state A-l football cham pionship delayed Black Tor nado efforts to ready for the maplecourt sport. Jensen, Mil ler, Olson and Shults' are the only non-gridders on the hoop squad. Roelandt said that the cage crew has all been together only since last Thursday. Preparations for the basket ball campaign got into full swing that day. The Black Tornado opens its slate on Friday against Marshfield at Coos Bay and plays at North Bend on Satur day night. First home court play will be on Dec. 18 and 19 against South Eugene. Medford plays its home con flicts at Hedrick Junior high. Tittle Set For Q. B. For Sunday San Francisco - (UPD - Coach Red Hickey today announced that Y. A. Tittle would open at quarterback when the San Francisco Forty Niners meet tough 'Green Bay here Sun day. f Tittle has seen limited serv ice since injuring his knee Nov. 22 against Baltimore. He directed a second half scoring march last Sunday in the club's losing effort in a re match with the Colts. Hickey viewed films of Sunday's 34-'l4 slaughter and morosely commented that "the pictures showed we play ed a terrible ball game both offensively and defensively." "We must improve if we hope to beat the Packers," he added. The team was to re sume practice today. Woes Compounded - The Forty Niners' woes were compounded when of fensive guard Bruce Bosley came up lame with a pulled muscle. "We don't know how badly he's hurt until later in the week," Hickey said. Five Forty Niner linemen were at least partially crippled with injuries today. The Packers checked into Palo Alto Monday with coach Vince Lombardi still praising his team's effort in its 38-20 conquest of Los Angeles last Sunday. ... The Forty Niners must down Green Bay while Los Angeles upsets Baltimore this Sunday if the San Franciscans are to get a share of the West ern Division title. Entries In Car Race Set Sebring, Fla. -(UPD- Twenty five small cars, American and European, have entered the compact car race that will precede the first Grand Prix of the United States here Sat urday. Included in the entries are the new U.S. Corvairs and Valiants. The new Falcon was not entered, but could be la ter as more than 40 cars are expected to round out the field. The two hour race begins Saturday morning, three hours before the start of the Grand Prix, a top internation al race for formula-1 cars which will decide the world's champion driver. Liston Rival Of Besmahoff On Wednesday New York - (UPD - Heavy weight contender Sonny Lis ton of Philadelphia seeks his 19th straight victory Wednes day night in a TV 10-rounder with Germany's Willie Bes manoff of Milwaukee at the Cleveland arena. Because of his skill and punch, Liston is favored at 3-1. Each is 27 but Liston is rated third among contenders. Besmanoff is not ranked among the top 10. Their bout will be televised nationally by ABC. There's no Friday night TV fight this week. In his latest bout, Besman off dropped a decision to Ed die Machen, Sept. 16. How ever, he won his other three starts this year on decisions over Al Williams, Mike De John and Marty Marshall. Liston registered three straight knockouts this year: Over Mike DeJohn 6, Cleve land Williams 3 and Nino Val des 3. Virgil Akins, ex - welter weight champion, meets con tender Denny Moyer of Port land, Ore., at Portland in a 10-rounder Thursday night. The week's boxing schedule includes: Tuesday: Los Angeles Danny Valdez vs. Tano Serna. Fresno. Calif. Joey Lopes vs. Ben Medina. Richmond. Calif. Bennie Casing vs. Chuck Wiggins. Sacramento, Calif. Dommy Usrua vs. Rav Pa checo. Tampa. Fla. Roy Harris vs. Paul Andrews. Wednesday: Cleveland Sonny Liston vs. Willie Besmanoff (TV). Thursday: Los Angeles Paulie Armstead vs. Baby Vasquez. Phil adelphia Georgia Benton vs. Gene Washington. Portland, Ore. Den ny Moyer vs. Virgil Akins. Cal gary.. Alberta Leroy Flammond vs. Jimmy McCoy. Pros Fight For Gridder San Francisco UPD The West Coast scout for the Cleveland Browns has conced ed in the club's, battle to win star Stanford end Chris Bur ford away from the Dallas team of the newly-formed American Football league. Sarge McKenzie said Mon day that the "bidding had got out of hand." Burford, contacted in Palo Alto indicated that he hadn't signed with anybody. "I think 'it will be Dallas," he said, "but until I put it in writing I'm reserving the right to change my mind." McKenzie said that a "no cut" clause in the contract of fered Burford had 'been the deciding factor. "Burford would have been willing to sign with us," McKenzie said, "but we couldn't guarantee that he'd make the team." Dallas was believed to have offered Burford around $12 000. Burford is slated to per form in the East-West game Jan. 2. During the regular season he won ail-American mention by catching 61 passes for 757 yards. Both figures led the nation. He was a ninth round draft choice of the Browns. D'Armto To Get New Hearing New York - (UPD - Cus D'Amato, whose fight man ager's license was revoked by the New York State Athletic Commission, has been granted a motion for a hearing before the state Supreme Court Dec. 12. D'Amato lost his license af ter an inquiry into alleged ir regularities in the promotion of the Ingemar Johansson Floyd Patterson heavyweight title fight last June. D'Amato is Patterson's manager. In papers filed through his attorney, D'Amato claimed that he had not received a fair hearing by the Athletic Commission. r HAVE AN " E EXTRA VACATIONS - ON THE WAY!z See us NOW-even if tou're going NEXT SPRING! Com on in for FREE . fully illutrotd Mtorotwra. SEE GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets ' PHONE SP 2-6779 111 E. 8th &w 00 BY SHIP! Cincinnati Tightens Grip On Top Spot in Cage Poll New York-d'PD-Cincinnati the pre-season choice for the national championship, took an even tighter grip today on first place weekly ratings of the 1959-60 college basketball season released by the United Press International Board of Coaches. ' With Ail-American Oscar Robertson firing 45 points in his first game and 43 in the second, during the past week, Cincinnati received the first place votes of 25 of the 35 famous coaches who comprise the board, compared to' 16 in the pre-season ratings. California, last season's champion, was second, just as it was in the pre-season poll. But Cincinnati, which had a 63-point lead in the pre-season balloting on a points basis, boosted that margin over Cali fornia to 102 points this week. Mountainers Move Up West Virginia, fourth in the pre-season ratings, jumped to third while Ohio State and sophomore ace Jerry Lucas jumped from sixth to fourth. North Carolina remained in the No. 5 slot. Kentucky, third in the pre season ratings but upset by Southern California Saturday night, dropped down to sixth. St. Louis bounded all the way from 14th place to seventh with three impressive victor ies. Indiana was eighth, Kans as ninth, and Utah 10th. Of the 10 first-place votes St. Louis Man First In Bowling Chicago -(UPD- Dick Weber, of St. Louis, a perennial con tender in bowling's biggest tourneys, rolled into first place in the World's Cham- pionsjiip Bowling tournament Monday night with a 36-game meet record of 7,863. Weber's onslaught dropped early leader Andy Rogoznica, a Chicago bowling supply salesman, to second, 43 pins off the pace with 7,820. Lou Frantz of Louisville, owner of the tourney's only 300 game so far, dropped to fourth with 7,738, behind Bill Golembiewski of Detroit, who sailed into third with a 7,787 series. Favorites Listed Farther back in the pack, but still among the leaders, were such favorites as Billy Welu, with a 7,655, Ray Bluth, 7,678, and former champion Don Carter, 7,586. All three bowl out of St. Louis, Mo. In the women's division, Pauline Bickel of . Omaha, Neb., padded her lead to 46 pins by scoring 4,930. Marge Merrick of Detroit, who led in the early rounds, was sec ond with 4,884, followed by Sylvia Wene of Philadelphia, 4,808, and former champion Marion Ladewig of Grand Rapids, Mich., 4,773. t ) v u Also. . . The "Go-Anywhere ... Shave Anywhere" Car-ano-Battery New Norelco Sportsman. ..124.95 North American Philips Company, Inc., 100 t. 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. See Norelco demonstrated on Sugarfoot-Bronco, ABC-TV network; The Line-up, CBS-TV network. missed by Cincinnati, five went to California, two to St. Louis, and one each to West Virginia, Ohio State,- and Ken tucky. 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