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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.
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Meschery
At St. Mary's
San Francisco -UPD- In the
words of an old torch song,
"He's not much to look at,
nothin' to see" during a bas
ketball game but St. Mary's is
strictly red hot with Tom
Meschery snagging the re
bounds and getting the big
points.
"No, he's not the flashy
type that fans notice," coach
Jim Weaver of the Gaels says.
"If you're looking for. some
body with finesse or the
graceful movement, you're
watching the wrong guy in
Meschery. But if you want a
player who gets the job done
somebody who can go up
there and get the muscle shot
Meschery is your man. Sorry,
I mean he's ours."
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
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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went to California, two to St.
Louis, and one each to West
Virginia, Ohio State,- and Ken
tucky. Billikens Head Newcomers
Each of the 35 coaches
rates the top 10 teams in the
nation each week. Their bal
lots are computed on a points
basis, with 10:9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-l-points
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