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GRABBING HANDS-A common sight Mon
day night in the Illinois-Oklahoma game in
Champaign, 111., were grabbing hands. Illi
nois pulled to a 47 tie in the last two min
utes and beat Oklahoma 60-57 in overtime.
Play was aggressive under the boards and
OSC Grabs Victory
From Huskers 67-55
- Portland-niPD-Oregon State
fought off a second half real
' ly by Nebraska here Monday
night to record a 67-65 bas
ketball victory.
Nebraska fought back from
12 Signed
For 49'ers
Grid Team
San Francisco -4UPD- Twelve
young players have been sign
ed to 1960 contracts, the San
Francisco Forty Niners an
nounced today.
Included on the list are four
players drafted at the Nov. 30
NFL meeting; , two rookies
who barely missed making the
1959 squad; five so-called "red
shirts" from previous drafts,
and one free agent.
The new draftees signed
are:
Ola Murchsison, College of
Pacific end-linebacker, sixth
draft choice.
Bot Wasden, Auburn, end
linebacker, ninth choice. A
Jim Stem Williams, 260
pound tackle from North
Carolina college, 12th choice.
Carl Robinson, 250 -pound
tackle from South Carolina
State, 18th choice. ; ; v
The "Red shirts" men with
another year of college eligi
bility signed were:
. . Dan Colcbico, San Jose
State, seventh choice; Lew
Akin, end, Vanderbilt, eighth
choice; Dee Mackey, East Tex
as State, drafted 24 in 1958;
Ron Warzeka, Montana State
College, drafted 14th in 1957;
Paul Tripp, Idaho State, 22nd
choice in 1957.
' The first free agent signed
was Fred Williamson, offens
ive end from Northwestern.
: Rookies from the 1959 team
who were cut from the squad
and who will get another
chance are Mike Dukes, Clem
son, and Tom Osborne, Hast
ings. Negotiate For
Fight
Interest
New York -flJPD- Attorney
Roy Cohn and associates plan
to meet again today with Bill
Rosensohn in their attempt to
buy his one-third interest in
Rosensohn Enterprises, Inc.,
arid clear the way for promot
ing the return Ingemar Jo
hansson - Floyd Patterson
heavyweight title fight next
summer.
Little progress was made at
Monday night's conference
with Rosensohn, who report
edly asked more for his stock
than the Cohn group deemed
reasonable. '
The new organization of
wealthy New York business
men purchased two-thirds of
the stock in Rosensohn Enter
prises last week from Vin
cent J. Velella, a Harlem pol
itician. Velella's selling price
reportedly was $150,000.
Rosensohn, who had been
v asking $75,000 for his one
third reportedly boosted the
price Monday night. .
here Illinois' Ed Perry loses ball to George
Kernek (3) as John Wessels, UI, reaches for
a part. Buddy Hudson (13) is going away
from play. Perry led UI with 16 points;
Kernek with 14 points shared honors for
OU. . (UPI Telephoto)
a halftime 30-21 deficit to
tie the count at 33-33 on Her
schell Turner's bucket. It was
tied four more times with the
last coming at 53-53.
The long-range shooting of
junior Bill Wold kept OSC in
the game in the second half
as the Beavers were off on
their free throw shooting.
Wold took game scoring
honors with 19 points with
15 of them coming in the
second haft. '
Nebraska got to within one
point in the last 32 seconds,
66-65 but Herschell hit one
of two free throws just before
the final buzzer.
Al Maxey hit 16 points to
pace the Cornhuskers.
BOX:
Nebraska (S
Kowalke
Buuck
Harry ;
Turner
Maxey
Roots
G
2
6
2
5
. 5
F
1- 1
2- 3
0-2
4-4
p T
1 ' 9
2 14
6-8
1
1
2
0-0 1
0-1 2
2-3 2
Barth
Bowers .
Totals
23 15-20 22 65
Oregon Stat (T
Jacobson
Carty
Anderson
6
1
4
7
F- .
2- 4 ;
3- 8
2-3
5-8 .
4- 5
1-2
0-1
Wold
Woodland.
Campbell .
Niles
5
1
. 0
0
, 0
Flynn
Critchfleld
Totalj 25 17-32 16 67
Halftime: Oregon State 30, Ne
braska 21.
Touring Pros
Aim at Prizes
Dunedin, Fla. -(TOD- The na
tion's touring pros will battle
it out for more than $750,000
in prizes on the Professional
Golf association's tour from
mid-April through August in
1960.
The 1960 spring and sum
mer schedule, announced to
day by PGA President Harold
Sargent, again ' will blanket
the nation and features two
new events - the "500" Festi
val Open Invitational, a $50,
000 tourney at Speedway,
Ind.,: May 26-29, and the $35,
000 Milwaukee Open Invita
tional at Milwaukee, Aug.
25-28. -
The 42nd annual PGA
championship, to be held at
the-Firestone Country-club in
Akron, Ohio, July 21-24, will
carry a $30,000 minimum
purse as it did in 1959.
Top money as usual will be
offered in the Masters, ex
pected to reach $76,100. It is
the final tourney listed on the
official winter tour and. will
be played at Augusta, Ga.,
April 7-10.
New York-IIPD-The Ameri
can league's board of gover
nors voted unanimously Mon
day to uphold a 12-game sus
pension of forward Bob
Bailey of the Buffalo Bisons.
Bailey was accused of hitting
Ted Harris of . the Spring
field Indians with his stick.
New York DPB Al Paul,
who moulded the powerful
line which helped Hofstra go
unbeaten and untied this
year, was named today as as
sistant football' coach at Col
umbia university. Paul re
places Vaughn Mancna, re
cently named athletic direc
tor at Florida State.
(Ohio State. Georgia Tech
Fall Down; Cincinnati Next?
United Press International
v Ohio State and Georgia
Tech have fallen by the way
side and tonight it could be
Cincinnti's turn to be bounced
from college basketball's un
beaten ranks.
Utah snapped third-ranked
Ohio State's winning streak at
six games and ran their own
string to seven with a 97-92
triumph at Salt Lake City
Monday night while Southern
Methodist handed eighth
ranked Georgia Tech its first
loss, 80-71, at Dajjas.
' Neither was in the nature
of a shocking upset since
Utah is ranked sixth in the
country and SMU is one of the
favorites in the Southwest
conference. And, there's little
question that Oscar Robertson
and Cincinati face their tough
est hurdle of the season to
date when they take on sev-
Cincinnati Still
Kates Top Team
New York -(UPD- Cincinnati
remained No. 1 in United
Press International's major
college basketball ratings to
day for the third straight
week but West Virginia re
placed Ohio State in second
place. '
Ohio State slipped to third
while California remained
fourth. St. Louis was fifth,
Utah sixth, Bardley seventh,
Georgia Tech eighth, Kansas
ninth and Indiana 10th.
Georgia Tech, moving up
from 12th, and Indiana, which
advanced from 11th, were
the newcomers in the top
10. North Carolina dropped
from fifth to 11th and South
ern California slipped from
10th to 11th in the latest bat
loting by the United Press In
ternational Board of Coaches.
Tarheels Head Second Group
The 35-leading coaches who
rate ; the major schools for
UPI based their latest votes
on games played through Sat
urday night, Dec. 19. The top
four teams boasted perfect
records through that date. .
North Carolina headed the
second 10 group. Kentucky,
New York University, Vil
lanova, Southern California,
Texas A & M, Iowa, Illinois,
Michigan State and Notre
Dame rounded out the first
20 in that order. ,
Each coach votes for 10
teams in the order he ranks
them nationally. Points are
awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
basis for votes froni first
through 10th place.
Mountaineers Gain Support
Cincinnati received 20 first
place votes and a total of 327
points, four less than last
week. . West Virginia, which
drew only--' two ': first-place
votes and 252 points last
week, . received' eight first
place votes and '308 points.
West Virginia picked up the
additional support because of
its impressive triumph over
Kentucky Saturday night in
the final of the Kentucky In
UCLA Only Victorious Team
On Road; Mometowners Rate
West Coast cagers resume
action tonight in regional and
intersectional clashes - and
unless somebody changes the
form sheet, the home-towners
"have it made."
Tonight's key intersection
al games, find Stanford invad
ing Marquette, Santa Clara at
Connecticut and Washington's
Huskies hosting Northwest
ern, j, . -
. Monday night's basketball
bill featured a full schedule
of cross-country tilts, but the
UCLA Bruins were the only
"travelers" to emerge victor
ious,' as they nipped Minne
sota, 73-72.
.Wiscon's young squad took
Oregon Trounces
Spartans by 56-41
1 Eugene - (UPD - Oregon's
Ducks toyed with San Jose
State here Monday night and
beat the Spartans, 56-41. The
two teams meet here again
tonight.
Oregon never was in trou
ble after the first five min
utes of the game and held
a 25-13 halftime edge.
The Ducks controlled both
backboards and picked off
49 rebounds -to San Jose's 30.
Glenn Moore had 14 rebounds
for the Ducks but was held
to only four points by Dennis
Marc. Moore had gone into
the game with a 22 plus av
erage. Charlie Warren and Dennie
Strickland took up the scor
ing slack hitting 12 and 11
points respectively.
Vic Barnes topped the vis
itors with 10 points. Marc
enth-r a n k e d . and unbeaten
Bradley tonight. ' -, : '.
Lucas Wins Duel '
The Utah-Ohio State game
was billed as a meeting be
tween two of the country's
best sophs Utah's Billy Mc
Gill and Ohio State's Jerry
Lucas and it turned out to
be a mighty show between the
two 6-9 giants. Lucas "won"
the personal duel, 32 points to
31, but McGill's neutralization
of Lucas enabled his team
mates, to control the game.
Utah led by as much ,as 14
points in the first half and had
a 49-44 lead at intermission..
Max Williams, a 5-10 "rab
bit," and Steve Strange, a 6-7
stringbean, totaled .39 points
to engineer SMU's upset of
Georgia Tech, which had won
six straight this season and 13
in a row over a two-year span.
Williams had 20 points and
vitation tournament at Lex
ington, Ky.
Ohio State received two
first - place votes and 264
points. California drew the
other five first-place votes
and 247 points.
St. Louis received 138
points and Utah was close be
hind with 137. Bradley re
ceived 111. The last three
teams in the top 10 were
separated by only two points.
Georgia Tech drew 47, Kan
sas 46 and Indiana 45. North
Carolina, in 11th place, was
close behind Indiana with 43.
Pitcher Traded
To Pirates
Pittsburgh (UPD- Right
hander Ronnie Kline, who
posed a "pitch me or - trade
me" option to the Pittsburgh
Pirates last summer, was St.
Louis-bound today in ex
change for an outfielder and
another pitcher.
Pittsburgh shed Kline to
the Cardinals Monday for
outfielder Gino Cimoli and
righthander Tom Cheney.
Kline got what he asked
for-if, indeed, he really did
want to leave. Disappointed at
not being used in strict rota
tion, the 27-year-old hurler
publicly expressed a desire to
be traded if he could not pull
a regular turn on the mound.
"I guess I got what I
wanted," Kline said after
learning of the trade. "I hate
to leave all the guys I played
with but maybe I'll be better
off in St. Louis.
ATHLETES SON DEAD
Royal Oak, Mich. AM -John
Thomas Tracy Jr., a
seven-week-old son of Pitts
burg Steeler fullback Tom
The Bomb Tracy, was found
dead in his crib Monday. Po
lice said death apparently
was due to suffocation. The
Tracys also .have a 2-year-old
daughter. ;- . .
a squeaker from Stanford at
Madison, 60-59; and a scrappy
Providence college team snap
ped a . three game losing
streak to edge the touring
Santa Clara Broncos, 62-60:
Creighton whipped Seattle,
77-70.
Huskies Pound Cats
Coast fives at home fared
better, with Oregon State de
feating Nebraska, 67-65, and
the University of Washington
pounding Northwertern's
Wildcat, 79-60.
College of Pacific's Ken
Stanley hit a 15-foot jump
shot with six seconds left to
give the Tigers an away-from-home
win at Idaho State, 57-
followed him with nine
points. ':
The win was Oregon's fifth
against a single loss. San Jose
State now stands 2-4 on the
season.
BOX:
San Jose 41
Chapman ...........
Galvey .
Marc
McGrath .
Ryan .. .
Barnes
Corl
Ashmore
Total!
G
... 2
..... 1
4
..... 1
..... 0
5
.... 2
0
F
1-2
1-1
1- 2
5-7
2- 2
0-0
2-2
0-0
IS ll-K 11 41
Oregon SS
P T
warren
.... 2 8-11
2 0-0
.. 2 0-1
S 1-1
4 1-1
Robertson ,
Moore -
Strickland
Rask
Herron . 0-1
Simmons . .. 2 0-0
Anderson i 0 0-1
Knecht 1 ' 0-O .
Kimpton 1 0-0
Totals 23 16-1C 9 56
Halftime: Oregon 25, San Jose 13.
Strang 19 as SMU's tight de
fense broke Georgia Tech's
fast break.
. East Tennessee State scored
one of the year's major upsets
when it beat previously-unbeaten
Mississippi, 79-60, in
the first round of the Watauga
Tournament 'at Johnson City,
Term.
Badgers Shade Indians
Illinois beat Oklahoma, 60-
57, - and Wisconsin shaded
Stanford, 61-60, but four oth
er Big Ten teams were beaten.
UCLA fought off a late rally
to edge Minnesota, 73-72,
Washington whipped North
western, 79-60, Denver beat
Michigan, 71-65, and Brigham
Young downed Michigan
State, 79-75. Providence de
feated touring Santa Clara,
62-60, Creighton rallied to
down Seattle 77-70, Louis
ville whipped Alabama, 84-54,
and Xavier of Ohio defeated
The Citadel, 94-91, in other
games.
Illinois out-scored Oklaho
ma, 13-10, in the overtime
period after senior Al Gos
nell's field goal with 1:33 left
tied the score. Gov Vaughn
connected on two straight
jump shots to get Illinois off
in front in the extra session
but Ed Perry took game scor
ing honors with 19 points.
Marty Gharrity's field goal
put Wisconsin ahead by a
point with two minutes left
and the Badgers controlled
the ball the rest of the way to
insure victory, and UCLA hit
on 44.1 per cent of its field
goal tries and never trailed in
its one-point victory over
Minnesota.
New Orleans-Coffee drink
ers in Louisiana and Missis
sippi drink two or three times
as much coffee per day as
the average for the rest of
the U.S.
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55, but in other regional tilts,
home-town form held true.
Arizona State university
won its 19th straight home tilt
by beating Washington State,
94-70; Oregon's Ducks toyed
with San Jose State, 56-41;
and San Francisco State top
pled San Diego State 66-59.
In other regional action,
Westmont of Santa Barbara
downed Humboldt State, 53
48; Idaho pulled a home-floor
upset against Utah State, 57
56; and Long Beach State
buried visiting Nevada, 82-57.
Western Washington tamed
Ricks of Idaho 75-70.
Wisconsin'e pesky Badgers,
not regarded as Big Ten title
contenders this season, used a
stall to preserve their win
against Stanford's Indians.
Stanford captain John Arril
laga led two rallies that put
Stanford ahead, 60-59, with
less than three minutes to
play, but Wisconsin's Marty
Gharrity scored and the Bad
gers put on the freeze to win.
Santa Clara absorbed its
second beating of the year at
Providence, although Bronco
Frank Sobrero led both teams
in scoring with 26 points.
A pair of final minute free
throws gave Providence the
victory, played before 3,300
fans.
UCLA fought off a late
stage Minnesota rally at Min
neapolis to gain its one-point
victory. UCLA jumped to an
early lead and never trailed,
atlhough the Gophers almost
closed the gap several times.
Minnesota center and cap
tain, Ron Johnson, led scorers
with 27 markers. - Cliff Bran
don tallied 15 for the
UCLANS.
Oregon controlled both
backboards at Eugene while
hammering the San Jose Spar
tans. Nine Ducks scored in
the contest, with Charlie War
ren and Dennis Strickland
hitting 12 and 11 respectively.
Other games tonight pit
San Jose and Oregon in a re
turn match. Hawaii at USC,
Washington State at Arizona,.
Idaho at Utah State, Chico at
Long Beach, Gonzaga at Pa
cific Lutheran, and Pepper
dine at Redlands.
ChicagcForty-five railway
companies in the U.S. each
operate on more than 1,000
miles of their own trackage.
BULLETIN
Champaign, III. - (CPS -Pete
Elliott, a famed Michi
gan football player, today
was named football coach at
the University of Illinois.
Elliott, 33, has submitted
his resignation as coach of
the University ef California
at Berkeley, the Illinois an
nouncement said.
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Defensive
Battle Seen
For Bowl
Long Beach, Calif.-UPD-For
a game that features two
headline - grabbing quarterbacks-Bob
Schloredt of Wash
ington and Dale Hackbart of
Wisconsin-the Jan. 1 Rose
Bowl just might be a defen
sive battle between two ener
getic lines.
While Wisconsin stressed
defensive line play in Pasa
dena Monday, coach Jim
Owens of the Huskies worked
his young squad on defense
on a rain-moistened field at
Veterans' Memorial Stadium.
Use Films
Using knowledge from
game films, Owens and his
staff worked at setting up de
fenses against the Big 10
Badgers. .
Washington, which turned
down a chance to work in
doors Monday at a pier build
ing at Long Beach harbor,
will go through a scrimmage
Thursday to put its newly
acquired knowledge of the
Badger attack to test.
It will be the Huskies' first
full contact drill since arriv
ing from Seattle last Friday.
After Monday's two-hour
session, the team toured Re
vue Motion Picture Studios
and dined on prime rib at
Lawry's on Los Angeles "Res
taurant Row."
Ownership
Changes at
Oak Knoll
Ashland -Oak Knoll Golf
club here, under new owner
ship, wiQ open the links to
the public to free play on
Christmas day.
W. L. (Ted) Porterfield,
new owner and manager, said
also that free coffee will be
served to golfers from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on Friday.
Porterfield has purchased
the links from a stock corp
oration. A resident of Grants
Pass for the past five years,
he is now living at the course.
His son, Walter (Boots) Por
terfield, Oregon Professional
Golfers association titlist, is
the new head professional.
Boots has been pro at Grants
Pass Golf club and will con
tinue his association with that
course.
The elder Porterfield said
that some links changes are
planned and that a driving
range will be put inl Installa
tion of additional drain tile
is contemplated.
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