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BRAWL PREVENTED Boston Celtics Knicks and Boston's K. C. Jones while Jim Loscutoff (wearing training suit) joins scrambling for free ball late in fourth the crowd as Knickerbockers - Celtics Na- period. Quick action by special police pre- tional Basketball association game in New vented the fight from getting out of hand. York almost develops into a brawl game Boston beat New York, 123 to 119. Friday at Madison Square Garden. Fire- ,(UPI Telephoto) works were touched off by Richie Guarin of , . Cincinnati Field General Leads Blues to 20-8 Win Montgomery, Ala. - (UPD The Blue, led bv a field gen eral named Lee, stung the Gray with passe:, and decep tive runs Saturday to win the 22nd annual Blue-Gray foot ball game 20-8 before 22,000 fans. ' Quarterback Jack Lee of Cincinnati gave the underdog Blue squad an air advantage and another Yankee quarter back, Ross Fichtner of Pur due, engineered the running . same with slick handoffs and lakery. Iowa State's Dwight Nich ols, another passing star, threw a 16-yard scoring pass, Maryland fullback Jim Joyce -a standout runner all after noon - cracked three yards for another touchdown and halfback Leonard Wilson of Purdue piled over for the third on a three-yard burst. The favored Grays avert ed a shutout late in the third period when Clemson quarter back Harvey White hurled a 23-yard scoring pass to Van derbilt halfback Tom Moore. ' Moore took a short toss and bucked for two points but it was too late then for a" south comeback. The Blues bunched their scores and built a 20-0 lead in the middle stanzas. ' The gallant Blues took the second-half kickoff 53 yards In a dazzling eight-play series to their third touchdown. Fichtner started the march with a 21 yard pass to Wilson and Joyce, who did most of his ground gaining over guard, moved it to scoring position inside the 10. i Wilson carried over for the core. First Score on Drive The first Blue score came Tough Drills On For UW Pasadena, Calif. - WPD -The holiday was over for both the Washington and Wisconsin Rose Bowl football team Sat urday. . Both squads faced what coaches planned as their most intensive practice sessions since arriving here a week go. . t . . Coach Jim Owens, stymied by the rain Thursday, re scheduled a scrimmage at Long Beach Veterans Stadi um today for the Huskies. He etill believes the Pacific champions are behind Wis consin in conditioning be cause of bad weather and other factors. Milt Bruhn, who gradually has expanded workouts for the Wisconsin crew, also in dicated he may scrimmage the Badgers today. Neither team did any work on the gridiron Friday. In fact .the most serious deci sion involved a choice of jer sey colors for the New Year's Day classic. Wisconsin, .- this year's "home" team under the Rose Bowl pact, picked its red jersey. Washington will be garbed in white. CUBA DETAINS PLAYERS Miami Beach, Fla.-dlPD-The director of the Orange Bowl junior tennis tournament has asked Cuban Premier Fidel Castro to permit Jack Connill and Adolph Minoso to com pete here beginning Dec. 30. The teen-age players are be ing detained in Cuba despite their selection to participate in the tournament by Cuban Tenaie Aenn. - 1 3 i f on an llilay drive that went 85 yards - the capper being Nichols' floating 16 yard pass to Northwestern end Doug AsadV Lee kicked the first of two extra points. " Moments later, ' the Blues took, a punt on their 22 and Lee directed a 78 yard drive that took 12' plays. The key play was a' 21-yard Lee pass completion for a first down on the Gray 24. Joyce then barrelled to the nine and two plays later ram med across from three yards out. ' : The south's strike by White, hero of last week's Bluebon net Bowl game, went to All Southeastern conference half back Moore down the middle. Moore slashed over, dragging Blue-clad tacklers with him. Texas A&M quarterback Charlie Milstead faked a placement and threw to Moore on the goal line for the two pointer. The Blue line, studded with stars from the Big 10, held the Grays to a frustrating yardage total and a mere 11 first downs while Blue backs piled up 26. In the first period, the Grays muffed a chance when a low Three Tournaments Set For Cage Action Monday United Press International West Coast college basket ball fans, eyeing a possible rematch between last season's NCAA finalists, West Virgin ia and California, have a gen erous helping of holiday ac tion in store for them. No less than four holiday cage tournaments were slat ed for the coming week, with the first annual West Coast Athletic Conference affair scheduled Saturday in San Francisco. Three other tournaments begin Monday, with national attention focused on the Los Angeles Holiday Classic in the new Sports Arena. Un beaten defending NCAA champ California (6-0), Illi nois (5-0) and last season's NCAA runnerup, West Vir ginia (8-0) spice the loaded eight-team field. Plenty of Competition Detroit Player Named As League's Top Slugger Chicago (UPD - Outfielder Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers turned in one of the year's neatest tricks when he won the American league "slugging championship" by hitting more singles than his closest rivals. Kaline was disclosed Satur day as the surprise winner of the "slugging title" with a .530 percentage, according to figures compiled by the Howe News bureau. Harmon Kille brew of the Washington Sen ators was second at .516, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees was third at 514, Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians was fourth at .512 and Jim Lemon of the Senators was fifth at 510. Kaline hit fewer home runs than all four of his closest rivals, topped only Colavito in triples and had fewer doubles than Killebrew, Man tle and Colavito. But bit 110 pass from center forced Okla homa end Wahoo Jones to run instead of punt on fourth down and the Grays got pos session on the Blue 21. Moore and Clemson half back Bill Mathis moved it to the Blue one -yard line, but the Blue line held there and a Milstead pass overshot in tended receiver Carroll Dale of Virginia Tech in the end zone. - Michigan State guard Don Wright and teammate tackle Paul Rochester were thorns in the southern backfield all afternoon. The two Big 10 stars made more than 50 per cent of the tackles. Alabama guard Don Coch ran was a defensive stalwart for the outplayed southerners STATISTICS: Blue 14 0 020 0 8 Srnrlnr Blue Asad 16 past from Nichols (Lee KICK). Blue Jovee 3 run (Lee kickV Blue Wilson 3 run (kick failed!. Grav : Moore 23 pass from White (Moore pass from Milstead) Blue Gray First downs . zs 11 Rushing yardage 268 64 Pnccinff varriaee 107 101 Passes 8-16 8-20 Passes intercepted by 2 2 Punts 2-36 4-40 FnmhlM lost 1 1 Yards penalized 15 15 Other entries are USC, UCLA, Northwestern, Michi gan and Stanford. i The sixth annual Far Wes tern Conference tournament gets away Monday at Chico State, and in ihe northwest, the Far West Classic will draw top regional terms to Oregon State's gym. Oregon State (3-2), Oregon (6-1), Portland (4-2), New Mexico State (6-2), Denver (3 3), Washington State (5-4), Idaho (3-6) and touring Ha waii will vie for the -Far West Classic title. Willamette and Whittier join the six league , teams in the Far Western Conference tournament at Chico. San Francisco State (1-5) opens with Sacramento State (1-5) followed by Whittier vs. Ne vada (2-5); Cal Aggies (0-7) vs. Chico State (3-5) and Willamette-Humboldt (3-5). singles and higher batting average .327 or 42 points higher than the closest of the four pursuers in that depart ment; enabled him to win a title usually associated with a Ruth-Gehrig-Foxx type. Slugging percentages are compiled by dividing official at bats into total bases. Kaline had 511 at bats and 271 total bases. The Indians had a .408 team slugging percentage to top the Yankees' .402 and also left the' least number of runners on base, 995. Second baseman Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox broke seven major league rec ords and tied one while catch er Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees set three major league marks. Cocker spaniels, now among the most popular of household pets, are believed to have I originated in Spain. All-Stars Win On Copper Sowl Tempe, Ariz. - (DPD All America Bill Burrell set up one touchdown with a pass interception and engineered a tight defense Saturday to lead the National All-Stars to a 21-6 victory over the Southwest in the Copper Bowl football game. The great Illinois guard picked off a pass by Arizona State's Fran Urban on the National 28, and with broken field agility raced to the Southwest 37 late in the first period. From that point, the Nationals rolled to the game's first score, with USC's Angelo Coia getting the touchdown on a wide end run from the 7. The Nationals' other All America star, Penn State quarterback Richie Lucas, got into offensive action in the fourth period and directed a 47 -yard scoring drive. He scored himself from the 8. Lucas, suffering a hip in jury, still showed the form that made him an Ail-American in directing the sustain ed march, mixing up his plays well. Roger Leclerc, Trinity col lege's fine all-round center, kicked a 28-yard field goal late in the second period that gave the Nationals a 9-0 half time lead. Michigan State quarterback Larry Bielat also came on in the final period and moved the Nationals on a 53 -yard march with Bielat getting the touchdown run on a 4-yard spring around his right end. The Southwest squad, whose main ignominity was Shoulders Leading Bullriding Dallas, Tex. - (UPD - Jim Shoulders, the Henryetta, Okla., veteran cowboy, jump ed into the lead among the nation's bull-riding specialists Saturday in the first of 10 go rounds in the $57,500 Nation al Finals rodeo. Shoulders didn't win his event, but the world's num ber one cowboy gave the open ing day crowd of around 4,500 a thrill as he earned 182 points to tie for third and won $130.. That was enough to move him into first place ahead of Bob Wegner of Ponca City, Okla., who earned only 172 points and was out of the money. Shoulders' seasonal win nings mounted to $14,716 compared with $14,628 for Wegner. - Shoulders failed to earn money in his other specialty bareback bronc-riding where he ranked third for the sea son behind Jack Buschbom of Cassville. Wis., and John Hawkins of Twin Hart, Calif. Buschbom won this event with 185 points to add $375 to his total. . Win $16,089 Buschbom now has won $16,089 as compared to $15, 698 for Hawkins and $14,842 for Shoulders. Buschbom was the only number one rated cowboy to win his specialty in the first go-round. In fact, the only other leader to finish in the money was calf roper Jim Bob Altizer of Del Rio, Tex., who picked up $87 for a fourth-place finish. Harry Charters, the steer wrestling leader from Melba, Ida., made a fast throw of his animal, but let the steer's horns slip out of his grasp and by the time he remounted and made an official toss his time skidded to 45.2 seconds. That was far off the win ning time of 7.6 seconds post ed by Harley May, the one time Sul Ross, (Tex.) State college-trained cowboy who now lives in Oakdale, Calif., Wayne Lewis, of Dell City, Tex., who tied with Shoulders in the bull riding, turned the trick on an animal named Slingshot which had never been ridden in 35 previous outings. That event was won by Duane Howard of Minnewhu- kan, NM. The other first- round winners were Jake Bo gard of Bula, Tex., in calf roping, and Marty Wood of Bowness, Alberta, Canada, in saddle bronc riding. SOVIET STAR NAMED Moscow - (UPD - Decathlon champion Vasiliy Kuznetsov was chosen Thursday as the Soviet Sportsman of the Year by Russian sportswriters. Kuznetsov won a Decathlon victory during the Russian- U.S. meet in Philadelphia earlier this year with a total of 8,350 points. . Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOl You must b uriifiad or your money cheerfully refunded. Gat bcrrlt today al WESTERN THRIFT failure of its passing game, finally cashed in when Ari zona's Jim Geist hurled a 41 yard aerial to Arizona State university end Bill Spanko for a touchdown with 3 min utes, 40 seconds left in the game. deist unleashed a beautiful 50-yard shot to Baylor back Austin Gonsoulin, who drop ped the ball on the 2 with 47 seconds to go. It was Burrell and the hard charging National line that spelled the difference between the two clubs. The Southwest team got four key breaks in the game, but couldn't capi talize on any of them. Two of them came on a fumbled punt and a poor kick by the Nationals in the first half. And in the second half the Southwest failed to score after blocking a punt on the National 22, and recovering a fumble inside the National 40. STATISTICS: Nationals 0 8 0 1221 Southwestern .0 0 ' 0 6 6 Scoring: Nat Coia USC 7 run (kick failed) Nat Le Clerc Trinity FG 28 Nat Lucas Penn State 8 run (kick failed) SW Spanko ASU 41 pass irom Jim Geist Arizona (kick failed) Nat Bielat Michigan State 4 run (kick failed) M)WILILM(G SUNDAY MIXED LEAGUE Standings: W U Resets . 37 11 35 13 32 '4 15 M Mix Masters Cherry Pickers Eagle Eyes 31 17 Loose Screws Head Huttners . Four Deuces .1. Krazy Katz Team Ten H & H Team Six Team Eleven Gutter Bugs Team Twelve 25 25 25 23 21 20 18 18 23 23 23 25 27 28 30 30 15 ',i 32 i 10 38 Results: Team Six 3 (B. Fisher 469) 1616; Team Eleven 1 (T. Stout 441) 1432. Mix Masters 4 (M. Stickney 423) 1578;. Team Twelve p (forfeit) Resets 3 (A. Monroe 499) 1917; H & H 1 (S. Hopper 544) 1719. Loose Screws 3 (L. Knapp 542) 1982; Head Huttners 1 (C. Rhodes 510) 1769. Four Deuces 3 (E. Flakus 521) 1828; Cherry Pickers 1 (B. Cabler 487) 1806. Gutter Bugs 3 (J. Turk 492) 1705; Team Ten 1 (L. Fisher 449) 1516. Eagle Eyes 3 (G. Hale 452) 1695; Krazy Katz 1 (J. Vance 471) 1815. PACIFIC LEAGUE Standings: W. ' Western Hot ' Coffee .46 Oregon Veneer Co 45 Prospect Shopping Cntr. 38 M HiWay Tavern 38 Harry & David 35 Beneficial Standard Life 34 ',i L. 22 23 29 i 30 33 33 V, Arms Safety Instruction Gets Award Portia nd-(JPD - The Oregon Game commission has re ceived a national award of merit from the National Rifle association of America for its hunter safety and ' firearms safety programs. The award was presented to Oregon for outstanding achievement in this field as determined by a special com mittee of the International As sociation of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners. State game director Paul Schneider said that Oregon has a long way to go with this and vital program of in structing safe gun handlings especially with with young sters. To Teach Youngsters He said that the entire pro gram is aimed at teaching youngsters safe gun handling practices and sportsmanship afield, although, all persons regardless of age are urged to take advantage of hunter safety classes. He called upon: all civic groups, sportsman's clubs and other organizations to get be hind the hunter safety move ment, and start courses in their localities. HONOR BOWLING GREEN Washington -(DPD- Bowling Green university of Ohio has been named the outstanding small college football team of the year by the Washington Touchdown club. Doyt Perry, coach of the Mid-American Conference champions, will accept an award on behalf of his team at the club's annual banquet here Jan. 16. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrewj at Court Phone SP 3-9068 Last Race For Johnnie Los Angeles (UPD Johnnie Parsons' 20-year auto racing career comes to an end to day when he compete in the 100-lap United States Auto club (USAC) midget race at Saugus stadium. The 1950 Indianapolis 500 winner has announced he will retire to enter private busi ness. He will be honored as part of the afternoon racing program at the San Fernando Valley track. Parsons, 41, was the na tional big car driving cham pion in 1949, the year he fin ished second in his debut at Indianapolis. Others entered in the mid get events include Roger Ward, 1959 Indianapolis win ner, Los Angeles; Johnny Boyd, Fresno, Calif.; Ray Crawford, Pasadena, Calif.; Duane Carter, Speedway, In diana; Bill Chessbourg, Tuc son, Ariz.; and A. J. Foyt, Houston, Tex. Highlights of the program will be the battle for the Pa cific Coast midget champion ship between Earl Motter, Fresno, current leader with 205.25 points; Bill Cantrell, Anaheim, Calif., 197; Danny Oakes, Beverly Hills, Calif., 191.5, and Jimmy Davis, Pacoima, Calif. A victory to day is worth 50 points. Team Five : Active Club Weisfields Jewelers . Team One 31 3t -.2514 15 36 M 37 42 "4 49 . Results: H & D 4 (M. Smith 432) 2S42; Team One 0 (forfeit). Weisfields 3'.i (Alesko 543) 2762; Team Five ',i (Baum 439) 2623. BSL 3 (Bonis 499) 2756: HiWay 1 (Logan 543) 2648. Active 3 (Kimball 557) 2894; Hot Coffee 1 (Fowler 526) 2801. Oregon 4 (Doty 462) 2691); Pros pect 0 (Sanderson 444) 2447. ROXY ANN LEAGUE Standings: Pacific Motor Trans. . Larry's Richmaid Baker's Moulding Taylor Salade Ins. Sauirt W. -18 ..18 ..15 ..14 -13 U 6 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 Coca Cola .12 Medford Plywood Hopkins Richfield -11 -10 drocetena . Team Four 9 9 8 7 Graham Electric ,, Harrison Electric Results: Larry's 4 (N. Peterson 489) 2658; Taylor 0 (Lilly 498) 2574. . Team Four 3 (Puett 465) 2715; Baker's 1 (Baker 542) 2701. Squirt 3 (Barlow 517) 2741; Med. Ply. 1 (Fischer 525) 2579. Coca Cola 3 (G. Caster 475) 2769; Harrison L (Gammelgard 494) 2513. PJtl.T. 3 (Dicke 472) 2646; Hop kins 1 (Freemyer 460) 2566. Graham Elec. 2 (O'Connor 554) 2682; Groceteria 2 (Van Ausdall 449) 2633. ELKS LEAGUE Standings: Cubs Gypos Sports Alley Gators Sea Does W. -.39 -.38" 4 -.36 ii -.33 -.29 14 L. 21 21 2314 27 3 (Hi 31 31 33 33 ?4 34 35 39 Miss Fitts ..-9 Go Boys . -.29 -27 -.26 ',4 -.26 Channel Cats . Reddys Lively Five Cementers Adairs ..25 21 Results: Alley Gators 1 (K. Phipps 577) 2424; Miss Fitts 3 (C. Bateman 519) 2452. Cubs 1 (P. Patten 526) 2236; Red dys 3 (R. Sarver 539) 2363. Sports 3 (F. Knox 541) 2510: Channel Cats 1 (D. Lubbers 571) 2435. Adairs 3 (N. Spencer 474) 2382; Gypos 1 (W. Chase 539) 2373. Cementers 0 (J. Cummings 440) 2046; Go-Boys 4 (M. Kittle) 2277. Sea Dogs 3 (G. Gitzen 502) 2239; Lively Five 1 (R. DeVore 494) 2177. before you buy a station wagon... 4 ftet longar thon VW, but holds CTT ! 1 Y 31 CP J1 With watt folded flat, cargo area averages 105 cubic ft. loads through bade. Water-cooled front engine can freeze and overheat. No model has independ ent suspension on ell 4 wheels. Averages far less miles per gallon than VW. ) 7-TA . ALL OTHER STATION WAGONS LOOK ALIKE The sooner you see us, the sooner you can enjoy your own new Volkswagen! Come in, ex amine a VW yourself tomorrow! Colts, Giants Set for Thriller Baltimore (UPD The Bal timore Colts and New York Giants are ready for the game National Football league fans have been waiting for since last December a rematch of their unprecedented overtime championship thriller. Baltimore won the 1958 NFL title, 23-17, after eight minutes, 15 seconds of a "sud den death" extra period at Yankee stadium. Coach Weeb Ewbank's Colts, 3V4 point favorites to retain the crown; ended prep arations Saturday with a light drill at Memorial stadium. Coach Jim Lee Howell's underdogs, described recently by a Cleveland Browns coach as "those cocky Giants" arriv ed by train Saturday after a brief Yankee ftadium work out. Finals Set For Tennis , Ashland - Ellis Williamson, Eureka, and Earl Brooks, Klamath Falls, took the quar ter finals Saturday in the men's singles matches on the Southern Oregon college gym floor during the first day of the Rogue Valley Tennis club's indoor tournament. Williamson beat Alex Pe terson, Ashland 6-4 and 6-2. Brooks, Klamath Falls, beat Don Auxler, Medford, 6-4 and 6-4. The finals are scheduled today at 1 pan. in the SOC gym. In first round men's singles play Earl Brooks, Klamath Falls, beat John Root, Med ford, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3. Dick Joy, Ashland, beat Bruce Merrill, SOC, 6-3 and 6-4. Jer ry Joy, Ashland, beat Joe Co rona, Gold HilL 6-2 and 6-0. In first round doubles, George Hunt and Mike Moore, both of Eureka, . beat John Root and Bruce Merrill, 6-2, 5-7 and 6-3. Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli m Droo in I YE OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY I Food Beverage r Friendly warmth of greet you! Er You'll find a 5 Hunters Tavern . Hunters Tavern 4 Corners ... Crater Lake Hiway SilllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH lass. Seats 9 with little room for luggage. mmsz motors Sixth at Ivy, Medford The Giants won't test the Memorial stadium turf until they race on the field Sunday before what they expect will be the noisiest crowd they have ever faced. Ewbank has drilled quarter back John Unitas to use hand signals to communicate with his ends and flanker backs if the crowd uproar drowns out his voice. Howell also has briefed quarterback Charlie Conerly in the use of hand signals. Both coaches nope the fans will give the players a chance to hear the signals but both fear the worst. Big Betting Play Bookmakers say the game has attracted more betting money than any other single sports event of the year. Sev eral bookmakers claim it may be the biggest single betting event in sports history. Interest, betting and other wise, began building up as soon as the two teams ended their classic overtime title game last Dec. 28. Steve Myhra's 20-yard field goal with seven seconds remaining produced a 17-17 tie and set up the league's first overtime game. The Giants won the toss for the overtime and re ceived but failed to make a first down in three plays and punted. Unitas then guided the Colts 80 yards in 13 plays, Alan Ameche smashing one yard off his right tackle for the winning touchdown. Sunday's rematch of the teams that played what some football observers called "the greatest football game ever played" features virtually the same performers. PRAISES BRUIN HORVATH Boston-OJPD - Frank King Clancy, a veteran of 40 years in pro hockey, says Bronco Horvath of the Boston Bruins is as accurate a marksman as such oldtimers as Bill Cook and Chuck and Roy Conacher. for a Bit o f VA the crackling fireplace will game atmosphere at . . "Where the Elite Meet", ...look at Volkswagen a 6 uu WW 4 feet shorter than conventional wagons, but holds morn. Seats 9 with plenty of room for luggage. Seats are five feat wide. Sliding sun-roof plus a panoply ef windows. Breezy. I Seats remove easily) cargo area is 170 cubic feet, loads through back and wide side doors. Aluminum air-cooled rear engine can't freeze or overheat. All wheels are individually suspended with torsion-bars (no more bump-bump-bump). VOLKSWAGEN HAS A SHAPE OF ITS OWN MAIL TRIBUNE, MadforJ, Or. 10 Sunday, Dec 27, 1959 SPORTS Casanova Cal Coach? Berkeley, Calif. -flJP&- A new entrant was reported in the California coaching der by Saturday when an author itative source said Oregon coach Len Casanova was un der serious consideration for the post. The post has been vacant since Pete Elliott resigned to go to the University of Illi nois last week. Many names have been tossed about as possible suc cessors, including former Navy coach Eddie Erdelatz, former University of Wash ington assistant Bert Clark, Cal line coach Dee Andros and now Casanova, who was a former athletic star at San ta Clara. aV Builders Scpplj QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tfla Bricks. Flaaa 727 . W. McAadrawa Prion SF 3-4575 SP 2-4107 BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainlast, Galvanized - and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Maia PHONE SP 2-4440 11 lili m rmeaaw smjj
