NBA Drafts Top Prospects
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TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 19G1
St. Louis - IUPD - Thp Na
tlonal Basketball association
completed its annual draft of
the nation's top eligible col
lege basketball players and all
that was left today was to
sign them.
The nine league clubs met
here Monday and made their
draft choices. However, this
year the NBA will have to
woo the prospects from the
newly formed American Bas
ketball league, which begins
play next season.
The ABL held its draft
meeting in Chicago March 19
and many of the big names at
Monday's meeting were prom
inent at the Windy City draft.
Chicago, the newest entry
in the NBA, was given first
choice in every round and
surprised no one when they
opened by picking 6-foot-ll
Walt Bellamy of Indiana.
Then, the other eight teams
in the league got a pick and
Chicago was given five con
secutive choices. In the five,
the Chicago franchise was
able to grab York Larese and
Doug Moe, both of North
Carolina. Moe and Larese had
been touted as first round
picks before the meeting.
The New York Knicker
bockers came out of the draft
conference with some good
young players. The Knicks
picked up the rights to the
services of Tom Stith and
Whitey Martin, both of St.
Bonaventure, in the first two
rounds. In the third and
fourth round, they got Tony
Jackson of St. John's and
George Blaney of Holy Cross.
Other first round picks: Cin
cinnati, Larry Siegfried of
Ohio State; Detroit, Ray Scott
of Portland; Los Angeles,
Sport
Parade
By
OSCAR FRALEY
United Press
International
New York-IUPD-The current
basketball "fix" scandal will
nowhere near approach that
of a decade ago, sports fore
caster Joe Harris predicted
Monday, "because only a
handful of teams and officials
are involved."
Harris, who for 20 years has
compiled a football and bas
ketball . rating system for
newspapers, has two infallible
barometers.
One is his system, which
when compared with fluctuat
ing point spreads quickly
sorts out suspicious or "pe
culiar" impending contests.
The other is a conversational
contact with numerous
"books" on the "action" in
volved. "You can pretty weir tell
from these just what's going
on and who's doing business,"
Joe explains.
First To Know
With wagering on an aver
age basketball night running
into inestimable "millions of
dollars," the books are the
first to know when all is not
kosher in Copenhagen.
For this reason, there is one
conference in the country
which the books will not han
dle at all. And there is a cer
tainty in certain quarters that
in some instances it is referees
-not the players-who are "do
ing business" with the gam
blers. "There probably is a lot of
fixing which never will be de
tected," Harris insists. "You
can't catch a fixer who is
working with a close friend
or a relative. The ones they
catch are the ones who work
with strangers. But it's no
where near as bad now as it
was 10 years ago."
Prior to the 1951 scandal,
Harris asserts, "games were
being fixed by the carload."
Writes Expose
"Everybody was doing it,"
he says. "The kids adopted the
attitude that everybody's do
ing it, why not me?"
Harris at that time tried
to "break" the scandal in the
Sporting News, for which he
was doing some work at the
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time. The editors turned down
his information on the grounds
it had no basis.
"The Brinks robbery was
on Jan. 17, 1950," Joe recalls.
"That day, as subsequently re
vealed, Long Island univer
sity 'dumped' to North Caro
lina State in the Garden.
They were shouting headlines
about the Brinks job when we
walked out and a guy said:
'They must have done it to
bet on LIU'."
Harris, after the scandal
broke, received, a letter from
the Sporting News saying that
it was "sorry" it didn't break
the story and "now know that
you were 100 per cent right."
To those who might suspect
that his suspicions are aroused
because one of his selections
lost, Joe points out that Min
nesota and Kentucky, for two,
treated his selections very
poorly this year but he con
siders them completely above
suspicion.
Underdog Wins
"In nearly every Minnesota
game the underdog on the
point spread won," he said.
"In its first 10 games, every
game Kentucky played the un
derdog in the spread won.
But this, you could tell, was
simply a trend. There was no
business going on."
Suspicions among the book
makers are aroused, Harris
explained, when "a team is
bet as if the game is already
over."
"The bookies themselves
could prevent fixes simply by
refusing to accept bets of
more than $50," he contends.
"But they won't do it. They
usually have a $1,000 per
game limit but the profit po
tential is too big to resist."
So the bets are made, the
gamblers go to work to try
to make it a sure thing and
where it ends nobody knows.
Not even forecaster Harris.
Four JC Transfers
Enroll at Oregon -
Eugene IUPD Four junior
college transfers who play
football enrolled at Oregon
Monday as spring term began.
They include Paul Burle
son, an end, and Ron Veres, a
quarterback, from El Camino,
Calif., JC. Burelson is no re
lation to Dyrol, the miler
from Cottage Grove.
Others included Gayle Lau
denslager of Boise JC, a broth
er of former Webfoot halfback
Don, and Dennis Jackson, a
halfback from Monterery,
Calif., JC.
COMPETE IN MASTERS
Miami Beach, Fla. - IUPD -The
two spots allotted to play-ers-at-large
in the Masters golf
tournament for 1961 have
been won by Bill Collins of
Chrystal River, Fla., and Ma
son Rudolph of Clarksville,
Tenn. The Masters will be
played at Augusta, Ga., start
ing April 6.
Wayne Yates of Memphis
State; Syracuse, Ben warley
of Tennessee A & I; St. Louis,
Cleo Hill of Winston-Salem
State College; Philadelphia,
Tom Mcschery of St. Mary's;
Boston, Gary Phillips of Hous
ton. Second Round Picks
In its second round selec
tions, Chicago picked up
rights to John Turner of
Louisville, Jerry Graves of
Mississippi State, Larese and
Moe, Don Kojis of Marquette
Oregon State Center
Drafted by Lakers
St. Louis -IUPD- Karl Ander
son, Oregon State center, was
drafted Monday by the Los
Angeles Lakers in the 9th
round of the pro basketball
draft.
Ray Scott, onetime Portland
center, was picked by Detroit
in the 1st round. Frank Bur
gess of Gonzaga was picked in
the 3rd round by Los Angeles
and Dave Miles of Seattle in
the 8th round by Syracuse.
and Jeff Cohen of William
and Mary.
Other second round choices:
Cincinnati, Bob Wiesenhahn
of Cincinnati; Detroit, John
Eagan of Providence; Los An
geles, Fred Sawyer of Louis
ville; Syracuse, Chris Smith
of Virginia Tech; Philadel
phia, Ted Luckenbill of Hous
ton; St. Louis, Ron Horn of
Indiana; Boston, Al Butler of
Niagara.
Kid Paret
To Defend
New York-IUPD-Benny (Kid)
Paret of Cuba will defend his
world welterweight title for
the second time in four months
Saturday night when he meets
Emile Griffith of New York
at Miami Beach, Fla., in this
week's feature bout.
Paret is a 2-1 favorite for
the scheduled 15 - rounder,
which will be held in the same
convention hall ring where
Floyd Patterson knocked out
Ingemar Johansson 'in their
heavyweight title bout earlier
this month.
The fight will be televised
nationally on ABC starting at
7 p.m. PST.
Paret, 24, won the welter
title from Don Jordan in Las
Vegas, Nev., last May, then
outpointed Federico Thomp
son in his first defense last
December. The flashy Cuban
has a 33-9-3 record for 45 pro
bouts.
Griffith, who has lost only
two of 24 scraps, earned a title
shot after a brilliant 1960 cam
paign, which featured vic
tories over Florentino Fer
nandez, Willie Toweel, Luis
Rodriguez and Jorge Fernandez.
McCoy Slates
Portland Race
Portland-A top field of late
model stock cars will try to
inaugurate the 1961 auto rac
ing season, Sunday afternoon
at the Portland speedway.
A field of over 20 cars in
cluding 1959, 1961 and 1960
models will be in action and
compete for the $2,000-plus
booty.
Time trials are set for 1:30
p.m. with the first racing
event to be at 2:30 p.m.
Racing events will see five
races preceding the 100 lap
feature with all cars compet
ing in the century run.
A top group of California
NASCAR aces led by Eddie
Gray of Inglewood, Cal., driv
ing a 1961 Ford; Jack McCoy
of Ashland, driving a 1959
Chev; Art Watts of Portland
and 1960 champion, driving
a 1960 Ford.
WIN SIXTH STRAIGHT
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -OIPD-The
Portland Beavers won
their sixth exhibition game
against one defeat Monday
with a 10-3 victory over Rich
mond of the International
league.
Cardinal Pitcher Struck
By Piece of Broken Bat
St. Petersburg, Fla.-dTD-St,
Louis pitching ace Larry Jack
son, enjoying the finest spring
of his career, received the
news today that a freak acci
dent would sideline him for
at least a month.
The hard - throwing right
hander as working against the
Los Angeles Dodgers in an ex
hibition game at Vero Beach
Monday when Duke Snider of
the Dodgers hit a broken-bat
dribbler back to the box. As
Jackson stooped to field the
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fall, the barrel end of Snider's
bat crashed against the low
left side of his jaw. Jackson
fell to the ground, bleeding
badly.
Jaw Cracked
Following emergency treat
ment, Jackson was brought to
the Cardinal base here and
X-rays indicated two cracks in
his jaw. Dr. Grover Austin, a
plastic surgeon, wired the jaw
shut and estimated Jackson
would be out of action at
least a month.
A solidly built 190-pounder,
Jackson has been the Cardin
als' most consistent pitcher In
the last few years. He had an
18-13 mark in 1960 while
working 282 innings, and was
anxious for a fast start this
season to attain his 20-game
goal.
Jackson, a notoriously slow
starter, took the accident
philosophically,
j "Maybe It won't hurt if I
I don't pitch," he said, "bo
I cause usually I don't help the
i club befora May anyhow."
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SIGNS CONTRACT Casey Stengel, al
though out of baseball, Is still signing con
tracts. The former manager, who was
thought to be "too old" for his Yankee
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job, is shown signing a contract for a guest
appearance with Jane Powell in a television
special entitled "Young at Heart."
(UPI Telephoto)
MEDFORD-iKTRIBUNK
Spahn Wins Third
Exhibition Game
By United Press International i but three of those hits were
homers.
Warren Spahn is just like
any other pitcher-he'd rather
brag about his hitting.
'Just call me slugger," the
Milwaukee Braves' ageless
southpaw chuckles whenever
he gets a hit, which isn t of
ten. He collected only 14 safe
ties in 96 at-bats last year for
a rather anemic .146 average
Central Point
Jr. High Hoop
Team Honored
Central Point - Members of
the eighth grade basketball
team of Central Point Junior
High school were honored at
a luncheon held recently at
North's Chuck Wagon in Med
ford. The team won the South
ern Oregon loop championship
with a 10-2 record. This was
the second year in a row the
team won this honor.
Team members feted at the
luncheon were Kelly Wilson,
Frank Armstrong, James
Kingslein, James Pitts, Donnle
Patterson, Larry Branch, Fred
Marshall, Larry Glawe, Nor
man Henney, John Yoaklcy,
Bob Bray, Buzz Donker, Billy
Colley, Lexie Hamilton and
Steve Jorde; also managers
John Boyce, John Tate and
Tom Lees; statistician, Jody
Van Horn and scorekeepers,
Emmons Burns, Dean McCal
vey and Dan Cesaro.
Also attending the luncheon
were George Johns, Junior
High principal, Charles A.
Meyer, superintendent of Dis
trict 6C, Keith Johnson, coach,
Jim Owens, assistant coach,
and Joe McCalvey.
The boys presented a trophy
to Johnson.
Baseball
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Minn. (A) ... 003 002 52x 12 13 O
Fisher. Jones 171 and Carver.
Lumenti, McAvoy (3). Constable
(71, Uonikowshl (0) and NarnKon,
Henry (7). Winner Constable.
Loser Fisher. HRs Breeding,
Valdlvlelso. McAvoy, Adair, Phil
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LOS AllR. (N) 203 302 lOx 11 14 1
Jackson. McDanic! (7) and Can
nizarro. Drvsdnle. Palmquist (HI
and Koseboro. Camilli (81. Winner
Drysdalc. Loser Jackson, lilt
snider.
FILES SUIT
San Luis Obispo, Calif.-IUPII
-The widow of a Cal Poly
football player killed in an
October airplane crash has
claimed that she is entitled
to $20,500 under the Cali
fornia Workmen's Compensa
tion law. The suit, unprece
dented in California, was filed
for Karen Vnnhorn and her
infant son, Craig. It alleges
that Gary Vanhorn, 22, of
Paso Robles who received a
work scholarship of S50 a
month for a four-month sea
son was employed as a Cdi
Poly football player.
Even in spring training,
Spahnie spends almost as
much lime in the hitting cage
as he docs on the mound. And
this devotion to his "slug
ging" paid off in a 1-0 vic
tory over the Chicago White
Sox Monday.
Single to Right
Spahn, who will be 40 next
month, drove in the only run
in the seventh inning with a
sharp single to right oft Bob
Shaw to gain credit for his
third victory of the exhibition
season. He and Lew Burdette,
who worked the first four in
nings, blanked the White Sox
on five hits.
Herb Score pitched six fine
innings for the White Sox,
stopping the Braves on three
hits before giving way to
Shaw, who made his first ap
pearance of the spring after
a long holdout siege.
Wally Post and Steve Bilko,
a pair of legitimate sluggers,
also struck key blows for
their teams. Post unloaded his
sixth home run of the Grape
fruit league season following
a two-run poke by Vada Pin
son to give the Cincinnati
Reds an 11-9 victory over the
Detroit Tigers.
LA Wins
Bilko drove in four runs
with a homer and a bases
loaded double as Los Angeles
turned back the Cleveland In
dians 9-7. Johnny Antonelli
staggered through the first j
five innings for Cleveland, ;
giving up eight hits and seven
runs.
The Kansas City Athletics
whipped the New York Yan
kees, 5-2, in 10 innings, Dick
Ellsworth went the route for
the Chicago Cubs in a 7-4 vic
tory over the San Francisco
Giants, the Minnesota Twins
gained an uphill 1 2-9 triumph
over the Baltimore Orioles,
and the Los Angeles Dodgers
downed the St. Louis Cardi
nals, 11-2 in other exhibitions.
Detroit (A) 004 300 020 9 12 1
Clnn. (N) .. 033 110 03x 11 14 1
Lary, Fox Narlcski (8) and
Brown. Hook. Henry (4). Stcnhnnsc
lu . Uriel's tu and ualley. z in-
merman (7). HHs Cash, Brown,
Coleman, Pinson, Post..
Sports Briefs
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STARTS ARMY HITCH
Fort Jackson, S. C. -IUPH-Oscar
Robertson of the Cin
cinnati Royals reported to !
Fort Jackson Monday for a
six-month Army hitch.
WILLAMETTE WINS
Salem - IUP1I - Willamette's
baseball team defeated Ore
gon College 8-2 Monday as
Dave Brock got three singles
and Jiggs Burnett hit a homer
and a single.
WINS WESTERN
New Orleans, La. - HOT -Jack
Nicklaus of Columbus,
Ohio, won the Western Ama
teur golf tournament Sunday
with a 4-3 decision over Jim
Key of Columbus, Ga,
CROSLEY DIES
Cincinnati - IbTII - Powell
Crosley Jr., 74, owner of the
Cincinnati Reds baseball club
developer of the Crosley auto
mobile, died early today at
his home in suburban Mount
Airy.
SOCCER TEAM FINED
London - IUPD - The Burnley
football club has been fined
$2,800 by the football league
for fielding 10 reserves In a
match against Chelsea o n
March 11. The fine is the
highest ever imposed on a
British soccer club for not
playing a full strength team
in a league match.
SPONSOR CLASSICS
New York - (UPI) - The Gil
lette Safety Razor company
will share radio and televi
sion sponsorship of this year's
World Series and All - Star
games with the Chrysler cor
poration. Total payment for
the TV and radio rights were
announced at $3,750,000 by
Baseball Commissioner Ford
Frick and Hill & Knowlton,
Inc., which represents Chrysler.
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Chicago (N) 010 O20 310 7 11 0
San Fran. (N) 010 003 0004 12 2
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O'Dcll 171. Davlault (8) and Orslno.
Loser O'Dcll.
Polio Victim Wins
$180,000 in Court
Portland - IUP1I - Settlement
of $180,000 for a 9-ycar-old
boy who was stricken with
polio in 1955 shortly after in
oculation with anti-polio ser
um was approved Monday.
Probate Judge William
Dickson approved the settle
ment obtained by attorneys
for Kenneth Kudson from
Cutler Laboratories of Cal-1
Ifornia.
The settlement was one of
the largest obtained in such
cases. Kenneth, son of Mrs.
Joseph Kudson, was almost
totally paralyzed but now can
breathe without mechanical
aid about half the time, He
also has learned to type, hold
ing a baton in his mouth. His
mother was widowed about a
year ago.
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Los Ang. (A) .100 021 Olx 9 10 1
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Loser Antonelli. Kits DUlard.
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NAMED TOP PLAYER
Chicago (UPI) Bcrnie Geof
frion of the Montreal Canadi
ens today was named the Na
tional Hockey league's player
of the year In a poll conducted
by the Hockey News. Geof
frion scored 50 goals during
the 1960-61 season to tie the
league record set by the great
Maurice (Rocket) Richard 18
years ugo.
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