EAGLE COG - John Linder,
above, is a guard for the Eagle
Point high hoop team which
takes on Oakridge at Eagle
Point on Friday and Satur
dy nights. He has put in 38
points in four games, coming
into his own when he tallied
19 in the contest with Glide
last week end.
Eagle Point
Tuning for
Oakridge
Eagle Point - Eagle Point
High Basketball Coach Dale
Bates declared that he has
been pleased with drills this
week as the Eagles tuned for
Friday and Saturday night
home stands against the Oak
ridge Warriors.
The Eagles are working
hard and "not looking too
bad,'1 Bates remarked. He re
ported spirit high with a lot
of hustle and desire and said
that he looked for two fine
ball games.
One of the practice concen
trations has been at moving
the ball against various zone
defense. The Eagles also have
worked toward improvement
of their free shooting.
Look Sharp
Looking particularly sharp
In workouts have been guards
Duane Whaley and John Lin
der. They likely will start
Friday along with Charles
Pomeroy, Richard Short and
Wilbur Boatwright.
Oakridge is from the Em
erald league and Bates ex
pects the games to give a f.iir
indication on huw his ilngun
loop team measu-cs ud against
that circuit. The Warriors
don't have great height but
rely on average altitude,
speed and good depth. They
hhve five lettermen from the
past season.
. Possible Oakridge starters
are John Nelson, Dennis By
erly, Terry Frost, Lynn
Schroeder and Wilbur Mar
shall. Warrior players will stay
with members of the Eagle
Point squad.
PILOT FROSH WIN
Vancouver, Wash.-WPH-The
University of Portland Fresh
men outscored the strong
General Sales AAU team of
Portland 76-65 Wednesday
night in a basketball game
here. Guard Ken Falkner
from Chicago led the Frosh
with 23 points, but four oth
er, players aisos cored in
double figures.
Eugene -0JPH- All-America
quarterback Terry Baker of
Oregon State has been
named as the outstanding foot
ball player to compete against
Oregon during the past season.
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Green Bay Packers Pace
Pro Grid Loop Statistics
New York -iUPI)-The Green
Bay Packers wound up the
season as statistical cham
pions of the National Football
league and set a new record
for lirst downs that attested
to their reputation as masters
of ball-control.
Green Bay finished first in
15 categories of team statis
tics, according to statistics re
leased today by NFL head
quarters. The Giants, who
meet the Packers in the title
playoff, Dec. 30, led in three
categories, all on offense.
Amui 281 First Downs
During the course of the
14-game schedule, the Pack
ers amassed an all-time high
title of 281 first down?. This
is clear-cut evidence of how
well their methodical, ground-
hugging offense controlled the
ball en route to a 13-1 rec
ord. That total was three high
er than the old mark set by
the Los Angeles Rams during
a 12-game 1950 schedule.
Here are the 10 other of
fensive categories in which
the Packers were tops: first
downs rurhing (145), net yards
rushing (2,460), average yards
per rush (4.7), pass comple
tion percentage (60.1), total
touchdowns (53), TD's run
ning (39), extra points (52)
and total points scored (415),
fewest passes intercepted (13)
and least yards on intercep
tion returns against them
(122).
On defense, the Packers
led in these four phases of
football: fewest points allow
ed (148), the fewest first
downs by passing (94), the
least net passing yardage al
lowed (1,746) and most inter
cepted passes (31).
Giants Lead in Passei
The Giants, defensive chain--pions
of 1961, did not lead in
a single defensive category
this season. They were tops,
however, in overall net yard
age gained (5.005), touchdown
passes (35) and least yardage
lost attempting to pass (139).
Baker Will
Start for
OSU Quint
Lexington, Ky. - UTIi - Ore
gon State coach Slats Gill
plans to put All-American
football player Terry Baker
in his starting lineup here
Friday night when the Bea
vers play West Virginia in
the first round of the Ken
tucky Invitational tourna
ment. Despite the fad that Baker
has had only six days to prac
tice, Gill said Wednesday he
will be in the starting lineup
at guard, along with sopho
more Jim Jarvis.
Gill said he plans to go with
his "short" starting lineup.
He'll use seven - foot Mel
Counts, surrounded by Jarvis
at 6-0. Baker at 6-3, Frank
Peters at 6-2 and Steve Pauly
at 6-4.
Peters was moved to for
ward from guard this week
when Baker turned out, and
Gill said he "has done fine."
Gill said Counts and Pauly
will have to do most of the
rebounding, because he in
tends to pull the other three
back to stop West Virginia's
touted fast break.
GOODS
PHONE 77I-S841
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4
The team passing champion
ship went to the Philadelphia
Eagles with 3,385 yards; while
the Detroit Lions won the
overall defense crown with a
total yield of 3,217 yards, as
well as the rushing defense
title with a yield of 1.231
yards.
The Chicago Bears had the
top pass defense percentage
(46.8); the St. Louis Cardinals
lost the most fumbles (21); the
Bears were the most penal
ized team (776 yards) and the
Pittsburgh Steelcrs the least
penalized (427) and the San
Francisco Forty Niners won
the punting championship
with an average of 45 6 yards
for 48 kicks.
Jim Burris
Sees Loop
Comeback
By GENE MEAKINS
Denver - WPIi - As far as
Jim Burris is concerned his
beloved American association
is not dead. It's only "tempor
arily inactive."
"I think we will come back,
and probably in 19(i4," said
the 40-year-old Burris, who
spent 13 years working for
the association, including the
past two as president. "A lot
of people say this is wishful
thinking, but with the death
of the Three-I league, the
American Association and
the Southern Association,
there no longer is any base
ball league in the middle of
the United States."
Burris, who nurtured the
league as a one - man office
staff to keep it in the black
on the financial ledger, fought
hard for the survival of the
Association at the minor
league convention in Roches
ter, N.Y. But he agrees the
final plan drafted on the last
day of the convention, Nov.
29, was "the only plan which
there seemed to be any senti
ment for.'
Wiped Out
As adopted, the plan estab
lished two 10-team Triple-A
leagues, the International and
the Pacific Coast, and wiped
oul the American association.
"If we'd left the convention
with the Association down to
five clubs and the Pacific
Coast league down to seven
we would have jeopardized
the player development con
tract, which was being set up
for the improved financial
benefit to all the clubs," Bur
ris said.
But he hasn't taken down
t h e American association
shingle from his Denver of
fice, which he now uses in his
new position as baseball com
missioner Ford Frick's liaison
man between the minors and
the majors.
According In Burris. t h e
"temporary halt" of the 61-year-old
association c a in e
about because of three things:
big league expansion, short
age of Triple-A players and
the 6-club setup in the Asso
cialion last season.
"We were nol losing any
money in this office." he said
proudly.
Jack Faulkner
American Loop
Coach of Year
By NORMAN MILLER
Now York-'ITI'-Jack Faulk
ner, who made a .success of
the Denver Rrnnt-n.s mi the
field and al the box office in
his first season as coach and
general manager, has been
named 1862 American Foot
ball league coach-of-the-year
by United Press International.
By virtue of good player
deals, by installing his pet
theories about sound defense,
and by boosting the morale of
a team that had been an AKL
patsy for two years. Faulkner
led the Broncos to a second
place finish in the Western di
vision. The Broncos' 7-7 record this
year equalled their combined
total for 'their first two sea
sons in the league They won
four games in 11)60 and only
three last year.
A panel of 1!4 AFI. writers
f3 from each league city) gave
Faulkner 14 votes, mmpared
to 6 for runnerup Mike Hol
ovak of the Boston Patriots.
Hank Strain of the Dallas
Texan received votes and
Lou Saban of the Buffalo
Bills one
This wa the fust head
coaching job for the pleasant.
36-ycar-old Faulkner, who is
a protege of Sid C.illman,
present San Diego Chargers
coach. Faull'.ner developed his
effective defensive theories
while serving under Giilman
at the I'niverr-ity of Cincin
nati, with the I.os Angeles
Ram of the NFL. nd with
' the Chargers
MEDFOHD
Basketball
UKDNKSltAY COLLEGE
RKSl'LTS
EAST
Army 72, Georgetown fin
Princeton R4. Ru(tri 6f
Westminster 71. Carnegit Tech
68
Temple 56. Navv 55
laSalle 105. Maryland 74
SOI Til
Auburn 71, Sprinjt Hill 51
Wake Forest 85, Maryland 74
MIltWKST
Evansville 87. Loi Angeles St. 67
Wisconsin 76. Marquette 58
Loyola ill) i 106. Indiana 94
Michigan 66. San Jose 52
Xavirr R6. St. Bonaventure 77
SOTTHWEST
Tex. Western 37. Oklahoma St.
47
WEST
Weber 92. Gonzaga R2
Shu Kran 73. Santa Barbara 58
Portland BO. Carroll .Vt
Western Wash. 77. Pacific 47
Arizona 57. Idaho Slate 51
U, Pacific 100. Fresno St 82
Puget Siund 74. Portland St. 59
San Diego St. 65. Regis 64 io.t.)
Tennessee St. 97. Hawaii 85
Western Washington 77. Pacific
47
Portland Frosh 76. General Sales
HOCKEY
WESTERN" l.EAGt'E
I'nited Press International
Southern Division
T IMl OF G A
1 37 lOfi 73
(1 .12 112 94
ft 30 87 63
1 27 78 89
Portland
San Frn,
Los Ang
Spokane
Northern Division
W 1.
Scat I If 15 12
Vancouver 14 10
PIS OF G A
31 8R 95
30 R7 80
Edmonton 1 1
Calgary 7
22 9R 124
20
1 IS 72 10
Wednesday's Results
San Francisco 6. Seattle 3
Spokane 5. Vancouver 2
Portland 3, Edmonton I
NATIONAL LEAGUE
T PU OF G A
Chicago
Detroit .
Toronto
Mtmtrral
15
7 37 84 72
35 72 63
74
12
79 69
90 9fi
75 119
New York 10
Boston . . 3
Weilneiriay's Results
Chicago 3, Boston 1
Only game scheduled.
STANDINGS
Prn Basketball)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
I'nlted Press International
W. L. Pft.
Boston 21 8 .724
Svracuse 17 12 .621
Cincinnati 17 14 .538
New York 11 22 .333
Western Division
W. L. Prl.
Los Angeles 24 fl .727
St. Lmiut 20 14 .388
Chicago 12 23 .343
San Francisco 10 11) 34.1
Detroit II 22 .333
Wednesday's Results
Cincinnati 129. Syracuse 120
Detroit 115. Chicago 113
Los Angeles 135. St. Louis 106
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Prt.
Kansas City 18 7 .720
Long Beach 14 6 .700
Pittsburgh 3 f -500
Philadelphia 8 13 .381
Oakland 7 12 .368
Chicago 7 lfi .304
Wednesday's ResulU
Kansas City 117, Philadelphia 82
Game Booklets
For Rose Bowl
Again Available
Pasadena. Calif. The of
ficial program for the 1963
Rose Bowl game, which
matches Southern California
and Wisconsin, the nation's
number 1 and 2 teams, will
again be available to the gen
eral public prior to New
Year's day.
This unique program serv
ice, offered to the public for
the tenth straight year, has
become popular with radio
and TV fans across the coun
try. Those viewing the game
can have the same program
as will be sold at the Rose
Bowl in their front rooms lo
refer to during this colorful
game.
Orders for the program are
now being accepted, and will
be filled and the program air
mailed to the purchasers when
the book conies off the presses
about Dec. 24. Past history has
shown thai the Christinas mail
rush is over by that time and
purchasers have no trouble
getting their programs by New
Year's day.
New Format
The 1963 program will fea
ture an entirely new format
from previous Rose Bowl
booklets larger sized pages,
32 additional pages and a new
style of presentation and
will sell for one dollar. It will
contain all of the usual game
information such as team ros
ters, players' photos, campus
scenes and statistics, plus
many stories and pictures fea
turing the granddaddy of all
the bowl games.
To order the Rose Bowl pro
gram, fans arc asked to send
$1.60 per program to Official
Rose Bowl Game Program,
Pasadena 1, Calif The addi
tional fit) cents includes 56
cents airmail postage.
No Linebacker
Meeting Friday
There will be no meeting
of the Medford Linebackers
club this week or next week
because of the holiday season.
Next meeting of the boost
ers club will be on Fridav,
Jan 4
Linebackers were hosts
last week to the state cham
pionship .Medford high foot
ball team.
Guest "speaker" was Mel
Gustafson. Eugene. He posed
as Dr Orvan Torulnd. a
touring professor from Swe
den Gustafson is a brother
of Oliver Gustafson. Medford
The banquet, at Norths
Chuck Wagon, was conducted
as a fun affair
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD.
Sonny Lisron-Harold Johnson
Fight Negotiations Underway
Philadelphia -a;P!- Negotia
tions for the "battle of cham
pions" between heavyweight
Sonny Liston and light heavy
weight Harold Johnson were
progressing rapidly today.
Jack Nilon, Liston's wealthy
advisor, disclosed that the pro
posed date and site are Mon
day, March 18, at Baltimore's
new civic auditorium.
Pat Olivtcri, manager of
Philadelphia's Johnson, said,
'Harold could -weigh about
185 pounds lor the Liston
fight - and be at peak speed
and strength. That's only four
pounds less than Floyd Pat
terson weighed in Septem
ber." Patterson of Yonkers, N.Y.,
lost the world heavyweight
crown to Liston of Chicago
at Chicago's Comiskey Park
on a first-round knockout,
Sept. 25. Patterson and Liston
had a return title-bout con
tract, providing for Floyd to
Westminster
Still on Top
In Rating Poll
New York -fUPU- Westmin
ster College's basketball Ti
tans, unbeaten in five games,
solidified their grip as the na
tion's No. 1 small college team
today in the weekly United
Press International board of
coaches ratings.
The Titans, defending na
tional champions who were
picked to win the title a sec
ond straight time in the pre
season ratings, drew 2'. first
place votes from the 35-man
coaching board. It marked the
most solid support any team
has received thus far in the
ratings this season. In addi
tion to their 23 first - place
votes, the Titans were named
second by seven coaches, third
by one, and fourth by three
and seventh by one.
Southern Illinois, second b
week ago, held on lo that spot
but by a scant point over
Tennessee Slate, which won
two of three games on the
West Coast last week. South
ern Illinois, like Tennessee
State beaten in only one ol
five games overall, drew five
first place voles to Stale's
two.
New York (UPli The United
Press International small college
basketball rating (with first-place
votes and won-loit records In pa
renlhrsen Team Pnlnls
1. Westminster 23 i.vn .T-ifi
2, Southern 111. 5 (4-1 1 22A
3. Tennessee St. 2 (4-li 223
4. Prairie View AM 1 (6-0) . 20fi
.V GrambliiiR 2 t.Vt, ... Ifi7
fi. wittenherg (!t-0i Ufl
7. hvansville I (2-3) Ill
8. Hnfi-lra (5-2i . . f)7
f Mt. SI Mnrvs (Mrl.l d-a, .. .11
in. Smithrnst Ok la. I 7-1 1 4.1
Second 10 groupiiiR II. Frmno
Mate 41; 12. Norlhein Michigan
.'10; 13. Pacific Lutheran 25; 14
Hie,. Cannon. I. a mar Tech and
Southeast Missouri 22 each: 17.
Sacramento Statr lil; IB. Ken
tucky Weslcvan 1.1; lit. Ball State
14: 20 (tie). Indiana (Pa ) Stale and
Orange State 13 each.
Branch Rickey
Turns 81 Today
By RUDY CERNKOVIK
Pittsburgh -IIIP1I- The calen
dar says Branch Rickey turn
ed 81 today but baseball's
patriarch ignored the date be
cause he has a formula for
slipping off the years.
"Talk to me about the ex
pansion of the major leagues
and I'm 40 again," said Rick
ey. "And when you get me on
the subject that professional
baseball should awaken to Its
challenge, I'm 35. Get me lo
discuss the future of baseball
in America and I'm wear
ing a uniform once more."
Rickey had just returned to
his home in suburban Fox
Chapel from a trip to St.
Louis where he serves as an
advisor to the Cardinals.
"I ignore birthdays now,"
he said. "A. A. Slagg said 10
years ago on his flllth birthday
that very few people die after
they reach 100."
Rickey said he was still
working "on my darn book."
"I write and write. Then I
read it over the next day
and toss it in the wastebas
ket," he said. "I write copious
ly but not well."
fie said he planned to put
his house up for sale and move
back to St. Louis eventually.
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"But that contract has been
broken in at least a dozen
places,'' advisor Nilon charg-
d today. "Sonny hasn't been
paid for the Patterson fight
yet. Besides the government
is suing Championship Sports,
the promoters, for taxes and
charging them with using a
stooge corporation for theater
television, and so on."
Nilon denied vigorously the
persistent report that Liston
will defend against Patterson
at Las Vegas, New, in April.
Basketball
Road Wins
Come Hard
United Press International
Basketball wins come lough
n the road - as a group of
touring West Coast teams will
testify.
Los Angeles State Wednes-'
day night tried its luck at
Evansville, a perennial pow
erhouse among the nation's 1
smaller schools. Evansville 1
breezed to an 87-67 win.
San Jose State was at Michi
gan and gave the Wolverines
a good fight before falling ti6
52. The Spartans closed '.lie I
gap from 37-23 to 37-34 but !
ran out of steam when Michi-
gan center Bill Buntin found
the range. He ended the night
with 26 points.
Idaho Slate was at Tucson
and was cooled off by a hot
Arizona team, 57-51. Idaho
Stale's Art Crump, number
seven scorer In the nation, was
held to 15 points. Larry Har-1
ris topped Arizona with 12
points. I
USF Coasts
The Wildcats, now 5-2, won
the game on the boards where
they outrebounded Idaho1
State, 53-30. Soph Al Johnson i
pulled down 21 rebounds fori
the winner.
But the most jinxed road
team of the night was Regis I
of Colorado, which had to
work hard to lose to San Diego
State, 65-64 in overtime. j
San Diego State got the win
when Jack Shawcrofl hit 1
three foul shots with one sec
ond to go. The third shot was
technical foul call. Shaw- i
croft tallied 23 points for the
night.
USF entertained Santa Bar- j
bara and breezed to a 73-58
victory. Soph cenlcr Ollie
Johnson led the Dons with 21 !
points and hauled down 16
rebounds.
UOP Looks Good
University of Pacific, which
had lost three straight and
seen coach Van Sweet hanged
in effigy, entertained Fresno
State. The Bulldogs were rid
ing a five-game win streak
and were 11th ranked among
the nation's small colleges.
The Tigers led 40-39 at half
and then exploded to win 100
82 in their best game of the
year. Bill Wilson had 28, Leo
Middleton 21, and reserve
guard Dave Balsley 20. Fres
no's Tony Burr led everyone
with 30 points.
Portland Wins
Over Carroll
Vancouver. Wash. - lUPft -
Portland's Pilots got their
best scoring performance of
the season from junior college
transfer Tom Nichols Wednes
day night to beat Carroll Col
lege 70-59 in a basketball
game here.
Nichols scored 23 points
and 6-8 center Steve Anstett
added 20 as Portland led all
the way, except for a six
second period at the end of
the first half.
Ron Darcy his a 20 - foot
field goal with six seconds left
to give the Montana team a
30-29 halftimc lead, but
Nichols scored six points and
Anstett three as soon as play
resumed to put the Pilots
ahead again. Carroll closed
the margin to 57-55 with six
minutes to play, but could
never catch up.
Dean Morigeau scored 12
points, Darcy 1 1 and Dick
Sirokman 10 for Carroll,
which now has won four
games and lost three. Port
land collected its third win
in eight games.
Ai Lew As
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Lakers Retain Narrow Lead
United Press International
The Los Angeles Lakers
managed to hold onto their
slim lead as leader of the Na
tional Basketball associations
Western division by beating
the St. Louis Hawks 1:15-106
Wednesday night in the Los
Angeles Sports Arena.
Elgin Baylor and Dick Bar
nett racked up a total of 64
points. Jerr West, who had
been backing up Baylor in
the scoring department, was
idle because of a bruised left
kneecap.
The victory was the Lakers'
sixth consecutive win and the
second straight defeat for the
Hawks.
Bob Pettit scored 29 points
for the losers.
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER it). 1962
In the other games played
on Wednesday night, the Cin
cinnati Royals
Syracuse Nats
defeated the
129 120 and
the Detroit Pistons edged the
Chicago Zephyrs 1151 13.
London - ll'PH - England's
Brian London, former heavy
weight contender, probably
will fight contender Cassius
Clay at Los Angeles March 7
or 8, Los Angeles promoter
George Parnassus announced
Wednesday in London. Par
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