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Newspaper Page TextWELLS CHESTS OF 0U SPORT FAN "(("combor 31, 1042 Georgia, UCLA Skirmish For 93,000 Fans Friday Coaches, Players Set for Battle of Powerful Attacks in Rose Bowl Tilt PASADENA, Cnllf., Duo, 31 Wi If thn Georgla-UCLA foot bull skirmish tomorrow lun't one of thn most exciting in the hal lowed history of Hie Rose bowl 03,000 persons will feel they hnve been misled. Conches, players and thn sideline observers nro agreed It sliuprs up n bnltlii of powerful attacks. There la strong llknll hood thn gnmo will turn Into a fro scoring offnlr mid those In clined to view it ni such also rcgnrd Georgia the winner. Tha minority stringing along Ai fnlth In fiint nnd durable W Westerners Ready Pass Defensive East Depending an Passing Prowess of SUM, Daley, Flllpowlci In East-West Go SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (IP) Wralerii college H slurs brush ed up ttmlr puis defense) to fine point toduy as Iho East put the finishing touches on the ttcrlnl strategy It will exhibit be fore ii crowd of 00,000 or so to morrow In the Shrine's clh trenth annual East-West football Oimo. It became increasingly evident that the ensternnrs wuro depend ing In great measure on the pass-tosslnit prowess of Paul fiovcrnull of Columbia, Steve Klllpowlct of Fordlum, Bert Stiff of Tcim and Bill Dnlcy of Minneioln in seeking their first win over the West slnco 1037. The West was tinned with an array of tricky ground plays, so mo from the T-formnllon and built around Its apparent edge in ground power. Co-coach Orln (Uabe) Holllng hery of the West conceded that I he Kusl hns better bnckfleld biilnnce, power, speed, passing nod punting, "but then," he lidded, "they always do look bet-It-r but who wins the ball games?" The. West has, the InM four Unit's, nnd in euch case the East jQii the favorite Just as II Is to- The lineups began lo shape up like this: CAST Dove. Notre Dame, LE Wiltlung. Minnesota, LT Alberghini, Holy Cross, LG Snhasteiinskl, Ford hum. C llillman, Minnesota, KG Wlscrt, Michigan, RT Sehrolncr, Wisconsin, BE C'elthnml. Michigan, QB Dnlcy, Minnesota, Lit llorvnth, Ohio Stato, RH Fillpowici, Fonlham, FB WEST Benls, Snnta Clara, LE Slamm, Stanford, LT Flnnduccl, Stanford, LG Harrison. Washington. C Taylor, Stanford, RG Vorry. USC, RT Suscoff, Wash, Stale, RE Znpnlac, Tex. A&M, QB Kennedy, Wash. Stato, LH OStoubor, Missouri, RH Roblln, Oregon, FB PENDLETON EKES WIN LEWISTON, Ida., Dec. 31 (IP) Pendleton field's basketball team Tuesday stood off a determined last-mlnuto scoring splurge by Lewlston Normal and walked off with a 46-44 victory. Chris tenson, Pendleton center, led scorers with 25 tallies. Behind 13-24 at half time, Lewlston pull ed up to a 44-44 deadlock near the end of tho game. Busich dropped in tho winning basket. Ruffing Takes 4.1 yiea."ilJ tf .1 f H JWA ?KW 0? ff- He1 t j If. J$X 'J) Charles (Bed) Ruffing, New York Yankee pitcher, waa X-rayed T Pvt. Jack Levey during hia physical examination for Induction Into the army at Los Angeles. The 37-year-old ball player had been working for Vuliea Aircraft company until called up by his draft board. PAGE TIHUTEHN with tha Bruins generally pluces lino and tha pltchluK and punting prowess of Bob Waterfleld. who led the coast in both depart ments. Waterfleld throws accurately and probably will give tho Bull dogs e lot of trouble, especially If tho UCLA ends and backs ever succeed In shaking the Georgia secondnry. Georgia a pass de fense, however, seems to bo about as effective as its aerial attack, Judged strictly on the rec ords. Player of both teams, engag ing only In light drills, expressed confidence In tho outcome. The gamo will bo a long-awaited homecoming for tho UCLA coach, Babe Horrell. He and his five brother wrolo athletic his tory for Piisadenu high school and Its football field la named In their honor. Babe was tho most famous and captained and centered the last of Andy Smith's "wonder teams" at the University of California. This is Cooch Wally Bulbr" second bowl gome. Hi Geor gians disposed of Texas Chris tian lost New Year's in the Orange bowl, Hero la how the teoms prob ably will line up for tho klckoff at 2 p. m., tomorrow: Oeorgla Pos. UCLA Poschner .... LE Milt Smilh Ellenson LT Flnloy Ruark LG Lcscnullo Godwin C Dougherty Kunln.ikl RG Spnrlls Williams ... . RT Fears ( Van Davis ... RE Wiener Kouper QB Waterfleld Slnkwlch ... Lit Solarl L. Dnvls RH Riddle McPhee FB Snclllng BASKETBALL SCORES BAST Kamai rnt,riity M. si. J"I,' M. Nv York l'rtlerHy W. Waehlnalnrt Slat Camp Lee at. I'rtlvrrillr nt Vlrelnla M. .loiilhfrri California IT. Trmple 1".. IWh'iUr M. Ohlrt Rtata ft!. IVr"mlf,f l'r,lv-rlly A.V St. Franela ("! Il- M. t MIDWIIT H.Hl.v IT. llarraM M. rwt Krina Mth Armorer! IWltmeat t. T'nr.e,te- t. Insane IIV NehrelVa . Mlfhln M. 'lfrtd- Held (Ml-h I Fll-ri U. WUT . rlitn ICnrmil . PtMMT, Fl-M 4!. TftH Ltnn 4. CnlUga n( Tug-t SoUDil II. I'll !! Tl. Klrkl J. C. H. rcLA M. ! Alamltfti Naval Air Rui II. SOUTHWtlT Smilliem Mnhorflat l. North Tia Slate 7. OKLAHOMA CITY ALL-COLIIOI TOURNAMINT Tejai HuLller, ST. Ara-anaae (ehamplon Mp rlni. Teai M, Merjvllle (Mo) Teaetiere it (for IMM f,la). DIM IT. Kail Central (OH.) It (ronaola. tlon final). aire It. Baylor M (ooniolatlon ieml flnall). Central 4. Vormin Vara! Bate '41 (ronrolatlon aeml-Mnali). Wert Te.iaa flint M, Srtrtnifield "'o.) Tearhari M (eitilhltlon). HIQM tOHOOL All.nnT M. Klamath ralli M. Baker. Ore.. SI. Walla Walla V. tle anil Clark (SnokKne) It. North Central (Spokane) 19. Roger (Spokane) II. Phewelah S9. Mnico llilalio) St, St. John 30. Colfax S3. Oonraga In. Albion M. Wallace (Idaho) Xt. Central Vallev u. Snlrlt l.aVa (Idaho) St. INDBPSNDINT forlland Boilermaker 40, Bruno Studio of I'orlland St. FIOHTS y Tho AMOolitad Praia 7AM, BlVF.n. Ma. AI Coata. ll. Wooniorket. B. I., outpointed Frankle Mfpougal, 140, Botton, (10). Army Physical civ Q fA Oregon-Groomed Baseball By WILLIAM E. PHIPPS Jr. PORTLAND, Dec. 31 ll') Emergency of Oregon-groomed baseball plnyors to full-blown glory, Oregon Stato college's Rose Bowl victory, four new Amurlciin swimming records by Multnomah Athletic club girls and Portland's boxing revival swelled the chests of tho state's sport fan during 1042. Dampening effect of the war was marked In tho state as else where, particularly In tho loss of college and high school coaches to tho ormcd service and war Industries, but withal there were more achievements with which Oregonlans could point with pride than usual. Joe "Flash" Gordon, the New York Yankco second sucker who calls Eugono his home, had his greatest year despite a slump In tho world sorlo with the St. Louis Cards. The former Unl vcrslty of Oregon atar waa named By FRED HAMPSON Associated Pron Staff Writer Short subjects: Oregon Sluto got caught In a blast of criticism yesterday for unnecessary traveling when Wil liam O. DcWitt, vice president of tho St. Louis Browns, de manded how come awing bonds and basketball teams like OSC were permitted to travel at will when baseball clubs were being pressured lo avoid long spring practico trips. Howard Hobson of Oregon abandoned the- Web foot's annual excursion lo New York partly for fear of that very criticlj.ni. The squabble between Ken Lindsay and Manuel Ortiz, who fight In Portland 1'rldoy night for tho bantamweight champion ship, over referees was not Just a gag lo stimulate ticket sales. Lindsay Is supposed to hove been Indifferent, willing to take either Ralph Grumnn or Tom Louttlt, both recognized as able ring arbiters. That is until he learned that Ortiz wonted Gru man; 'I'hcn ho balked because Grumnn rclerced many of Dr ill's fights ns nn amateur. ; When Henry Armstrong was In Portland for his recent bout with Lew Jenkins he said that "1 never waa really washed up or near retirement nt any time. It whs Just a case of eyebrows. They were being split open in every fight and half the time I couldn't see on account of blood. So 1 quit. The question in my comeback always has been had the ciiln healed up? Nothing more than that. It looks as though they have." Portlandcrs who saw that fight wouldn't know. Master Jenkins gunned for Henry's eyebrows often enough but never more than brushed them. L. H. Gregory dug up some information on Clinton R. Morse, famous University of California grad, author of the Golden Bear hymn "Hnll California," which allies him with Oregon. Morse was. Willamette university's first paid football coach, says the Oregon sports editor. Hia ad vent inaugurated football on the Willamotto campus. Freddie Provo, Vancouver, Wash., boy, now a University of Washington backfield hope for next season, probably won't see military service because of colorblindness. Baseball to Help Travel Curtailment WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (P) Major league baseball, through Commissioner Kcnesaw Moun tain Lnndis, pledged Its full co operation today in curtniling travel Incident to tho 1043 sea son. "And that," Landis comment ed, "is a very small contribution to tho war effort on our part. Landis presented his Ideas for curtailing travel to Joseph B Eastninn, defense transportation director, who said ho "heartily approved" of them. Both declined, however, to discuss specific details. The commissioner said he would call major league owners together In the near future for final action on the transporta tion problem, but that tho exact place or time of the meeting had not been decided upon, remark lug thnt transportation entered into that too. CPS LOSES, 45-41 TACOMA, Dec. 31 (?) The Fort Lawton service basketball team defeated the College of Paget Sound, 43-41, in a game at the college last night. Oregon j Sport Notes j the American league'i most val uable pluyer. Johnny Pesky, the Portland youngster who played not long ago with tho Sllverton Red Sox, had a banner yeor with the Bos ton Red Sox as a rookie short stop. He was rated third most valuable player In the American loop and acclaimed the rookie of tho year. Portland's lowly Beavers of the Pacific Coast league did nothing to cross up the experts who picked them to finish In the cellar, which made it all the more remarkable that their pe drlvlng outfielder Ted Norbert wound up as the league's batting champion with a .378 average. Oregon State's Beavers won their first Pacific Coast confer ence gridiron title and went on to win the transplanted Rose Bowl clasaic from Duke univer sity, 2016, at Durham, N. C. One of the Beaver atara waa Don Skiers Have Legal Gripe-" No Men on Spori Star List IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., Dec. 31 VP) The boya who built and run tho biggest "man-made ski slide in tho world" here contend they have a first class gripe. It's with the nation's sports experts who annually pick the year's outstanding athletes for the Associated Press. Here's the gist of their com plaint: "They pick 30 athletes, In clude swimmers, tennis players, golfers and baseball players and don't mention a man who has never been outjumped in his sport, A man who can travel by hia own momentum 90 miles an hour and Jump nearly the length of a football field Tor ger Toklc, the greatest ski jump er of all time. "Competing in a sport that takes more nerve than football, baseball, golf, tennis, and all others put together, Torger has not been outjumped since he came here from Norway nearly four years ago. Yet he isn't even mentioned among the 30 best athletes of the year. "Tho way Torger Jumps a slip might mean death, yet he never hcsitntlcs but stretches for it. Last March at Pine Mountain slide here, a crowd of 20,000 Beside The Head pin IAOYBUO LBAOU( Black and Whlta , , , 104 ISO III 1ST 114 III IN It ll 14 ll Orlgca Trier llillman Absentee. Altfentea Handicap 107 107 107 lit lit lit TOTAL - 7I 704 7tt Modam Baautv Shot Jforllns ito 145 1S vormand , , is 1M iss stonn 101 1S4 7 Kill . 01 110 1M At'Rentea Handicap 1S 1M IH .11 n n TOTAL .711 T? 741 MIS Lapani DaiMiin Krpeclr "7 m 100 Kathlanr Ill 111 lit Hpp lit 114 ISt Truelora 108 I4T 111 SlfCollum ISO 1 M Handicap ICS 105 105 TOTAL 7S0 140 m Daggatt Inaurarwa Weatherford -147 ISS 1M nutler Baxter Howard -Prather -Handicap -1S5 -151 05 114 1S9 ISO 1(4 1S4 117 l!l US IIS 15J Its 11S S00 .aS3 TSS 111 U74 Town Club Cheynt lSt IBS 141 .115 ISO ll arkea IVIman 1M 100M SOI Ahsentea II! Itl 111 STt 105 105 105 115 Uandlcap . TOTAL . 773 7 7M tSIt Faton 100 15S I5J ltO 135 It? 154 ISS It AS HI 111 18S. 17 04 4 4 Soderatrom Urren Ingold Poppy Handicap 77 HI m 1S44 Oummlng't Pur Shop Milne V' 169 IS1 114 lit 45S STS 307 470 4 SM Mltcbam Brllottl Faubrrt . Date Handicap is .1S4 170 ISS us let .111 lit lit TOTAL - . .SIS ' Hani Beauty (hop siiorit ! !?! !?! llanvllt o ! " Helton 0T lit 1S8 Mnenn 82 " !' I'einlsotll HT 1S 140 Handicap 00 01 00 TOTAL 097 780 717 tlSI KILLED WITH KINDNESS PASADENA. Calif.. Dec. 31 (P) Georgia's football coach, Wnilv nntts. a bit groggy after a dizzy whirl of banquets, meet ing film stars ana atienaing a radio broadcast where they made him sing, came up for air last night with this comment: "Bov. thev kill vou with kind ness out here. I think they're trying to win this game for UCLA by keeping me on the banquet circuit." B "LAOYBUfl" Players Bloom; mark of Oregon State"! Wally Durdan, a sports rarity these days because he Is a football, basketball and baseball letter man, he later waa chosen Ore gon's outstanding athlete in the annual award of the state AAU. Nor did Oregon State atop at a football championship. The Beavera retained their northern division basketball champion ship but lost the Coast confer ence playoff to Stanford which went on fast and defeated Dart mouth for the NCAA champion ship. The way Portland's thousands of war workera went for boxing waa one for the books. They laid their dough on the line to pack the house and that lured the top-fllghters like NBA Ban tam Champion Manuel Ortiz, Turkey Thompson and Lou Nova of the ranking heavyweights, and Hammerin' Henry Arm strong, once the holder of three came, hoping to see a new Amer ican record set. "Torger didn't disappoint them. He Jumped 289 feet for a new American record. What the crowd did not know was that if he had Jumped five feet long er Jie probably would have suf fered serious injuries. He knew that hill was very dangerous if you went beyond 285 feet, but it didn't stop him. "If Torger's ski Jumping abil ity was transformed into foot ball talent, the great 'Sinky' couldn't carry his shoes!" Frank "Sinky" Sinkwich, of Georgia, was named by the ex perts as the No. 1 athlete of 1842. Torger is Jumping for the American army now. He's with the ski troopers. Baseball's Spring Work Still Chaos Facts Scarce as Butter, But Major League Training Developments in Offing By HAROLD CLAAS5EN NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (P) Facts still were as scarce as grade AA buttter Wednesday in the confusion surrounding the major league training season but developments are expected shortly. Commissioner K. M. Landis was discovered In Washington and, although the Office of ODT Director Joseph B. Eastman-said the baseball leader had no ap pointment, it is unlikely that Landis made the trip from his Chicago home to deliver holiday greetings. At about the same time yes terday that Landis was found in Washington, the two Chicago clubs announced they would do their 1 spring conditioning in French Lick, Ind., less than 300 miles from their home parks. The day before, the Boston Red Sox chose Tufts university as their training site. - Even though Landis may not see Eastman and gain an official definition of the ODT's recent request that clubs, curtail SDrlns training travel, a majority of baseball leaders expected him to obtain enough information . to eliminate most of the confusion The consensus was that if Lan dis received any inkling of what the ODT desired he would call Joint meeting of major league owners to relay the Information and make any needed revisions m tne schedule. Boston Coach Hopes for Free Scoring Battle MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 31 (JP) "I hope the second is 60 to 59 with Boston college winning." The guy behind the quotes Is Denny Myers, bluff coach of the B, C. Eagles and the party on the short end of the score would be University of Alabama, which B. C. meets In Miami's Orange Bowl tomorrow afternoon. "Sure," he continues, "I look for a' free-scoring game, and I hope we kick those extra points." Myers Isn't the only one look ing for a close game. Miami bookmakers, who always come out with a profit margin, of fered odds of 5 to 6 and take your choice. Both teams arranged to wind up practice today with light limbering-up exercises. Each will go Into the game virtually at full strength. Only man in the Boston college camp unlikely to be at par was Mickey Connolly, pass-pitching fullback. Ala bama's sole casualty was Leon Fichman, reserve tackle. OSC Has Rose Bowl Win; Boxing Revives world crowns at once, who knocked out Lew Jenkins, for mer lightweight ruler. "Cody's Comely Kids," the Mac swimmers, had a fine year. They set four records which at year's end were recognized by the AAU as new national marks. Other highlights of the year in sports: , January 31 Frank Brazlll named manager of the Portland Beavera. February 1 M o u n t Angel won the state Catholic basket ball championship; 28, Portland university captured the Oregon intercollegiate basketball tour nament, defeating Southern Ore gon College of Education. March 3 Idaho's Kay Turner scored 13 points against Oregon at Eugene to pile up a total of 192 points, a new northern di vision basketball scoring record that eclipsed the six-year-old Ortiz Has NBA Title At Stake K.sn Lindsay Fights Manuel For Bantam Title Friday By FRED HAMPSOIJ PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31 (JP) Manuel Ortiz, sharppunching California Mexican, stakes his National Boxing association ban tamweight championship here tomorrow night in a 10-round dispute with Ken Lindsay of Vancouver, B. C. Lindsay is Canadian champion and a cadet of the Royal Canadian air force. The bout, for which Lindsay obtained special RCAF permis sion, will be the first for a title in modern ring history in Port land. Until shipyard money inflated gate receipts about 10 times over, contests of such calibre were out of reach of local matchmakers. Lately the take has run as high as $16,500 (for Henry Armstrong- Lew Jenkins). Promoter Joe Waterman hoped this fight would do between $15,000 and $18,000 worth of business. ' Odds favored Ortiz by 10-6 but appearance of considerable Canadian money threatened to shorten them by ring time. Ortiz was confident although in two previous bouts with Lindsay he did no better than break even, losing a decision as an amateur, winning one as a pro. The Cali- fornian said he had $25,000 in eastern and California fight of fers in his pocket and he didn t intend to let them deteriorate by losing tomorrow. Lindsay, busy getting his weight down to the required 118 pounds (he weighed 1191 last night), said only that he was so happy to get the title shot he would have fought for training money. Lindsay, 21, recently enlisted in the RCAF but has not yet started military training. Ortiz, 24, had some weight dif ficulty, too, but expected to weigh in at 2 p. m., Friday at 1171. An argument over referees re sulted yesterday -In a boxing commission meeting. Ortiz wants Ralph Gruman, who handled many of his amateur bouts. Lindsay held out for Tom Loult- tit. Both are veterans of north west rings: The commission said it would announce the referee at fight time. " All-Spokane Finals Develop in Gonzaga Basketball Tourney SPOKANE, Dec. 31 OP) The expected all-Spokane final de veloped on schedule last night as the John Rogers and Lewis and Clark high schools both won semi-finals games and the right to compete in the finals tonight in the Gonzaga "physical fit ness" basketball tournament. Springing a 27-point scoring splurge in the second half, Lewis and Clark overwhelmed North Central, also Spokane, 42 to 19, while Rogers won from Chew- elah, the only out of town semi finalist, 34-29. Moscow, Idaho, will meet Col fax and Albion will play Central Valley in the consolidation round in today's filial session. Koch of Pre-Flight Fame to Play for Oregon This Year EUGENE, Dec. 31 (jP) Bob Koch, former Oregon fullback who played for the St. Mary's Navy Pre-Flight team this year, is back in school again. After passing pre-flight train ing, Koch was given an honor able discharge when he devel oped chronic air sickness. He registered for the winter term at Oregon, and is expected to strengthen the Webfoot grid team considerably next fall. Palmberg by five digit; 7, the Bradford Clothiers of Portland won the state AAU hoop crown; Butte Falls won the state B lea gue basketball championship; 14, Astoria high retained Its state hoop championship by de feating Corvallis, 34-22; 27, Cor nelius Warmerdam put the apark into the Hill relays at Portland by vaulting over 15 feet for the 17th time but he couldn't crack hia world indoor mark of 15 feet 71 Inches. April 14 University of Ore gon Football Coach Tex Oliver commissioned in the navy and appointed football mentor at the navy's St. Mary's pre-fiight school; 20, John Warren named head grid coach at Oregon after Vaughn Corley followed Oliver into the navy. May 16 Medford high ran off with the state prep track cham pionship; 30, Edwin J. FitzDat- rick resigned as Portland uni Georgia Bulldogs Ready to Bite ii It may not be polite to point but these University of Georgia footballers are certainly pointing for their New Year's day Rom bowl game against the UCLA Bruins. Coach Wally Butts, eonter, goes over team plays with, left to right End Brook Pierce, Guard Jim Lee, Quarterback Walter Maguire, Center Clyde Ehrhaidt. End Joe Terreshinski, End Clinton Storther, Quarterback Andy Dldlah and Back Jim Todd. When Sun Sets on Sun Bowl, Army Goes After Big Game EL PASO. Tex., Dec. 31 UP) When the sun goes down tomor row in the Sun Bowl, the cor porals, the sergeants and the lieutenants who constitute the bombers of the second air force will put away their gridiron togs and go after bigger game on Uncle Sam's team. But to Captain William B. (Red) Reese, their coach, the cur rent issue of the bombers is strictly G. I. "A coach's ideal football club." 'Tor men who" came from dif ferent schools, men who never met until gathered in the armed forces, these boys have the finest spirit and morale anyone could hope for," he declared. That's considerable from Reese, who as coach at Eastern College of Education in eleven seasons won six Washington in tercollegiate conference cham pionships,' and just recently top ped that off with the Pacific coast service championship with his undefeated bombers. It's one of the reasons, too. why the bombers were favorites to take the measure of Hardin Simmons university, undefeated border conference champions, in the eighth annual Sun Bowl game tomorrow. Bill Sewell, bomber triple- Stratospheric Warmerdam Wins Sullivan Trophy NEW YORK. Dec. 31 IJP Step up away up and meet the 1842 winner of the James E. Sul livan memorial trophy. He's Stratospheric Cornelius Warmer dam, the California pole vaulter who put the world record where his rivals couldn't reach it with out the help of a P-38. The tribunal of 600 outstand ing sports leaders, polled an nually to determine the winner of the award, gave Warmerdam a total of 1101 votes, nearly twice as many as his closest rival. Bill Smith, the Hawaiian swimming star now attending Ohio State university, was sec ond in the balloting with 570 votes. Third went to Ed Hen- nig, the veteran Cleveland gym nast, with 317. Joe Smith, North Medford, Mass., marathon run ner, placed fourth with 285, while Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page, Chapel Hill. N. C, golfer, was fifth with 184. BRUIN HOOPMEN WIN LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (VP)- The Bruins of UCLA took an early lead and were never head ed last night in defeating the Los Alemitos air base baskettball team, 68 to 43. Leading scorei was the Bruins Dick West, witr 23. UCLA's half time lead was 43-24. versity basketball coach; north ern division baseball race closed with University of Oregon keep ing the pennant nailed to it flagpole. July 19 Portland Boiler makers dethroned the Sllverton Red Sox as Oregon'a semi-pro baseball champs. September 1 Al Zimmerman, Portland, won the Oregon open golf championship; 3, Butler Construction of Portland edged Corvallis, 1-0, for the state soft ball crown; 20, first professional football team in the state's hi tory, the Portland Boilermakers, made its debut; 22, Blazin' Bee Hogan, the world's top profes sional golfer, thrilled state dlvoi addicts with his mastery on ai exhibition tour. November 7 Oregon stopped the UCLA Bruins, conference leaders, 14-7, at Eugene in th; season's greatest football upset along the coast. threat halfback is recovering from a bout with the flu, but Is expected to get Into the gam. Hardln-Simmons' squad, 33 strong, arrived late yesterday from Abilene and today sched uled a light warm-up session. All proceeds of the game will go to service funds to be selected by the two teams. WSC Cagers Fall to NYU Score Spree NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (VP) A terrific scoring burst by Wash ington State college, stopped only when Its sparkplug, For ward Gail Bishop, was removed from the game after commission of his fourth personal foul, near ly upset the New York univer sity basketball team here last night. The New York five finally. pulled through 66 to 55 after the Cougars, starting with a 24 point deficit, had pulled up to within three points. Trailing 32 to 18 at the half and 44 to 20 after five minutes of the second session, the Paci fic Coast conference team put on one of the wildest scoring sprees ever seen in the garden. In the next three minutes the Cougars reduced the lead to 20 points, 49-29 and then really went to town. Bishop poked in 12 consecu tive tallies in six minutes to pull his team to within three points. .56-53, with four minutes to play. At tnat point Bishop left the game and with him went the Cougars' drive, the metropolitan boys pulling away again in the stretch. . Jerry Fleishman, sophomore star, paced the New York of fense, tallying 22 points as he set a new regular session field goal record for the garden with 11 baskets. Bishop and Owen Hunt led the westerners with 20 and 17 points respectively. Lefty Grove Talks Return to Baseball In Coaching Status LONACONING, Md., Dec. 31 (VP) You might think anyona who pitched 411 victories would have enough of baseball for one lifetime, but Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove is beginning to talk about coming hack. "Shucks, I know I can still pitch," says Grove, 300 of whose wins were achieved in the major leagues. "This outdoor life has kept my legs In great shape. But I have no desire to return to baseball as an active flayer.