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VjRSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1953 TIME OUT iff nice but you wouldn't catch me doinir " leaves you marked for life!" RIDIN' HERD With Red Hurd DEAR SANTA CLAUS: Olve me a college where alumni ire either dead or a million miles ivay College football coaches Iverywhere. Please help my boys Brow taller ver the Christmas holidays Skeet I'Connell, Oregon Tech basketball each. I'd like some help in finding a larting five Paul McCall, Klam th Union High School basketball oach. More Swede Halbrooks for future se, please Slats Gill, Oregon tate basketball coach, I PLEASE ASK basketball offi cials to keep their promise of less histle - tooting Basketball fans everywhere. can you convince basketball rule tnakers that fans, players, coaches and officials don't want the ridicu lous one - and - one foul - shooting iule? Anyone who likes basket- I A White Christmas Skiers Everywhere. (Editor's note: ilake ours sunshine). $ A clear screen on New Year's pay Television set owners. I I'd appreciate a promising local toy to hang fight cards on (lack Lillard, Klamath Falls box- f and wrestling promoter. JUST A MILD case of flu for ral Cameron (UCLA) New Year's ly Biggie Munn, Michigan State otball coach. Ditto for all eleven of the Spar as Red Sanders, UCLA coach. A remedy for the full-court press Phil Pesco, Olympic JC basket 11 coach. Please, Santa, help Mel Ingram it the Idaho football coaching ob Klamath Falls football fans. A groove down the alleys that leads to the 1-2 or 1-3 pockets All (bowlers at Lucky Lanes. GOOD-LOOKING girls to lead cheers in football and basketball -iportswriters everywhere. 4 More radio announcers who re- member to mention the score more Jtlmn once in a half in football jBtay-at-homes. j A fervent hope that the boys from (Australia are more "down under' Ithan usual In Davis Cup matches If- Billy Talbert, U. S. Davis Cup Jfapiain. I Another widow with moola (I'll ?ttle for two or three million dol lars) Jack Dempsey. I More fistic opponents, but not too tough Rocky Marciano. Less IBC (monoDolistic Interna tional Boxing Club) Managers of promising young fistic coiners. BOX SCORES dromied in the (Herald and News slot that add up, together with names spelled' cor- rauy Red Hurd, Herald and Hews sports editor. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Seixas Says He's Ready MELBOURNE, Australia m to Seixas, who is regarded as the y to the hopes of the United tes in regaining he Davis Cuu ram Australia in the challenge found, said Thursday "I'm going to all right." The challenge round starts here Monday and continues through Wednesday. "Don't believe all that stuff you r'ad in the papers and don't go by TOat you see in practice," said the H-year-oid Wimbledon champion ose seemingly unshakeable lump has made the Aussies fav orites to retain the cup. There are just throe days of prac- left and Seixas continues to 4 nut of touch and without con- "nence. Some Australian observ " figure he may be Playing pos tal, hUt Vir nroffe at this In practice Wednesday Seixas wopped two sets to Bob Perry of Angeies, the youngest member 01 the U fl ennnri -4 a.t However.' Bill Tnlhor ImarlMn "Plain, said Vic's game was "en- -""raging." HOTELS 0SBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE. MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern n. J. E. Earley Joe Earley Jr. Proprietor! CAGE SCORES COl.Li:r.i-' n tvL-rn . . . By 1HK ASSOCIATED PHtSS Wednesdays Results FAR WEST Crclghton 65, Denver 60 Wesiminsler lUtalu 63, Ricks 56 Fresno state 13, Whlttier 58 Fullerton icallti 87, Souihern Utah NT.iV MKX1CO TOl'RNKV New Mexico Western 53, Arizona Stale iFlngstalt) 49 ichampiou- Adams (Colo) stale 67, St. Mich aels (NM) 45 (coronation) EAST Iona 82, Queens cNV) 54 SOUTH N.C. State 63, Peoria Caterpillars 60 Rio Grande 67, Wake Forest 65 MIDWKST Minnesota 01, Marquette 73 Bl'adlev 74. Nntrn nntnn n-i Oklahoma A&M 52, Southern Cal- Uornia 49 Dayton 75, Toledo 64 uuuer 71, Wabash 63 KnllTiiwicr Texas Christian 06, Howard Payne 48 Eastern New Mexico 46, Panhandle Iowa) Aggies 44 ' New Mexico Highlands 66, New jmcxico Military 32 PRO BASKETBALL Wednesday's Results Syracuse 76, Baltimore-72 Boston 80, Milwaukee 74 Oregon Prep Basketball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Grants Pass 63, North Bend 60 (two overtimes) Madras 53, Culver 40 Mllwaukie 78, Jefferson (Portland) 50 Marshfield 67, Central Catholic (Portland) 45 Franklin (Portland) 62, Newberg 58 Francis Has Last Snicker BV RIP WATSON NEW YORK MV-Clarence (Bevo) Francis, the high-scoring phenom whose amazing point totals were wiped from the record books last spring, had the last laugh on his critics today. The big boy from little Rio Grande (Ohio) College averaged 50.1 points per game last year, but the Coaches' Assn. voted to throw the records out because of the poor quality of the opposition "He couldn't score like that against a good team," his critics scoffed. "Rio Grande will never beat anybody that amounts to any thing." MORE POINTS Bevo kept pumping the points in as Rio Grande made an East ern swing this year, but he and his mates hadn't scored a major victory unliL big. Bevo took mat ters into his own hands last night and fired the winning basket in the final seconds lor a 67-65 viC' tory over Wake Forest. Grabbing the ball at the foul circle, Bevo cut loose with his specialty, whirling Jump shot, and Rio Grande had a victory over the con querors of mighty North Carolina state and tne national aau cnanv pion Peoria Caterpillars. 32 POINTS Bevo made 32 points in all, out- scoring the talented Dickie Hem- ric of Wake Forest, who got 24 in a losing cause. Little Wayne Wise man shared the starring role with Francis, twice stealing the ball for baskets in the final 29 seconds. North Carolina State, No. 9 In the Associated Press poll, came from behind to whip the Peoria AAU team 63-60, making It two defeats in two nlghls for the Cater pillars against college opposition, Oklahoma A&M, No, 5 in the poll, also had a tough game be fore turning back Southern Cali fornia 52-49, while e!;hth-ranked Minncsola set a school record with a 91-73 beating of Marquette. Bradley surprised Notre Dame by getting out in front and staying there almost all the way for a 74-72 victory despite a desperate Irish rally TOUGH Toledo, which gave third-ranked Duquesne a scare last Saturday, also made It tough for Dayton last niaht. grabbing a 20-17 first quar ter lead. With 6-11 Bob Uhl lead ing the way, Dayton went on an n point spree and the flyers went on to win 75-64. uni, a sopnomore, made 22 in all. In other games, Texas christian whipped Howard Payne 96 - 48, Creighton topped Denver 65-60 and New Mexico Western won the New Mexico Conference tournament with a 53-49 victory over Arizona State of Flagstall. Paige Not Trade Bait BALTIMORE tfl Bill Veeck put Ol' Satch Paige up on waivers, Art Ehlers disclosed Wednesday, but no American League team claimed the colorful pitcher for the .-standard $10,000 price. Ehlers, general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, said Veeck put the venerable Negro righthander up earlier this year, before the si, Louis Browns franchise was shiit ed here. The official disinterest of the American League clubs cleared the way for a possible deal for Palce with National League teams, but Ehlers said this isn't planned because the fading hurler no long er is considered prime trade bait. Palec. who won 3 and lost 9 games last season, Just laughs whpn asked his age. Under the "Age" column on the Oriole rost er he Is listed as "aged." Charlie Read's SADDLERY Will Be Closed Until Jan. 4th Sanders, Munn Pull Surprises PASADENA. Calif. HI Both Michigan State and UCLA pulled a couple of pre-Chrlstas surprises in their preparations for a Rose Bowl football showdown New Year's Day. UCLA Coach Red Sanders scri- ningpfi his tpnm, althmiEh he has .said he wouldn't scrimmage again before the game. MSC Coach Biggie Munn switched practice fields and re shuffled his No. 1 team, making four changes in his first eleven. Sanders snid the 20-minute scrim mage Wednesday wasn't premed itated. "The boys asked for it." he said. We were working out there and a couple of them said 'Let's go at full speed. So we cranked up and let go.' Munn chanced his practice loca tion from Brookside Park adjacent 10 tne Rase Bowl, to tne East LjOS Angeles Junior College Stadium. He explained he wr.nted to work out on a regular field with yard line markers and goal posts. Munn intimated the changes In his starting eleven probably would not be permanent. Sophomore quarterback Earl Morrall went in as signal-man in place of senior .Tom Yewclc. Ellis Duckett moved into left end for Bill Quinlnn. Embry Robinson was substituted for Jim Jebb at left tackle and Bill Ross replaced Fer ris Hallmark at left guard. BOB PETTIT , 36,8 average) Pettit Top Cage Scorer NEW YORK m Basketball's big scorers are bigger than ever this season, with three major-college players, Bob Pettit of Louisiana State, Frank Selvy of Furman and Virginia's Buzz Wilkinson, aver aging more than 30 points a game. Pettit. who started out with 60-point game, is the leader with a 36.8 per game average, statistics released by the NCAA Service Bu reau showed today. Selvy, the leading scorer among major-college players last season, has scored at a 33.5 per game rate while Wilkinson hit 32.8 In games through Saturday. In all, there are 47 players with an average of better Ulan 20 points a game compared with 26 at this time a year ago. California's Bob Mathany, who ranked fifth las't year in free throw percentage, is tops in that depart ment with 38 out of 42 this season for 90.5 per cent. Ed Cristal of Washington (Mo) is second with an even 90 per cent, on 27 out of 30. Harvey Williams of Michigan holds the field goal percentage lead with 64.3 per cent and Art Quimby of Connecticut is the high man in rebounds with 25.2 a game. Oregon State's 7-foot-3-lnch cent er, Wade Halbrook, ranked eighth nationally among the scorers. He averaged 26.8 points in each of the four games counted in the NCAA report. Holbrook had 39 field goals and 29 free throws for a total of 107 points. Sports In Brief Br THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BASEBALL NEW YORK Junior Gilliam, Brooklyn's star second baseman, was named the National League's Rookie of the Year by the Base ball Writers Assn. FOOTBALL PHILADELPHIA Jim Trim ble was given a three year con tract as head coach of the Phila delphia Eagles in the NFL. RACING MIAMI, Fla. Press ($31.00) captured the Harinero Purse at Tropical Park. ..f WHEEL BALANCING SEE JUCKELAND HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON far" 'iifHuiiif ' TWO SHARPSHOOTERS FOR need their marksmanship and Redding, when the undefeated squad. RED HURD, Radio. TV Will Add Million to Bowl Pot NEW YORK m Television and radio sponsors are becoming "sDorts Santa Clauses" for a lot ot athletes at 'colleges and confer ences represented In next Jan. lst's football bowl games. The spectators at the annual New Year's Day gridiron spec tacles will pay nearly two million dollars to watch the games, but the TV and radio rights will bring in almost one million more, an As sociated Press survey disclosed today. That's a pretty nice collection of pies for the football teams to slice up among themselves. Most of them have to count their confer ence brothers in, too, however, so the athletic funds at many col leges will be swelled by the TV radio take along with the gate re ceipts. BONANZA Biggest bonanza of all is the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., matching UCLA of the Pacific Coast Conference against the Big 10's Michigan state. The TV-radio money there even tops the gate receipts, since the sponsors get an advantage over the other bowl games by coming on the air after the other major games are over. Also, the game pits the No. 3 team in the country, Michigan State against the No. 5 team, UCLA. The combined TV-radio take for the West Coast classic is $610,000, well ahead of the gate of $340,000. After game expenses, stadium rental, taxes and other expenses are taken out. each conference figures to get about $350,000. That will pay for a lot of scholarships, j tackling dummies, tennis balls an other minor sports Items. SIX FIGURES The sugar and Cotton Bowls also are reported to have TV-radio con tracts in six figures to go with ticket sales in the $3O0,0OO-$4O0,-000 range. But the Orange Bowl probably the day's best attraction from tne spectator s point ot view since it matches Maryland, the No. 1 team, against Oklahoma, No. 4 has a TV-radio contract calling for only $70,000. The teams will go home with something besides the train fare, however, for they've added 3,000 seats to the bowl this year, making the capacity close to 70,000. That should push the gate receipts to around S366.0OO, and each team gets $120,000, which they'll split with other conference members. Rice. No. 6, and Alabama, No. 13, will take home slightly more than $150,000 from the Cotton Bowl, at Dallas, which will take in a gate of $300,000 plus $120,000 from TV-radio' and the program and Maxim Drills For Moore MIAMI BEACH, Fla. MP) Joev Maxim, former light heavyweight boxing champion. Is in training for another title bout with Archie Moore. Maxim and his manager, Jack Kcarns, set up camp Wednesday at the Algiers one of the newest and finest hotels in this resort city. The ring was set un on a deck high above the big swimming pool where 600 tourists splashed in the water or lolled in the sun. There, said Reams, Maxim will go through dally workouts to get In shape lor his third meeting with Moore. They have fought in St. louis ana ogden, Utah. THE PELICANS are Guy Munsell and Don Mills (I to r). They'll help from teamrrlates Monday and Tuesday nights to get over California preps Bring in a lu - Sports "' concession money combined. CUSTOM Officials of the New Orleans Sugar Bowl, who have Georgia Tech, No. 8, vs. West Virginia, No. 10, declined to release figures on the financial aspects of the game, as is their custom. But sources in New Orleans put the Sugar Bowl gate at $365,000 last year, and it was reliably reported here that the TV-radio would bring in another $100,000. The Rose Bowl is tops in the number of spectators, with 100,300 to 82,000 for tne sugar Bowl ana 75.504 for the Cotton Bowl. The annual East West Shrine all star game at San Francisco on Jan. 2 also benefits from TV-radio and from the lack of competi tion from other games. The crowd of 63,000 will pay $280,000, with another $65,000 coming from TV radio. mm AUTOMOTIVE LEAGUE W I. ITauner Motors . 46 14 Specialized Service . 44 16 Dick Miller Co. 35 21 Motor Investment ... .15 23 Bend - Portland no .10 Balsiger Motors -....27 33 Ashley Chevrolet ... . 27 33 Basin Motors 28 34 Parker - Pontiac ..-... 25 35 J. W. Kerns .. 24 36 Eastslde Electrie 23 37 Lorenz Company 18 42 Scores Last Night Lorenz 3 Parkcr-Pontioc 1 Eastslde 3 Basin Motors 1 Ashley 3 BalslRcr 1 Specialized 3 Bend-Portland 1 Hauncr 4 Kerns a Motor Invest 3 Miller 1 Hauger and Specialized Service are waging a fight for the Automo tive Bowling League top spot but Hauger helped its first-place posi tion last night with a 4-0 win over Kerns while Specialized dropped Bend-Portland, 3-1, Frank Eberlein of Specialized Service rolled the top line, 234, fol lowed by Bud Stelnselfer of East side Electric with 227. But two other bowlers edged In for series high scores; Bob Morrison of Specialized had a 540 and Clyde Ritter ot Hauger a 537. In team play. Specialized led with a 1005 game and 2733 series. Sec ond place saw two ties; Bend-Portland and Balsiger had 944 games, Hauger and Ashley 2683 series. CLASSIC LEAGUE AVA Farms Oregon Wool naraboo Klcctrlc . Klamath Printing Co. Bins's Founloin Davis Associated ...34 ...2!! Sixth St. OxyKcn Sales Jonnson Insurance ...... 34'i, Louie's Food 24"s Roundup Tavern : '21''a an'i Baxter-Hall Lbr Sales 20 ' 40 Landry Insurance 19 41 . Scores Lsst MuM Oregon Wool 3 Baxter-Hall 1 uar-ir, 4 Blng's Fountain 0 Klamatn rint 3 Sixth St. Oxygen 1 AVA Farms c Louies' 1 Johnson Ins 4 Roundup 0 Iforfeitl Davis, Assoc 4 Landry Ins. 0 A new name popped up in the Classic Bowling League's top scor ers last night when Paul Hess of the Johnson Insurance team rolled the top line, a 246. Prank Beard of Oregon Wool was second with 219 and added 207 ana inz lor tne top series, 608. Cllf Baxter of the Baxter-Hall five ended with 688 on games of 190, 183 and 219. In team play, Oregon Wool, still second behind the league-leading AVA Farms team, led with a S42 game and 2678 series. Baraboo Electric trailed with 920 and 2633. For the season, Al Hakenerth and Charlie Booth, both of Blng's Foun tain, lead with averages of 183 and 184. Mel Robinson of Oregon Wool Is a close third with 183. m Make Your Furniture Dollars GO Farther During Our December Sale LUCAS FURNITURE itraignr recoro wirn a vereran Photo by Don Kettler Redding Boasts 10 in Row The Shasta Wolves of Redding will bring a 10 -game win skein to Pelican Court for a Monday-Tuesday double basketball date with Klamath Falls. The California team that whipped the Pelicans twice last season is Uack with a veteran-loaded club that is long on height and rated ihe "best prep team in Northern California." Not a lad on the starting five Is under six feet, topped by center Mike Preaseau at 6-5. The guards, Dave Brewer and Jim Forry, go C-2 and 6-1. Forwards Mike Ste phens and Wilton Jones are both un even six. All but Stephens are lettermen. UNDER SIX Only two of the 12 players Coach Harlan Carter will bring with him are shy of the six-foot mark. Ron Mancasola and Don Wilhelmson are just 5-6 and 5-8. But the rest of the bench strength includes Lee Leonard, who pinch-hits for Prea seau at center, at 6-7, Brent Leon ard at 6-5, Gary Effenbeck at 0-3 and Fred Morrison, the fifth letter- man, at 6-1. Redding, unbeaten on an Inde pendent schedule, counts a college team among its victims; the Wolves whipped Concordia College of Oakland twice. Unless Coach Paul McCall can find a team that hits on all five (he experimented in the split with Reno) Redding will be favored to sweep the post-Christmas double header. NOT SHY The Pels are not wanting for height either. For instance, there's Dave D'Ollvo at 6-3 ''j, Leo Davis at 6-514, Jim Dougherty at 6-1, Don Mills ditto, Guy Munsell at 6-2. Don sum mers at 6-3 '2 and Larry Yarnell at 6-2'2. But Ed Barron, a two-year Iet terman, and Jim Bevans are like ly starters. Barron measures an even six feet, while Bevans, the lad who supplies the swift from a guard position, is just 5-10. Then, too, Redding has the ad vantage of reaching top form in 10 games, while Klamath has played only two games in addition to the early season jamboree, plus a layoff of more than two weeks from game conditions. Chiloquin Whips 'Cats t Jo Jo George pumped in 20 points last night at Chiloquin to lead the Panthers to a 45-34 win over the Klamath Wildcats. Earl Tichenor was high for the 'Cats with 11. The Klamath five held an 11-10 first-quarter lead but fell behind 22-19 at the half and never caught up as the defend ing Klamath County Class B champions speeded up the attack. In the preliminary game, the Chiloquin junior varsity edged the Klamath freshmen. 48-47. Scoring: WILDCATS (31) Burke 4 Jensen A Tichenor It Taucher 9 Laps ley 2 (45) ClllLOQt!IN f ' 6 Barney ' 20 George : 10 D. Siemens : 8 v. Joe ' 2 Souers wiiacais tuDi - walker. Hamblin 2, Beihn 2. Chiloquin tuba T. Siemens, SU- wn if rroweii. Alabama Leaves Sunday for Dallas TUSCALOOSA, Ala. !) Ala bama ends home workouts for the Cotton Bowl game Thursday. The Crimson Tide head coach, Red Drew, ordered only a light workout. The squad will report back for a workout Saturday, and ny to Dallas Sunday. Klamath , Radiator Works CLOSED Open Again Mon., Jan. 4 Gayle Talbot Alston Tips Savvy In First Official Move By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK Un The first offi cial move made by Walter Alston indicates that the new manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers Is every bit as smart as they said he wasywhen they brought him out of the minor leagues to tackle one of the trick iest Jobs in the business. Alston, looking around at the un broken ranks of ex-infielders who comprised the Dodgers coaching staff, asked his boss to go out and find him the best pitching coach they could lay hands on, and hang the expense. They found Ted Lyons unemployed momentarily, and by signing the former White Sox great they might well have made a down payment on that world champion ship they have their little hearts set on. WEAKNESS If the Brooklyn team of the past few seasons has had one note worthy weakness, it lay in the ab sence of an expert handler of pitchers among Charlie Dressen's staff of assistants. Dressen, him self, was a former lnflelder, and so were Billy Herman, Cookie North, South Teams Ready MIAMI. Fla. un . Both North and South squads put in a lot of hard work in preparation lor their sixth annual Shrine college all-star football game Friday night, but the yanks were a bit more informal South forces, headed by Coach Andy Gustafson of Miami, have thrown up a police guard to hurry would-be spectators on their way for the last three practice sessions Purdue Coach Stu Holcomb and his Northern squad have left the gates wide open to all comers "In fact," said Holcomb, "If Ous wants to bring his South squad over to watch us practice, we'd be glad to have 'em. And the North, anxious to narrow the 3-1-1 victory margin the South holds In the series, has come up with a ringing chant which goes like this: "Rah, rah, reetl Bah, rah, reetl We want to eat some Southern fried meat." Free substitution rules will be in effect for the game, first of the major post - season classics, and both coaches plan to use the two-platoon system as far as thej umiiea squuas win permu, nie South has 25 players; the north, 26. People DO Read SPOT ADS -you ore! ALL KLAMATH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS Will Be SATURDAY-DEC. 26 In order to give our employees an extra Christ mas holiday, we will be eloied Friday and Satur day, December 25th and 26th. Klamath Automobile Dealers Association CHEER 'J Here's our toast to your Holiday: May it bo full of good spirits, peace- and contentment. SAM NESLIN NDTH E GANG OREGON 800 Main PAGE SEVEN Lavagetto and Jake Pltler. in their prime the quartet might have made a pretty fair inner de fense, but not one of them aver , threw a curve intentionally. One of the little differences of opinion between Dressen and his employers which might have con tributed to his departure was said to have been Chuck's insistence upon being his own pitching coach. The Dodger officials, among oth ers, did not consider Dressen es- , pecially gifted in handling his throwers, the young ones In particular. SHUFFLE The record does not prove con clusively that the bosses were right about It, for the little guy shuffled ' his unwieldy staff smartly enough to win two flags and tie for a third in three years. That's a nice aver age. But the fact remains that he has Just lost two World Series to a team which employs a full-time pitching expert named Jim Turn er. Also that tne xanitees are working on their sixth straight championship, which is a swell average. Turner's duties consist mainly of coaching and pampering Casey Stengel's pitchers and advising Casey which of them had the best night's sleep. As the Yanks also have an Infield coach, Frankle Crosettl, and a catching coach. Bill Dickey, Casey thus Is enabled to concentrate his heaviest thinking on the outfield, which was his own preserve, and on double-talking about the overall operation. The system seems to be the .best de vised up to now. So smooth it leaves you breathless 8 mimoff tZe qreaiest name -VODKA 80pfoof.Mdefromt00ftinneutrtlipifiB) cte. fietrerairoon ri.nc.,i-wuora,-cDii. WOOLEN 4, STORE Phone 6173
