FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE THIRTEEN
Terps, West Virginia
Face Important Frays
By BEN OLAN
The Associated Press
There's supposed to be some
thing about playing at home that
makes so-so teams come up with
superhuman .efforts.
If that's the case, then several
of the nation's leading college foot
ball powers. Including Maryland
and West Virginia, had better be
on their toes tomorrow.
Not that Clemson, which will
face the Terps, and Pittsburgh,
which takes on WVU, .are falr-to-middlin'
clubs. They're a lot bet
ter than that.
It's Just that there's a lot at
stake In both games and maybe
a little of the whoop and holler
will spur the underdogs.
Maryland, the nation's second
lanked team, is heavily favored to
Morale
Worries
Pro Club
CHICAGO (UP) A drop in mor
ale for the Chicago Bears this Sun
day would mean a dropped football
game, Owner-Coach George Halas
said today, and probably make the
National Football League season
run somewhat longer.
"We can't get any higher than
we were last week," he said,
speaking of the 52-31 victory over
Green Bay. "And It will be pretty
bard to stay up like we were then.
"If we drop off In morale at
all, we could drop off all the way,
and If we do that, the Rams might
murder us."
The Bears game with the Los
Angeles Rams ranked as a key
contest of the season. A win for
the Bears would deadlock the two
clubs, with Baltimore perhaps a
third team in the tie. for the top
rung of the NFL's Western Divi
sion. A loss for the Bears would leave
Los Angeles - alone In first place
with a two game margin over the
Bears and either one or two games
over Baltimore. ,
i "If we lose," Halas said, "then
I'll stay with my original conten
tion that the team that wins eight
and loses four will tie for the divi
sion championship. If we win, I'll
revise It, that a team that wins
seven and loses five will tie for It."
Halas said "there's not a
chance" that either the Rams or
Bears will go the rest of the way
without defeat after Sunday's
game.
"The competition's too tough,"
he said. "They've got Baltimor;
twice and we've got Detroit.' And
I don't think our chances of beat
ing Detroit twice are any better
than thelr's are of beating Balti
more twice." J
Though the' Bears were the top
offensive team in the league, wii.h
2.725 yards gain in seven games,
Halas feared the Rams defense.
Statistics bore out his contention.
The Rams have allowed opponents
only 887 yards rushing, -while the
Bears have been strongest on Vie
ground, grinding out 1,562 yards.
The Rams have made 1,085 yards
rushing and the Bears have al
lowed 1,221 yards.
In passing the two teams were
nearly equal with the Bears pick
ing up 1,163 yards compared to
1,158 for the Rams.
IAST
NIGHT
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES Charlie Green,
165, Los Angeles, outpointed Esau
Ferdinand, 165"2, San Francisco,
10.
DALLAS, Texas Henry Mi
ramontes, 116, Dallas, outpointed
Buddy Bagett, 117, Dallas. 12.
EUREKA, Calif. Art Ramponl,
134, Oakland, Calif., outpointcl
Teddy Hall. 132. Seattle. 10.
PHILADELPHIA Tommy
Martin, 135'2. Philadelphia, stop
ped Mickey Rosatti, 137!,, Phila
delphia, 7.
JOCKEY PREFERS TO WATCH
WHEELING, W. Va. lift Jockey
Willie Curtln, one of the leading
riders at Wheeling Downs this
year, says he has no thoughts of
returning to steeplechase racing
where he got his start in the sad
dle. Curtln said he's going to be
a rallbird at steeplechase events.
"Those steeplechase races are ex
citing to watch," claims Curtln.
"But they'll never get me to ride
them again. I had lots of spills
and broken bones."
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SURPRISE
Word from the South Carolina
school, however, is that it is ;sady
to spring a surprise and knock
Maryland from the ranks of the
unbeaten. Each team is 3-0 in At
lantic Coast Conference play.
Pittsburgh stands smack in the
way of a possible Sugar Bowl bid
for West Virginia, which is No. 6
in the country and already has won
the Southern Conference title.
Should West Virginia win this one,
an invitation to New Orleans may
be in the mall next week.
Besides Maryland and West Vir
ginia, other teams playing lmpor
tant games on the road are Yale,
Duke, Texas Christian, Notre
Dame, Auburn and Oregon State.
Yale, on the strength of its sur
prise victory over Army, is fa
vored to knock off Princeton and
clinch the Ivy League crown.
Duke, though beaten twice and
tied in nonconference play, still
will have a shot at the ACC crown
and the Orange Bowl bid if it can
get by South Carolina and Clem
son trips Maryland.
Texas Christian meets Texas in
a game which will go a long ways
in deciding the Southwest Confer
ence winner. Texas A&M lead:; the
league, but it's ineligible for post
season action. The Aggies play
Rice tomorrow.
RATED FAVORITE
With three straight victories
since being upset by Michigan
State, Notre Dame is rated about
a four-touchdown favorite over
North Carolina. The Tarheels, how
ever, showed improved form In
thumping South Carolina last week.
In the Southeastern Conference,
first-place Mississippi goes outside
the conference to take on Houston.
But Auburn, in second place, must
beat Georgia Tech to remain in
contention. Ole Miss is 4-1 in loop
action while Auburn Is 3-1-1.
On the West Coast, UCLA, play
ing at home, figures to stay on top
of the PCC by beating Washington.
Oregon State, the runnerup, meets
California. The league records
here are UCLA 4-0 and State 4-1.
Oklahoma, the No. 1 team in the
Associated Press poll, looks like a
cinch against Iowa State.
Ohio State, Michigan and Michi
gan State, the Big Ten powers,
all will be at home, the Buckeyes
against Iowa, Michigan. against In
diana and the Spartans, the coun
try's No. 3 team, against Minne
sota. Here's the way some of the
other ?ames look:
EAST: Army to rebound over
Penn; Navy should have it easy
against Columbia; Harvard and
Brown in a close one; ditto Cor
nell-Dartmouth.
SOUTH: Florida and Tennessee
a tossup: same for Tulane-Vander-bilt;
Wake Forest seems too
stronar for Virginia.
MIDWEST: Wisconsin-Illinois In
a tight game; Purdue too good for
Northwestern; Marquette may sur
prise Holy Cross.
SOUTHWEST-FAR WEST: South
ern Methodist-Arkansas close and
Stanford, a shade better than
Oregon. . ,
Dinner Check
Basis Of Suit
Aqainst Cobb
OROVILLE (UP) Elbert D.
Felts, former player with the San
Francisco Seals, testified yester
day that former baseball star Ty
Cobb attacked him because the
Hall-of-Famer was stuck with a
dinner check.
Felts ha,d filed a (50.000 suit
Peach" on grounds mat ine auacn
aggravated a spinal injury.
Felts told the court the argu
ment started in the Felts' auto
while the Cobbs and the Felts
were returning to the Felts' home.
at which the Cobbs were house
guests, after a dinner at Willows.
He testified that Cobb objected
to having had to pay the dinner
bill because "a lot of tavern own
ers would have picked up the tab
when they knew Ty Cobb was pay
ing." Felts said he replied: "Well,
after all, Ty, those fellows have to
make a living."
"Why didn't you pay it?" Cobb
allegedly asked his host.
Felts said that when he offered
to write a check. Cobb told Felts
not to forget $2.80 for some duck
decoys Cobb had given Felts a
year previously. Felts said he had
accepted the decoys as a gift.
Felts said that when he agreed
to Include the price of the decoys
in the check, Cobb struck mm.
Earlier. Dr. H. O. Lloyd. Phlla
dclphla, testified he examined
Felts In April, 1955, a year after
the alleged attack, end found him
to be Buffering from "degenerative
arthritis," not a spinal injury.
The trial was recessed until next
Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (UP) Eddie
Yost, usually one of the toughest
players in the American League
to sign, became the Washington
Senators' first regular to agree
to terms today when he accepted
a "little deduction" from his I21.-
500 salary of 1955.
Yost, who hit .248 in 122 games
last season, is believed to have ac
cepted a $19,000 figure for 1956.
It was the earliest he had come
to terms since he joined the club
in 1944 at the age of 17.
Club Presldnt Calvin Griffith
explained that Yost was "in town
to prepare for a tonsilectomy and
we thought it would be a good
opportunity to get Eddie into line."
The negotiations were carried on
Wednesday during a round of golf.
TRENTON, N.J. (UP) The
owner, trainer and four other
handlers of Blue Vet were sus
pended by the New Jersey State
Racing commission today after
tests showed the horse had been
drugged In the fourth race at Gar
den State Park last Saturday. ,
Thomas Brogan, chairman of thr.
commission, also announced the
winner's purse of $4,500 was being
held pending the result of an in
vestigation. Blue Vet, winner of
only one other race in 16 starts,
paid (7.20 to win.
Those suspended were owner
Sam Serpcio, trainer Joseph Ku
lina, grooms Edward J. Sumincy
and Thomas Bates, foreman Sam
uel Solow and hot walker Al
Belton.
MONTREAL (UP) The Mon
treal Canadiens sold left winger
Dick Gamble to the Quebec Aces
of the Quebec Hockey League
Thursday after securing waivers
from the five other teams in the
National Hockey League. Gamble,
who scored 40 points in his rookie
year of 1951-52, never regained his
old form and was scoreless this
season.
BOSTON (UP) The Boston Red
Sox will open a 34-game spring
training schedule against the
world champion Brooklyn Dodgers
in Miami, March 10. Twenty-four
of the Sox' games will be played
In Florida with the remainder
scheduled for the northward trel:
to Fenway Park in Boston.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (UP)
Freddy Wyant, West Virginia's
star quarterback who ranks eighth
in the nation in total offense, has
accepted an invitation to play in
the 10th annual Hula Bowl foot
ball game, Jan. 8, In Hawaii.
PARIS (UP) Budge Patty, for
mer Wimbledon champion from
Los Angeles and Paris and Jean
Borotra of France defeated the
French team of H. Pelltzza and
J. Thomas, 6-3, 6-4, 7-9, 6-8, 6-4,
in the semi-finals of the Albert
Canet Cup tennis tournament.
They will meet Gerard PiUet and
Pierre Darmon of France in the
finals. ' -" '
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (UP)
Hugh Pitts, Texas Christian's
center and co-captain, has accept
ed a bid to play in the Hula Bowl
football game In Hawaii, Jan. '8.
Bids for other post-season games
have been received by other Frog
seniors but all are tentative pend
ing the outcome of the hot South
west Conference race.
LOS ANGELES (UP) Quarter
back Norm Van Brocklin of the
Los Angeles Rams joined other
veteran pro backs today in refut
ing Otto Graham's remarks that
football In the National Football
League is getting "rougher and
rougher."
"Otto had better get out of foot
ball if he's getting to an age (34)
where he can't take it." Van Brock
lin told the Rams Club luncheon
yesterday. "It's plenty rough out
there, but no rougher than wnen
I broke in in 1949.
"Pro football has been awfully
good to Graham," Van Brocklin
said. "I can't imagine him knock
ing the game."
CHICAGO (UP) A profession
al football fan, told that all tickets
for Sunday's Chicago Bears - Los
Angeles Rams game were sold out,
was asked If he would settle for a
standing room ticket.
"Only if I can get two together,"
he said.
LAS VEGAS (UP) Winds of 20
to 30 miles an hour whipped across
Lake Mead today forcing British
boat race driver Don Campbell
to postpone his record-smashing
attempt until next Monday.
The speedboat ace had tenta
tively scheduled another attempt
for earlier today to break his own
world record In the Jet-propelled
Blue-bird II following four tries
on Lake Mead yesterday.
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NEW YORK UWBackfleld stars
with such fascinating names as
Jim Swink. Hopalong Cassady. and
Joe Childress are making stiou
bids for 1955 All-America football
recognition.
Swlnk is from Texas Christian;
Cassady, of Ohio State, made -he
1954 All-America and may very
well repeat; and Childress Is the
spark of a surprising Auburn team.
Others equally talented but with
more conventional monickers as
recommended by The Associated
Press All-America regional boards
Include Frank Tamburello, Mary
land; Jimmy Brown, Syracuse;
George Welsh, Navy; Dick Jamjs,
Oregon; Freddy Wyant, West Vir
ginia; Earl Morrall, Michigan
State: Paul Homung, Notre Dame;
Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma; and
Jon Arnett, Southern California.
The Associated Press All-America,
based on findings of the re
gional boards, wilt be announced
Dec. 2 after reports from all regu
lar season games have been thor
oughly sifted.
Here is a national rundown by
regions or conferences, moving
from West to East:
PACIFIC COAST Arnett leads
the conference with a total offense
of 722 yards in 136 plays in 8
games, and is the top scorer with
13 touchdowns and 12 conversions.
Close behind him is William Tarr,
Stanford, who has made 548 yards
in 141 rushing attempts. Other
good backs are John Brodle, Stan
ford; Sam Brown, UCLA; and Bob
Davenport, UCLA, who made the
1954 second All-America.
BORDER CONFERENCE List
ed are Art Lupplno, Arizona:
James. Sides. Texas Tech; and
Jesse Whittenton. Texas Western.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN Gary Glick
of Colorado A&M gets top rating,
followed by Herb Nakken and Lou
Mele, Utah; Norman Kampschror,
Montana; Jack Hill and Kent Har
ris, Utah State; and Jimmy Bowen
Denver.
SOUTHWEST Swlnk leads his
conference with 851 yards on 103
runs, and leads in scoring with Bl
points, and has returned 6 kick
offs for 138 yards. Others pressing
him for honors are Walter Fon
dren. Texas: Jack Pardee. Texas
A&M; and Henry Moore, Arkan
sas.
MIDLAND McDonald is tops on
an offense-minded. No. 1-ranked
Oklahoma team, followed by Rex
Fischer, Nebraska.
SOUTHEASTERN Childress has
made 433 yards on 100 carries.
making much of his gains after
being hit. Behind him in this order
come Art Davis, Mississippi State:
Charlie Horton, Vanderbilt; Paige
(jotnern, Mississippi; Johnny Ma
jors, Tennessee; Bob James, Au
burn; and Jack Simpson, Flori
da. MIDWEST Cassady, a first
team All-America last year, has
made 396 yards In 64 tries in the
tough Big 10 and leads his confer
ence in scoring with 42 points. Earl
Morrall, the nation's top punter
and a fine passer, gets credit as
the quarterback who brought Mich
igan State to high ranking. Other
good backs are Don Schaefer, and
Paul Hornung, Notre Dame: Len
Dawson, Purdue; and Walt Kowal
czyk. Michigan State.
ATLANTIC COAST CONFER
ENCE Tamburello Is a defensive
standout as well as the imagina
tive quarterback of unbeaten Mary
land. Nick Consoles of Wake For
est Is the leading conference pass
er with 64 completions In 120 tries
for 711 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Other good backs are Ed Vereb,
Maryland; Joel Wells,' Clemson;
Bob Pascal, Duke; Joe Pagltel,
Clemson; Billy O'Dell, Clemson;
and Bryant Aldrldge, Duke.
SOUTHERN Wyant, who quar
terbacks unbeaten West Virginia,
is tops in this section followed by
Bobby Moss, West Virginia; Miko
Sommer, George Washington; and
Frank Pajaczkowskl, Richmond.
EASTERN Welsh. Navy's mas
termind, looks strongest here, with
Don Holleder beginning to show
real strength for Army, and Jim
my Brown of Syracuse attracting
attention for his size and speed.
NEED LARGER STADIUM
EAST LANSING, Mich, iffi
Every time Michigan State plays
Michigan in football worried ath
letic officials mop their brow -and
not over the score. This year,
the Michigan-Michigan State game
was held at Ann Arbor, whore
the game was a 97,000-seat sellout.
Even though the next game In the
series scheduled to be played at
Michigan State's stadium at East
Lansing is in 1958. officials are
worried because MSU's stadium
only seats 52.000.
That's only enough room to take
care of students of both schools,
faculty and season ticket holders
no one else officials say.
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Hunting Outlook
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Upland bird shooting in Oregon
ends at sunset Sunday and so does
that general elk season In the
coastal area.
.That leaves waterfowl as the
principal target and the weather
has not been bad enough to make
that particularly successful in re
cent days.
The Oregon State Game Commis
sion's weekly bulletin discussing
prospects by districts says:
Northwest
Elk hunting has generally been
good. Pheasant hunting, luck has
been poor with the birds holding
close to thick cover.
Waterfowl hunting at Sauvie
Island has been fair. Stormy
weather Is needed to bring Im
provement. Southwest
Elk are pretty well driven back
into remote areas and hunters are
faced with the prospect of long
treks, especially In Coos County.
The Douglas County elk success
has dropped off considerably and
the weekend outlook Is for some
what poor luck.
Rogue Valley pheasant hunting
has been fair, the Douglas County
hunting too promises to be unpro
ductive, but quail hunters In Doug
las County should have a success
ful closing dav.
Central
Best bet Is quail in Crook and
northern Deschutes counties
where the outlook Is fair. Pheas
ant hunting has been poor.
Waterfowl hunting in the Upper
Deschutes area has been slow and
until there is a weather change it
is likely to continue so.
Northeast
Elk hunting has been fair with
the Walla Walla and Uklah areas
of Umatilla County producing
some bulls. An abundant supply
of antlerless elk should be found
In the Chesnlmnus and Wenaha
areas of Wallowa County, The
Mlnam area also should be fair.
The desolation area of Grant
County has been fair. Hunters
should be prepared lor Dad roaas.
Unless there is freezing weather,
higher roads will be usable only by
four-wheeled drive vehicles.
- Boutneast
Summer Lake area weather has
been clear and calm so waterfowl
shooting has not been successful
but there are 270,000 geese and
3.000 ducks in the area. In Warner
Valley the land area opened to
hunting on the public shooting
grounds has been increased. Many
geese and some ducks are there
and while success has Deen low,
stormv weather would bring im
Drovement. Harney County has
been poor, and there have been no
flights of waterfowl in Malheur
Countv.
Pheasant shooting has been poor
generally in the area.
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America's Minor
EDITORS: This Is the last of a
series on what the big minor
leagues are doing to combat their
problems. Today, the picture Is
surveyed In each of the t b r e e
leagues, the International, Pacific
Coast, and American Association.
By CARL LUNDQUIST - '
United press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UP) Less than
half of the teams In the big minor
leagues made money in 1955, but
with characteristic optimism, vir
tually all are predicting things
will be better next year.
The optimism is not unfounded,
either. Because of long-r a n g e
planning which has Involved fran
chise shifting, more lively promo
tion, and In some cases shifting,
to new parks, the minors In 1956
could enjoy their best season since
the lush post war years.
In the Pacific Coast League,
Seattle, Hollywood, Los Angeles
and San Diego operated in the
black in 1955, while Portland, San
Francisco, Sacramento and Oak
land lost money. The Oakland sit
uation was so serious it necessi
tated transfer of the franchise to
Vancouver, .B.C.
The American Association had
its best year attendance-wise since
late in the '40's but paradoxically
only two clubs, Denver and Oma
ha, made money. They were new
entries which drew big at the gate
to offset apathy elsewhere.
SITUATION
In the International, dean of the
big minors, Rochester, Columbus,
0 Toronto and Havana had suc
cessful years but the situation was
bleak at Montreal, Richmond, Va.,
Buffalo and Syracuse.
When the minor leagues hold
their annual meetings late this
month in Columbus, 0., some
NY Knickerbockers Shatter
NBA Gate Mark, Top Lakers
By UNITED PRESS
A National Basketball Associa
tion record crowd of 18,245 was
convinced today that It's true what
Ned Irish and Coach Joe Lapchick
have been saying about the New
York Knickerbockers.
Hailed by the Madison Square
Garden, basketball promoter and
Rhubarb Seen
As New Dash
Record Looms
NEW YORK lid Jim Oollida,
24-year-old Northwestern senior,
may Je the world's newest fastest
human at 100 yards but before it
official there's likely to be quite a
rhubarb in the ranks of, the Arr.a
teur Atnietic union.
Nearly six months after it v. as
announced that the 160-pound Ne
gro sprinter had matched the
world record with a 9.3 seconds
clocking in the Big Ten relays at
Evanston. 111., the records cam.
mlttee of the AAU said todpy it
would consider his time of 109.2
for a new standard.
If the :09.2 Is approved at the
annual convention of the AAU in
Louisville Dec. 1-4 it will be for
warded to the International Fed
eration for certification as a wo II
standard. The listed world mark
of :09.3 was established by South
ern California's Mel Patton in
1948. The time was equalled by
Australia's Hector Hogan in 1P54
but the Aussie's performance has
not yet come before the Interna
tional body.
Complications developed wnen
the records committee of Uic na
tional organization discovered that
the cards of two of the three
timers caught Oolllday in :09.2, the
other in :08.3. The Central Assn.
had applied for :09.3 for the North
western runner.
We have asked the Central
Assn. for an explanation," said
Dan Ferris, secretary of the AAU.
But meantime we are going
ahead on the basis of :09.2 since
two of the three timers caught him
in that time."
At the time of the race, last
May 14, Northwestern Coach Rus
sell Walter said five watches wjie
on Oolllday.
Two caught him at :09.2, two
more at :09.3 and the other at
09.4," he said.
At the time Oolllday credited lils
start from blocks as the big thing
in his career.
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Be loom
clubs may undertake complete re
organization under new ownership,
others will seek civic support and
still others will attempt to
strengthen with new major league
affiliations.
Here Is the situation by leagues:
Paciflo Coast: Most prosperous
franchise is Seattle where the
standing gag is that the club Is
healthy because the owner Is
"sick" Emtl Sick, a prosperous
brewery owner and an aggressive
promoter. Club makes money
even when finishes in second di
vision and last year with a pen
nant it drew 342,101 fans, tops in
the league. .Los Angeles showed
an increase in ' attendance and
profits from own concessions plus
percentage of admissions from
nearby Hollywood under territori
al rights rules. Hollywood, a con
tender as top affiliate of ' Pitts
burgh Pirates, has broken even or
made money In recent years de
spite small 11,000-seaC park and
Indemnity payments to Los An
geles. San Diego operated "completely
In the black" and expects to do
better next year under new owner
ship by a tuna cannery and home
run hero Ralph Kiner as new gen
eral manager.
DARK SPOT
San Francisco is the dark spot
with 1200,000 in debts and with of
ficials seeking new support, pos
sibly from the Milwaukee Braves.
Portland lost $57,000 but General
Manager Joe Ziegler attributed it
to bad weather. He thinks shift of
team from ancient 58th Street
Park to modern Multnomah Sta
dium in 1956 will help. Sacramento
lost $75,000 but made up most of
it on the sale of two players to
the Cubs and General Manager
Charles Graham thinks the gate
Lapchick as the team which finally
will bring New York an NBA
championship, the Knickerbockers
turned In a brilliant 112-105 trl
umph over the Minneapolis Lakers
Thursday In their home debut. The
Philadelphia Warriors beat the
Rochester Royals. 89-84. in the first
game of the doubleheader.
The crowd, which exceeded the
previous league high of 18.135 set
at the Qarden on Nov. 1, law,
saw the Knickerbockers win easi
ly without the aid of their ailing
seven-foot center. Walter Dukes
They piled up a 62-48 halftlme lead
and were out In front, 87-70, after
three periods.
witn New York substitutes on
the floor, the Lakers closed .the
score to 108-99 late In the fourth
period but the Knickerbocker regu
lars re-entered and quickly re,
gained control of the game.
Harry Oallatin toossed In seven
field goals and seven free throws
to score 21 points and spark
New York attack that featured si
other players in double figures,
Rookie Ken Sears, highly-public
lzed New York newcomer, tallied
13 points in his local debut.
Clyde Lovellette scored 21 points
for tile Lakers but was limited to
one free throw in the first period
when tiie Knickerbockers took
command of the contest.
Paul Arlzln scored 33 points to
lead the Warriors to their victory
over the Royals despite another
fine performance by Rochester
Rookie Maurice Stokes. The for
mer St. Francis (Pa.) star tallied
26 points in the losing cause giving
him a total of 75 for three games.
The victory gave the Knlcker-
bookers two straight victories for
the campaign while Minneapolis
has lost three of four starts. The
Lakers play the Celtics at Boston
in tonight's only NBA action.
DRIVING KANGE HELPED
NEW YORK Iffl Doug Ford, who
lias earned more than $32,000 in
golf price money this year, says
In his book "Start Oolf Young,"
that he got his chance because
of nis father's driving range near
Van Cortlandt Park. Ford says:
"When he moved to an indoor
range I went over whenever I had
the chance. It was there that I
found oul what a pleasure golf
Is even on a big city driving
range."
Tackles have been the most pop
ular football players at Michigan
State especially when It comes
to picking team captains. They
have been honored 14 times.
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of 186,672 wasn't bad for last
place club. Vancouver has enthu
siasm for its new franchise which
Brick Laws brought up from Oak
land, and there is optimism for
1956 despite tiny 6600-seat Capl
lano Stadium. If plebiscite ending
ban on Sunday sports passes on
Dec. 14, It will be big boost. ,
Amerloan Association: Denver.
which drew 426,248 fans last year
to top all minor league teams. Is
shooting for even bigger gate in
iu:u. uwners leei interest ; was
hurt when Yankees called up
pitcher Don Larsen with 9-1 mark
when Bears were fighting for first.
They tailed off then and finished
third. Omaha, a Cardinal affiliate.
finished second and drew more
than 840,000 including the Play
offs. Another first division finish
in 1958 should keep the crowds
coming. , ...
Elsewhere the situation Is less
bright. Toledo folded and ball
park was made into a shopping
center. The franchise probably
will be shifted to another city with
Des Moines, Iowa, the prime bid
der. In Louisville there is some
resentment against Red Sox own
ership and frequent recalls of bet
ter players to Boston. The club
lost money with a 139,948 total
gate. At Indianapolis, the parent
Cleveland club wants to sell the
franchise and the city on Nov. 28
may decide to acquire the club as
civic promotion.
NEW STADIUM ' v ' ,
Minneapolis lost heavily on ad
missions but is counting on new
city stadium, ready by next
spring, to bring back the fans.
The long range plan is to attract
big league franchise, which was
the purpose of building the park.
Cross-town St. Paul finished sixth
and had a bad year at the gate,
but under Brooklyn Dodger spon
sorship expects to rebuild with a
strong club and big attendance
drive for 1956. Charleston, which
has been a losing proposition since
it moved into the league In 1953,
drew only 106,098 fans last sea
son, but the club now is affiliated
with the Detroit Tigers and ex
pects better things.
International League: Toronto
and Havana, at opposite outposts
of the far flung circuit, are in
most prosperous position. Toronto
consistently has good attendance
and interest is so keen that a
count of the days until the start
of the 1956 season Is kept plainly
in view of fans at Maple Leaf
Stadium. Havana, in its second
season in organized ball, had a
20 per cent increase In attendance
and owner Bobby Maduro is con
fident a better team than the
third place Sugar Kings of 195&
will boost the gate even more in
1956. Columbus, which moved
from the association to the Inter
national and operated under local
ownership, drew more than 200,
000 fans, an Increase of over 80,
000 from the previous year.
Rochester, which consistently has
winning clubs under St. Louis Car
dinal ownership, drew 223,891, in
cluding playoffs and the Little
worm series.
But drastic changes are under
way elsewhere to Improve the sit
uation in 1966. Richmond has
formed a civic group to buy the
club at a public tax auction or
Nov. 14 unless present owner
Harry C. Siebold can raise the
$79,218 owed the federal govern
ment on back levies. Buffalo also
undertook local ownership from a
group headed by John Stiglmeier
and Harry Blsgeler, who are con
ducting a public stock sale. At
Syracuse, a citizens' committee
was formed to purchase the club
from owner Marty Haske, who
wants to liquidate his holdings.
Montreal, once one of (he best or
minor league franchises, drew un
der 200,000 last year, which Is far
below par,
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