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TUESDAY,' DECEMBER 61958 - HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN Honus Wagner Succumbs Alabama, Vandy Top Cage Foes Sports World Shorts i 1 P ! OREGON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S football season was officially closed Monday evening at Harold's Restaurant when the coaching staff made the presentations of the outstanding player awards. Left, head coach Rex Hunsaker presented Harry Juul, freshman halfback from Salem, with the season's Most Inspirational Player trophy. Center, Corky' Van Loo, Owl backfield mentor, i congratulates Frank Dunn upon being named the season's outstanding back. Right, Dr. George Miller, line tutor, awards the Outstanding Linemen trophy to guard Olen Ragan. Juul is the first freshman footballer to win the inspira tional player award. Portland Mentioned As Future Hoop Site MB By OSCAR FRALEY United !'res Spttttj Wrllcr NEW YORK (UP) Pro basket ball definitely has "arrived," NBA president Maurice PodoloU assert ed today, and he envisions the day when there will be 20 teams in two nation-wide divisions with a nation al playoff "for a real world cham pionship." Franchise Interest has reached a new high, said the rotund little man who tells the Giants what to do. and the "hot cities" are Washington, Pittsburgh. Baltimore Los Angeles and Portland, ore. 'Other possibilities include Dai- las, Houston and Cincinnati," Pod oiolf revealed, "while such" cities as Charlotte. ' Des Moines and Denver all have new buildings wilh a capacity large enough to handle our games." The next step tor wnai -is cur rently an eight-team league will I be to expand to a 10 to .13 team Up Saxton, Lor Advance Ririq Ladder NEW YORK Wr-Johnny saxton of New York. Dullio loi of Jtaly and Fred Galiana of Spain were elevated today to top ranking in their divisions In the latest foxing ratings ol Ring magazine. Saxton, an ex-champion, re placed another 'deposed Welter weight king, Tony DcMarco of Bos ton. In the No. 1 contender's berth in the 147-pound class. DeMatco, who was stopped last Wednesday for the second time by Champion Carmen Basilio, dropped to third. Basilio was named ."Fighter of the Month," by Editor Nat Fleisoher. Lot, who recently defended his Furopean lightweight title and has a long victory streak alive, was made the leading challenger , for champion Wallace (Bud) Smith. Jimmy Carter, the ex-champ, .was demoted to second. Galiana. who captured the Euro pean featherweight crown from France s Ray Famectnn, jumped from eighth to lirsi among the challengers of 120-pound ruler Sandy Saddler. France's Cnarley Humcz moved lliack from third to second among phe middlcweights while Argen tina's slugging 160-pounder, Eduar fo (KO) Lausse, climbed.! from lourth to thud. The retirement of Toronto's Earl Walls and the defeat of Germany's ucinz Neuhaus by light heavy- eight Gerhard Hecht created two lacancies In the heavyweight lass. They were filled by Johnny mmmerlln, Detroit, in . seventh llace, and Harold Carter, Linden. J., in the ninth spot. Ez-iard ;harlrs, former heavyweight kmg. as dropped to eighth. other heavyweight ratings be-; lind chamDion Rockv Marclano f ere (1) Archie Moore, (31 Bob Baker. (3) Nino Valdes, 4 Tom V Jackson, (5) Jimmy Slacte. (6)) Johnny Holman and (10) Franco' Cavlcchi. i setup, . predicts the loquacious midget,. The 12-tcam league seems to be his favorite because in that manner there could be two divi sions In which travel costs could be cut considerably. PERIOD ' But over a period of time, Podo loff sees, "ten teams east of the Mississippi and 10 teams west of the Mississippi." Fodoloff and the NBA are cogni zant of the fact that prq basket ball interest Is mounting at such a .rapid rate that . if they don't concentrate on expansion they may run Into competition. They did a few years back and solved it by merging witn the national Basketball League in 1950. "If ye ignore these facts there possibly could be a separate league within four years,'- he an- mitted. "Naturally we want to maintain control." Indicative ol the Interest in pro basketball, -as of the same number of games last year the league's attendance is up 57 per cent this season. Two years ago, only 25 TV stations were carrying the pro games. When the telecasts start Saturday at Boston with the Minn eapolis game there will be 130 stations in 40 states carrying the eames." -STRIKE Whispers are that the Boston players, seeking a share of that $5,000 a game television loot, are planning a "sit down ' strike. There, too, Uie management In tends to retain control with PodO' loff warning "they'll sit down the rest ol their lives as far as basket ball is concerned." A total, of. 12 seasonal games and three playoff games will .be videoed. The home club retains the entire fee because the games are not blacked out locally. But the clubs consider it worthwhile as "a prestige buildup." Considering the. clamor for fran chises, you wonder how high the buildup can gel. But, If you're in the m;B!;et, all you need is popu. lation. seating capacity, finances and "know how." Podoloff will take It from there. Ball Fare Y-REC VOLLEYBALL At Fremont Jr. High 7:00 YMCA vs. Lions Boys gym 7:00 National Guard vs. Klwanls Girls gym 8:00 Nubs vs. Air Force Boys gym CITY l.KAOI'E BASKETBALL At Altamont Jr. High 6:30 Klamath Jets vs. Nat'l Guard ' No. 2 8:00 Nat'l Guard No. 1 vs Bowers No Sponsor COLLEGE BASKETBALL By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Monday's Results) Far West Colorado 68. Oregon 49 ' Whitworth 71, Washington State 66 Mlnot (ND) State Teachers 80, Northern Montana 53 Central Washington 96. Whitman 7t Southern Oregon 93. Llnfield 62 EAST Nigara 66, Toledo 59 Duquesne 61. Carnegie Tech 25 Connecticut 8, New Hampshire 63 Hofstra 80, Roanoke 43 Boston College 89, Suffolk 73 SOUTH Tulane 94, Louisiana College 61 Florida State 101, Rollins 65 Louisiana state 72, Southwestern Memphis 59 Florida 85, Wofford 66 Maryland 75, Alumni 61 MIDWEST Vanderbilt 76, Ohio Stale 67 Kansas 91, Northwestern 70 Loyola Chicago 74, South Dakota 68 Wisconsin 70, Notre Dame 66 Drake 89, Omaha 80 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma ASiM 51, Texas Western 40 . Oklahoma 65, Baylor 55 .Oklahoma City 84, Texas Christian 56 Mrmphis State 84, Texas A&M 71 New Mexico A&M 66, New Mexico 63. Frick Admits Radio, Video Problem Acute CHICAGO W Commissioner Ford Frick. admitted Tuesday that baseballs radio and television di lemma was as acute as ever fol lowing a rebuff by . the Depart-: ment of Justice of a plan that would have given the sport "ground work" to follow In for mulating a definite policy on ra dio and TV. Flicks' remarks highlighted the opening activities of the major league baseball meetings during which the club owners elected an nual officers, discussed the pro posed amendments and were in formed of the results of a fact finding survey on baseball. The commissioner's announce ment, made Monday at a press conlerence called for the purpose of distributing a nine-page sum mary of the survey by the Stephen SPORTS IN BRIEF By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOOTBALL . ATLANTA The Georgia re- .gents gave Georgia Tech a green light to play Pittsburgh in the Su gar Bowl game Jan. 2. WACO, Tex. George Sauer was named athletic director of Baylor University and Sam Boyd, who has been an assistant coach, was picked to replace lliin as head coach. BASEBALL CHICAGO Tom Yawkey, presi dent of the Boston Red Sox, was elected vice president of the Amer ican League succeeding the late Clark Griffith; Phil Wrigley. own er of the Chicago Cubs, was re elected vice president of the Na tional League. RACING MIAMI, Fla. Jockey Willie Hartack put on sensational riding ' performance at Tropical Park, up- j ping his total to 404 with four winners before starting a 10-day j suspension. SAN BRUNO, Calif. Home I Town Hero ($14.50) won the fea-1 ture at Tanforan. MIAMI. Fla. Nasrlna was se lected as the champion 2-year old filly for 1955 by the Throughbred Racing Assn. and Nail was crowned the champion 2-year old : colt. Boyd Named To Grid Post WACO. Tex. IT Sam Boyd, whe said "I'm the luckiest son-of-a-gun that ever lived to get this Job. took over as head football coach of Baylcr University, his alma mater, today. He succeeded George Sauer, who retired from coaching but will con tlnue as athletic director. Boyd was given' a three-year contract at an undisclosed salary. In a move so sudden it left Boyd virtually speechless, the Athletic Committee of the university yes terday voted unanimously to elevate Boyd from end coach to head coach and to meet Saucr's request that he be relieved of part of his dual Job as coach and ath letic director. Fitzgerald Company, completely overshadowed the survey's find ings, "We talked with the Department of Justice and proposed a test case which would have given baseball ground rules to follow in dissem ination of games by radio and tele vision," Frick said. We said "Why don't we pass a rule which we think is reasonable and fair and you (Justice Depart ment! will sue us immediately ana get an injunction that will stop the rule from operating ana tnus avoio any possibility of triple damage suits by individual stations. Then, bv mutual agreement, whoever loses will carry the case to the Supreme Court for a final decision.' At first they were agreeable W the proposal but a week ago last Friday -Nov. 25) they said they had reconsidered and were op posed to it. Frick did not go into details re garding the majors' proposal to the government but it was believed the plan called for restriction of tele casts and broadcasts of big league games outside a club s home ter ritory limit of 50 miles. The majors had planned to off set that by telecasting a "Game of the Week" over a national chan nel. Tills plan, if consummated, would have brought In $3,000,000 ha.ll of which was to have been ticketed to me minors. That proposal, too, . reportedly was rejected by the Justice Department. For years, the minors have been urging the commissioner to under take a test case on radio and TV but fear of the Justice Depart ment's interpretation of "consplr. acy and collusion" has held Frick back. PITTSBURGH ! -- John (Honus) Wagner, 81, all-time great shortstop who became a legend in his lifetime, died in his sleep today. Members of the family were at the bedside when he passed away at his suburban Oamegle home, only a few miles from Forbes Field, where ho- achieved lasting fame with the Pittsburgh Pirates. "He Just slept away," a member Wagner had been In poor health several years. Two months auo he slipped and fell in his home.' He had been bedfast since and went into a coma about 10 days ago. The family said his death waa the result of complications from the Infirmities' of old age. . Wagner, sometimes called the greatest player in baseball history, was a bandy-legged barrel-chested Dutchman. He finished a 21-year major league career In 1911 with a lifetime batting average of .329, His final public appearance was last April 30 at schenley Park, outside Forbes Field, for the un veiling of a bronae statue in his memory. All he could say, as he wiped a tear lrom his check, was: "How about that!" That was a typical remark Honus would brush aside praise for his records. And those records are legendary. They so like this He played more games thai) any other National leaguer In history -2.785. And he held many other National League records, He had the most total hlts-3.430. He made the most one-base hits-2,431, the most doubles-648, the most triples 250. He batted .300 or better for 17 consecutive years and led the league in hitting for eight years. He stole six bases In a World Series another record. Wagner was one of the first players elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y. He was a coal miner at 12 and later he Joined an older brother In the bartering Business. He began nis baseball career when another brother, Al Wagner, got him an offer of $35 monthly to play for a steubenvuie, onio ball club. Wagner's agility In the field and sharp batting eye soon became known throughout the baseball world. He was with a Peterson, N.J., club In 1897 when Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Louisville (Ky.) Colonels purchased his con tract for $2,200. Three years later Dreyfuss moved his National franchise to Pittsburgh and Wagner went with him. After his retirement as a player, Wagner operated a sporting goods store in Plttsburgn lor several years. In the '30s he relumed to the Pirates as a coach and served until the club put him on pension in the winter of 1951. His widow, the former Bessie Smith, and two daughters survive. NEW YORK (UP) Iona College announced today that a total of 2.000 tickets for each of its six home basketball games this sea son will be sold at cut-rate prices to patrons who buy specified amounts of groceries at a chain of neighboring super-markets. The plan is similar to one used suc cessfully by Vlllanova during the nt lootoau season. Christmas Gifts Beautifully Wrapped The GUN STORE 46 to 56 All Model 46 to 56 All Models 46 to 56 i CHRISTMAS 1 SALE! 2 Plastic j Seat Covers - Shock-Proof 1 Seat Covers ij SAFETY BELTS Installed FREE ! 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LOS ANGELES (UP) Twenty regional tryout tournaments In ad dition to four In the armed forces will be held to select the make-up of the Oreco-Roman and freestyle wrestling teams which will repre sent me united states in the 1956 Olympic games. Finalists in eight weignt Classes will be chosen in the national finals starting at Los Angeles on May 1. - CHICOPEE. Mass. (UP) Bill Moge. coach of Chlcopee High School, blamed some of the prob lems facing today's teen-agers on "adult drinking" at football games but conceded it was a small minor ity which was responsible for "this shameful practice." Buffalos Top UO Webfoots EUGENE, Ore. '.11 Colorado moved in front early and stayed there Monday night to defeat Ore gon, 68-49, in a non-conference basketball game. The Ducks lied the game al 4-4 when the game was little over minute old but Mel Coffman's basket at the 4-minute mark put the Buffaloes ahead and Oregon never caught up. The visitors led 40-21 at the nail. Oregon's Max Anderson was high scorer witn 13 points. BUI Peterson and Bob Helzer had 1 each for Colorado. . The win gave Colorado a sweep of its visit to Oregon. The Buf faloes beat Oregon State, 63-63, at Coivallls Saturday night. t By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Well whaddays know I Kentucky Isn't, the only college basketball team In Dixie afterall there's Ala bama and Vanderbilt, too. 'Bama, with the 8-6 Jerry Har per back to help, picked up quite a bit of pre-season backing as possible challenger to the strangle hold held on the Southeastern Con ference title by mighty Kentucky, which four times in the last seven years has been top-ranked In the nation. But now Vandy, which showed signs of stirring last season, has burst upon the scene with a mas- ' terful 16-67 victory over Ohio State Monday night in the Buckeye lair at Columbus, Ohio. The Commodores, rugged and tall, made off with a 7-point lead in 4he first quarter and never trailed hitting 50 per cent of their shots from the floor and sinking 76 per cent of their free throw attempts. Vandy showed excellent balance in ringing up its third victory In three starts, with four oi uie nve starters scoring in dou ble figures. Guard Al Rochelle was tops will? 23 points. All the Buckeyes, now 1-1, had was Robin Freeman, and the All America ace almost was enough. He hit on 60 per cent of his shots and wound up with 40 points. Freeman was just one of a fist full of Individual stars as the col legians opened their first full week of the season Monday night. SI Green, who has to have It' If Duquesne is to stay among the na tion's leaders this season alter uie graduation of All-America Dick Rlcketts, rammed in 33 points all from the field as the 'Dukes opened impressively with 61-25 decision over Carnegie Tech. 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