TUESDAY,' DECEMBER 61958 -
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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Honus
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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
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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
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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.
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LANCASTER. Pa. (UP) Organ
ised baseball seemed doomed here
today when the Kansas City Ath.
letlcs announced they were with
drawing; all affiliation with the
Lancaster club of the Piedmont
League. Kansas City farm direc-
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League next year."
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.
Norm 8tewart set a Missouri
record with 35 points as the once
beaten Tigers whomped Texas
Tech 92-60; Bob Emrick canned
27 to lead Florida's 85-66 assault
against Wofford: Lloyd Aubrey hit
35 for Notre Dame although the
Irish were clubbed again, this time
70-69 by Wisconsin; and Texas
Christian's Dick O'Neail totaled 25
as Oklahoma City with Hubert
Reed also scoring 35 tagged the
Horned Frogs 64-56.
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