THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATlJ FALLS. flREGON
PARR THntTTCBY
Orange Bowl Report .... ...
Terps, Sooners
Campy, Yogi True
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Defense
Key For
Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (UP)
Tliat old baseball phrase "Good
field, no bit" best describes the
Maryland team that laces mighty
- Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl
Jan. 2.
The 1955 Terrapins went unde-
feated in a 10-game season largely
because of their mammoth and
mobile line. It Is big, savage,
hungry and proud taking more
delight In. throwing somebody for
. a 20 yard loss than the average
team takes in scoring touchdowns.
i This was the line that held high
, scoring UCLA to 21-yards minus
. rushing: that permitted no oppon
, cnt more; than two touchdowns;
that led the nation In- defense
. against rushing with a per-game
. average of only 76.1 yards; that
- hung up four shutouts.
It is Maryland's superb defense
that makes the Orange Bowl clash
a literal "dream game." because
Oklahoma will be throwing the na
tion's top rushing attack against
ttiat brawny Terrapin line. When
. Maryland Coach Jim Tatum was
asked what would happen when
' the "irresistible force" met the
. "immovable object," he replied
frankly:
"I don't know. Oklahoma never
ran against a line as good as ours
; but we never saw an offense as
good as theirs."
SECOND STRING
Tatum's concrete defense in
cludes All - America linebacker
, Bob Pellegrini, tackle Mike San
dusky and two crack guards Jack
Davis and Gene Dyson. Maryland
second-string line is as big and
almost as good as the first. The
Terps' four ends Bill Walker,
i Russ Dennis, Tim Plynn and Jim
Parsons are seniors with expcrl
J ence and savvy.
Offensively, Maryland has been
j erratic all year. Quarterback
. Frank Tamburrello is smart, fakes
j well and is rated a fair passer,
i Halfback Ed Vereb, the Washing
J ton Redskins' number one draft
( pick, is a fast starter and the
t Terps' only consistent ground-
gainer. The other Maryland backs
t are either . too light or too slow
to be mentioned in the same
i breath as Oklahoma's fleet grey
) hounds, and the Terrapins are par-
ticularly weak at the fullback slot
, where two converted sophomore
halfbacks, Phil Perlo and Fred
Hamilton, share the duties.
Lacking the big. fast fullback
that has marked Tatum's spllt-T
attack for years, Maryland has
bee firing mostly wide sweeps at
enemy defense. Tatum's best
gainer all season was the "belly
play" with the Quarterback faking
to the fullback and then handing
otf it Verb.
PASS ATTACKS
Maryland's aerial game is used
mainly as an auxiliary weapon,
seldom employed .in the Terps'
own territory- but' an occasional
surprise jthreat. Tamburello likes
to Throw ;a long one when he has
second down and short yardage
to go for a first down a gimmick
that has caught more than one
opponent slumbering.
Defense - minded Tatum natur
ally won't reveal what plans he
has for slowing down Oklahoma's
swift backs and It may be he won't
change the defense patterns that
worked so well all year.- Mary
land's basic defense is a 5-4-2. oc
casionally shifting to a seven-man
line against an almost certain run
ning play. Pellegrini calls the de
fense signals, and he seldom
guesses wrong.
"If Oklahoma can run against
this gang," says Tatum grimly,
"it deserves to be called the best
football team in America."
1A DEATH NOTICES
HAMILTON Bun Hamilton. SI. died
here December 14. Husband of Pauline,
father of David, Dennis, son of Mrs.
Edna Hamilton, brother of F.lmer all
of Klamath Falls. J. D.. of San Jose,
California. Marvin of Medford. Pete
at Klamath Falls. Mrs. Joe Weber.
Klamath Falls. Mrs. Fred Gtard of
uetroit. Michigan. Wirt runtrii
Home in charge of arrangements.
IB FUNERAL NOTICES
KIDD Beatrice Vlaska Kidd, 39. died
Portland. Ore.. December 13. Wife of
Hubert. Klamath rails, sister of Carl
Palmer. Redding. California. Funeral
services First Presbyterian Church De
cember 16. 2 p.m. Interment Klamath
.Memorial Park. Ward's Funeral Home
In charse.
MUIR James Rolind Muir. 71, died
Dorris, California. December 13. Fath
er of Mrs. Dora Branham of Dorris.
grandfather of Michael of Dorris. Clif
ford Branham Jr. of Medford. Funer
al service, Dorris City Hall December
14 at 2 p.m. Interment Plcard Ceme
tery. Ward's Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
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By BEN OI.AN
By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS
This, very definitely, must be
Brooklyn's year.
The Platbush victory influence is
extending south to North Carolina,
where the tall, talented Tar Heel
basketball team is showing evi
dence of becoming ono of the col
legiate powers. '
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Davis 4 Oregon Woolen 0
M. U Johnson 3 Sixth Street 1
High team game M. L. Johnson 9C3
High team series M. L. Johnson 27;i0
High individual game Dave Robb 2,15
High individual scries Charlie Booth
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Al Longe 2 Round-Up Tavern 2
High team game Al Louse Realtor 226
High team series Grems MfR. 2576
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Halverson's Union 3 Winde Buick 1
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Bonanza Tops Cats
Bonanza's Antlers won their sec
ond straight over the KUHS Wild
cats Tuesday night at Pelican Court
as they downed the Klamath soph
omores 56-41. Tile Antlers led all
of the way holding quarter score
leads of 20-5. 29-15 and 42-27. Dick
Burnett led Bonanza with 18. while
Ron Roberts collected 10. Mickey
Savage paced the Cats with 10.
while Ray Wood chipped In nine.
In the preliminary game, the
Klamath Union Freshmen turned
tlie tide with a 46-40 win over the
Bonanza "B" squad.
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Frank McGuire, the N.C. conch,
is a former St. John's of Brooklyn
mentor. Lcnnie Rosenbluth, the
team's high scorer, played high
school ball in Brooklyn. Sophomore
sensation Joe Quigg and forward
Pete Brcnnan also come from
Brooklyn.
Medline's lads have won their
first four games this season, hard
ly working up a sweat.
Last night, Alabama, the nation's
slxlh-rr.nked team, was mowed
down 99-77 by North Carolina's
hih-power . attack. It was Ala
bama's first defeat In five starts.
Rosenbluth dropped in 29 points.
In other games, second-ranked
North Carolina State routed South
Carolina 90-66. Dayton swamped
Idaho 93-56, La Salle defeated La
fayette 95-81 and Richmond
knocked otf VMI 96-54 in a South
ern Conference game.
Washington of St. Louis sur
prised Canisius 68-63 and St. Jos
eph's (Pa. I knocked Vlllanova
from the unbeaten ranks 83-70. Pur
due edged Loyola of Chicago 69-08
on Don Tljurnburg's Jump shot in
the last 10 seconds. Houston
tripped Texas A&M 78-44.
North Carolina boosted Its aver
age to 88 points a game as the 6'
foot-9 Qulgg and Jerry Vayda com.
pleted Rosenbluth's output with
18 points apiece. Brcnnan had 13.
N.C. State, which figures to give
North Carolina the most trouble
in its quest of the Atlantic Coast
uonierenco championship forged
ahead of South Carolina with three
minutes left in the half and stayed
there. The Wolf pack's 6-11 Bob
Scitz find 6-9 Ron Shavlik poured
in 46 points between them.
Dayton's Flyers, ranked seventh
in the last Associated Press poll,
had an easy time against Idaho
for their fifth straight victory.
Oregon Tech JVs
Nip Bend Cagers
Coach Jim McCown's Oregon
Technical Institute junior varsity
basketball squad put on a strong
second half rush to come out on
top with the Central Oregon Com
munity College of Bend cagers
71-06 Tuesday night on the OTI
floor.
Al Bailey hit from the lane with
just two seconds left in the regu
lar playing time to tie the score
at 65-65 and force the game into
overtime. In the added period of
play. OTI s Bob fingers and Paul
Hatcher picked off field goals, and
Bailey threw in a pair of free
throws to give Tech the win.
At half time, the junior Owls were
trailing on the short end of a 34-20
score. At one time the Bend cagers
led the Tech jayvees 22-6 early in
the game.
Wes Parrish and Bailey led the
Tech scoring with 22 and 12 points
respectively. High for the losers
was Robert Marsh with 27 points.
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Oklahoma
Nation's
Top Team
NORMAN, Okla. (UP) Okta
hoina is the nation's No. 1 team
in raniyng, scoring, i rusiilng and
total offense, but perennial pes
simist Bud Wud Wilkinson fears
Maryland's defense will take the
bloom off the Soouers' - Orange
Bowl football hopes.
Wilkinson, in conuast to Mary
land Coach Jim Tatum, believes
in conditioning his team for vic
tory and his fans for defeat. He
never hints he thinks his national
champions can win. His Orange
Bowl prediction fits that pattern.,
"I think all of the advantages
are with Maryland," lie said. "The
best defensive team will win in
any case, and I have a feeling
Maryland Is a far superior de
fensive team than ours and they
share the feeling."
Oklahoma's jet-propelled backs
and linemen almost as fast are
riding the crest of a 29-game win
ning streak, 53 Big Seven Confer
ence games without defeat, and
have scored in 105 straight james.
Toe Sooners beat Maryland, 7-0,
In the 1954 Orange Bowl and an
other victory this time would all
but clear the way for Oklahoma to
break its own national record of
31 straight triumphs. The Sooner's
first two opponents next season
are North Carolina and Kansas
State.
ONE (iAME
Wilkinson tries to prepare the
Sooners for one game at a time,
emphasizing each victory as equal
ly important. But it's no secret
the hopped-up Sooners want to win
this one more than any other.
Tatum's predictions of victory
and praise of his No. 3 ranked
team has irritated many of Okla
homa's high-spirited players. An
added factor is Tatum's unpopu
larity in Oklahoma while Sooner
coach in 1946 with Wilkinson
as his assistant and team lead
ers see the game as a contest
between Wilkinson and Tatum.
They don't want Wilkinson to
come In second-best.
Wilkinson pointed out that In
Past bowl games the favorite lost
about 75 per cent of the time, but
said he did not think the psycholo
gical effect of a team's national
ranking had any effect.
The 1955 Oklahoma squad aver
aged 36.5 points per game well
below the 1952 squad's 40.7 aver
age but many observers think
this Sooner edition is Wilkinson's
finest over-all unit.
8P".KD IS KEY
The key this season has been
speed. In halfback Tommy Mc
Donald Oklahoma has one of the
fastest backs In the game, equally
dangerous running or passing. If
the defense spreads to stop Mc
Donald as did Colorado right
halfback Robert Burns and full
back Billy Pricer. churn through
the middle. '
Guard Bo Bollnger, an All
America, leads a Sooner line
strongest from tackle to tackle.
center Jerry Tubbs, who mayvbe
crippled with a knee injury, riiaNte
me Ail-America third team and
has stood out as a linebacker.
Tatum's longin? for revenge for
the 1954 defeat. Oklahoma's desire
to defend its No. 1 ranking, and
the penchant for upsets In bowl
games all are "lust interesting
sidelights," Wilkinson said.
I honestly don't think those fac
tors enter Into It," he said. "They
don't ever affect the outcome of
a game."
Maryland game movies show the
Terrapins are "by far the best
team we've played," Wilkinson
said gloomily.
"I think we'll play as hard as
we can play," he added in his
closest move toward a prediction.
"If they beat us it will be because
they played better."
OCE Wolves Fall .
MONMOUTH. Ore. W Pacific
University fought off a late-game
Oregon College of Education rally
Wednesday night to hang up a 64
59 basketball victory.
Pacific ran up a 23-5 lead at
the start but OCE tied It 29-29
at the half. Pacific pulled away
again In the second half but OCE
rallied and the visitors had to bat
tle to preserve their final 5-poinL
margin.
By OSCAR FRALKV
Vnileit Press Snort Writer
NEW YORK (UP) For the third
time both Yogi Bcrra and Roy
Campanella stand enshrined today
as the most, valuabl? -players of
tlieir craft and on sober reflection
ycSi can't find too much fault with
tlieir selection. .
The honors In tho National
League, you may Icel, could have
gone to such as Duke Snider, Don
Newcombe or Robin Roberts. If
you're an American Leaguer you
may feel that Ted Williams, Al
Kaline or Al Smith should have
taken the laurels.
But when you compare chunky
Yogi or roly-poly Roy with the
Immortal Bill Dickey you see Just
Hal Wood's
Mid-Week
Short Shots
By HAL WOOD
I'nltcd Press Pnorts Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Short
shots:
A young prep basketball player
by the name of Fred LaCour of
St. Ignatius High in San Francisco
has the scouts on his tail hot and
heavy. .
LaCour recently scored 41 points
against the Stanford freshman
team and Stanford varsity
Coach Howie Dalhnar says the
youngster is a better prospect
Uin Tom Gola was at that stage
of development.
Rene Herrerias, former USF
star and St. Ignatius coach, be
lieves that LaCour Is the best
prospect ever to come out of this
area and that covers a lot of
territory, Including Hank Lulsettll
Tommy Heath, the rotund, bald
headed manager of the Sacramen
to Solons, played Santa Claus the
other night without any pad
ding. "When a fellow asked me If I
wore padding," said Heath, "I
told him yej. I didn't want him
to think I was this fat all by my
self!" What they are doing today dept.:
Ferris Fain, two-time American
League batting champ who will
be a playing coach at Sacramento
this year, Is selling kitchens and
bathrooms In Oakland; Jackie Jen
sen, star outfielder for the Boston
Red Sox, Is working at his restau
rant in the same city; and Buzz
McGee. former Santa Clara and
later professional football star, has
Just taken over as sales manager
for a large brewery.
The $35,000 Tanforan Handicap
which will be run on Saturday has
a lot of history behind it but not
continuous. It was first run In
1899, but this la only the 12th run
ning. After It was run In 1
(being won by a two-year-old, in
cidentally), it wasn't revived until
1023. There was a 10-yenr time
out again until 1933; and the
fourth running wasn't presented
until 1947. It has been run contin
uous since that time.
Ballfare
CITY LKAGUK BASKETBALL
at Altnmnitt .1r. High
6:30 Klamath Jets vs. Bmg's
8:00 Skects vs. National Guard
"Gold"
Modoc Hunters Many
SACRAMENTO, Calif,. tf
Sportsmen hunting in. Modoc Coun
ty during snecial doe hunting sea
son were advised Thursday to keep
their heads down.
Modoc sheriff's deputy. Gerald
Wilson, described one sector as
only slightly less dangerous than
some wartime beachheads.
"The wildest and heaviest shoot
hip; I've ever seen," said Wilson.
He reported two men who went
into the area to rescue a wounded
hunter had to crawl on their stom
achs to avoid being hit themselves.
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how valuable they are to their re
spective teams.
Don't think this is a "home
town" decision. My personal
choices would be Williams and
Roberts. I can't conceive of any
body being more valuable to their
teams than tall Ted is to the Bo
sox or the dazzling Robin is to the
Phillies. ,
VOTING HINGES
But much of this voting, and
probably rightfully so, Is predica
ted on leading your team to vlc
tory.Certalnly, Yogi and Roy did
Just that if you can select be
tween Campanella and Snider of
the Dodgers.
Yet the catcher's chore unques
tionably is a dog'a life. Remember
that the players themselves call
tlieir equipment "the tools of Ig
norance." They lead the most
strenuous ltle in baseball, direct
ing the action, handling various
pitchers, suffering from battered
fingers and crushing contact at the
plate as well as doing deep knee
exercises that would quickly wear
out ordinary mortals.
Still you can't evaluate the value
of such as Yogi and Roy who
also are offensive stars until
you compare them with the
mishty Dickey.
No one will question the fact
that, with Mickey Cochrane, Dick
ey is regarded as one of the finest
backstops In baseball annals. Yet
both Berra and Campy are en
route to putting big Bill In the
shade.
FEWER GAMES '
Dickey only once caught as
many . as 140 games in a season.
His next most durable season saw
him behind the bat in 132 games.
For the 13 years which were re
garded as his best, he averaged
but 109 games per season. Cam'
panclla's average for eight years
past has been 129 games a season,
twice catching 151 games. Yogi's
Is even more startling, an average
of 145 games for six years past,
and he also twice caught 191.
Dickey's batting average Is
more impressive but he wasn't be
ing worn to the bone behind the
mask. When he hit his tops at
363 he received only 112 games
His next best, a .339 mark, came
in 109 games.
Yogi batted .322 when he caught
151 games and .307 over the same
distance. Campanella hit .325 in
143 games and .312 In 144. This
year, Campy's mark was .318 In
123 games while Yogi batted .272
in 147 games.
Compared with Dickey, one of
the Immortals, you've got to rate
thorn mighty high. Which means
(hat, compared to the current crop
tneir selection isn't a disgrace.
Gary Glick
To Talk With
Toronto Club
FORT COLLINS. Colo. IPl Gary
Gllck. Colorado A&M back and
1956 bonus choice of the profes
sional Pittsburgh Steelers football
learn, said Wednesday night "I
have no Intention of signing a con
tract with any team right away."
The 25-year-old star of the Sky
line Conference champion Aggies
and his wife were to leave by
plane for Toronto Thursday to talk
over a $12,000 offer to play with
the Toronto Argonauts.
The offer came from Harry Son-
shlne, general manager of the
Easter Canadian League team.
He invfted Click and his wife to
Toronto on an expenses-paid trip.
Gllck told reporters here the To
ronto offer was made on a verbal
basis and he Informed Pittsburgh
officials about It.
In Pittsburgh, a Steelers spokes
man said;
"The situation boils down to this
the Toronto team wants to talk
to him, he gets a nice trip, and
he'll listen to their proposition.
"But Fran Fogarty- (Steelers'
general manager) will talk to him
In Denver en route to the draft
meeting at Los Angeles next
month. He also will be here (Pitts
burgh) In February. But whether
further talks wil be necessary at
that time Is not known now."
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