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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE THIRTEEN
Teamwork Praised As Pitt
Awaits Georgia Tech Fray
By JOHN CARROLL
V died Press Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (UP) Last
spring. Johnny Michelosen picked
up a telephone, called a spoiling
soods supply house and ordered
bright new gold and blue uniforms
for his Pitt Panthers. He wanted
to give the team a psychological
lift.
Pittsburgh plays in the Sugar
Bowl Jan. 2 against Georgia Tech.
but big John admits it took more
than new uniforms to get the
Panthers there.
It took the fine end play of
Pitt's "terror twins," John Paluck
snd Joe Walton alias Arsenic
and Old Lace because they
were 430-pounds of defensive poi
son all season.
It also ' took the determination
of a couple of veteran backs
named Pete Neft and "Lou Cimar
olli, who Just wouldn't give up.
Next. -a senior quarterback, wasn't
even listed on pre-scason publicity
releases. But once he took over.
the Panthers won five, of their
last six games. Including upsets
over Duke and west Virginia.
JOINED NAVY
Cimarolll led H Pitt scorers as
n sophomore halfback in 1951 and
then encountered classroom
trouble. He joined the Navy and
returned two years later but was
Willie Mays
Wins Second
Slugging Title
NEW YORK (UP) Willie Mays,
the New York Giants' brilliant
centerfielder, today officially be
came the first player in a decade
to win the National League's slug
ging crown two consecutive years.
Figures released by the Ellas
Baseball Bureau revealed that the
S4-year-old Mays compiled a .659
slugging percentage and also
topped the circuit in total bares
with 382. Duke Snider of the
Brooklyn Dodgers ranked second
in slugging with .628 while Ted
Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Red
legs was second in total bases
with 358.
Mays, who also led the circuit
In slugging with a .667 percentage
in 1954, is die first National Leagu
er to win two straight slugging
crowns since Stan Musial of the
St. Louis Cardinals did It In 1943
-and 1944. Other National Leaguers
who have won the slugging crown
in consecutive campaigns were
Johnny Mise, Chuck Klein, Rogers
Hornsby and the late Hans Wag
ner. Mays, who played In 152 games,
compiled his 382 bases In 680 offi
cial times at bat. He cojlected 185
hits. Including a league-leading 5
home runs, 13 triples and 18
doubles.
Snider compiled his .628 percent
age with 338 total bases for 638
at-bats. He had 166 hits, 42 homers
six triples and 34 doubles. Klus
zewski amassed his 358 total bases
on 192 hits, including 41 homers
and 25 doubles, but failed to hit
a single triple.
Musial ranked eighth In slug
ging with .560. His 318 total bases
marked the 11th time he passed
300 in his career an N. L. record.
Eddie Mathews of the Milwau
kee Braves, who ranked third with
a .601 slugging percentage, led in
bases on balls with 109. Richie
Ashburn, the league's batting
champion, ranked second with 105.
while Kluszewski's 25 intentional
passes were tops for that depart
ment. Outfielder Don Mueller of the
Giants struck out only 12 times
for the best showing in that cate
gory. On the other extreme Cin
cinnati's Wally Post fanned 102
times. Peewee Reese of the Brook
lvn Dodgers hit into the most
double plays 22 and Bill
Bruton of the Braves Into the least
two.
Bob Hopkins
Breaks 3000
Point Mark
NEW YORK ( UP) College bas
ketball today hailed a new all
time Meli-scoring champion six
foot, nine-inch center Bob Hopkins
of Grambling College of Louisiana.
Hopkins became the first player
In history to score more than 3.000
points in his college career during
the past week when he scored 18
points in Grambling s "8-58 victory
over Wiley College. He tallied 51
points the next night against the
same team to run his all-time total
to 3.062 points In 103 games.
The Grambling ace already had
passed the all-time record of 2.959
points, set by Carl Hartman of
Alders'on-Broaddus In a four-year
career ending last year.
Hopkins' 168 points In five games
(through Dec. )0i puts him atop
this year's small-coTlege race, with
an average of 33 6 points oer
game, in small-college statistics
released today by the NCAA. He's
closely followed by Chester Webb
of Georgia Teachers with 31.8. Al
Meyer of Illinois Normal with 31 3,
and Joe Girlando of Case Tech
with 30 0
Jerry Truax of WheatoV) leads
In field goal percentage, sinking
.630 of his shots, and Dick On
decker of Akron and Frank Davis
of MSldle Tennessee State are tied
for free-throw honors, each sink
l ing 16 out of 17 for a .941 mark.
Ralph Moore of Erskine Is the top
rebounder with an average of 24.8
per game.
Eliminate Slippery Driveways
USE CINDERS FROM
dropped from the squad for discip
linary reasons last year. Many
thought he was through.
Lou turned up at spring practice
and fought his way back to lead
the team in rushing with 301 yards
on 46 carries for a 'i-yard aver
age. Basically, Pittsburgh Is a run
ning team, operating from the
split-T. Michelosen once said
"passing teams lose running
Ex-Champ
Captures
Pin Lead
CHICAGO IH Veteran Joe
Wilman, a former champion, and
Anita Cantaline of Detroit, held
the top spots after the first day's
campetition in the finals of the Na
tional All-Star Bowling Tourna
ment. Wilman, champion in 1945-46.
continued his excellent sniping
Thursday during the opening day's
four four-game matches and held
a 3.15 Petersen Point lead over
youthful Dick Weber of St. Louis.
Wilman. of suburban Berwyn,
moved Into the top at the end of
the third matcb, displacing Weber.
In marching to the front. Wil
man won 13 of the 16 games. He
defeated Stan Thaden.. Chicago:
Harry Smith. Detroit: Weber and
Tom Hennessey, Detroit, in that
order. He piled up 79.34 points to
Weber's 76.19.
Only in one match was Wilman
outscored In the Thaden match
when Stan bowled 823 to Wilman's
797. Wilman, however, won on
points, 18.47 to 17.48. as he took
three out of four games. Wilman
swept four games against Hennes
sey. Eddie Lubanski. of Detroit, last
season's runnerup, collected the
most pins, 3.353 as he finished
third. His pinnage was 19 more
than Wilman.
Defending champion Steve Nagy
of Detroit, plagued by an Injured
second finger on his throwing
hand, won eight games out of 16
for 72.14 points and 10th place,
7.20 points way from the top.
Former champions Don Carter
of St. Louis, and Dick Hoover,
Akron, Ohio, were in fifth and
sixth places, respectively. Carter
rolled the day's best series, a 908.
as he blasted John Quinzl, of East
Rochester, N.Y., In the day's third
match. Carter's games were 173,
257, 267, 2.11.
Miss Cantaline, a bowling in
structor. ... stole the thunder, from
the other 15 feminine contestants
as she roared Into the lead at the
end of the first squad and held
It through the first session. Her
loading total was 39.05 points.
Cagers Plan
County Play
Malin's Mustangs go after their
fourth straight basketball win to
night at Henley in one of the two
county high school cage meetings
scheduled.
The Mustangs will be meeting
with A-2 Hornets for the first time
this year after rolling to wins over
Merrill, Bonanza and Bly in ac
tion so far. Henley has won two of
their three games to date.
The two B teams will open the
evening's cage fair at Henley to
night at 7 o'clock with the varsity
game following.
In the other scheduled contest.
Sacred Heart's Trojans travel to
Bonanza in an effort to pick up
their second win in three starts,
while the Antlers are striving for
win number three in four tries.
Saturday night. Chiloquin travels
to Talent to do battle with the
Jackson County B-League favorite.
Chiloquin presently holds an even
up record of 1-1. Another Saturday
battle pits Malin against Tulelake
on the Honkers home court.
Casanova Leaves
For Shrine Post
EUGENE iPi Len Casanova,
Oregon football coach left Thurs
day nicht for San Fiunclsco and
his duties as a member of tbe
West's Shrine game football coach
ing staff.
He will Join Jess Hill of USC.
head coach, and Dal Ward of Uni
versity of Colorado.
The coaches will huddle until
the West players arrive at San
Francisco Sunday to start prepar
ations for the annual classic at
Kezar Stadium Dec. 31.
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teams win." His formula paid off
with a 7-3 record, the best at Pitt
since 1938 and the golden era of
the late Jock Sutherland.
Coach Michelosen's passing
theory apparently fell on a few
deaf ears. Quarterbacks Neft,
Corny Salvaterra and Darrell
Lewis had a combined passing
average of nearly 50 per cent, hit
ting on 40 of 82 attempts. And
Walton caught 12 passes, eight for
touchdowns to set two new school
records.
19 YEARS
Now that Pittsburgh is going to
a bowl game for the first time in
19 years, what is the reaction on
the campus?
"At first we took the bowl In
vitation with indifference." one
student leader said. "But now it's
the biggest thing out here, even
bigger than our holiday vacation."
Meanwhile, signs were uu all
over the campus reading "Wreck
Tech" and "Go. Go Panthers."
The student body threw a party
for the team this week, but the
guests of honor failed to show up.
Thev were busy practicing.
A mile-long telegram containing
the names of 40.000 students and
Pitt followers was being compiled
"at a quarter a name." It will
be sent to the team the day of
the biff same.
And a post-game rally was
planned to welcome home the
"victorious ' panthers.
Sports
World
Shorts
CHICAGO UP The executive
committee of the National Boxing
Assn. will discuss New York's ban
on the Boxing Managers' Guild at
its meeting Jan. 14. President Lou
RAdzienda said today. "Until then
nobody can speak for the NBA,"
he added.
PITTSBURGH (UP) Art Roon
ey, owner of the Pittsburgh Steel
crs, today refused to dicker with
former Pitt star Henry Ford until
he gains his release from the Tor
onto Argonauts. Ford already has
expressed a desire to play with the
Steelers next season.
PASADENA. Calif. (UP) The
remaining 3.500 tickets for the
Rose Bowl game Jan. 2 were
(rnhhlurt nn nuicklv Thursday at
a public sale. The tickets sold at
$5.99 each, but It was reported
some already are Deing "scaipea
at $25 a pair.
MIAMI. Fla. (UP1 Three
jockeys were hospitalized Thurs
day with minor injuries Minorca
in a spill at Tropical Park. Ap
prentice Berihic Sorenson suffered
a wrenched neck. Chris Rogers
injured is right knee and Don
Wagner complained of a sore
back.
DENVER (UP) C.vey Tibbs of
Fort Pierre. S.D., today was ac
claimed the all-around champion
cowboy in 1955 competition by the
Rodeo Cowboys Assn.
New Record
Set For NBA
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tliere was a new recorrf for the
National Basketball Assn. book
Friday as the result of the Min
neapolis 'Lakers' 135-133 triumph
In three overtime periods over the
Syracuse Nationals.
The combined score of 268 points
surpassed the old mark of 248
hung up by Suracuse and Ander
son, Ind., in five overtimes in 1949.
Syracuse won that one 125-123.
The only other game played
Thursday night was a defensive
battle by comparison as the Phil
adelphia Warriors. Eastern Divi
sion leaders, turned back the Fort
Wayne Pistons 80-73.
The Nats tied the score in regu
lation time at 105-all on Jim Tur
ner's Jump shot with seven sec
onds remaining. Chuck Mencel
saved a 116-116 tie for the Lakers
on a push shot with seven sec
onds left in the first overtime. Ed
Conlin's two free throws for Syra
cuse deadlocked the game at 125
to send it into the third overtime.
Ed Kalafat finally ended matters
with the clinching basket with 40
seconds remaining. The score was
tied 17 times during the game.
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PORTLAND W There are
plenty of waterfowl in the northern
Willamette and Tualatin Valley
aren. the Ortgon State Game
Commission reported in Its weekly
bulletin Thursday, but continuing
high water in the streams has
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By OSCAR FRALKY
United Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UP) Dick Mc
Guire, a man who makes his living
playing professional basketball for
the New York Knickerbockers,
must be the most wide-eyed man
in big time sports.
McGuire ts one of those rare
oddities in pro basketball: A
"little" man who barely nudses
six feet. Yet he is the playmaker
and sparkplug of the Knicks.
But personally and physically
he is "wide-eyed."
Brown-haired Dick at 29 is a
confirmed bachelor whose eyes get
round and startled when he Is
asked for an autograph or when
he is brought Into contract with the
opposite, sex. And on the court he
has the most astounding peripher
al vision that the pros have tried
to combat.
Peripheral vision, as I under
stand It, concerns the ability to
see far to the side while looking
straight ahead. McGuire has it to
an astounding measure.
Slater Martin, who plays for the
Minneapolis Lakers and at five
feet, 10 Inches is the "midget"
of pro basketball ranks, sums it
up like this:
"McGuire must have eyes in the
soles of his feet and the back of
his head."
A player who is modest to the
point of reticence, McGuire is one
of the finest "team" men in sports.
He would much rather get off a
good pass than make a basket.
"It becomes annoying at times."
says Coach Joe Lapchick. "I've
even made bets with him that he
won't take a certain number of
shots In a game, trying to get him
to take some shots because he is
a great outside shooter as well as
having a real great driving lavup
shot. But you Just can't get him
to shoot."
Don't get the Idea from thai
statement that the quiet man can't
hit the hoop. In recent games
against Philadelphia and Roches
ter he scored 28 points and 23
noints. respectively. But much
more typical was his latest con
test against Minneapolis when he
was well content with five points.
"Just so we win." he says In
his monosyllabic manner. "That's
rea'lv all that matters."
Tills self subjugation as well as
a'i Intense desire to heln other
members of the team makes Mc-
OiUie the best-liked player on the
Knicks. They all call him "Dickie"
and that "ie" Is a mark of true
affection.
Starting at St. John's, McGuire
.went to Dartmouth in the Navy
V-7 urogram. Ihen to Great Lakes
nnd finally back to finish at St
John's. He was a three-time all
metropolitan selection and twice
named the New York area's most
valuable player.
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BROOKLYN. N.Y. (UP) The
Dodgers may not play in Brook.
lvn forever, but it's starting to
look as If Pee Wee Reese will be
the Dodger shortstop that long.
Kentucky's "Little Colonel" from
Louisville, who found a home in
Ebbets Field In 1940, became the
first member of the world cham
pions to fall in line for the 1956
season today, and he got a husky
raise that boosted him to about
$40,000 in salary.
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The report by areas:
Northwest
Waterfowl: Spotty success pros
pects.
Elk: Special permit season In
Clatsop County holds fairly good
prospects.
Southwest
Rogue Rlvrr Valley holds scat
tered small bands of ducks and
success is spotty. Coos County has
had fair hunting and if rains con
tinue duck shooting should be ex
cellent. Central
Waterfowl: Poor.
Deer: Special Alfalfa district deer
season successful for those hunters
beating the brush.
Northeast
Waterfowl: Umatilla shooting
has been poor with ducks flying
high; Wallowa County, though,
has had some good reports espe
cially along upper Prairie Creek
and In the valley north ol Wallowa.
Near Enterprise there are large
flocks of ducks feeding in the
stubble fields and haystacks.
Union County hunting has been
fair to good.
Elk: Cottonwood controlled sea
son opens Dec. 17 and hunting
should be very good. Roads may
be bad and camping conditions are
pour.
Southeast
Generally poor In the southeast
region although there has been
some fair duck shooting in Harper
Valley of Malheur County, along
the river.
Santee Said
Not Worried
NEW YORK (UP) Wes Santee.
who proved he's in shape for top
notch competition by running the
fastest flat-floor mile ever seen in
this area, says he Isn't worried by
the AAU's new investigation of
his amateur status.
"I'd be heartbroken if not al
lowed to run for the United States
In the Olympics," said the Marine
lieutenant last night after clocking
4:10.2 for the mile In a special
handicap meet here.
"But I'm not worried, because
my conscience Is clear," Santee
said. "I never made demands on
meet directors. I have always ac
cepted expenses In good faith and
made full reports on them."
Santee was suspended once by
the Missouri Valley AAU on
charges he accepted too much ex
pense money for competing In
meets In California last summer.
The suspension was lifted a short
time later by the same group's
board of directors. But the national
AAU convention In Louisville. Ky.,
voted on Dec. 4 to Investigate the
case again. Last night's race was
Santec's first since the new inves
tigation began.
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With three of five major Pacific
Northwest college basketball
teams on the road. It's a skimpy
menu for the hometown hoop tans
this weekend.
Washington, Washington State
and Idaho are traveling, and Ore
gon and Oregon State will be idle
until Tuesday.
Washington State will be play
ing closest to home. Tne Cougars
play al Montana University Friday
night, and move to Salt Lake City
Saturday to tackle Utah.
Idaho is farthest from its home
base and has the toughest assign
ment. The Vandals are In Lexington,
Ky.. on Lhclr road trip and Sat
urday night play Adolph Rupp's
Kentucky Wildcats. 12th ranked In
the latest Associated Press poll.
Idaho opened the tour with a loss
to Dayton, Ohio, University,
ranked No. 7 Wednesday.
Washington, with .two wins and
two losses on its rtrord. will be
in Manhattan, Kans.. Saturday
night to play Kansas State. The
Huskies dropped a pair to Stan
ford to open the season but came
back last week to beat Baylor
University twice.
Oregon and Oregon Stale return
to action ' n.-xt Tuesday, playing
Northwestern and Michigan', re
spectively at Corvallis.
Reed Leads Victory ;
SALEM. Ore. Wl Stan Seed
popped in 27 points Thursday night
as Willamette University defeated
Whittier College, 68-58, In a non
c; nference basketball game.
It was Whlttier'a second loss on
lis visit to Oregon. The Callfor
nlans lost, 68-66, to Southern Ore
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LOS ANGELES tn The public
doesn't get much chance at tickets
for the Rose Bowl football game
but .11 Is loading up for the pro
championship contest to be held
In the Memorial Coliseum Dec. 26
between the Cleveland Browns and
the Los Angeles Rams.
The Rain management aays the
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tinuing. Given sunny skies, the cham
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CHICAGO in The San Trancls
co Dons, the nation's top-ranked
basketball team, aim for their 30th
straight victory tonight In the
opening round of the four-team De
Paul tourney a rugged early
season testing ground.
The Chicago 8tadlum attraction
pits the Dons against unbeaten but
unrgnked Marquette after the first
game b e t w e e n the scrappy host
school. DePaul, and Duqucsne,
No. 6 In the national Associated
Press pell.
Winners will meet in the title
shewdown tomorrow night while
the losers play for consolation hon
ors. If the favorites emerge, it will
be a belated battle between San
Francisco, the 1955 NCAA chamol
on. and Duquesne, the National In
vitational titlist.
. But the first round will be a stur
dy test for each.
The Dons' top man Is All America
Bill Kusseu. a 6-10 phenom rated
as one of the greatest goal ten
ders the game has produced. In
addition to being great defensive
ly. Russell Is terrific In ramming
shots through the nets.
K. C. Jones of the Dons is an
other defenseive genius who all but
immobilized La Salle's noted Tom
Oola In the NCAA finale last sea
son. Marquette, undefeated In four
starts this campaign, has the
height to give the Dons trouble,
est San Francisco man Is Harold
Is 6-9 and their shortest player is
Bob Walczak at 6 feet. The small
Terry .Rand, the Warriors' tallest,
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