TUESDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH PALLS. OREGON
PAGE NINE
loons
5iil!
Russell
Leads SF
Hoop Win
NEW YOItK (F New York bas-
ketball Inns finally got their first
look at the marvelous San Fran
cisco Dons with their All America
center Bill Russell at Madison
Square Garden last nignt.
Based on what they observed. It
will take a great team on a hot
night to kcap the unbeaten Dons
from walking oil with the Holiday
Festival championship.
The Dons, together with Holy
Cross. UCLA and Duquesne, won
their way into the semifinal round
Thtv scoied a convincing 19-62 tri
umph over La Salle, the team they
defeated in the NCAA finals last
year. And, according to their coach
and Dudcy Moore, coach of the
defending champion Duquesne, the
Dons were far from their best.
In the other games. Holy Cross
whipped Syracuse 81-14 to earn the
right to meet San Francisco in the
first game of tomorrow night's
semifinal round. UCLA, conquerors
of St. John s, 93-Sd, and Duquesne,
13-10 overtime winners over Ford'
hciin, will clR.sh in the second half
of the twin bill.
CONSOLATION
The, losers will meet in a con
solation round in the afternoon
with Syracuse opposing La Salle
and St. John s playing Forduam
San Francisco was hard-pressed
to win despite its final 11-point
bulge. As late as the fourth minute
of the second half, they were trail
ins 45-42 and it took an uninter
rupted nine-point spree, seven of
them contributed by second-stringer
Mike Preaseau, to assure the
Dons of their hard-earned victory.
It was San Francisco's eighth
straight victory of the year and
J4th in a row over a two-year
span. The record is 39 set by Long
Island University and equalled by
Seten Hall.
Russell, the 6-10 siringbean. put
on a spectacular show. He scored
26 points on 11 baskets and (our
free throws and snared 22 ' re
bounds to lead all the others in
both departments.
SPECTACULAR
It was on defense, however, that
he gave the afternoon crowd of
12.143 its biggest thrills. Time
after time, he drew "oohs" from
the crowd with his spectacular
"saves of seemingly sure two
pointers by simply reaching up and
tapping aside balls headed for La
Salle hoop.
"The team as a whole was very
tense." explained Coach Phil Wool-
pert after the game, "and Russell
was tne tensest oi mem an. i mini,
it is because it's their first visit
to New York and Madison Square
Garden.
The fans should get a. better in
siclit Into the ability of Russell
when he clashes with Tommy
Heinsohn. Holy Cross' fc-7 center.
tomorrow. Heinsohn scored 3C
points in his team's victory over
Syracuse.
High-scoring honors for the day,
however, went to Sihugo Green,
brilliant 6-2 center of Duquesne.
who registered 39 points, including
his team's last nine, to snatch the
Dukes from almost certain defeat.
Tt was his Jump shot in the final
two seconds that tied the score at
62-62 and forced the game into
nvertlmc. The Dukes' ace men
threw all seven points for his team
to almost singlehandedly defeat
Fordham. ,
MIAMI. Fla. (UP) Bobby
Ussery, the leading rider in New
England this year, is making a bid
lor the Tropical Park Jockey
championship with 23 winners lor
the first racing days. Willie Har
tack. who is not expected to re
sume riding until Jan. 2, has 25.
LOS ANGELES (UP) Billy
Maxwell. Bob Rosburg, Ed Furgol.
Walt Burkcmo and Dutch Harrison
have entered the 30th annual Los
Angeles Open golf tournament,
Jan. 5-9, it was announced today.
MELBOURNE. Australia (UP)
Bobby Morrow of Abilene Chris
tian will be pitted against world
record - holder Hector Hogan of
Australia in two track meets at
Melbourne. Jan. 4 and Jan. 7. Mor
row currently is touring New Zeal
and with two other Americans
Lon Spurrier of San Francisco and
Parry O'Brien of Los Angeles.
MILAN. Italv (UP Dullio Loi
of Italy, the European lightweight
champion, scored a sixth round
knockout over Britain's Gordon
Goodman Monday night in their
scheduled 10-round non-title bout.
Lol weighed 139 pounds; Goodman,
1382.
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Tony
and Vic Morabito, owners of the
San Francisco Forty Niners pro
fessional football team, have re
fused to comment on the naming
of a successor to Red Stradcr as
coach of the team and say they
have not talked to anyone about
the job.
Mantle Gets 2nd Son
JOPLIN. Mo. i4i It s another
boy for the Mickey Mantles,
Mrs. Mantle gave birth to the
child Monday night at Freeman
Hospital here. Both were reported
in good condition. The New York
Yankee baseball star and his wife
arrived here from their home in
Commerce, Okla., about two hours
before the birth.
Their first son w-as born in the
same hospital about two years
ago.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday's Results
Mississippi Southern 60, Washing
'ton State 56
Marquette 12, North Dakota 31
Wichita 69. Santa Clara 60
St. Mary's tCal.) 14, Sacramento
State 46
HOLIDAY FESTIVAL
Holy Cross 81, Syracuse 14
San Francisco 19, LaSalle 62
UCLA 93, St. John's (Bklyni 86
Duquesne 13, Fordham 70 (over
time! FRO BASKETBALL
Monday's Results
New York 108, Philadelphia 97
Rochester 93. Syracuse 91
Fort Wayne 83, St. Louis 61
Cassady
Defense
Forgotten
SAN FRANCISCO l The de
fense which held All-America half
back Howard (Hopalongi Cassady
to the lowest yardage of his ca
reer won't be used against him In
the East-West Shrine game.
Jess Hill of Southern California,
head coach of the West squad,
is the authority for the statement.
He made it with full knowledge
that the man who devised the plan
is on his staff in an advisory ca
pacity. "There are too many good backs
on that East team." Hill said.
"We can't concentrate on Cassady
and let the rest ol them have their
own way."
Stanford's Chuck Taylor is the
man who clamped the hobbles on
Hoppy. after advertising In ad
vance that he'd do it. Taylor's In
dians upset Cassady's Ohio State
team, 6-0, one of the two losses
suffered by the Big Ten cham
pions last fall. Stanford stacked
its defense and held Cassady to
31 yards in Its shutout triumph.
"It really worked for Chuck."
Hill grinned, "But Ohio State
didn't have a Don Schaefer at full
back nor a Gerry Reichon at
quarter. The F.ast has. along with
a lot of other good boys whom
we can't ignore in favor of stop
ping Cassady."
Woody Hayes of Ohio State, the
East coach, has indicated that
along with Cassady he intends to
depend Tin Notre Dame's Schaefer
and Iowa's Reichow.
Hill's West squad, which he has
described as "pinck-cheeked and
whiskerless." doesn't have a real
"name" player on It. Most of the
college standouts in the area last
fall were juniors and thus auto
matically out of the Shrine game.
But Hill has indicated he's baD
py with his crew, which certainly
will be rated as underdogs in the
31st annual charity contsst at Ke
zar Stadium on Saturday.
"We'll be under a lot less pres
sure than the East." he said, "und
these kids of mine are hungry
enough to do a great job. They're
a representative group which will
give the East a good gtriiggK"
Bill Tarr, 190-pound Stanford
fullback, has been shifted to right
half to make room lor Earl
Earthquake I Lunsford. l;)5-pmmcl-er
from Oklahoma A&M, and Hen
ry Moore of Arkansas, who scales
the same. Hill plans to utilize all
three in his multiple offense, but
apparently will pin his offtnso on
a passing game behind i line an
chored by 235-pound tackle Forest
Gregg of Southern Methrdist. a
Green Bay Packer draft choice.
Washington,
Oregon Host
Cage Battles
Hy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington. Oregon. Seattle Uni
versity and Idaho State will carry
Pacific Northwest colors in major
college basketball competition
Tuesday night.
The Washington Huskies, who
dropped three games on a tour rf
the East, will be back on thir
home court to meet Iowa, d;;iend-
Uig Big Ten champion; Oregon i
hosts Colorado A&M of the Skyline '
Conference, and Seattle University j
is topseeded in the All-CoMeK?
Tournament opening Tuesday at -Oklahoma
City, Idaho Sta'.e also j
is entered in the tourney. '
After losing five straight on a
disastrous visit io the East and
Fouth, Washington State rests
Tuesday night before moving lo ,
Shreveport. La., (or. eamrs
Wednesday and Thursday with ,
Centenary. The Cougars lost agnn
Monday night, bowing 60-&6 to :
Mississippi Southern at Gu.ipori, .
Miss.
Oregon State will be on the
sidelines until Thursday when the
Beavers open in the three-tiay ,
Dixie Classic at Raleigh. N.C. Ida
ho plavs Colorado AVM twire at :
Twin Falls, Idaho. Friday night '
and at Idaho Falls Saturday night.
Mississippi Southern Beat Wn-.h-Inaton
State at the free throw line :
Monday night. The Cougars missed '.
17 of 37 free throw attempt while '
Southern connected on 26 of 39.
The same was t.d 13 times brforr
Southern broke away in the finnl
minute on a field goal bv Ron .
Youngbloom. Southern led 31-27 :
at the half.
MONDAY'S FOOTBALL
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRO FOOTBALL
Cleveland Browns 38. Los Ange
les Rams 14 (championship)
COLLF.GF. ALL-STARS
South 20. North 7,
SKNIOR CHRISTIAN BOWL
East 21, West 10
Cage
San Francisco Paces
Basketball Poll Votes
AP Ballot
By SHELDON SAKOWITZ
The Associated Press
The San Francisco Dons, aim
ing for the all-time major college
record for consecutive victories,
tightened their grip today on the
No. 1 ranking in the weekly As
sociated Press basketball poll.
For the third straight we-
sports writers and sportscasters
named Phil Woolpert's West Coast
ers as the nation's top team, riv:ng
them 98 first-place votes Jil 143
ballots. On the basis of 10 lor
lirst, 9 for second, etc., San Fran
cisco received 1.366 points.
The remainder of the top 10 un
derwent a shuffle for the second
straight week. Dayton, fourth a
week ago, jumped to second on
the strength of victories over Utih
and Kentucky In the University nf
Kentucky Invitational Tournamt m.
Three Dixie teams North Caro
lina State, North Carolina and
Vandcrbilt ranked 3-4-5 n this
week's voting. Iowa, Utah. Duke,
Illinois and Oklahoma Cith com
pleted the top 10.
North Carolina State turned ba.k
Brlgham Young for lis eighth
straight triumph but dropped a
notch. North Carolina moved up
two n o t c n e s, while Vanderbilt.
despite an 81-76 loss to Iowa State,
advanced three places.
Iowa, idle all week, bolted four
oositions from 10!h. Utah bowed to
Dayton and Minnesota and fell
from third to seventh. Dili
downed Pittsburgh and moved
from 14th to eighth, Illinois un
ended DePaul and Oklahoma to
jump from 11th to ninth, and Okla
homa City beat Auburn and TCU
to advance from 15 to 10th.
Holy Cross, Brigham Young and
Kentucky all dropped out of the
top 10.
The leaders, with first-place
votes In parentheses:
1. San Francisco (96) 1.366
2. Davton 16i . 1,094
3. N.C. State (14) 1.M8
4. North Carolina (4) 678
6. Vanderbilt , 310
6. Iowa (3) ?67
7. Utah 268
8. Duke (3) 255
9. Illinois 216
10. Oklahoma City (8) 240
T'e second 10:
11. Louisville (31 238
12. George Washington 2' 6
13. Kentucky 196
M. Holv Cross 117
15. Ohio State 160
IB. Michigan State 139
17. Rice 130
T-niDle (tie) i
10. Alabama (2) . 128
20. Brigham Young , 80
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Acme Concrete .11 :
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Herald and News :m
K. Amusement 27'i '
Mardoel Tavern
Klamath Jels
33
Last night's results:
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Modoc Bids. 3 Klamath Lbr-Box 1
KFLW 3 Kalplne "B" 1
Krrald-Newa 4 Klamath Jets 0
Mac d Ml Tavern 4 K Amusement O
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High team ceries Modoc Bldg. Supply
2792
High Individual fame Louie Bain 211
High individual series Vance Hawley
375
MOOSE MA S LEAGl'E
W 1,
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Women nf the Moose :i 21
Blngs Cafe .1.1 29
Schneider's .".4 :to
Suburban Flower M :tO
Hyde's Jewelers 2R W
Southern Oregon Music 27 37
Klamath Flower 26 38
Last night's results:
Women of the Monw 4 Kl. Flower 0
Sub. Flower 4 Hyde's Jewelers 0
Bine's 4 So. Oregon 0
Schneider's 3 Evan's Grocery I
High team game Women of the
Moose 741
High team series Suburban Flower
2033
High Individual game Joyre Ross 197
High Individual series LaRayne Har
ris .139
TCU Fears
Miss Passing
PORT WORTH. Tex. .f, Texas
Christian's Horned Fross start
battening down the hatches against
Mississippi's highpowercd oflensc
Tuesday and Coach Abe Mai tin
very frankly said most of the de
fensive work would involve the
Rebels' passing attack.
"That's the thine j:e fe.tr most
from Mississippi," Martin de
clared as he sent his ,"iuud Into
Its toughest practice session of the
Cotton Bowl preparatory period.
Thus far the Frogs njv worked
predominantly on offense but th.-
remainder of the routine w:!l
stress defense, particularly apniii-.t
Mississippi's running and roll-out
passing.
"We haven't met a ten,i wl'h
passing like Mississippi thu
far." said Martin, "VI lie -hey
have a strong running attnek I
consider the pass their most po'.ent
and dangerous weapon.'
GT Impresses
Panther Boss
NEW ORLEANS. (jP Pitt Conch
Johnny Michelosen, Impressed
with Georgia Tech's blazing
soeed, hoped two workouts Tues
day would take the cold-weather
kinks from the Panther's Sugar
Bowl defense.
"Tech has a speedy, tall outfit."
Michelosen said, "and they use
that ypced to the fullest. We've
not to do a lot of running in this
kind of weather arm lo get
leady lor them.'
M
UP Ballot
Bv NOIIMAV MILI.F.R
I'nlt-d Prr Snnrtt Writer
NEW YORK (UP) San Fran,
clsro's wandering Dons. In the
midst of a coast-to-coast tour that
wi'l test their c'aim to creatress.
led the United Pres college bas
ketball ratines today with the high
est point-total ever amassed by
anv team.
Thirty-three of the 35 leading
roacnes who make uo the United
Press rating board voted San Fran
cisco No. 1 this week, and the
two other coaches on the panel
picKea me Dons second. That gave
Coach Phil Woolpert's men 348 out
of a possible 350 point. No team
ever has been such a solid choice
of the Board of Coaches since the
united Press ratings were inaugur
ated in 1950.
Dayton, undefeated In Its first
eight games, received the two
oUier first-place votes and Jumped
up to second place, while North
Carolina State retained the No. 3
rating. Louisville and Illinois, tied
for eighth place, were this week's
newcomers among the top 10
teams.
ON TOP
San Francisco launched a- 6.000
mile tour last week by beating
Wichita and Loyola of New Orlean
to run its two season running
streak to 33 games. The Dons, who
were the coaches' pre-season best
bet to win the national champion
ship for the second year in a row,
now have topped the ratings four
straight weeks.
San Francisco stretched Its vic
tory streak to 34 Monday by de
feating LaSalle in the opening
rouncr of the Holiday Festival Tour
nament at New York, 78-62.
Last week's start of the heavy
holiday contention claimed Utah,
Brigham Young and Kentucky
among its leading victims. More
shuffling of the ratings Is expect
ed after the tournament strife
reaches its peak this week.
North Carolina and Iowa advanced-even
though they were Idle
last week. North Carolina (8-0)
moved up four notches to fourth
and Iowa (3-1) jumped one place
to fifth. Utah, second last week,
dropped all the way to sixth after
losing twice in the Kentuckv In
vitation Tournament. Holy Cross
held the No. 7 ranking. Louisville.
and Illinois, made big advances
to snare eighth place, and Mar
quette retained 10th.
DROPS OUT
Brigham Young (fifth last week)
and Kentucky ninth last week)
both dropped out of the top 10,
Coach Adolph Rupp's Wildcats thus
found themselves out of the top
10 group for the first time in the
six-season history of the United
Press ratings.
The voting was so concentrated
this way that San Francisco, Day
ton and North Carolina Stale divid
ed nil the second-place votes and
all but 11 of the third-place votes.
As a result. Dayton received an
unusually high second-place total
of 300 points and N.C. State had
269.
North Carolina edged Iowa for
the No. 4 ranking, 137 points to
136; Utah nosed out Holy Cross
for sixth place. 71 points lo 70;
Louisville and Illinqis each attract
ed 68 points, and Marquette 51.
Louisville, winner in lis first seven
games, advanced seven places
from last week and Illinois five.
Brigham Young, beaten twice on
a road trip, fell to the No. 11
ranking, followed by Kentucky.
Vanderbilt. Rice. Duke, St. Louis,
Indiana and Alabama were next,
with Southern Methodist and
George Washington tied for 19th
place.
NEW YORK i UP) The United
Press college basketball ratings
(with first-place voles and won
lost records through Dec. 24 In
parentheses):
Team Points
1. San Francisco (33) (7-0) 348
2. Dayton (2 )8-0)
300
3 North Carolina St. 18-0)
269
137
138
71
70
e
51
4. North Carolina (5-0)
5. Iowa (3-D
6. Utah 15-2)
7. Holy Cross (5-1)
8. (Tie) Louisville (7-0)
8. (Tie i Illinois (5-1)
10. Marquotte (5-2)
Second 10 Teams 11. Brigham
Young. 50; 12. Kentucky, 45; 13,
Vanderbilt, 37; 14, Rice, 33; 15.
Duke, 30; 16. St. Louis, 2B; 17.
Indiana. 25: 18, Alabama, 23; 19
(tiei, Southern Methodist and
George Washington, 20 each.
Bahama Wins
With Shutout
NEW YORK (UP) Ynma Ba
hama, the speedy young West In
dian welterweight who Monday
night won the first main - event
shutout decision in the 59-year his
tory of St. Nicholas Arena, will
have another TV fight at St. Nick's
on Jan. 30 or Feb. 6, probably
against Chico Velar.
Each of the three ring officials
gave 22-year-old Bahama all 10
rounds over Paolo Melis of Mon
treal, former welterweight cham
pion of Italy, for his lfith straight
victory.
In his first New York main
event, Yama s rapid-fit e hooking
combinations and accurate upper
cuts made the bout so lopsided
that it became dull at times.
Bahama was lavored at 2-1 al
thoueh he fought as a substitute
for Chico Vejar of Stamford. Conn,
who withdrew from the match last
week because of an alleged back
strain. Promoter Tex Sullivan said to
day, "Vejar must fulfill hia con
tract to fight at St. Nick's before
he can fight anywhere else. I want
him to meet Bahama on Jan. 30
or Feb. 0."
Bahama's manager. Bobby Mrl
nirk. said. "That's okay with us.
Yama will be delighted to meet
Vejar."
TIME OUT
"Look, Gwen. let's find bow Una
lleyi with automatic pin aetteri!"
G. Welsh
Leads Win
For South
MIAMI, Fla. (UP) A little guy
who used to pitch lumps of coal
as a kid In Coaldale, Pa., added a
new star to his crown as the na
tion's leading college football pass'
er today..
Navy quarterback George Welsh
was tne unanimous choice as "Out.
standing Player" of the annual
Shrine college all-star game Mon
day night as he led the South to
Us sixth victory over the North,
20-7. The five-foot-10 future admir
al's throw produced one touchdown
and set up two others, one of which
he scored himself.
In all, Welsh connected on 12
of 20 passes for a net of 164 yards.
Arid his ball-handling fakcry with
Georgia a hard - headed fullback
Bobby Garrard carrying the ball,
produced telling gams in the touch,
down drives.
TOP ENDS
Welsh had the services of two
of the country's finest ends. All
America Ron Beagle of Navy and
Harold Bui nine of Missouri, top
passer catcher of 1955.
With the game onlv one minute
and 15 seconds old. Beagle caught
a 31-yard throw from Welsh for
Uie South's first score. Garrard
kicked the first of his two-out-of'
three extra points.
Welsh's three passes - to Beagle
for 36 yards In the second period
set un the second touchdown lust
before halftime which the 165-
pound field general collected hini'
self with a three-yard sneak.
On an 80-yard march In the third
period. Welsh hit four times for
88 yards. Garrard scored the final
points with a one-yard plunge after
contributing a. 16-yard-run in the
drive. . . . .
NORTH SCORFS
Southpaw Freddy Wyant pitched
38 yards to Don Holleder. 19.14 All-
America from Army, a the second
period opened for the North's only
touchdown, a play that helped Hol
leder win the choice as the North
tenm's most valuable player.
Twice more tile "Yankees" went
to the shadow of the South's goal
posts wl'h Wyant connecting with
Holleder and end Gene Kaplsh of
Notre Dame on Ion passes. But
both times, the South's defenders,
led by Sev De La Torre of Flor
ida, Bill Dooley of Mississippi
Slate and Joe Sic of South Caro
lina threw back the threats Inside
thir 'O-y.ird 'ine.
Fullbacks Pat Uebel of Army
and Dick Fltzgei'Rld of Notre
Dame were the North's leading
ball carriers.
MS Reports
Peaks Back
In Top Shape
PASADENA, Calif. There's
good news in the Rose Bowl camp
of the Michigan Slate Spartans to
day. Halfback Clarence Peaks is
"100 per cent" ready physically
for the Jan. 2 bout with the UCLA
Bruins.
Sports fans are better acquainted
with the convalescing progress of
the Bruins' Injured tailback Ronnie
Knox than with the comeback of
Peaks, but the latter could be the
more important fac'or.
The 108-pound Michigan Slate
back has proved a powerful run
ner, good blocker, occasional pass
receiver, strong defenscman and a
specialist on the quick kick and all
its variations.
"In top physical shape, he's the
best all-around man in our back
field." said Sonny Grandelius, who
coachrs the backs.
Peaks was leading ground gainer
for the Spartans last season and
again this year before he wrecked
a knee and turned an ankle In the
Ocl. 15 victory over None Dninr.
He missed one gam, wss in
for only a single piny In another
and neer was in top form for the
rest. Still he was Ihe Spailans'
third leading rusher for the vesr
"Peaks is a slow healer, but he's
100 per ceni now," said the team
'physician. Dr. James Feurlg.
I On the UCLA side, Knox dulled
with the No. 1 UCLA squad lor
the first time yesterday. He s the
team's leading passer and punier
although hampered with injuries
much of the season. The latest was
a broken bone in his ankle suf
fered Nov. 12 against Washington
"He's still favoring his leg aivl
Isn't 100 per cent.'' reported Coach
Red Sanders. But physicians have
said Knox should be in good shape
by the bowl date.
MONDAY'S FIGHTS
Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Yama Bahama.
150, Bahamas, outpointed Paolo
Melis, 147, Montreal, 10.
O Newspaper
SPOT ADS
are inexpensive
repeated dally, 79c
Otto Graham leads iroivns
To 3844 Win Over LA Rams
LOS ANGELES Wi The reign of
the Cleveland Browns in profes
sional football remains unbroken.
The Browns and their tremen
dous defensive platoon crushed the
Los Angeles Rams yesterday 38-14.
It was the second straight year
they have won the National Foot
ball League title and the third
time they've hit the Jackpot In six
straight appearances in the blue
ribbon game of pro football.
Despite the top-heavy score, the
Rams were hardly disgraced. Few
of their supporters ever .houghl
they'd get in the title gams L'l
the first place.
Pelican Cagers Home
In Three Game' Series
Coach Don Peterson's hlgh-flv-lug
Klamath Union High School
Pelicans may be in for a few de
layed Christinas presents this week
as they host Areata, California,
and Jefferson of Portland In a
three-game hoop series at Pelican
Court. But the gifts may not be
on the Joyful side.
The visiting Areata hoopsters
will vlB with the 3-1 Whltcblrds
here Wednesday evening, then the
Democrats of Portland tangle with
Peterson's crew for Thursday and
Frldny night encounters. And the
local preppers are expected to
have their hands lull in all three
games.
Last week, the KU cagers swept
through their two-game series with
Shasta High of Redding like the
south wind through the Klamath
River canyon, but their rule of
the roost will be threatened In
this week's action.
The Wednesday evening fray
will ba the first KU-Arcata maple
battle. In the past few seasons,
Areata has been producing ton
flight prep clubs, and the reports
irom the Northern California city
Is that this year s team is again
a talented and powerful cage ma
chine. On Thursday and Friday eve
Jack Fleck Tabbed Year's
Leading Athlete By Fraley
By OSCAR FRALEY
t'nllrd Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UP i One year
ago you wouldn't have known him.
but as we hammer down the
stretch today my personnl choice
for the outstanding athlete of Ihe
year has to be the quiet man from
Iowa named Jack FlPck.
Maybe you'll go for Johnny
Podres. Sugar Ray Robinson or
Willie Harlnck. but for the greaU
est single achievement of 1055 in
this corner it has to be the playoff
triumph Fleck scored over the
nilghly Ben Hogan lo win the U.S.
Open golf championship.
It took a lot of class and courage.
Fleck was a nobody that day he
went out as an underdog to match
playoff shots wllh Ihe immortal
bantam Ben. He wasn't accus
tomed to those tremendous galler
ies and It was a nerve-shattering
situation. But he won with a flam
ing 60 while the tournament-tough
Hogan had a 72.
That made him the man of. the
sports year on this typewriter and
In the other sports the personal
choices are:
Baseball
Podres, the lad you'll remember
when you've forgotten Hint Yogi
Berra and Roy Campanella were
the MVP's. It was Johnny who
picked the Dodgers off the .floor
with his third game triumph over
the Yankees and then led them
to their first world scries victory
wllh a 2-lo-0 cight-hiltcr In the
final game.
Boxing
Robinson has got to be the man,
even while Rocky Marclano was
from
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A whopping record crowd of 87..
895 85,893 paid witnessed thl
struggle In Memorial Coliseum.
Out of the gross receipts, in
cluding radio and television, nf
(504,257. and a net of 1431,538 98,
the players received: 13.508.21 lor :
each winning Brown J2.318.26 (or ;
each losing Ram. I
Cleveland led off with a field
goal and followed up with five
touchdowns.
Seven times Cleveland Inter
cepted passes, turning one into a
quick touchdown that, as matters
ended, might well have been the
crusher.
CLAYTON HANNON
SPORTS EDITOR
nings, the Pels will be mixing
wllh one of the Portland Inter
scholastic League favorites t vhey
face John Neely's tough Jefferson
High club. Last year the Demos
and Pelicans split their two-game
meeting.
So far this year Neely's charg
ers have been building a very Im
pressive win-loss mark including
triumphs over such clubs as Cen
tral Catholic of Portland. Mllwaukle
and many other major high school
teams throughout the stale.
For the homestandlng Pelicans,
this week's play will be thle final
tune-up as they move Into South
ern Oregon Conference play the
following Friday and Saturday
nights at Grants Pass. In the pre
season games played to date, the
Klamath Union maplemen have
won over Reno once and Redding
twice, while dropping a single
game to the Huskies of Reno. In
the SOC four-team Jamboree held
here December 2. the Pels won
3-0 over Medford, Grants Pass and
Ashland,
The Junior varsity team of Ray
Coley will play the preliminary
i games all three nights. Game time
I of the Jayvee game Is 6:45 with the
main game slated to get under
I way at 8:15.
making mincemeat of his challeng
ers. No man ever had retired and
then staged a comeback to regain
a little. But Sugar Ray smashed
the old cliche that "they never
come back" as he flattened Bnbo
Olson for the middleweight crown.
Racing
Beat Hnrtack and you take It
all. His 412 wins made him the
second Jookey in all racing history
to better 400 In one year.
' Tennis
Tile Aussles made a landslide of
the Davis Cup but Tony Trabert
put on an individual parade. Tak
ing Wimbledon, France and the
U.S. titles made him the boss.
Baiketball
Tom Gola of La Salle finished
his career as a three-time All
American. And he finished is he
started, on top.
Track And Field
Laszlo Taborl of Hungary ran
the mile in 3:59 and two other
guys. Chris Chataway and Brian
Hcwson, also broke four minutes
in the same race.
Weight Lifting
Paul Anderson, 22, of Toccoa,
Oa., became one of the muscular
marvels of the ages wllh a record
1,130-pound Olympic triathlon lift.
Auto Racing
Bill Vukovlch, In death, was the
big man. They may not remember
Bob Sweikcrt won at Indianapolis,
but those who were there will
never forget the awesome way
"Vuky" was running away from
'em all when It happened,
, Great competitors all, but Fleck
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Defensive halfback Don Paul
snagged the Norm Van Brockjln
pass and raced 65 yards for a
touchdown that sent, the Browns
Into a 10-0 lead.
Quarterback Otto Graham closed
out his magnificent football career
wllh a dazzling performance.
He scored two touchdowns per
sonally, and passed for two others
to Danle Lavelll on a 60-yard
play and to Ray Renfro for U5 for
another.
"He's the greatest," said Browns
Coach Paul Brown.
Of seven Interceptions, Cleveland
cashed in for points on four.
Halfback Ken Kona Intercepted
one and soon after Lou Groda
kicked a 26-yard field goal.
Tom James bagged one and
Graham and Lavelll hit for their
60-yadd touchdown play.
Center Sam Palumbo snagged
another and Graham led the club
36 vards and scored from the one.
Koni's 24-yard punt return set
the stage for another tally, with
Otto sweeping right end 15 yards
for a touchdown. And all the whil
Uie big Cleveland defensive men
were pressuring Van Bricklln. nni
later Billy Wade, Into hurried w
ill-fated throws.
The Rams' big moment came
when Van Brocklln and jkeo',
Qulnlan got together In a 67-yard
oass play in the second quarter
for a touchdown. That made it
7-10 for Cleveland, a margin that
didn't stand for long.
The other Ram touchdown rame
In the final minutes. Ron Waller,
the Maryland rookie, scored from
4 yards out.
Pistons Move
To NBA Lead
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The Fort Wayne Pistons, playing
22 points under .500, moved into
first place In the Western Division
race of the National Basketball
Assn. today, while the Eastern Di
vision leading Philadelphia War
rlors had their lead shaved to 2'i
games.
George' Yardley, with 15 points,
took scoring honors as the Pistons
downed the St. Louis Hawks, 83-67.
to take first place from the Hawks
by two points.
The New York Knickerbockers,
breaking a three game losing
streak, defeated the Warriors, 108
97. to move into a third-place tie
with the Syracuse Nationals, who
were edged by the Rochester Roy
als, 93-81. The loss was the first
of the season for the Warriors on
their home court. Rookie Ken
Sears led all scorers with 26 points
as five New Yorkers In all hit
for double figures.
Richie Regan's last minute bas
ket proved the margin of victory
for the Royals, but Art Spelstra
paced Rochester with 19 points.
Adolph Schayes led all scorers with
27 points.
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