FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1956
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE THIRTEEN
Funeral Services
For Mr. Made Held
PHTI.AniTT.PHlA In .v,-
rule baseball aud men who have
given it luster on the Held gathered
sorrowfully In Philadelphia today
ior the funeral o( Connie Mack.
Mourning with them are mil
lions, of all ages, whose deep af
iection for "Mr. Baseball'' is ex
pressed in a multitude of touch
ing ways.
To all, Connie Mack's death
Wednesday at 93 was a shock, for
Indians
Make Bids
For Talent
By UNITED PRESS
The Cleveland Indians, still
looking high and low for Infield
help, have made bids for Billy
Goodman of the Boston Red Sox
and Jim Finigan of the Kansas
City Athletics.
Cleveland was particularly In.
terested in the versatile Goodman
p.s a first baseman, but negotia
tions Willi Boston hit a snag when
-the Red Sox demanded second
baseman Bobby Avila in return.
Goodman batted .394 last season
while Avila, who won the Ameri
can League batting title with a .341
average in 1954, skidded to ,272
last year.
If the Indians are successful In
their attempt to land, Finigan, a
.255 hitter last season, they will
prooBDiy piay mm at third base
and move Al Rosen to fust.
ueveiana s negotiations arc
brought about by the fact that In
dian officials are not sure whether
Vic Wertz, a polio victim late last
season, will be able to stage a
comeback at tirst base.
TRADE TALKS
There was trade talk in another
section of the American League,
also.
Jack Dunn, assistant genera!
manager of the Orioles, said Balti
more turned down a deal with the
Yankees Wednesday only an hour
betore , the Yankees traded with
the Washington Senators.
Dunn refused to disclose the
Baltimore player Involved, but It's
no secret it was a pitcher. After
that one fell through, the Yankees
ob'ilned Mickey McDermott from
Washington.
Cincinnati announced the sign
ing of Wally Post, the slugging
outfielder who hit 40 homers last
season and batted .309. Post
earned a raise over his 1955 con
tract. .
The Red Sox signed infielder
Ted Lencio and earlier in the dav
they announced that shortstop's
Milt Boiling and Don Buddln also
had agreed to terms for 1956.
SIGNERS
Three shortstops, Luis Aparicio,
Jim Brldeweser and Carl Peterson
all signed with the White Sox,
leaving outfielder John Phillips
the only unsigned member of the
club.
Bob Feller, who once command
ed $80,000 with the Indians, signed
for an estimated $25,000, that sum
representing an approximate 12
per cent cut from his 1955 salary.
Feller had a 4-4 record with Cleve
land last season, appearing in only
25 games. Catcher Jim Hegan also
agreed to terms.
Infieldqis Don Leppert and
George Smith signed with the
Oriole?. Smith, 21-year-old-younger
brother of Baltimore catcher,
Hal Smith, is a former Michigan
State second base star.
OSC Mentor
Receives '56
Sports Title
PORTLAND W The Oregon
Sportswriters and Sportscasters
Assn. Thursday night awarded the
Bill Hayward Trophy, given an
nually to the man who contributed
the most In sports in Oregon dur
ing the year, to Amory T. (Slats)
Gill. OreRon State College basket
ball coach.
Gill, now in his 29lh year at
OSC. coached the Beavers to the
Pacific Coast Conference basket
ball title in 1955.
, Gill was selected by the Judger,
l.ym among 12 finalists. They in
cluded: Tommy Prothro. OSC foot
ball coach- Carol Jo Kabler. young
Southern Oreaon golfer: Maureen
Murphy. Multnomah Athletic Club
swimmer: Don Kirsch. University
of Oregon baseball coach; Denny
Peterson, associated with Ameri
can Legion baseball at The Dalles:
Hank Kuchera, coach of last year'.
state champion Eugene high school
basketball team: Jackie Puscas,
national champion amateur boxer
from Eugene; Peter Susick. coach
of the state champion Marshfield
Hi'.'h School football team; John
Witte. OSC football star: Emery
Nc.le. Portland. state tennis
champion: and Ken Reiser. Uni
versity of Oregon distance runner.
Al Lightner of Salem, the referee
who declared the USC Trojans
the forfeit winner of a basketball
came with California because Cali
fornia fans threw pennies onto the
floor, received an oversized penny
inscribed: "Lest You Forget."
The Active Club of Eugene was
presented with a special award for
Its work at the state prep basket
ball tournament.
Speakers Included Gov. Elmo
Smith and Leo Durocher.
ALL ICE
SKATES
y3 OFF
JOE'S
418 Main
thev had frrnwn in IMnlr f hltn
as an indestructible national in
stitution. "Connie was a good guy," said
one man whose sentiments were
overheard in a railroad terminal.
"I'm pretty cynical, and there
aren't many of these big wheels
I trust. But Connie was okay. I
wixed to him once, out at the
park. He was a nice guy even
when he didn't know you, when
he Just talked to you as he did
to me. a total stranger.'
Everywhere, people remember.
And in that remembering are
perhaps the finest tributes of all.
Tney may be spoken or
scrawled on crude postcards and
sent to the Mack family home,
where messages of sympathy have
been flooding in since Wednesday
afternoon, or expressed in signifi
cant silence. They ire, whatever
their form, the measure of a man
admired the world over lor bis
very human qualities.
Tonight the oody of Connie Mack
will lie in the Oliver H. Bair Fu
neral Home In Center City and
large crowds are expected for the
viewing.
Tomorrow at 11 a.m., Solemn
Requiem Mass will be celebrated
in St. Bridget Church, with burial
in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery here.
The Mass too will be open to as
many as can be accommodated.
Those named to be honorary
pallbearers are Baseball Commis
sioner Ford Frick; American
League President Will Harridge;
National League President Warren
Giles; the owners of the 18 major
league clubs; George Trautman,
president of the minor leagues;
Pennsylvania's two Republican
senators, Edward Martin and
James Duff; Governors George
M. Leader of Pennsylvania and
Phil M. Donnelly of Missouri;
Philadelphia Mayor Richardson
Dilworth; Pittsburgh's Mayor Da
vid Lawrence and H. Roe Bartle.
mayor of Kansas City, where
Mack's Philadelphia Athletics were
transferred more than a year ago;
anrt John B. Kelly Sr., father of
actress Grace Kelly and formerly
a neighbor of the Macks.
'Monotonous1
Says USFs
Maple Coach
SAN FRANCISCO Ifl Coach
Phil Woolpert of the University of
San Francisco's topranked basket
ball team indicated Friday that it
gets a little monotonous to win all
the time.
Woolpcrt'3 Dons go after their
44th successive triumph Friday
night against Fresno State Col
lege, a team they walloped by 19
points four weeks ago as they tied
the previous all-time major col
lege record of 39 consecutive wins.
Since then they've crushed four
other foes by margins ranging
from nine to 22 points.
we re not as tense now as we
were earlier in the year." Wool-
pert said. "The pressure is off to
a great extent." ,
The Dons' last victory, a 77-60
conquest of College of the Pacific.
was marked up Tuesday night.
Woolpert gave the squad the day
off Wednesday and worked them
only lightly Thursday.
"I know I personally felt a little
blah about the COP game," Wool-
pert said, "and It's easy to assume
the players felt the same way.
"That's no reflection on COP
nor any other opponent of ours.
either, but Just an admission that
the pressure has dropped off since
we got that 40lh game to give us
our record."
The Dons, who boast the nation's
best defensive average of 49 8
points a game in addition to the
No. 1 national ranking, have shown
signs of slackening their pace in
recent games. Woolpert said he
Isn't worried, because the club
throughout Its long winning string
has staged brilliant scoring bursts
whenever it has been in danger.
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Charlie Silvera idle, But
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By HAL WOOD i
United Press Sports Writer
SAN JOSE, Calif. (UP) !
A question-and-answer interview
with Charley Silvera, the second
string catcher for the New York
Yankees:
Q Your age, please.
A 31.
Q How many years have you
been playing professional base
ball? A About 11 years.
Q How long have you been with
the Yankees?
A About seven and one half
years.
Q In those seven and one-half
years, in how many games have
vou appeared?
FEW GAMES
A Between 150 and 200, but very
few of them have been for a full
game. Mostly they are appear
ances late in the game.
Q In your seven nnd one-half
years, how much have you collect
ed from the Yankees in salary?
A About $100,000. The Yankees
always have been good to me.
Q How many pennant winners
have you played on and how much
have you collected in World Scries
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SEATTLE if The man who
fired four University of Washing
ton coaches in 10 years gave him
self the ax last night in a bid lor
harmony at the troubled institu
tion. Stepping out as athletic director
was Harvey Cassill, center of an
ever-growing storm of protest
since he gave the boot Jan. 27 to
Cowboy Johnny Cherberg. the
football coach.
CasslU's departure, accompanied
by lengthy expressions of regret
from top university olflcials, fol
lowed by less than a day a closed
session of the university's Board
of Regents.
The regents would say nothing
about their night session beyond a
statement they had been "brought
up to date." Conferring with them
were Dr. Henry Schmltz, president
of the university; H. P. Everest,
vice president; and Nelson Wahl
strom, comptroller.
Cassill in turn conferred wih
Everest yesterday, leaving the
late afternoon meeting alter pro
(erring his resignation.
"In no other way that I can
see,'1 Cassill wrote, "can our pro
giam be straightened out, policy
re-established and the university
go ahead."
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Malln S 0 1.000
Sacred Heart '3 3 .600
Chlloquin 2 2 .500
Bly 2 2 .500
Merrill 2 3 .400
Bonanza 1 3 .250
Gilchrist 1 3 .250
Coach Jim Conroy's Mnlin Mus
tangs, already assured of a tie for
the Countv B League basketball
title, g.i after their fifth straight
league win tonight at Chlloqutn, an
outright clinch of the league's tra
veling trophy and the number one
seeding In the post season tourna
ment. February 23-24-25.
In the other games slated for to
night, Henley travels to Merrill In
a non-league tussle while Bly goes
to Sacred Heart Academy and Bo
nanza Journeys fo Bly for a pair
of County League battles.
Tonight's scrap at Chiloquin is a
vital one for the Panthers, more
so for the Chiloquin quintet than
Malln. Should Gordon Kulst's Pan
thers fall before Malln, they would
drop below the .500 per cent level
and quite pssslbly finish In third
place or lower In the final stand
ings. Should Malln capture tonight's
outing, the Mustangs would be giv
en the number one position in the
County Tournament to be held at
Henley at Pelican Court tne 23rd,
24th and 25th of this month. Chilo
quin will hnve one big reasor. for
knocking off the Mustangs 'rom
Malln when the two claMi tonight,
Last year Chiloquin won the regu
lar season race, then' bowed to Ma
lln In the tournament, and, In doing
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Referring to his dismissal of
Cherberg, which was followed by
much public discussion of universi
ty athletic policies and an investi
gation by a legislative subcommit
tee, Cassill said:
"Recently, I had a difficult de
cision before me with respect to
John Cherberg. Whether it was
John's fault or not, the facU clear
ly and conclusively indicated that
the situation was beyond recovery
as far as his problem wan con
cerned. ... I find myself in as
untenable a position as ( found
Cherberg to be in."
Cherberg was fired after a play
er revolt in November followed by
the regents ordering his rehiring
for the next year in a December
meeting. When he was let out it
was explained Cassill felt Cherberg
had failed to restore harmony as
he had promised the regents.
CasslU's letter of resignation was
addressed to "Dear Dick" (Ever
est) but it was accepted by
Schmltz who Issued a highly lauda
tory statement, saying Cassill
"has been a devoted servant" of
the university,
"He leaves the university with
the gratitude of myself and others
Sacred Heart closes out their
home floor season thts weekend
when they face Bly tonight on the
Academy maple court, and Sunday
afternoon at 1:30 when the unde
feated St. Mary's Crusaders of
Medford invades Klamath Falls. A
win for the Trojans tonight would
assure them of at least a tie for
second place In thi final league
count.
The Ollchrlst-Bonanza battle tills
evening, at Bonanza, is a fight for
basement honors. Both teams are
deadlocked for the tailend position
of the seven-team circuit, and the
winner of tonight's scrap will move
out of the cellar.
Dean Michaells, Sacred Heart's
Junior guard, still holds to the top
spot among the county league scor
ers, and gets his last chance at
league opposition tonight against
Bly. Michaells has scored 85 points
In five games to lead Bonanza's
Ron Roberta who has hit 81 points
in four games. In 19 games played
by SHA, Michaells has scored 315
points. Dick Siemens, idle last
week when Chiloquin took on Hen
ley in a non-league game, holds
the number three spot with 70
points in four games. The top 10
scorers in county league action are
as follows:
Name School Points
D. Michaells
R. Roberts
D. Siemens
R. Johnson
N. Ollva
T. Larson
T. Sherrlll '
O. Steyskal
D. Buniett
J. Tecumseh
J. Depuy
Sacred Heart
Bonanza
Chiloquin
Malln
Malln
Gilchrist
Merrill
Malln
Bonanza
Bly
Sacred Heart
85
81
70
68
64
60
52
48
45
44
44
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in the administration and in the
Associated Students."
Prior to CasslU's firing ot Cher
berg he had given walkmg papers
to two other football coaches.
Ralph Welch and Howie Odell, and
Hec Edinundson, basketball mentor
for many years.
His resignation left the univer
sity with two Jobs to fill his r.-id
Cherberg's. A score of candidates
have already been named as pos
sible successorsto both. Everest
said Thursday it is not likely a
coach will be chosen before a new
athletic director Is named.
The resignation led to Indica
tions the state Legislative Council,
an Interim offshoot of the Legis
lature, would drop Its projected
probe of the university's athletic
affairs.
The executive committee of the
council recently held hearings re
Amazing Stanford Indians
Face UCLA In PCC Feature
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) The
mystery of the year in West Coast
basketball circles Isn't why Univer
sity of San Francisco keeps on
winning, but rather how Stanford
keeps from losing.
The Indians, who don't look good
enough .to win half their games,
have a 13-2 reoord at this time,
and tonight and tomorrow tangle
with the UCLA bruins for the
Pacific Coast Conference leader
ship. The Bruins, led by Willie Naulls
and Morrle Tail, are heavy favor
ites to win both games, but you
can't discount a club that already
has whipped with comparative
ease such teams as Iowa, Wash
ington, Dartmouth, Wisconsin and
Oregon State. Iowa and Oregon
State are defending champions in
the Big Ten and PCC, respectively.
The team Is made up of com
parative mtdgeui. The tallest man
on the squad is forward Barry
Brown, at 6-4. Brown probably will
play center In place ot the Injured
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garding the athletic troubles with
a view to determining whether a
full-scale Inquiry was warranted.
Thursday night, John L. O'Brien,
speaker of the House of Represent '
atives and chairman ot the council,
said he felt the new developments
eliminated the necessity for furth
er inquiry.
"I feel," he said, "we legisla
tors should give university offi
cials an opportunity to put their
house in order."
The committee's report will be
presented to the council at its next
meeting Feb. 17, but O'Brien's
opposition makes it unlikely the
necessary two-thirds vote can be
obtained to order an investigation.
Immediately after Cassill was
out, Tippy Dye, university basket
ball coach, said he would be Inter
ested in the Job if it were offered
to him.
Carlos Bea, who has had to quit
for the season. The team will
average Just slightly over 6 feet
in height as compared with the
average major college team of 6-4
these days.
Don Lclbendorfer, Stanford pub
licist for the past quarter century,
says -he never has seen an athlete
who gets "100 per cent perform
ance' from his canabllltlcs as does
little Oeorge Seileck (5-8), the
scoring star of the team.
So the Bruins of UCLA will have
something Jul; a wee bit different
to face In this all-Important pair of
contests.
Meanwhile, the Dons of USP go
after their 44th conseculive victory
and 18th this year by taking on
the Fresno State Bulldogs tonight
in a California Basketball Asso
ciation battle.
In other PCC games, Oregon
battles Washington, California
visits Idaho and Washington State
invades Southern California.
Everybody wants
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