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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. 19SR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE 3 B Solid Center by Pap' th OKLAHOMA CMMATCHED A 7" 5 . lift ' , fc-A'i Fleischer Has Eyes Cocked On Patterson-Johansson Title Bout NEW YORK (NEA)-It is typi-l cal of Nat Fleischer that he worked overtime to help a German heavy weight. Max Schmeling, reach this country in 1928. "Herr Nat," as Schmeling called the boxing historian, was given a contract assuring him of 10 p e r cent in return for warding off American hustlers. It is typical, because Schmeling went on to draw $4 million in gate receipts in the United States and Fleischer, who had $220,000 com ing but would have refused it if offered, was far more interested in keeping the contract paper in good condition. He still has it dis played in one of his Ring Maga tine trophy cases. It is also typical of this spright ly 71-year-old boxing man that he should look upon the prospects tor a Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johan sson heavyweight championship outdoor match in New York next June with a slanted eye. He frowns upon the way the match is being made. Johansson is the dashing Swede who knocked out Eddie Machen, the top American challenger, in one round to establish himself as the chief contender for Patterson's title. On the face of it, a big international match would put life back in boxing and help Editor Fleischer's Ring Magazine. But that doesn't faze Nat. "Johansson came here," he barks, "and hid for four days from American newspapermen. Rookie Baylor Leads Mediocre Lakers Bid MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (UPI)- It's tough to make the grade as a rookie in the National Basketball Association, basketball's b 1 g '. league, but it's doubly tough if : you're expected to star on a med iocre team. , ( ',: Elgin Baylor, rookie forward of ;the Minneapolis Lakers, seems ! destined to do just that. Minnea polis fans call him the "greatest" : since George Mikan. The cat-like former AU-Ameri-lean from Seattle University earned this praise by battling for the NBA scoring leadership .jgainst such stalwarts as George : Yardley of Detroit and Bob Petit of St. Louis. He also ranks close in the best in the league in re- bounds and assits. '.- Baylor got off to a fast start with a 25 -point performance sainst Cincinnati and hasn't Elliott Seeks Education Aid MF.i.nnilRNE. Australia (UPD- Perh Elliott. Australia's wonder miler. tndav revealed he has ap' plied for a scholarship to attend Cambridge University in England and may not do any competitive running until the I960 uiympics in Borne. what with study, work, cook Inw and washing in a flat, I have really little lime left for training," airf the lanky Aussie who recent '' Iv turned down a $238,000 offer to : turn professional. '. Elliott also disclosed he plans to marry Anne Dudley, his school' .' cirl sweetheart, next year. ; "The date of our marriage will ;. depend on whether I get the scnoi '. .rshin and leave for England,' Herh said, adding he probably '. would rernain at Cambridge four or five years. "I mav not even be able to re- : turn to Perth for the 12 Empire . Games." he said. "I must concen . trate on my studies ... but I : should he able to take part in the i Rome Olympics." Gardere Prize MORAGA, Calif. (ITU That little guy with the barrel chest and hefty lees who upsets de fenses the way Ty Cobb used to upset infields is Joe Gardere and he may play a mighty role in St. Mary's drive toward the bas ketball heights. Gardere, a sophomore guard, is big as average persons go. He stands five-fpet nine and vnu'ri hesitate to start an argument if tabbed Washington as the team to Washington Team Tabbed Squad To Beat In PCC Race Rv JACK HEW1NS I SEATTLE (API Any me of; five teams could carry off the last basketball pennant of the Pacific Coast Conference and four of them are located in the land of gripes and grapefruit. Washington ap pears to be the only northern club with a chance to crack the Cali fornia cancl. Several southern coaches have with California for the position. Stanford will be in the scramble. too. but will settle for fifth. Idaho ran be troublesome if Harlan Hodges keeps his starters healthy. Oregon Stale should finish above the remaining two. which are Oregon and Washington Slate. in case you haven't kept up. TAKE TO AIRLINES ' MILWAUKEE. Wis. (UPI-The .' .ir.minded Milwaukee Braves will make all road trips next year by! . plane, except lor tne snon jaum between Milwaukee and Chicago. which will oe made by train. The ' team will cover 26,104 air miles during the eason. stopped since. He has game high; of 38 points, 31 rebounds and 11 assists. Coach John Kundla admits he is amazed by Baylor's performance. "Not even Jim Pollard was that good his first season," Kund la said. QUIET ACCEPTANCE Baylor accepts the adulation of the fans and his teammates praise quietly. But, Baylor is one of the quietest athletes ever to hit the big time. Pro ball is about what I ex pected," Baylor said. "I've still a lot to learn, but I'm picking things up every game. Playing good defense is my biggest prob lem. Baylor was also quiet when it came time to sign a contract with the Lakers last spring. Minnea polis took him as its first draft choice, even though he still had year of elizibilitv remaining at Seatle. Laker publicity man Phif Jason said club president Bob Short practically lived with Bay lor before signing him to a con tract estimated between $15,000 and $20,000 a year, a big price for a rookie. IMPRESSIVE RECORD Baylor's college record indica ted he would come -high. He aver aged 32 points a game last year and ranked third in the nation in rebounds. He was named "most valuable" at the NCAA tour n a ment and drew praise as "the best all-around college player in the nation" from the experts. Baylor is a gift to the Lakers not only because of his ability but: also because the fans want to see him. For the past two seasons the Laker franchise has been in dan ger because of poor attendance. Now the Lakers are rising again and it must be credited in large part to Baylor since the rest of the squad is about the same as last year. Attendance is up 16.000 over a year ago and the owners are making a little money at the sale. The cynics cry H i Just a bubble that'll burst when the. league solves Baylor. Baylor doesn't say a thing he just keeps on pour ing in the baskets and drawing the fans. Next he will be openly seeking all the publicity he can get. "He is part of the strangest sit uation I've ever seen. Secreting himself along with his manager, with Patterson's manager, he showed that Cus D'Amato not only is a manager but a promoter, too. This was unheard of until now and should not be permitted." Nat has seen Johansson fight twice and was impressed by his ruggedness. The first time I saw him I was of the opinion he would be a con tender for the championship if giv en time. He has had time. I feel he is worthy as a fighter to meet Patterson without qualifying in an American match. Thus speaks the little man gen erally regarded as the voice of boxing, whether it be in the Fiji Islands, Australia or New York's ancient St. Nicholas Arena. Which is why Fleischer's autt. biography, 50 Years at Ringside, will chalk up $4.95 sales through out the universe. From this you get a pretty good idea of just how much of his life "Herr Nat has put into the fight game. From his office on the mezza nine floor of Madison Square Gar den, Nat conducts a combination publishing-information clearance - overseas aid 'program business which even m these dull boxing days keeps him busy. From James J. Corbett to Pat terson, champions in every class have proudly worn Fleischer's Ring Magazine belt. It has come to mean something to (hem, too, Even the blase Ray Robinson, for example. "You owe me," he made a point of telling Nat, "a belt for the time I beat Gene Fullmer." An autobiography is, in essence, a personal account of a man's life. But Fleischer's "50 Years at Ring side" is actually a history of mod em boxing, an inside anecdote styled recount. he stepped on your foot during the rush hour. But down on the basketball court he looks like somebody's kid brother as he darts in and out of the "tall tim ber" stealing the ball and hitting with clutch baskets from inside and out. 'Gardere will become a tre mendous player," beamed Coach Jim Weaver today, still glowing from watching his Gaels win two games in solid fashion a week ago. end. "He has the desire, can shoot and is good on defense." SOME BALLET Weaver also divulged that Jumping Joe, now 19. took some ballet lessons at the age of 11. 'It's a cinch they didn't hurt him any," Weaver said. "He's a boy with springs in his legs. And he s h o w e d it recently when he r a c e d out onto the Cow Palace floor during the late stages of a wild game with UCLA when the Bruins were on top, 54-50. Gardere hit for one field goal to pull the Gaels up closer and Dick Sigaty's shot sent things into pvertime. Now Joe climbed aboard his scooter in earnest and netted two more fielders, passed neatly for another and stole the ball from a UCLA sortie to insure St. Mary's its 62-59 win. NICE TRY "Did you see the way he went up on the boards to try and stop a shot by Brian Kmff of UCLA? Weaver asked. "It was a tremen dous leap. Joe almost pinned the ball against the board but not enough and it squirted into the basket for a goal. Little athletes are supposed to be the pepperpots of a ball team but Weaver says that Joe uses the "soft sell" rather than the hard one. "He's a quiet sort of guy," the optimistic coach said. "He talks it up but not very loudly, usually the only ones who hear him are the players nearest to him." Weaver hopes that the officials will get used to some of Gar dere's downcourt dashes pretty early this season. He has a deceptive run that makes him look as if he were traveling but he isn't," Weaver said. beat and plan to do it. This is in line with an old coaching strategy of fattening up an enemy for the kill. If you can talk everyone into believing somebody else's team is the favorite, all of them will shoot the works at the chosen club and you will escape the pressure. While UCLA, Southern Cal, Stan ford and California are pulting the finger on Tippy Dye of Washing ton, each one is secretly dreaming pennant dreams. And each of the four is good enough to take the title. The otn-?r Northwest teams are not expeced to be in the pic ture, although Idaho could be the season's dusky pony. That great finger-pointer, John ny Wooden, probably will bring UCLA home in first place. He'll get his most serious argument from Forry Twogood at Southern Cal. We look for Washington to finish third or fourth, scrapping The chamnion" left-handed story teller of the Pacific Northwest is Earl Johnson, former southpaw baseball thrower for the Boston Red Sox. . . His portsided brother. Chet, also can put a sharp curve a verb. . . At last look a team called the Tired Businessmen was leading the Yakima City basket ball league . . . Jim Owens will modify his foot ball offense next year at Washing ton but says he will not junk the split-T, as has been rumored. Oscar Paces Scorers HOCKEY) Scores Js National Hockey League By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday Results New York 2, Detroit 0 Montreal 4, Toronto 1 Friday Games No games scheduled Cougar alumni in Seattle are try ing to generate some action to ward having one of next year's two WSC-Oregon games booked lor the University of Washington Sla dium . .. Don't panic the high school all-star football game will not be dropped, although the Wash mgton lnterscholastic Activities Assn. is regarding it as a hot po tato . . . Hunters are puzzled when the State Highway Commission issues road reports on the "east" and "west" sides of Satus Pass, where the highway lur.s north and south . . . The Seattle Totems of the Western Hockey League are nego tiating for a post-season exhibition series in Tokyo. . . Suggestion for the Northwest and Evergreen Conferences: Why not merge, but maintain separate identities as the Northwest and Evergreen Divisions of a single league? A team in one division could play three or four football opponents annually in the other, counting the results in the overall standings. Inter-divisional playoffs could settle basketball and base ball titles and a conference track meet would become a major event . . . And this Christmas don't bet on the reindeer; Santa's got it in the bag . . . It - ILTT -iCSc. V I Miiiiiiiijiiriiirn1iiViTT"iiiTit,-''"iirTBiiiiirr'iT"Ti NEW YORK (UPD-Oseir Rob- ertson of Cincinnati jumped off t one of the fattest scoring starti in major college basketball his tory with a record average of 42.7 points in the Bearcats first three games this season. Robertson, defending national basketball scoring champion, tal lied 128 points in the first two weeks of the new campaign as he sought to drop a sophomore stand ard that brought him All-America honors. Robertson scored more points (984) at a faster pace (35.1) than any first-year varsity player in college history last season. Through Saturday, Dec. 1, Rob ertson outgunned all rivals with his 42.7 percentage. Bailey Howell of Mississippi State wass the Bear cat star's closest competitor with a 38.0 average. Bob Booser of Kansas State was third with 36.5 and Pittsburgh's Don Hennon fol lowed with 34.5. Jon Cincebox of Syracuse topped the list in field goal percentage with .644 on 38 of 59 attempts. Io na's George Carter was second with 33 of 53 for .623. Hank Stein, who helped lead Xavier of Ohio to the National Invitational Tournament cham pionship last season, was off to a fine start at the free throw line as he sank 25 of 2 attempts for .962 percentage. In the rebounds department, Clarence Red of Loyola of Chi cago dominated the backboards as he grabbed 80 of 326 caroms to become the only sophomore among the early-season leaders. Don Jaones of Niagara made 47 of 213 recoveries for second place. Ohio University scored 30S points in tlree games for a lead ing average of 101.7. Cincinnati was second with 95.7 and Miami of Florida close by at 95.0. Okla homa State allowed only 118 pomU (39.7 per game) to top the major teams in defense. Santa Clara was next with a 42.0 mark. Rangers Blank Red Wings 2-0 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS They said it probably would take a shutout from goalie Gump Worsley for the New York Rangers to beat the Detroit Red Wings this season. So Worsley did it. The tiny New York goal-tender made 38 saves, many of them dif ficult, and the Rangers, regaining fourth place in the National Hock ey League, beat the Wings for the first time in six meetings, 2-0 Thursday night. The loss was a cos'.ly one for the second place Red Wings, who slipped six points behind the league-leading Montreal Canadiens after Montreal whipped Toronto 4-1. FEATURE LECTURER COLUMBIA, S.C. (UPIl-Tset. hall Coach Darrell Royal of the University of Texas will be a feature lecturer at the annual South Carolina Coaches Associa tion clinic next August. ELK HUNT SUCCESS Ivan Doak, Chiloquin, stands by a fin trophy rack of horns taken from a 9-point bull elk ha shot this season. Doak shot the animal near Elgin. Modoc '5' Hosts ALTURAS-Eight Northern Cal ifornia and Southern Oregon bas ketball teams are entered in the Reservation JC To Sponsor Shoot KLAMATH AGENCY A turkey and ham shoot sponsored by the Klamath Reservation Jaycees is scheduled for Sunday, December 21, on' the range one mile east of Chiloquin on the Copco right of way. Special events for rifles, shot guns, pistols and bow and arrows are slated with a trapshooting event to be held separately. Shoot ing will start at noon and con tinue until dusk. Lunch and refreshments will be served on the range. Eight Team Meet second annual Modoc Invitational Tourney which got under way here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, sched uled to be concluded on Saturday. Saturday games begin at 8 a.m. The elimination meet, which was won by the host Alturas Modoc Braves last year, includes entries from Malin, Dunsmuir, Tulelake, Fall River, Big Valley, Surprise Valley, Trinity and Alturas. Class B squads are registered from all of the schools except Ma lin and Trinity. Green May Rejoin Royals CINCINNATI, Ohio (UPI)-Si- hugo (Si) Green, may reurn to action with the Cincinnati Royals after Jan. 1, doctors who diag nosed his ailment as a brain con tusion said Thursday. Exhaustive tests made on the former Duquesne University All America basketball star at Christ Hospital here revealed Thursday that he was suffering from a brain contusion and not a blood clot as believed. However, he must remain in the hospital an other week. Had the tests indicated a cere bral blood clot, Green would have had to undergo immediate surg ery, Dr. Frank Mayfield, who headed the team of surgeons ex amining Green, said. Dr. May- field said a brain contusion did not necessitate an operation. looking for a gift with eld-fashioned flavor? 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