FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. 19SR
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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 . . .
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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.
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