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The 'King1
Eyes Future
With Yiks
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-"Thc
King" is not dead.
That comes straight from Hugh
MrElhenny. onetime "king" of
broken field runners whose nine
year reign with the ban Francisco
Forty Niners came to an end
Thursday when the Minnesota
Vikings acquired him frflhi the f;
National Football League slock-
pile .
"I feel that I can help Minne
ota for at least a couple of years
at halfback and maybe even
longer if I'm used a.s a flanker,"'
the 31-year-old McElhenny said
today.- "1 had an idea I might
leave the Forty Niners but
thought I would be traded. I am
quite pleased by the deal, how
ever, and will play anywhere they
want. That includes at tackle lfj
It helps them."
There have been indications!
that relations were cool between
McElhenny and coach Red Hickcy
of the Forty Niners.
"I have no comment to make
on that." McElhenny said. "But
I'm sure looking forward to play
ing . under the old Dutchman
(Norm Van Brocklin). How will
he do as a coach? I think he is
very capable. Anybody who has
been a quarterback in the Na
tional League as long as he has,
knows football."
McElhenny, a shifty runner!., .
with blazing speed, was at nis I i ip
Those were the years when he was
hailed as "The King." And he
could do no wrong as he broke
loose on long gainers of 30 to 50
yards and up. He was used Boston .17
Philadelphia ... 31
Syracuse 23
New York 16
and the late Billv Hamilton are
the latest additions to baseball's
Hall of Fame. The two former
National Leaeue center fielders.
One week doesn't make a bas- f.,m.,n fr their hase-stcalin.. .-.hili.
I.-.L.-1I L..1 iL;. IJ. . . " . .
""""" "'"-.ly, win oc inuucica lormaiiy .iuiy.lnd Boslon flom lm lo ml
T ., ' T at me Hail ol ramc in Coopers-fKnown fls .Si(in Bily hc
.NUIWI Ldiuillld, IWI, .IU auuill- own. N.Y. .,! 707 hn Ih. all.limo lnr.on
crn Cahfornia-a havoc-wrecking Carev. 70. holder of Hie modern a i , .,A io
u,u. ju.i ;iauonai League record lor stolen 140 with Kansas C itv in the Amcri
leader Ohio State to stumble. bases with 738 in a 20-vear r.necr ..., a.. i .. k;h
while the beat-em ail Bucksltrom 1!)10 to l!i2!l with Pittsburgh ; itself a tnaior league If those
take their Ill-game winning streak and Brooklyn, said in Miamiiwere counted his total would be
on the road against Wisconsin iscacii, fin., lie was nappy ami, 917
(Monday) and Michigan (batur-i proud of the honor of being se-i T1, ..... .., ,,. nami,H Sun
day), a pair 01 scconn-oivistoniiecieu. max expecis 10 ne oni--
Rin Taii rliihr.. the nlhniK have hand nersona v when his 11 anuci'"-""1" ""i
TWICE AROUND SAFELY The
Klamath Union Pelicans present at least five rea
sons why they are ranked number one among Oregon Prep basketball teams: Bruce
Bricltner, Gary Patzke, Wally Palmberg, Freddie Biehn and Ray Taylor. The Pels com
pleted their second trip around the Southern Oregon Conference circuit unbeaten
by belting Medford 73-58 here Saturday night. Pictured are, at top, from left to right,
Patzke, as he casts off with two points, while Biehn watches in the background;
Palmberg passing over the top of Medford's Dick Ragsdale and Brickner releasing an
other successful hook. At the bottom Taylor matches muscles with Ragsdale at left,
and Scott Eaton, number 2 I.
Celtic
Five
Widens Gap;
In Sight
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eastern Division
W..
L. Pet. C.B.
15 .712
21 .5 (I
27 .4H0 12 'i
36 .308 20'j
Oregon High School Basketball
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
North Bend 79, Cottage Grove
49
Star of the Sea (Astoria) 61,
Western Division
W.. L. Pet. G.B.
St. Louis 34
Detroit 24
Los Angeles ... 22
Cincinnati 23
17 .667
28 .462
31 .415
35 .397
Barring a
mainly in spot work last season
and some of the Kezar Stadium
punditry claim that Mac has
slowed down.
"I don't think I have." he
countered. "It's true, though, that
I'm running in faster company
now. A lot of kids are in the
league today w ho can do the 100
in 9.5. That wasn't the case when
I broke in." I
At the moment, McElhenny is BOSTON 'AP
negotiating with some partners, to complete collapse, the Boston Ccl-
clarl a hain fit onvoru ctfirpc'lir-e Vtnm thoii- fiFth clrsiuhl Va.
O.K. B ff..J ..... ....... ...... ..,.,,.,. ..u
in tliA Cjnta Plum area ahnul SO tinnal R:tcL-iM hall Accnfialinn tTacl.'
miles south of here. He intends ern Division title in the bag.
to maintain his residence at Los That was the word from the
Altos Hills. . happy, weary defending world
After taking a look at the newchampS after Sunday's nationally
Viking roster, he said that he televised 128-115 triumph over
wasn't too familiar with thelrhallenger Philadelphia. It gave
Owls Share
No. 2 Spot;
EOC Leads
Orpgon Collegiate Confcrrnce
W L Pet.
Eastern Oregon
n .1 1 a .
Clatskanie 49 . u. o.-.e
tlplrnil 01 f'h..maua i Uiegon lecn
Glenwood, Wash., 50. Mosier .w'Southcrn Oregon
Warrenton 76, Concordia (Port- u'UB.un ,
land 1 50
Ncslucca (Cloverdalc) 64, Ne
ahkahnie 49
South Eugene 78, Willamette
"'iM Eugene 1 59
13 . Hoscburg 62. Marohficld 58 '
Sorincfield 58. Thurston (Soring-
field 1 47
Clackamas 57, Astoria 54
Hcrmiston 41. Walla Walla 36
Glendale 74. Glide 44
Knappa 55. Corbctt 41
Riddle 61, Myrtle Creek 56
Grants Pass 70, Crater (Central
6 2 .750
5 3 .625
5 3 .625
4 4 .500
TQSSS
Hamilton, who died m 1940. was headed by Warren Brown ol the
one of the truly great stars of the Chicago American, which con-pre-1900
davs of baseball. He hadsidcrs only men who have been
a lifetime batting average of .314 1 inactive as players for at least
while plaving with Philadelphia 30 years. It was their first chance
lo honor Carcv w ho previously had1
beoiv under the jurisdiction of the
baseball writers who select from
among those out of
least five years but not more
than 30.
Carey, known as "Scoop" for
his great knack of coming in fast
to grab sinking liners, played the
body (2,421) and holds the league
record for most assists (339) by
an outfielder. In 1922 lie was
caught only twice in 53 attempted
steals. ( -
Max played with Pittsburgh
from 1910 to the middle of 1923
when he went lo Brooklyn on
waivers. He Dlnved with the Dodir.
baseball at ; ers through 1929 and managed
Ihe club in 1932-33 until replaced
by Casey Stengel, an old tenm
mate. Since then hc has coached,
managed minor league teams,
scouted and worked as an official
outfield more games than any-lat dog races in Florida.
some championship elimination
matches coming up in probably
the most important week of the
season.
St. Bonavenlure (14-1), second-
ranked nationally, plays at Mar
quette Tuesday, then heads for
New York's Madison Square Gar
den for a showdown with third-
ranked Bradley (14-1) on Thurs
day. Bradley first goes to Cincin
nati, a surging club with a 9
game winning streak, (or a Mis
souri Valley Conference challenge
on Tuesday.
Fourth-ranked North Carolina
and fifth-ranked Duke renew their
battle for the regular season title
in the Atlantic Coast Conference
the only title the probation-penalized
Tar Heels have to aim at
this time around.
The Tar Heels, 12-2 with a 10-
game winning streak, play Clem-
son Tuesday and Maryland Thurs
day before colliding with Duke at
Durham on Saturday. Duke, its
only loss in 15 games to North
Carolina in Ihe Dixie Classic final,
plays at South Carolina Tuesday.
Ninth-ranked Southern Califor
nia, now 14-2 and unbeaten in its
last seven games, defends its Big
Five Conference lead against runner-up
UCLA Friday and Satur
day in the two-game set that
could decide which goes into the
NCAA tournament.
All Ihe other conference teams
Conference basketball are in action during the week as
64-57 overtime vic-jwell as the independent clubs that
Klamath falls, Ore. Monday, January 30, 1961
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Saturday results: Eastern Ore
gon 64. Portland State 57; Oregon
Tech 70, Oregon College 64.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eastern Oregon took sole con
trol of first place in the Oregon
Collegiate
race with
lory over Portland Slate Satur-iare trying lo build up credentials
day night. . (or consideration for the non-aulo-i
The teams went into the game'matic berths ,n the two post sea "vrf'niJL
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Larry Applegale, with 28 points, the NIT.
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players nor had any idea about
what the club would do its first
Boston a six-game division lead
the largest of Ihe season
over the Warriors.
"They'll never catch us now
season.
"We might surprise few-
people even it we aren i expccien lain Bob Cousy opinecj. -Not
to have a good year," he de-now Not uncss tt(1 a drop
clared. "The Dallas Cowboys Lcad."
didn't have much of a record (11
losses and a tie) but they weren't
exactly pushovers."
McElhenny claims that hc is
worried over the prospect of col
lid ine with such former team
mates as Leo Nomellini and
Cousy put on one of his typically
brilliant exhibitions in a first quar
ter scoring burst that quickly put
the game out of reach.
Boston ran off a string of 23
straight points, 11 of Ihem by
Walla i 41
Henley 81
Weekend
Malin 48
Cnllrge Basketball
EAST
Providence 78. Scranlon 56
ConiMus 97, Crcighlon 89 lot
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Cousy, in the first period burst
, , - rr4 Vmorcias rniiancipnia went n minutes
land one second without scoring.
. That was the end of it.
defenses.
"Thev wer ereat cuvs to nlav
ith" he said. "Now I gotta Stone-cold Philadelphia hit only
day' against them. And they can five of 23 shots in the first period
se tough.
Pointi 59 . ,Pacea lne winners, wno used a Bradley, which whipped M'
Douglas (Dillardi 50, Oakland"11 court Press slow down tholnuelte 84-68 in the national TVi
35 Portlanders. He got four of hislpamc last Saturday, could just
Klamath Falls 73, Medford ss! Points in lhe overtime. iaboiit put away the Missouri Val-
Madras 76, Sherman 34 Bill Turner, with 16. was high ry title if it can win at Cincinnati.
Weston 53, St. Joseph (Walla, 10r lne iaicrs. iThe Thursday battle with St. Bon-
uri-gun iccn nanoco winicssiaventure in New York could de
Orrgon College its eighth leaguetide lhe successor in the polls lo
defeat, 70-64, and moved into a uhio Slate should the Buckeyes
third place tic with Portland' falter. The RonniM onlv lowi was:
Slalc- jby two poinus to Ohio Stale in
Eastern Oregon will play a non-the Garden's Holiday Festival in
conference game at Whitman to-liipcrmhcr
"'night, then will entertain South-1
ern Oregon in a
" next weekend.
v.cgon iccn aiso win oe on ine;poms anrf I1-America Jerry Lu-
, raring lta5 ni)f1 7 po,niSf 17 rebounds
pair at Portland State an(1 , bl,ndle of a5sjsL, to over.
ome a 26-pomt burst by Purdue's
U
while Boston struck on 16 of 30
attempts from the floor. Boston Mary 69
took a 38-16 quarter lead and VMI 101
POLL 'boosied it up as much as 40 points
NEW YORK Wilma Rudolph, before a late scoring hurst by
inner of three Olympic gold Wilt Chamberlain cut the final
riedals. was named oul.standinq;scorc He finished with 46. but got
oman athlete of 19 in Assori-oniy lour in ine important nrsi
ited Press poll. 'period.
Dailmouth W. Boston
(ccperimertal niles1
Dartmouth 85, Boston
'norma! rules'
.MIDWEST
Ohio State f. Purdue 62
Indiana 81. DePaul 78
Wichita 91. Tulsa 74
Bradley 64, Marquette 68
Kansas St. 45. Oklahoma St.
SOLTH
Duke 79. Clcmson 59
West Virginia "6. William
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H ill 55. Santa Clara 51
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