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And especially see these wonderful new Stitch and Bahama to Battle Tonight LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Welter weight Rudell Stitch meets Yams Bahama in a nationally televised (ABC) 10 rounder here tonight By TOM KOECK OWATONNA Minn Larry Ren a oharpohooting and steady rebounding carried Austin Junior College to 78 41 victory over Pillsbury College to open the 1958 59 basketball campaign here Tuesday night The former Pacelll star guard poured in 24 points while Bill Grant Jerry Nelson and Gordon Bolke cleared the boards as the Blue Devils opened an early 'lead and were never pressed Austin rolled to an 18 0 lead in the first six minutes before Lar ry Mangnuson flipped in a field goal to break the ice for the Com ets Only the rise of the score remained in doubt when the Blue Devils left the floor with a 27 17 lead at halftime Off to alate start Mary Pacelll basketball team hopes to pick up ground by playing a dou bleheader this weekend The State Catholic defending champions open the 1958 89 sea son riday night against Loyola at Mankato and return home Sat urday for a jnon conference start against strong Minneapolis Central game a Ravoux Con ference affair begins at A PJn With only two regulars back from last championship team Crowe has been busy plug ging holes but progress has been slow orward Leon Zender and guard Larry Scheid will be counted upon to carry the load against Loyola as inexperience will plague the Shamrocks the early part of the reason With Zender and Scheid fixtures other members of the starting quint are forward Bob Schottler up from the team center Mike Donovan and guard Jack Meyers lettermen last year Two others are for ward Gerry Maschka and guard Jim Decker while guards Mike Wagner and Vernoh Heimer have a chance to crack the lineup The rest of the varsity squad includes center Roger Schiltz guards Maurice Joel Dio Rockers I Mike Seery and Charlie Smith and forwards John Killoren Joe I Hastings Larry Renville and Ger ry Ray I Crowe has not been satisfied I with the progress but figures the club will improve with age and experience His big problem is to find a reliable replacement for Orris Jir ele and a big Job Schottler who is handling the pivot is much slower than Orris but he can do some things well and he is im 1 proving Donovan in Mike spot has shown flashes of real promise but he is not consistent He is a good rebounder Meyers has been making pro gress as a guard in Steve old spot and he is coming fast Maschka has been handicapped with a pulled tendon in his foot but he should come along once the in jury heals Decker has shown de tensive skill and is both quick: and fast "jLoyola which lost its opener to aribault Bet' week lacks bote sire and experi ence Coach Jim Korth has three I lettermen available forward Jim Bierman and centers Dan Scheur er and Tom Bierman Loyola will be lacking height as only two starters hit the 6 0 le vel They are forwards Ron Kit 1 telson and Bierman both 6 2 It is likely Tom Bieter 5 11 will be at center with John Max i field and Whitey Mueller both 5 8 at the guards Top subs are forwards Mike Rey nolds Bob Camberlain Don Bunt jer and Brad rench center Har dy Reyerson and guards Mike Har rington and Ed Reiners have a good grohp but have to jell before we can become a good basketball Korth says boys have the ability Olson Scores Ring Victory Over Young OAKLAND Calif (AP) Chalk Select aletter from otfr trylon and mail in our special Santa Claus mailbox EX COACH DIES CEDAR RAPIDS I a ffl Moray Leon Eby one of all time great football coaches died at his home Tuesday He suf fered a heart attack a year ago last March but had been in fair health since He was 81 CM" BLOOMING PRAIRIE Cracking: under pressure in th fourth period Blooming Prairie dropped a 51 39 Gopher Conference basketball decision to Ellendale here Tuesday night Things were looking good for coach Jim Blossoms un til the final frame They led 24 16 at halftime and held a 33 31 ad vantage at the three quarter mark But it was a different story in the final frame when Ellendale rallied to outscore the Blossoms 20 6 win the Leading the late drive by visitors was Jay Rasmussen who col per and Lions Battle 314769 ans See Gopher Home Games MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ive home Minnesota football games this fall drew 314769 spectators a drop of 25952 from last year Largest crowd 64485 watched the Iowa game while Michigan State starting center job But we'll want drew the smallest 53647 to see how well he can ketball season with a 44 38 victory over Mounds View Tuesday night while three other members of the Big Nine Owatonna Northfield end Mankato also won non con ference games The clean sweep gave Big Nine quints a 6 3 record in games again 7 st non conference opponents The Wingers held a 23 18 lead at the half and were paced by Dave 16 points Bill Gribble connected for 16 points for Mounds View which defeat ed Rochester 57 36 last riday Northfield winner over Owaton na last week edged Hastings 48 46' in a double overtime as Bruce Carol scored the winning points in the sudden death period Carol finished with 18 points while Dave JPoehler matched that figure for Hastings Mankato woo Its second straight game with a 60 53 triumph over airmont Jim Strom connected for 25 points to pace the Scarlets Elmer Roalson led the losers with 15 points Owatonna had little trouble sub duing LeSueur 153 49 and led all the way Tom Ixnrrie found the range for 15 points while 'Jim Russell added 14 Dick Kaperok tallied 12 points for LeSueur Winona swings into action to night when they host LaCrosse Lo gan in a non conference game 4Big Nine Quintets Win 'ft Hi it 5 "Wfrffli bed had enough MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Award ing of 29 football letters and four in cross country was announced Tuesday by the University of Min Senate Committee on In tercollegiate Athletics ootball letters went to: Arlie Bomstad Lake Lillian rank Brixius StCloud Tom Brown Bill Chorske Jerry riend Gregory Larson Jerry Shetler Bob Soltis Mike Svendsen Mike Wright all of Minneapolis Bob Charon Grand Rapids Mich Ev Gerths Dodge Center Perry Geh ring Yankton' SD Roger Hag berg Bruce Hammond and Tom Robbins all of Rochester Jon Jacoby Grand orks ND Dick Johnson Red Wing Larry John son and Tom Edina Bill Kauth Wisconsin Rapids Gary Melchert Morris Dean Odegard and Jerry Wallin of St Paul Jim Reese Ronkonkoma NY Jim Rogers Mankato Joe Salem Sioux alls SD Ken Schultz Pelican Rapids Minn Norm Six ts Pennock and Bob Edelman of Minneapolis manager Cross country letters were awarded to Gene Bontems Du luth Bud Edelen and Bill Erick son Sioux alls SD and Jer ome Larson Minneapolis Eighteen of the football letter men have eligibility remaining Minnesota Daily Cracks at Club MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Uh iversity of Minnesota student pub lication says the club should tissue something concrete or keep of athletic situ ation An editorial in the Minnesota Daily said the alumni lettermen group was "pussy in statement it issued early this week Hie statement declared the Club directors to be ed and over some as pects of the Minnesota athletic sit uation ERNIE BANKS Banks said he believes record of 60 bpmers in a season will be broken But he added know if I will be the one ta do it or even come Banks joined Marty Marion for mer St Louis great as theqnly shortstop to win the MVP award since the baseball writers took over the voting in 1931 Marion won in the war year of 1944 al though he batted only 267 hit six homers and drove in 63 runs One of the surprises in the vot ing was the 12th place finish of Stan Musial the St Louis Cardi tljree time MVP winner who gathered but 39 points GORDON ELECTRIC INC Prices and Terms to it Aay Purse Call Sam or Esther at HE 3 2363 dS cdhdtc HERAI By DAVE BOSTON Home run king Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs had plenty of bad news for oppos ing pitchers today after winning the National Most Valu able Player award for 1958 just come upon this knack of hitting home said the young slugger who crashed 47 homers to shatter his major record tor shortstops 'Banks 'whose homer butput and 129 runs batted in topped both ma jor Leagues was an overwhelm ing choice for MVP in the vote counting Tuesday by the' Baseball Assn of America Named on every ballot he polled 16 of the 24 first place votes cast by writers in the eight National League cities and piled up '283 points the highest total since Willie Mays won the MVP in 1954 Mays the only other player list ed on every ballot drew three first place votes and 185 points for hia tremendous efforts for the San rancisco Giaqts last season Hank Aaron Milwaukee Braves the 1957 MVP was third with 166 points followed by rank Thomas' Pittsburgh Pirates with 143 and southpaw Warren Spahn Braves with 1O81 7 Banks 27 said he was surprised by his selection and called the honor hard one to get for there certainly are a Jot of valuable 1 players around besides A veteran of five full seasons with the Cubs he said he figures he has lot of years ahead of think my peak as a player I is yet to said the 6 foot i 180 pounder 1O AUSTIN (Minn) HERALD Wednesday Nov 26 '58 QUIET OUTBOARD MOTORS Jeppesen Ron and Whitey John son and Tom Benson were' th vets in the starting lineup Ron led with 24 points Benson had and Whitey 13 Mario Miller hit 13 for the feterves abd Butler 10 think well have mor depth this year than St any time In Cowles said put in a lot of time on defense tad I think th gam showed Lehman worked at guard Thies day'rflght 'and may stay at th position or shuttle between there and forward Despite hl lack collegiate experience the former Minneapolis De La Salle star al ready is the strongest defensive player on the team play him some in our opener against Cowles said kne ready for full time play yet of course so rush Cowles hu mor overall height this year than ever Dave Griffin th third eenter la Ron Johnson 6 7 Butler 6 8 Jeppesen 6 7 Skadeland and Lehman 9 and Benson 6 4 HWgA HO I ft It Browning Johnnies all to St Cloud By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two Minnesota colleges broke even in non conference basketball games with out of state opponents Tuesday night i 1 St Cloud State was taking an 86 78 victory over St St Cloud counted 52 points in the second half after coming out of the first with a 40 34 deficit Vem Baggenstpss hit 26 and Ron Ramenek 19 to pace the winnera titlists last season the Minnesota College Conference Norb Kowal kowski had 21 for the Johnnies Two freshmen Ted Landry and Tom Ruddy bucketed 19 apiece as St playing on its home court turned back Stevens Point Wis State 89 68 The losers best was Laverne 11 so lucky was Minneapolis Augsburg which traveled to Wisconsin for a 75 68 defeat by Eau Claire State which led 36 23 at the half The Auggies counted 28 field goals to 25 for the victors But they fell down at the free throw line with 12 of 14 while Eau Claire was hooping 25 of 32 Dick Robinson was top roofer with 25 and Len Van De Hay was tops for Eau Claire at Minnesota i Larks Beaten I by St Charles ST CHARLES Minn 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His two receptions set a new school record of 65 passes caught in one year and Dial still has a game to go Saturday againstBay lor The old record was 64 set by Billy Howton now with the Green Bag packers in 1951 His TD pass leaves him one shy of roggie Williams career mark of 13 made in four years of var sity competition Dial has only three Jim Sherburn of North Texas State drew a top nomination for his play as linebackers in spark ing North 21 10 victory over Louisville Wichita Larry Stoelizing was also nated Dartmouth guard Bob voted the outstanding lineman in the Princeton Dartmouth game Saturday drew the nod of some Eastern writers and broadcasters Other nominees: Jerry Donohue Iowa State tackle Sherrill Hend rick Texas Christian guard Hen ry Christopher Southern Metho dist end Billy Hdbon Arkansas Guard and Holub Texas games battled the Lions to a 13 13 yard pass from quarterback Jon Tech center tie earlier this year in Green Bay Schnable for only touch PLAYS AT MANKATO LOYOLA RID AY SIGN THE SEASON tackle Ed Bagdonas who wears No 79 for Cadet grid team looks at sign put 1 up by barrack mates at Military Academy Jues day Ed from Gardner Mass is slated for starting as signment against Naval Academy in Philadelphia Sat I urday (AP Photofax) Mtvn Wins Cage Opener Over Wykoff ELKTON Minh Elkton WM its opening basketball game of the reason when they edged Wykoff 55 51 in a non conference attrac tion here Tuesday night It was a rough tough battle as the Southland Conference de fending champions went all out to stay ahead ofjast District One leaders Elkton had a two point advan tage when the first quarter end ed 11 9 and held a similar mar gin 25 23 at the half Then Coach Rtlph Petter's Elks built a 10 point lead only to turn cold and watch it melt into a 38 38 tie at the end of th third period The aecond half was marred by Elkton fouls as they sought to over come Wykoff's pressing defense Wykoff captallzed at the free throw line scoring most of thelf points that way llarv Jendene tallied 24 points to lead Elkton Devern Johnson followed with 11 or Wykoff it was Gary Sikking with 17 and Tom Nash with 16 Elkton woo the preliminary game 84 23 SPORT SHOP ADAMS MINN Home Run King Banks Most Valuable in NL USEM CHEVROLET CO Bridge ranklin Dial HE 34177 il one sided victory for Robo Olson a hungry former mid dieweight champiou now fighting as a light heavy Bobo pounded Paddy Young A into submission in six rounds Tuesday night Referee Jek Dow ney went over to pug nose earner after th sixth and was told by lb seconds the New Yorker Pacelli aces Opener MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minne sota is heading into th 195849 basketball season with some of the finest young material Coach Ozzie Cpwles has ever assetnbled at the school This was the strongest impres sion left by Tuesday an nual intrasquad game won by the regulars 7J 61 The Gophers have enough expe rienced hands to void an over balance of sophomores It was the veterans who produced the heav iest scoring Tuesday night a pat tern that probably will not change much during th season But Cowles was gratified with the work of sophomores like Paul Jerry Butler Tom Skad eland Curt Thalberg and Dick Erickson 3 Thalberg is the only regular of the crew although Lehman Is al most certainty to start once his leg injury heals completely His appearance In the intra squad game was unexpected wanted to give him a chance for some work" said Cowles thought he did very well until be The 6 8 Lehman a slim but broad shouldered young man un questionably Is the finest prospect of the newcomer He hit four of five field goal attempt Tuesday night? all from 20 feet or further and played a strong defensive game thought Butler looked very good on defense and with his re Cowles said pressing Warren Jeppesen for the ELLENDALE Unable to hit consistently Rose Creek dromsed 33 25 non conference basketball verdict to Ellendale finished with 28 points and Tuesday night It was the opener for coach Darold Indians and they suffered a slight case of first game jitters They trailed 8 2 at the quarter and were down 14 9 at halftime Rose Creek managed to takethe lead at the start of the third per iod by scoring four straight bas kets but fell behind at the three quarter mark 23 19 Bill Disher paced Ellendale with 11 points while Roger Updahl finished with seven or Rose Creek Jim Ulwelling scored nine and Gary Schammel followed with six Ellendale the preliminary game 32 19 Bv WE DOES DETROIT (AP) A nationwide television audience will gel a chance to see the defending World champion Detroit Lions in action Thanksgiving Day and Coach George Wilson is encouraging comment from the fan' any of them see wrong with the Lions this year I hope let me in on said the head coach The botton has dropped out of the Lions this season After win ning the world championship in dramatic come from behind style in last stretch drive the Lions have had just about every thing go against them this year always said you have to be real lucky in this Wil son season just proves right Last year we were getting all the breaks and I we took advantage of them and! won the close ones This year the) ball has bounced the other way We seem to do anything! right not for very long at stretch 3 5 1 for the season" meet the Green Bay Packers Thursday in the traditional Thanksgiving Day clash at Briggs Stadium Game time is 12 noon and De troit is favored The Packers who have only one victory in mine Green Bay in Drops Opener 1 5 Name Rice End Dial as Lineman of Week Ji rj I Bv JACK CLARY Associated Press Sports Writer down' Buddy Dial the swift hard tackling Rice end be mak ing a return visit to the Cotton Bowl New Day to star as he did in a losing cause against Navy last Jan 1 But have the consolation of knowing he was picked as Lineman of the Week today by The Associated Press for playing his greatest game against this year host performance in a 21 10 losing cause to Texas Christian last Saturday earned him Line man ot the Week honors in the weekly AP poll of sportswriters and broadcasters leu's victory gained it the Southwest Conference tide and the Cotton Bowl host spot against an opponent yet to be named But the Horned rogs came away froth their victory at Houston racing about Jhe rangy Dial and his defensive acrobatics His offensive play hurt him either The 6 foot 1 185 pound senior from Magnolia Texas caught two passes One was a 21 Austin aces Blue Earth on Saturday Big Nine basketball teams get in opening lick for the confer ence title riday night but one of the favorites Austin will be idle Ove Packers 56 48 win ner over Richfield of the Lake Con ference last week continues again st non conference competition and plays Blue Earth at home Saturday night Blue Earth opened its Mason by spilling Winnebago 44 27 list riday This Is the first ot two home games for Austin atf's they open Big Nine play Dec 5 hosting Rochester The Packers looked both good and bad against Richfield but part of the Inconsistent play was blam ed on the fact Berven used 12 men He plans to continue experiment ing against Blue Earth in an ef fort to have the best possible com bination ready for the opening Big Nine game fj While the Packer lineup is not set likely starters are center Jim I Miller forwards Clayton Reed and Jerry Goodwin and guards Tom Kezar and Mike Marineau Good twin and Reed sparked the Austin attack 'against Richfield provid ing the punch in a third period up rising Big eard finds Albert Lea at Owatonna Red Wing the defending champion at Rochester Winona at Northfield and aribault at Mankato' I' An abbreviated Austin area pro gram because of the Thanksgiv ing holiday finds Hayfield at Ad ams and Blooming Prairie at Med ford in a Gopher Conference Rensink Tallies 24 as Blue Devils Win Although it was evident both teams needed more work there 1 was no lack of fast action "While Pillsbury failed to pro vide serious opposition they did i prots parity with fast break of fenu that was tough to defame I Lack consistent shooting and I failure to match superior i rebounding contributed to he downfall With a safe 20 pofot spread at halftime Austin coach Hal Cuff used the opportunity to work in the reMrves and all member of the' 15 tnan traveling squad saw action Lack of experience and polish was evident but Cuff hu a good nucleus and the Blue Devils should gain ground once they learn to work as a unit Rensink Cuff hu a superb performer Not only did he score well and often but his defensive work wu above reproach Along with Roger Booher the Blue Devils have a capable pair of guards Grant Bolke and Nel son did some things well but they showed disturbing inability to score from the outside Against Pillsbury the I Devils lack opportunities They broke loose for 90 shots and contributed 34 baskets They fin ished with 10 free throws in 21 attempts The Comets dropped on ly 17 of 72 attempt from the field and added seven free throws in 17 chances 24 points came off 11 buckets and two free throws He was one of three Austin players to crack double figures as Bolke added 14 and Nelson 10 Eleven of the 15 boys who saw action scored points Top performer for the Comet wu guard Ray Pratt whose speed and cleverness offset his 5 8 sta tore Pratt contributed five bas kets and a free throw for 11 points while the only other effec tive scorer was Dick Graves who added eight points before he foul ed out Cuff cleaned his bench in the last six minutes after the Blue Devils piled up their biggest lead at 40 points 72 32 While' Austin picked off its first victory the defeat wu the IahA ftvnaV unable to hit the net consistently cost Grand Meadow a 47 26 non conference ba a 1 1 deci sion against St Charles here Tues day night The Larks were sever in the game they trailed 11 5 at the quarter and 22 12 at halftime They were down 36 18 going into the final frame The defeat left Coach Bill Chris club with a 1 1 record they beat Spring Valley 52 39 last week 1 While no one cracked doubled figures Jerry Sime set the pace with aine and Jerry Stejskal fin ished with eight 1 Bill Braithwisite of St Charles poured in 13 point and Jim Wis kow added 11 St Charles made It a elean sweep uJhey wcu the game in overtime 2341' LONESTAR SHELL LAKI STAR CRAT PIPESTONE BOATS Terms or small down payment will hold the boat of your choice until spring Cage Called inest' smIsI 'V CHRISTMAS uour cHifcf vitH Odfita LJaus i titter fewfc is 'K wom 4 1 J'V" 11 iTflt Hl I AuUn JC TP Grant 1 OS 2 Nelson 5 0 0 10 Ryks 3 0 0 6 arrell 1 LOS Randall 1 113 Macal O' 0 Bolke 5 4 3 14 Dlmmel 2 0 2 Buchan 0 0 0 Rensink tr11 2 2 24 Booher 3 0 3 6 Slupe 0 1 0 Brownlow 0 0 10 Appel 2 0 0 4 Johnson 1 0 2 2 TotaH 34 10 14 78 Plbbury CoUege TP Mangnuson 10 3 2 Lm 0 0 3 0 Pope 1 1 1 3 Marcllllot 3 01 6 Eelertly 0 0 0 0 Graves 4 0 Peterson' 0 0 0 Ward 3 1 1 i 7 Pratt 5 1 4 11 8hw 0:11 1 Wagner 0 1 21 caowel 3 0 2 Totals' 17 7 21 41.