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Freshman at PARAGRAPHS 14 Oakland Tribune, Saturday, Noy. 19, 1955 Kansas Rated Prep Writers' Selection Great i lager Of All-ACAL Team Well Received by Coaches STIRLING i i 4 It By SCOTTY Elsewhere on these pages to-diy; ij tht announcement of th All-Alameda County Athletic League football team, selected far. the first time by the East Bay Prep Waiters Association. The writers undertook the task of selecting the ACAL all star team when the loop's conches Eve up the job at the end of the past football season. The first EBPWA mythical squid was last year's basketball group, followed by baseball and now foot- i baa -rm--c- FoQewiag selection of the team last Wednesday, the writ era iaf erased the eight leagM teaches of the team.

Sarpris-Mtly. the 17 saan chib was pretty well accepted by the nentors, GETTING IN SHAPE Son Francisco heavyweight Eddie Machen is rounding into shape for hi 10-round meeting with Max Chris a. the Richmond Auditorium Tuesday night Eddie will be going after his 10th straight knockout. Dressen Has Solution For Major Bonus Rule By OSCAR FSALEY United Press Sports Writer SET FOR GOLF TOURNEY Among the members of the Metropolitan Club who will take pari in the dub's aoli tournament Dec. I at Sequoyah are deft to right) Dick Grodin chairman; Roy MenxiL Carl Dochow.

Frank Brady and Ken Keoaan. SPORTS TRAIL Nevcombe Is $30,000 for i There were' few who raised (jbjectlona, as expected. After all, who can pick an all-star team fWm among some 350 football players without tome com' plaint? The writers did the Job hon-1 eStly. There was little bickering, roost of the scribes agreeing on all positions. During the voting only three positions out of the 22 came up deadlocked on the first ballot.

For the second straight year Alan McAllaster, who covers the Solano County Athletic League for The Tribune, has won this department's Outstanding Pigskin Picker title. Alan correctly tabbed the winner in eight out of nine games this season, his only miss being a tie. In fwo years he has a 15-0-1 record. He capped this season's, effort by picking the exact, score in the Benicia (32) vs. Vacaville (8) game.

The Tribune prep department whole hit the bull's-eye on 1 out of 98 games for a re's pectable .673. average Football officially doses for the Oakland Athletic League Monday night when varsity gr id-ders from the six league schools 'gather at the Oakland Central 49ers iiyleet Tomorrow "Continued from 1st Sports Page Packers By WHITNEY MARTIN YMCA for the eighth, annual Hi-Y-OAL banquet The 21 Hi-T clubs la the OAL are staging the affair, with the meals being purchased by contractor Phil Heraty aid attorney Cliff Burnbilt Following dinner Dave Snyder, OAL PE director, will announce the All -City first and second teams. The honored gridders will receive gold and silver min iature footballs, courtesy of Fred Maggiora. The EBPWA will present framed certificates to Castle- mont's O'Neal Cuterry and San rLeandro's Bon Covarelli as the loop's leading rusher and passer. respectively, during the recently completed campaign.

Koh Tatai of The Tribune's prep department has come up with some interesting facts on nicknames of high-school teams in California. Excluding the Southern Call fornia area, Koh reports there are different nicknames in current use. 1 The most popmlar name, la nambers, la Tiger. Seventeen schools se this ene. Bulldogs, Wildcats and Indians are next In line, II each fallowed by Warriors and Mustangs, nine each.

ACAL teams ar the easiest to identify by nicknanre. Excluding Yellowjackets (Berkeley), there is no duplication in Northern or Central California of Gauchos (El Cerrito), Oilers (Richmond), Rebels (San Lorenzo), Farmers (Hayward), Jets (Encmal of Alameda), Highlanders (Piedmont) and Hornets (Alameda). Two of the most unusual nick names are Hay bailers (San Be nito) and Emperors (Dinuba). I CONGRATS TO fullback Pete Domoto, honored as the most valuable player on the Berkeley High football team by the Berkeley Lions Tony Aflague, Livermore. High half back, who scored a touchdown in each of the Cowboys' games during the past season.

Comets Defeat Modesto, 24-1 4 The spectacular running of halfback Bob Ross and the fine line play of guard Don Rozenski gave the West Contra Costa Somets a 24-14 victory over Mo desto Junior college in a game played at Modesto yesterday. Ross, a freshman from Berke-ey, gained 168 yards in 12 car ries and personally accounted for three touchdowns A safety put Modesto out in front by a 14-6 count in third quarter. Comet fullback Lefty Peeler took the ball over from the one-yard stripe to cut Mo desto's lead to two points. In the fourth period Ross got off runs of 57 and 21 yards fori touchdowns. A fight took place on the field after the final gun sounded, but officials soon restored order.

Contra CosU 0 1 1J 24 Modesto 14 Ladies Golf Tourney FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 19 The first international tournament sponsored by the Ladies' Professional Golf Asso ciation will be held at Havana, Cuba, Feb. 3-5, it was an nounced today. NEW YORK, Nov. 19 Well, that time is here and could plead poverty LAWRENCE, Nov.

19 (A "There's no question about it he's the greatest basketball player alive today.1 Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, veteran University of Kansas basketball coach, didn't hesitate last night in applying that tag to Wilt (The Stilt) Chamber lain. And the seven-foot Chamber lain is only a freshman. Allen and 14,000 others watched in amazement as the giant but graceful Negro poured in 42 points in leading the Kansas freshmen to an 81-71 victory over the Jayhawk var sity.

Allen, starting his 29th sea-son at Kansas and who celebrated bis 70th birthday yesterday, seldom Is at a loss for words when It comes to talking about his favorite sport. But he had a hard time finding the' superlatives to describe Chamberlain. "He's just like putting hot grease on lettuce. He makes you wilt," said Phog. Chamberlain, who was "cold the first few minutes, dropped in 18 of 35 field goal attempts and hit 10 free throws.

He came within two points of the all-time Kansas individual single-game scoring record held jointly by Clyde Lovelette, now with the professional Minneapolis Lak ers, and B. H. Born. He grabbed 18 defensive rebounds and six under his own basket Chamberlain himself was a little disappointed with his performance early in the game. wasn't butterflies," he said.

"Heck, I've played lets of basketball. I just couldn't hit." Allen concedes Chamberlain still has a few rough edges but is quick to learn. scored 2,252 points in three years for Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, literally slams the ball down through the nets when he goes up for a shot under the basket. It was the first time the Kansas freshmen had ever beaten the varsity since the pre season games were started in 1932. This edition of the varsity is given a good chance of cop ping the Big Seven title.

The crowd was the second largest ever to see a basketball game at Kansas. Allen in recent years has cam paigned to raise the height of baskets from 10 to 12 feet in or der to eliminate some of the ad vantage enjoyed by big men. Is he still interested? Phog chuckled: "Now I've got the greatest basketball player in the world a seven-footer, rll let some of the other coaches go out and campaign for taller Vasquez Kayos Lenny Walters BUTTE, Mont. Nov. 10 (JTl Lenny Walters, Vancouver, B.C., withstood three trips to the can vas and a flight through the ropes before crumpling before the fists of Larry Vasquez in the fifth round of the main box ing event at Butte, last night Vasquez, 126, of San Fran Cisco, knocKed waiters out at 1:55 of the fifth with a one-two combination.

Walters weighed 126tt. The Canadian picked himself ozx tne canvas alter a seven count in the third and two more seven counts in the fourth. He went sailing through the ropes at the end of the fourth for no count Yanks Hit Three Homers in Win MANILA, Nov. 19 Ul The New York Yankees hit three home runs today to crush an all-Filipin6 team, 5-0. A sellout crowd of 22,000 fans sat through a drizzly afternoon to tee the Yankees win the first of two games here.

rrOP PRO GRID Rifles Barred At Grid Game MORGANTOWN. W. Nov. 19 OF) Old muskets, rifles and other hillbilly firearms, usually standard items for mountaineer weekend festivities here, were barred today from West Virginia's football stadium by state police. The precaution was taken be cause oi a threatening letter received by Coach Art Lewis Thursday.

It was learned1 that similar threatening letters also were re ceived by Coaches Jim Tatum of Maryland and Bill Murray of Duke. All three said "some thing terrible" would happen to the coaches and their teams if they were victorious in today's games. State Police Cpi. W. B.

Snod grass said the "usual number of law enforcement -officers' would be available for the West Virginia-Syracuse game here and that they would keep a watchful eye for any suspicious characters. He said the firearms were banned as a precautionary measure. Team Mascot Fred Patterson, however, will be allowed to carry his long-barrelled, old fashioned mountain rifle while parading up and down the side lines. The letters, all postmarked Newark; were received by the coaches this week. JUewis was inclined to pass his off as a joke, but when other athletic department officials took it more seriously he turned if over to state police.

Corporal Snodgrass said he in turn had passed the letter on to the FBI for further in vestigation. ratum said he did not say anything about his letter "because I thought it was just a crank." I still think it's a he added. Seeking '56 Play little revenue from the when it came to salary negotia tions for 1955. This year, with the series going seven games, the Yankees and Dodgers got a nice dividend, and it is not improbable the players are aware of it and have set their sights accordingly. Neweombe is reported to have received $17,500 last season, reluctantly taking a $2,500 cut be cause of a poor year in 1954.

We say "reportedly" as base ball salaries are more or less restricted data, a secret between the players and the club, al though some of the players think they are restricted in an other sense. Oddly enough, NewcoaAe'sl demand for next year isn't based entirely on his pitching aointy. He is quoted as saying he wants $27,000 for his mound work, and $3,000 for his pinch hitting. That's a. new way of breaking down a contract, and might set a precedent whereby a good-field, no-hit player would ask for his plate work, with maybe another $2,500 for his spirit and morale-building qualities.

It. is assumed the Dodgers must have a very healthy pay roll, inasmuch as the club has been no worse than third since 1945 and has finished 8-2 cr 2-1 the last seven years. Fellows such as Peewee Reese and Duke Snider and Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo and Roy Cam panula and Jackie Robinson already must be getting good wages and, except for son, who was not a full-time performer this year, certainly won be expecting a cut. and ifs about time. How long can baseball addicts be expected to wait before finding out whether their heroes are going to get what they're worth next a A season or wna iney ininn they're worth? It's always tougher to get the members of a pennant winning team to sign their next year contracts than it is those of an also-ran.

so it is only natural that the Brooklyn Dodgers are among the first to start negotiations. Buzzy Bavasi, vice president in charge of shrinking heads of athletes who have exalted opinions of their value, already has met with a couple of his hirelings who might cause a little trouble. Not that this particular pair necessarily comes under the swelled head category. It's just that Don Neweombe and Johnny Podres can just point to their records and say: "How about it?" The first meeting was more of a social visit, or maybe a sof tening-up session, and the only figure mentioned was a nice round one $30,000 which Neweombe hopes to get. Bavasi has good talking points to use against both men if he is of a mind to pay them less than they expect.

To Neweombe, the big gun during the season, he can say "Where were you during the World Series?" and to Podres, the No. 1 boy during the series, he can ask "Where were you during the season?" The Dodgers are in a more vulnerable spot than the Giants were in 1954. The Giants cleaned up the Cleveland Indians in four straight in the series, so the contending clubs 3ti 1 think there's anything fishy about it At 30, former Dodger Cal McLish comes up to the Cleveland Indians this year from San Diego of the Pacific Coast League. He never lived up to his promise, but he still has one thing going for him. This lad is the only ambidextrous pitcher named Calvin Coolidge McLish ever to come out of Anadarko, Okla.

Quick Paces Gardena Golf GARDENA, Nov. 19 Smiley Quick paced that second round qualifiers today in the Gardena Valley-Western Ave nue Open following this record shattering 62 with two eagles in the opening round. The veteran golfer, who has won the U.S. Public units crown, scored a 32-30 round on the par 35-35 course yesterday, to gain first round honors in the tournament Quicks score bettered his own course record by a single stroke, Jim Ferriern of Lakeside and Zell Eaton of Los Serranos each shot 65s to tie for second in the qualifying round. Close behind with 66a were defending champion Bob Duden, Portland, Ore.i Dick Lundahl, Annandale, Fla.t Bill Casper, San Diego, Calif, and Jack Lebovitz, North Holly wood pro.

Lebovitz was the first player in the tourney to bag a hole-in- one, using a 7 Iron at the 10th hole. St. Mary's High Bows to Alumni St Mary's High Alumni edged the St Mary's varsity lost night at Sf. Mary's gym, 73-08. Larry Brennan was high man for the varsity with 28 points and Irv Blue 'for the Alumni with 12.

Chico State Wins In Last Quarter CHICO, Nov. 19 (W Chlco State broke up a tight game by scoring four touchdowns in the fourth period last night to defeat Humboldt State, 40-7. The victory gave Chico State an undefeated record rar Western Conference play. They clinched the title last week. Humboldt finished with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie.

Score by periods: Chico State 7 6 027-40 Humboldt 0 7 007 marks. The Packers play the fifth place San Francisco 49ers (3-5) at Milwaukee tomorrow. An unexpected battle has, shaped up in the Eastern Con ference, where the Cleveland Browne were generally conceded their sixth straight title. The Eagles up and handed the Browns their second defeat last weekend, however, and now: the Washington Redskins are breath ing down their necks. The Browns are 6-2, the Skins 5-3.

Pittsburgh (4-4) also is still in the and the Steelers take the bull by the horns against the Browns at Cleveland tomorrow. Washington is in Chicago to play the cards, tied for fourth with the Eagles on a 3-4-1 record. Philadelphia is at New York against the Giants, the cellar dub with a 1-8 showing. A '-the present time, McElhenny "'JcQuld be replaced by Hardy or Harry Babcock, nominally an erid who has been working: as a flanking halfback this Week. There were reports Strader had using Harry that If he can't go all the 'pian at the last minute.

Hardy would normally be the -starting left end, but he has hampered by a bad back. "''Strader points out that his only advantage over Gordy Soltau, 'the veteran who will start there, 7iV'speed, and he has lost that because of the pain in his back. Arenas is scheduled to start ''at a defensive half back post, NEW YORK. Nov. 19 Fearless Fraley's facts and fig ures: When the minor league con vention starts at Columbus a week from now the major prob lem under consideration will be the bonus rule and the best plan of all isn't even on the agenda.

Brooklyn is behind a move ment to retain the present rule on bonus players, namely that any player 'paid over $4,000 to sign must be retained on the big league club's roster. Detroit, on the other hand, wants to do away with the bonus restrictions entirely. Charlie Dressen, manager of the Washington Senators, must be credited with what seems to be the most logical suggestion. His theory is that bonus players should be charged against the major league roster, but be allowed to play in the minors at the same time to gain necessary experience probably too sensible for baseball's bigwigs to acknowledge. Today's Pimlico futurity may be a tipof on whether Calumet Farm, long the scourge of horse highway but without a Ken tucky Derby starter since its Hill Gail won in 1952, is ready to bounce back.

Nail, with Hedley Woodhouse up, will be the favorite, iiut keep your eye on Calum Vs Eastgate, ridden by the peerless Eddie Arcaro, and Liberty Sun, its stablemate, with big winner Willie Hartack in the irons Hartack, incidentally, is called Heartache" by the jocks who have been trailing him home, and this well could be a pro phetic canter. Happy birthday: Today, Roy Campanella 34; Sunday, Willie Pep 33, Bobby Locke 38 and Dud De Groot Monday, Stan Musial 35t Paul Richards 47 and Sid Luckman 39; Tuesday, Gard-nar Mulloy 41 and Ralph Gul-dahl; Wednesday, Hal Schu macher 45; Friday, Joe DiMag-gio 41 and Skee Riegel 41. Don't sneer at those "little" colleges. Trinity, in Hartford, has a great pro football prospect in Charley Sticka and a tremendous baseball prospect in Ray Dombrowski There were major league clubs after Dombrowski, a left-handed pitcher, when he was graduated from high school but his mother in sisted he get a college degree One official of the New York Giants says that he should be able to get a $50,000 bonus when he is ready to sign a baseball contract The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League are owned by a tuna packing company commissioner Ford Frick doesn't CLASH By The Associated Press similar to the 1950'seasbn, when the Bears copped two from De troit and wound up in a tie with the Los Angeles Rams, who won! a playoff for the conference title. This time, the Bears again arc tied with the Rams coming back to win five after losing the first three.

They gained the tie by swamping Los Angeles last weekend, and now have only a home-and-home series with the Lions, a cross-town trip to play the Chicago Cardinal and a home date with Philadelphia remaining. The Rams have two left with the Baltimore Colts, the first one coming tomorrow in Balti more, one with Philadelphia and one with Green Bay. Green Bay and Baltimore are tied for third with but he has been weakened by influenza. If he can'tgo all the "way, Dicky Moegle will have to. be called off the offensive earn to replace him.

'LAUGHLIN READY Fortunately for Strader, he Laughlin ready to play left 'half and has planned all week a.tcwork the rookie from Kansas Mint the same backfield with- Other changes in personnel that may be affected include the use of Ed Sharkey, obtained a week ago when he was re- leased by Philadelphia, at left 1 gtnrd. 4harkey is a veteran of eight years and is i faster than any Mother guard on the 49ers with the possible exception of Doug Holland. Ed will be used par rticularly if it is necessary to 'move Leo Nomelliai to defense -Toneff or Campbell be 5 tfcthered by their sore knees. rj addition, Campbell has twinfitl fthmilriM TVMntwr. M.In comparing the two teams the first eight games of Sth season, there isn't much to ifgoos statistically except in the J-Won and lost columns, where the yASen are 3-5 and the Packers 'are 4-4.

-u EVEN ON DEFENSE' each club has -gjven up 141 yards rushing and tu 48ers nave auowea more yards than then Packers on passes, 1134 to 1110. wAnd offensively, there is only yards difference, with the J-TStekers having the edge 2455 2351. Sh6uld the game develop into one which could if the field turns up real J-JIjppy or slick, the Packers will j-Jave a decided edge, VSTomorrow's; game, the first Mnceting between the two clubs this year, will be carried to the West Coast Via television, with kickoff scheduled for 11- ajn. Pacific time. Bears Tangle With Detroit Lions 9 The Detroit Lions, perking up too late for a title shot, have revived just in time to take a spoflerr role in the Western Conference battle in the Na tional Football League.

Detroit winning its last two! after dropping the first six is about the only blockade remain ing between the resurgent Chi cago Bears and their first NFL playoff berth since 1946. The Lions, whe have ruled the West for three years and have dropped only three decisions to the Bears in four seasons, have two shots at the Brains, the first eemee tomorrow In Detroit and a lion victory eemld dres Chieage front first pf see tie. Oddly enough, the situation Is 1 Triksaa ktV aicmdingi Joa Hajetv Bob Porter. Marve Andrade. Pete Cengkb WEI Eouaa.

Aurtris Pcdge cmd ESI Borders, In the front ere Al Hc2aca Qt) and HAPPT WAEBIOESA liappj; band of Oakland JC football plaTon celebralo after holding heavflr savored Stockton to a U-XI Ce at Bushrod Park. Lift to sisal i a.