The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 9

January 27. 1960 THE DAILY SUN-A-9 Jo eonara Loses State King (1 A -A, -A- A A 1. i( it. Riverside's hi www NFL Hires Rozelle cis Czcir by Jim McKone A Rare Combination ioms General No prying neushound of a sports writer can put anything over on Chaff ey High's basketball coach, Jim Blake who used to be a sports writer himself. Manager Takes Bert 1 1 1 MIAMI MAVU (V) ivte Korlle, general manager of the Los Angeles Kanis, last night was elected commissioner of the Football League.

He was gien a 3-year contract at a ear, and he immediately went on record as favoring expansion. Uoelle was nominated sue cessor to the late Bert Hell lv Tavanlion Named to Post Governor Brown Makes Four-Year Appointment By (I.AIPK (Sun-Teleoram Day Snort Edilorl "I am happy to have served on Hip State Athletic Commission," William E. (Bill) Leonard of San Bernardino declared yesterday, when informed by Gov. Edmund G. (Tat) Brown that he will not be reappointed to the five-man board that governs boxing and wrestling in California.

"It was a rewarding experience being a member of the commission," the San Bernardino realtor recalled. "They (the commissioners) are very fine, righteous men of integrity." Leonard, a Republican whose term on the commission expired on Dee. 31, will turn over his position to a Riverside Democrat, Dominic Tavaglione, whose appointment for four years was disclosed by Democratic v. Brown from his Sacramento office. Tavaglione becomes the second Riverside man to be named to the commission.

K. Thomas Buc-riarelli, now a superior judge, was the first to serve from that county. The -IS-year-old Tavaglione is a land developer and co- owner ol the lava-Lanes, a new south- bowling establishment in cast Riverside. (IVIC.MIM)KI) Tavaglione, a 32nd degree Mason, is a member of the Riverside City Recreation and Park Dept. He ilso is president of the Ram Rod Booster Club of Ra- mona High, where two of his' four children attend.

In notifying Leonard of Tava-glionc's appointment, Gov. Blown wrote: "As your term of office ends, I thank you for your service to the people of California as a member of the State Athletic Commission. Baltimore owner Carroll Knsen-i bloom. The Yi owners who had' bitterly for seven days and' through Z', ballots before a league leader. The 6-foul, l'i inch Ko.rlle.

former basketball l.ier, mi Honored be wool. I keep league headquarters in Philadelphia but eventually hoped lo move the of fiee to New York City. He said the entire league Mall would he retained, including, he hoH'd, nctinn commissioner, treasurer and chief investigative of I i -ccr, Austin II. Cunsel. Rozelle was a compromise candidate agreed on when the 12 owners deadlocked among such candidates as attorney Marshall Leahv of San Francisco, (hinsel and Don Kellett, Baltimore general manager.

Leahy was favored by clubs and (lunse! was championed by four teams. The Chicago Hears were neutral in the early balloting. ANTS II OK Hi The new commissioner' first important announcement was a m.iii Jin-iii in i.iwh in ine i UMin ciicuu 10 or lu teams. "Expansion is a nnisl for the National Football League," said Uoelle, whose full name actually is Alvin Ray Ruelle. I 't i 1 t.

-i ii 1 1 t.a.f lMt. BACKBOARD BATTLE Dav Caminiti (13) of Vuciiipa battles Jerry Koch of Eisenhower High for a rebound last night at the SBIIS Hutto (33) of Vucaipa stand by, as does Duane Job fAr ire ihoto) 1'KTK irii commissioner as general manag by Bell. er of the Ramsi Pailni'rs of Ihe Los Angi.lr.s lull were involved ill an intra-of- ,4 Bi'll reconmirnilcd Rozelle, who previously had served as public relations director for the Kams, to operate the club. Chronologically, Rozelle attend-ed Complon (Calif.) School where he nl.ived tennis and Ivis. Featuring Meadowlark Lemon and Showboat Hail, etc.

vs. Baltimore Rockets PLUS TENNIS STARS ALTHEA GICSON vs. KAROL FAGEROS I FULL SET PLUS 4 Stellar Acts Feb. 8 8 P.M. $1.50.

$2.00, $2.50, $3.00 SWING AUD. SAN BERNARDINO ON SALE DAILY FOR RESERVATIONS CALL TU 47-6191 OPEN 11 TO :30 MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED r4i 4 Telegram photo by Keggie APPLE VALLEY PRO Palmer I "The growth of the league under vuUm Complon Junior IBert Bell has made professional College, served as shirts public football a top spectator sport in relations director at the Univer-loiir country. There are many sjty o( SilI1 Kianeisco and then illation ureas that should have pro for the Rams, and worked for a jfootball." he asserted. firm in San Fran- I Roelle did not say when the 'league should expand. He said1 'Continued on A 11, Column 7) The scribe-turned-eoach combination must be pretty rare.

Doos Blake know any others? "I don't know any at all," ho answers, "because I don't consider myself a coach until we've won a championship." This might be the year that Blake wins one. In his first season of directing the Tiger varsity, he has kept them in the thick of the Montview League race so far. Blake still talks with the candor of a newspaperman. "We never won," he says L.A. Vrifers "My plan was to become a sports writer," Blake readily confesses.

lie has the experience. In 19-17-48 he was sports editor, later editor, of the Pasadena City College paper, lie wrote sports part-time for the Pasadena dailies. Then in llftO-al he was sports editor of the Daily Trojan, the University of Southern California student sheet. In '31 he graduated from USC with a journalism degree, ready to follow the footsteps of Damon Runyon. What made Blake change his mind? "I got to know some sports writers," he says.

At first he sounds like he's Chsffey High Blake spent three years coaching at Upland Junior High and now is in his fifth year at Chaffey. He has coached all four major sports, plus wrestling, tennis and gymnastics. "Gymnastics is tremendous for co-ordination," he says, "They ought to teach it everywhere." But basketball is his present favorite. The new coach has guided Chaffey High to a 4-1 record and undisputed leadership of Jim Blake's "I have a strong philosophy about basketball," the coach says. "I don't think we'll get better officials by yelling at the ones we have now.

No, the ones we get to replace the ones that He Has Ho The Chaffey coach looks younger then his 35 years. But he has been around enough to have served 212 years in Africa and Italy during World War II. Jim Blake is no relation to Ray Blake, the dean of San Bernardino County basketball coaches, who's in his 13th season at Valley College. However, Jim is related 1o Another well-known person with the same last name his mother. Madge Blake appears regularly as an actress in two highly rated television shows, "Leave It To Beaver" and "The Real McCoys." Occasion arfare ARCADIA (AP) The $20,000 added San Vicente Handicap today at Sant aAnita lost its top name candidate vesterdav when the Rellehurst Stable's Warfare was held out of the entries.

Trainer Hack Ross said War-: fare, the nation's top last year, will not he raced at any distance shorter than a mile and one-sixteenth. The San Vicente is a 7-furleng speed dash for 3-year-olds. Ross said Warfare's next start probably will be in the added California Breeders Cham- Tion Stakes reb. 12. Lleven colts were entered he San Vicente including T.

V. wk, lompion, incw roiicy nu Noble Nonr. Pre "You have made a genuine con-; swishing five of six free throws! tribution to the public in the final 70 seconds last night and I join your associates in to give Yucaipa a 45-10 victory ov-state government in exprcssing'er Eisenhower High, gratitude for the splendid work; About 40 shrill-voiced Ike High candidly of his past coaching career. Most dyed-in-the-jersey coaches would never speak those three little words without adding an enormous alibi. The last four seasons Blake spent as coach of Chaffey's Class team.

"We were always tip there, second or third," he recalls, "but we never won. The first year we stayed on top 'til the last game, then we got upset and dropped to third." ConvincfciHim joking. But then the truth dawns that he's not. "I saw how those Los Angeles sxrts writers lived," Blake says, naming a few interesting names, "and I decided that wasn't what I wanted. "They all acted like they wore trying to imitate the characters in that plav, 'The Front "So I thought it over, and took a lot of education courses that summer.

I always respected teachers, and decided I wanted to be one. I'm happy now. I'm doing what I want to do. "I loved to write sports hut I didn't want to make my living that way." Leads League the Montview League. The Tigers have performed like champs in league play.

(The inexperienced squad has an overall record of Blake's boys produced one of the season's top upsets with a 4KI8 shocker at Covina last week. "We felt all along we could heat Covina." says Blake, who had made the Montview favorites sound like world-beaters every time he mentioned them. "But we had to put our game together. We finally did." Philosophy get fed up and quit will only be worse. "You can't make scenes with the officials, and sUr up the crowd, and expect to improve the caliber of the officiating." Regrets ally, whenever the part is written in, she plays another comedy part on the Jack Benny show, as head of the Pasadena chapter of Benny's fan club.

"We're real proud of her," Jim says. "She was a housewife for all those years, and didn't really have a chance to get started until both of her boys were grown and overseas." Under cross examination about his sports-writing past, Blake repeats that "I have no regrets in coaching, I'm doing what I want to do." "A lot of my friends from SC are doing okay in the newspaper business. I just think I'm happier as a coach." Scratched regular exercise rider, Hubert Trent, in the stirrups, It was the 4-year-old colt's last important drill before Saturday's Santa Anita Maturity. The track labeled slow. Tomy Ire was clocked :21 2A) for the first quarter, .18 for the half-mile, 1:12 43 for six furlongs and 1:39 15 for the full circuit, GELDING WON lraiwH that ownrP and of CivR.

rHde. the -1-vear-old that won Hovood ast sumnOTi srl-iousIy considered 'making the gelding a supplemen- Urv mmwp f(r thp Maturilyi docidcd not make Tho Idin- will now go a week from today in Yucaipa won, 45-40. (Sun Yucaipa Clips Eagles, 45-40 Free Throws Settle Noisy, Tense Game Rv -MM McKONK (Sim-Telegram Sports Writer) Dave Caminiti frustrated a foot stomping, whistling crowd by i With 1n Q.mr cinL- i r' clutch free throws to r-ake it -10-36. The crowd made all sorts of noise on his first attempt. The Ike Illp-h flirorlnaHerc anH Cnui-h rn waxen me crown iihu a heni of order for Simon's sec ond toss Th it you have done.

Sincerely, fans made the SBIIS gm echo (signed) Edmund G. Brown, gov-' with their clamor. ernor." Dick Piehler's long range ac- Leonard was one of the key fig-, curacy had pulled the stubborn ures in California's important1 Eagles back in the ballgame at withdrawal from the National; 38-36 with left. Vucaipa, rat-Boxing during action tak-itled by a press, had wasted all en at the year's final meeting in 'but one basket of a 30-28 lead. December.

Then sub Walt Simon started the MOVK CATCHES 1'IHK free-throw exhibition which saved California's move has caught the Thunderbirds. fire in other states to the extent SIMON SINKS PAIK With Collins By BRIT BROWX (Sun-Tel? gram Night Sports Editor) APPI V. VA I I FV Slnrnvliiiiilirer Arnnlil Palmer 1 of Ligonier, Pa. and Kill Collins of Baltimore, Mil. lired thnT enfnea hoca rtnf'wA1 mission Chairman Dan Kilrov of Sacramento and Executive Socrc-i Jack Urch, in relation tn similar ar-tinn nn hnir 1 1.

-i twin 6-Ullder-par (5s to lead 19 professionals in a special pro.amato,ir tourney yesterday at Apple Vallpy Country I in ins aepaning ac- lion, will sit in with the commis-iblance the time and the method would he the next subject of debate by the league owners convened here for their annual winter meeting. It was announce! that Cunsel had been unanimously reelected treasurer and bad been given a boost in salary to about $15,000, plus a bonus for his 3'a months seiviec as acting commissioner. A I5(i SIKI'KISK Rozelle, who with six other clubs Cleveland, San Francisco, Detroit, Creen Ray, New York, and the Chicago Cardinals bad backed Leahy for the commission-ership, said his election was "a tremendous surprise. It was first brought up late this afternoon," be said. The new commissioner's election was not unanimous.

I'n-der the league's constitution it takes three-quarters of the number voting to elect a commissioner. Actually, only 9 cast ballots in the final round eight for Rozelle, San Francisco for Leahy, with Detroit, the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles abstaining. Joe Donoghue of the Philadelphia Eagles, the meeting chairman, said Los Angeles did not vote because Rozelle was from that club, while San Francisco's Vic Morabilo said he had a moral obligation to vote for Leahy. There was no explanation why the Rears and Lions passed. Rozellp was placed in thp job put the win on ice.

The fans mut-'in cold, windy weather over the while he hit two in a row6, 152-yard, par 71 high desert lay-! Joe Whitney, a 1:10 left, then two more with out. per in Palmer's group, had one 12 seconds to go. He added the, in t10 best ball competition. of thrills of his golfing lire-frosting with a hit and a miss 21 pairing four amateurs with each llmi- np 0llt a j5-foot seconds from the end. pr0, Mike Souchak's group won J''P shot I)ar 3, Caminiti topjied Yucaipa and the fjrs( place with a 53.

Ray No. 10 hole, game with 11 points. Tucker of Apple Valley, a 10- OTIIKR Greg Surbor, Yucaipa's 6-4 cen- handicapper, tied Souchak's 71 for! Six other pros broke par, alter, got 13 points despite a zone the round. Other amateurs in the though their feats were somewhat defense overshifted to stop him. group included Ray DeB 1 a i lessened by the fact the tees Piehler led Ike with 10.

"Frank Wrigglcsworth and J. Dyer. up and the pins in the mid- gynt. Walt Simon (T.i) and While (11) of Eisenhower. Sellas) AM I les Desi Arna, who played with Ho I I "'Wr nu i-mi wuoya a 11 I' Ill's WCl'f dl( of tno Ki'ccns The par-busters included Lionel Jay llebei't and Jack Bin ke m- Knicllt Rill Johnston and Dick at 69 and George Bayer at 70.

The results: PROFESSIONALS SS Bill Collins, Arnold Palmer. 68 Jack Burke, Lionel Hebert, Jay Hehert. 69 Bill Johnston, Dick Knight. 70 George Bayer. Bud Holscher, Lloyd Mangrum.

73 Alex Sandalil. 74 Mike Soiichak, Bo Wimnger, 76 Charlie Teel. 77 Eddie Sussetla. Howard Capps. (W Al Chapman.

No cards Dick Mayer, Al Bel-sehnk BEST BALL OF FIVESOMES 5b SonchaK. Ray Tucker. Ray Dp-Bfasis, Frank Wrigglcsworth, J. Dyer. 56 Wminger, H.

Mortimer, Desi Arnar. Dr. B. Wilkes. R.

Dana. 57 Mayer, J. Locke, J. Rosen, baum, Dr. J.

Stevens. B. Havig. hurst; Chanman. Bill O'Brien.

Sterl. ing Love. Paul Pierce. George New. ton: Knight.

Buck Renshaw, H. Smith. J. Galyean. Dick Korba Jay Hebert.

John Stancil. Cliff Arnold, Dr. Orris Wyers, Paul Kirkpatrick; Manqrum. Newt Bass. Phil Harrn, D.

E. Anderson. Francisco Artiqas. 58 Palmer, Dr. Jones Gilliiand.

Sherm WeMs. Gen. A. P. Tacon, Joe Whitney: Bayer.

Chuck Widener, Jack Bennington. Ralph Clark, Bert Jackson; Besselmk. Ceorqe Clark. N. Demetri.

j. Connolly, F. Wright. Olga Connolly Might Compete for U.S. Nov LOS ANGKI.KS iAP) Olga Fikotova Connolly, Czechoslovakia's greatest female athlete and a member of the Czech Olympic team, disclosed yesterday she will try out for the U.S.

team for the Olympic Games this sum-; mer. Married to Harold Connolly, hammer-throw winner at Mel-ItHiurne four years ago, Olga is scheduled to gain her American citizenship papers in March. sion on an important nicotine in (Continued on A 10, Column 7) National League 312 GAMES AT NIGHT CINCINNATI (AP) Afternoon baseball, at least the eeiurt.y vmm.y, wm iiue nun lurmer oui of the picture in ine League this year. The oldest' of the two major leagues announced yesterday a lllbO schedule which includes a record breaking 312 night contests. i And that total includes games of; Uh rs.k.

Lisenhowers Bee team ran its, rrj in ini in I-. u. c-iinui o.iu by Jim Eisenhower (40) (45) Yucip 14 Caminiti Lucas 9) Koch S) White 2) ,,3 surber Thaimayer 18)! Gaumont 3) 5 score by quarters Yucaipa 10 11 11 13-45 Officials: Hank Rohn, Bruce Man. rcaiF, 4 Eisenhower 37, Yu- Low Off-Season Prices vim.ahi, lire 1.111c a ON Aluminum OteelerS ink New tnd Collins, who fired a at Peb-PITTSBCRGH (AP'i End Pits- Reach for a tie for 27th. had ton Carpenter, obtained from the a including sex en birdies Cleveland Browns in a trade.

a'1fi one bogie. yesterdav signed his IDoO contract Palmer commented after i fMllll The tournament, honoring Newt1 Rkr and Rod West hind, cevcl Anl. y- nlavnH pHnlPr wno s)10t a jog to tie for lath place at Pebble Beach, shn a nn he front side and came home with a 2-un- t-1 -I j. l'y -NU- Ie llad 3,1 eaSlf 3 the 5 No. 5 hole, a 432-yard His second shot, a 1-iron blast, lanoeu iour ieci uoin uic cup iiui he holed it.

His card showed five birdies and a to the eagle. bogie, in addition stcad-v round that hls PllUrr not working too well, but better than it has been." RILL COLLINS co-leader i i 'I i it. 1 Beautiful PHONE TUxcdo 81-1414 FOR FREE HOME ESTIMATE league holdout against night base-: ball, who play all of their 77 home: conicsis in ine oaynme. Except on Saturdays, and holidays, St. Louis and Philadelphia will not play any after- National Schedule The full 10 schedule of thn National Iagnn appear in today's Issue of the Daily Sun on page A ll.

It i suggested that baseball fan clip It out and savo It for their use, during the com-in)f season. noon games. Cincinnati has only one game and Los Angeles and Pittsburgh two each. As it shapes up, Los Angeles will play a record-breaking 61 night games, including two twi-night dates. Philadelphia will have 52 night dates, St.

Louis 48, Cincinnati 45, Pittsburgh 42, Milwaukee 38 and San Francisco 2.1. Los Angeles will open the season at night April 12 against Chicago. Philadelphia's home opener April 11 against Milwaukee also will be played at night and so will St. Louis' home opener April 19 against Chicago. The league's schedule this year will be spread over 171 days instead of the customary 167.

The change was made to provide more time for travel to and from the West Coast. i with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. ARNOLD PALMER scores 65 I A i koss anmiuen meie na.s ocrn jnno-added Santa Catalina some d.scussion rrgardmg the Handi at Vi milrs for oIder sale of Warfare a rncd mmion-dollar deal but nothing has A fieM dsht slwprs ()p fm. been decided )ho Maturity, including Tomy Warfare is being pointed for the Bacdad, First Landing. King 110.000 added Santa Anita Derby 0Tul.f Linmolti KinR Ara, Amcr.

March 5. From here he may bo Qjm(lt and Mr EjffcL snipped to New York, possibly for the Wood Memorial, and then to HAKMATZ fiROrNDKI) Louisville for the Kentucky Dcr- Jockey Bill Harmatz yesterday by May 7. suspended for five racing After a morning radio broad-! days by Santa Anita's board of east, Ross walked up to the following the foul in last it'g track with trainer Ivan Parke Saturday's San Pasqual Handicap of Pin Oak Farm, reportedly no- ni which his mount, How Now fotiatins to buy Warfare, to was disqualified. itch the colt work a half mile in The stewards ruled that Har-r'0 flat. It was muddy.

Parke left mat, had failed to maintain a the east by plane' yesterday, straight course in the stretch. illow Now drifted in on the win- TOMV LEG WOKKS Yort Nasrullah. causing Ed-1 Kentucky Derby winner Tomy )jR Arcaro to take up on Crash-Lee workd a mile handily at Santa Anita yesterday with his (Continued on A 10, Column 3) i i mi 1 ANY TVPf OF WINDOW ANY TYPE 0 STYLE OOOR Easy, Easy-Terms Guaranteed AIR-UEI3T COMPANY 1553 N. M. Vernon.