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STARS SELECTED WEST ALL- STARS SELECTED LIONS DRILL IN STRICT PRIVACY AT STANFORD Detroit Club Says Coach UNDER-BUCKET ACTION Dons knocks away a rebound during Cow Palace game in which Indians 50-49 on last-second Farmer. (UP Facsimile). Art Day of the San Francisco from Stanford's Dick Haga (45) USF was upset by underdog basket. Right is USF's Mike CAGE BATTLE MOVES INLAND West Coast Teams Hit The Road For Weekend Contests By The Associated Twelve West. Coast teams play hardwoods this weekend.

Friday State, Washington at Kansas, Stanford Oregon at Brigham Young and Santa urday sees Cal at Kansas, Stanford at ville, Southern Cal at Washington at Kansas State, Oregon again at Brigham Young, Oregon State at Iowa, Washington State at Utah, Santa Clara at West Texas State and St. Mary's at Washington, St. Louis, Mo. San Francisco and Seattle will be playing in the Blue Grass Tournament at Louisville, which starts Friday. COAST PLAY In Coast play last night, the Washington State Cougars pulled away from a 50-50 tie with Gonzaga with only minutes left and beat the Bulldogs 61-50.

Jim Ross topped the scoring with 20 points for the winners. Jean Claude LeFebvre, Gonzaga's 7-foot French freshman, was held to seven tallies. Traveling UCLA lost an intersectional game to Wichita 83-68 after blowing a 41-34 intermission lead. The Wheatshockers used a second half fast break to hobble the taller Uclans and hand them their first defeat in five games. Sharpshooting Archie Rambeau scored 27 points while leading San Diego State to a 79-56 triumph over Loyola of Los Angeles.

Humboldt State edged Central Washington 51-49 after an uphill battle. It was the Lumberjacks' first victory in five starts. The teams meet again tonight. Redlands rolled easily over Sacramento State 62-37. Ducks, Bucks In Rose Bowl Drill EUGENE, Ore.

(P)-Oregon's Rose Bowl football team conducts its last full-scale workout here today before its departure for California and the Jan. game with Ohio State. The team was not able to drill yesterday because of final examinations. No practice is scheduled for tomorrow, another heavy examination day. Coach Len Casanova plans a loosening-up drill for Saturday morning.

That afternoon the team will leave for Los Angeles. Daily practices will be conducted on the University of Southern California practice field. Ohio State leaves for the West Coast early Saturday. Coach Woody Hayes said he expects to put his charges through a workout after arriving in Pasadena later that day. SPORTS Page 12-NAPA REGISTER Thursday, December 19, 1957 HAS IT IN HAND THE BROWNS ARE BACK ON THEIR USUAL DIVISION TITLE PERCH 'N 12 YEARS) BROWNS WITH THE BALLAST SUPPLIED PRO 3 4PTLY VAMED JIMMY BROWN, EAST A WHAT AS A ROOKIE HE'S FUTURE BURGEONED (230 LES) INTO HAVE, PRO FOOTBALLS LEADING GOT GROUND- -GAINING MENACE OLDE RMAN COACH BROWN CASTS, RECASTS Player Juggling Key To Cleveland Victory: By Harry Grayson NEW YORK -Whether at Massillon, 0., or Ohio State, the Great Lakes Naval Training Station or the Cleveland Browns, the best anybody ever did with Paul Brown was to hold him off a little, which is what the National Football League did last season when his team finished with a 5-7 record.

Now, as the Browns move into their seventh appearance in the league's championship game in eight years, a look at them shows why Brown is almost impossible to beat. The records, in fact, show last year to be the only time in 12 years (four in the old All- loop) that Brown didn't win a division title. In sports, luck of circumstances always seems to run with the big winner and that's how it has been with Cleveland this year. Take Tommy O'Connell, the quarterback who might have been selling insurance this year. Or Jim Brown, the rookie fullback who came with the flip of a coin during the draft meetings.

Brown and O'Connell can be considered Paul Brown luck. But the Cleveland offensive unit also is a superb example of casting and recasting available talent. The story of the Cleveland comeback starts last season when George Ratterman, quarterback, came off the field with a wrenched knee early in the fourth game, against the Washington Redskins. Brown put Babe Parilli in, watched his club lose, then on the plane ride home told one of his assistants, "Call O'Connell and get him here as quickly as possible." So on Tuesday morning, O'Connell, the smallish ex-Illinois star who had been dropped by the Chicago Bears and was working in a Chicago insurance office, walked in for his first practice as a Brown. He was on the bench for two games and then Parilli hurt his shoulder against Baltimore and O'Connell took over.

Cleveland won three of its last five with Tommy, should have won another. When this season started, Brown, who had tried nearly everybody during pre-season works at Hiram, finally decided to give O'Connell full attention. O'Connell, to Brown's mind, had been too small. Just a thrower. But he was stuck with him and he went to work and now he has a star who completed 63 of his first 110 passes, eight for touchdowns, and figures to be in Cleveland for some time to come.

With Jim Brown, the Syracuse kid who leads the league in ground gaining, it started at a Philadelphia hotel during last year's draft meetings. Cleveland, Baltimore and Pittsburgh had identical records. In the coin flipping to determine ROSE BOWL APPROVED FOR DODGER GAMES NEXT YEAR LOS ANGELES (P -All indi- their discussion until the matter cations point to the Los Angeles Dodgers openings their 1958 National League baseball season in the 100.000-seat Rose Bowl in nearby Pasadena. That's what Dodger Walter O'Malley told reporters last night before he flew back to New York for the Christmas holidays. O'Malley huddled with Pasadena City Manager Don McMillan and then announced: "The people of Pasadena have invited us and I feel very sure we can arrive at an intelligent agreement to play in the Rose Bowl.

So far I have met no roadblocks in my negotiations with Mr. McMillan." However, the Dodger headman made it plain that there are still details to be worked out with the city of Pasadena, which would have to approve any contract with the ball ciub. It was understood that O'Malley and McMillan reachad tentative agreement on financial terms such as rent for the huge saucer, concessions and parking. Both O'Malley and McMillan Five Forty -Niners; Six Detroit Lions Play In Pro- -Bowl LOS ANGELES -Detroit's day on the 30-man Western Annual 0-Bowl Game Jan. men from the Detroit team, in a playoff for the Western were selected, including defen-1 sive stars Jim David, Yale Lary, Jack Christiansen and Joe Schmidt.

The 49ers, Chicago and Los Angeles each placed five men on the team. One more will be named by the coach of the Western Division squad. The offensive team: ends, Billy Wilson, 49ers, and Bill Howton, Packers; tackles, Lou Creekmur, Lions, and Kline Gilbert, Bears; guards, Duane Putnam, Rams, and Harley Sewell, Lions; center, Jim Ringo, Packers: quarterback. Y. A.

Tittle, 49ers; halfback, Hugh McElhenny, 49ers, and Tom Wilson, Rams; fullback, Rick Casares, Bears. The defensive team: Gino Marchetti, Colts, and Doug Atkins, Bears; tackles, Art Donovan, Colts, and Leo Nomellini, 49ers; corner guard, Bill George, Bears; linebackers, Joe Schmidt, Lions, and Les Richter, Rams; halfbacks, Bobby Dillon, Packers, and Jim David, Lions; safeties, Yale Lary, Lions, and Jack Christiansen, Lions. Alternates: end, Jim Mutscheller, Colts; linebacker, Marv Matuszak, 49ers; fullback, Alan Ameche, Colts: quarterback, John Unitas, Colts; tackle. Stan Jones, Bears; backs, Bert Rechichar, Colts; John Arnett, Rams, and Dick Daugherty, Rams. Jack's, Yates In City Loop Wins Jack's beat Kaiser 51-37, Yates-Cochrane defeated DeMolay 57-43, and Dari won by forfeit over Sawyer's in City Basketball League games last night.

Jack's held 10-4. 25-19 and 33- 29 quarter leads in downing Kaiser. Bob Steen highpointed for the winners with 16, followed by Cuellar with 10, Jim Steen with eight, Power with six. Davis with five, Crossitte with four and Shoening with two. For Kaiser, Arens had 16.

Garzoli and Haug six, Van Gorder four and Marshall and Kansas two. Yates-Cochrane trailed DeMolay 11-12 at the end of the first quarter, led 24-16 at the half and 42-31 at the three-quarter mark. Ray Whittaker led Yates-Cochrane with 16. Bill Carden had 12, Eldon Barner 11, Dick Maier eight, Don Goodman four, and Stan Domezio two. For the losers, Glenn Kirk had 21, Rusty Lugley 10.

Larry Stanley eight, and John Timm four. The league recesses until Jan. 6 when DeMolay plays Yates, Redden's takes on Skaggs, Kaiser meets Jack's, and Dari plays Watson's. Lakers Post Win The Minneapolis Lakers whipped the Philadelphia Warriors in an NBA game last night. Charley Eckman, who guided the Pistons to two division titles in three years, has resigned der pressure.

Speculation on his, successor centered around Bob Davies and Jim Pollard. THEY'RE NOT FOOLING--It may look like a comedy routine but it's far from it. Rich Guerin of the New York Knicks, left, was furious over a call by ref Mendy Rudolph, right, during an NBA game at Madison Square Garden, the two engaging in a shouting match before Guerin was restrained by teammate Ron Sobie, center. (NEA Photo). Lions were In the majority toAll-Star squad named for the Eighth 12 at the Memorial Coliseum.

Six which meets San Francisco Sunday Division championship of the NFL, SAN FRANCISCO Coach George Wilson of the Detroit Lions was cooking up something special for the San Francisco Forty-Niners again today as he put his club through their paces at Stanford University in practice for the second day in a row. Wilson, grim and with a determined look on his face, barred all reporters from the practice field -including the newsmen from Detroit who travel with the team. He even barred the Lions own publicity man. Bud Erickson, from the field. Just what Wilson Co.

had in mind for the Forty-Niners was a puzzle that won't be known until the kick-off Sunday in Kezar Stadium, where 60,000 fans will be packed into the bowl to watch the play-off for the Western Division championship and the right to meet the Cleveland Browns for the national title a week later. INJURIES "We have an injury riddled, squad," said Wilson, "but we aren't offering any alibis." He then raced through the names of men who have been slowed by injuries--or who were out completely. "Bobby Layne, of course, is out definitely with a broken leg. Gene Gedeman has a shoulder separation, but may see action. Charley Anne has a bad knee; Jim David a bad ankle.

Jack Davison has a minor fracture of the wrist, but will play with a cast. Gary Lowe, our defensive back, was sidelined last week, but we hope he'll play this time. He had a pulled muscle. Center Frank Gatski has a bruised leg muscle, but will play. Hopalong Cassidy has a groin muscle injury, but he'll play, too." Wilson said that the team is "optimistic" about the outcome of the game and it isn't frightened at all by the odds that make the Forty-Niners three-point favorites.

"We are optimistic, but not over-confident," said Wilson. "We believe that we can win with the proper breaks. If the breaks go the other way, then things will be rough." CONFIDENCE Wilson and the rest of the Lions have a lot of confidence in Tobin Rote, who will fill in at the quarterback slot for Layne. "You can throw out the results of those first two games. They don't mean anything now," said Wilson.

"Everything changes fast in this business," Wilson said. "San Francisco had a good team. But our boys want this one. They mean business and can smell money." SAINTS LOSE ST. HELENA St.

Helena High lost two basketball games to Benicia here this week, dropping the varsity contest 62-35 and the game 34-29. BEAVER STAR-One of the PCC's better cage performers is shown in action here as he gets off a baseline push shot against Seattle. He's Dave Gambee of Oregon State, the Beavers' top gunner. (UP Facsimile). 5 LeFebvre JEAN LeFEBVRE CAGE PROSPECTS Gonzaga Features LeFebvre Press their basketball on inland California plays at Kansas at Utah, UCLA at Bradley, Clara at Texas Tech.

SatDenver, UCLA at Evans- SPORTSMAN'S DIGEST al sharp. ATTRACT DEER BY CALLING SO A SOFT, FLUTTERING BLEAT MAY LURE DEER HALF- -MILE OR MORE A DEAN AMONG SPORTSMEN AND OUTDOOR WRITERS, CARHART, INTRODUCED A MODERN VERSION OF AN EARLY AMERICAN INDIAN DEER CALL, NAMED THE "SPORTLORE," IN 1947. ITS SUCCESS IS PROVEN BY SEVERAL IMITATIONS RESEMBLING DUCK CALLS. BUT THIS CALL CAN BE ADJUSTED IN TONE TO MIMIC AN INJURED RABSQUEAL, LURING VARIOUS PREDATORS. THUS IT IS USEFUL IN SOME LOCALITIES WHERE THE CALL" MAY NOT BE LEGAL.

CHECK LAWS BEFORE USING. A BOOKLET, FILLED WITH TIPS, COMES WITH CALL TO EX- JOHN UNITAS VOTED MVP BY PROS NEW YORK (NEA) John Unitas, Baltimore Colt quarterback, has been voted by players of the NFL the most valuable player in the league and will receive the Jim Thorpe Trophy during halftime of the annual Pro-Bowl game in L. Jan. 12. In a poll of NFL players, Unitas got 244 points to beat out Y.

A. Tittle, San Francisco 49er quarterback, who finished second with 185 points. Jim Brown, Cleveland Brown fullback, was third with 118. Unitas, first quarterback to receive the trophy, led the Colts to their first winning season in history and had them in contention until the last day of the regular schedule. Two years ago he was fired by the Steelers without getting into a game.

He is a graduate of the University of Louisville where he played four years as varsity quarterback. This season he completed more passes (72) for more yards (2,550) for more touchdowns (24) than any other quarterback in the league. He also picked up 171 yards in 42 carries as a runner. He is married, and the father of an infant son and a daughter two years old. who would pick first, Paul Brown came out last.

So he sat down at the table with his assistants and went over the list of players he wanted. If Brown had won the toss, he would have gone for Len Dawson, Purdue quarterback. But now he had to wait it out. The picks started Paul Hornung, bonus, to Packers; Philadelphia took Clarence Peaks; Packers, Ron Kramer: Rams. Jon Arnett: the Colts, Jim Parker, and the Pittsburgh table called for Dawson.

Brown looked down, then called over to Bert Bell, the commissioner, that he would go for Brown of Syracuse. The rest is in the records. They do not show, however, the canny bits of chess moves Brown made with his offensive club. Preston Carpenter was the big ground gainer as a halfback last year. Coach Brown made him into an end.

He moved Herschel Forrester to left guard, a new spot for him; put Art Hunter, a tackle, at center, and inserted James Ray Smith and Fred Robinson as his right--or mesesnger guards. Service returnee Chat moved into the starting backfield with Brown, O'Connell and Ray Renfro. This, printed on paper, seems merely a juggling of names. But it comes out as more than this. It is, when you know of coaching, the secret to big success.

(Another in a series on West Coast basketball teams) SPOKANE 0'-Gonzaga an independent with ambitious ideas, will parlay the world's tallest player and dazzling speed in hope of entering basketball's big-time this year. Coach Hank Anderson had eight good lettermen returning for this season and prospects for a winning club looked good. But they looked even better when two transfers and Jean Claude Lefebvre hit the campus. Lefebvre, a 275-pound import from France, was virtually a stranger to the game when he enrolled at Gonzaga as a fresh. man; but he's learning fast and with some game experience may develop into a great player.

GOOD HOOKSHOT Lefebvre, who had to cramp size-21 feet into size-19 shoes until a special order could be built, already has a good short hookshot. He has a tendency to pass to a teammate when he should shoot, however. He also is weak on defense. Anderson split his talent into two platoons. The "French platoon," built around the towering Lefebvre.

has lettermen Bob Turner and Dennis Vermillion, both 6-4, at forwards and 6-3 Gene Volz and 5-9 Chuck Redmon, also lettermen, at guards. The alternate, and more effective, unit has lettermen Norb Trauba and Mike Gordon at forwards and Blake Elliott at guard along with two fine transfers, Gene Davis and Richie Williams from Vallejo, Junior College. This unit has speed to burn, likes the pressing type of defense and shoots accurately from just about any place. Anderson may make some lineup switches as the season rolls along, but he thinks the team will "really go" once it jells. The schedule has some weak teams but also provides some stern tests in Oregon State, Seattle, Pacific Lutheran and Washing.

ton State. is presented to the Pasadena Board of Directors. The Dodger president said although there is still time for further talks, negotiations to play in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum are deadlocked and it is unlikely the problems can be ironed out. Revamping the Rose Bowl for major league baseball is going to cost much more than originally estimated, O'Malley said. The initial appraisal was 000, but a more thorough examination revealed it will take 000 to $300.000.

Draw In TV Bout CHICAGO (A)-Yolande Pompey and Clarence Hinnant fought a 10-round light-heavyweight draw in a televised bout at Chicago Stadium last night. PHILLY SCOUT PHILADELPHIA (AP) Dolph onetime start first baseman for Brooklyn and Philadelphia, has been signed by the Phillies as a scout for the San Francisco area. East-West Teams Begin Workouts PALO ALTO (AP) East and West football teams opened training yesterday for their nual Shrine charity game at Kezar Stadium Dec. 28. The West turned out full force at Stanford University for two hours of offensive patterns.

The East, training at nearby University of Santa Clara, was missing four players who were delayed by final examinations. Two absent players are Army quarterback Dave Bourland and teammate Stan Slater, a guard. The West is 10-point dog..