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Show i 14 ? Tuesday, December DAI LYHERALD isso 20, Utah County, Utah rr imawiic 0):, if en Cats n n ilU; .:BY:U.:TbE ace " ; Kansas City Athletics To Stay Put .; lugged Foe i ii: Kansas;: Yankees. Finley, a wealthy insurance broker who was j shut out in recent attempts to land the new American League franchise t in Los Angeles, Monday purchased majority control of the Athletics for $1,975,000. "I have no intention of moving the club out of. Kansas City, and I'm going to try to get the base ball brains possible to .run the club," Finley said. "It will no longer be a Yankee farm club," Finley added. ''We'll trade with any team in the '; Kleague. Finley's high bid for the 52 per cent was owned j by the late Ar nold Johnson : was approved ' by Probate Judge Robert Jerome Dunne. It requires 'approval by American League owners, but Finley regarded this as routine. lie said he will seek to buy the 's remaining 48 per cent of the stock, now controlled by a Kansas City group headed by 6-- 9 .v j - ' ' . vo- .v.-- - ' t i (6-9- 4) 0) (6-0- - For Losing Cag e Coaches ; Note to losing, basketball ' coaches: If you are losing more games than you are winning these days, don't worry about it. of f 'According to the University Kansas basketball press guide, the guy who invented the game had his problems, too. Dr. James Naismitb, who started the sport with a peach basket and a round ball before the turn of the century, lost more games than he won while coaching at " . Kansas. 7 lNaismith won 53 games, lost 55 in nine! seasons with the Jayhawkers. From 1899 to 1907 the father of basketball had two winning seasons,5 five losing seasons and broke even on the other two. j ATOMIC ''FALL-OUT':- ;, The term "fall-outused in connection with explosions refers to the lighter particles of dust dislodged by the explosion tha are carried along by the winds and scattered hundreds of miles across the; earth" ", . H-bo- mb L United Press International . MIAMI (UPD; Joe Bellino, block-bustin- g DanAdagio Navy's cer of the gridiron, was on one of the biggest spos of ' his football career today thanks to his own coach and j Army's Dale Hall. Bellino as usual . will be the w arhead of Navy's football forces when the Middies play grim-eye- d Missouri in the : Orange Bowl on Jan. 2. The thought in many quarters is that this will be the j -- : ' btSo bowl scuffle of them all. the kid from Winchester, Mass. has to more than liv" up to has reputation to escape being a cinder, in the national optic, Country "Best Back" It is an accepted fact that as Bellino goes, 7 so goes the Navy. His own coach, Wayne Hardin, ' has insinuated that, in this en r By United Press International LOGAN (UPD The Sun Bowl bound Utah State Univerity Aggies announced plans today to leave for El Paso, Tex., Dec. 27. The Aggies will battle undefeated' New Mexico State University Dec. 31 at El Paso. Aggie coach John Ralston said his team will hold its next workout on their arrival at El Paso. 3 Sky! tners To Rlay In Shrine Game 1 CANDIDATE Wayne Hightower, 9 Kansas Univercandidate is expected to give the Cougars quite a problem to sity night when the Jayhawkers and Uats tangle m tne isxu r leianouse, suurung Ail-Americ- ALL-AMERIC- 6-- AN an , 8:30 p.m. Mike McCormick Wins Honor Pirates Cop Most N. L. As Senior Loop's Top Hurler Mike runs in 253 innings, striking out CINCINNATI (UPD 65. McCormick, San Francisco's clas- 154 batters while walking' only southpaw, officially Only two other pitchers who apsy was acknowledged the National peared in at least 154 innings League's No. 1 pitcher for 1960 compiled earned run averages of today on the basis of his 2.70 less than three runs per game. earned run average. Ernie Broglioj of St. Louis had a the was thircl It straight year 2.75 percentage and Don Drys-dal- e of Losj Angeles 2.84. Bob that a Giants' pitcher led the league in earned runs. Sam Jones Friend of Pittsburgh and Stan gained the title in 1959 and Stu Williams .of Los Angeles each -- Miller in 1958. McCormick, who won 15 games and lost 12, yielded only 76 earned checked in with 3.00. Spahn, Broglio Win 21 Lindy McDaniel, the Cardinals' ace reliever, registered the highest won-lopercentage in the with .750 on 12 finishing league, victories and only four defeats. Warren Spahn, Milwaukee's 39-year-olsouthpaw, tied Broglio for the most victories. Each won win' 21 games. Spahn, a 11th ner for the time, also tied teammate Lew Burdette and Vem Law of the Pirates for the most complete games. Each went the distance 18 times. .Workhorse Larry Jackson of the Cardinals made the most starts, 38, pitched the most inn ings, 282, and faced the most bat ters, 1,173. He and Burdette yielded the most hits, 277 each. Drysdale Strikeout King was the league's Drysdale strikeout king for the second straight season, setting 246 men down on strikes, while Jack San? ford of the Giants hurled six shutouts for the lead in that category. Bob Buhl of the Braves walked the most batters, 103, and Elroy Face of the Pirates made the most appearances, 68. Top gopher ball artists w e r e Jay Hook of Cincinnati and Robin Roberts of Philadelphia, each of whom gave up 31 home runs. Jackson and Law had the longest winning j streaks eight games and John Buzhardt of apiece Philadelphia the longest losing streak, 11 games. - st Utah College Quintets To Play Tonight d 20-ga- me Utah's three representatives in the Skyline Conference test tough intersectional opponents at home tonight and are hopeful of gain ing a measure of, lost prestige for the Mountain States loop. The action, finds Utah going againsV St. Mary's of Calif,, at Salt Lake City; Brigham Young Kansas" at hosting highly-touteProvo and Utah!; State tangling with Los Angeles State at Logan. Two other Skyline teams Colorado "State and Wyoming were defeated Monday night in clashes' with i, midwestern oppon0 ents. CSU was edged by Oklahoma aisNorman and Drake 4 at Des routed the Cowboys, d -- 56-5- 75-5- Moines, Iowa: Bat Titles today, r day, Head coach Milt. Bruhn of Wis consin and assistants Joe ' Kuh- arich of Notre Dame and Frank Howard of Clemson, the east men tors, also arrived Monday. Also checking in was venerable Andy Kerr, long time Colgate coach and presently business manager for the East. anyway. Led by shortstop Dick Groat, who won the league's batting crown with a .325 averge the Pirates swept virtually every title in the hitting department. They 'paced the league in team b:.tting with .276 as compared with .265 compiled by the runner- up Milwaukee Braves, and also led in nuisMtatted in (889); hits (1,493); total bases (2,201); dou bles' (236), and runs scored (734) Trailed in Homers The only important department in which the Pirates .were not first was home runs. The Braves were high with 170. The Pirates - co-coa- HI Montana Mentor To Talk At Grid Coaches' Confab ' points. Mont. MISSOULA, SAN FRANCISCO The (UPD chairman of the U.S. Davis Cup selection committee Monday ab solved non - playing U.S. team captain Dave Freed of any blame , rier. The latter aparently enough.' There was a . well-heele- d afficionado of the tour, who said, during a roundtable discussion of the Snead "open nerves" while ' the Coral Gables tournament was being played last week: (UPD . $-1- 1. - ' $100 every time he the in Open. If he wins H, plays I'll pay you $5,000." - There werfc nortakers. i. even that doubted to be is It Sam, with his great affinity for money, would .take ,sudh a wager. The burden when they hand-- , him the pencil and scorecard in the . Open is too much for him "Put up . , carry now. mnr?T7 '"rvnnnnrv'nrv AfD COWVENiEWT TERMS ALB. Ill e , l , ... ill, 1 - Nothing shaves tike a blade . . t and Sunbeam shaves you with real blades in the new, handsome 1 says either man can run it. Who ever chooses to run "the new team mmtL if r wall sell out his holdings in the Salt Lake team. Cosgriff indicat ed Monday he hopes to buy out Morgan's holdings in Salt Lake, v' League President Dewey Soriano said next season's schedule will be ready for; publication within two weeks. CHAVEM ASTER. iig ft ST"- - YOURS FOR v&s ;, LESS AT ZAIE'S x Foundation stone of the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. was. brought from Bethlehem, Christ's birthplace in Palestine. "THAT'S i CLCCTRIC SHAVCR j fourth with .314 and Ken Boyer of St. Louis fifth with .304. . . Bank Homer Leader Shortstop Ernie Banks; of Chi cago led in home runs iwith 41, and Hank Aaron of Milwaukee drove in the most runs, 126, and hit for the most total bases, 334. It was the fourth straight year that Aaron finished first to total bases. NEW M mmmmi SHAVErVlASTCR IcnTliiti " a iirmi ;'N TTfy"1 n , .. "'"(-'7-- ' ' j-- - s -- rs V 7. ..'. .mri, " 0 ; "J 'x rr ' r :yJ7yM I !HV v - "Vv ' .''.'..sv IADY SUNBEAM SUNBEAM ROLLMASTER NO BITE!". shav Exclusive trosidfed "Micro-Twin- " one side for underarms, th trig head e4her for perfect leg froomrng. With' xclusive 11 scissoHike shaving rollers-foaction! Automatic st smooth, dean shave in self-adjustin- ... r sr hard-to-get- spots. YOURS FOSt HO MONEY TOU DOWRI rCX UO MONIY DOYMt VEEKtY OR MONTHLY TERMS! CAGY SDDOA7SttOITil. American Th Greatest Whiskey Kentucky Straight Bourbon. 86 proof. Distilled and BottI4 y yellowfttoni Owuboro, Usk Distillery Co LouuviJX OPEN EVERY NIGHT Ill'llillV r "r 1. WII.ITI wai , Montana State University back-fiel- d coach Hugh Davidso will be guest speaker at one of the sessions of the American Foot ball Coaches' convention in Pitts Jr burgh, Pa., Jan. Davidson will discuss pass de fense, a specialty in which he has gained considerable recog nit ion in- his three seasons at for the alleged had mannagers, of American players in Australia. Jim Moffet said "I'm in no way to judge members of our team. But if our boys didn't have MSU. HONOLULU (UPD The Hono lulu entry in the Pacific Coast League will probably train in Palm Springs, Calif., according to Nick Morgan Jr. Morgan is president of the Salt Lake City Bees. He said-definite site would not be picked un-t;' 0935. he meets with, Walter E. CosOutside of Groat and Larker, griff, his partner in Salt Lake City only three other regulars man business ventures and also ifcreas aged to hit .300. Willie Mays of urerof the city's PCL team. San Francisco was third , with .319. The Honolulu franchise has been Roberto Clemente of the Pirates awarded to Morgan, but the league Groat, who barely edged out Norm Larker of Los Angeies for-thindividual batting title by two points, was the first NL Shortstop to win the crown in 25 years. The last one . before him was Arky Vaughan, also of the Pirates, in . 35-1- 4. f Heavyweights (UPD ' of Boise, Idaho George Logan He and Tom McNeeley of Arlington, first Mass., will meet here tonight for came BOSTON 8. 3; - Utah State was deadlocked in the post with Vanderbilt. Each had 120. - - . ch . 17-1- game home winning streak, miss ed a tie for 20th by one point. ) . four- - Probable Training Site Selected For Hawaii PCL Team er competing in the PGA" Except that the Middies are likely to find, as of Jan. 2, that meeting Missouri isn't exactly a "local tournament." Little To Choose In the final United Press International football ratings the astute board of coaches picked Missouri 26 :7::.:,:il7i'r: j as the nation's fourth rated team. Which is, naturally, very- com- Navy was placed sixth. There is plimentary.! But it is small solace little to j choose, apparently. for Joltin' Joe as he contemplates Against one common opponent, his next assignment. Because the. Air Force Academy, Navy Navy's chore is a mammoth one won 35-Missouri won 34-as it attempts to get back into. But the "show-me- " boys have emotional gear. a couple of powerful incentives "The big game has been won," going for them, la their only admits Hardin as he relishes that meeting with Navy, back in 1943, -2 victory over Army. "Above the Middies knocked them off, all else, the Army, game means Missouri can top that off with everything to Navy. It is the ul- the sackcloth and ashes fact that timate. Anything else is like play- it has! never yet scored a triumph ing in a local tournament after in tix bowl appearances. riding a 4 ail-Ameri- he'll have to go bigger than ever to get Navy off the inspirational floor. Without aforemalice to Hall adds the load. thought, "Bellina is the best back in the country," said the Army coach Who is in Miami as a of the Yankee invaders for the North-Sout- h Shrine game on Dec. ' heart-breakin- ( Possibly the evening's top contest, will take place on the George Albert Smith Field House in Provo. For in Kansas, the Cougars of BYU will be taking on the nation's 10th ; ranked team. Utah is expected to have its hands full against St. Mary's. The Gaels are 1 for the year and are paced by Tom Meschery, South Point, Ohio, is so named A Marine Corps pilot was the as a sophomore last lb .'cause it Is the most southerly year. They hold a victory ,over first to successfullv Inrvn a km in the state. I point Stanford, a team that edged Utah plane, a feat considered impossi-earlithis season. ble until it was done. 6-- the perfect manners, as 'claimed, you could not blame Freed." er Dec. 31 Shrine classic here. University of Utah linemen tackle Ken Peterson and guard Tony Polychronis and Wyoming halfback Jerry Hill are members tf the West squad. Coaches of both the East and West teams began strategy hud is CINCINNATI (UPD Pitching dles of cent 75 today in preparation for the per supposed to.be 31 contest. Dec. Pibaseball, but the Pittsburgh rates won- the National League First to arrive was Coach Bill pennant practically on! hitting Barnes of UCLA, head coach .of the West team. Coach Joe Ver- alone. State was That's what the; official batting ducci of San FranciscoAbe and around,already averages, released at league head- of Texas Christian checked Martin in to indicated hit - 8-- place tie. day for practice' sessions for the The Redskins, quarters here, , Psychological Barrier j. had the Open won on his try when Ralph Guldahl swinging through the dusk .V the third time this year. to relegate him to second x place The unbeaten McNeeley scored in 1937. Two years latter, he needvictories in both previous bouts ed a par five to. win it all with the rugged Logan. and took his memorable hacker's However, Logan remains an 5 on the last hole, and four choice to defeat the New Eng-land- eight ?:EW YORK Utah UPI) times he has finished . second m in their scheduled University dropped out of the top the tournament , which ranks as which will be refereed 20 in the latest United Press In of them all: SAN FRANCISCO (UPD Three ternational major college basket by former heavyweight champion the biggest the Now years are abetting , Skyline Conference football play- ball poll released today and arch- Rocky Marciano.i has what become, a seemingly iners, members of the West squad, rival Utah State fell to a 20th surmountable- psychological barare scheduled to report Thurs- W KANSAS . , Byron Spencer. ed -- Utah State Gridders Make. Plans For Sun BovI Journey Ath-letic- Joe Bellino on Spot in Orange Bowl Tilt By OSCAR FRALEY -- Sports Briefs j . Here's Hope f " - )- There are two recent indications that Sam has "had it" on the rigorous tournament trial. In the Canada Cup in Ireland last Last-Roun- d well-condition- . . (6-5- :. - . h . . . 3-- 4 k ',. i .j Teams With Lampen i JBurion will team with Timo Lampen on the forward line, and iDaveEastis will likely start at he post. Gary Earnest, who has been looking exceptionally good 'in games played this season, will be one of the starting guards. t. The fifth man on the floor for BYU is still a Question. But there's a good chance it will be Bob Wilson, a newcomer who is averaging nine points? a game. As for the Jayhawkers, their starting five will probably consist of .Bill Bridges at cen) and ter; Wayne Hightower (6-Correll the at forward Allen; positions; Jerry Gardner (6-on the ) and pee Ketchura line, guard BYU will' close their seven-gam- e home stand Thursday night against Kent State." '.' s Palm-Beac- . 3-- jame. yard...;;' summer he held a three stroke lead over Belgium's Flory Van Donck going into the last round and blew it. In the West Open two weeks ago he was three shots in front of young" Johnny Pott as they started the final round and blew it by "J three!,.' '' , Fatigue " I'm "Maybe, unconsciously, getting tired in the last round," Snead assented as he contemplated both of those finishes. "This year I'm really gonna go into training, like a fighter, before the Open. You can bet IH ; be ready." .. Snead always has .been noted man whose as a enhanced was by perfect swing the fact that he neither drinks nor smokes. But more than one star has been driven off the tour by the putting miseries and Sam of late has taken to fighting and cussing those short three and four footers which mean the- - difference between dctory and defeat? The 'Swing still is there but the short putts are a. phobia . He. overlooks " two other facts. He will be 49 before the next Open. And the time has passed that he can dismiss his nerves, when it comes to the Open. g It's a story for one of the golfing immortals.; . 3-- 6-- win in the U.S. Open- - and about ready to concede that it v may never come. "Now don't be sayin' I've given up completely," Sam frowned. "I think maybe I've got a couple more chances to win." The tone, however, indicates a man whistling past the grave- tournaments, more thanany man in: the history of the game, and yet he hasn't "won them all." At 48,. he's still looking; with an ever more jaundiced eye for his . i I firt J . 96-6-4, r Admits His Big. Dream Winning National Open May Be Dead Sam , Ail-Americ- an 5 BolelhusG O) Multi-millionai- re invades the George Albert Smith fieldhouse tonight in quest of another victory over scrappy, strug--' v QG1 by OSCAR FRALEY United Press International BOCA RATON, Fla. (UPD CHICAGO (UPD Slammin' Sammy Snead admitted ball club owner Charles Fin- - today that the clock and the cal ley promised' today that the Kan- endar wait for no man and his sas City Athletics will stay put big dream may be dead. and will no longer serve as a Sam needs no chip and olf farm team for the - New York credentials. He has won 106-g-putt TerLtli7raiiked 'Kansas, of the Big" Eight last season, gling Brigham Young University. ". Led by Wayne forward, the JayHightower, hawkers will 7 tangle with the '. Cougars beginning at 8:30 p.m. '.Coach Jack Harp's team will be a heavy favorite at the tipoff. Last year the Kansas club trounced the Mountain Cats, in a game in fhe Sunflower 'State. And this year's KU team, "is - supposed to be an improvement over. 1 the '60 unit which shared the Big Eight title with ' Kansas State. Have 2 Record j The Jayhawkers currently have a 2 record for the season. They have victories over Northwestern, Texas Tech and Michigan State, while losing to St. Johns and .' N Korth Carolina. , ; Brigham Young, .running in hot-. recand cold streaks, has a to date. The ord in games played "wins have been over Washington, Miami, and Texas Christian, , while the losses were against Washington, Oklahoma, Memphis State and New Mexico State.; If the Cougars warm-u- p 'to the occasion, the Jays will be in for a real contest. BYU has given every, indication of good- scoring potential, but the Cats have sputtered and given ground at odd been times when they might have ' applying the cinch. ' One of the bright spots in the BYU picture has been the play of sophomore forward Bruce Burton. The 4 forward from ,x)lnita,- - Calif., is averaging 13,.l points; a game, besides working" 10 rebounds the boards for nearly ' LA 'I Hi liir-" 62 West Center. Provo - L.inwJ "" L. C, - O-d- en |