Huskies Are
Near Top in
Cage Poll
NEW YORK. Deec. 20—(fl—The
University of Washington Huskies,
Pacific Coast Conference champions,
have a golden opportunity to become
the No. 1 college basketball team in
the nation.
Their chances of gaining the top
rung in the Associated Press poll de
pend on what they do against Min
nesota at Minneapolis Saturday.
Currently ranked No. 8, the
Huskies opened their midwest in
vasion last night by bowling over
the 4th-ranked St. Louis, 58-53. It
was Washington's sixth straight
victory after a season-opening
62-61 defeat by Utah, a setback
the Huskies avenged the next
night, 60-44.
If the Huskies whip Minnesota,
conquerors of Kentucky, No. 2, a
team which in turn walloped the
currently top ranked St. Johns of
Brooklyn quintet, the PCC outfit
would be certain to gain prestige.
Two big fellows, 6:07 Bob Hou
bregs and 6:08 Doug McClary, made
the difference for the Huskies
against St. Louis. They scored 31
points between them as well as con
trolling the backboards. St. Louis
led, 24-21, at the half time, but the
Huskies moved ahead midway of the
second half at 39-38 and stayed
ahead the rest of the way.
Unbeaten Pennsylvania, touted
as the team to watch in the Ivy
circuit, likewise opened a midwest
tour by beating Pitt, 55-52. at
Pittsburgh, with a rally in the last
three minutes.
Oklahoma A and M, beaten Tues
day night by Southern California,
turned the tables on the Trojans by
winning, 58-47. in the first half of
a doubleheader at Tulsa. In the sec
ond game Tulsa whipped Missouri,
60-53.
In a twin bill at Dallas, Texas
Christian beat Texas Tech, 68-48,
and Southern Methodist took Neb
raska, 61-55 as SMU’s Derrell Mur
phy flipped in 21 points.
Seton Hall, ranked 10th, had an
easy time against Baldwin-Wallace,
83-57, while Western Kentucky, No.
16, experienced more difficulty in
beating Xavier of Ohio, 92-82.
Princeton Knocked Out
Navy knocked Princeton out of
the unbeaten ranks, 54-45, and Flor
ida humbled Tennessee, 58-47.
Columbia staved off a late Ford
ham rally to win, 47-46, and Army
opened its season \yith a 66-50
Ituuwpmg «f,Ithaca.
In other games Western Michigan
beat Chicago Loyola, 73-66, in over
time; Cincinnati whipped William
and Mary, 67-61; Villanova wallop
ed Mt. St. Mary's, 97-64; Maryland
conquered Washington and Lee, 51
43: and Wichita took San Diego
State. 74-59.
Illinois Works on
Pass Defense
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 20-^M—
Illinois scheduled another double
w< ,-k-out today, with emphasis to
be placed on pass defense in expect
ation of the aerial assault which
Stanford may provide in the Rose
Bowl Jan. 1.
Coach Ray Eliot, as might be ex
pected, has featured his top pass
ing combination on defense, quarter
back Tommy O’Connell and right
end Rex Smith.
Eliot has a thick file of scouts’ re
ports on Stanford's best pass duo
quarterback Gary Kerkorian and
end Bill McColl.
Kerkorian, McColl and the resi
of the Indians continue to practice
at Palo Alto. They will assemble in
Southern California Dec. 26.
EXPRESS OFFICE TO
BE OPEN CHRISTMAS
The Railway Express Agency will
be open Christmas afternoon for
the convenience of the public, O
W. Brown, agent in charge, said
today. The Denali is due the day
before Christmas and it is expec
ted there will be a good deal ol
express aboard.
Brown is replacing A1 Boutin whe
is Outside for medical attention
and a six weeks rest.
Matthews Gets
Shot at Title
Held by Maxim
NEW YORK. Dec. 20-G1)—Harry
Matthews, Seattle sensation, was of
fered a Feb. 22 title bout today with
I light heavyweight champion Joey
1 Maxim, the site to be determined
later.
I A1 Weill, International Boxing
I Club matchmaker, wired Jack Hur
1 ley. Matthews' manager, the offer
j after Maxim's manager, Jack
Kearns, agreed to the match.
The telegram sent to Hurley at a
j Chicago address offered his fighter
15 percent. It was assumed Maxim
as champion would get 45 percent.
Madison Square Garden was the
likely site of the title match if terms
are arranged .although it might be
staged at the San Francisco Cow
j Palace.
| Maxim has defended his 175
I pound title only once, against Bob
Murphy at the Garden in August.
He won the championship by knock
ing out Freddie Mills of London,
Jan. 24, 1950.
More Kentucky
Players May Be
In Fix Games
FRANKFURT, Ky„ Dec. 20—M
Assistant District Attorney Vincent
O'Connor, enroute to New York to
day, predicted the names of other
Kentucky men involved in basket
ball fixes will come to light.
His six day investigation up
against a blank wall, O’Connor con
ferred briefly yesterday with Gov.
Lawrence Wetherby before depart
ing. Afterwards, he said:
"I want to state most emphatically
that our departure does not mean
we are dropping—or even consider
ing dropping—our investigation of
Kentucky players we definitely know
are involved in the fixes.”
Nowhere in his remarks did O'
Connor indicate whether the play
: ers involved are present or former
members of the Wildcat squad.
At Lexington, President H. L.
Donovan hastened to assure the
public the university has not played
and shall not play any boy "about
whom we have any ground for be
lieving. . .has participated in any
‘fix’.”
Scores at
: Basketball
By the Associated Press
Scores of leading basketball games
1 last night follows:
Wichita 74, San Diego State 59.
Utah State 73, San Francisco
State 53.
Portland 78, Memphis State 49.
Pacific Lutheran 68, Southern
| Oregon 45.
Tulsa 60, Missouri 53.
Oklahoma A and M 58, Southern
: California 47.
Cincinnati 71, William and Mary
61.
Washington 58, St. Louis 53.
j Southern Methodist 61, Nebraska
I 53.
Texas Christian 68, Texas Tech
48.
Arkansas State (Flagstaff) 58
New Mexico 56.
St. Mary's (Calif) 77, Texas West
ern 42.
Columbia 47, Forham 46.
' Army 66, Ithaca 50.
Westminster (Pa) 66, Carnegie
I Tech 65.
Penn 55, Pitt 52.
Villanova 97, Mt. St. Mary’s 64.
Navy 54, Princeton 45.
Maryland 51, Washington and Lee
43.
Florida 58, Tennessee 47.
Western Kentucky 92, Xavier 82.
SANTA, SLEIGH, REINDEER
AT TRIPLETTE HOME
Santa Claus in his sleigh and
his gaily prancing reindeer appear
right at home on the snowy hill
bide at the Woodrow Triplette res
idence in the Highlands, while a
beautifully lighted tree adds still
I more to the Christmas atmosphere
I of the neighborhood.
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Best Fielding
Nat. League
Team Picked
NEW YORK, Dec. 20—(/Pt—Who
is the better fielding first baseman?
Gil Hodges of Brooklyn or Ted Klus
zewski of Cincinnati.
Prepare for a surprise. According
to National League fielding averages,
Kluszewski, the big, lumbering Reds’
strong boy was the top defensive
first sacker in the loop. Kluszewski
had a fielding percentage of .997,
five points better than Hodges’ .992.
Here is the best fielding team, ac
cording to official figures released
yesterday:
First base—Ted Kluszewski, Cin
cinnati .997.
Second Base—Jackie Robinson,
Brooklyn .992.
Third Base—Billy Johnson, St.
Louis .976.
Shortstop—Virgil Stallcup, Cin
cinnati .969.
Right Field — Willard Marshal,
Boston 1.000. ^
Center Field—Lloyd Merriman,
Cincinnati .997
Left Field—Monte Irvin, New York
.987.
Pitcher—Sal Maglie, New York
1.000.
The season's outstanding field
ing performances were turned in
by Robinson, Marshall and Richie
Ashburn. the swift centerfielder of
the Philadelphia Phillies.
Robinson shattered a league field
ing mark for second basemen, post
ing a spectacular .992 percentage in
150 games. The 32-year-old Dodger
star committed a record low of only
seven miscues while accepting 832
chances.
Marshall became only the second
major leaguer ever to play through
an entire season without a single
error. <The Braves’ right fielder ac- !
cepted 231 chances in 136 games.
Ashburn ranked only sixth among
I flychasers but he outranked all his
I rivals in total chances accepted,*560.
Brooklyn’s Duke Snider, with 399
chances, was his closest rival. ,
Fight Dope
By the Associated P
Here are results of fights last
night:
New York—(St. Nicholas Arena'
—Chico Vejar, 143‘i, Stamford,
Conn., outpointed Carmine Fiore,
i 143M-, Brooklyn, 10.
Phoenix, Ariz.—Charlie Salas, 150,
Phoenix, outpointed Memo Gar
mendia 154, Hermosillo, Mexico, 10.
Sports in Brief
NEW YORK—Jackie Robinson of
Dodgers and Willard Marshall of
Braves set new National League
j fielding records during 1951 for sec
ond basemen and right fielders, res
; pectively. Robinson had a .992 av
! erage and Marshall a pefect season
' in handling 231 chances.
NEW YORK—New York County
! grand jury found no law violation
in last August's death of boxer
George Flores but made six safety
recommendations for professional
boxing.
CHICAGO—Heartley (Hunk) An
derson, pro coach since 1929, an
nounced his retirement from foot
ball coaching to devote full time
to a steel company job.
j CITY STREETS TO
BE SNOWPLOWED
I Downtown city streets will be
plowed between 2 and 5 o’clock to
morrow morning, Ray Hagerup,
street foreman, said today. He ask
ed that parked cars be removed in
j order that the snow may be cleared.
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High Stepping Basketball
Fans get a mixture of ballet dancing and basket’:." 11 during the Worcester Tech-Fitchburg Teachers
game at Worcester, Mass., the other night- Terh's F. r! Bloom is shown leaping high in th? air and
Teachers' Ed McGaw seems to be missing a kick when br.th picyers got mixed in with a loos'e bouncing
ball. Terh's Joe Fration deft' sh>'s away from tiic high-kicking player. Worcester Tech won 7ti-£0.
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70 Hollywood Stars
Head Overseas to
Entertain Troops
BURBANK. Calif.. Dec. 20—‘.P—
Seventy Hollywood film personalities
divided into four troupes, left by
plane today to entertain American
troops at Christmas time in scat
tered parts of the world.
The first of the four planes was
bound for Japan and Korea, bearing
18 performers headed by Paul Doug
las and his wife Jan Sterling. Piper
Laurie and Mala Powers.
An Alaska-bound ship took off
with 17 including Ray Milland, Akim
Tamiroff and writer Charming Pol
j lock.
Tennis Tourney
•i'
SYDNEY Australia, Dec 20—.?
—America's chances of winning the
j Davis Tennis Cup back from Ain
i tralia next week revolve about the
I play of the game’s controversial fig
I ure, Ted Schroeder.
The concensus is that the vet
! eran is at the peak of his amaz
I ing comeback, he can defeat Frank
; Sedgman in their singles duel and
j the trophy will be back on its way
! across the Pacific.
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from Bert and Staff
Kendlers Are Retiring
From Dairy Business
It was 31 years ago this month
that a pretty blonde young woman
from the Rhineland of Germany met
Joe Kendler on a trans-Atlantic
liner. He was returning to Alaska
after visiting his former home in
Salzburg, Austria.
The young lady was headed for
Chicago to visit an aunt, but some
where in the middle of the ocean she
knew, with the wisdom of woman,
that she'd wind up in Douglas. She
did, seven months later. For the
past 30 years Mr. and Mrs. Joe
ICendlcr have been a part of the life
of the Gastineau area and this
month they are retiring from -he
dairy business.
However, they will continue to
maintain their home at their dairy
9’j miles out Glacier Highway where
Mrs. Kendler will be active in her
4-H Club work and Joe will "just
putter” as he calls it.
The Kendlers bought the Tom
Knudson' homestead and pioneered
in the real sense of (he word. There
were no snowplows on the high
way then and when the drifts got
too deep for the milk truck, Joe
hitched a big team of horses to a
sled and delivered the milk anyway.
They have two children, Joe, Jr,
an Alaska Coastal Airlines pilot
who lives with his family in- Doug
las and a daughter Mildred, now
Mrs. Dale Steen who lives in Seat
tle. Mrs. Kendler plans to leave
Sunday for Seattle to visit her
daughter and family during the
holidays.
C. M. Archbold of Ketchikan is
at the Baranof Hotel.
NADINE THOMPSON
Public Stenographer
Office, Alaska Credit Bureau
First National Bank Building
Office Phone
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package tells him thi3 is the gift
that’s always welcome—a festive
bottle of whiskey. It’s the favored
gift of so many people you want
to remember . . . and the answer to
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one brief stop at your liquor store.
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smoother, mellower Calvert Reserve.
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people like most. . . because it’s
blended to a taste which is deter
mined by a “Consumer Jury” of
thousands of folks like him.
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