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Pittsburgh Prest, Sunday, Dec. 17. 1961 Sect. 4 PAGE 5 Aide Named Skiing Sno-Cat To Help Not 'Houdirii Says Yeoman Billy Loes Rated Highly Treadmill Strengthens Floor Players Oklahoma City U. Coach Uses It As Part Of Drills i I ri Des Roches Tame Wildcat This Year Warming Huf, Added Slalom Acreage Among Other Improvements At Laurel By DOS' DILLMAX Through the mist of the snow-making machines, busily dressing Upper Wildcat in a new white coat, Doc Des Roches pointed to a cottage at the foot of the mountain.

"We built that new warming hut this year and cleared an additional 15 acres of slalom grade over by Midway Cabin," said Des Roches, entering his 17th season at Laurel Mountain Slopes. For a skier, chilled by the icy claws of the Wildcat, the cabin couldn't be better situated. From atop the mountain, it appears that with a minimum of effort, a skier can glide right through the front door. Another Important change at Laurel Mountain was the purchase of a snow-packing and conditioning machine called a Sno-Cat, the first such critter ever Imported to Pennsylvania, A new Ski Shop also has been added. Inside Laurel House, all was a-bustle with the new season.

First big event will be Junior Training Camp, Dec. 27-29, to which the 75 top skiers will come from areas as far away as New York, New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, D. C. The camp is to teach young boy and girl skiers, age 11 to 18, the fundamentals of racing. Des Roches is a long time advocate of better programs to develop young skiers.

Doc Helps Raise Funds For Ski Team Doc goes further than the teaching aspect of developing young skiers to represent the U. S. in international competition. He also heads the fund-raising campaign to support the U. S.

ski seam which will compete In the world championships this season and has received wide commendation for his tireless efforts in this respect rv AWAITING ANOTHER SEASON is Catcher Hobie Landrith, who was drafted by the New York Mets from the San Francisco Giants. Landrith, working in a Burlingame (Calif.) motel, tosses a wad of paper for a baseball. One-Armed Griddei HOUSTON. Dec. If) (UPD-Bill Yeoman, who ha? been hired as football coach at the University of Houston, admits he is no "Houdini" but plans an aggressive program for the Cougars, particularly in the recruiting field.

"There are no Houdinis in this business," Yeoman said. "You don't win football games with miracles." He said to play teams like the ones on Houston's sched ule "you have to have the personnel equal to the opposM tions'." He did not indicate if he planned to bring th't i e-open Michigan States style of offense to Yeoman, 31, replaced Hal Iahar who resigned under pressure. WINTER TREADS ANY SIZE-TUBE TYPE or TUBELESS Whitewalls it tij' I fTV If illll I Kicking Specialist Varsity Berth Won By Southern Illinois Youth Through His Strong Desire To Play CARBONDALE, 111., Dee. 16 (UPD Bob Hight's secret Is height and he has made the most of it considering his handicap. Hight Is a one-armed football player for Southern Illinois For Ski Team HELENA, Doc.

16 (UPD Fred Neuberger of Middlebury College has been named assistant coach of the United States Alpine ski squad which will compote with the 1962 championships at Chamonix, France, next February'. Neuberger, dean of admissions and coach of the women's ski team at Middlebury, twice has served as coach of the Eastern Junior National ski team. Avonworth Booking Avonworth needs WPIAL Class football games at home for Oct. 6, 1962 and Oct. 4, 1963.

Call Boyd Stroup at Poplar 6-6615 daytime or write him at Ben I Avon, Pittsburgh 2. Our Winter Treads, ideniifitd by Medallion and shop mark, ore GUARANTEED t. Aaint defects in work-manship and material dunnf lift o( tread. 2. Afairut normal road hat-arda (eicept reoairabla punctures) anmunlered in everyday passenger car im lor 12 months.

Renairs mad without charm, replacements prorated on tread wear and baaed on list price current at time of adjustment. where your dollar buy Align FronfEnih j. to manufacturer's specificatloris Balance Front Wheels i i v' I 'V i bid luvi jr' tSSf' (p HZM jMj -J made car replacement part. If needed A endtorelon bar adjustment 1 Doc Des Roches aboard new Sno-Cat not Inotuded jf Doc has traveled thousands of miles and sent out some 6000 letters on his own since being named to head the fund-raising last spring. As a result the drive appears destined to givet he U.

S. team the financial support it needs for the first time in history. Most recent development In this respect was the decision of the State Department to subsidize the program although the exact amount coming still Is unknown. Laurel Mountain Slopes are Just beyond Ligonier, 55 miles east of Pittsburgh. Take Route 30 from Pittsburgh to the top of Laurel Mountain and turn right The Slopes have their own road maintenance equipment so the skier is assured of clear driving from Route 30 to the ski area which is five miles farther.

Slopes For All Beginners To Experts Upper and Lower Wildcat, of course, offer the supreme test for skiers but there are 16 slopes and trails in all, offering a variety of choices from beginners to experts. The slope are equipped with cafeteria, ski equipment sales and repair shops as well as T-bar and tows. All lifta operate daily from 9:30 m. to 4:30 p. nu Gordon Richardson of Winnipeg Is back for his second year as director of the ski school.

Richardson Is certified with both U. E. Eastern Amateur Ski Assa and the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance. He has taught the last 10 years in both the U. S.

and Canada. Undoubtedly, the greatest added convenience this season Is a direct line from Pittsburgh to the slopes. By dialing ATlantic 1-5757, skiers here can get up-to-the-minute snow reports on a 24-hour basis. By Landritli Catcher Believes He And Antonelli Will Help Mets BURLINGAME Dec. 16 (LTD Hobie Landrith, a veteran catcher who always knows the score, thinks Billy Loes and Johnny Antonelli may become established members of the New York Wets' pitching staff.

"Loes still can pitch and he'll want to show all New York tKat he can," Landrith said of the former Brooklyn Dodger' right-hander from Astoria, L. I. "And I feel that Antonelli might surprise a lot of people. He worked plenty of batting practice after joining Milwaukee from Cleveland last season and knows that his arm is in good shape. He won't have to worry about It this winter." AH three players now are with the Mets.

Landrith was grabbed by Casey Stengel's club from the San Francisco Giants in the special draft. Then the new National League entry purchased Loes from the Giants and Antonelli from Milwaukee, both on a conditional basis. "Loes pitched good ball for us last season," Landrith said while reviewing Billy's 6-5 record. "Of all the guys on the staff, he was the one who most wanted to go to New York. And he'll want to show his home town he can do the Job." Landrith, who caught Sam Jones at three different National League clubs, also feels that the solemn right-hander can help Detroit.

"If Sam gets enough work, his control will be fine," Landrith said of the Giants onetime meal ticket who went to the Tigers via Houston. "His curve still Is one of the best in the game as long as he throws It overhand and not too far out from the side." As for himself, HobertNeal Landrith is looking forward to snapping on the leg guards a lot more than he did last season when he only broke In the Giant's lineup only 43 times. "I'd like to catch about 125 games this year," the chunky, blond backstop said. "What's It like not to play? Frustrating. You spend eight weeks getting into shape and then wonder after a while if you really are doing anybody much good on the bench." Landrith, a personable 31, has retained a natural charm and campus verve although he is heading into his 11th season of the rough tough majors.

Currently, he is sales manager for the Hyatt House Motel which Is near the San Francisco Airport. A natural public relations man, Landrith intends to stay in the Madison Avenue ranks after the season has started. "I can make a couple of business contacts during the day say when we have a night game coming up And I don't think It will affect my playing any," Landrith said. Hobie's mission is to work on various industries and conventions to bring their trade to his establishment. Behind the plate, his assignment will be to supply some much needed experience to the Mets' catching department.

"I don't think we will set the world afire in our first season but we should win our share of games," Landrith said. "We don't have any patsies with such outfielders on the squad as Frank Thomas, Gus Bell, Lee Walls and Richie Ashburn. A lot of players will be getting a chance to work regularly again Players who have done well in the past. "And I know that I'll have to work as hard as I can to show Stengel that I'm still capable." Hobie said that he met Casey for the first time a couple of weeks ago In Miami, Fla. "He started to go over the club with me," Hobie said.

"But you know how it is when people see Casey talking. A crowd gathered and we sort of got off the subject." Quad Cities Join Angels LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (UPD The Los Angeles Angels of the American League today announced a working agreement with the Quad Cities Club of the Class Midwest League. The agreement makes Quad Cities representing the Illinois cities of Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, and Bettendorf the fourth member of the Angels minor league system. The Angels other minor league clubs are Dallas-Ft.

Worth of the American Association, Hawaii in the Pacific Coast League and San Jose, in the Class California League. We found out that the kid wanted to play if he could make the team. "So we figured If he wanted to play that bad, and he could make the team, why penalize the kid?" In other words, Shay emphasized, "There was no favoritism. He came out like anybody else and he happened to be the best kicker; no sentiment, no sympathy. This is a rough, hard game." Southern 'Illinois, enrollment 10,311 here, won the Interstate Conference for the second consecutive year.

Modern Boxers Hit By Doctor NEW YORK'. Dec. 16 (UPD Modern fighters generally are inferior physically to those of the 1902's and 30's said Dr. Alexander Schiff, the James J. Walker Memo rial winner, today.

Schiff. who estimates he has examined mo-e than boxers during his 36 years with the Now York State Athletic Commission, was voted the Walker plaque for long and meritorious service to the sport by the Boxing Writers' Assn. "Boxers in the 20's and 30's were usually in better physical condition than those of today," Schiff explained. "They were better prepared. They were trained better.

They kept in hotter shape and fought more often." The doctor will be presented with the award at the boxing writers' dinner Jan. 14, when Middleweight Co-Champion Gone Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah, receives the writers' "Fighter of the Year" Award. McKees Rocks Open McKees Rocks needs a WPIAL or football game for Oct. 26, 1062. Call Bill Daniels at Federal 1-2863 daytime or write him at McKees Rocks, Pa.

BELL 9 OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 11 (UPD It's not unusual for a college coach to fool he is on a treadmill. Dut here's a coach who has put his players on one. Abe Lemons, head basketball coach and athletic director at Oklahoma City University, has quite a bag of tricks when it comes to putting together sound teams. Out of that bag came the treadmill idea, in the interest of science as well as sports.

Lemons also lias his boys working out with gloves, a trick akin to the use of weighted hat in baseball practice and leadened shoes for track performers. After a session with gloves, says Lemons, the squad is much more conscious of passing and ball handling when going at it barehanded. "The main thing I've learned from the treadmill is the 'snap back' of the individual players," said Lemons. "After a tough session on the machine, you can tell which boys need more rest than others and how much endurance or stamina a boy has." Lemons plans to try his players again on the machine later in the season to see how they are progressing. "Many of the boys had wrong breathing habits," Lemons said.

'The treadmill showed them what they could do to improve this fault." Directing the experiment Is Dr. E. E. rhillips assistant professor of the O.C.U. Biology Department and director of the aerospace lalHiratory at the school.

Phillips also is chairman of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department. "The first thing I noticed was my calves hurting," said Bud Koper, a 6-5 sophomore from Rocky, Okla. "Dr. Phillips showed me how I was breathing improperly. This helped me in hard workouts." Lemons said the treadmill has helped him greatly in his evaluation of the Chieftains' strength.

The blood pressure of a person in good shape will return to normal within five minutes after the walking-in-place begins, he said. When the participant stops off the treadmill, he is seated and then tested to see how well he is fully recovered. The players usually spend about 20 minutes a time on the machine, which belongs to the Life Sciences Department. About the gloves, which are used at the beginning of all practice sessions, Lemons said: "It gives the boys extra touch. They have to be more conscious of their passes and shots because of the gloves, and it makes them more alert." Once actual scrimmage begins, the gloves come off, but the alertness stays.

Such goings-on are not new on the Oklahoma City University hardwoods. Doyle Par-rack, now head coach of the University of Oklahoma basketball team, used ballet sessions to get his boys ready to play when he coached here. Hove Fun And Keep Fit The seven Robert Kennedy children of Washington are as happy, healthy and active as you'll find anywhere. Mrs. Ethel Kennedy has written how the family keeps fit and has fun.

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"He's got as much or more desire than anybody on the ball club," said Shay. "After the kick, he races down the field with the rest of the players." Fred Huff, sports information director at Southern Illinois said Hight was Involved In 10 tackles after kickoff, "and he made three or four of them unassisted." "Bob is a shining example of what a handicapped person can do," Huff said. Hight, one-armed at birth, said his father, Clifford Hight, a sub station operator with the Illinois Power spurred him on in sports. Young Hight enjoys bowling, golf and batted .250 playing outfield for the Junior Col-lege in Centralia, 111., his hometown. Hight credit Jim Evers, Centralia High School roach, for "giving nie my first chance in football." "He never gave up on me," Hight said.

Hight broke his collarbone In his sophmore year, and he said he "almost thought he was through." "Dad encouraged me to dress out the next season," Hight said. It was different in college play, going up against bigger athletes, "and I knew it," Hight said. "And I didn't want any sympathy in the game, either," he said. Shay said, "Hob didn't win first-string kicker through any sentiment cither. He won the job heating out other contenders." Shay said when Hight showed up for practice, "We knew we had a problem, the possibility of injury, and insurance." "We talked to his parents.

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VA. Fairmont Sts. Phone 366-0780 4th Cleveland, the team the Rens are trying to catch in the Eastern Division, meet the Washington Tapers in the first game at 7:30 p. m. On Tuesday, the Rens embark on a rugged schedule that finds them playing six games in seven days two at home and four on the road.

After a two-game trip to Kansas City to play the Steers Tuesday and Thursday, the Rens return home Friday night to host the Chicago Majors. Chicago again will be the attraction at the Auditorium Sunday afternoon when the Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its Christmas party for underprivileged children. Road games at Cleveland on Saturday and Christmas Day round out the week's schedule. Flyweights In Title Bout BANGKOK, Dec. 12 (UPI) World Flyweight Champion Pone Kingpctch of Thailand will defend his title against Japan's Kyo Noguchl in Tokyo next March 25.

Under the contract, Pone will receive $50,000, plus for expenses. Nat Fleischer of Ring Magazine was picked to judge the fight together with a Thai and a Japanese. A Thai will referee the fight but he has not yet been selected. Noguchi, fifth ranking flyweight contender, lost a decision to Thailand's Chartchal Laemphapa recentely In Bangkok. Duquesne Booking Duquesne High needs a WPIAL football game for Sept.

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Phone 7-8721 KITTANNING, PA. Jefferson St. Liberty 2-2511 201 S. Lions Add Rice, Air Force In '62 UNIVERSITY PARK, Dec. 16 Penn State will inaugurate football relations with the Air Force Academy and Rice in 1962.

Those teams replace Miami and Boston University which were on this year's schedule. The game with Air Force will be played here Sept. 29. The Rice game will be played at Houston, Oct. 6.

In addition to Air Force, the 1962 home schedule calls for games with Navy, Syracuse, Maryland and West Virginia. Navy will appear in Beaver Stadium on Sept. 22 for Penn State's opener. The Nittany Lions will play Army, California, Holy Cross, Pittsburgh and Rice away from home. The 1962 schedule: Sept.

J3, Navr: 29, Air run. Oct. at Bice: 13. at Army; 20. Syracuse; 37.

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