Firmco, Brut on
Grab Half Titles
In Keg Leagues
Firmco of Myrtle Creek and
Bruton's Shoe Service captured
cuaj nun in uie mercnams and
Commercial leagues at the end
of firxt. half nlav Thnfrla.. n;nk
- I ' Jua; uiUl,
Brutons crushed second place
in k si miners a-v wnue Firmco
prevailed through taking a 2-1 laC-
Jack Blair of the Fire Dept.
uu xtduK iisia& oz uie &eu serv
ice Laundry topped bowlers in the
Merchants circuit. Blair had a 217
game and Bistak a 562 series. Har
ry Dunning had a 201 game.
In the Commercial League, Ed
Greenfield of Boyd'g Coffee and
Fred Aamot , of Chrystalile Tile
had 204 games while Jerry Wit
tren for M & M Printers rolled
a 544 series.
Merchants results: Patterson's
Bakery 3, First Christian Church
0; Self Service Laundry 2, Firm
co l: Fire Dept. 2, Yoncalla Lions
1; Coca Cola 2, Thatcher's Clean
ers 1.
Commercial results: Bruton's
Shoe Service 3, M lc M Printers 0;
The Forresters 2, Boyd's Coffee
1;' Morris Plumbing 3, Hardtop
pers 0; Chrystalile Tile 2, M tc H
Market 1.
MERCHANTS LEAGUE
' ' W L Pt..
Firmco J 31' 17 43
Self Service Ldry. 30 18 39
Fire Dept. 27 21 37
Coca Cola 23 24 31
Yoncalla-Lions ' 25 23 20
Thatcher's Clnrs. 23 24 30
Patterson's Bakery 1714 30' i 2314
First Chris. Church 15' 32Vi 2214
' COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
W L Pts.
Bruton's Shoe Svc. 32 16 45
M & M Printers 25 23 37
Chrystalile Tile . 27 21 37
M it H Market 23 25 29
Morris Plumbing 24 24 29
The Forresters 22 26 28
The Hardtoppers 20 23 26
8qyd'j Coffee 19 29 25
Spokane's Baseball Entry
Dependent On $51,000
SPOKANE Wl The Spokane
club in the new Northwest League
served notice on local fans Thurs
day they must raise $51,000 in $25
slock sales by Feb. 1 if professional
baseball is to be revived here.
C. C. Hunter, the club treasurer,
estimated he has about $20,000 in
cash and pledges on hand now. He
aid another report meeting on
stock sales will be held Thursday
night. .
The club, organized on a community-owned
basis by Spokane
business men and fans, has been
incorporated for $250,000 and hopes
to sell $35,000 worth of slock to
get started.
; GETS MANAGER
LEWISTON, Idaho ' Veteran
minor-leaguer Hillis Layne Thurs
day ' was named player-manager
for Lewiston in the new Class B
Northwest Baseball League.
Layne, 35, 'a third baseman with
Seattle in the Pacific Coast League
in the 40s, was manager at San
Angelo in the Class C Longhorn
League last season. He succeeds
Lary Barton as Lewiston mana
ger. - BOWMEN INVITED
A special invitation is extended
to- all persons, whether beginners
or-not, to attend the weekly ses
sions of the Umpqua Bowmen for
instruction and practice on their
archery equipment.
Instructors and advisors will be
in attendance beginning with the
Friday, Jan. 28 meeting of the
club at the County Fairgrounds
pavilion. Starting time will be at
7:30 p.m.
NEW COACH
PORTLAND I Lloyd Berg
man, Portland University -basketball
player in 1951-53, is the new
freshman basketball coach at that
school.
He was named acting coach
while Mike Tichy moves up to take
charge of the. varsity. Tichy re
places Art McLarney, whose ill
health forced him to take a leave
of absence.
SANTEE READY ,
PHILADELPHIA 11 Wcs Santee
takes to the boards for the first
time this season in the 1955 Phila
delphia Inquirer Games at Conven
tion Hall tonight and the world's
ranking active miler thinks he'll
do all ; right.
"I think the winner of the race
(although' he didn't say he'd win)
will run pretty close to the world
indoor record and probably will
top it If conditions arc right," he
aid. '.'..-' '-
MAIN EVENT
Best 2 of 3 foils or 1 hour limit
Pepper Gomez vs. Maurice La Chapelle
, SEMI FINAL
Best 2 of 3 falls or 30 min. limit
Leo Wallick vs. George Strickland
SPECIAL EVENT
1 fall or'23 min. limit
, Bud Curtis vs. Jim LaRock
Matches under supervision of Roseburg Wrestlinjj Comm.
FIRST MATCH STARTS 8:30 P.M.
MOST VALUABLE New York
Bill Sharman, Boston Celtics
star guard, hold trophies in
Madison Square Garden after
being named most valuable
player in annual NBA East
West game. Sherman's 10
points in final period sparked
the East team to a 100 to 91
victory. The MVP trophy is
at left. At right is trophy pre
sented all participants in the
annual contest. (AP Wire
photo). Sutherlin Moves
Into 1st Division
W L Pet.
Aloose Lodge 4 0 1.000
Associated Plywood 3 0 1.000
Umpqua Plywood 4 l .800
Suth. Drive-In 3 1 .750
Fairhaven Market 3 2 .600
Pacific Plywood 1 3 .250
Oakland VFW 0 3 .000
Evans Products 0 4 .000
National Guard 0 4 .000
By soanking Evans Products 69-
29, while Fairhaven Market was
losing a 43-34 decision to Ump
oua Plywood, Sutherlin Drive-in
Market moved into the first divi
sion of the YMCA Industrial
League Thursday night.
In another result, racmc Ply
wood won its first game of the
season while handing National
its fourth straight loss 36-28.
Sutherlin rolled to easy quarter
leads of 11-0, 30-9 and 46-15 as
Whittren and Haskett poured
through 29 and 19 points respect
ively.
Umoaua Plywood stayed In close
crown contention with its close win
over Fairhaven Market, one of
the pre-season favorites which has
now been KnocKea aown 10 mm
Place. . , . . .
OlQtieia was tne winner s nign
pointmaker with 11 as they stayed
comfortably ahead by quarter
counts of 13-4, 25-18 and 33-23. Mike
Coen tallied 19 for Fairhaven. '
Pacific Plywood has to over
come a 17-16 National Guard third
quarter lead to win ana me mm'
hnrmpn did it decisively by scor-
ing 20 markers in the final chap
ter to do it.
Pacific led 8-4 after one quar
ter and 14-9 at halftime. But in the
final period Waldron scored 12 of
his game s total oi, zu poinn iv
lead the comeback.
Suth. Dr-ln (6)(1) Evans Prd.
Haskett (19) F (6) Hayman
Redding (4) F (4) Bemeti
Nichols C (4) C. Alexan
Plueard (4) G (6) House
Wittren (29) G (6) R. Alex.
Sutherlin subs: Nichols 4, Mc
Cov 2, Larson, Wahl 7. '
Evans subs: Phillips 2, M. Dar
ling 1.
Halftime: Sutherlin 30, Evans 9.
Nat. Guard 2 (34) Pae. Ply.
Davidson (8) F (2) Waldron
Leisinger (2) F (1) Pepper
Galla (12) C , (9) Hegely
Pope G Day
Ware (1) G (2) Lander
Guard subs: McFarland, Cornutt
4, Elder 1.
Pacific subs: Garretsen, Davis
4, Gannette.
Halftime: Pacific 14, Guard 9.
Fairn Mkt. . (34) (43) Umpqua Ply.
Sf. Coen (19) F (4) Crooch
Russell (7) F (11) Oldfieid
Smothersly C (9) Benson
Brickey G (8) Carter
Johnson (2) G (6) Calkins
Fairhaven subs: Westrum, J.
Coen 4, Chitwood 2.
Umpqua subs: Chavers, Mich
aels, Nichlason 4, Broadwater 1.
Halftime: Umpqua 25, Fairhav
en 18.
SELLOUT ' EXPECTED
SYRACUSE, N.Y. I Carmen
Basilio gambles on a tentative
April 1 title shot with welterweight
champ Johnny Saxton tonight
when he boxes Peter Mueller,
sturdy German middleweight, in
a 10-round match at War Memor
ial Auditorium. A sellout crowd nf
8,700 and a gross gate of $40,000
are expected.
WRESTLING
SATURDAY NIGHT
AT THE ARMORY
Firmco Falls
For 1st Time
Outscoring Firmco 28-6 in the
third quarter enabled Yellow Cab
to rush to a 74-56 triumph over
the Myrtle Creek team Thursday
night and hand the visitors their
first defeat in 12 games this sea-
ion.
A close first half in which the
score was tied seven times and
the lead switched four times ended
with the home team in. front 32-31.
Yellow Cab led 18-14 after one
quarter.
But in tne disastrous mira period
the cabmen took complete control
of the game while holding the
usually high-scoring r irmco reg
ulars at bay. Yellow Cab control
of backboard play and Firmco's
inability to hit the basket provided
the difference.
At one time in the fourth period
the winners manufactured a 33
point lead as everyone of the win
ners 'contributed to the rout.
Firmco meets OCE at Klamath
Falls Saturday night.
Firmco (Si) (74) Yellow C.
Richardson. (14) F (21) Hummel
Stuempges (6) T (14) Foster
Stout (18) C (9) Stacey
Gillispie (9) G (16) Wendt
Weber (9) G (12) Werner
Firmco subs: Gulbranson. Har
old. Jenkins.
Yellow Cab subs: Hite 2, Moore,
Harris, Johnson, Knudson, Kline.
Halftime: Yellow Cab 32, Firm
co 31.
Officials: Zarosinski and Col
lins.
Ring Record
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ,
LOS ANGELES Charley
Powell, 208, San Diego, outpointed
Hans Friedrich, 202 Va, Dortmund,
Uermany, 10.
COLUMBIA, S. C. Beau Jack,
147. Augusta. Ga.. outpointed Ed
die Green, 159, Kannapolis, N.C.,
w.
TOPEKA. Kans. Bill Sudduth.
154, Topeka, outpointed Jimmy
Welch, 158 , Columbus, Ohio, 10.
SEATTLE Tiger Al Williams,
154, Los Angeles, knocked out
Johnny Wells, 151, Seattle, 5.
PHILADELPHIA Jesse Smith.
160, Philadelphia, stopped Rocky
Tomasello, 160, New York, 6.
VANCOUVER. B.C. Johnny
Arthur, 233 Vi, South Africa, stop
ped jimmy wails, luitt. cim-
side, N.J., 3.
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Clipper Interested
In Baseball Return
LOS ANGELES OB He is now 40
and has been away from baseball
for four years, but Joe DiMaggio
would be interested in getting back
in some capacity, if and when the
major leagues comes to the West
Coast.
The Yankee Clipper, a bit thin
ner than his 187-pound ' playing
weight and his hair flecked with
gray, was in a reflective mood
when a reporter found him loung
ing in a Hollywood hotel lobby yes
terday. "I'm glad I played ball when I
did," he said. "In my era we had
great rookies coming up in hands
ful every spring. Now, if there is
a Willie Mays once in two years,
baseball people consider them
selves lucky. I think there are too
many buildings and not enough va
cant lots. Maybe the Little League
will fill the gap, eventually."
Joe says he's still mulling over
what he'll do for the rest of his
life. He said he has rejected many
business offers. Financially, he's
fairly secure, but he says he needs
to tie into something that is both
interesting and permanent.
"If I had a chance to catch on
in the majors in an executive ca
pacity after the majors come here,
I'd like that," he said. "But I don't
want to leave California. . I'm
happy here. I divide my time be
tween Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco." Right now, Joe. is lining up a
television show and is flying back
to New York next week to dis
cuss it. He says he may take a
group of major leaguers of Ital
ian descent to Italy next October.
Faculty Schedules Came
With Students At Douglas
An exhibition basketball game
between members of the Douglas
High administrative and faculty
staffs and a team composed of
l)Oi s from the sctnol will he
played at the Douglas gym the
evening of Friday, Jan. 28.
Other activities are also sched
uled on the same program rece'Dti
from which will be contributed to
the March of Dimet.
Ray Lemek, captain-elect of the
Notre Dame football team, played
left guard on offense and line
backer on defense.
Fore and
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it's th&
You can take our word for it when we
tell you this: '
The first time we put eyes on the 1955
Buicks, we really raised a cheer.
To top the looks of last year's Buick the
car that moved Buick into the top three
of the nation's best sellers that was
something.
That gav e us two hits in a row, we figured
and it seems we figured right.
For with these stunning new 1955 Buicks,
we're getting even more noses pressed
against our showroom windows than last
year and more folks coming in to look
and study and drive and buy.
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LEO GETS DOUBLE REWARD CHICAGO Leo Durocher,
manager of the I world champion New York Giants, gets
a kiss from his wife, Laraine Day, as he holds the trophy
awarded him (Jan. 16) by the Chicago chapter of the
Baseball Writers Association of America. The writers
honored "lippy" as the outstanding baseball comeback
manager of 1954. (AP Wirephoto). -
College Hoop Upset Skein Broken
The Associated Press
The upset streak finally has been
upset in college basketball.
George Washington's ninth
ranked Colonials, who earlier this
week had a hand in one of the
numerous form reversals, took
charse of Virginia Tech in fine
style 95-60 last night. That closed
out a suing of upsets among the
nations top xu teams mai naa
knocked off four kingpins in three
nights this week.
Illinois, No. 7 in this week s -Associated
Press poll, was jolted by
Iowa Monday; second ranked
North Carolina State and sixth
ranked Maryland were ui'ODDcd by
North Carolina and George Wash-
Aft- and Curbs idle, too-
x- ft V
style hit ofth&y&arl
But bold new styling, of course, is just
one reason for the sensational success of
these great cars.
New power is part of the picture robust
new V8 power in record might 236 hp in
the Century, Super and Roadmaster
188 hp in the low-priced Special.
New performance, too from the
dynamic action of Buick's Variable Pitch
Dynaflow that gives you far better gas .
mileage in normal driving and cruising
and full-power getaway or safety-surge
Thrill of the year isz Sulclr
ROSEBURG MOTOR CO.
end Washington Streets
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i it:
Ik
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ington, respectively, Tuesday, and
Kansas State surprised eighth
ranked Missouri Wednesday.
George Washington was the only
htrrli.ranL'int, tnam An tha inh loot
night. Even among the unrankedj
teams things went as expected.
Colgate defeated Cornell for the
second time this season 3-57, Tul
sa scored a 48-42 victory over Okla
homa City U,' Wichita spilled Se
attle 74-7Uand Texas AJtM beat
Louisiana State 58-47. '
The IC4A track and field cham
pionships will be held in New
York's Madison Square Garden
Feb. 26.
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WHIN IITTIIt AUTOMOIIltt AM IUIIT
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Fri., Jon. 21, 1955 The
Gomez, LaChapelle
Meet In Mat Event
Popuar Pepper Gomez from
Pasadena, takes on rugged Maur
ice LaChapelle in Saturday night's
Armory main event to highlight
rugged three-event wrestling card.
Strength is featured from top to
bottom of the weekend card be
hind Gomez and LaChapelle.
Rough Leo Wallick tackles George
Strickland in a 30 minute or
best of three fall semi-final. In
the 20-minute special event,' new
comer Bud Curtis meets strong
man Jim LaRock.
Besides being a meeting of two
event winners off of last week's
card, Saturday night's main event
holds at stake for the winner a
shot at world's champion Frank
Stojack next month.
Gomez was fancy in upsetting
head - butting Don Kindred last
week, but goes up against the rug
ged LaChapelle who only last week
won by decision over highly re
garded Wallick.
LaChapelle was given the deci
sion over Wallick by referee El
ton Owen on the basis that he had
outwrestled Wallick. But quite a
few Wallick fans, of course, dis
agreed. Walick gels his chance to take
nut any spite he may hold against
the experienced Strickland of Og
den, Utah. Strickland was a for
mer grappler at Ohio University
and among his more recent ac
complishments he pulverized Kin
dred with his pet rolling step-over
toe hold.
The special event could provide
fans with the most surprises as
newcomer Bud Curlts steps into
the ring to do battle with ex-AAU
and Olympic champ Jim LaRock.
Big Curtis is orginally from In
diana and played football at Ariz
ona State where he also wrestled
and won the national heavyweight
weightlifing title in 1945. He has
appeared on TV recently and holds
the distinction of having been ra
ted stronger than either Georges
Duselte and Eric Pederson.
Tickets, arc on sale at Powells.
RACING
ARCADIA, Calif. History
Book ($10.20) won the Lions Club
Handicap at Santa Anita.
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Ace Snaps Scoring Mark
As Wichita Tops Seattle
WICHITA, Kans. W 1 Cleo Lit
tleton broke two of bis own scor
ing records Thursday night as he '
paced Wichita University to i 74- ;
71 basketball victory over the Se-.
attle University Chieftains.
Littleton scored 38 points, bet
tering his own mark set in 1952
by one, and hit 16 of 18 free .'
throws, beating bis former record
by one.
Wichita led 40-36 at the half but
Seattle tied it in the second half
and moved ahead late m the pe
riod. Goals by Littleton and Verlyn ,
Anderson in the last two minutes
won the game for Wichita.
BAIT EATS FISH .
JACKSON, Miss. I Arriving
as live bait, a little Mexican com- -in
of the man-eating piranha fish '
of South America has invaded
Mississippi waters.
Wade Creekmore, director of the
same and fish commission.- said
the three-inch long tetra doesn't
harm humans but can and doei
gang up and devour large game .
fish. . , . ,
Biologists thought the little fish
wouldn't survive - the relatively
cold weather but apparently they
are thriving and have been report- -ed
In Louisiana as well as Miss
issippi. "CHUCK"
"An' don't soy I get 'oild-up' -on
the job!'
A regular change of oil In your
car will atiura you of many mllas
of driving plaatura.
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