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I Gotham Goes All-Out To Regain Supremacy June 23 Fight Opening Salvo In Power Drive NEW YORK (AP) This city's rapture of the Hoyd Patterson-1 Ingemar Johansson heavyweight' title tight for Yankee Stadium June 23 it just the beginning of drive 1 by business interests to make New! York a flourishing sports center j attain. I "Thia fight mean! 60 million dol lari in business for New York," said Bill Zeckendorf Sr., hotel clain owner and realtor. "We and the other busineia intereita in New York were determined to et the fight Thia la j'jst the beginning, we Intend to bid fur major league baseball, football and other boxing shows. Thia is only in our self lnterest. Whatever we lose to oth er cities means a loss to hotels here and other businesses." Fight promoter Bill Rosensohn disclosed at press conference Tuesday that it was "a dramatic, last minute guarantee of $600,000 by Bill Zeckendorf and his son that swung me in favor of New York City. "I'm telling you frankly that I waa all aet to have the fight in Chicago until that bid was made Monday. Ragnar Benson of Chica go had guaranteed me $500,000. The move by Zeckendorf and other industrial leaders apparently means that solid backing will be given to mayor Robert Wagner's movement to get a second major league baseball team in New York to make up for the shift of the Dodgers and Giants to California. Zeckendorf's guarantee of $600. 000 gross receipts seems cinch to cost him nothing. Rosensohn said he expected to gross at least a million dollars at Yankee Stadium. He also figures to clear a minimum of $300,000 from either home television or theater television. He said he al ready has reservations for 4,200 seats from fans in Sweden. "The target date for the fight is June 23," said Rosensohn, a 38-year-old New Yorker. "My inclina tion right now ia for home tele vision but theater television is a Eossibility. New York will be lacked out in either case." Spark Spelgatti's Tournament Hopes Veeck Runs Into Trouble With Chisox CHICAGO (AP) Bill Veeck and his syndicate have purchased control of the Chicago White Sox but hopes for a "friendly working arrangement" with co-Vice Presi dent Charles Comiskey may not be ao easy. Veeck a group put up $2,700,000 Tuesday and bought 54 per cent of the club from Comiskey'i sis ter. Mrs. Dorothy Rigney. Having completed the purchase, Veeck said he and former major league atar Hank Green berg, a member of the eight-man syndi cate, will serve temporarily as ex ecutive assistants to John Rigney, Dorothy's husband and co-vice president with Comiskey. Comiskey, who was scheduled to leave Tampa, Fla., for Chicago Tuesday night, chuckled when the Chicago Sun Timea asked him about Veeck and Greenberg com- ing into the organization as exe cutive assistants. "Who's going to pay them?" asked Chuck. "They ran't be of ficers of the corporation unless they are voted in the board of di rectors. And they can't be on the payroll unless I sign the checks. "Anyway," he continued, "as I understand it, the only stock they actually have title to is the 1,694 shares that Dorothy owns out right. The rest still is tied up in the estate and we have appealed the entire case to the circuit court. The case won't be heard for 20 days and it could be as long as 60 days." Comiskey was referring to his efforts to prevent Dorothy from selling her stock to Veeck. He lost his bid to stop the sale In probate court and has since appealed. Ring Record By THI ASSOCIATED PRESS Houston, Tex. Tony Dupas, J 55, New Orleans, stopped Joey Archer, 158. New York, 7. Fight was stopped because of accidental butt that cut Archer's eyebrow while he was leading on points and commission may reverse result. San Jose, Calif. Chico Santos. 137, Lisbon, Portugal, outpointed Abe Haynes, 140, San Diego, 10. Phoenix. Aril. Zora Folley. 198'4, Chandler, Ariz., outpointed Hank inurman, 211, jiioaesio, Calif.. 10. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Artie Towne. 175, New York, knocked out George Warren, 180, Washington, 10. New Bedford. Mass. Johnny Connors, 128, New Bedford, out pointed Mickey Driscotl, 134Vi, Toronto, S. London, England Dick Rich ardson, 202V4, Great Britain, out pointed Bert Whitehurst, 197'., Baltimore, 10. BEVO CAMP OUT BRAWLEY. Calif. (AP)-Spring training camp for the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League opens officially here today with pitchers and catchers on hand. The rest of the team is expected to report next Monday. Penn State's unbeaten 1912 foot ball team had only one touchdown acored against it in eight games Kansas State Tops Cagers By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Here's the top 10 teams in 'the final Associated Press college bas ketball poll of the season. First place and won-lnst record, Includ ing Tuesday night, in parentneses (points on 10-9-8 etc basis): 1. Kansas State (36) (24-1) 981 2. Kentucky (33) (23-2 ) 972 3. Mississippi St. (20) (24-1) 760 4. Bradley (8) (23-3) 665 5. Cincinnati (3) (23-3) 663 6. N. Carolina St. (5) (22-4) 575 7. Michigan State (1) (16-3) 566 8. Auburn (20-2 ) 420 9. North Carolina (1) (20-5) 411 10. West Virginia (6) (26-4) 354 The second ten: California (5) 213: St. Louis (1) 171: Seatle 88; St. Joseph's (Pa.) 62: St. Mary's (Calif) 60; Texas Christian 56; Oklahoma City 48; Utah 46; St. Bonaventure (1) 40; Marquette 36. Warrior Coach To Quit PHILADELPHIA (AP) Eddie Gottlieb, owner of the last-place Philadelphia Warriors of the Na tional Basketball Assn., was to meet today with Coach Al Cervi, who is reported ready to call it quits. Gottlieb said Tuesday he would "neither confirm nor deny" the report until he had a chance to talk it over with Cervi. The War riors were due home today after winning their last game of the sea son, 192 - 94, against Cincinnati Tuesday night. . .. -. - V- ' ) ; BILL SNIDER srv-, ... V i t :!!T! 9 PHIL EDIN iV r r - ?V- 3 ORLAN WILEY DON REVELLE Eagles Meet Old Nemesis, But This Time In Hardwood Battle By BILL GOULD News-Review Sports Wrher The teams are the same, but the sport is different. This is the situation, on state tournament-eve. for Bill Spelsatti's Yoncalla Eagles. The Eagles meet The Huskies gained their berth by winning the District 5-B crown. They defeated St. Mary's of Med ford in two consecutive games of a two-out-of-three series. With the two teams both rated high in the state s top ten (Yon calla no. 2 ana Aiernu no. ). their old nemesis of last fall, the , ,ne wjner of this fray is expected Bradley Seeded Top In Bracket NEW YORK (AP) Bradlev. beaten out by Cincinnati for the Missouri Valley Conference title, has been top seeded for the 12 team National Invitation Basket ball Tournament opening at Mad ison Square Garden Thursday night , The Braves, who finished sec ond in the MVC although they split their two games with Cincin nati and snapped Cincy's 16-game winning streak last Saturday, will make their first start Saturday night. Bradley. 1957 NIT champion. draws a bye as do the other three seeded teams, St. Louis, St. Bona venture and Oklahoma city. Butler meets Konlham and Vil- lanova faces St. John's (NY) in the opening NIT doubleheader. The first round will be complet ed Saturday afternoon with Provi dence lacing Manhattan and Den ver playing New York U. Bradley will play the Butler Fordham winner in the first game of a quarter-final doubleheader Saturday night with St. Bonaven ture meeting the Villanova - St. John's winner in the nightcap. The quarter-finals will be com pleted with Oklahoma City against the Denver-NYU winner and St. Louis facing the Providence-Manhattan winner Tuesday night, March 17. Semifinals are set for Thursday night, March 19, and the finals and consolation game Saturday afternoon, March 21. Merrill Huskies, in the first game of the 19.i9 Class B state tourna ment at Bend. Last fall, the Ea gles were belted by Huskies, for the state grid title, 60-7. With both teams taking the best records into the state show, this game is being touted as the No. 1 game of the first round. Both the Eagles and Al Keek's Huskies have compiled 21-1 sea son marks. For the Eagles, this is the second consecutive appearance in the state tournament. Last year, the Yoncalla five finished in fourth place. For the Huskies, the trip to Bend marks the initial time they have made an appearance in a state basketball tourney. The Eagles won the District 4 B title and their berth via wins over Days Creek and Elkton in a district tournament. to make its way into the champi onship game. Merrill has been led to Us berth in the tourney by 5-11 Bud Mau pin and 6-0 John Haskins at for wards; 6-4 Bruce Brickner at cen ter and a pair of 5-9 backcourt men in Dennis Salvador! and Dean Haskins. This lineup will probably be the starting unit for the Huskies. The Eagles will go with 6-1 Or- lan Wiley and 5-11 Howard Loyd at forwards; 6-3 Jim Booth at center and 5-8 Don Revelle and 5-11 Phil Edin at guards. The leading scorer for the Ea gles is Booth with a total of 223 points. The winner of the fray will meet the winner of the Corbett Pilot Rock game in semi-final 1 play Friday night at 8:45 p.m College Basketball JIM BEAM One Beam family for six generations. ..One Kentucky Bmbon formula for 1B4 yean! What mukptt Beam bourbon taste ao good? More than anything it ia the fart that todiv, a for 164 vmts, at is Mill tlte Beam who make HhAM, under trie same formula, in the sum Kenti"ky country where bourbon was born. That ia why you ran always bay Beam bourbon with tnint. 00 Pint KnrrucKY stight bourbon whiskt k nof DISTILLED AND BOTTIFD BT THt JAMLS L ttAM DiSIIUWC CO, CUDMONI, It. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NCAA Tournament First Round Navy 76, North Carolina 63 West Virginia 82, Dartmouth 68 Boston Univ 60, Connecticut 58 Marquette 89, Bowling Green 71 Louisville 77, Eastern Kentucky 63 NAIA Tournament Tenn A&I State 75, Neb Wesle yan 57 Youngstown 85, Northern (SD) 76 Westminster (Pa) 79, New Brit ain (Conn) 76 Lenoir Rhyne 90, Northern Mich 67 . Fairleigh-Dickinson TT, Culver Stockton 66 Illinois Normal 98, Troy (Ala) 50 Southwest Texas M, I.infield 61 Georgia Tchrs 91, Platteville (Wis) 84 Kansas 63. Okla State 55 Tenn 74, Western Reserve 64 Sports In Brief By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL SACRAMENTO. Calif. Ev Shel- ton. who quit at Wyoming alter 20 years, was named coach at Sacra mento State. HOCKEY PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia The United States defeated Sweden 7-1 and Ciechoslovakia beat Finland 82 in the World Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament. 8 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 'Wed'., Mar. 11, 1959 Sports Calendar WEDNESDAY BOWLING: U.S. Plywood, Metro politan and Cascade leagues, 7 p.m.; Industrial and Sportsman's leagues, 9 p.m.; at Roseburg Bowl. RIFLE CLUB: Seniors, at Rose burg Rod and Gun Club, Win chester, 7:30 p.m. PAL CLUB: Winston, Douglas High. THURSDAY BOWLING: Twilight League, 5:15 p.m.; Women's Major Classic, Merchants and Capital leagues, 7 p.m.; Crazy Eights League, 8:15 p.m.; Commercial and Vol unteer leagues, 9 p.m.; at Rose burg Bowl. s BASKETBALL: Class B State Tournament: Yoncalla vs. Mer rill, 7:30 p.m.; at Bend; YMCA Church League Tournament: Hi Y Club No. 1 vs. St. Paul's Luth eran, 7 p.m.; North Roseburg vs. Winston Christian, 8 p.m.; at Joseph Lane Junior High. ARCHERY: Douglas Yeomen, Armory, 7:30 p.m. Gordie Howe Supplies More Fuel For Debate By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit's Gordie Howe has sup- filied some fresh data for tht end ess debate who's the greater hockey plaver, Howe or Mon treal's Maurice (The Rocket) Richard? The two have been the dominant figures in the National Hockey league for more than a decade. They are the most proficient scorers in league history. In Tuesday night's lone NHL game, Howe equalled another of the records The Rocket set with the Montreal Canadiens. He trig gered his 29th and 30th goal of the season for the Detroit Red Wings in their 5-5 deadlock with the rocketless Canadiens. r. - JIM BOOTH HOWARD LOYD Tennessee A & I Field Favorite KANSAS CITY (AP) The Na tional Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament moved into its second round today and the champion of the last two years, Tennessee A It I State, again appears to be the class of the field. Tennessee A&I, first all-Negro team ever entered in the six-day, 32-team tournament, was in high gear Tuesday night in defeating a well prepared Nebraska Wesle yan team 75-57. The same big three Dick Bar nett, John Barnhill and Jim Sat- terwhite that led A & I to its other NAIA crowns again got the job done for the speedy Tennessee club. Barnett scored 29 points. The champions will meet a strong Youngstown (Ohio) Univer sity team in the second - round feature game tonight. Youngstown won its first round game 85-76 over Northern (S.D.) State Tues day. Other scores from the eight games played Tuesday included: Fairleigh-Dickinson of New Jersey 77, Culver-Stockton 66; Westmin ster (Pa.) 79, New Britain (Conn.) 76; Lenoir Rhyne (N.C.) 90, North ern Michigan 67; Southwest Texas State 93, Linfield (Ore.) College 61; Illinois Normal 98, Troy (Ala) 50, and Georgia Teachers 91, Plat teville (Wis.) 84. NBA Play Close Nears By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The National Basketball Assn., season comes to a close tonight with the Detroit Pistons at Min neapolis in a preview of their first playoff game scheduled for Satur day. In the only other game, the St Louis Hawks, champions of the Western Division, wind up their season against the Nationals at Syracuse. Tuesday night at Boston the New York Knickerbockers defeated the Celtics, Eastern division champs 138 - 116, in the finale for both clubs. In another game, the Phil adelphia Warriors defeated the Royals at Cincinnati, 102-, end ing the season for those teams. Syracuse plays the Knicks in New York Friday night in the opener of their best-of-3 playoff. On Saturday, Detroit tackles the Lakers in Minneapolis in the first tilt of their semifinal playoff. New York built up a 66-52 lead at halftime, and coasted to vic tory over the crippled Celtics who I host Evansville (18-6) facing St. were minus ine services oi Jim Loscutoff, Tommy Heinsohn and Gene Conley. Bob Cousy scored 37 points for Boston. Kenny Sears and Richie Guerin each scored 22 points for New York. Jack Twyman scored 26 points for Cincinnati, while Andy John son got 20 to lead the Warriors. Four Quintets Qualify For Class A-1 Tourney Two To Be Eliminated In NCAA Quarter-Final EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP). At least two of the premeet favorites will be eliminated today in a rugged quarter-final round that opens the NCAA college division Four top choices are paired against each other as eight sur vivors of regional play start ac tion leading to the championship showdown Friday night. They are Hope College of Hol land, Mich. (20-2) going against Southwest Missouri (21-2) and Two Church Loop Games Close Battles Two close contests and a com plete runaway were seen Tuesday night at Joseph Lane Junior High gym in the second round of the YMCA Church League tournament. St. Paul's Lutheran edged the Myrtle Creek Christian five, 26-25 and Winston Christian downed the first Christian team, 30-27, in the close frays. In the third contest. the North Roseburg team rolled I over the Winston-Dillard Methodist ! five, 59-11. The winners now advance into ; the semi-final round which will be I played Thursday night. Friday night, the tournament champion will be determined. The tourney is single-elimination until the semi final stage when it then becomes double-elimination. St. Paul's Lutheran was led in its win by Bill Sherwood who collect ed 15 points. G. Gisch was high for the losing Myrtle Creek chris tian team with eight markers. North Roseburg received a 16 point night from M. Stone and B. Cumpston scored 15 points. The First Christian team was led by Lee with 11 points in its close loss to Winston Christian. George Spees hit for 10 points for the los ers. In the semi-final games, St. Paul's Lutheran will meet the Hi Y Club No. 1 Thursday niht at 7 p.m. Winston Christian and North Roseburg will clash in the second game scheduled for, 8 p.m. The losers will play for third place Friday night at 7 p.m. and the wimrers battle for the tourna ment title Friday night at 8 p.m. Jailed Star In Reflection PORTLAND (AP)-Raye Ren fro, the most outstanding all around athlete from Jefferson High School in years, said Tuesday in his jail cell: "I still would like to go to col lege, but I'm not sure that I will be able to, now." Renfro is starting to serve a 90 day sentence for participating in the theft of two automobile tires from a service station. It was his second conviction. He was fined $10 a month ago for theft of gaso line from a car. Renfro at 18 is hefty enough to play fullback in football and there he broke the Portland scor ing record and fast enough to win tne luo-yara dash in 9.9 sec onds at the state track meet. Renfro said he had received offers to play football at Notre Dame, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State. He planned to enter a junior col lege in Washington to try to im prove n grades enough to enroll at the University of Oregon. Renfro said he blundered into his transgressions. "I think it may hurt my future, and I'm really sorrv about that. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't be in anything like this, I'll tell you that. "From now on I intend to stay home. I've been running around too mucn. l nave enough to do, but when the guys call me up and want me to take them somewhere, I usually just do it. Most of the others don't have a car. It defi nitely has led to my trouble... I might just give it to my brother," he said. Lineup Complete For Biggest Athletic Event By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Franklin of Portland, Scap poose. Bend and Beaverton Tues day night entered the A-1 high ' school basketball tournament to be held at Eugene beginning March 17. The four entries completed the the lineup for the state's biggest annual athletic event. Franklin, unranked in the As sociated Press prep poll, upset ninth-place Grant with a second half surge 'hat produced a 54-40 victory. Jerry Bergstrom led the Franklin attack with 16 points. Franklin will be the No. 2 Port land Interscholastic League (Dis trict 1) entry in the tournament. A 25-point, third-period uprising helped Scappoose win 67,34 over Wy'East for the second Wilco (District 2) tournament position. Bend, No. 8 in the poll, ad vanced to the tournament by post ing a narrow 38-35 victory over Corvallis in the third game of a best-of-three series for the sec ond Valley League (District 8) berth. Steve Pauley poured in 31 points and led Beaverton to a 18-42 vic tory over David Douglas for the Metro League (District 3) second tournament position. The four new entries provided this completed lineup for the open ing round of the tourney: March 17 7:30 p.m. Astoria (Metro League) vs. Klamath Falls (Southern Conference). 8:45 p.m. Jefferson (Portland Interscholastic League) vs. Sandy (Wilco League). March i( 9:00 a.m. St. Helens (Tualatin- Yamhill Valley League) vs. Marshfield (Midwestern League). 10:45 a.m. Baker (Blue Moun tain Conference) vs. North Salem (Valley League). 1:45 p.m. Beaverton I.Metro League) vs. Medford (Southern Conference). 3:00 p.m. Franklin (Portland Interscholastic League) vs. Scap poose (Wilco League). 7:30 p.m. McMinnville (Tuala tin Yamhill Valley League) vs. North Bend (Midwestern League). 8:45 p.m. Pendleton (Blue Moun tain Conference) vs. Bend (Valley League). OPENS SEASON CORVALLIS (AP) Oregon Mate (.ouege will open its law held foes to a football season at Salt Lake City best defensive on Sept. 21 with a game with the I field. It also boasts the top field i . i , n u i .i . . . . . - iiuveisu? ui uiau. Hums suuuung percentage. .434. Michaels of Winooski. Vt. (19-6). The quarter - finals open with two afternoon games North Caro lina A & T of Greensboro (26-4) vs. American University, Wash ington, D.C. (22-6) and South Da kota State (17-6) vs. Los Angeles State (19-6). Hope is hubbed by the tourney's biggest man. 6-10 Paul Benes, who has a 20.5 average. South west Missouri, loser of only four games in the last two years, has 59 8 average, the showing in the Prep Scores By THI ASSOCIATED PRESS Beaverton 58, David Douglas 4 Franklin 45 Grant in I Scappoose 67, Wy'East 34 nena m, lorvauis 33 MWOOD I SAWDUST nssji'Maau. Jdhi II BLOWER, SERVICE I i lROSEBURGulBR. 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