La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 02, 1958, Page 5, Image 5

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    Basketball
Scores
College Basketball Results
United Press International
East
Ste'nVle lil St. Michael's Vt, 03
Murshnll R4 SI. Joseph's find.) 75
Davis & Elkins !)5 Potomac St.
Puqlicsitc n:i Carnegie Tceh 4a
Rhode Island 111 Quonset 43
Villanova 03 Leniyo'ne 67
Canisius 56 Siena 54
Adelpln 89 Lens Island U.
Sctoil Hull U0 Rider 5'J
Temple GO. Gettysburg 53
South
Kentucky ill Florida SI. 113
Stetson 71 Tampa 04
C. Smith !)0 Howard U. 00
Lenoir Rhyne 95 Newberrv
Murray St. 70 Texas Wesleyan 50
Alabama B0 Jacksonville St. 40
Mississippi St. 94 SE Louisiana 72
Citadel 55 Richmond 45
West Virginia 70 Furman 07
Florida 107 Erskine 61
Sprinq Hill 75 St. Bernard 05
Florida Southern 79 Rollins 01
Birmingham Sou. 72 Hunt'ton 52
N. Carolina St. 70 Penn State 54
Kentucky Wesleyan 92 Centre 03
licorgia 76 Clemson 59
l.a. Tech 77 SE Oklahoma St. 59
Memphis St. 105 Chattanooga 50
Midwest
Mount Union 86 Geneva 76
' Iowa G7 Colorado 16
Michigan 75 Pittsburgh 05
Toledo 68 Baldwin-Wallace
50
Indiana 60 Drake 59
Kent St. 53 Youngstown 51
Iowa St. 63 S. Dakota St.
50
Detroit 77 Assumption 50
Kansas 65 Rice 49
Northwestern 102 W. Michigan
60
Findlay 116 Malone 60
Loyola (III.) 79 Caiieton 65
Dcpaul 03 Christian Brothers 57
Nebraska 85 N.W. Mo. Tclirs. 44
New Mexico A&M 91 Evansvillo 85
Cincinnati 93 Indiana St. 4
Kansas St. 96 Purdue 81
Coe 00 Parsons 58
Stout St. 75 MacAlesler 04
Creighton 09 Monmouth 40
" Southwest
Texas Western 58 Tulsa 54
Texas Tech 93 West Texas St. 67
Texas A&M 61 Trinity (Tex.) 51
Baylor 75 Howard Payne 65
West
Idaho 71 Montana 51
Montana St. 109 Whitworth 73
Colo. Mines 69 Filz. Army Hos. 52
Oregon St. 68 Oregon 60
Stanford 57 San Jose St. 40
Santa Clara 49 S Francisco St. 32
St. Mary's 68 Sacramento State 54
University of San Francisco 61 '
Chico State 34
. Humboldt State 47 Presidio of
San Francisco 46
San Jose City College 54 Santa
Rosa College 40
California' 58 Alumni 55 ';
Chapman College 110 San. Fer
nando Valley State 45
Arizona State University
Whillier 00
89
Gonzaga, LeFebvre
Trim Willamette
" SPOKANE (UPD Willamette
opened its 1958-59 basketball sea
son here Monday night and ran
jnto big Jean LeFebvre and a
strong Gonzaga team. Gonzaga
jyon handily 86-61.
LeFebvre, the seven-foot-threc-inch
giant from France, was ef
fective on defense and scored
nine points. Frank Burgess hit 20
for Gonzaga while Tom Weston
and Merlin Marsh led the Bear
cats with 10 each.
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IN TRAINING Daryl "The Tiger" Corey, EOC footballer and
presently on the fight circuit, shows the beys that he can take
it. Gene Holt casually pounds on the roof of Corey while
The Tigei r.onchantly lifts a couple of hundred pounds of
weight. Bolh fighters '.'.ill be seen in action at the rew phy
sical education plant at EOC on Wednesday night. '
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Observer, La Grande, Ore.,
Nation's Cage Powers
Run True To Form
By TIM MORIARTY
United Press International
The first returns of the new col
lege basketball season indicated
Kentucky, Cincinnati, Kansas
State e.tid West Virginia are ready
to pick up where they left off last
March.
Although Coach Adolph Rupp
used three sophomores in his
slarling'lincup, Kentucky's defend
ing champions opened their cam
piagnMonday night by rolling to
a convincing 91-08 victory over
Florida 1 State.
Cincinnati, led by All-American
OscariiRobcrlson's 41 points,
breezed to a 93-64 triumph over
Indiana-State: Bob Boozer totaled
45 points as Kansas State turned
back Purdue, 9R-83, and West Vir
ginia,' voed.the No. 4. team in the
nation by the UPI board of coach
es at'-' the end of lost season,
opened, with a 76-67 victory over
Furman. '
Kentucky got off to a slow start
against Florida State but man
aged to open a five-point lead at
halftimc and then smothered the
Semiuolps in the second half.
Johnny 'Cox, the lone holdover
from last season's starting five,
led the Wildcats with 27 points.
Rtiip, who admitted he did "a
poor job of substituting in the
first half," wasn't too pleased
with Kentucky's debut.
"We didn t play nearly as well
as we are capable of," said the
baron. "Our defensive work was
bad and our offense wasn't too
solid."
Robertson, the nation's leading
major college scorer last season
with a 35.1-poinl average, helped
Cincinnati run up an ll-l lead in
I he first, six minutes against In
diana S'lulo. The Bearcats held a
45-31 .advantage at halftimc and
led by 30 points throughout most
of the second half.
Purdue outseored Kansas State
from the field, 31-27, but was un
able to halt Boozer, who dropped'
in 11, 'baskets and 23 of 26 free
Ihrows. The entire Wildcat team
was deadly from the free throw
line, converting 42 of 56 attempts.
West Virginia also won its open
er on charity shots, dunking in 22
of 32 while Furman converted 13
of 23, ' The Mountaineers trailed
65-00 with three minutes remain
ing but rallied to win behind the
shooting of Jerry West, who
wound up with 29 points.
Kansas, playing without two
time All-America Wilt Chamber
lain, who turned pro at the end
- vm mitt
OtSISVBtt
Buck Buchanan
Tues. Dec. 2, 1958 Page 5
of last season, unveiled a new
fast-breaking offense in whipping
Rice, 05-49. Ron Loneski paced
the Jayhawks with 22 points.
Indiana and Temple two other
top-ranked , teams last season
weren't as impressive in their de
buts. The Hoosiers, defending
champions of the Big Ten, pulled
ahead in the second half to de
feat Drake, 68-59, while Temple
turned back Gettysburg, 60-53.
Michigan swamped Pittsburgh.
75-55. despite a 28-point effort by
the Panthers' Don Hennon; North
western set a school scoring rec
ord in downing Western Michigan,
102-60; Iowa gained its 80th con
secutive home victory over a non
conference foe' by downing Colo
rado, ,67-40, and Steubenville, last
season's-' UPI small' college cham
pions, dumped St. Michaels IVt.),
01-63, for its 24th straight victory.
In other major games, Jackie
Moreland scored 39 points to lead
Louisiana Tech to a 77-59 victory
over Southeastern -Oklahoma
Stale; Fred Kdmondson's 23
points sparked Georgia to a 70-51)
triumph over Clemson; The Cita
del defeated Richmond, 55-45;
Oregon Stale whipped Oregon,
08-00, and Stanford coasted to a
57-40 victory over San Jose State.
Army Awarded
Lambert Trophy
NEW YORK f UPI) Army re
ceived all but one first-place vote
lo win the l!T8 Lambert Trophy,
symbol of Eastern major college
fool ball supremacy.
The Cadets, who finished an un
defeated season by whipping arch
rival Navy last Saturday, received
9.9 of a possible 10 points in the
final balloting by a 10-man selec
tion committee of coaches, sports
writers and broadcasters.
It was the seventh lime since
the trophy was initiated in 1930
thai Army was named No. 1.
Syracuse, 8 - 1, the only other
team to receive a first-place bal
lot, finished second in the voting
with 9;0 points.
Navy, last year's, Lambert Tro
phy winner, placed third this sea
son with a 0-3 record and 7.2
noinls. Penn State (0-3-1) was
fourlh with 6.95 points and Pitts
burgh 15-41) was fifth with 6.55
points.
PIERSALL OPENS BUSINESS
BOSTON (UPI' Jimmy Picr
sall, fleet Boston Red Sox outfield
er, has opened a food brokerage
business just so he can have
something to do during the off
season. Associated with him in
the firm, known as Jimmy Pier
sail Inc., are Clark S. Quinlan
o( Wakefield, Mass., and Charles F.
Sweny of Arlington, Mass.
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THE CLIMBER Dave "The Climber" Curtis, is UP to his us
ual tricks as he attempts to escape the pounding Jim Stew
ard would like to administer in what is supposed to be a
bsxing match. Action similar to above, though a bit more on
the level, will be featured at the Intercollegiate Knights fight
smoker set for Wednesday night at Eastern Oregon College.
(Observer Photos)
College Group
Sets Program
Wednesday night is fight -night
at Eastern Oregon College as the
Intercollegiate Knights, college
athletic association, sponsors its
annual program of boxing and
wrestling events.
Thirty fights are included on the
program which starts at 8 p:m. at
the new physical education build
ing. A small admission will be
charged lo fight-goers.
Included on the program are
seven boxing matches, a free for
all, a lag team wrestling match
and a blind-folded free-for-all.
Comedy and serious fighting will
highlight the program.
Boxing matches will pit Gordon
Roe vs Bob Byington; Dave Cur
liss vs Jim Steward; Rudy Clem
ents vs Wes LaRue; Gene Holt vs
Butch Corey; Chunk Kirklie vs
Sam Ledridge; Norm Nelson vs
Les Edwards and Henry Garbe
vs Joe Bedrigal.
The free for all will match La
rucn Potts' and Ron Munkers and
Don Cole and Tom Storm will
meet in the wrestling match.
A tag team match will include
four EOC football players, namely,
Jim Neece, Bill McCadden, Bob
Miller and Clyde Holliday. ;
All proceeds from the fight gate
will go to the 'athletic fund of the
organization.
Baylor's Lead
Is Threatened
NEW YORK (UPI) Elgin Bay
lor, the Ail-Ameriean from Seattle
U. playing in his rookie season
with the Minneapolis Lakers, held
the National Basketball Associa
tion's individual scoring lead for
the second straight week todayr
hut he probably will lose it in the
next five days.
Baylor hos scored 50 points in
2(1 games thus far, 27 more than
runnerup Bob Peltit of the St.
Louis Hawks and 77 more than
George Yardlcy, the Detroit Pis
tons' defending champion.
However, Baylor is slated lo
ploy in only one game this week
while Pell it has four cracks at
the lead and Yardlcy two. Be
cause of the peculiarities of the
schedule, Minneapolis already has
played 20 games, while St. Louis,
and Philadelphia have been in ac
tion only 16 times and New York
1. '
Pettit, currently Kith among the
all-time MBA scorers, has the best
per-game average, 29.9, with Paul
Arizin of the Philadelphia War
riors, fourth on the scoring list,
second with a 26.1 mark.
The field goal percentage lead
is held by Kenny Sears of
the New York Knickerbockers.
The blonde shotmaker has con
nected on 114 of 214 trys for a
.33 average the best ever
through 15 games.
Bill Sharman of the Boston Cel
tics has a big edge over runnerup
Archie Dees of the Cincinnati
Royals in free throw shooting
.926 to .885. Sharman has missed
only five of 68 attempts.
Bill Russell of the Celtics holds
a comfortable lead on a rcbounds-per-game
basis, but is only one
ahead of Baylor, 315-314, in total
recoveries, and Bob Cousy, also
of Boston, is closing in on Dick
McGuire of Detroit in assists, 133
103. GETS BRITISH OPEN
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (UPI'
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Club permission to stage the 1960
British Open championship on the
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Cagers, 68-60
COKVALL1S I UPD Guard Lee
llarman led Oregon State to a
68-60 basketball victory over Ore
gon at Gill Coliseum Monday
night in a non-conference season's
opener for both teams.
llarman scored 21 poinls, high
for his career here. Ted Miller,
former Milwaukie prep ace ele
vated to a starling forward role,
came through with 19 points.
Oregon Slate jumped off to a
1910 lead which the Webfoots
nibbled away but llarman came
back with a field goal with five
seconds left in the half to make
it 38-36 OSC at the midway mark.
Oregon at one time led 36-32.
The Beavers pulled away after
intermission and at one point
held an 11-point lead.
Dale Ilcrron led Oregon with 10
points and Chuck Rask came
through with 14. Gary Goblc, the
0-8 OSC forward, also had 14
while Denny Strickland, Oregon
sophomore from Bremerton, hit a
dozen counters.
Oregon State hit 27 out of 03
shots for a .429 average while
Oregon had .345 on 22 out of 61.
The box:
Oregon State
Miller
Coble
Anderson, K.
llarman
Anderson, J.
Flynn
Crilchfield
Weodland
Copple
Johnson
Crilser
Totals
Oregon (60)
Strickland
Herron
Roberlsc.n
Rask
Kuykenda'l
Anderson
Kimpton
Newton
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Ducks Readied
For Grid Clash
EUGENE (UPI) The Oregon
Webfoots worked out Monday for
the first time since the day before
Thanksgiving in preparation for
their post-season football clash
with University of Miami Satur
day .
' Coach Len Casanova said the
Ducks seemed to be in good
shape. The only player who was
doubtful for the contest was half
back Charlie Tourville, still nurs
ing injuries.
The Webfoots leave Eugene
Thursday morning by chartered
plane for Miami.
WIN POE CUP
PRINCETON, N.J. (UPD Fred
Tiley, outgoing Princeton full
back and captain, and wing
back John Iloyd have been named
co-winners of the Poo Memorial
Cup for sportsmanship. Fred Szvet
ecz, a center from Bethlehem,
Pa was elected captain of the
1959 Princeton team.
old course in celebration of the
famed tourney's centenary.
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Rough Battle
After two weeks of drills, Pen
tileton will start the Blue Moun-
ain Conference 1958-59 basket
ball season this weekend when
he Bucks host the Prineville
Cowboys on Friday, and Red
nond's Panthers on Saturday
light.
The La Grande Tigers still
lave two weeks of drills on the
ehedule before they host Un
on here on Friday nighti Dec. 12,
o open their1 season. Other
5MC teams will also get, a late
ilart with Baker ' scheduled lo
pen against Nampa, Idaho, Dee
.2 al Nampa, and The Dalles and
rlermiston also are scheduled tu
day their first opponents on that
light.
Coach Jack Rainey's Tigers will
licet a host of tough and exper
enced BMC teams during the
cague season which doesn't get
milerway until January.
At Baker Coach Gary 11am
nond has trimmed his varsity
quad lu 12 players all seniors,
leading the lineup are Gary
Mires, 511 forward, Danny Ayers.
he B-3 center, and Lloyd Cole, a
ward, all from last year's start
ng lineup. Others high on the
list for starting berths include
orwards Steve Van Ockcr, Carl
Cversoii and Ed Rose, who all
,tand G-l4 and a host of guard
irospcets including Mrirv Entlt
.olt, Dick Gee, Bob Simrcll,
Voody . Williams, Bob Ott and
Jem Ilowland.
Pendleton's Buekaroos - have
four lcttermen back from the
squad that placed fourth in the
jtale A l tournament last spring.
They include Dan Eekles, for
.vard, Dennis Bagnall, forward;
Javc Nelson, a guard, and Ladd
.lorn, also a guard. During the
;:asl week of drills Howard
i-aughery and Bagnall have been
Pro Football Owners Ready
To Sigh Draft Selections
By RUSS GREEN
PHILADELPHIA (UPD Na
tional Football League owners,
after giving Commissioner Bert
Boll a vote of confidence, today
set about the business of signing
their first draft choices for the
1959 season.
Bell, aroused by what he
termed the "internal bickerings
squawkings and squabblings by
coaches and owners" said Monday
the league could have back his
contract unless he was iven a
free hand to run it.
"1 don't want to be ' a 1 czar,"
Bell told the owners in un execu
tive meeting after the four rounds
of college selections were com
pleted; "But if 1 can't have a free
hand to run it (the leuguc) you
run it."
"I would prefer to run things
by persuasion, us 1 have Ihe past
13 years. If it doesn't work that
way. I will have lo run this by
the book, and if I can't run the
league the way the books say, I
will give up my contract," Bell
said.
Bell, commissioner since 1940,
noted that there have been "some
remarks, including thai I am a
slooge for some of Ihe owners.
There have been some squawks
against decisions I made."
Bell, in his criticism of the
bickerings, said of the league that
"I couldn't run it any other way
I couldn't change. Now if I can'l
go along us I have, I'm ready lo
step out."
However, Ihe owners, who re
warded Bell wllh a. 12-year con
tract in 1954 at a $40,000 annual
salary plus a $10,000 yearly pen
sion, met immediately afterward
and gave the commissioner a vote
of confidence.
The executive meeting, during
which owners discussed financial
problems of "four or five teams"
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TIRE
Apparent In B
working at the forward posts,
3ill Cook is at center, and Nelson
ind Horn are at the guards.
Coach Dale Warberg has a
trong list of reserves in George
.Vachter, 6-3 senior, at center;
lim Potter, guard who transferred
o Pendleton from Albany; Dcn
!is Tyler, guard, and Chuck Elia
on and Jim Hughes, forwards.
At The Dalles Coach Ted Sar
mla has six returning varsity
Xlermcn and one transfer let
erman. The tallest man on the exper
I'lRcd sipiad Unit finished second
n the loop with HermLston last
all with a 6 (i record, is center,
Gerald Omeg at f.i-4. Other first
iners are Pole Kelly, U-3, a two
vcar letterman; Ed Anghilanle, 6
.eet; Boh Bailey, (i feel and Frank
Setts, 5-11 two-year letterman.
Leading the guards at prcs
nt are Roger Peters, 5-8, one
year letterman senior, Jack Kane
and Eddie Card. Two other top
prospects are transfers Frank El
lis, a 5-9 senior guard who letter
ed al a.X'olorado school last year,
.ml Don Potter, a sophomore
transfer Troiii llillsboro.
liermiston has kept its roster
somewhat of a secret to date but
ihe Bulldogs, after losing most
ot their first-line men last spring
via the graduation route, will
probably be abuilding.
l.a Grande has three varsity re
turnees from last year including
G-4 Dick Turley, 6-2 Bruce Sim
mons and Jim Driskcll, They are
i.ll seniors.
Bob Minor, experienced Tiger
senior and also a 10 second track
nan, Iranslerred lo wasiiingion
High School in Portland and ac
cording to the Oregon Journal,
r.-av get a starling berth on the
cage team at that school.
Coach Kaincy will have to rely
despite an impending 3 million
record naid n:(cndanco this year.
came after the owners selected 48
players from among the top flight
college stars eligible for the draft.
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