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Veteran Dupas
. " MIAMI 'BEACH (UPI)-Knock
out puncher Garnet (Sugar) Hart
' of Philadelphia is confident he will
upset thejadds in a 10-round tel
evision fight against veteran wel
' terweight Ralph Dupas tonight at
the Miami Beach Auditorium.
If he "shows up big," Hart said
he will demand a shot at Don Jor
- dan's -147-pound title. -
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Fights Hart
Strangely, Hart is rated a notch
above the New Orleans battler in
the welterweight division, but Du
pas is the 7-5 favorite for the
clash, which is the only nationally
televised bout of Christmas week
on NBC at 10 p.m., e.s.t.
Mlarl was ranked No. 2 among
the welters by Ring Magazine and
No, 3 by the National Boxing As
sociation. Dupas drew third rating
from Ring and fourth from the
NBA. -
ut experts
gave Dupas
the
and
edge tonight
boiing skill.
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Observer, La Grande, Ore.,
Oregon State Hosts Cage
Tourney; Ducks
dORVALLIS UTI)5' Oregon
State meets Air Force and Iowa
tangles with Wyoming Saturday
night in the first round of the
annual Far West basketball clas
sic here.
The two winners meet Monday
night for the title with the losers
playing a consolation game.
Oregon State has won the last
two classics and the Beavers, off
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Play Xavier
their showing ngainst Indiana last
weekend, are considered the fa
vorites again.
The Air Force has a speedy
team headed by former Walla
Walla prep star Bob Bechtel,
while both Iowa and Wyoming
are tall quintets.
Dave Gunther, Iowa forward, is
considered one of the top stars in
the Big 10 while Tony Windis of
Wyoming is the leading scorer in
the Rocky mountains so far.
Four prep teams also will take
part in the classic this year, play
ing afternoon games. On Saturday
at 2 p.m. Roseburg meets Beaver
ton and at 3:45 p.m. North -Salem
plays Marshfield.
NORMAN, Okla. (UPI) Ore
gon's basketball team runs into
the tourney favorite tonight in
the first round of the 23rd an
nual All-College meet here.
Coach Steve Bclko's Ducks meet
Xavier of Ohio which won the
Recapping
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Basketballs aplenty. will fly
this weekend with flvt games scheduled for the floor starting at
5 p.m. tonight and continuing on through Saturday.
Main attractions during the holiday basketball faro will be the
james starting at 8 p.m. on two nights between La Grand and two
Spokane high schools.
Tonight th Tiger will host West
the two clubs. West defeated Central Valley, th Tiger' opponent
tomorrow night, 43-33 a week ago In Spokane Intercity prep play.
The La Grand team will host Central Valley tomorrow night.
Both clubs will also play the
Pendleton Buckaroos in their
swing into Northeastern Oregon.
Central Valley plays 'there to
night, West .Volley will meet the
3ucks tomorrow night. ;;.'
Besides these two main features
tonight the North i Powder JV's
will engage the La Grande 'Ninth
Graders in a '5 p.m. show While
the preliminary totthe main bout
will be between the North Powder
varsity and, the La Grande JV's.
at 6;45 p.m. '. v-;.
Tomorrow night, preparatory to
the Tiger-Central Valley game.
the Imbler yarsity will iplay the
La Grande JV's in the curtain
raiser.
Both Spokane clubs will arrive
with more losses than wins estab
lished during the early part of
the season. West Valley is i 2-3
but one ot their wins was over
Central Valley.-,:' v
National Invitational 'Tournament
last .year in.NewiYork City
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this week, $1-60.'
Starters for La Grande were
still unselocted as t this morn
ins. Coach Jack Bainev revealed.
The Tiger coach has been exper
imenting witn various vmyers at
tempting to get his starting line
un in order for the Blue Moun
tain Conference", opener with
Hormiston on Jan. 9 and 10.
However, he'll probably use all
in varsitv men during the two
engagements,; - aplenty. Jimmy
Driskell, who scored 18 qguinst
Union in the win a week ago, will
undoubtedly be at a guard post m
the starting lineup with either
Buck -Corey or Rod Chandler at
center. Dave Carman, Jimmy Hil
Hard and Bruce, Simmons may be
at tlio other starting posts. Dale
Peterson, transfer from Corvallis
this ,voar. ia visitlnii at that city
over the holidays ,and .will not
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Tigers battle West Valey of Spo
kane. Corey is a junior.
, (Observer Photos)
East Meets West In 34th
Shrine Classic
By EARL WRIGHT
United Press International
Cclleeo football's annual post
season i holiday competition .gets
imo lull swing aaiurany wnn iuur
games, three, of which will be tel
evised nationally for armchair
quaitcrbacks.
Saturday's features aro the Ga
tnr Bowl game at Jacksonville,
Fla.i, the Blue-Gray game at
Montgomery, Ala.; the East-West
Shrine game at San Francisco,
and the North-South night contest
at Miami, 'Fla. All except the Mi
ami game will be carried on na
tional TV and radio networks.
Mississippi (8-2) will meet Flor
ida (8-3-1) in the Gator Bowl be
fore about 40,000 and a national
CBS television audience at 2 p.m.
e.s.t. -The , Blue-Gray game before
a capacity i crowd ,ofj 25,000. at 2
p.m., e.s.t., and the East-West
clash before a -capacity .crowd of
60,000 at 4:45 pm., e.s.t., -will be
NBC TV .- radio features. The
North - South game at Miami,
which figures to draw a crowd of
40,000, will be a radio feature of
the Mutual Broadcasting System.
:Thus the four , games figure to
draw, 105,000 .fans in . addition to
large TV. radio audiences. -, .
Mississippi, .-which depends
mainly on Us passing game, ar
rived . in Jacksonville 'Christmas
Day .land held ;a light workout.
Florida, which arrived at .Ponte
Vodra,-Beach near Jacksonville
Monday, also held a light work
out. Florida made its reputation
this year on defense but most ob
servers., look for a high-scoring,
-wide-open Gator -Bowl game. :
Coach Johnny Vaught's Missis
sippi team, led by quarterback
Bobby Franklin, halfbacks Jim
Woodruff and Kent LoVcland and
fullback Charley Flowers, led the
Southeastern Conference in rush
ing, yardage this year. Franklin,
ficiually adnot at running or pass
ing, scored six touchdowns and
completed 50 of 121 throws for; 10
touchdowns v
He nay ..'have some fun Satur
day because pass defense was
play in the scries.
Other Blue Mountain teams in
action tonight tncludo Baker host
ing Caldwell, Ida., and - Central
Valley at Pendleton. Tomorrow
night Baker. hosts a strong Mac
Hi quintet while Pendleton plays
West Valley. The Dalles will play
St.; Helens on Tuesday night, next
week. ) - . . , ,. .
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TONIGHT
8:15
LA GRAIIDE
' vs. . ';
WEST VALLEY
. ' Of Spokane
High School Gymnasium
PRELIMINARY GAME
" 'STARTS AT :30 ! ;
0Q0G3(lU0QriQ
TOMORROW NIGHT . . Same Timo
La Grand vs.. Central Valley of
Spokane. ff
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Adults, 75c Student!, 50c ChiWrn'2Se
' L:
Teams
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RANGY - Rod Chandler, Junior
center who stands over 6-, will
return to the Tiger lineup for
the. game here tonight with. West
Valley of Spokane and 'tomorrow
night with Central Valley of
Spokane. Chandler hs ben out
with an ankle Injury.
5afurdaSy
Florida's big weakness WIS year.
Florida has a tiny" bUt"'ioapabe
passer in Jimmy ytltinn, ; 142
pound quarterbackj Kt j.J ' )'
The West suffered "Li kerlbus
blow for its clash wits tho Cast
in the Shrine Game -arlSari Fran
cisco when it lost': Buddy? Dial.
Dial, star end from Bic sprained
an ankle Wednesday and Jt was
learned Thursday that he definitely-will
not play. BjllSteiger, who
played both end autl-ii thi back
field tor Washington State this
year, may have to play at both
spots at various times Saturday
because -of : the loss of Dial. '
Lee Grosscup of Utah wijjl start
at quarterback for the West while
Bob Ptacek -of Michigan probably
will be the starting signal-caller
for, the East. : ""i, f, : '..
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Waterfowl hunting ; has been
poor . throughout; thef Noitheast-orn.,area.;.-j-,
..,. .;..-:-,Vviv'
x Bridge creek anc shaw ipount
ain ,elk hunts arc slow. Aiimala
are remaining high, and scolter-ed;'-
'-. .. ... ..
SU?elhead angling Ss': fair to
good in the lower John J)ay river
between Clarno and Spray; poor
throughout .the rest of! Noftheast
Oregon streams, i (V .
Elgin Trips St. Pats
e? I ta"f. 2 .
ror inira v.agerrin
ELGIN (SpeclaDEtgln t
Pat's of Walla WalRPbo wil
third gome ' In four Marti
game ployed here Tueidny.
The only loss on the tygin
was administered by
Walla Walla earlier in We :
Obert led Elgin scooars
points while C'ason t,tallt)cd - IS.
Carlson) Nuxall and ittip.iti' all
dunked 12 for the Visfljjrs ' Half
time score was 32-23 I or :of
me nome ciud. ,j'r-.'
LOS ANGELES Billy
Casper Jr., of Chula VfttaiCallf..
has . entered the :33rd Jijuiuil $48,
000 Los Angeles Opefviboinnlng
Dec. 31. fasper, whof Wof more
than . $40,000 last yeanJtwafe mil-
dora's, leading . moneyV;iijier of
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Woods I
and Riffles
d St.
their
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