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a I , i,' V ..J ; ' - v. 1 .... Hb. ; A 3 8 Joseph '5' Upsets Wallowa WA1X0WA (Special) Joseph pulkd the first upset of the yowls' Tu-Vallfy league season by dumpiing Wallowa 32-30 in ths first game ftr both teams bst ni:jhl. Wallowa is rated as favorite for the league title but the Joseph team served notice they will be tough to beat in the weeks ahead. Wallowa's Gail Prince totted in 14 to take scoring honors for the night but Joseph got nine point peril rmunces from two players to offset his efforts. Dick Beicr and Bob Skaggs each contributed nine points while Mark Stevens hit six for the victors. Maynard Pullei ha J six for Wallowa. OISIRVI1 Nail Anderaen Observer, La Grande, Ore., Wed., Dec. 2, 1959 Page 1 Elgin Baylor Leads Lakers To Slirrr Win Joe Brown On Line In HOUSTON. Tex. VVl - Je liown. a lithe lighlweiht who has knocked out five of seven foei who have challenged for his world 135-pound championship. d?fenls the crown again tonight against B-itmn'g Dave Charnley. a fighter Puts title TV Bout who's never ti'H knocked olf hii f.wt leei. Bro-.vn. thouph. was a rotirt 12 in X favtrite over me nnusn noi . ermaker. who is nine years younger than Ihe champion with only 39 finhts on his record. - By United Press International Klgin Baylor's hot Hashes now arc plagui.ig the NaSonal Basket ball Assn. The former Seattle University s!ar, recently recovered from the flu, saik two baskets irt the last 17 secoids Tuesday n'ght to sna ble Minneapolis to defeat New York, 103-100. St. Louis rallied to beat Syra cuse, 106-101, in the opener of Wallowa (30) Wood (2) Prince (14) Collins (2) Pullcn (6) Long (2) Dickson (1) Willet (3) Joseph (32) Cathcart (2) Makin (2) Bcier (9) Stevens (6) Skaggs (9) Naughton (4) BALL WORSHIPPERS Eastern Oregon College's Bill McCadden (43), and Pasco Arritola (32) join Northwest Nazarene's Al Freeman (25) and Gene Oberg, behind McCadden, in a plea to ball. Frank Chase (33) of the' Motilities keeps h is eves on the ball in the background. Arri tola and McCadden paced EOC's scoring e ffoi ts in the 61-53 win in the college hoop opener. ! - t Mounties Grab 61-53 Billy Cannon Wins Heisman Memorial Cup NEW YORK lUPP - Halfback Bil'y Cannon, who sparked Loui siana State to its second straight Sugar Bowl berth, has been named winner of the 1959 Heis man Memorial Trophy as the nation's outstanding college foot ball player. Cannon received 1,929 points, more than three times as much as his nearest rival, in the bal loting by sports writers and sports broadcasters throughout the country. Win in Hoop 0 BY NEIL ANDERSEN Observer Staff Writer Eastern O:egon College's de termined litt'e basketball crew out fought and out -hustled tree-top tall Northwest Nazarene for a fit .13 victory in the cnrninR g:imr for both Uams at the Coliseum lust night. EOC pushed a 28-23 half time bulge to 16 points with a little more than six minutes to go then scrjppd tor their lives as the Cruraders pulled to v ithin eight points at the games end. The final margin of victory came at the free throw line. East ern sank 15 out of 29 charity tosses while Orrin lli'l's crew could con nect on only seven of 16 attempts. Both t-nms hit 23 field goals wilh the Mounties connecting in 53 attempts for a 41.1 percentage. Northwest attempted 63 shots for a 365 .shooting clip. Pasco Arritola pushed 20 points through the hoop to grab scoring honors for Ihe night. Big. burly Bill McCadden, better known for his. exploits on the gridiron dropped in 10 count rs. Forward Hob Peppley turned in 12 points for the Crusaders and reserve Wldon Wood matched MeCadden's point performance. Frank Chase turned from scoring to reheiinding and grabbed off 12 bounding basketballs to pace the team in .that department. The Mountaineers pullrd 38 ra hoi nets (1 (he boards against their tower- j ing npiHHsition. Arrito'a, Chase, McCadden and Charles Barnhart battled North., west's two 6 7 giants on mure than even terms under the boards.-Tho Crusaders were frequently coming down einpiy handed against the shorter more determined Moiuities. Junior college transfer Hon Hunt playing his first game for F.OC chippd in nine points and a dauling display of passing. Hun ning mite Mel Holmes turned in a isteady floor game and grabbed off five rebounds. .. .Arritola hit on a pair of ield gfils and Hunt and Holmes con- tiibutid free throws as EOC juinp d uhend 6-0. Al Freeman put the Crusad' rs on the scoreboard for the first time with almost five minutes gone. Northwest s'owly closed in on the Mountaineers until Pepply ptimprd in a iirm shot from the side to tie the score at 10-10. Gene Obrrg put the visiters out in front at 12-10 with another pumper for the Nampa invaders only lead in the game. Hunt (hen stole a b:ll at mid Jror and soloed for two noints to mako it even again. Barnhart added a pair of frecthrows and the Mnunlies w re off to the races. M'-Cadden hit two push shots just before th half to give KOC their five point hulue a'ter North west had closed the gap to pne point. The two trams swapped baskets through the opening minul-s of the siH-ond half bofrre the Mminties really began to run. Arritola hit two field goals and a free throw. McCadden lossed in a pair of gift shots and a field goal. Chase sank two field goals and Hub Olinger hit from the li-ld to oush Ihe count to 543R ts Northwest could only counter with a pair of charity lesses by Peppley Hank Ravage turned lii.'er in the final minutes alter coming off the bench. He fussed in seven Mountie JV's Grab Last Second Win Bob Meyers canned a 25 foot iump shot as the buzzer sounded to give the Eastern Oregon Col lege JV's a 61-60 victory over Northwest Nazarene in a prelimi nary came last nieht. Bob Scott and Dennis Bagnell tossed in 13 points each and Mark Cornwell contributed 12 to the winners cause. Hal Burwick paced all scorers in the game with 24 cottntera. The little Mountaineers trail ed during the entire contest un til less than two minutes remain ed. Thev went ahtari nnlv to see Northwest take a one point lead on a pair of free throws with H seconds left on the clock. Meyers cot the ball with four seconds shewing on the timer. He jumped and fired and as the the ball started down the buzzer sounded ending the game. a doubleheader at New York. Baylor, who sat out m-st of the first half, stole the ball at mid ccurt and drove in for the basket that gave Minneapolis a WU-'X lead over the Knicks. Seconds late", he gained possession of the ball under the Laker basket aid raced the length of the court t j ice the game for the Laker. Minneapolis held a 56-47 hair time leai, but found itself hard pressed after .intermission until Baylor's closing flurry. Baylor bad 20 points. Kenny Sears of the Knicks was high for the ga-ne with 28. Bob Pcttit led a third period rally that climaxed an uphill battle for the Hawks. Syracuse had gained art 11 -print lead in the early going, but St. Louis finally went ahead on Johnny McCar thy's Jump shot in the third tai za. The Nats closed to one point in final mnutes only to s.?e Cliff i Hagan and Si Green each sink a ' pair of fouls. Pettit topped the scorers with: 38 points. George Yardley led Syracuse with 24. i COLLEGE 6:i5 j; TOIIICKT Eastern Oregon .College College of Idaho PRELIMINARY GAME" .. - 615 NEXT HOME GAMES Fri.-A-.Sat., University of Nevada ADMISSIONS ADULTS ..... STUDENTS CHILDREN ... 1.00 T 50t 25c SEASON TICKETS tvailable at gate 10 GAMES $7.50 M:al Ticket Previsions Plenty of Parking pace Adjacent To New Coliseum pener points for the Crusaders as lhy slowly whitteled Ihe margin down to eight points. Coach Hob Quinn was pleased with the victory as the Mounties prepare for tonight's contest with College of Idaho. "Getting that first win under th? belt gives a young crew like this confidence," the veteran men tor said following the game. Quinn promised La Grande hoop fans a running team and he kept his word. The first night action was sometimes rugged and some-tinr-s ragged but the Mounties showed a lot of promise. The big bulge came in the second half after both teams hrd swapped baskets and the pell-mell running took its toll first on the skyscraping visitors.- The Coyotes will be making their debut on lh niaole lloor tonight when they invade the coliseum. Coach .1. A. Babe Brown will offer Quinn much the same problem he faced last night. The Coyotes will have two start ers from 1:4 season, a JV gradu ate rnd two junior collegs trans fers as starters. Ju'ian Laca. 6 7 senior center, will fill one of the starling roles. Ed Merrill. 6-2. and 6-0 Jim Culliver will team at the forward posts. Ted Talbot 5-8. a graduate of junior varsity and Daryl Hill. former Boise JC performer at 5-10, gt the starting nod at guards. Game time is scheduled for 8:15 tonight with a junior varsity con test scheduled for 6 : 15. Eastern Ortm FG FT-A PF TP Chase 2 2-4 4 6 Barnhart 2 3-7 1 7 0!ingcr 1 0-0 1 2 McCadden 4 2-3 2 10 Arritola 8 4-8 2 20 Turley 1 0-1 0 2 Hunt .:."... 3 3-3 3 Holmes 1 1-3 13 Dunlop 1 0 0 0 2 TOTALS - 23 15-29 14 61 Northwest Naiartna Peppley ....!. 5 2 3 2 12 Wood 5 0 2 2 10 Halsted 0 0 0 3 0 McKay 1 " 2-2 0 4 Steward 1 23 3 4 Freeman 4 0-2 4 8 Mosley 0 0-0 1 0 Oberg 4 fr3 5 8 Savage 3 1-1 1 7 TOTALS 23 7 16 21 53 HIT OFFICIATING MOSCOW (UP1 Tne official Soviet government newspaper Iz vestia said Russia's touring bas ketball teams in the United States complained of "unfair decisions" called by Canadian referees in last Sunday's game at Peoria, III. AFTER the GAME Toniie . . . join the school crowd for a snack at th HIWAY CAFE OPEN 24 HOURS EAST ADAMS HO TRAINS Steam Loco. 4 Car Set Wilh Track S 14.98 HOBBY SHOP for.iio.br. STARTS . TODAY KETl'KNKI) BY POPULAR DEMAND! r Thera never was. a motion picture lik msmi UCMNlCOlO to, mil' .l.in , J ) ,? 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