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h Crusaders Eveh Series With fcdC On 84-74 Victory By NEIL ANDERSEN ' Oburvtr Staff Writer .NAMPA, Ida. (Special) North west i Nazarene evened their season's mark with Kastern Ore gon' Col Ire bv handine the Mountaineer:, tiu-ir fifth collec tive defeat. 84 74. since tlieir opening victory ou r the same team. - EOC ha a 15 record for the season The defeat marked the highest point production by the Mcunties during their six panics in cikm days' campaign. It also was the most points given up by the EOC cagers. I Weldon Wood, a ilendcr 65 forward, was the (same's top scorer with 27 points. He col lected 15 in the first half and 12 more in the final period to clinch the win for the Crusaders. Five of the reven NNC players who scored in the contest hit the dou ble figures. v Frank Chase took scoring hon ors for EOC with 15 points fol lowed by 14 from flashy Hon Hunt. Hunt's point production marks his highest output of the season. Mel Holmes and Pasco Arritola hit 10 points apiece to aid the Mountaineer cause. The Crusaders jumped into an early lead and maintained the advantage through the contest. The Mountics Irai'cd hy 17 points. 44-27. at half time after a cold shooting first half. Warming up after the rest period, EOC closed the gap but was never quite able Scores By United Pr International Ccllege Baskttball Results EAST St. Francis i Brooklyn i 69 1-oyola (Mo.) 65 Buffalo 99 Lawmce Tech 73 Syracuse 68 Cornell 66 Wesleyan 77 Harare! 71 Navy 90 Baltimore It. 74 SOUTH Bethany 73 Shephard 69 Wm. & Mary 97 Hampden -Syd. 83 Memphis St. 107 Texas Wes. 48 Georgia Tech 69 Alabama S3 Wcst.Virtfmia 84 Richmond 62 George yvashington 9l VM1 77 South Car. 71 North Cur. St. 70 Ohio I'. 76 Morehend St. 65 MIDWEST Wichita 91 Abilene Christian 68 Chicac.0 U 67 St. Procopius 49 Marquette, 75 Valparaiso 69 Muskingum 85 Otte hein 69 Bawling Green TO Cunisius 71 SOUTHWEST SMI' 7 Okla. City II. 56 How Payne 77 Hnrdin-Simm. 74 St. Mary's (Texas 88 Trinity (Texas' 81 WEST Idaho St. 74 South Dakota 58 California 65 San Francisco 40 S:. Maiy's 71 Sacramento St. 37 Washington St .19 Idaho 55 Ore Frosh 83. l-ower Columbia 59 OCE 53. Pacific 50 Seattle 1(12. Hawaii 68 NW Nararene 84, KOC 74 CI"S,8u. St. Martin's 70 Whittivr 70. Humboldt 50 Oregon Prep Basketball South Salem 50. Milwnukle 4B North Salem. 49, No:lh Eugene 47 Willamette 50, Oakridge 49 . Cottage (irove 47, Junction City 45 (OTl : . i i Pleasant. HiU 60. SI. Francis 4.1 St. Mary's 3. Rtd llr 31 Ji-we! 46, KiMippa 3! Helens 5. ScUppOose 44 ' Woodbtirn 50", Central of Inde- ; pendenec 47" Clackamas 46. Okwcga 41 IK E JV S3. Cregon City 4J Iteynolds 61, Ftncnrla 49 Creswell 115. Crow 24 Seio 85, Amity 43 . Clewland 75,- Birtlle Ground 50 Douglas 50. Benson' 33 Parkrosc 62, Madison 42 Canhy 51. Centennial JV 47 Toledo 53. Newport 38 Voncalla 52. Uouglas 26 Dayton 48, Concordia 42 Forest Grove; 51', llillslwro 33 Star of the Sea 55, Warrciiton 53 (OTl c ' TUtTirsTKilt S8. SeasWc 4J Taft w. Sheridan 61 (OT Mapleton 59, SipsloW 47., .. wm Bowluig Bait Bag, or Pr. Bowliag Shoes Enter Our (i f . Bowl Jubilee! Anvone bowllnr lines ' In opi n play between hours ot a to 7 pm. until Oee. 2fc ' IS ELIGIBLE TO WIN! . Ailt I' For Details--.., 1 to catch the towering Nazannc team. , Bob Peppley. Al Freeman. Gene Oberg and Hank Savage all hit for 10 or more points for the Crusaders- Mounty Coach Bob Quinn was not happy about, the ti but was pleased with th improved stor ing punch of the EOC cagers, es pecially m the second half. The Mountics have been hitting be low 30 per cent of their shots in contests to date with the ex ception of last night's perform ance. Free throw shooting percent ages have been on the increase for KUC since opening night. EOC hit 2H 01 41 gift tosses to mark their best effort from the chir ity stripe. The Mountaineers come off their hectic first week Schedule faced with nine days of rest and practice before traveling to Salt Lake City for a Friday, Saturduy series with Wesminster College. Next home game for the Moun tics will be Jan. 2.. Eastern Oregon College Olinger 1 McCaddeii o Chase 3 Barnhart , 2 Holmes 4 Jones 2 Arritola 4 Turley l 55 1-1 56 44 23 11 24 25 Hunt 4 6-12 Totals- 23 28-41 20 74 Northwest Nasarene Peppley 3 4 7 Freeman 5 0-1 4 3 4 3 2 0 2 Wood 12 35 5-9 56 00 36 Obcrg 3 Sleward 2 Mciley 3 Savage 4 11 Totals 32 20-34 18 84 Wallowa Evens Record With Joseph, 62-41 WALLOWA (Special) Wallowa turned the tables on Joseph last night, 62-41, to even their sea son's record at 11. Joseph upet ho highly regarded Wallowa in Hie first meeting of the two teams last week. t The Wallowa team jumped into 3 10 9 first quarter lead only to see tjie Eagles, paced by Duve Hner, gain a three point advant ige at half time. 27-24. Gayle Prince, the game's leading scor er with 20 points, started hit ting in the third period. Wallo wa outscored Hie Eagles 17-3 to gain the lead at 41-32 with eight minutcj to go. The home team stuffed 21 more counters through the net then to put the game safetly away. Muynard Pullem had 14 for Wallowa. Larry Collins 12 and Bob Wo:d 11. Brier's 13 count ers were hmh lo-. Joseph with Dei.nis Naughton hitting for nine. Wallowa 46 24 41 62 Joseph 9 27 32 41 PARSONS TO RETIRE LOS ANGKI.KS 'CPU John ny Parsons, who won the India napolis 500 in 1950, will retire ulter competing in a midget auto lace here Dec. 27. Sports Log WEDNESDAY St. Francis at cove FRIDAY La (Irandc at Ontario Hums at Kin in Joseph nt I'nion Cove at BnKer J.V. North Powder at Roardman. SATURDAY I'nion at l a (irande lohn Day at Elgin Itakor J.V. at Cove North Powder at Boardman. bride pays Careful homeowners can earn fash savings with General's "All-ln One',' Homeowners Insurance ...and here's why. 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Willmarth ranked in both punting and scor ing while Williams, despite being sidelined . after the first two games, was the leading grounJ gainer and ranked eight in the final list. Williams also was the second best runner for average gaining five yards every time he carried the ball. The .Mountaineers as a team finished la-t in passing and total offens? among the five members of the OCC. Portland State was j ttep behind the fourth rank ed KUC squad in rushing after the Mountaineers had paced con ference rushing through the first two weeks of play. Stan Glass. Oregon Tech's all eenference fullback, captured the 19f9 rushing title and tied with two others for the scoring crown. Glass carried for 709 yards in 164 carries. P.ob Gates of Oregon Collrfc of Kducation was second. Williams was ranked eighth in rushing with 242 yards. George Aliverti had 214 yards for ninth spot behind Williams. Dean Whit-c-ly finished with 1S4 yards good for 11th place. Sophomore Sam Clack didn't ilay much In early gam;s but finished strong witii 141 yards to rank l"th among conference rushers. Willmarth's 101 yards a good enough for liith place and John Honk was 22 on the list with 71 yards. Hi. uk was KOC's leading pass i ar Wllh lit n.nnil..li,inL. in J7 .... 'i tempts ftr l.l.'t yards and three touchdowns. His ten intercep tions wem third in that depart ment while he tied for second in TD passes with Lance l.ceke. Southern Oregon, behind Twit's Roy Johnson with six. , Willmarth averaged 34 1 yards on S;t punts to finish third he hind Hon Jolnia of OCE and Tech's Allen l.eaeh. Leach, Glass and Humes finished in a tie for UbinehalJ OlSltVKR Wed., Dec. 9, 1959 Page 2 m",h s three lix-pofntor. and 10 extra points for 28 counters put him in second place. Doyle Bransom, Southern Ore ,on C(.!loge, cd:;ed Williams for the per carry title by a ten(A. Bransom aven ged 5.1 on 23 car ries while William--. lu;T;td the ball 48 times. Jack Brown tf SOC won the passing title, lie connected 57 timer in 114 attempts for a .590 per cent completion average and IS96 yards. The Red K.-idcrs' Gordy Carrigan also won the pass reception title He caught 37 for 5.10 yards and four touchdowns. Southern Oregon nabbed two team titles. The Red Kniders were first in passing with 1032 yards on 80 completions out of 1 171 attempts tnd also gj.nered ON THE BIG V-'i '."X of decision! I CLINT WALKER MM EDWARD BYRNES 'vH -'Vjl JOHN RUSSELL . AJR ' ' ff'j PLUS VICTOR MATURE AkNE ALBRY AMTHOMY NEWIEY Bandit - '"r . I, . - 1 i ' . ' :'. - ' e - - ' . 4 i " ' Royals Out Of Cellar; Tip Hawks By Uniltd Prsst International Jack Twyman has finally lifted the Cincinnati Royals out of the National Basketball Assn.'s West ern Division cellar. ' Twyman regained the HBA scrring- leadership from Wilt Chamberlain as he poured in 33 points Tuesday night to give the Royals a in") 101 upset victory over the St Lo.iis Hawks. The Eos.on Celtics handed the Kiiickciix.ckeis their eighth loss in 10 games. 121-105, in the sec- o id half of a New York double header. Twyma'l scored Cincinnati's la t ive points ns the Royals emerged f!Y.ni the biis-emeiit for the first time sirco Nov. IS. The Ohioans .vcre a rul eless last the p cced ing season when they won oily I'.i of ."3 5JT.I3. T.iey no carry a V-17 record, a half -jjaxe ahead r,f VKir.e.T'ohs. the total ofien.se crown. SOC gained 1225 yards rushing for to tal otfensive yardage of 2257 and av erage of 250.7 yards per game. The Mountaineers gained a net 1084 yards rushing, 224 passing for a tctal offense mark of 1308 and a 14.5.3 yard per game aver age. STARTS TODAY r ne 5irameu to match Big Kelly's stride ... and finally did on that day IHII U.'.IM W Pasco Arritola Leads duntaineer Scorers With t f i'.'. IjII v.iek i,: ha.-'-.e'bu I activity couple. e - . lb Eastern Oregon College campus P:is?o Anitola. Mcmiiuuiccr cen ter, paces the team i:i stat. sties. Ihe EOC team played tour games in- five days dropping ccntesis to College of Idaho and the Univers ity of Nevada and dcfcatin.4 'Noithwest XdZarcnc. 'EOC has a 1-3 record. Arritola. a .I:rdan Valley jun ior, is tops in total puints with 05 on 23 field goals and 1ft free Cai BaHrick New Champ In Match Tourney Gal Batlriek bumped Joe Kidd ind reijned over match play in Ihe Blue Mt. Lanes weekly com !'etition. Battrick rolled 231-W4-' 177 for a 6C2 series and a 60 point margin ever Kidd. The former champion had games of lf9 Hlli 130 fr.r a 542 seircs. D. W. Hall is the first chal lenger that Eattrick will face as he attempts to remain "King of the Hill." Battrick is currentlv averaging 170 in league compe tition to 188 for Hull. This week's match will not itart until 8: 15 because of the televising of the World's Cham pionship Bowiing Tournament rriday. At Trotters... A GIFT TO RELAX IN! asuals Sport Jackets r. 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