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j" ' ' HI J I. . . H I I ' - ' j n mme nancis union 01 Setback; Gain Third Victory It -1 , r fc.' .r , ij ) TWO, POINT THIRD PERIOD QUELLS BOBCAT WIN HOPES TOO LITTLE Jerry Baum, 5-5, watches as Buck Cor ey, 6-2, goes up for a lay-in and ponders the mystery of size. Corey played only briefly in the Saturday night game and scored two points. Baum had three for the night. La Grande toppled the Bobcats 64-31. (Observer Photo) OBSERVER Neil Andersen Observer, La Grande, Ore., Mori., Dec. 14, 1959 Page 2 Syracuse Nets Records As John Kerr Paces Win J By United Press International Suddenly the Syracuse Nation als an- buck in the K.isicni Di vision race of the National Has ketbull Ass t. The NnK recovcri-iR alter a shaky start, moved Id within a game of the second uluro Phila delphia Warriors Su.uiay by whip piiiK them. 130-121, in a came which s.n the upstate New link ers set tuo club records. Two Beavers Make Thinking Al3-Sfar Team DALLAS. Tex. Ul'l As il their pniiinu iccnrils weren't epoti'h to prove it. California and Stanford dominated the Pa cific C. ist all-star a .-a-le'iiic team which was a.'.noiinceil t -lay. Tackle Put New II. who led the 2R nominees with a Krai.! poht aeraKc of .1. and Skip Huber and hidfhack tirover (!ar vm were ninnliors of the Califor nia S(iiud which made the brain t'ust. Cnlifornia ' had n season mark of two wins aid ciisht losses ; Stanford '3 7 was represented by rid Hill Donohtte,' center J. T. Jores aid halfback Hick Me Millen. The rot of the squad, as nom inated by West Coast college pub licists hH selected by the. Amer' ir.-vi Pinnies (encyclopedia: Tacklu, Neil Plumley, Ori-Kon State, puants. Mike MoKeever, Southern C.ilifrrnia aid Mike Crawford of Washington; backs. Jim Sti-inctte. Oregon Sta'e and Skip Smith of I CLA. GONZALES WHIPS HOAD SYDMCY. Australia d'lM' Who said Pa icho Conznles Is slipping' The husky California"!, w-fto is consideruii! retirement, flushed noine of h's old time power Sun day in whipping lrw Hoad, 11. H I. fi t. in i!-e final of the Amiol prufcsMrnal leniii.-. tournament. The ISO points (ri'pivs-.-ntecl a Syracuse club high and the Nats tallied H3 I uiil cons, for still wilier team record.' The rec ords they w ijied 1 4if ; were 145 Mai points and 5H licld goals. ' Syiacuse gaine. . adde l salis faelioti when center job l Kerr out did the seldon out done Wilt Chamberlain. Ken-played 33 miti iitcs. canning .Hi tfjinls and piok PR off 17 reln;iii,ls while Wilt, vho also got 3ii pviiitj, nickel off Uo less relioui i minu'.es of action. In other games Sunday, the' St. Louis lla-Aks ti.oT,tih early load aid tlei coaited t an easy MH- ' uclory over th? Cincinnati Koyals and Wall Pukes scored 36 roinis aid grabbed 32 rebounds to leal the Detroit Pistons to a M7-I2I decision over the New York Kiiicke hex kcrs. Cliff Uajai scored 27 pjiiits and l!nl) Pettit picked un 28 along with lit rebounds In leal the Hawks, while .lack Twyman, who .lad a 31 point ner-g.inie average, was held to only in Itdikie Hailey Howell added 30 points and Krf Conlin had 21 to pace the Detroit attack. The Standings; By NEIL ANDERSEN . - Observer Staff Writer La Grande . scored its third Mra'itht victory, of the season, the second over Union, as they drubbed the Bobcats 64-31 on the Tiger's home court Saturday night. It was the third loss lor Union with.ut a win . ' The two clubs battled through i ragged first quarter before the Tigers greater experience, height and reserve strength began to -ake its toll. The score was knot ted three timea in the first stan za. Union lead only once at 8-6 with 147 to go in their initial 1 eight minutes -of action. Jimmy Milliard tied the-, 'count fcr the Tigers and Bob Robeson connect ed on a lay in at the buzzer to Cive La Grande a two point lead 'hit grew constantly. Ray Westenskow was the game's leading scorer connecting on six of eight shots from the field and five for five from the fcul line for 17 points. Robeson ended the night with 12 points on sin -of hhvnine 'attempts from the field. Both boys hit four 'huts in as many attempts after the intermission to pace the Tiger effort. ' Oary'Voruz hit for 12 points on four field shots and four of five free throws. Milliard and Steve 'Smith finshed with nine. Bill Rlcker hit 10 points, the enly Union player lo hit in the double figures, - on fire field goals in 17 attempts. Little Stan Wilde contributed nine points to the Bobcat cause. Three oth er players contributed three points apiece. ' i ' ' Ij Grande jumped into a 4-1 lead only to sm t'nlon tie the game at four apiece. The score was knotted at 6-6 and 8-8 be fore the Tigers scored five straight buckets. Union fought back to narrow the gap 1815 but Slice again La Grande caught fire and pushed eight points through the hoop while Union went score less. The two teams swapped baskets and La Grande left the floor with a 32-20 margin at the half. It was the third . period that finished Union. . 1m Grande push ed 22 points through the hoop while holding the Bobcats to at pair of free throws. . The Bcbcats didn't hit from the field following the break until q.i . i : . - . ...i ii-inaiiicu in ine game. Wilde hit a 10 foot jump shot to end the scoring drought and Ricker cashed in for two points' with lit- ue more than two minutes show ing cn the clock. ' Tiie first quarter was a frenzi ed eight minutes cf action with aoth teams dashing in disorgani zation from one end of the floor to the other. Passes went awry, Ibe ball was booted out of bounds, cripples misled and unnecessary fculs committed before La Grande onder the steady influencing of Dave Carman and Steve Smith, settled 'down to a workmanlike job. ' - . -- Tigers Shew Speed La Grande's speed was impres sive in the contest as the Tigers got away on the fast break only to miss the final shot on the end. With Voruz. Robes; n and Hilliard on the boards, the Tigers had little trouble controlling the ball. ' Buck Corey sat out most of the game and Hilliard, out Friday with the flu, played only part time. Rob Chandler saw action briefly in the final minutes cf play. : ' : Rick. Gerry, Baine Cater and Dirk Marks lead the Wildcats to a 60-36 win over the Union junior varsity. Gerry bad 10 points. Cater and Marks nine each but King Spain of Union was the top scorer with 11. The unior high Kittens hand ed the sophomores a 36-26 lash ing with Don Mocre connecting for 13 points and Dan Morris hitting for 10. Jim Haydock had nine for the losers. La Grande FO FT-A PF TP Cove Tops Baker JV For Split COVE (Special i Cove evened their weekend series with the Baker JVa by trouncing the scut It em Invaders 43-29 Saturday night. With Jim Mansfield topping all scrrers, the Leopards lead all the way to gain their third win of the season against only on; setback. Mansfield hit for 13 points for Cove, Frank Conley had' nine as did John Haggerty. Ron Robinson got seven. Jchn Chase 3 and Bobby Childers two in the Cove win. Both teams hit poorly from the field. Cove connected on 15 of 28 sho's for 26 per cent whil; the little Bulldogs couldn't manage more than 11 hits in 63 attempts for 17 5 per cent. The Leopards dominated the backboards picking off 48 re bounds to 19 for Baker. Defense played a key pait in the win as Cove forced the Baker team1 to shoot from the outside and pre vented the Bullpups from using their post man. Bob Chapman had nine points for the visitors, i Coach Arch Lewry was heppy with the win following Friday night's one point setback td the team. Lowry claimed the gam? was ragged and that his Leopards have a way to go y?t but he was happy with the ball handling dis played by his charges. ' ' 1 Next week Cove Irave's to Los tine for a game. Cove : 15 21 32 43 Baker JV ........ 7 14 20 29 Coast Hoop Clubs K Kecord In Week End Tilts Corey .: ... .. 1 Robeson 6 J. Hilliard 4 Carman 0 B. Hilliard 0 Smith 4 Voruz 4 Westenskow 6 Peterson 1 DeBoie 0 .. Totals 26 12-18 19 64 Union Uvingston 0 Wilde 3 Baum 1 Ricker 5 Baxter 0 Rampton 1 McConkie 0 Tyler 0 0-1 0- 1 1- 2 0-0 1- 3 11 4- 5 5- 5 0-0 O-O 2-4 34 1-3 04 0- 0 12 1- 1 34 California Loop Vetoes Boise As New Entry RENO, Nev. (UPH A plan to add Boise, Idaho, to the California League next season was voted down by the Clsss C loop's direc tors Sunday because of the travel problem it would create. ' Boise is 450 miles from Reno, the northernmost city in the cir cuit. League president Eddie Mulli gan said there was still a good chance for a return to an eight team league next season. He said San Jose and Porterville are in line for the two open berths. San Jose already has a working agree ment with the Chicago WTiite Sox. Mulligan said he expected to confer with St. Louis officials this week to arrange a working agree- By United Press International Trips tt) Ihe midlands will oc cudv several of . the Pacific Coast's top college basketball squads this week. I UCLA will tangle w ith Purdue j Friday a J Butler the following night, having dropped a 52-48 de cision to Oklahoma State at Los Angeles Saturday night. St. Mary's, a strong choice to tepea. as West Coast Athletic Conference champion, will con tinue a Midlands swing at Wich ita Tuesday night, moving up against Idaho Slate Thursday and powerful Utah Saturday night. Notable among the stay-at-homes this week are California's second-'anked Bears, who will host Colorado in a pair of week end games. ' ' Bears Edge San Jete Craeh Pete Newcll's defensive minded club kept its perfect rec ord Saturday night by downing San Jose State, 54-43. Cther teams taking the inland road this week include University of San Francisco, College of Pa cific, Washington. State.' Santa Clara, Seattle, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo i, the Cal Aggies' and Los Angeles State. USF, downed twice in the Trea sure State Tournament at Boze man, Mont., this past weekend, tangles with Denver Wednesday, Kansas Friday and Kansas State Saturday. .-., Washington State comes up against Utah Thursday and Utah State Friday, while COP spends the- weekend battling Wyoming and Utah State. TO HOLD ICS BENEFIT ' COLD SPRING HARBOR, L.I. 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Trojans definitely in the running (or, the Big Five championship. , In Sweep ELGIN (Special '-Elgin scored a sweep of its weekend gam-s with District 7 opponents by downing John ,Day 49 41 here Saturday night. Jerry Crouser tossed in 14 points. Bill Showers had U and Hob Lyman eight as the Huskies jump ed into a quick lead in district play. Tom Wilson had 13 and Hex Moles hit for 12 for the losers. The Huskies lead the Prospectors f:om the opening tin to the final whistle in a foul filled contest. Wilson loultd out in the linal period and four Elgin players had three fouls at the game's end. The Huskies topped Burns Fri day night. 58-43. . Next opponent for Elgin will be La Grande in a home and home scries next wekend. Elgin 12 23 37 4H John Day ... 7 12 23 42 fh WIN (Jlf Bowling (Ff B4IL SJ Bag, or Pr. Bowling Shoes Enter Our Bowl Jubilee! Anyone bowling 3 lines in open play between hours of 5 to 7 p m. until Dec. 23. IS ELIGIBLE TO WIN! Ask Us For Details BLUE Mln. 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