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La Grande Hih Schods Timers
and Elgin Huskies square ofl to
night at 8:15 in the local gym in
game thut may prove to be the
toughest for the Tigers so far this
basketball season.
Elgin, boasting a record of thro?
J: wing and one loss, is touted as the
top team In this A-J district. They
downed A-l Buker by 10 points
and their only loss was to Wallowa
" by one point in the first game
ine season.
'' The Elgin team has been ham
" pered by illness throughout the
"' week and only six boys showed up
at practice last night.
Out of School
.t! Coach Schadewitz has been out
1- of school all week and said this
: morning that he did not know
who would be aval'uble to start the
game. But he said the game
-. would b played if enough boys
S" could make the trip to La Grande,
i 1 He said that he may replace
some of the regulars with' Junior
4 varsity personnel.
Action at the gym will get under
i wcy at S p.m. when the junior
t high school team faces the high
. school sophomores.
. JayvM Action
. Following the junior high-sopho
Charges 2 Cents
For Fight Card
W E S f HEMPSTEAD. N Y
lUPIl Arnold iWhitcyl Carlson
is -a boxing promoter who has
priced his own show at two cents.
Carlson is placing 5.000 seats on
sale at that price for his Dee. 28
amateur fight card at the lslaid
Garden. A limited number of re
served ringside seats will be
scaled at $3.
"If boxing fans in the suburban
New Yprk area won't spend two
cents lo attend the Dec. 28 show,
(here's no use continuing to stage
amateur bouts there," said Carl
son CHARGERS SIGN LINEMEN
LOS ANGELES tlfPli Ron
Mix and Gory Eineran, starting
tackles for the University of
Southern California, have been
signed by the Los Angeles Charg
ers of the new American Football
League.
West Teams Involved
In Top Cage Act-ion
By MIKE HUDSON
UPI Staff Writer
Intersectional ' and tournament
competition a'cthe features as
the heaviest round of basketball
of the year gets under way to
night in the West
The City cf Hoses Tournament
opens in Portland, and the Santa
Barbara Invitational continues in
the Southla'Kl.
Favored California, the NCAA
champion, attempts to keep its
record clean as It tangles with
Colo-ado at Berkeley. University
of San Francisco is expected to
take another licking this time
from powerful Kansas.
Undefeated College of Pacific
battles Wyoming at Casper; and
UCLA's surprisingly strong Bru-
J- Ins take on Purdue in the Big
Ten. .
t Iowa State invades Washington
a atnA U'hinntnn lala i-.eil I'fnh
State.
In the Portland tournament,
Manhattan meets Gonzaga in the
first round, and San Diego State
plays the host Portland University
club.
At Santa Barbara, Wcstmnnt
meets hest Santa Barbara State
for the title niter Hawaii and
Loyola clash to decide third place
honors.
In action Monday night. West
mont defeated Hawaii, Sl-46 in the
opener. Stan Anderson, Westmont
center, scored 23 points over the
guarding of much taller men. The
Rainbows Frank DcLauro had 21.
Santa Barbara then thumped
Loyola, 67-59. Guard Walter Har
cos scored 21 points.
Elsewhere in the West, Idaho
teams showed strength. The Idaho
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varsity will meet the Elgin junior
varsity in the main preliminary.
La Grande, coached by Jack
Itaincy, will lay a record of three
wins and no losses on the line to
night. League Action for the Tigers
opens Jan. 8. '"'
Itaincy expects tonight's game
lo be "tlio toujihest competition
lor us to date. Warn -yf big and
. last." he said
"We haven't bad ,j chance to
scout lli m. but reports indicate
thut they will be tough," Kuiney
iicld'.d. '(..
EOC Plays
Westminster
In Salt Lake
East-rn Oregon College Moun
taineers are in Sa't Lake City to
day !nr another pneconferencc
ti t with WestminsU't:-,''
Eastern Oregon, with a record
o live losses ana on victory; win
play tonight and tomorrow night
in the Utah city.
' The next homv game -for the
Mountaineers will be with Whit
man Jan. 2. ' ' " ' " i
Conference play opens Jan. I
and 9 with Southern' Oregon Col
lege traveling to La Grande. '
This will be the first meeting be
tween Westminster and the Moun
taineers this season.'
Scores
By United Press Internetienel
National Hockey League 1
Montreal 8 Toronto 2 '
Detroit 3 Chicago 1
i Only games scheduled)
National esketball Association
Boston 137 New York IM '
(Only game scheduled
Fight Results
United Press iprernatlenal
LOS ANGELES Alvaro Gu-
tierrei, 147 Vs. " Mexico City,
stopped Jiro SawadaV 146, Japan,
191. .
Vandals split a two-game series
by downing Colorado State, 66-62.
Joe King paced the Vandals with
19 points. Idaho withstood a Ram
second half surge: '
Idaho State held St. Mary's
Tom Meschery tiflfii points and
thereby thumped the Gales 58-40.
It was State's foujtk .straight win.
Idaho's big HomeHWatkins toiA
board play away f xn Merschery
and Merle Goodwin tanked 18
points or the winners, '
Washington Slate ran into one
of the nation's best, Utah, and
was steamrollered, ,88-69. Allen
Holmes had 17 and former Los
Angeles high school, phenom Bill
McGill, now a Ujuh. soph. addedJ
IV.
The nation's ton college team of
195U-5S, Evansvllle.roared past
Los Angeles State, a team that
always scores a lot, win or lose,
by a 109 99 score , Leo Hill had
28 points for the losers. The con
test was tied 13 times.
Other action found Arizona
Stale dumping the San Diego
Marines, 87-60. It was an ex
perimental contest in which offi
cials each stayed in a zone and
did not call fouls unless "harm"
was cause. Players agreed they
felt more relaxed finder the new
system. ,' '
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SEES ACTION TONIGHT
Frank Conley, Cove Leopard forward, will see action to
night when the Cove team tangles with Lostine at Los
tine. Conley is one of the mainstays for the Leopards
who now boast a record of four wiris and one loss.
(Observer Photo)
TCU And Clemson Square Off
Saturday In Bluebonnet Bowl
HOUSTON, Tex. (UPI I Texas
Christian University and the
Clemson Tigers, with 16 previous
bowl games between them, square
oft here Saturday in the first an
nual Bluebonnet Bowl game.
The Horned Frogs rule an
eight-point pick to make Clemson
their fifth post-season victim. The
Frogs have won four and tied one
game in 10 previous bowl assign
ments. The Tigers, champions of the At
lantic Coast Conference, have
split their six previous bowl
games. Both teams played in
bowl games last New Year's Day,
with TCU and the Air Force
Academy battling to a 0-0 tie in
the Cotton Bowl and Clemson
dropping a 7-0 decision to Louisi
ana Slate in the Sugar Boat A
near-capacity crowd is expected
to jam into the 70 "no-seat Itico
itadium for the game.
On paper, tne gu...e seems to
be u tossup. Both teams finished
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Fri., Dec. 18, 1959 Pege 2
the season with 8-2 records, both
won or shared in their conference
titles, and both a'e basically de
fensive teams sporting huge lines.
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Scores
By United Press International
Celle-s Basketball Results
EAST t
Princeton 79 Rutgers 63
Geneva 103 Malone S8
Harvard 75 Tufts 66
Westminster 84 Carnegie Tech 56
Niagara 81 Georgetown iD.C.i 80
SOUTH
Quantice Invitational
at Quantice, Va.
Championship
Quantico Marines 99
Jacksonville U. 85
Consolation
Atlantic Chris. 73 Belmont Abb. 49
Wesleyan 56 Catholic U. 53
Mt.St. Mary's 74 Lewis Coll. 64
Parris Island Invitational
at Parris Island, N.C.
First Round
Catawba 69 Chattanooga 66
Newberry 73 Parris Is. Mar. 70
Wofford 78 Erskine 67
Troy i Ala. I 98 Presbyterian 74
Wake Forest 67 Virginia 64
Tennessee 94 South Carolina 80
Maryland St: 77 Virginia St. 75
MIDWEST
Dayton 71 Drake 54
DePaul 77 Ohio U. 51
Mich. St. S3 Nebraska 80 2 o.t.i
Missouri 77 Rice 48
Abilene Christian Invitatio.nal
'- et Abilene, Tex.
First Round
Me.Murry 52 Austin College 49
Abilene Christian 72 Wayland 63
SOUTHWEST
Texas A&M 64 Houston 62
Tulsa 79 Texas Christian 72
WEST
Utah 88 Washington State 69
Idaho 66 Colorado State U. 62
Idaho St. 53 St. Mary's iCal.) 40
Arizoia St. 87 S. D. Marines CO
Grand Canyon 58 New Mexico 56
Willamette 77, Northwest Naza-
rene 73 '
Linfield 68, St. Martin's 56
Oregon Hich Schools
Vernon io 52, Rainier 37
Portland Christian 47, Concordia
40 .
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Vie In Liberty Qame
PHILADELPHIA I UPI '-Penn
an tastern powernoutu
which stumbled twice, and Ala
bama, which rose from an open
ing defeat to prance unbeaten
through its last nine games,
smoothed out the final wrinkles
today for their clash in the Lib
erty Bowl game Saturday.
The meeting between the Nit-
(any Lions, powered by All
America Richie Lucas, and the
defense-minded 'Bamans in the
East's first major . NCAA up-
pi oved post-season game will be
nutionally-televised on NBC start
ing at 12:45 p.m. es t.
It will mark Alabama's 13th
bowl appearance dating back to
the Hcse Bowl in 1926, and Penn
Slate's third bowl game.
May Have Rein
The promoters were hopeful for
a crowd of 40,000 in the vast
Philadelphia Stadium which seats
98,614, but which only the Army-
Navy game fills. The long range
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weather forecast in an area
where sub-f reeling temperuuires
wouldn't sunrise Fas cloudy
ai fairly mild, with a risk of
rain.
Both teams came to town
Thursdaj the Crimson Tide at
mid-day in time for a workout in
the stadium, and Penn State late
Thursday night alter a day drill
on its campus. Each planned a
loosening drill today.
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Sunday, December 20th
Lunch Served
On Grounds
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Charley Scott Fights
Kid Paret In TV Go '
NEW YORK (UPI I Ton wel
terweight contender Charley Scott
of Philadelphia, making his Madi
son Square Garden debut, is fa
vored at 13-5 to beat fast, rugged
Benny 'Kid' Paret ot Cuba to
night in their TV 10-rounuer.
Left-hooker Scott seeks his sev
enth straight victory and steps up
his campaign for a title shot at
champion Don Jordan, who lost
much prestige when knocked out
in the fourth round Saturday
night by obscure Federico Thomp.
SOI at iiucnu niico.
Shooting Start
At 10 a.m.