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ri - vrm .......-..... Vik Villa Hoop Host of Games Due 5 This Week at SHS i . It's a big baskitball week at the Vik Villa starting Tuesday night, but the Frank Brown varsity will make only one slowing during the ;: period, that agfinst Milwaukee's Maroons Friday flight in the final game' of the ses&on ; on the regu lar SHS slate. ; Ihe No-Name skir , mish will draw to a close a week which will see Ithe ViUa lights f burning Jour nights. , . 3 ' Tuesday night Frank Beer's Sophomores and)-'Herm Schwartz- kbpf s :Jayveef divide chores J against Monmouth high's Bees and ' varsity.' respectively. On Wednes day night the Sophs and Juniors t do it again, only this time against the Independence Hopsters. Then ' on Thursday night the Leslie and Parrish junior high quints . take over for the first gameof their J trio for the City Junior champion- 1 ship. Friday right the Junior Jayvees again show against Mil- '. waukie's Jayvees in a prelim role, the final game jof- the season for Schwartzkopf s crew. At the same time Beer's yearlings will be at : Gervais high ending their season ; with a North Marion county B league clash. Following Friday's mix with the Maroons, whom they beat in a pre- ; vious meeting, the Brownies will buckle down to work for the dis : trict 11 hooperee at Mt Angelon February 28, March 1, 2 and 3. Outside possibly one more Junior high mix next month,' this week will drop the curtain on season's .basketballing at the SHS speed- way. Slate Heavy L ri iii iw i " " i mm . Shortie sporties: i "Pappy" Cline, move over and make room for another official member of the '700 Bowling Clubs of America' rest ing in our village . . . t- letter irom Ferd Lipovetz of the '700 organ- ization in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, re- veals Perfection Lieutenant Henry F.'Ht Haman now belongs to the select group along with "Pappy" by virtue of a 733 series kegged for the old Red Cross Pharmacy quint the night of February 22, " 1940. "Which now makes nine 00 members from the state of Oregon," announces Lipovetz . . . Speaking of Kegler Haman, he fin ished in the chips not long ago af ter an all-star singles and doubles session in Portland. Twenty-five bucks worth of chips to be exact. . . To baseball: A pair of. the valley's 'teen-agen pro baseball hopefuls, Pitcher Joe "P.ed" Biele meier of Mt Angel and Catcher Bob Schwartz of last summer's Funland nine in the junior circuit," will be packing their duds for first jaunts to spring camps but soon. Bielemeier leaves in less than, two ' weeks for the Brooklyn Dodger farm at Richmond, Va., and Schwartz - pulls out about the same time for the Washington Senator branch at Chattanooga. The loss of his left thumb in that wood-chopping, ac cident last fall isn't expected to handicap Bielemeier as much, as was thought it would at first In cidentally, both youths are certain- " ly anxious toget started on the pro ball trail. Let's hope it's a long one for 'em . . . To basketball: Did you notice who was high-point man for the Funland quint in the City loop finale the other night? None other than Big Jawn "Law maker" Steelhammer. He how itzed eight markers but puffed at terward: "Tryin to keep up with those legislators all day and a bunch of kids on a basketball floor at night is too much. Tain't fun . any more." . . . (Wot kids Jawn?) . . . And as for George Scales, another member of the Funlanders, he exhibited the oth ( er night on three occasions it's best not to let him fire from that pet spot of his on the WU gym's north sideline. He cam still hit 'em . The long-awaited Maple's-Funland -, mix oi me oia men was sort ox :a flopperoo at that Not a drop of blood was spilled, Don Hendrie failed to foul out and the stocked up Funlanders Jdidn't win1. . , Speaking, f City basketballers. iwait'll you see the picture of the j title-winning Maple's team! . ,Yipe! . , . Ileyi Sinatra! Move Over : He may fibt look the part after his Tuesday night session at the armory, with one Mr. "Grey ;Mask", but right now Rassler Gor geous Georgie Wagner boasts Frank "Swoonie" Sinatra has a ri val. Off on one of his numerous i bleep binges around the country recently, Georgie returned to tell ; that while in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he had but to enter the arena swath . ed in one of his bespangled bath i robes and the bobby-sox brigade tfwooned all wer the joint j ' "They love me there," blurbs Georgie, "and just think I dont Jiaffta sing to 'em or nothin'! They followed me from the hotel to the arena every night, and when 1 stepped from the dressing room in 'one of my latest creations you'da I thought Sinatra had just finished : gargling off 'All itr Nothing - at i All. 1 sure wowed em. And in ; cldenally, 6300 fans paid to see me rassle Leroy McGurk for the world's Junior heavy title down there . , . Yeh, I lost The referee robbed me." . v ; TYom the looks of what has transDired in the past' between : talkative Mr. Wagner and head bonking Mr. Mask, Georgie may be robbed .of ?ome of his, good : looks Tuesday when the two scrap it off in the village bin. That ones (Continued on paje 15; . 'Cinon, George' , i' AV , ' - m ' ' :ydyy V y-r y-t lift V ;: ; V So beckons "Grey Mask," the hooded : rasslin meanle, as he preps for his armory titanic with Gorgeous Georgie Wagner Tuesday nichi. Fans up and down the coast have been ask tog for this brawl for months. Salem gets it Tuesday night. y-rmtms-rf j. ' J SGT. MIKE MILLER District Meet Billed Monday Principals of Salem, Woodburn, Mt Angel, Silverton and Stayton high schools will convene here Monday at 2 p.; m. to discuss a new district 11 basketball tourney playoff plan, announced Salem Principal Harry Johnson yester day. The meeting, during which a re-drawing of the playoff sche dule is due since Stayton has en tered the picture, will be held at the high school. Woodburn, Salem, Mt Angel, Silverton and Stayton are to play off a double-elimination tourney at Mt Angel starting February 28. The original first-round pair ings Salem vs. Woodburn and Silverton vs Mt Angel will like ly be tabled now that Stayton has entered, according to Johnson. Indians, Saints Battle Tuesday GERVAIS-(Special)-The Cr mawa Indians and St Paul Saints will meet here Tuesday night at eight o'clock to play it off for the championship of the North Marion County "B" basketball league. The two teams finished in a. deadlock in the regular pennant race. . - The winner of Tuesday's game will meeet Detroit, favorite to cop the southern division, for the county title later. March Field Hoop Champs V FRESNO, Calif, Feb. n-iS)- The March Field Fliers won the fourth army air force basketball title by defeating the Geiger field, Spokane, Wash, quintet, 41-40, here Friday night for the second straight night Both teams played erratic ball ' and missed many easy shots. Frank Lubin, towering center of March .field, formerly of UCLA and the U.S. Olympic team, was held to a mere seven points.' " Basketball Score OSC 45, Oregon 43. WSC 69. West. Wash. 54. -Washington 39, Gonzaga 29. Iowa State 51. Oklahoma 43. Kentucky 40, Tennessee 34. Wisconsin 44, Purdue 48. . ComeU 37, Columbia 33. St. John's 63, Brooklyn Col. 27. Ohio State (3. Indiana 43. . Penn 61, Army 52. New York U 64. Tempi 43. JdiMourt- Mr Kebraaka 4 WskWagner Tuesday Bicep Card Complete Record Throng Due" To jWitness Brawls -The, three rings for Tuesday night's lightweight rasslin circus at the Ferry .Streetj Garden' have been, completed, announces Match maker Ejton. Owen, ind the bicep bin itself, is being prepared to han dle perhaps the largest throng ever to ogle.aigrappling shindig therein. I In completing the card yester day, ! Owen announced tthat two- .fisted little Billy McSjiiiii: would do o:ou. p. mj curuuuritiscr ciorcs wiui Canadian Bill Konkii;the likeable tow-hea4 who stepped, out of char acter: last week to referee. Prev iously Owen had signed on ju-Jit-suing Walt TTh' Sneeif Achiu and pudgy meanie Earl Malone for .the semiwindup, or Chapter two of the session tey had ot last week's card in which the irked Chinaman loosed hs famed, "sleeper" hold to dispose of unorthodox Mr. Ma lone.! It hvas quite a, brawl in it sel and probably won't make a customer mad in returning for an other; heat this week.1 j Whatever fireworks the semi windup Explodes aren't, expected to be an 'unlit candle! compared to those; due in the muchly-demanded main Went between Gorgeous Georgie Wagner and ?Grey Mask", however. J Every bic hin on the Coasi has been clamoring for a Wagner-Mask mix ever since it was known months ago that or nery Georgie was on he prowl for ornery-plus Mr. Stoneface. The head-butting hoodlum doled Geor gie one of the worst beatings ever taken by I a grappler lin their last get-together, 'tis said, Sand the Pleasant Hill turkeyl shepherd is known to have followed him all over 'the country since in expec tancy; of a return gol He gets it at long last Tuesday night, and if Georgie does to Mr. Stoneface all he claims hell do in daily an nouncements, same Mr.. Stoneface is in j for "a plastering,' king sized. And since the "Mask",is more than capable of doling a blood-dripping plastering himself welL little wonder a! record crowd Is expect ed. if There will be no hjlReiin prices for the card.. . ".Ill Hansen Nelirlv With Oregon State's Red Rocha and Oregon's Dick Wilkins both faltering badly in their clash last night j at Corvallis, Vine Hansen, Washington State's towering pivot- man, practically salted away the Northern Division scoring crown, although Sidle from M conference Hansen, still holds an 11 point bulge over Rocha and. is 14 points up on Wilkins despite having play ed one less tilt than ' hi . nearest rivals. Hansen needs 2 points per game Sin his last Tour tilts to break: Gail Bishop's division rec ord of 224 points. Ilocha must now average 15 per game to tie the mark, while Wilkins needs better than 16 per game to fecial it . g tg ;ft pr TP Hansen, wsc 12 74 i I 41 28 189 Rocna. osc 13 Wilkinj, Ore. 13 Jorgensen, Wash. 14 76 I 36 T7jfSl 65'i 34 531 14 ii I S3 46 I 14 37l 34 39rt3ll3 38 ! f 14 42 36 12 29 29 36 49 17 45 23 178 175 164 Hays. Oregon 13 Hamilton, Oregon 13 King. Wash. 14 Smith.) Oregon 13 McGrtth, OSC 13 118 117 106 108 96 Bartelt, Ore. 13 93 90 Hamilton, WSC 13 Slicker Tourney Finals on Slate i i.. li - Showers cut down the number of divoteers on the jSalem Golf club links, yesterday, ind as a re sult most of the action elated in the three tourneys now wider way on th6 South River Road fairways will take place today! The play off match! between the Don Hen' ? T Ttrt in i Leo Estey teams for ! the Slicker meet title headlines today's slate, while play in the 180-hple Eclec tic meet and the windup of the 72-hole sweepstakes levent h will draw j the ? attention of numerous contestants. In the latter tourney Frank Shaf er, heeding net 64 to Win and Rennie Crews: seeking a 6J score, -will pace the mob at tempting t to catch Jom Wise, whose e9-6a-72-5 274 appears al most unbeatable.' - !: Huskies Sweep Pair From Gonzaga Quint SEATTLE, Feb. 17-CP) -The University of . Washington Hus kies ' defeated Gonzaga univer sity's basketball team 29-28 here tonight tn ' a game i which was fairly tight until the but five minutes, j The Huskies also won last! night . Washington led at haUtlme,' 22-19, the biggest mar tin the Huskies had been able to : build up to that time.' The mar gin remained about the same un til near the end of j- the second half; when the Bulldogs tired in the face of the fire-ball Husky psee. !:T. f Boxers Eye AAU Sleet PORTLAND, Feb. i7-P-Offi cjals pf the 1945 Golden gloves tournament set for March 7, 8 and 9 at the Portland city auditorium. said today! the series may serve as boxing tryouts for the 8 national AAU . championships I at - Boston, Mass; April 2, S. Th6 state AAU boxing committee has the proposal under consideration, . 5 ? 4 - - ''. : State Prep Quints Eye Home Stretch Ba tiles for lit exactly 28 days eight prep basketball teams, the , cream ef , the! high school crop in Oregon, . will open an ffensive for the 26th annual hoop tonraey title n Willamette ITi history-drooling speedway. Bat right now up wards of 28 class A quints are warming op to final district clashes to determine which' eight wuXirab off the ticket to Sa lem1 A myriad ef class B hoop 'suiters ' are meanwhile battling ' toward the four open berths lit eonJuHction with the 28th classic. Ne quint is yet assured of a tourney i role, although , three " ;"" Medford's Black .Tornado, Eu gene's Axemen and Waahington's Colonials, ef Portland might just as well start packing their -bar for the Jaunt. All are that Catches Snead at 136 GUliFPORT, Miss., Feb. 17-P) Harold' (Jug) McSpaden, the jinx ed man in professional golfs win ter tournament series, caught up With erly pace setter Sammy Snead at the halfway post in the $5000 Gulfport open today. McSpaden shot his second round in "34-3468, three strokes under par f oi; a 36-hole total of 136, the Same figure claimed by Snead who got around in par-71 today after a sensational six-under 65 yesterday. Byroh Nelson of Toledo, Ohio, number seven in first round play, and Claude Harmon, second to Snead yesterday, finished today's feuding as co-nuiners-up 4 to the two leaders. Both had totals of 137. FaUs City Five Takes on Inuep Quihtfor Title MONMOUTH Falls City's surg ing underdog1 quint dropped two rivals, Monmouth and : y alsetz, here today and earned the right to meet Independence Monday night for the? Polk countv "B" ; crown, Improving fwith every game, the Falls City crew is rated an even .j"; ai - j , cnance pi upseiuna we aope duck el with!a win. raixs trrr (J7 " mi v alsetz Niat 11 , r z Burr Martin 4,1 ' 10 Kinf Cooper 0 r " 8 Blazor WUson 8 X- C ;. 4 Waldren Uvmgstoae U G . .' 1 Carver monmovth' mi - cssi rxixs cmr Howard S4 ..,.,".. r. ,.,., ...;.;. ' It Niat ParUow is - 4 Martin M.aifgy - c e Cooper McCUn4 ,;.. . Q: 1 Murphr i iiUtncuua: Hogers. ana zewis. . Cougar Ekd Out Win Qver Stubborn WWCE I PULLMAN,: Feb. 17 flV-A high-scoring ' trio . ef Washmg ton state college Cougars to night spearheaded a 69 to 54 vic tory over a stubborn Western Washington College of Education basketball team which kept the game In doubt until the last few minutes. Forward Mart Joslin and. ' Guard . George Hamilton scored; 18 points each,' pouring shots through-the hoop in a fin al Cougar scoring rally after the lead had.; changed hands eight times in each half. ' Center Vine Hanson, the. Cougar's national 'collegiate - scoring leader, added 17 points' to the total. i Helser, iFedermeyer, Signed by Bevo Qub f PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17 -l-Contracts of pitchers Roy Hel ser and ;Clarence Federmeyer were JUNIOR RIVALS ify Cy i J. ; :. ,V, U U " ' ill i I " 4 i IT ; i hJ" y I . i received by the Portland Baseball club today, bringing to 20 the num ber of players- already signed, General Manager Bill Klepper an nounced. Helson was a 20-game winner -last -year, i;j j i ': . I i i species ef favorite in respective sectors. Medford hasn't been beaten this year in 20 tries and' has sewed up the Southern Ore gon conference; crown. Coach Al Simpson's flock must follow up thus far easy conquests of Ash land, Klamath Falls and Grants Pass with a sweep . of a single elimination "sudden death" dis trict 4 tourney, however. In which anything can happen. The Tornado must then beat the win ner, of district i (Burns, Prine jvUIej Redmond, Bend, Lakeview) to get torSalem. Railbirds say the Medfords will do it and peg. Bend or Bedmond as the No. S toughie. -y : - - 1 . r ' . Coach Hank) Kuchera's Axe men, with, 26 games , won in a row to date, nave already, an Beavers Nip Oregon, Awaiting the first of their three games for the City Junior high hoop title next Thursday night at the Vik Villa are these members of the : Parrish and Leslie quints. No.'s 1, 2, 3 and 4 are Bill Fasnacht Dave ' Chamberlain, Ken Gibson and Coach Bob Metzger, respectively, of the NorthernTioneers. Nc's 5, 8, and S are Coach Bob Keuscher, Ray Turner, Harry Culbertson and; Larry Kleinsmith, respectively, of the Southern Missionaries. Leslie wonthe title last year but won't be favored to repeat this time. (SUtesman Sports photo). Lesl ie, Parrish Open Cage Series Thursday, Vik Villa Primed to an anxious edge following their: strenuous 'In tramural league season and three weeks of dally drilling since, Leslie's Southern Mission aries and1 Parjrish's Northern Pioneers apen their annual derby for the f City Junior high basketball crown next Thursday nixht on the senior high speedway. I And if ever in the past one of the arch-rivals waa odds-on favorite to kayo the other, the Northerners are not a trifle worse off this year. I Coach Bob Metzger's gang, which swept through the Mural campaign ridiculously easy while spread out over the four Par rish teams, has been tabbed by some as potentially one of the finest quints ever to wear the Cardinal and Grey. Four mem bers of the Metsger machine Bill Fasnacht Lowell Spagle, Ralph Mortal! and' Delwyn Kleen tower well over the 6 foot mark. Anil in cagcrs like Bill Day, Dave Chamberlain, Ken Gibson, Hnh Bellinrer, Carlos Houck, Tony RusseU, Waldo Unruh. Ted Covalt Faul Nelswander and Ron Cummlngs, the Northerners have a tested and true gang of hard-driving War Performs IVeat Job of Face-Lifting on Baseball t '" ' By Jeiry LUka CHICAGO. Feb. 17-fPV-BigJeague baseball, hopefuUy preparing for its fourth wartime season, has undergone almost a complete turn over fr oersormel since Pearl Harbor. I v V - ( Up-to-the-minute figures disclose that each American league club displays an average i au duic. stats,- ve more man me acuve list of 25 players permitted during thd season. A total of 247 Ameri can: league, players have gone to war, .including 19; since the close of the 194 season! This compares with a present active list of 276 players, 126 of whom are 4-F with their 1945 status Under sharp se lective service scrutiny. '; .-"". Latest National league manpow er statistics are not available here, but Leslie M. O'Connor, chairman of (the major league advisory council, estimates player losses are comparable in the two leagues. The American league also can show -three gold stars. Outfielder Elmer Gedeon and pitcher For rest Brewer of the Washington Senators were killed in action as was catcher Ardys Keller of the St? Louis Browns; - : The Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics with 36 players . each lead in American DRS. CHAN ... LAM Ot.l.TXamJXJ). ; Dr.O.CaaJuNJ - i CHINESE Herbalists f 241 North Liberty Upstairs Portland General Electric Co Offic open i Saturday oniy 10 a m. to 1 nsa.l to Iojtv Coa- uJUUon. Blood pressure and urine tests are free oi charfe. Practiced siaca 1917. nexed the district 9 Mile and will vie with probably Myrtle Point of No. 5 for a tourney berth. Expert say the Axemen are "in." Some gents bless "Ted Schopfs veteran Washingtonlans accordingly in districts 15-18, al though the Colonials did manage " to lose one game to date In their tough ' Portland . interscholastle ehase.- V . rs; ' - Over in district 1 it's Baker's Bulldogs out front and tabbed to star there. They'll play' the win ner of No. 2 (Pendleton, Mac 111, Hermiston, llood River and The Dalles) for a tourney berth, and right now It looks like a dogfight between Pendleton, Hood River and The Dalles.; - Early; McKlnnej'a CorvaHls Spartans, an up-and-coming ball Northern Division Basketball Race pointsmen. Gibson was far and away the leader of the indivi dual scoring- chase in the 'Mural race. I Out South it's almost exactly the opposite. Not a six-footer foams on the Bob Keuscher team and Leslie entries in the 'Mural season were not too impressive. ' The Missionaries plan on coins down swinging in defense of the title they won last year how ever, what with hoop-suiters like Bob Funk, Harry Culbertson, BUI Spronle, Mike Glenn, Billie Johnston, Ray Turner, Bobble Johnston, Winston Cobb, Larry Kleinsmith and Jack Miller to do the swinging". An indication of What to expect in the series Is Offered by the comparative scores of the eighth grade teams on which most of these named Cagcrs played a year ago. Par rish waltzed off with all three by scores of 25-9, 47-14 and 26-15 I Eighth grade teams will again battle hi prelims this year. The second game of the series Is set for Friday, March 2, at Leslie and the third for March 9 at the VUla. All three will be played no matter who wins. league contributions to the armed forces. ' .While the champion :St Louis Browns have yielded the fewest at 28. . - It seems incredible yet a great tribute to big league strategists who had to scrape the bottom of the talent barrel that the majors last' summer enjoyed one of the best seasons in history at the box office with only handful of es tablished stars. Victoria Kids Win , rt-:- -v;-r, .' i , SEATTLE, Feb. .17-iaVA Vic toria boys and girls swimming team defeated boy and girl pad- dlers of the Washington Athletic club; 45-33 here today. $ , JXSK iUIY CUEIIT ' i Having their car insured at Hoggins Office hew Quickly we. pay their losses;'--', H -; . : I :; ., K ',;i I We Issue ear own drafts right in ear Salem office for inune I dlate payment, not next week, not tomorrow, bat right now. i For prompt service Insure next CHUCK 'Oregon's Largest Upstate Agency Salem cmd'MctrsMeld -129 N. Commercial Salem Dial 4403 '. Eight Tourney club of late, holds the lead in the district 7 fight with Bud Page's Lebanon Warriors' in hot pursuit. The ultimate winner . must face the No. winner (Mc MlnnvQIe, Newberg or Dallas), and according to dopestcrs in that section, ItTl be r McMinn ville'i Grizzlies over all. The No. t battle, between Beaverton, Forest Grove, k Hillboro and Ti gard 1 appears to be . Hillsboro, the ultimate winner to tackle either Astoria, Seaside r Tilla mook of No. 18 for the fifth Salem ticket Astoria is liked in No. -18 althongh she took one on the chin by Seaside last week. I Dan Jones' Oregon City Pio neers rule the favorite's roost in the 11-12 districts and are al ready! champs of the latter. 45-43, A 5 Feather Title Bout Monday NEW YORK, Feb.. 17-(P)-Willie Pep's featherweight itle goes on the! line for the third time Mon day at Madison Square Garden in the first championship match of 1945 with the 126-pound king from Hartford, ConnVa 3 to 1 favorite to turn back the challenge of Phil Terranova, former NBA titlist Promoter Mike Jacobs expects to draw 14,000 fans and a $60,000 gate for what may be Pep's last appearance before re-entering the armed service. Although he holds a medical discharge from the navy, the champ was re-examined and accepted f 05 service recently. , Pep, recognized by New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania as feather ruler, is given the un official nod over Sal Bartolo, the NBA kingpin, because he holds twd decisions over the boy who knocked ; the crown off Terra- nova s head. Vandals Next 5 ' ..-I -! i For OSC Five OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Feb. 17-(Special)-Idaho's potent Vahdals . will invade Corvallis next Friday and Saturday nights fori Oregon State's final home basketball games of the 1945 sea Son. . Coach .Slats Gill and his Beavers have been looking '. for ward to this visit of Babe Brown said his men ever since Idaho threw a. monkey, wrench into Oregon State s championship hopes by upsetting the Beavers. 32-31, at Moscow: two. weeks ago. Clothiers 456 State . . Salem time at Hoggins. lie f WINTER TOP : COATS i.:fJ.rfpj-:j. - CHCT if i i W 3 : I I INSURANCE Tickets They're waiting to play either Salem, Woodburn, Silverton, Mt Angel or Stayton alter those teams finish their double-elimination affair at Mt Anel start ing February 28. It looks much like another' three-day trip ' to Salem for the - Jonesies. Gresh 1 am's Galloping Gophers "and tho Columbia Prepstors are picked Is No. 1 while their eventual sub-district foe in No. 14 is still very much to ' be . decided be tween Rainier, Si. Helens, Scap poose and Vernonia,'. ; t ' . .Strictly a wild gness in most Instances; bur here's our crystal baS effort for, the eight "A berths: L Baker. 2. Medford, 2. E u g e n e. : 4. MeMlnnville. 5. Hillsboro. 8, Oreron Ciiy. 7. Gretham,. t. Washington. - i - - . i Labhart Paces State to Win i - Rocha, Wilkins Lose " Grouncl, Scoring Races NORTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS . W L, Pet PF PA: Oreron Stat S 5 jSIS SS3 544 Oregon - S 5 jSIS 843 S96 Wash. State s -7 5. JUS 550 523 Washington - 5 ' J87 627 , 691 Idaho 3 ' J00 385 43S Last night's result: At Oregon State 43, Oregon 43. "... CORVALLIS, OreV Feb17 CP) j Oregon State climbed to 8 tie in the Northern .Division Pacific Coast conference basketball, race by defeating University of Oregon tonight in a game that kept up a home-stretch pace from the start. Oregon State's 6-foot 8-inch scoring star,' Red Rocha, failed to score a field goal all night, but did sink- two free throws. He had; plenty of shots "But they all wentj awry. The Beavers depended on j Larry West and Bob Labhart forj their scoring punch. , J The game started out so fasti and i rough that four fouls were and one on Ore called on Oregon! gon State, before; a field goal was dropped in. Referee Piluso warn-1 ed the teams, with Oregon State leading 3 to 1 on foul points, that he would call infringements close- ! After four minutes Hays drop ped in a cripple for Oregon for the game's first field goaL to tie thej count 3-ail. The lead see-sawed! until seven minues from the end! I of the half, when Oregon State , I hotfnn in mill nn4 no i-. $ 17, with four minutes remaining, t Then Hamilton and Smith went on! a rampage for Oregon and cut the! Oregon State lead to 30 to 28 at half j time. When the second period opened I Bartelt and Hayes dropped in rap- ? id field goals to put Oregon ahead, ' 32 td 30. Ted Henninasen came back for the Beavers to knot it 32- i alL Labhart added a free throw i and Oregon State went in front, 33 to 32. With three and a Quarter ' minutes remaining Bob Hamilton I ringed a field goal for Oregon to I tie it at 43-alL I '-tIH T . . . , . iiuurs were , ien wnen f (Continued on page 15) Earl SlrausBangb Manager 198 J3. Commercial Salenv Fhone tl5g Up ! " f QUESTlOtt: n j 11 Goodrich I j " ft sf sBsell' :vf i" yy-' TvvTf ! 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