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North Division's Best
LOS ANGELES, Jan. feu Ron
Bennink, Washington State's high
geared point producer, and Ore
gon's Ed Halberg, who Connects
with the accuracy of a top secret
bomb sight, have taken the spot
light frnm Ctrptrnn Stat rntpr
Wade Halbrook in the hectic
Northern Division racej it was
disclosed today by figures from,
the Pacific Coast Conference
Commissioner's office, j , . '
i The statistics for g'a m e s
through Jan. 16 showed Bern
nink had taken over the scoring
lead with a 21 point j average
after four games, to 20.8 for the)
7-foot 3-inch Halbrook. I Bennink
had 29 field goals and! 28 free
throws in' his point totaL Hal
berg ranked third with a 16.8
average while Dwight Morrison;
Idaho, had 15.8 and Tony Vlas
telica, Oregon State, 13.3. '
Halberg set a new j Division
game record last weekend when
he dropped 9 of 11 floor shots for
81.8 per cent and the feat showed
up in field goal percentage!
where he leads the pack with a
blistering 61 per cent. The lanky
forward has taken 41 shots and
connected on 25. Ranked sec
ond and third are teammates
Max Anderson, 52 per cent, and
Bob Stout, 50 per cent. I
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Halberg also sets the pace from
the free throw line with 86.4 per
cent setting 19 points on 22
tries. Harlan Melton, Idaho! has
81.3 ter cent and Barney Hot
land. Oregon. 80 per cent Hal
brook is the No. 1 rebounder, bijt
by a narrow margin with an av
erage of 12.5 per game to 123
for Anderson. Both are sopho
mores.
As a team Oregon ! leads in
shooting with a deadly 43 per
cent from the floor, followed by
Oregon State with 39.3 per cent
Washington State has the top
free throw mark, 61.7 per cent,
while Oregon has the best poiht
average, 68.5. Oregon State's re-
i bounding game is the best with
145 rebounds to their opponents
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iih. wnue wasmnKiun: uas ex
hibited the best defense, holding
fnps tn 53.8 Doints a game.
This weekend Oregon State
Journeys to Moscow for a show
down series Friday ana Jsaturaay
night with Idaho, while Oregon,
tied for the lead with the Beav
ers, entertains Washington in
Eugene. j
Total Scorinf V it tt pt tp ay
Ron Bennink. WS ... 4 2a 18 10 84 21.0
Wade Halbrook. OS 4 28 27 14 83 29.8
rn Hlr,-r O 4 25 19 9 67 11.8
Dwight Morrison. I 4 21 21 15 63 18.8
Tony VlaateUca. OS 3 19 2 8 40 13.3
M Anrlersnn. 0 4 13 23 14 49 It 3
Dean Parsons. W. .. 4 11 24 13 46 U.5
Harlan Melton. I. ... 4 18 13 14 45 U.3
Barney Holland. O. 4 18 8 13 44 11.0
Rill Rohder. WS . 4 14 16 15 44 11.0
Ken Wegner. O 4 16 i 9 14 41 W.3
Don Tripp. W 4 14 11 M 39 S.8
Ron Robins. OS ..... 4 13 i 7 19 38 8.5
Tom Flynn. I..: 4 18 j. 5 7 37 J
Kl Victim. W ...... 4 13 11 8 37 3
Recffie Hailisan. OS 4 14 i 8 10 36 S O
Jerry Ross, O 1
Ron Olsen. W . 4
Bob Swanson, WS . 4 11
Bob Klock. WS . 4 9
Howard Page. O . 4 8
Doyle Perkins. W.. 3 8
i Bob Bryan. W....... 4 8
Bob Stout. O 4 10
Al Perry. WS 4 8
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Three Quints
Still in Tie
For WVL Lead
With Dallas, Silverton and Es-
iacada still in a tie for the
league lead, Willamette Valley
Loop basketball teams add
Round No. 6 to their season Fri
day night The three pace-setters
have won four of their first five
games in the hot pennant strug
gle, i
Friday offers the following
games in league: play: Mt. Angel
at Estacada, Silverton at Sandy,
Dallas at Canby and Molalla at
Woodburn.
Of the four the Silverton-San-
dy and ML Angel-Estacada tiffs
loom as close ones. Dallas should
handle Canby," and Molalla fig
ures over Woodburn.
Bee games Friday night are to
start at 6:45 o'clock.
The individual scoring race in
th? league is commanded by Stan
Childers of Molalla who tossed
in 31 points Tuesday night in the
Indians' win over Canby. Child
ers now has 119 markers in five
games for a spectacular 23.8 av
erage and is the only league eag
er over the 100 level. Nearest
to Childers is Herb Brandli of
Dallas with 79 points, while Don
Myers of Sandy has 72.
Other leading scorers are Rex
Domosehofsky of Woodburn and
Fred Kaser of Silverton, 59. Ar
len Bigham, Canby, 58. Del Kig
gins and Gary Ames, Estacada,
57. Dick Thornton, Sandy, 55.
Jim Alexander, Molalla, 53. Bus
Rayley, Canby and Jerry Plank,
Woodburn, 51. Larry Gorman,
Mt. Angel, 49. Jim Zauner, Mt.
Angel, 46.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY LEAGUE
W L Pet. W L Pet.
Dallas . 4 1 .800 Mt. Ansel 2 3 .400
SU'r'ton 4 1 .800 Sandv .... 2 3 .400
Estacada - 4 1 .800 Canby .... 1 4 .200
Molalla .3 2 .600 W'dburn 0 5 .000
Friday games: Molalla at Wood
burn, Dallas at Canby. Silverton at
Sandy. Mt. Ansel at Estacada.
NBA's Best to Vie
Eastern Stars Favored
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In Pro Basket Classic
NEW YORK UP1 With nine of ,
the league's top 11 scorers on
their side, the Eastern All-Stars
were favored Wednesday to beat
the West's best in the National
Basketball Assn.'s fourth annual
East West game in Madison
Square Garden Thursday night
Each team has 10 players and
Eastern Coach Joe Lapchick of
the New York Knickerbockers will
open with a sky scraping five av
eraging ; six feet, 5 4-5 inches.
Western Coach John Kundla of
the Minneapolis Lakers is counter
ing with a starting quintet aver
aging 6 feet, 4 2-5, including the
great George Mikan (6-10).
Lapchick's starting team is
made up of Adolph Schayes, Syra
cuse,! 6-8; Ed Macauley, Boston,
6-8; Ray Felix, Baltimore, 6-11;
Bob Cousy, Boston, 6-2, and Dick
McGuire, New York, 6-0.
Lady Golfers
Cut Corcoran
TAMPA, Fla. W The Ladies
Professional Golf Assn. and Fred
Corcoran, its founder, parted on
Janj 1, it became known Wednes-
dayi
Betty Hicks, of Palm Springs,
Fla. publicity director of the LP
GA said that Corcoran had been
dropped Tuesday by the women
stars because the group was, un
able to pay his 512,000-15,000 sal
ary
In New York, Corcoran said he
had stepped out on Jan. 1 when
the I National Golf Foundation,
group ot golf equipment manu
facturers, had withdrawn its fi
nancial support of the women pro
fessionals.
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Besides Mikan, the West's start
ers are Mel Hutchins, Fort Wayne,
6-6; Jim Pollard, Minneapolis, 6-5;
and Rochester's backcourt shor
ties, Bob i Davies, 6-1, and Bob
Wanzer, 6-0. ;
East Leads Series
The East t won the first two
games at Boston, 111-94 and 108-94,
but the West won last year at
Fort Wayne, 79-75.
Widely known players will be
seen in action in the preliminary
game between two service teams,
Ft Belvoir i and the Aberdeen
Proving Grounds.
Ft Belvoir has Dick Groat, one
of the nation's top scorers at Duke
and laterj with Fort Wayne; Bud
Donnelly, j captain of La Salle's
1932 national invitation champs.
and Ed Diddle of Western Ken
tucky. Aberdeen features the fam
ous O Bnen twins, Johnny and
Eddie, of Seattle; and Fred Iehle,
another La Salle luminary.
ST. PAUL (Special)
Smith, a senior in the St. Paul
Union High School has been j! se
lected as one of 22 players on the
All Star B Football team from
the West half of Oregon to play
in the Shrine game next August
28th at Pendleton, against the all
stars from Eastern Oregon. Sam
Smith has played four years of
football on Coach Ned Gleasbn's
Buckaroos and this year was the
outstanding halfback in the Ben
ton, Marion, Polk and Linn Cpun
ty Championship, team.
This is the first time a player
from St. Paul hSs been selected
to play in one of these Shrine
Benefit games. Coach of the West
team is Ray Stephens of Amity,
Oregon. s
Contest Helps
?SE I Vikings' Fund
1 ;
Knute Rockne coached five un
beaten and untied Notre Dame
football teams-1919, 1820, 1924,
1929, 1930. I
Salem Senior High School has
received $100 in cash through
the efforts il a Detroit, Mich.,
woman in a recent contest spon
sored by the Kellogg Company.
Mrs. Leta Faught, formerly of Sa
lem, won fourth place in the con
test as the result of a letter
giving reasons why the Salem
football team deserved a trip to
the New Year's Day Orange Bowl
game.
Mrs. Faught, a 1948 graduate of
Salem High School, received a
$25 U.S. Savings Bond in addition
to the cash award to the school.
Officials say that the money will
be added to a fund to provide a
Look and Learn
I By A. C GORDON
Nardico Loses
Bloody Scr-ap
Knockdowns Add Up
As JVorkus, Racks TKO
MAIMI BEACH. Fk (JU
Charlie. Norkus. a 5-1 j underdog.
scored a surprising technical
knockout over Danny Nardico,'
ranking light heavyweight in 2:15
of the ninth round here Wednes
day night j .
Norkus, from Jersey City. N.J..
and Nardico, of Tampa, Fla.,
staged one of the rnost bru
tal fights ever seen in j the Miami
Beach City Auditorium before a
crowd of 2,535 who paid a gross
gate of $10,663 to see I the sched
uled 10-rounder. !
Norkus staggered Nardico in the
first round with a looping right
and hurt him again in j the second
before he floored the Tampan with
a looping right near the end of the
round. i
Nardico took the eight 'count and
was holding on at the bell.
A left hook staggered Nardico
and a right sent him down for an
other eight count in the third. He
was floored twice more in that
round and fell once when Norkus
moved away quickly. In the same
round Nardico smashed Norkus'
nose and drew blood from the
Jersey City fighter.
Norkus Down
Both went down in, the fourth
and? Nardico sent Norkus flying
into the ropes with a hard left
rsaraico caught NorKus with a
right and sent him down for an
eight count.
In the fifth, Norkus hurt Nardico
and drew blood from the Tampan's
mouth.
A right by Norkus had Nardico
hanging on in the seventh and a
left and a right almost put the
Tampan out for good. ;
In the ninth both were staggered
with rights and a hard right smash
sent Nardico down. He came up at
the eight count and threw punches
out ot sheer gameness. Again Nar
dico went down for the eight
count, got up and was helpless on
the ropes when referee Jimmy
Peerless stopped the fight.
Nardico weighed 18J ft and Nor
kus 197 pounds.
HUSKY MATMEN WIN
NORTH MARION HIGH
SCHOOL (Special)4-North Mar
ion's Huskies scored a 29-21 wres
tling victory over Scappoose Wed
nesday night The Huskies won
seven matches and the losers took
five. It was the fourth triumph of
the season for North Marion
against two losses.
College Comments . ,
By TOM YATES
Local basketball filberts find themselves' with a oair of first
place teams this week, and quite unexpectedly at that The Oregon
College Wolves, by sweeping their weekend air with OTI at Mon
mouth, started off their Oregon; Collegiate Conference season 'on the
right foot while the also undefeated (in league play) Northwest
Conference Bearcats of Willamette top their circuit by a full game
over College of Idaho. Favored Eastern Oregon College trails the
wolves in the OCC with a 3-1 record ...
OCE hits the road this weekend for a return two-same set with
the Owls at Klamath Falls, but the Wolves will be home the 29th
and 30th for a crucial pair with EOCE. The Bearcats are idle til
a week from Saturday when they move to Forest Grove to take on
Pacific. !
One ofl the Eastern Oregon staters is C-5 Bob Adrian, bro-
ther of Lewis & Clark's 1U1, Both boys did their high school I
hooping at West Linn. Center Bobby Frtntz of (he Wolves ;
will no doubt get the assignment of tnsxdinf Adrian when the
easterners make their visit Frantz has been one ot Coach Bob j
Livingston's number one boys this year with his sensational i
hook shots and fine defensive work. . When Bobby fouled out :
of Friday night's OTI tiff it was the first time fn his career
at the Monmouth school that he had collected five infractions
in one game. Saturday evening he returned toform, however,
being whistled down but once ...
The Northewst Conference is turning into quite a home team
monopoly on victories. Of the 15 games to date, the hosts have
walked off with 12. Only teams to lose thus far on their own floor
are Linfield (2 of 4) and Whitman (1 of 3). The Willamette quint
not onlv has a nerfect home record in three tussles, but they also
ho racked up the other win oyer Roy Helser's Wildcats, while Lew
is b Clark owns the one foreign win over wmtman at waua
Walla ... i
The predominance of home town wins bodes no good for ;
the currently high flying Bearcats of John Lewis, who have :
seven of their remaining 11 league mixes on the road. And
don't let that 100 to 79 licking the 'Cats handed the C of I Coy
otes fool you into thinking they'll have a picnic when they
visit Caldwell the end of February. Sam Vokes really has the
Idahoans moving now, especially the redoubtable R. C. Owens
who leads the country in rebounding off of a tremendous three
games over this past weekend.
Willamette fans will be pleased to note that last year's All
Conference selection Dick Mase is still pushing them through the
nets vin thouffh he comnlefed his eligibility with the Bearcats.
Rubber legged Dick has been! appearing in the Salem YMCA line
uo with regularity. That's the same Y' team that invaded the deep
Atith last vear to narticiDate in the national YMCA tourney as dis
trict representatives. Mase is currently doing graduate work toward
his teaching credentials atWillamette.
Reed Leading:
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Cats9 Scoring
WQub Takes Time
Out for Examinations
Pete Reed, soph forward from
Scappoose, leads the Willamette
Bearcats' scoriae department
through the first 14 games of the
Campaign with 186 points and
Captam Dick Hoy, junior from
Newberg, . ranks next with 180.
Latest squad statistics were re
leased this rweek as the Bearcats
turned attention : to semester
exams. :
1 The Northwest Conference
leading WU quint gets a two
Weeks layoff before resuming
Conference action against Pacific
at Forest Grove on Jan. 30. Next
home game for Coach John Lewis
men is with Lewis and Clark
Feb. 5th. i ;
! Other leading scorers for tho
Bearcats are Center Tom Gooding
iwith 174 points and Jerry McCal
lister with 145. Other scoring:
Duane Shield 75, Dave Gray 62,
Bill Colvard 61. Jack Bishop 42,
Neil Causbie 36, Dale Gustafson
7, Wes Malcolm 4, Jim Henslee
2 and Ron; Fitzgerald 2.
! Lewis is giving his men only
light drills this week other than
for a scrimmage today with Jerry
Frei's Bearkittens.
i Willamette is unbeaten in con
ference play, having four straight
wins.
Ike Passes Up Yakima
Bid Because of Duties
U. S. Slal Star I
Out of Action j
KITZBUEHEL, Austria m
Billy Beck, 25-year-old Kingston,
R. I., skier, broke his right ankle
in a practice slalom run and will
miss the world ski championships
in Sweden next month.
Beck, a tall, stocky veteran of
the 1952 Olympic winter games in
Oslo, was training on a steep sla
lom track with the other members
f the U.S. squad who will com
pete in the third international ski
festival beginning here Thursday.
.The Cincinnati Redlegs open
the 1954 baseball season at Cros
ley Field April 13 againstfthe
Milwaukee Braves. ;
Tide Table
Tides for Taft. Oregon January,
1954 (complied by U.S. Coast & Ceo
deUc Survey, Portland. Ore.)
HIGH WATERS LOW WATERS
Jan. Time Ht. Time
21 3:22 ajn. 19 7:46 ajn.
1:30 p.m. S.7 8:21 D.m.
22 2:52 a.m. 6.0 8 33 a m.
2:11 pjn. 6-2 8:50 pjrt.
23 3:24 a Jn. (.1 9:22 ajn.
2:55 pjn. S t 9:20 pan.
24 3:56 a.m. 6-2 10:13 ajn.
3:45 p.m. S.I 9:51 p.m.
25 4:30 ajn. 6.3 11.11 a.m.
4:40 pjn. 4.6 10:24 p.m.
26 5:09 a.m. 6.3 12:15 pjn.
5:54 pjn. 42 11:04 p.m.
27 5:53 a.m. 6 4 1:22 p.m.
7:24 pjn. 4.1 11:53 p.m.
28 6:42 a.m. 6.5
8:55 p.m. 4.2 2:25 T.m.
29 7:35 a.m. 6.6 12:56 a.m.
10:06 pjn. 4.4 3:21 pjn.
30 8:28 a.m. 6 8 2:05 ajn.
10:57 p.m. 4 5 4:10 pjn.
31 9:20 a.m. 7.1 3:09 a.m.
11:36 p.m. 5.0 4:54 p.m.
YAKIMA UTi President and
Mrs. Eisenhower won't be able to
attend the Little World Series here
next Sept. 1-4.
Owen Q. Carpenter, general
chairman of the National Ameri
can Legion Junior baseball finals,
received the information Wednes
day from: Thomas E. Stephens,
presidential secretary. Stephens
wrote: !
"The President has asked me to
thank you' for your letter of Jan.
7 inviting: him and Mrs. Eisen
hower to attend. . .
"He wishes very much that it
were possible . . . but, unfortunate
ly, the pressure of his duties here
and his Calendar as already ar
ranged will not afford him that
pleasure, i
"He is nonetheless most appreci
ative of your invitation and has'
2 :1 asked me to convey his very best
o.i f wishes." i
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new Vj
iking football scoreboard.
Mittiigan State has won three
successive Western Conference
cross-country I championships.
Gonzaga's Vermillion Leading
rtment
1. Who reigned longest as a
sports champion?
2. Which is the largest daily
newspaper in the world?
3. What three words are used
most frequently in radio commer
cial advertising?
4. What is the tuft of hair
above a horse's hoof called?
5. What is the largest country
of: South America?
I ANSWERS
J. Willie Hoppe, who retired at
the age of 65, after 46 years'
reign as the World's No. 1 tourn
ament billiard player.
2. The London Daily Mirror,
with a circulation of 4,432,700.
3. According to latest statistics.
the words "you," "wonderful,'
and "new." '
4. Fetlock.
5. Brazil.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRSS
Jerry Vermillion of Gortiaga,
moving at such a point making
pace they may change his name to
Verbillion, nudged his average up
to 24.8 per game last week to take
over top spot in the Northwest
Collegiate basketball tally derby.
Basing the race on per-game av
erage, Vermillion succeeded Wade
Halbrook of Oregon State in the
pace position after Halbrook
bumped into a drought against
Washington and skidded to an av
erage of 22.8. i ! I
On total score, Joe Pehankk of
Seattle U topped the field with 328
points to 323 for Vermillion and
320 for Halbrook. But Joe garner
ed his over a longer route and
, ranked third on an- average of 21.9.
' Nine players are averaging more
than 18 counters per clash, among
them R. C. Owens of College of
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for the first time this week. He
took over fourth place with a 20.8
figure while1 Jackie. May of St
Martin's, idled by last week's
snows, retained fifth with his 19.9
average.
The scoring leaders (based on
games through Jan. 16):
G Pts Ave
Vermillion, Goni 13 323 24.8
Halbrook, OSC 14 320 22.8
Pehanick. Stf 15 328 21.9
Owens. Col. Ida 13 271 20.8
May. St. Mart 14 278 19.9
Bennink, WSC 13 293 19.6
Jordan, Whitwrth 10 193 19.3
Keefe, So. Ore 15 284 18.9
Edwards. EWCE 14 260 18.6
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