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r .1 - BearcaWpppnentTonigl S'rfiWOf T M mm This, that,' etc: : r 1 : The Northern Division Classic, a basketball pitch at Seattle December 28-29 and one involving Oregon State, Washington, Idaho and Washington State, was to have been the site of the first meet ing between 7-footer Swede Halbrook of the Beavers and Gary Nel son of the Huskies. But lo,-the OSC Swede wont be eligible for the two-night tournament, and Nelson has oeen neia oacK lor a. complete season. So the tourney fathers are without the No. 1 drawing card they had figured on "when the meet was first conceiv-' ed. Oregon State plays Washing' ton in the second-night feature garte . . . Speaking of the Huskies, the lad who many said would nev er make a college basketball play er when he was clumsy, lumber ing kid at Eugene High, is captain of Tippy Dye's squad this season, his senior year. That would be Dean Parsons, and his full-size photo appears on the cover of the Husky press book. All the 6-8 gi ant did last season was to av erage 18J5 points per game in the 26 the Washington played, com pile a "batting average" of ,43.1, per cent from the field, capture I 310 rebounds and make 113 free throws, the latter a new Northern that around to play center, it's little wonder Dye decided to hold back 7-footer Nelson for a year . . . Folks planning to take in the Bevo Francis-Harlem Globetrotters show at South Salem High Jan uary 6 will get to see "Mr. Points" in both games of a double header. In the first game Bevo and his Boston Whirlwinds are to - engage a local All-Star unit for one-half of a regular tusseL The Trotters face the Stars in the second hall Then the Whirlwinds and Trotters go at it in a regular; sortie of their own. Better be getting your ducats pronto, for the Jan. 6 party will no doubt provide the new Saxon gym with its first overflow crowd . . . Note to Fred Winter, Dallas: The Coast Conference and Big Ten Rose Bowl pact was born in 1947, and in the eight games since then the Big Ten has won seven times. It was Illinois then in order, Michigan 49, USC 0; Northwestern 20, California 14; Ohio State 17, California 14: Michigan 14, California 6: Illinois 40, Stanford 7: Southern Cal 7, Wisconsin 0 (the only PCC win), and Michigan State 28, UCLA 30. Total : ference 82 . .. - - j ; , . 1 PCC Leads In First Quarter Play 1 . . Going into it a bit deeper, there is quite a surprise in break ing down the overall scoring by quarters. The composite first . quarter scores show that the PCC has 28 to the Big Ten's 26. (Continued on next page) Dallas Plays in Prelim . . . j i T " j -.-'..' -j ; leavers fuleett Seattle rt In CclisQuni :&oe ffliii OREGON STATE COLLEGE, University Chieftains, a basketball . seasons 'under Coach Al Bnghtman, move into the Coliseum here Tuesday night for an eight o clock game with the Oregon State v Beavers. r '. .i ! As a preliminary game the Dal las High Dragons face the Cor-1 vallis Spartans. - Seattle University has lost but two games this season, an 86-73 nod to Oregon early in the month at Eugene, and a mix last week with San Diego State. Coach Brightman has now revamped bis lineup and expects to put the Chieftains on a winning streak. The Seattles recently toppled a strong Idaho State team in two games. - . : ' y . ! ' Breathing new life i into the Chieftain fast break and double post offensive pattern is a W transfer from Olympic College, Ken Fuhrer. He teams with vet eran Stan (The Man) Glowaski and 6-9 Bob Codes to give Bright man's team a fine 1-2-3 punch. Glowaski is leading the Seattle point makers with a 19.2 average. Driver for the Chieftains is" the terrific little 5-9 guard Cal Bauer, who is said to be another Johnny O'Brien. Bauer is averaging) 15 (Continued on page 3.) i DO YOUR SHOPPING WHERE I rillTA KAPf) its Aiinn S . r 1 ' . - -' . I x ouf Sna would lovo a Towno.L . .-- King or lord Jeff swea.or from V Vv - V. Shrybck's. Chooso from I pur : I V AvTW Australian Lamb's wool, cash- 1 XsJ moro blonds, wools, otc Over I X ljdifforont cobra tochooso I k J . V from at prices ; Cw A I ; Until -. , . ;l? I --V r ':v CT" I I , Christmaa - Capitol Shopping Contor 1 , . . ' . : : I : - - - - . i ' ; ! ' - : : ' " "-;. r ! :.i .- j " : . ;" i : -" - - , - fh a r MEL KKAUSE Luby wants him back. . Division record. With a guy like 45, UCLA 14 in the opener, and points Big Ten 213, Coast Con- Corvallis-( Special )-The Seattle power in the Northwest in recent ees Nation's Best LEXINGTON. ;Ky. m J- Tod- ranked Kentucky and Utah. No. 2 in the latest Associated Press na Unal basketball poll, clash in the opening-night feature of Kentucky's second annual invitational tourna ment Tuesday, j Completing a cast which makes the matchmakers' crystal ball look uncanny are LaSalle, dropped from first to fourth in the poll be cause of a 79-69 loss to Utah Satur day night, and Southern California; ranked 13th. ! The La Sa lie-Southern California tilt is set for 7:30 p.m. CST) with the feature at 9:15. Second night times are the same; with first-round losers playing for third place and the first-night, winners tangling tor the title. Tourney S I South Salems Eye Sixth Win IF 1 1 in BJiiiii i my - The undefeated South Salem High Saxons, already well estab lished as one of the better prep basketball units in the state shoot for sixth, consecutive victory td- nigbt in an 8:15 o'clock clash with the Hillsboro Spartans, in the South Salem Gym. ' : Jayvee teams are to play the 6:45 o'clock preliminary. ' Coach Dick BaDantyne's Saxons already hold one win over the Spartans, that having been regis tered December 10 at Hillsboro, by a 5043 count Consequently, the South Salems will be favored to snatch their No. 6 in a row to night, i In the first engagement be tween the i two teams it was the all-around play, and scoring of Phil Burkland. Bob Wulf and Bob Foreman which provided the Sax ons with the victory. Burkland counted 15 points, Foreman 12 and Wulf 10 in that one. All will be in the starting lineup.' Joining this trio will be Dan Luby at forward and Neil Scheidel at guard. Front-line reserves for Ballantyne are Forwards Jim Al len and Bruce Patterson. The Spartans are led by For ward Ralph Hanson and Guard Chuck Cotas. who scored well against the Saxons in ' the first game. Bob Metzgers Saxon Jayvees had an easy time of it against the Hillsboro seconds in their first meeting, notching a 72-14 triumph. Another one-sided win is likely for the Metzger squad in tonight's prelim. Probable varsity lineups: I. Salem Hanson . T . T . C G G . Burkland Rohlow Bos tad Luby Wulf Cota Foreman Frantz Scheidel COLLEGE BASKETBALL . Louirvine 101. Oregon 73 San rrancisco M. Wichita 75 Oklahoma City 72. Houston 65 Eastern Kentucky 14. .Virfinia 74 Tulsa 69. Wvominr M Cincinnati 97. College of the Pa cific 59 i Florida State 71, Miami 66 Northwestern 83, Louisiana State Duke 90. Pitt M South Carolina 69. Georcia Tech 67 . Duquesne 71. St. Francis (Pa.) 51 Bradley 72. Wavne 8 Tulane 69, Wisconsin 06 Ohio University 72. Loyola rchl caroi 7U Alabama 88. Nebraska 76 ' i ban mego State 81. Puget Sound 71 Montana Univ.nitv s M,iu u oanu uiri S7. Hawaii Hi College of Idaho 81. Eastern Wash' rag ion 7 c2n) Washington 72, Lewis and Humboldt State 70. Southern Ore ion 90 St. Martins 56. Oreran TWh Alt Who will die day trip, equip off On Famous 1954 Model White Sidewallt GENERAL TIRES! Only Few Sett Left! Many Other Specials On Sale Throughout The Store 6 PM ?- . . - s- ' i 1 - . 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In other; games, San Francisco breezed past Wichita. 94-75, Okla homa City overcame Houston's height for a - 72-65 triumph and Tulsa edged Wyoming, 69-64, after the lead changed 22 times. George Washington irieets Tulsa and Oklahoma City engages San Francisco in Tuesday night's semi final games. '. In the consolation round Tuesday afternoon, Wichita plays Houston and Wyoming takes on the Aggies. in auto accidents your car with Famous New General SALE ENDS m teiring U I iCTTTFTrM TTITFi I 1 I VSERVICE.INC. I Ik V Pkone 2-2459 . lW 710 STATE ST. SALEM, OREGON ' Across from, SlAs tfemjole ' 10 - inch Junior guard for the potent , . Stake when they play host to the talented court. The Aztec will be, in the words non-conference team we've met this season, without a doubt" A couple bf recent perform ances by the Aztecs give adequate reason for Lewis to make such a statement Friday night in Seattle they walloped Seattle U by 20 points. Just the night previous in Portland, San Diego State lost a close battle to Portland Univer sity; . I . ' M The Aztecs hit far more field goals than did Portland but the added help from 44 free throws brought the victory to the Oregon team. I Because of the scoring ability shown by SDSC, Lewis will put his tall men against them in hopes of stopping their scoring threat under the boards. The Bearcats (Continued on page 3.) niMi ffin JuJ u Lru over the holidays. U20 I JANUARY 8th r THE X A '0refioh$tatc8man StatMmcmu Salem, Orsw Tu6su LaSalle Drops to 4th . I t-.- . - ' ...... j j . ; By HUGH FULLERTON JR. , Associated Press Sports Writer Kentuckv's basketball Wildcats, unbeaten since the start of the ig.tt.Hff4 aeason. took a comfortable lead over the rest of the field today in the second weekly Associated Press DasketDau ranting pou North Salems Play Gresham The North Salem High Vikings, sDortin ' a 3-2 record after five early-season basketball games, close out their December sched- j ule tonight in a game with the Gresham High Gophers, at Gresh am. The Bee teams of both schools are to play the prelim clash. A return game witn coacn sua Monnes Gophers is dated for the Vik Villa January 4 when the Vik ings resume post-Holidays action. Probable starters tor uoacn n.en Hunt's fast-breaking Vikings will be Bob Tom and Marve Strain or Ed Syring at guards, Don Pigsley, Marve Rhine or Ken Carl at for wards, and Carl or Jim Whitnure at center.. Greshem is a rangy crew witft such capables as 6-2 Eugene Miles, 6-1 Chuck Woodford, 6-1 Cuff Shel- ton and 6-5 Max Gent available for duties. Guards John Dirksen, Denny Lumsden and Bob Dixon, Fnrararrfc chucn SDink. sod lira- ham. Woodford and Curt someim, and Center Shelton are senior vet erans on the Gopher squad. Rillv XIV Packs Gear For Sugar Bowl lame ANNAPOLIS. Md. W Navy's famed mascot Billy xiv, was loaded on truck Monday wiw 7,500 pounds, of football equipment fnr s trio to New Orleans and Nnw's Suear Bowl game Jan The advance force wiu leave me At Naval Academy nearly Tuesaay morning on the 1.170-mue trip ana is scheduled to arrive in new ur leans late Thursday. fitter, bows FTTREKA. Calif. tf Humboldt State's well balanced DasxeiDau team defeated Southern Oregon of - a . i-t If Ashland. 70 to 55, here Monaay Inipht. Halftime score was Hum- hntrit 37. southern ureson zo. Guard Keith Johnson was nign for Southern Oregon with 15. 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Illinois, another unbeaten team. retained third place while LaSalle slid into the fourth spot, just 13 points ahead of North Carolina State. Dayton, Missouri, : George Washington, Duquesne and Niag ara, in that order, completed the top ten. Niagara beat out Ohio State by a' single point for the tenth place. Thai represented a considerable change from last week's order. The . rise of Utah dropped Day- (Continued on next page) I iji.' FIBRE I ?KJ!PlltK? COVERS . f Q fLASTIC H 4 495 1 1. Ill 1 . Ill II I . J W' O I (Complete Sets) f--L fl95 FAMOUS NICAR COVERS Za II Stops shocks Resists burns. Does not fade. v&Vmmts''p . ! .y-. T CA lff: UTB" ) , CONVEITEJt A riAI., ar.eH5.fi DOORS ed 100T. w..l I ' II . Uta cia.tt. " Mivmi u robes In a large I urr.M t. A.C. . frta(Hl edge. J 9.95 9.95 195 I iJi OjjP I II A tnly K-p.'MM 41 pmt m kit Only YOSI Kit CONTAINS All THIS! IflatSl I 1-' r.N Ilk l tff'Kk. 1-3 l 114- Mmf V-Z? u I P9TAWVv '-"i 7T SAVE TOUR CAR ! 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Dick (Continued on next page) Buddy Francis Salem Senators general mana ger Hugh Luby announced Mon day he had sold pitcher Bud Francis to the San Diego Padres on a "30-day 'look." '. Francis, a righthander, will be remembered as the , 19-year-old rookie of the 1952 Senators team who has been in the Army the past two seasons. He posted a 9-2 record here in 52 and last, year, while with Fort Ord's strong club, notched 12 wins, 1 loss. Francis will be released from the Army in January and will report to San 1 Diego for spring training. In the event that Francis fails to make good with San Diego, he will again become the propert of the Senators for 1955 play. Luby also announced that . club board of directors meeting is set for Wednesday, durinr. which the officers will lay plans for their "Family Plan" ticke. drive for '55, and for a civic base ball rally in January. Senators Sell . v i