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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.
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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
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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
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- 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
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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
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In Aztec Same Tonite
Willamette University's Bearcats take the floor tonight in the
last game of pre-conference play
quint from San Diego State College, who will .be going all out to
break the string of six straight wins by the Bearcats on tneir nome
Tulsa, SFU, OCU
Win Opening Tilts
OKLAHOMA CITY lfl George
Washington, the nation's eighth
ranked basketball team, easily de
feated defending champion- Okla
homa A & M, 56-46, Monday night
before 3,000 fans in the 19th an
nual All-College Tournament.
In other; games, San Francisco
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homa City overcame Houston's
height for a - 72-65 triumph and
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JANUARY 8th
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StatMmcmu Salem, Orsw Tu6su
LaSalle Drops to 4th . I
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; 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.
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fnr s trio to New Orleans and
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Doc 21. 1954 (Soc 2) 1
01 ine regular season.
Kentucky, second to . LaSalle a
week ago, moved to the top when
Utah - handed LaSalle. -. the 1954
NCAA champions, a sound beat
ing- in the glare of the Madison
Square Garden spotlight Saturday
night
That : victory jumped the pre
viously unnoticed Redmen from
15th place in the rankings to sec
ond, but left Kentucky with a 100-
point bulge for first place.
With 69 sports writers and broad
casters casting ballots, Kentucky
polled 21 first place votes and
total of 527 points.- Utah drew 427
points with 15 firsts. Points were
counted on the usual basis of 10
for each first place voter 9 for sec
ond, and on down.
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-
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LOUISVILLE. Ky. W Louis
ville outlasted Oregon, 101-72. Mon-f
day night in a hot-shooting basket
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. The Louisville team, hitting with
exceptional accuracy especially in
the second half, turned a close
game into a comparatively easy
triumph, its seventh in eight out
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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.
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