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Eight-Team District Tourney The eight-tram District I B bas ketball tournament that will send its winner to the State B meet at Raker next week gets under way In the Willamette University Gym Thursday afternoon. Four games are Thursday's menu, two Friday and another piir on Saturday. The tourney Is f the single-elimination variety, wilh U losers dropping out of con tention for the title and trip to Baker. The opening round on Thursday Starts a tJ p.m., with the strong Silrti High club opposing Sublim ity's Saints. Silrti won tbe Trl- If you're one who applied for ducats to the NCAA cage regionals at Corvallis March 16-17, the good (or bad) news will be arriving shortly. It will be good news if you followed the oft-printed instructions by Jim Barratt. the Oregon State athletic business chief who annually has the tough and thank less task of handling the ducats ... If your application, with enclosed check, reached Barratt's office on Monday, February 20, as prescribed by the rules, you'll likely get your tickets. If it got there Tues day or later, you're very likely out of luck . . Barratt was telling us over, the weekend that "the first day's mail did it again this year sold us out. I believe that everyone who got his or her application in that first mail will get ticketi. Im afraid those later than that will have to be turned back, with regrets. Our tour nament here has become quite big thing." ... We might add that the Corvallis portion of the annual NCAA regional playoffs usually makes as much get it all, you know) as the other three "similar playoffs put together. Which is the reason why Corvallis has been selected as the site of the western regionals for five straight years. And which gives one the strong indication that the NCAA, is quite closely related to the Oregon Schools Activi ties Association when it comes to looking, about for the most likely spots to make a fast buck or two . . . Corvallis NCAA Vairing$ Practically Set -Speaking of the Corvallis regionals, it looks as if one could now pjf0ct the first-night pairings. UCLA's Bruins loom more and more as shoo-ins for the PCC crown, and the U of San Francisco Dons are "at large" cinches. Tb,at would put the Bruins against the Dons in the first game, at 7:30 p.m. Utah's Redskins have taken care of their strongest Skyline Conference enemy, the Brigham Young outfit, and are practically lined up for the. second game tipoff. Since Seattle U's Chieftains have defeated Idaho State on two occasions during the regular season, it's a fairly good bet (Cont. page 2, col. 1) ' Another Armory Fracas . . . (Iiene, Romero to Vie As Partners Tonight The dashing rasslin' duet that held the Texas tag team champion ship for well over a year makes its first appearance at the Armory tonight in Matchmaker Elton Owen's feature event. Which means that Leapin' Larry Chene and Handsome Rito Romero join forces. They'll oppose the meanie com- bo of Bull Montana and Pedro Godoy, a pair of villains who have been mixed up in various local rhubarbs in the recent past, most auspicious of which occurred Just last week during and after the Montana-Romero main event. Godoy was Montana's second during that fracas, and pulled a tripping prank on Romero that helped cost him a win over the one-time Toledo Terror. Angered fans stormed both Godoy and Mon tana, and it took fast work by Legionnaires to get them freed of the melee. The prank cost Godoy a stiff fine. Chene was Romero's second dur ing the brawl and protested what had happened. But it did not good, as Referee Scotty Williams didn't ee it happen. Winner of the tag sortie gets a whack at the Northwest cJwmpion-J snip iropny wnicn is nuw iiem by Kurt von Poppenheim and Irish Jack O'Reilly. Jack (Tiger) Klser, the hustling blond bomber with a great back ground of experience, shows in the semi-windup tonight, against Bill Fletcher, the veteran Boise, Idaho muscler. And in the opener, at 8:30 o'clock, it will be Catalina George Drake against Frenchy Carty, the latter a 204-pound new comer who amounts to another of the many new faces Owen has im ported for local matches, in re cent weeks. Wrestling fans who have watch ed the regular TV feature called "Texas Rasslin," in these parts, will recall that many of the Chene Romero outings were televised when they were the tag champs of the Lone Star state. Bcrrios Wins Bout On Split Decision NEW YORK i Scrappy little Miguel Berrios of Puerto Rico tiiaiMl from behind Monday nitfht ' to pull out an upset, split decision! ... . r . , over Booby Bell, xoungsiown, iop n was in oniiuuvis vniti Ohio, in a bristling. 10-round tele- sity's 146-121 defeat of Catholic cast bout at St. Nicholas Arena. University in the 1953-54 season. Boll weighed 128, Berrios 1271. ' The previous high In the South It was the third straight victory eastern reference was Ken for the 23 year old, 5-4 youngster tucky's 1U points against Missis ho was a 5 underdog. sippi, which got 58. in 1952. Bell, a 27-year-old veteran who There was no effort by Coach nee ranked high among the feath-jAdolph Rupp of Kentucky to run trweights, gave Berrios a severe, up aa enormous score. He started body battering through the first I pulling his starting team with five hall of the exciting fray but failed ia ficourag Miguel Opens in County League championship this 'season and Sublimity was J solid third la the Marios) County B i League whirl. At 1:M p.m. Thursday the Mill Cily Timberwolves, second plac ers la the Marioa B League, op- ; pe either Corbett or Concordia, , the No. 2 team la the Multaomah- , Cla'-kamas area. The 7:M o'clock game oa open ing day puts the Set Loggers, the Marioa B League's No. 4 club against Colton High, (be No. 1 team from the aorthera area. Thursday's finale, at I:J0" p.m., has the Jefferson Lions, cham JIM BAKRATT Tells of ducat sellout. money for the NcAa (they 1 cams Up . ,i. 1 Rite Romero, above, handsome Mrs mat star teams with Larry Chene tonight In Armory grudge sortie against Bull Montana and Pedro Godoy, Record Topped By Kentucky LOUISVILLE. Ky. Ken tucky bombarded Georgia, 14346, Monday night to rewrite several scoring records, including' Ken tucky's owp highest point total and the most scored by a Southeastern Conference team. r The output was the second high- eft in recorded history by a major College team, ranking next to Fur man's production in a 154-87 vic tory over The Citade. last season. It was the third highest for all colleges. The only other total to . 1, - t D1(iMAVA 1 'ni.m. , minutes to play in the first nail. INone of them saw action again. ' ' f-V'W,'.i ; ..-..:!.,... jXnai 2-B Basketball WU Arena pions of the Marioa B League, op-1 best wen-lost record of the park, postte the ValseU Loggers, who having takea it victories la 22 finished as a strsng second behind j outings. Jefferson's only losses SileU. ia the Tri-Couaty rare. . were to Nrahkahnie and M1U City. Fridav's semifin Is start at 7: JS teams the Lions defeated also. Mill p.m. The championship game oa'City brfags a flashy 19-S mark to Saturday aight will be played at I p.m., following a preliminary game, for a consolation third place, between the two Friday losers. Irving Miller, principal at Jef- lersoa tuga is ia cnarge ot me if Bods la zi attempts. As Is as local players as chalrmaa of the anally the case, the Maltaomah District I B committee. Clackamas entries ia the tourney Coach Oral Lee's Jeffersons j have beea aegligeat la supplying come Into the tournament with the details oa their teams. teson$tatesttian She Statesman, Salem, Ore., Tucs., Feb. 28, '56 (Sec. II) 1 Reserve Strength Poor ... Dons Plan Remaining Tilts for Scrimmages SAN FRANCISCO un - The University of San Francisco Dons will use their four remaining basketball games as full-scale scrimmages for the upcoming National Collegiate Athletic Assn. NCAA Tournament, their coach warned tacitly Monday.-, ... - Tie for Title Awaits Dallas WILLAMETTE VALLEY LEAGUE W L Prt. W L Pet. Molalla 9 1 .WO Estacada 3 7 .300 nMi t a on r I a ui Sandy 5 4 '.K& canbv 2 s .mo ' day ught when they face College Tonight's final: . Dniias at Sandy. of the Pacific at Kezar Pavilion Tu- nH,. r 2 ... Jhere. The expected victory would Sandy tonight for a Willamette Valley League finale with the San i r,i. ii dy Pioneers, one that could see Coach Gordy 'Kunke's ; Dragons win themselves a share of the 1956 league basketball pennant. ; Tonight's game is a makeup for an earlier postponement. All other league skirmishes are finished, and Molalla's Indians have al ready won at least a portion of the championship. Dallas will be fav ored to end in a tie with the In dians, for the Dragons easily downed Sandy at Dallas in a regu lar loop final Friday night. Meanwhile eight prep squads, in cluding Dallas, Sandy and Molalla are awaiting the start of the Dis trict 4 A 2 tourney at Molalla muiuiil, starting Friday night. In first round Barnes Dallas Dlavs Silver-," ton (7:30 p.m. Friday), Canby 01 poses Molalla 9 p.m. Friday SanHv on. traint Wnuihiirn ' Woodburn (7:30 Saturdayi and E.stacada tangles with Mt. Angel (t p.m. Saturday) The winners then advance to semifinals and finals March 6 and 8, with the eventual champion qualifying for the State A 2 tour nament a South Salem High start ing March J2. Marion Motors Whips Cascade PORTLAND OP - The Eugene Paddocks won a berth in the state AAU basketball tournament by de feating Fernandez Loggers of Long view, 85-67, Monday night in the finals of the Western Oregon play offs. In the consolation game, Mar lon Motors of Salem downed Cas cade Plywood of Lebanon, 72-62. Ron Finkbiener and John Vese vick each contributed 20 points for the Eugene victory. Eugene led at halftime. 37-28. , Lebanon held a narrow 36-34 edge over Marion Motors at halftime but the Salem team rallied In the see-i ond half to overtake the Plywood team and nab consolation honors. I Ron Butler paced the Salem win! with 21 points. Norm Willoughby oi Leoanon was tne game s nign scorer with "28, , Eugene will now meet Myrtle Point, the Southern Oregon champ, in the state tourney at Albany and the host Albany Industrials play the Condon Elks, the Eastern Ore gon champs, in the first round of action. Marlon Motors (72) (SI) Cairadt Flmhop lM r ' 181 Woods' Butler 1211 T (Si Andrei Good in l C (28) Willovighby Gray (201 G (13) Barrett Zieftelman 14) G l7) Promt Heterves acorlnc Marlon Motors Chanda 4; Cascade h I, Bradlty 1 American Leamie Drops Dull Ball TUCSON, Ariz. Ufi - Earl Hilll gan, head of the American League Service Bureau, said Monday the league will not use the new gloss less baseball until 1957. It had been planned lo adopt the dull ball as the official ball this; season, but Hilligan said technical problems prevented sufficient pro diction. I The manufacturer has provided t I 2L dozen of the new balls to each American League clubor use in spring training. I COLORADO STREAK ENDS , j BOULDER. Colo if) - Iowa i State snapped Colorado's home winning stj-eak at II and took over the runnerup spot in the Big Seven Conference basketball race Mon day night by clubbing tha Buffa loes, 79-62. Tliursck tbe Uuraey. The Timberwolves of Coach Burtaa Burroughs lost to Jefferson, Gervafs aad Ckemawa. C. M. Price's ValseU entry won nine games la 1! tries aad R. P. OUara's Sublimity outfit copped 'We can't get any scrimmage among ourselves because we drop off too abruptly behind the first team," Coach Phil Woolpert told a basketball writers luncheon. "It's worthless trying to hold an inter squad scrimmage." The Dons are considered cinches to clinch the California Basketball Assn. title and the automatic NCAA tournament invitation Tues- mm 'Z.u TinV- a'.CBiW0""" VSr"""" i rv i ii WLi u 1.111 . iifMi in wifir iirsii whipped COP, 77-M, in their first meeting three weeks ago at Stock ton. No Apology for Score Woolpert's "scrimmage" re marks were prefaced by his ex planation of the 80-44 trouncing his Dons handed Santa Clara last Friday night. The 36-point spread was the greatest L'SF has posted In its 21 straight wins this season and the point total second only to the 82-59 pasting of De Paul at Chicago last December. "I have no apology for the size of tho score at Santa Clara," said Woolpert." " "I have to let the first team olav or they'll go stale. They keep look- . ... . . - -. , . V " . . ume " .."'" re going lo come out." Losing Coach A trees .uaL" ova rceriCK 01 fcania .Clara' h. is having his worst on 'n f.ve yjars at the .school. isa,d h aRrootl Wlth Woolpert's """"I" ?.l!ho!1.Rh. tou8h mat. il must be embarrassinc to Rill Russell not to be among the na- day night and scored a first-round tion's leading scorers," Feerirk knockout over Bob Dunlap, Oak saitlI have no doubt he'd be an(. Calif., heavyweight, in their scoringTlose to 33 points a game, I scheduled 10-rounder at the San niayne more, if he played the whole 40 minutes every game." itusseil, USF's 6-10 All-America center, got 29 points in 32 minutes ' against Santa Clara, his top one- game total of the year. He has gone, the distance only twice all season and is averaging 20.2 points. ! H1CH SCHOOL Corvallis 40, Albany 44 COI.LRGI BASKETBAI I, Purdue 72, Mirhifan 3 Iowa SS. Northweitern g Toledo 77. Ohio University 7 Indiana Stale St. Western Michigan Boston Cnle 90. St. Anaelm's IS LaSalle SO. West Cluster (Pa) St Tch. 7S Holy Cross 103, Connecticut SI M(chlan State !), WIron-ln 12 Florida M. eC.nrsia Tech 41 linnli 97. Minneiota II Preinyterlan College 117, furman lift Auburn 74. Vanderhllt S Oklahoma City 7S. Houston S7 Tuha Mi, Brndlev J(t Roanoke 79, Vlrsmla Military 7 Iowa State 79, Colorado 12 Colorado Mines 72, Colorado College Tulane TW, Mississippi State 71 Kentucky 143, Grfimia M Mississippi R4 IjHmiana State 70 Alabama 9J, Tennessee II NBA ' Syracuse 91, Fort Wayne M (over timet New York 11J, St. Louis lot We're Hotter Than A Depot Stove! Trade l' s U a PentlK Today! We can auke a t deal U fit your J pockctbook. 660 N. ' i f j it f v Starting the f V I....'' f ' ' v I , , - ' ' I 1 , . I ;' ' V, ,A-n A i ' PHOENIX. Arts. Bill Rlsney, new manager of the New York Giants, by a faa for good luck Monday as he put his Giants through their first raa t players through aa unusually rigorous first-day workout. (AP Bearcats Up at Pe. " -- -Idaho n 4 .7X1 l.-ciark s 7 .5.13 aciiic t .7sowiiiam. s i .337 .337 200 Li rifie Id I I 431 Whitm'n .1 11 100 Tonight s linal: Willamette at Lin field. The Willamette Bearcats draw their basketball season to a finish tonight in an eight o'clock game at Linfield with Roy Helser's Wild cats, a clash that will mean little to the Bearcats but a lot to the McMinnville outfit. Coach Johnny Lewis' troupe can finish no better or worse than fi"t in the standings, regardless of to night s outcome. But for Linfield a victory means a second place finish with Pacific University A Moore Kayoes Dunlap in One SAN DIEGO. Calif. UH - Light heavyweight boxing champion Ar chie Moore went to work fast Mon- u,eK Arena, woore weignea i Dunlap 200 Moore hardly worked up a sweat In the non-title bout before he sent a left to Dunlap's midsection and followed up with a right cross to the Jaw. Dunlap fell face forward to the canvas. , The Oakland heavyweight got tip!" Germany and Jimmy Martinei on one knee just as Referee Frank! of Phoenix, Ariz., will fight again Rustich finished his count of 10. - here Tuesday night and both have Dunlap showed respect for Moore Pfro,miSed " nl b " rcpetition and landed only a few light lefts of.their ,m?tCM 7ekS ag J I In that ffi fthl Marhnot inns Ha mostly on the forehead and cheek before Moore set him up for the knockout Moore kavoed Dunlap In thel"01 n,mseu 0Ul on nn sixth round in their last meeting ; in 1952. Portland U. Gets NATS t f I C . to the crowd alter knocking down AIA 1 laVOII SpOljTiger Jones, and made his living PORTLAND - Portland Uni-j versity Monday was named the at-large team in the NAIA district! 2 , basketball playoff lo . be hold ; next Monday and Tuesday at Mil waukie High School. Pacific University will be the Northwest Conference entry and Portland State will represent the Oregon Collegiate Conference.- The ; Four round bouts will pit Sa fourth team will be selected from lem's Sonny Hett against Seattle's the Northwest and Oregon Collcgi-! Al Negiria and Tommy Berg, Pas- ate Conference runners-up Others beat their drums.. We heat their deals! WE REFUSE TO BE OUT SOLD OR OUT TRADED ON.. . TAGGE SELL PONTIAC Liberty St. r 3 u 12 w- j Season With Lucky Charm Finish L infield i iu. u;uoi. i- . .i,;. ..- ..:.w t....:- '-- , 1 No other games are scheduled in 1 iSo other games are scheduled in - tha f-nnfarcnr- the rnnfprmre College of Idaho swept up the championship over the weekend, downing Whitman. Linfield had a chance to end in a tie with the Coyotes, but blew two to the Lew is t Clarks. Wildcats Two l Linfield has taken the previous two games this season with Wil lamette, by scores of 69-60 and 76- 72. Gents such as Don Porter, who is battling for the conference scoring title. Bill Machamer and Dave Sanford have had too much scoring power for the Methodists. Three Bearcats will be in their final game for Willamette tonight, and all three may draw starting roles. They are Pete Reed, the club's No. 1 scorer, fiery guard Jerry McCallister and Ron Fitz gerald, the latter used mostly as i reserve during the season. Vic Backlund and Don Hoy arc-other certain starters for the Bearcats. The Willamette and ' Linfield Frosh teams play tonight's prelim game, starting at 6:15 o'clock . Ring Rematch Ready Tonight PORTLAND (Jf) - Peter Mueller sh mat- Mt mai nn sa uv- clared the winner after Mueller plunged through the ropes and i i i i : i a a i : ap": Mueller has had a colorful ring career. Besides the unusual bout here, he had beaten up a referee, helped an opponent to his feet after knocking him down, waved as a wrestler wiuie uuimtu iiuiii the ring. . Salem's llett Slated In other bouts, promoter Tommy Moyer has signed Amos Lincoln, Portia d, and Roger Rischer. Oak land, Calif., for an eight-rounder. Boise's Roque Maravalla and Sonny O'Meara, Tacoma, meet in a six-rounder. against Bill Miller, Seattle. Phot 2-4.13 co,, displays a horseshoe glvea to him spring training paces here. Rlgney Wtrephoto) Hearn,Wells OK New Pacts rilOENIX. Ariz. W - Veteran pitcher Jim Hearn and rookie out- fielder Ftilly Wells signed their con- , tracts Monday as the Now York G ants opened spring training here. . (""1 u.mniR unc, They 'ere lne asl the Giants P'ayers to sign, lerms were not J disclosed, New Manager Bill Rigney put i the 46 players through an unusual- ly rigorous three-hour, first-day workout. He said the squad would be on the practice field from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. from here on In. Rnel Uses Persuasion DETROIT uru- General Manager Herold (Muddy) Ruel of the De troit Tigers used his best telephone persuasion Monday and got two pitchers to" agree to terms. First Ruel talked rookie Werner (Babe) Birrer into agrement. One call later and he had ace left hander Billy Hoeft on his side. Both had turned down several Tigers offers. Birrer had said at berth in the state meet at Eu- his Buffalo, N. Y., home that he,kene. was very unsatisfied. Hoeft dick- ered unsuccessfully with Ruel in person in Florida last week before Ruel flew back to Detroit. Still Unsigned are shortstop Har- vey Kuenn and first baseman Earl Torgeson. Elston Handles Dodgers VERO BEACH, Fla. m - Don Elston, 25 year-old righthander ob tained from the Cubs in the Russ Meyer deal, virtually knocked the bats out of Brooklyn batters hands as the Dodgers engaged in a long batting drill Monday, Elston, 17- last year at Los An geles, had been pitching in Pana ma which could at least partially explain his mastery. However, camp aides said he had the sinking fast ball that could win him a posi tion on the mound staff of the World Champs. Phillies Cain Pair CLEARWATER. Fla. I - In fielder Bobby Morgan and pitcher Marino Pierettl Monday signed their - Philadelphia Phillies con tracts. Morgan, 29-year-old utility In fielder, was obtained by the Phil lies from the Brooklyn Dodgers three years ago. He hit .232 in 13S games last year, Pierettl, 35-year-old native of Lucca, Italy, formerly was with the Washington Senators and hurled last season with Sacramen to in the Pacific Coast League com piling a 19-15 record. YOU HAD 8TTfi THE AUTO KM SM t ' 5j Berth Gained By Corvallis Luntlpp Gets Basket For Narrow Victory CORVALLIS -(Special) Cor Mllis High's Spartans turned a trick they hadn't been able to do during the regular season by edging Albany, 46-44, in a Dis Jict o game here Monday night, giving the Sparts a berth in the district tournament at Salem starting Friday. Twice during the regular Dis trict 8 schedule of games the Al bany quint had downed their ri- ADt'LT TICKlTS KESEKVED All seats for adults In this coming weekend's District t A I playoffs at South Salem High will be reserved. Ticketa cost fl. The ducats go oa sale at Boon Tuesday at Howard Wlcklund's Sporting Goods and Meier and Frank's. Student tickets still be St cents. vals but Monday night In spacious Gill Coliseum the Spartans kept their heads during the final sec onds to nip their foes. It was Ray Lunde who sank a field goal for Corvallis with only 23 seconds remaining to break a 4444 tie and give bis team the winning margin. Bruce Ridinger of Albany had two shots at the basket in the last 20 seconds but missed both. Four Team Playoff The two teams had tied for fourth place in the district and had to play Monday's game to de termine who would be the fourth team in the district playoffs this coming weekend. The other three are North and South Salem and Bend. , Corvallis led at the end of tha Irst period, 10-8, and maintained the two-point margin to take the intermission rest with a 23-23 ' lead. The Sparts built up their biggest lead of the game in tht third quarter, 3327, but Albany narrowed it to 33-32 as the quar ter ended. . Jack Gambee of Corvallis waa the game's high scorer with 17, followed by Ridinger with 12, tha same numoer scorea ny KOiana Carpenter for Corvallis. Corvallis Meets Vikings The victory gave Corvallis the ngni 10 meei nonu saiem in tne district playoffs which open Fri day night at South Salem High. This will be the second game on the opening night ot the two-day tournament. In the first game Bend plays South Salem. Bend won the district cham pionship with a 10-2 record and North and South Salem finished tied for second place with 8-4 marks. Winner and runner-up of the weekend action will go to tha state tournament at Eugene. Tha - ! third Dlace finisher in the district meet will play the third place fin- ! isher in District S for another Albany (44) ! JJr, 4, ' ' : wiiton i3i c (4S CervaUls IIO) Lunde (171 Gamheo (til Carpenter IS) Humble j Ridinger UJ) o Reserve's' acortns 111 Stinnett Albany Torft- n . Close a. Corvaiiis-Kinioo a. Royal Named UW Prospect SEATTLE t - Darrel Royal, head football coach at Mississippi i Stnt fnr the nt turn veari mif be named to a similar position at the University of Washington Tues day, the Post-Intelligencer said Monday night. The P-I, In a story written by Mike Donohoe, said Royal a Uni versity of Oklahoma graduate, probably 1 the choice of George Briggs," the new Washington ath letic director. The P-I said it had learned Briggs held a lengthy conference with the 'Vashington faculty ath letic committee Monday and point- (Continued on page 2, col. 1.) RENT A TOOL Do It Yourialf 11 1 Cheaper ' OPEN SUNDAYS Salem's Oldttt Tool Denial HOVVSER BROS. 1110 SnS llik St. MAKE TRACK F&Z I