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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1952)
EIGHT MZDTOKD (ORE GO X) MAIL TWBTWX Friday March 7, 1951 6oii)6is9 Pels Mix Friday, S In District Ho. 4 Mantle Play aturtfay -off Central Point Crater high school'! basketball quintet plays Its final home game of the sea son here Saturday against its most formidable opponent of the year. The vouthful Comets will bat tie Klamath Tails in the second same of a two-out-of-three play off for the District No. 4 cham pionship and a berth in the state tournament. First game of the series will be at Klamath Falls tonight. Time of the Saturday contest is 8 p. m. Klamath, winner in the Big Four division, goes into the play off a heavy favorite to whip Cra ter, Little Three titlist, and gain a second consecutive trip to the Class A state titular event at Eugene. The Pelicans are fa vored because of superior bencn strength and greater height. Their forwards and pivot man literally tower above the Com ets. Klamath also has a fine rec ord of 17 wins and 4 losses against overall tougher compe tition than Crater has experi enced and had a 16 and 4 record. Seeks Upset But Crater will be gunning to upset the dope and can mean serious' trouble for the Pels if it can regain its midseason stride for this series. The state tourney goal is par ticularly enticing to the Com ets who are seeking to found a great athletic tradition at Cra ter, now in its first year. A berth in the big state hoop events was something never at tained by Crater's predecessors. Central Point and Gold Hill, al though the Pointers came close on occasion. Coach Leonard Warren is ex pected to start a Crater lineup of Gordon Carrigan and Larry Bigham at guards, Bill Boye at center and Punky Monroe and Rocky Spence or Herb Weber at forwards. Next in line as a reserve is Bob King, who could start at center. Of these seven Monroe and Spence are seniors. The others are sophomores. Warren has indicated that sev eral boys on the jayvee squad may see action in the series. Mentor Paul McCall o: Klam ath probably will open with Ray Bell and Jack Horton at for wards, Ralph Carroll at center and Cal Gilmore and Jerry Johnson at guards. Ski Jump Meet Slated Sunday Government Camp, Ore. (U.R) The rebuilt jump slope at Cas cade hill on Multorpor mountain will be the scene of the Pacific Northwest jumping champion ships tournament Sunday. Some 13 international skiing stars are expected to try for dis tances never possible in the Mt. Hood winter sports area before the jump was rebuilt. Three di visions of jumpers will try for titles. Howard, Lone Pine, Oak Grove, Elk-Trail Advance in Tourney Howard. Lone Pine, Oak Grove, and Elk -Trail grade school basketball teams won first round games Thursday in the tournament being played in the Medford high gymnasium. Teams are from non-high school districts. In the first afternoon game Howard and Craig Williams of Evans Valley led scorers with 6 points each, With David Gault scoring 16 points, Lone Pine defeated Shady Bowser Tiff Set Sunday At CP Club Central Point Central Point will have its annual Bowser handicap trapshoot Sunday at its club grounds west of town. In addition, the club has been authorized to have American Trapshooting association regis tered shoots and will have 100 target 16-yard and 25-pair dou bles in this category. Shooting will get under way at 10 a. m. Medford Gun club will be idle Sunday in order that its members may attend the shoot here. Ray Coleman is defending champ in the Bowser tourney.( A three-time winner will get to keep the trophy permanent ly. Past single meet winners have been Jim Gleason, Jim Ross, Harry Elden, Ray Watkins and Jim Moore. Kansas Teams Face Big Test New York U.R) The long- awaited showdown battle be tween Kansas and Kansas State comes up Friday night with the Big Seven championship, a berth in the NCAA tournament, and a high national ranking hanging in the balance. Two mighty basketball ma chines enter the fray on Kansas' home court at Lawrence with identical Big Seven league rec ords of nine victories and one de feat. Since each has one more league game to play after this, the championship will not go im mediately to the winner. But both teams figure as heavy fa vorites for their final games, and so this meeting would turn out to be decisive. Cove 30 to 19. Eugene Henshaw scored 13 of the Shady jCove points. In evening games Oak Grove showed power in winning 33 to 13 from a good Griffin Creek team, and Elk-Trail squeezed by West Side 22 to 19. Larry Gober scored 12 points for Oak Grove. Jack Duggar of Elk-Trail was high scorer in the second game with 10 points followed by Le- Roy Walland of West Side with 9. Friday games will match Evans Valley and Shady Cove at 4 p.m. and Griffin Creek against West Side at 5 p.m. Both of these games are in the consolation bracket and the winners will play Saturday at 6:30 p.m. for fourth place. At 7 p.m. Friday Howard meets Lone Pine and an hour later Elk-Trail tangles with Oak Grove. The winners of these games will play for first and sec ond places Saturday at 8:30 p.m. and the losers will compete for third place at 7:30 p.m. Trophies will be awarded the top four teams Saturday night at the conclusion of the tournament. Maxim Victory Not Impressive St. Paul, Minn. (U.R) Light Heavyweight Champ Joe Max im could have little pride of victory Friday in the tired, dis pirited manner in which he won a 10-round decision over second-rated Ted Lowry Thursday night. Maxim, fighting his first bout in three months and a non-title one at that drew both cheers and boos at the judges' unani mous decision. He went into the ring at 134 pounds, 10 pounds over his usual fighting weight. Judge Dick Delany scored 99 for Maxim and 95 for .Lowry. Referee Jack Gibbons gave Max im 88 and Lowry 87, and Judge Billy McCabe counted 98 for Maxim and 90 for Lowry. Basketball THURSDAY COLLEGE GAMES East Holy Cross 47, Dartmouth 40. Siena 61, St. Bonaventure 59. Midwest Oklahoma A&M 62, St. Johns 45. NBA GAMES THURSDAY Rochester 77, Milwaukee 74. Syracuse 83, Fort Wayne 81 (double overtime). 1 should I try another wsksjr ? A good question with a good answer.. .that will add to your whiskey-wisdom and enjoyment. We don't blame you one bit for not buying every new brand of whiskey that comes to town. Chances are you're fairly well satisfied with what you're now drinking. Why change? But, honestly, can't there always be the possibility that you might do better? 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Lincoln and Washington after last night were knotted for sec ond spot with five wins and two losses each. Dead line Sunday Classifieds la at noon Saturdays. - Golfers Knotted After 1st Round St. Petersburg (U.R) Jackie Burke, the Houston hotshot, was out in front just as predicted as the St Petersburg open golf tournament swung into the sec ond round but he wasn't alone. Bracketed in a four-way tie with first-round 66s with Burke were veteran Clayton Heaner of Charlotte, N. C; Al Besselink of Miami and Skee Riegel of Tulsa, Okla. Right on their heels at 67 was George Fazio of Philadelphia, playing sharp golf although this is his first tournament in more than six months. Sports Broadcasts Radio nation KYJC (1230 ke.) will broadcast the Crater high-KIamaih Falls basketball game from Klamath Falls to day. Tha broadcast will be de layed and start at 10 p.m. Monks were the timekeepers of the Middle Ages, and monas- St. Mary's Knights Gain Finals Of Grader Meet at Eagle Point Eazle Point St. Marv's nf Medford advanced to the Satur day night finals of th countv grade school basketball tourna ment here but barely squeezed its way into the championship encounter. The Knights edged Butte Falls 30 to 29. It was nip and tuck all the way. . St. Mary's will face Gold Hill Pipe Smoker Enters International Test Flint, Mich. (U.PJ Erwin Warner of Corunna, Mich., won the Michigan pipe-smoking cham pionship Thursday night by puff ing on 3.3 grams of tobacco for one hour, 39 minutes and 40 sec onds after using only one match. Warner won $116 and a trip to California to compete in the in ternational contest in August. tery bells told the time to all living within their range. for the title at 8 n.m. Satunfav Gold -Hill drew a bye last night and tonight to remain idle until the finale. Phoenix and Butte Falls con tend at 7 p.m. in the only fracas today and the winner will op pose Talent at 7. p.m. Saturday in the consolation finals. In con solation games last night Phoe nix beat Rogue River 24 to 22, and Talent won from Jackson ville 33 to 14. Talent drew a by today. PILOTS DEPART , Portlandam The Portlank Pilots, cha-npions of the Oregon district of National Association Of Intercolleffiatu RacUathall left Friday for the NAIB playoffs in Kansas city. Alter their im pressive 100-77 win nvpr North. west conference champion Wil lamette ruesday, Coach James Torson's Pilots bnact a 71-Q nrin. loss record. Their girst game is next Monday. WE ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF LATE MODEL USED CARS FOR CASH OR TRADE-IN ON NEW DODGE, PLYMOUTH or DODGE TRUCKS See Us Today and Remember You Get a ' BETTER DEAL AT DAVE SAVAGO MOTORS (Near the College) 1350 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, Or. 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