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lfEWOBBJ&TRIBUHI am Bruins, Huskies Have Rubber Fray Tonight New York (U.R) A final playoff battle between Washing ton and UCLA will definitely settle the Pacific Coast Confer ence basketball title Monday night, and Kansas has a fine chance to wrap up the Big Seven crown. Should both league races be decided Monday night, they will fill two of the remaining seven berths in the 16-team NCAA championship tournament. The PCC crown must go to the winner of the clash on UCLA's court at Los Angeles, for this is the "rubber" game in a best-out-of-three playoff series. UCLA won the opener, 65-53, on Fri day but Washington bounced back, 55-53, on Saturday. To Meet Broncs The winner will meet Santa Clara in the opening round of the NCAA tourney, March 22, at Corvallis, Ore. Kansas plays its last regular season game Monday night against Colorado's Buffaloes on SIX BERTHS FOR CLASS A Portland (U.R) Only six teams out of 24 which will com pete in Oregon's 1952 high school class 'A' and 'B basket ball tournaments remained to be decided Monday. Ten of the 16 class 'A teams have won tournament berths for the big event in Eugene start ing March 18. And all eight class B teams are set for their tour nament in Salem starting Thurs day. A. . Class A teams holding tick ets to Eugene include Cleveland and Lincoln of Portland. As toria, Klamath Falls, Marshfield, McMinnville, Corvallis, Milwau kie, Hillsboro and Scappoose. Still in Raco Svein Huse Ski Winner Government Camp. Ore. U.R5 Svein Huse, Norwegian ex change student at Washington State college, led the field in the Pacific Northwestern ski asso ciation championships Sunday as an- estimated 2,800 persons looked on through a swirling snowstorm. Huse recorded the longest Jump of the day, 163 feet, to win first place in the class "A" divi sion. Per Skangerud, Seattle high school student, won the class "B" division with 134 and 114 foot jumps. Hermod Bakke, Leavenworth, Wash., was. tops in the senior class. Gordy Wren, Steamboat, Colo., was second in class A compe tition, and La Vern Hughes of Portland was third. NAIB Cage Tournament Underway Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) The 14th annual NAIB basketball tournament, which will scram ble 32 teams from 30 states and hand the winner a chance to be come the U. S. Olympic entry, began Monday at Municipal au ditorium. After six days the NAIB will have found its champion to go against the NCAA title team in the Olympic playoffs, to be held in Kansas City March 29. American Institute of Spring field, Mass., and Montana State of Boseman opened the tourna ment at 11 a. m. During the afternoon Centenary met Mur ray State of Kentucky, James Millikin university of Illinois played Elon of North Carolina and Whitworth of Washington met Wisconsin State. Hamline university of St Paul, the only team ever to win the NAIB title more than once, was seeded No. 1 as it prepared to try for a fourth consecutive championship. But there were other favor ites, including Eastern Illinois, which upended Hamline in the finals of the pre-season NAIB tourney here last December; un beaten Southwest Texas State of San Marcos, which slashed through 25 opponents, and Mur ray State of Kentucky. Lawrence Tech of Detroit, James Millikin, Portland Uni versity of Oregon and Southwest Missouri State of Springfield head a list of other fine-record teams. Hamline will play its first round game Monday night, meet ing Tamoa of Florida at 7:30 p. m. The other night games match Indiana State and Fair leigh Dickenson of Rutherford, N. J.; Southwest Missouri and Chadron of Nebraska, and Find lay of Ohio and Portland. the latter's court at Boulder, Colo. The Jayhawks have only to win this to take the Big Seven title and earn the right to meet Texas Christian in the NCAA's first round. But, should Kansas be upset and second-place Kansas State win its final game of the season at home against Oklahoma, the Big Seven race would finish in a tie and necessitate a playoff. Iry Loop Unwilled Only one other league race re mains unsettled the Ivy league. Princeton currently leads the historic eastern circuit with a 9-1 record. Cornell and Pennsylvan ia are tied for second at 8-2. Princeton had home games left against Columbia and Penn, and the latter tilt on March 15 fig ures as the key to the whole race. Cornell plays Columbia Monday night. The remaining four berths still unfilled in the NCAA are those to be awarded by a selection committee to "members at large" from the East. UNDECIDED TOURNEY Still in contention for other berths are La Grande and Vale in District 1; Th Dalles and Pendleton in District 2; Red mond and Bend in District 3; Eugene, University High and Junction City in District 6; Salem and Stayton in District 11, and Central Catholic and Gresh- am in District 13. Class 'B' teams whb head for Salem this .eek are Wallowa, Powers, Westport, Sublimity, Rogue River, Echo, Culver and Mapleton. Seattle Vies Tonight in Invitational New York (U.R) St. Bona venture and St. John's, a pair of seeded teams who drew first round byes, make their debut in the National Initiation Tourna ment Monday nigh t and both ap pear to be headed for plenty of trouble. St. Bonaventure 19-5 is match ed against tall, tourney-testd Western Kentucky 26-4 in a quarter-final game. That starts a triple-header at Madison Square Garden. St. John's 22-3 goes against La Salle 21-5, the team that has become the fans' "darling" with its color, dash, and scoring punch, in another quarter-final. And unseeded teams Holy Cross 23-3 and Seattle 29-7 clash i the night's final game, a contest which completes first-round play. O'Brien Homecoming Seattle brings to the tourney one of the nation's most talked-of players in five-foot, nine-inch Johnny ""rien, first college player in history to score 1,000 points in a single season. For jolting Johnny, it's a homecom ing, because his home is in near by South Amboy, N. J. O'Brien, who now has 1,030 points, has a fighting chance for another record he needs 12 more field . Is to tie the sea son record ol 354 set byGeorge King of Norris-Harvey in 1950. 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New, two-piece front pedestal for farmers who HUBBARD 25 SOUTH RIVERSIDE 20 Colleges, 100 Entered In Willamette Relays Salem A total of 100 high schools and 20 colleges" and uni versities more than 2,000 ath letes in all will compete in the second annual Willamette relays track carnival set for McCulloch field Saturday, April 5. Athletic Director Chester Stackhouse, of Willamette uni versity, founder and guiding hand of the huge cinder extrava ganza, now rated as one of the biggest on the entire coast, has released the entry list which in cludes eight high schools from Duquesne Tutor Mentor of Year New York U.R) Donald Moo:.., whose Duquesne Dukes are the top target in this week's National Invitation Basketball Tournamen, has been voted the United Press coach of the year i j a nationwide poll of 205 sports writers and radio broadcasters. Moore, now in his fourth sea son ut Duquesne after spending 11 years as a Western Pennsyl vania high school coach, guided the Dukes to 21 victories in 22 g:mes and the top-seeded berth in the annual NIT competition. Husky Natators Win ND Meet Corvallis (U.R) University of Washington's Huskies held the Northern division swimming title again Monday. The Huskies rolled up 137 points to 105 for second-place Washington State in the annual two -day conference swimming meet here. Oregon was third with 69 followed by Oregon State with 23 and Idaho with 11. Hunt, Noe Pace Ducks In Scoring Eugene Capt. Ken Hunt and Chet Noe, a pair of talented re serves from the 1951 Oregon basketball team, stepped in this year to capture the Duck North ern division and total season scoring titles. Hunt became the highest scor ing "little man" in the history of the league when he tallied 218 points and his season's work vaulted him into second place in the all-time Oregon scoring records behind Roger Wiley who tallied 235 points in 1949. High Overall Noe's 376 points over the en tire season was tops for the squad and his 195 conference to tal ranked him as the fourth highest scorer in Duck history, trailing Wiley, Hunt, and Dick Wilkins. The big center was fol lowed by Hunt with 363 points and Bob Peterson's 352. Peter son also ranked third in confer ence play with a 170 total. Ken Wegner, sophomore guard from Portland, led the regulars in accuracy from the field, hit ting .367 in league action and .368 for the entire season. Anoth er sophomore, Bob Hawes of Bend, led the free throwers with .781 in the division games and .750 for the season. Lewis Jantzer Bowser Handicap Victor; Ted Jantzer Breaks 100 Central Point Ted Jantzer, Trail, fired the f'-st 100 straight at a Central Point Sportsmen's club shoot since its organization in 1940 when he won the Class B shoot yesterday. Lewis Jantzer, Prospect, won the major event of the day, the Bowser handicap by blasting 48 birds out of 50. In the other class shoot? at 16 yards Dick Skeeters, Medford, took the A group with a 99 and Hugh Brown, Grants Pass topped the C gang with 91. George It wast to twitch to single front wheel or adjustable boat axle for special work . . . ... these are the sew advantages yea get la the aew John Deere Model "A" the tractor that meets the complete meeds of farmers who want heavy-doty, 2-3-plow power. Modern from Ihe word "go," the WA" ofiers yon Hy dranlie Powr-Trol . . . 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B CHAMPS CROWNED Tacoma (U.R) The powerful Monroe Bearcats Monday ruled as the new Washington state class B hoop champions after knocking off Eatonville 51-31 Saturday night in the windup of the small school playoffs. Cleveland Tips Lincoln Quintet Portland Cleveland high de feated Lincoln 38 to 36 Saturday night on Jimmy 'ark's field goal with 30 seconds left in the game. The win gave Cleveland the District No. 15 berth in the state hoop tourney and Lincoln Dis trict No. 16 spot. The clubs are still city cochamps. Cleveland, which trailed 21 to 16 at half time, held seven-foot Swede Halbrook to 19 counters, his lowest in city play and blanked him from the field in the third quarter. High School Scores SATURDAY GAMES (District 2 Playoffs) The Dalles 58. Pendleton 56 (District 4 Playoffs) Klamath Falls 53. Crater 29 (title). (District 5 fiayorrs) Marshfield 67. Reedsport 34. (District G Playoffs) Eugene 62, Oakridge 57 University 57. JuncUon City 39 (District 7. Playoff) Newport 36. Toledo 19 (consola tion). Corvallis 63. Albany 51 (titie) (District 8 Playoffs) . McMinnville 46. Taft 30 (title). Dayton 69, Willamina 42 (consola tion) (District 10 Playoff) Astoria 53. Seaside 47 (District 11 Playoff) Salem 57. Stayton 28 Bend 58. Prineville 44 (District 2B Playoffs) Sublimity 66. Valsetz 56 (title). Fall City 44. Mill City 42 (District 4B Playoffs) Powers 40. Elkton 35 (title) Drain 36, Brookings 35 (consola tion) (District SB Playoffs) Rogue River 59. Bonanza 44 (title) (District 8B Playoffs) Wallowa 76. Elein 44 (title) Halfway 35, Adrian 33 (consola tion). a tourney" opens" Seattle (U.R) Basketball- crazy fans from all corners' of the state got ready Monday to fol low their favorite teams to the 28th annual class "A" high school tournament which opens here Wednesday. Wasmngton state's sixteen top prep quintets, including four-time champion Walla Wall, stand ready to start shooting for the title left vacant by Highline, last year's winner. Bronson, Grants Pass, and Ted Jantzer knotted with 43 out of 50 each in the 25 pair doubles. Buddy Shoot The buddy shoot was won by Jim Ross and Harry Elden with a combined score of 90. Yesterday's shoot was Ameri can Trapshooting association registered and drew participants from as far as Yoncolla, Rose burg and Brookings. Forty-three shooters took part. Another registered shoot is set for April 6. PHONE 24011 I Baseball Briefs San Francisco (U.R) Man ager Tommy Jeath expressed satisfaction Monday with a pair of rookie pitchers who displayed their talents in a San Francisco Seals intra-squad game. Hurlers Ken Wright and Bill Bradford caught Heath's eye as the Orteigs downed the Tornays, 3 to 2, before 6,000 fans in Seals Stadium Sunday. Wright gavi up three hits in four innings, and Bradford allowed only five in six frames. Oaks Win Modesto (U.R) The Oakland Acorns chalked up their first spring exhibition series, two games to one, Sunday by down ing the Sacramento Solons, 7 to 4. Both teams scored three runs in the first inning. Beavers Triumph Riverside, Calif. (U.R) The Portland Beavers scored on three errors in the ninth inning of their first Pacific Coast league exhibition game to take ( 1 ti 0 decision from the San Diego Padres. Third baseman Don Eg gert was the only Beaver to make the round trip in the game Sunday. Stars Lose Hollywood-U.R) The Holly wood Stars did double time on the practice diamond Monday to polish up weak hitting which became evident in dropping an exhibition game, to the Pitts burgh Pirate B team, 14 to 5. Angels Red Hot Fullerton U.R) Stan Hack's Los Angeles Angels were off on a "red hot" start Monday with two exhibition game wins al ready to their credit. Bill Swee ney's Seattle Rainiers were the Angels' second victims, falling Sunday 8 to 7. The Rainiers took a first inning lead, but relin quished it in the third and then regained it in the fifth. BASEBALL SUNDAY EXHIBITION Cincinnati "A" N 1. Detroit A 0 Philadelphia "A" N 13. 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They hit better after that and had a 23.8 percentage for the evening. Alert, cagy Klamath helped its own cau&. along by blocking Crater shots and breaking up the Central Pointers passing attack. The Pels took an 11 to 2 lead and were on top 15 to 7 at the quarter. Ralph Carroll, the tow ering Pel center, potted 11 points in the second period as Klamath gained a 33 to 11 half time lead. Reserves Take Jver By the five-minute mark of the third quarter Klamath had amassed a 41 to 14 spread. At that point Coach Paul McCall placed a complete quint of re serves on the floor. They fin ished the game. It was a more interesting tus sle after that for Crater fans. The Comets outscored Klamath 15 to 12 in the remaining part of the contert. Klamath's lead . was 43 to 20 after three quarters. Punky Monroe and Bill Rnv of Crater Xouled out in the fourth quarter. 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