Three-Day Retriever Trial
Starts at Hoover Lakes
Rogue Valley Retriever club's
first points field trial got unaer
wn thic morninc at Hoover
lakes eight xmile northeast of
Medford. The trial wm lasx
thrniivh Sundav with three full
days of competition and the pub
lic is invited iree oi-cnarge.
A derby stake for dogs not over
two years of age was today's
opening- event. A qualifying
take was to follow for retriev
ers which have never won first,
second, third or fourth in an
open all-age event or have not
won first in a qualifying stake.
Katnrdav activity is to start
at 7 a.m. and the open all-age
stake is scheduled. The amateur
n.aff stake will start late Sat
urday or early Sunday at the
Oilers Take
AAU Tourney
Favored Role
Denver-ttJ-R) Phillips Oilers
were rated as a heavy lavonte
to win their ninth national AAU
basketball tournament here Fri
day as the semi-final round was
scheduled. )
The Oilers take on a hopped-
up Air Force all stars quintet
from Tinker Field, Okia., wnne
the fourth-seeded Caterpillar
Diesels of Peoria, 111., play the
slow-motion ball controllers of
Fibber McGee and Molly of
Hollywood.
The two teams figured to
give Phillips its roughest com
netition. defending champion
Stewart Chevrolets of San Fran
cisco and third-seeded Atlas-
Pacific Engineers of Oakland
both fell upset victims to them
in Thursday night's quarter
finals.
Pull Surprise
The Air Force all-stars, com
nosed of former Rocky moun
tain area college players, pulled
Oil tne Diggesi surprise 01 ine
tourney by stunning the Atlas
Pacific Engineers, 40-34, in a
thrill-packed overtime game
Thursday.
Fibber McGee's ball-control
crew also sprung an upset, hold
ing off the high-scoring Stewart
Chevrolets for a 43-41 victory.
The Oilers advenced to the
semi-finals with an impressive
70-52 win over the Rea Travel
ers of Artesia, N.M., while the
Caterpillar Diesels recovered
from a shaky first-quarter to
breeze past Riggles Plaza Bowl
of Warrensburg, Mo., 66-43.
Kentucky Opens
Title Defense
Raleigh, N. C (U.R) Classy
Kentucky opens the defense of
its NCAA basketball title Friday
night a heavy favorite over Penn
State in a first-round tourna
ment game, while another game
matches St. John's against South
ern Conference champion North
Carolina State.
Kentucky has won the NCAA
crown three of the last four years
and, with a season record of 28-2
and rated the No. 1 team in the
nation by the United Press board
of coaches, is picked to sweep
through to the title again.
But first, the Wildcats of
Coach Adolph Rupp must solve
the air-tight defense of Penn
State, a team which won 20
games and lost four during the
regular season.
conclusion of the open rivalry.
30 Cities
' About thirty cities in western
states are represented in the
trial. There is a total of 110 en
tries with 40 in the open stake.
There were three Medford
dogs in the derby event today.
They were Lucky, Son O' Boy,
owned by Abraham Arbeeny;
Bear Creek's Java, owned by
David H. Holmes, and Kip of
Geneva, owned by Ken Denman.
Considerable work has been
done to accommodate the pub
lic. Parking space, a lunch
stand, tarpaulins and bonfires
have been provided. Signs out
Crater lake highway and Ave
nue A of the Camp White dist
rict mark the way to the trial
site.
Dinner Saturday -
A dinner at the Jackson hotel
at 8 p.m. Saturday is part of the
week-end program. The public
is invited to this event. Reserva
tions can be left with the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce before noon Saturday:
Pheasants killed during the
trial will be on sale to the pub
lic at much less cost than the
retriever club paid the game
commission for them.
Iron Dukes Rated
Third in Tourney
Chicago (U.R) Dudley
Moore's Duouesne Dukes were
no better than the third choice
Friday to win the Chicago Sta
dium's NCAA regional basket
ball tourney, and their coach
ranked them only as darkhorses
despite the best won and lost
mark in the auartet of entries.
Duquesne, which won 22 of
25 games this year, including iu
games in a row, was a six point
favorite over Princeton in the
first game -of Friday night's
double-header.
For the second game Illinois
Big Ten champion, gave a five
point choice over Dayton, run
nerun for the National Invita
tional title and beaten in the
finals of the tourney last Satur
day.
Brooklyn Dodgers
Tell of Plans
Miami (U.R) The Brooklyn
Dodgers had two nine-inning
pitchers Friday, plus a basket
ball of plans which included
making all-star first-baseman
Gil Hodges their second-string
catcher and acquiring Ewell
Blackwell in a trade with the
Cincinnati Reds.
The route-going pitchers were
22-game winner Preacher Roe
and one-game winner Chris Van
Cuyk. Roe went the distance for
the Dodger "B" team which lost
to Mobile, 4-2, at Vero Beach,
Fla., Thursday while Van Cuyk
hurled for the "A" squad which
beat the Cincinnati Reds, 4-0, at
Tampa.
Ashland Mentor
Asks Transfer
Ashland Charlie Jandreau,
head football coach this year at
Ashland high school, has asked
the school board to transfer him
from his post.
Jandreau said that he may ac
cept an offer to teach in the
junior high next year and that
he is also considering a Portland
offer. He previously had coached
in the junior high here.
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the Red Heads girls basketball team which will play Crazy Swayze
at 8:15 p.m. today at the junior high school gym. Johnnye also has
the nickname, "Peaches." The Red Heads lay claim to recognition
as the world's greatest female quint.
Trapshoot '
Here Sunday
Medford Gun club members
will hold their major event of
the month Sunday. A Pacific In
ternational Trapshooting asso
ciation registered shoot is sched
uled at the grounds.
Practice traps open at 8:30
a.m. and regular shooting will
commence at 10 a.m.
The 10 a.m. event will be the
16-yard rivalry of 100 targets. A
100-target handicap is scheduled
for 1 p.m. and 25-pair doubles
for 3 p.m. Miss and out and
backer upper competition are
planned if time permits.
.Lunch will be served at the
grounds.
Midwest Clubs
Eye NCAA Toga
Kansas City U.R) The pros
pect that the Kansas City NCAA
regional basketball finals will
rub two of the nation's best
coaches together appeared good
Friday as Kansas and St. Louis
assumed co-favorite roles.
But Coach Eddie Hickey of St.
Louis University said he planned
to do his best to get past New
Mexico A&M of Las Cruces be
fore thinking about running head
on into Dr. Forrest C. Phog
Allen's Kansas Jayhawks, pro
viding the latter turn back Texas
Christian University.
Friday night's opening card
matches St. Louis and the New
Mexico Aggies at 8 o'clock and
Kansas and TCU at 9:45.
Howard Hobson
Advocates Wider
Free Throw Lane
Portland (U.R) Yale bas
ketball coach Howard Hobson
said Friday he will advocate
boosting the width of the free
throw lane to 12 feet when
hoop officials meet in Seattle
next Wednesday and Thursday.
The former University of Ore
gon coach said the 12-foot lane
would be the answer to crit
ics who charge that present
day -basketball is dominated by
sky-scraping players.
Two Free Throws
He also said he would recom
mend to the basketball coaches'
conference that two free throws
be awarded on all defensive
fouls, without the opposition
waiving the second shot. Hob
son, . who is . chairman of the
U. S. Olympic games basketball
committee, said the rule would
make fouling unprofitable.
Hobson stopped in Portland
on his way to Corvallis for the
west NCAA regional playoffs.
Segale Selected
Gresham Coach
Gresham, Ore. U.R) Ray Se
gale, former University of Ore
gon football guard and high
school football coach at Astoria
for the past three years. Friday
accepted the prep football coach
ing job at Gresham high.
Harry Thompson, former foot
ball coach here, has been named
superintendent of schools.
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San Francisco Frank (Luke)
Lucchesi, playing manager last
season of the Far West league
Medford Rogues baseball team,
will continue his career as a
manager this year.
He has taken the post of skip
per of the Thompsonville, Ga.,
in the - Georgia-Florida State
league. The club is part of the
New York Yankee chain.
Lucchesi worked out this
spring with the San Francisco
Seals. Medford of the now in
operative Far West circuit had
a working agreement with the
Seals last season and througn
them with the Yanks.
SPRING TRAINING BILLED
Wenatchee (U.R) Dick
Adams, new manager of the We
natchee Chiefs of the Western
International baseball league, be
gan preparing Friday for this
year's spring training at Omak.
Adams said he would take pitch
ers and catchers to Omak Mon
day. The rest of the squad will
report later in the week.
BOYD OPTIONED
Los Angeles (U.R)First- base
man Bob Boyd was optioned by
the Chicago White Sox to Seat
tle in the Pacific Coast league
Friday. The 25-year-od left-handed
hitter batted .342 and stole
37 bases for Sacramento in the
PCL last season, but' was given
a chance to make the White Sox
varsity only if Eddie Robinson
were included in a trade.
Hoppe, Bozeman
Tied in Cue Tiff
San Francisco (U.R) Willie
Hoppe, of Drexel Hill, Pa., and
Jay Bozeman, Vallejo, Calif.,
were tied Friday for the top spot
in the world's three cushion bil
liard championship tournament.
Each had a record of six wins
and two losses as the tourney
entered its final stages.
Hoppe moved into the tie after
defeating Art Rubin, Brooklyn
50-4, in a tough 53-inning match
Thursday night.
BASEBALL
Boston (A) 14. Washington (A) S
Philadelphia (N) a. Detroit (A) 0
New York (A) 3. St Louis (N) a (14
innings
Philadelphia (A) 4. Minneapolis
(AA) 3 10 innings ,
Boston (N) 14. Milwaukee (AA) It
Brooklyn N) 4. Cincinnati (N) 0
Chicago N) 7. Chicago (A) 1
New York (N 4,-St Louis (A) S (10
innings)
Pittsburg (N) "B" . Seattle PCX 3
Mobile ISA) 4 Brooklyn N "B" 3
Cleveland (A) 2, Pittsburgh (N)
(night)
BOAST RINGS TRUE
Clearwater. Fla. (U.R) Man-!
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other in the National lpaeup had !
a solid ring of truth Friday. The
r-nus received two-hit pitching
for the second straight day when
Russ Meyer and Lou Possehl
combined to shut out the Detroit
Tigers, 2-0, Thursday.
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