Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 29, 1954, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTOT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, December S9, 1954 Free Over Medford high's Black Tornado, which threw caution to the winds late in the third quarter and ear ly in the fourth, steadied to re gain control and overcome the smaller but smooth, sharp, quick Cleveland high basketball quint from Portland here last night 58 to 48. The Tornado, which chalked up its fifth consecutive victory and blew Cleveland from the un beaten ranks after four wins, will try to make it two straight over the Indians tonight. Cleve land and Medford meet again on the senior high maplecourt a 8:15 o clock. The prelim at 6:45 o'clock will match the Crater and Medford junior varsities in their fourth combat of the year. After a first quarter deadlock last night, Medford, with Frank Rector the "go boy" in the of fense, built up even point leads in the second panel and 10-tally spreads in the third period. Then the advantage shrank to nothing and the Tornado had to break a 44-all knot in the closing quar ter before recording its sixth triumph in seven games. Indians Lead Cleveland's agile, snappy passing Indians, real crowd pleasers as advance reports said, took an early 6 to 2 lead in the fast-paced scrap between two hustling ball clubs. But Medford never trailed after Larry Cop pie's shot, the Tornado's first field goal, locked the count at 9-all when the game was three minutes old. Score at the end of the opening stanza stood 17-all. The Tornado was in front 32 to 27 at the half and 44 to 40 after three quarters. For the whole fracas, the Tribesmen from Portland had a 34 to 28 backboard rebounding edge over the taller Medford team. Field goal shooting . was even at 20 each and it was by the margin at the free throw line, 18 to 8, that the Tornado claimed the decision. The Black Tornado scored its first seven points of the mix and also its last seven markers on free shots. One Medford free shot in the Goals Aid Bedford's 58-48 Decision Indians; Quints Tussle Again Tonight final quarter gave the Tornado the lead lor keeps. The others followed three field flips which provided bulge enough to win. Game-Tied Up Bob Hevener bucketed a goal on the fourth quarter tip off for Cleveland and, 37 seconds into the stanza, the Indian's cat-like scoring ace,' Dick Jolley, lifted an underhand lay-up to create the 44-all deadlock. Eight seconds later Jerry Kal apus, on Jolley's infraction, got the free shot which put the Tor nado on top with a 45 to 44 standing. The goals from the field were a long one-hander by Copple, a shot close in on a steal by Rector then a shot on a re bound by Copple. Medford took 51 to 44 command. While the Tornado padded with gifters. Jay Bashor and Jolley completed scoring .for the Indians with fielders. . Razorback Spirit High Fayetteville, Ark.CU.R) The Arkansas Razorbacks, smallest major bowl squad both in size and numbers, leave tonight for Dallas and the Cotton Bowl, a definite underdog to - Georgia Tech. However, by talking to Arkan sas" students you would think they had Bobby Dodd and his plit-T; wonders three touch towns down and three minutes la go. Although Coach Bowden Wy att won't let his team members talk with reporters or to make predictions about any football game, students close to the play ers say team spirit never has been higher. That is, of course, only hearsay. That the team never has been in better shape is fact. Top Shape Wyatt, always a conditioner and a fundamentalist, admits his team is in top shape. Of the 34 Arkansas team members, only four tip the scales at more than 200 pounds, and yet it was this squad that won eight of 10 games when the ex perts picked them to end in the South conference cellar. Another quirk that makes the Tech team a solid favorite, is that the two teams that beat Arkansas LSU and SMU were defeated by Georgia Tech. Another is that the SMU "belly series" which ripped Arkan sas line to shreds for three quarters, is a favorite of the Dodd system. Medford went into ball con trol in the final moments and Cleveland piled up the fouls in efforts to get possession of the ball.- Jolley fouled out with 67 seconds left in the game. A rebound bucket four min utes into the hassle by Glenn Peterson gave Medford its first lead at 11 to 9. The Tornado had bulges of 13" to 9 .and. 15 .to 11 before Cleveland fought' back to a 15-all deadlock. Long Range Firing Hurts Score was tied briefly at 19 all in the second quarter but with Rector leading the way with four field goals, three in a row, Med ford built gaps of 28 to 21 and 32 to 25.' Rector got another three field buckets in the third chuk ker as the Tornado boomed to 40 to 30 and 42 to 32 advantages. Medford kept ; firing at long range in the last three minutes of the third quarter and at the MEMORD&TRIBUrlE Chiloquin, Panthers Vie On Thursday Jacksonville In the second of two ' games arranged on Christmas day Jacksonville high will play the. Chiloquin bas ketball quint here on Thursday. Game time will be 8 p.m. ' Chiloquin defeated the Red skins 63 to 37 at Chiloquin on Monday. The Panthers usually are a strong club and their lopsided win over Jacksonville was an indication of strength again this season. They have a number of boys back from a good 1953-1954 club including Jo Jo George and Vernon and Ivan Joe, Indian boys. . Shooting Off Coach Millard Webb of Jack sonville tentatively ' listed Bob Gemaehlich at center and Har vey Hueners- and Dick ' Sanf ord at forwards as starters Thurs day. Guard selection may be among Fred Walters, Ron Mc Intyre and Jack Daly. Harold Jordan is missing from the squad. He's in Canada for the holidays. Webb said the Redskins looked their best this year at Chiloquin except in their shoot ing. The. Panthers had intermis sion leads in the game of 11 to 6, 26 to 13 and 40 to 19. Walters headed- Jacksonville scorers with 10 points and Mclntyre got nine. For Chiloquin Dick Sei mens had 15 and Phil Nelson 12. "Hurry comradw on othr fidt of Iron Curtain it waiting glorious OLD Mr. BOSTON VODKA." 1, iJ.l.L'JiV A: No teH-tale broth J4S or. a . " $21 . . PINT - DIST FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS 80 PROOF M a BOSTON DIST. INC. BOSTCM Officials Defend One-in-Two Rule Los Angeles (U.R) The agree ment between the Big Ten and the Pacific Coast Conference limiting appearance of teams in the Rose Bowl to once in two years has been defended by .the commissioners of both leagues. Big Ten Commissioner K. L. Tug Wilson and PCC Commis sioner Victor O. Schmidt de fended the arrangement before a meeting of the Southern Calif ornia Football Writers Assn. Wilson said the one-in-two rule was necessary to get faculty approval of the agreement and said he doubted if it would be fair to have the same team ap pear on successive years. Schmidt . said, the one-in-two rule was a compromise between the previous Big Ten ruling al lowing its teams to come to the bowl once in three years and the PCC ruling that put no bans on consecutive - appearances. Pirates Go To Areata Phoenix Phoenix high cagers left " this morning for Areata, Calif. They play there tonight and Thursday. Ten players arffl Coaches Woodward and Hap'Connsbruck are making the trip. Woodward said the player roster included Ron Bean, Bill Madden, Ron Vreeken. Dave Kelsoe, Jim Korth, Fred Oldham, Ray Dahl, Dick Cocks, Charles Wall and Delmar Brood. Vreeken missed practice Mon day, but Woodward figured the Pirates, would be at full stiength. PCL TO NAME PREXY ." San Francisco (U.R) The di rectors ofj the Pacific Coast League meet here today to select a successor to Clarence "Pants" Rowland who resigned as presi dent this month to return to the Chicago Cubs' organization. Among those being . mentioned for 'the job are Jerry Donovan, president of the California League; Earl Torchy Torrance, general manager of the Seattle Rainiers and Leo Miller, former business manager of the same club. I .-. . .-V CHAMP Heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano has been named Fighter of the Year by Ring Magazine for the second time. Rocky, who first won the award in 1952, was praised by Ring editors for his two defenses in 1954 against Ezzard Charles. 1 FIGHTS Milwaukee, Wis. Peter Mueller, 158, Germany, knocked out Ernie Durando, 158V2, Bay- onne, N. J. 7. BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY COLLEGE SCORES East . (New England Tourney) " First Round Connecticut 98, Harvard 60 Dartsmouth 87. Massachusetts 65 Brown 67. Colby 57 Middlebury 71, Amberst 68 (Queen City Tourney) . Consolation ' Fordham 67. Columbia 62 First Round Georgia 'lech 72. Idaho State 69 Second Round St. Bonav. 66. Georgetown (DC) 59 tUJN x , scranton ea South " (Virginia Festival) , First Round Virginia Tech 88. Rutgers 77 William & Mary 84. Eos ton U. 74 Richmond 90. Boston College 68 George Washington 92, Colgate 77 (Kentucky Invitational) ' Championship Louisville 93. E. Kentucky 77 Consolation Kentucky 98. Murray State 89 (Ail-American Tourney) First Round Rhode Island 108. Ky. Wesleyan 100 - Maryland 58. Texas Tech 54 (Dixie Classic) Consolation USC 77. Cornell 58 Wake Forest 96. West Virginia 94 Semifinals N.C. State 47. North Carolina 44 Minnesota 79, Duke 73 (Gator Bowl Tourney) Championship Spring Hill 66, Florida 60 Consolation Florida State 97. Georgia 87 Midwest (Big Seven Tourney) First Round Iowa State 82. Kansas 81 Kansas State 88, California 75 ' (Motor City Tourney) Championship Detroit 82, Wayne 57 Consolation Penn State 71, Toledo 53 Southwest (Southwest Conf. Tourney) Consolation Rice 67. Baylor 63 SMU 77. Texas 63 Semifinals Alabama 84, Arkansas 64 TCU 72, Texas A&M 57 West (Northern Div. Tonrney) First Round Oregon St. 68. Washington St. 48 Washington 77. Idaho 57 Utah St. 78. Montana St. 72 Portland U. 95, Arizona State 78 Linfield 81. Everett JC 75 Clark. JC 75. Yakima JC 65 High School Scores WEDNESDAY GAMES Medford 58. Cleveland 48 '. Jefferson 55, Klamath Falls 54 Central Catholic 64. The Dalles 62 Battle Ground, Wash. 65, Roosevelt 63 lovertime) . Milwaukie 41. Oregon City 27 -A Dallas 50. Lebanon 39 .- . 9 Clatskanie 60. Forest Grove 43 Bend 51. Roseburg 43 Powers 34, Elkton 32 Sutherlin 67, Waldport 32 Roseburg JV 45. Douglas 44 Mt. Angel 43. Burns 41 Halsey 66. Lorane 35 Tillamook 59. Nestucca 23 ' , . Amity 44. Perrydale 34 - Nebalem 43. Alumni 33 start of the fourth. Most of the attempts missed and the ; re bounds were nabbed t by the Clevelanders. That gave the In dians their .chance to catch up and they made the best of it. Bashor got four points and Jol ley and shorty Eric Peterson each two "while Copple put in a two pointer for Medford to make the 44 to 40, third quarter stand The Tornado's 18 free throws were made on 30 attempts from 16 Cleveland personal fouls and one , technical. Cleveland made its eight on 17 tries from 10 Med ford infractions. Warning Issued Some of the officiating by Ref erees Virgil bwanson ana Liee Flink met with the disapproval of Indian Coach Al Negratti and he let them know about it. The result was a stern warning from Swanson. Hitting a variety of shots but with his best luck on jump shots keyhole distance from the bas ket, Rector headed all point getters with 23. Copple, not shooting as well as usual, was second high for Medford with 13. Jolley, a hook snot artist su preme, wasn't given many good shots but the tough to guard Portlander looped in eight field goals and paced Indian score- makers with 17. Bashor counted 11. Medford's shooting from the field was short of its previous three performances. The Torna do made 20 out of 55 casts for a .363 average. In retrieving re bounds the much shorter Cleve landers had a 26 to 13 margin under the Medford offense board At the opposite end Medford had a 15 to 8 edge. BOX: Medford Kastner. f . Peterson, f Kalapus. c . L. CoDple, i Rector, g ... Read Cochran ..... Foust Cearley . Cleveland Jolley. f . Springer, Hevener. i Jones, g .. Petersen, Bosking . Davies Bashor ... Thatcher FG FT PF TP 13 15 3 .. 1 .. 6 9 0 . 0 0 0 1 7 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 20 18 10 58 FG FT PF TP 8 1 5 17 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 ..... 0 20 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 3 1 3 0 1 1 0 8 16 48 MH Jayvee Tops Crater Medford high junior ' varsity 1- . uasneieers maae it tnree in a row over the Crater jayvees here last night and will try to make it four when the crews collide again this evening in the 6:45 o clock preliminary to the Med lord - Cleveland high varsity scrape. Victory in the football like hassle came a little harder for Medford in. the third meeting. Final tally was 46 to 38.. Medford won the others 60 to 45 and 58 to 40. Halftime standing .last night was 30 to 18. Dick Copple col lected 16 points' for the-junior Tornado while Mel Harsh got 11 for Crater. Crater Host To Cavemen Central Point The Crater high Comets, who lost by , a shade last week to the Grants Pass basketball team, aim ' to even the score Thursday, night when they tangle with the Cave men here. Grants Pass nicked the Com ets last week 49 to 48 after lag ging behind by f ive points on six-different occasions. Crater had difficulty finding the range from the field at Grants Pass and fell down a.t the free line by making just II tries out of 22. ' - Coach Leonard Warren has in dicated the Comets have been looking pretty well in workouts since ; the- Caveman tilt .but he expressed dissatisfaction with their workout yesterday. The Comets likely will be intact for the tussle. Harvey Tonrr return ed to the squad Tuesday after a seige of flu. He saw action against GP in the last outing although ailing.. . - - -r . ' Possible' Comet starters 'are Fred Hogue, Kay Kelley, Jim Higinbotham, Tonn and. V em Parent. Jay Reese, Mel Drews, Raleigh Burr, Don James and Jim Reid may take the floor first for the Cavemen, -r Brown Selected Coach of Year New York (U.R) Paul Brown, who admitted) he was a little surprised by his 1954 Cleve land Browns, today was named the National Football League's Coach of the Year in the annual United Press poll. Brown narrowly beat out Lisle Blackbourn of the Green Bay Packers in balloting by 29 sports writers who covered the games in the various league cities. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday : 10 a jti. Monday, for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. JUMPING OTTO Otto Graham leaps into the end zone for a touchdown, the Browns' fourth, in 2nd quarter of the Cleveland Browns-r-Detroit Lions playoff in Cleveland. The Browns went on to defeat the lions 56-10 to win the championship. r , . ; " - Oregon State, Washington Win in PCC Hoop Tourney Seattle (U.R) Washington and Oregon State, the two teams expected to battle it out for the Northern Division basketball title, test each other tonight in the second game of a pre-conf er ence doubleheader. . Washington State and Idaho meet at 7:30 p.m. in the first game of the holiday cage show. Both the Huskies and : OSC turned in 20-point victories in games last night. Oregon State trounced Washington State 68 48 in the opener and Washing ton rolled over Idaho 77-57 in the second game. ' Backboard strength Strength off the backboards spelled the difference for the Huskies and the Beavers. Wash ington cleared 60 rebounds to 42 for Idaho and romped home with the help of a 12-point second-half scoring splurge by. Karl Voegtlin., Vqegtlin " and Jerry Johnson each taliied 15 points to pace Washington. Harlan Mel ton and Jay Buhler had 14 apiece for Idaho. - . Oregon State was even more effective off the boards,' snaring 56 rebounds to 23 for the Coug ars. Phil Shadoin, seven-foot OSC center, led all scorers with 16 points while teammate Tony Vlastelica hit 14. Center Bill Rehder was high for WSC with 15 points. . None of the games count in conference standings with con ference play scheduled to get underway Jan. 3. Troy Shakes Off Flu Bug Los " Angeles (U.R) The Southern California Trojans had the flu bug fairly well under control today while the Ohio State Buckeyes, working out at nearby Pasadena, also reported they were in near top physical condition. ' - Trojan guard Orlando. Fer rante was still weak from his siege of the flu but worked out yesterday, while teammate Chuck Leimbach, 4 an end, was taken ill with the same virus but was expected to be in shape for the Rose Bowl game Satur day. Crow Runs Well London Crow, defensive half back who starred for Southern California in its victory over Wisconsin two years ago, ran with his old speed yesterday bringing a smile to Coach Jess Hill's face.. The Buckeyes, reporting ; a miner bruised arm to star end Dean Dugger, ran through their entire repertoire of plays in a closed drilL Halfback Howard Cassady was reported no longer sore from a hairline rib ; frac ture and took part in the drilL MOVING? Save by Renting ai BEE HIVE U - DRIVE e Vans Stakes and Pickup Trucks Also Avis RENT-A-CAR jjiimi9 SIGNAL TUNE-UP & REPAIR & Grap Phoa 3-3261 11 I i MM! . .. FOR UNCHANGING BOURBON LUXURY! LINE-UPS: Medford JV 46 38 Crater JV D. Copple 16 f 8 Goyette Inskeep 8 f . 2 Turner Gober 5 c 8 Green "hl 4 g ii Harsh Perkins a , jr -9 Greb Substitutions For Medford. Haw ley 7. Stearns. Sides. Francis. Lewis, Slessler 1. Black, Larson: for Crater. Herrmann. Juveland, Koellner. Boxing Titles Declared Vacant Milwaukee, Wis. " (U.R) ' The National , Boxing Association's quarterly ratings released today showed no logical contenders for the crowns of light heavyweight champion Archie Moore and of middleweight king Bobo Olson. Fred Saddy, chairman of the NBA Championship Committee, said there were also no occupants for the featherweight and ban tamweight thrones. The NBA declared the two championships vacant when featherweight Sandy Saddler and bantamweight Robert Cohen f ailed - to defend their titles within time limits set by ' the NBA. HOLY CROSS FAVORED New Orleans (U.R) Tommy Heinsohn, 6-foot-6 Holy Cross junior, will lead the favored Crusaders in defense of their Sugar Bowl basketball crown when . tournament play . starts here tonight. Loyola of the South, given the best chance to trim Holy Cross, will meet Notre Dame in the first game. The Crusaders aren't expected to have much trouble disposing of Bradley in the second gome of the twin bill. TRAINING CAMPS NEEDED Milwaukee (U.R) Don Gehr mann, a retired miler and for mer Olympic runner, said today that Russia will win the' 1956 Olympics unless special training camps are set up in the United States. "I don't think we have a chance against Russia in '56 unless we establish training camps and give our athletes a chance to train properly," the former University of Wisconsin track great said. ;. feu -4gS P Today as in the past, Ancient Age remains the supreme luxury in bourbon -. . . distilled and) aged a full six years by the same company that offers it to you. NEW LOW PRICE MAKES NEWS! 'Now with its wonderful price reduction, the superb quality of Ancient Age can be enjoyed by more people than ever before. Next time you buy bourbon, choose Ancient Age-You'll be glad you did. Ask for .01 unchanging "Doubled" luxury! SIIAIGHIJC!