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MedfordTrebunb SIPODIWS R. HEYSEIX CHAIRMAN FOR OREGON GOLF OPEN Russ E. Heysell will be gen eral tournament chairman for the host club for the Oregon Open Golf championship event to be contested next March at Rogue Valley Country club here. Whitfield Top Athlete During 1954 New York (U.R) Mai Whit field, the track star who sets a goal for himself each year, achieved one of his highest ones today when he was named win ner of the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the coun try's outstanding amateur ath lete of 1954. Ironically, the fastest half miler in track history was a year behind his own "target" date in landing the top honor that can be bestowed on a U.S. amateur athlete. For Whitfield who never has lost a championship race at his distance and who smothers his opposition with some of the most graceful strides ever displayed tried to win the Sullivan trophy in 1953. He said he would per form such feats during that campaign that he could not fail to become the first Negro to re ceive the award. He set five world records in 1953, two outdoors and three in doors, but was excluded from the final Sullivan balloting be cause he was being investigated for alleged violations of amateur rules. He was cleared and won the 1954 award with a total of 1,639 points. ' The 30-year-old runner was the first choice on 252 of the 657 ballots cast by the nation wide .tribunal of sports authorities. Five points were given for each first-place vote, three for a sec ond place and one for third place. We Wish to Take This Opportunity to Wish Everyone A Happy New Year and to Remind You We're Celebrating Our... sBBs pvsof : "..HERE ' AT : ' fsJr h haonEts Ik MiiDDiioini . . . FRED RAY ? - Tl . 1 r J f .... THE BUDS FOR QUALITY DUDS Next to Pick's Apparel . Medford, Oregon His co-chairman will be Rob ert Temple. The appointments were an nounced today by members of the executive committee for the tournament. Other committee chairmen also were revealed. Tourney dates are March 25, 26 and 27. The event will be held under the joint sponsorship of the Medf ord club and the Ore gon division of the Northwest section of the Professional Golf ers association.. Good Response The program committee re ported good response and co operation from businessmen in connection with advertising for the 50-page pictorial program to be published, making the adver tizing part of that project 87 per cent complete. The booklet will publicize Oregon and southern Oregon in particular. Plans are underway to pro mote the entry of a contingent of professionals and amateurs from the San Francisco bay area. Bruce Cudd, Portland ama teur,, is defending champion. Eddie Hogan and Johnny Lang ford knotted for pro honors. Committee listed were: Executive committee: Dr. Paul Walker. president of Roeue Valley Country club; Robert McKendricks, president of Oregon division. Profes sional Golfers association; Eddie Hogan tournament chairman of Oregon Fua; Harvey Bunn. secretary-treasurer of Oregon PGA; Jack D. Wood, tourna ment chairman or kvju: tuss tiey sell. general chairman for host club; Robert Temple, co-chairman for host club; George Eertz and Dale jonnson, publicity directors for Oregon PGA; Al Williams, pro of RVCC: George Harrington, manager of RVCC. J Committees and chairmen: Dick Jewett. publicity: E. J. DeVoe: Har rington and Walter Erittan. finance: Ron Gandee. program: Temple, regis tration; Glen Fabrics: and Hogan, pairings: Joe Hearin, starting; Tom MacLeod, scoring: Kay tnsme. mar shalling: Jim Dunlevy. presentations: Dr. Walker, hospitality; Jack Walker and Dunlevy, entertainment: Dr. Bruce Stanley and Mrs. Ray Mencke, social: Justin Smith Sr.. rules: Larry Butler, greens; Al Dumas, locker room: Robert Corbin and Mencke, hole-in-one; Brittan and Bob . Woody, special events. Pro-Amateur committee: Everett McGraw, chairman; Smith, scoring: Hearin. starting; Fabrick. Robert Lockwood. Eddie Simmons. TheyH Do It Every J'EVER NOTICE? "MAT SPEAKER WHO INSISTS HE DO Hid STUFF AMD SCRAM" JUDGE SMOKtoAS . UAS A VERY TK5MT SCHEDULE- HE HAS TO fcfcl WLL AuDKl YOU KOW-lr Explorers, Duquesne Vie In Garden New York (U.R) Dick ick etts and Si Green lead defending champion Duquesne against Tom Gola-sparked LaSalle tonight for the Holiday Festival basketball title and the clash of these three stars is expected to produce an 18,000-plus sellout at Madison Square Garden. Ricketts and Green posted the finest individual performances of their careers to put Duquesne in the final at the expense of Villanova and Dayton. Gola, everybody's All-America, led La Salle's advance past Syracuse and UCLA. Springy Legs Green, whose springy legs probably make him. college bas ketball's tallest 6-foot, 2V2-inch player, collected 38 points against Villanova for his best single-game total. He made 30 points in the second half, the best 20-minute scoring spree ever produced by a college player in January first Is our birthday . . . and we wish one and all a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. We wish to take this opportunity to gratefully thank you for your generous support which has made 1954 so successful for us. It is your support which made it possible for us to enlarge our store in order to serve you better. We genuinely appreciate your friendliness and patronage and we will strive more than : ever to merit your fine support. We are also . determined to offer the most friendly, courteous, efficient service that is humanly possible in 1955 as we have in the past eight years. We will offer every day the very lowest prices possible consistant with quality. So again we say "Thanks a Million and a Very Happy New Year." Fred Robinson Ray Robinson Remember . . . If Men Robinson Bros. Carry rx n r Time VERY BUSY T mtt . . HNWN5 AROUND FOUR HOURS LATER WHEN THE JOINT IS TRYING TO CLOSE UP TH4HKEV,MR. Wi . - "W .-'Wk HI s v,.. -tt.&sr-n i . ; v t - I Speegle Hopes to End Aggie Gridiron Drouth Stillwater, Okla. (U.R) Cliff Speegle, who started a three year contract as Oklahoma A and M college's head football coach today, said he aims to make Oklahomans "understand there are two football teams in the state." Speegle, 37, Thursday took over a team that has not been a major threat in 10 years and more often than not has ended the season with a win-loss deficit. He comes here from an assist ant's post with the Edmonton, Canada, Eskimos professional tem. the Garden. Ricketts bettered his own previous single-game high ranked Dayton, sinking 19 of 19 free throw tries. Going into the title game, Ricketts leads Gola in the tourna ment's individual scoring race, 63-60. The Duquesne-LaSalle game climaxes a triple-header in which St. John's meets Niagara and Dayton plays UCLA in con solation games. tiMsfepM mm - Wear It . It! By Jimmy Hatlo . . . i ". J"- Areata Rally Tops Phoenix Acata, Cal. Arcata's bas ketball crew gained a series split with an invading Oregon high school team last night, turning back the Phoenix Pi rates 49 to 46. Phoenix won Wednesday 45 to 42. The Pirates went into, the final quarter out in front 36 to 32 but Areata put on a big rally marked by nine free throws in 11 tries to salvage a victory. Phoenix also headed at the other intermisisons, 7 to 6 at the quarter and 24 to 18 at the. half. E. Dimmick of the host team was high scorer with 22 while Ron Bean had 14 for Phoenix. ONE-UPS: Areata 49 J. Dimmick 8 f Johnson 2 f E. Dimmick 22 c Carlson 6 g Armstroni? 11 g Substitutions For Forbes; for Phoenix, 4, Brood. 4G Phoenix 14 Bean 11 Madden . 3 Vreeken 6 Korth 2 Kelsoe Areata. Brittain, Wall 6, Oldham Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day v - Friday, December 31, 1954 Talent Falls To Powers; Mix Tonight Talent Cruiser Freshman Punk Smith's free throw.with 22 seconds left to play bowled Talent from the unbeaten bas ketball ranks here last night as Powers high nicked the Bulldogs 41to 40 in a ding dong see saw skirmish. It was Talent's first setback in nine games this season. Powers, beaten 36 to 35 by Sutherlin on Wednesday, recorded its seventh verdict in eight tussles. The clubs scrap here again this evening following a prelim between the Talent and Ashland Freshman. ' Lead changed hands several times during the close, tense fracas. Talent went into the last period with a 32 to 31 edge "but Powers pushed ahead 37 to 32. Then the Mulldogs fought back in front 38 to 37 with two min utes remaining. . , Tall Richard Spitznass . got a free throw and field goal for a 40 fo 38 Cruiser lead. George Zickefoose tied up the fray with 37 seconds to play. Then J. Lloyd Wood ofuled Smith, who made one of his two tries., Tal ent put the ball in play and lost it when a Jim McAbee pass to Wood went astray. Powers then controlled the ball. " The Bulldogs were on top at the .quarter 11 to 7 and the Cruisers at the half 21 to 20. Powers had the rebounding mar gin but McAbee picked off 13 and Mel Wallace nine for Talent. Talent defeated Eagle Point 44 to 38 in the junior varsity preliminary.' ' LINE-UPS: Powers 41 Warner 8 Hess 2 Spitznass 15 Goodman 10 40 Talent 7 Zickefoose 4 M. Wallace 8 McAbee 9 Wood f f c g g Brady 3 12 Thoreson Substitutions For Powers. Wood- ring. Grove 2, Smith 1; for Talent, Ron Weinhold. , f . Gun Club Will Hold Practice This Sunday Practice shooting is scheduled Sunday at Medf ord Gun club. There will be skeet, 16-yard, handicap and doubles activity, Shooting will start at 10 a. m. 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MEDFOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Grants Pass Licks Crater Central Point Grants Pass high's Cavemen, who to all ap perances know the meaning of the word hussle, combined that quality with alertness and rug ged play under the backboards last night to outplay the Crater high Comets .58 to 51 in a bas ketball tangle here. It was the second win of the season for- Grants " Pass over Crater and - more decisive than the 49 to 48 count a week ago. The Comets showed streaks of scrap and were fighting hard at tho finish but were outhustled moi-i of the time by the Cave men who usually got the jump in recovering lose balls. Rugged work by Mel Drews and Ra leigh Burr, ball stealing, tactics of Don James and Jim Reid and Reid's shooting were factors in the Cavemen's win. Two free shots by James after ZVi minutes of the first quarter put Grants Pass in the" lead 5 to 4. The Cavemen1 stayed in front from then on. First quar ter score-was 13 to 10. At . half time the standing was 27 " to 20. Deficit Cut - Grants Pass pulled to a 13 point 41 to 28 margin in the third quarter, but Crater cut the deficit to 43 to 37 by the end of the canto. Fred Hogue's long shot made it 43 to 39 a- half minute into the final stanza but three tip in shots put the Cave men back out of danger'. HOUSE of MYSTERY WHERE THE STEREORAMIC PHOTO ORIGINATED North of fK Open Gold Hill CrMN Throughout ANY SNAPSHOT TAKEN WITHIN THE VORTEX WILL PRODUCE 'A 3D PICTURE. TEST IT! Winter Hours - 9 to 5 ' Under Founder's Management Since 1930 1 h&(ZZP "' jr' -:'- -ft I Wi: 'Ml' :.' .. 1 s P t f r Drews got the first one with a slight assist by Crater's Hogue under the bucket. The GP for ward got the credit for the next but Jim Higinbotham of1 the ' Comets appeared to give the ball the tip that plopped it accident ly in the bucket. Then Drews was swarmed under the basket and it seemed a held ball should have been called but he shook free and got rid of the ball. A -: shot went-up and Burr plunked in the rebound for a 49 to 39 GP count. Grants Pass then. ' built a 56 to 40 lead and closed out with reserves. Reid was high scorer with 21 followed by Harvey Tonn of " Crater with 16 and Hogue with 14. . - r "Grants Pass copped the jun ior varsity opener 44 to 36. Half- : time score was' 21 to 17 and GP ';. was on top only 28 to 26 once : in the last half. Brown and Can- . non each tallied. 11 for Grants i Pass and George Juveland and . Don Goyette each for Crater. ' UN'E-UPS: - t - Grants Pass 58 51 Crater . Reese 4 f ,14 Hotrue " M. Drews f 4 KeUey Tf Burr 10 c 3 Higinbotham 'I Reid 21 g 16 Tonh " James 12 - g ' 5 Parent-- Substitutions For Grants Pass, r Erickson 2, Hayes, Henderson. Uavis, Winger. Bernet. Nevi; for Crater. Tid- well, Johnson 5, Gray 4. Von Buskirk. - FIGHTS Minneapolis: Lauro Salas. 131, Lo Angeles, stopped Mickey Zielke. 136, '- La Crosse. Wis. (6). WE GIVE GOLD ARROW STAMPS
