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Newspaper Page Text0 o o Oo o o n U r G CD o o o ) o ) G, G P. o o o o o EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Grants Pass Coach Says Tornado Can Be Subdued "They can be beaten." Taken from the Grant Pass Daily Courier, that's a pointed remark made by Ray Davis, coach ol the Grants Pass Cave men, concerning the Medford high basketball aggregation. o Medford's Black Tornado is working intensely this week to gee that it doesn't happen, for the two contingents come to- Phoenix Tips Rogue River Phoenix Phoenix high de feated the Rogue River basket ball quint 56 to 50 in a non-loop fracas last night at Rogue River, o The Pirates headed at every intermission, 17 to 12, 26 to 24 And 37 to 34. Phoenix held a 19 to 12 bulge in the second quarter but Rogue River gained a brief and narrow lead before the Chiefs took halftime advan tage. In the second half the scrap was close until near the finish but Phoenix stayed on top. Phoe nix hag an eight-point edge in the closing portion. Better accuracy from the field (paid off for the Pirates, they hit 21 out of 57 goal tries for .368 average. They shot against a zone defense and the majority of their heaves were from the outside. Rogue River cashed in on 19 but of 65 casts for a .292 mark. Rebounds were about even. They favored Phoenix 39 tb 38. All five Phoenix starters made Ggood .contribution to the scor ing. Ron Vreeken of the Pirates was on the sick list, o Rogue River won the jayvee game 59 to 33. LINE-UPS: Phoenix 56 50 Rogue River Bean 16 f 17 Johnson Wall 10 f 10 Daily Madden 11 c 2 Weaver Dahl 8 g 12 Stanfield Korth 9 g 7 Stinchomb Substitutions For Phoenix. Cocks 2. Kelsoe: for Rogue River. Phillips, Tweist. Moore. Towse 2. Morrow. NCAA Video Committee Considers Compromise on Grid Telecasts By STEVE SNIDER New York (U.R) The NjCAA's Television Committee was reported considering today a compromise which would make the controversial "Game of the Week" program more palatable to the Big Ten and Pacific Coast conferences. Under the terms of the pro posed new plan, a single nation- aired for only half the season Qpith regionally televised games permitted for the other half of the schedule. The committee has been in secret session for the last "several days. The powerful Big Ten and Pa cific Coast conferences objected 5 strenuously to the 1954 program which called, 'with slight varia tions for a single game to be tel- ( evised on a national hookup. The new plan would preserve the basic outlines of that program while at the same time granting the Big Ten and PCC at least a portion of what they want. A source close to the situation explained the compromise as f ol- plOWS. .Explained O "Assume there are 10 football Saturdays in the season. On five of those dates there would he the single televised game as in the 1954 program. But on the other five, regional telecasts would be permitted. Under the plan a school might appear once on the national hookup and then a sec ond time on a regional hookuD." While the television problem is a long way from solved, manv Q officials are turning back to re cruiting as me o. 1 neadache. Four of eight district vice-Dresi- dergs mentioned in their reports to the convention that recruiting in oneeway or another is a ma jor worry. Col. D. S. McAlister of the Citadel said schools in the third district generally agreed that Grjdiron Rules Approves Freer Substitutions New York (U.R) The Rules Committee of the American Football Coaches association to- dgy unanimously approved a slate of new rules recommenda Oq tions, including a provision for more liberal substitution. These recommendations now vill be submitted to the NCAA Football Rules committee for formal adoption for the 1955 season. The NCAA committee 9meets here next Monday, Tues day and Wednesday. The proposed" new substitu tion rule, recommended by the 30-man committee headed by Coach Lou Little of Columbia, 6 provides that a player who starts quarter of a game may re-enter She contest once during that period, but a player who does not start the quarter may not 0 re-enter in the same period. Other recommendations pro vided for tighter restrictions on ' the "sucker-shift" and for a three-inch tee for kickoffs in stead of the one-inch tee that has been used. San Francisco adopted an of ficial seal on, November 4, 1852. O v MAIL TRIBUNE gether this week end in South ern Oregon Conference starters. They meet at Medford on Friday night and at Grants Pass on Sat urday. Junior varsity clubs of the two schools scrap in the pre liminaries. The Tornado's last real hard practice for the series was sched uled this afternoon and Coach Frank Roelandt indicated that the drill would follow pretty much the pattern of the Tuesday workout. Defense got a good go ing over in a portion of the workout and offensive polish was sought in a scrimmage. While the scrimmage did not ap pear altogether sharp to a casual observer, Roelandt remarked, "I thought the boys looked pretty good." Roelandt did not comment on game plans other thdn to say that the Tornado is working on its defense and seeking to per fect its offense, a very general statement. Peterson Ailing The Mentor said that Johnny Foust may break into the. start ing five against the Cavemen. Foust, with some fine work in the Cleveland series, has pretty well earned the chance. On top of that Glenn Peterson, tall reg ular forward, has been ill with a cold. Peterson missed both school and practice on Monday, Yesterday he was on hand and saw limited drill. Also on the ailing list yester day was Frank Rector. He was hobbled a bit by an infection from blisters on the sole of his foot but is expected to be ready to take over his regular guard chores on Friday. However, Ed McCullough was working quite a bit at the guard position yes terday. Medford goes into the tussles a favorite with the better record against common foes in pre- conference play. But the Cave men are expected to be fired high as usual for the encounters and a couple of hard, tough ac tions for both schools are fore seen. the NCAA should not get into the enforcement business but there is an alarming trend in that direction." McAlister added that the NCAA rule prohibiting the pay ing of travel expenses for visits of prospective athletes to cam puses gives rise to uncontrolled activities and abuses in "this phase of the procurement pro gram. Morris, Weill Confer on Bouts For R. Marciano New York U.R) Al Weill, manager of Rocky Marciano, was scheduled to arrive in New York today for decisive confer ences with promoter Jim Norris about Marciano's heavyweight title defenses in March and Sep tember. Although Weill, has .his home and his office in New York, he hasn't been here since the day alter Kocky's last fight with Ezzard Charles on Sept. 17. Valdes Preferred Norris prefers a Marciano de fense against Nino Valdes of Cuba in March at San Francis co, Los Angeles or Las Vegas, Nev., and if Rocky keeps the crown a September defense against Don Cockell of England at Yankee stadium or the Polo grounds. Meanwhile, light heavvweisht champion Archie Moore is still yelling for first shot at Mar ciano's crown. But Morris has other plans for Moore. The promoter is trying to arrange a 175-pound title de fense for Ancient Archie against Carl (Bobo) Olson, the middle weight, champion. That bout would be staged in a New York ball park in June. BASKETBALL TUESDAY COLLEGE GAMES By UNITED PRESS East Columbia 75. Syracuse 74 New York University 79. West Vir ginia 78 Manhattan 78. Brieham Younc 75 Boston University 80, Northeastern 65 Sooth Alabama 77. North Carolina f-5 Maryland 68, South Carolina 51 Hampd. Syd. 75. Wm. & Mary 72 Midwest Gonzaga 96. Creighton 80 Nebraska 76, Iowa State 63 Kansas State 90. Oklahoma 82 Missouri 76, Kansas 65 Kent State 77. Toledo 69 Texas Christian 67. Arkansas 62 North Dakota 82. Morningside 71 Wichita 99. Washburn 76 Southwest Rice 61, Texas A and M 41 Southern Methodist 74, Texas 51 West Oregon 69. Washington State 53 Cal Poly 64. Westmont51 University of San Francisco 51 St. Mary's 37 Pacific Lutheran 60. Pueet Soun'd 47 Far East Air Force 73. Portland State 69. Crushed Rock Sand Gravel M. C. LININGER & SONS PHONE 2-5336 or 2-5897 Wednesday, January B 1958 Yellow Cab, Campus Five MIBL Victors Yellow Cab kept pace with Andy's Jewelers for the lead ership of the Medford Independ ent Basketball League with a victory last night and Campus Five had fifth spot after another win. The Cabbies thundered 93 "to 29 over Sacred Heart church for their fourth win in as many league scuffles. Andy's has a like record. The Collegans sub dued Headquarters company of the National Guard 46 to 33. . Don Wendt with 25 points, Johnny Foster with 20 and Ed Hummel with 18 were leaders of the Cab assault. The game marked the debut in the league of Foster, an all-stater while at Central Catholic high school in Portland. He also played for the University of Oregon Frosh and last year was a teammate of Hummel's on the Jewish Com munity center team in Portland. Lee Pendergast had 11 for Sacred Heart. Period scores favored Yellow Cab 30 to 3, 45 to 15 and 71 to 18. Game Knotted Campus Five and the Guard were knotted 4-all at the end of the first quarter but the Col lege team had 17 to 13 and 33 to 23 advantages after the other intermissions. Dick Price had 14 counters and Dick Chapman 12 for Campus and John Drew 12 and Kay Bateman 11 for Headquarters. Andy's Jewelers won their Monday night game 70 to 44 over Sacred Heart. Games tonight are Burelson's versus Company A at 7 o'clock and Skinner s Buick versus Andy's at 8:30 o'clock at the junior high here. Hawkinson's goes to Prospect for 8 p. m. action. Games at the junior high on Thursday are Yellow Cab against Headquarters Com pany and Campus Five against Company A.' Eagle Point plays at Prospect. LINE-UPS: YeUow Cab 93 29 Sacred Heart 3 Harden 1 Murray 5 Weiskamp 1 Pendergast Hummel 18 Foster 20 Stacy 8 Werner 7 f f c g Wendt 25 g 5 widmer Substitutions For Cab, Moore, Hite 7, Harris 2. Kline, Johnson 6; for sacred .Heart, iteaa . Basketball Free Shot Bonus Rule On Way Out; Rapped by Coaches By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San Francisco U.R) After less than half a season of testing the free throw bonus rule in bas ketball is on the way out. From coast to coast, the cage coaches have been attacking the rule that gives a player a bonus of another free throw if he makes the first one. A majority of games Being played right now are won on the free throw line as. a result of the bonus rule," says Coach Phil Woolpert of the University of San Francisco Dons. No matter how good your team may be, it is no cincn to win a DasKetDau uuuicai. ure days due to the silly foul ruie. It should be eliminated." Home Team Benefits Coach Red Foley of t. Mary's, back from a disastrous tour of the midwest, agrees. "We lost three of our five games on the foul lines," said Foley. "In one game, we got 12 free throws, the opposition 28. This is natural, when you are on tour, however." Athletic Director Ed (Moose) Krause of Notre Dame voices the Robinson Favored To Lick Rindone Detroit (U.R) Sugar Ray Robinson, determined to win back the world's middleweight championship he gave up volun tarily in 1952, was a heavy fav orite today to launch his come' back campaign successfully to night with a victory over Joe Rindone in a 10-round non-tele vised bout. Robinson quit the ring two years ago in favor of a song and dance stage career after he tried unsuccessfully to dethrone the then lightheavyweight champion Joey Maxim. The meeting with Rmdone, a Roxbury, Mass., veteran of nine years in the ring, marks Robin son's first official bout in his comeback campaign. He defeat ed Gene Burton in a six-rounder at Hamilton, Ont., last Nov. 29 but that, fight was listed as an exhibition. The honey bee was introduced into the United States - from Europe. For Quality Use ' LININGER'S READY-MIX CONCRETE HE BOUNCES! Ernie Durando of Bayonne, N. J. (right), ' watches Peter Mueller drop to the deck like a falling log in the fourth round at Milwaukee. Durando knocked the German middleweight down three times in this round but Mueller rebounded to knock out Durando in the seventh round. MedfosdTribune siPCDimrs Webf oots Control Boards To Even Series With WSC Pullman, Wash. (U.R) The University of Oregon Ducks con trolled the backboards last night as they evened their series score with Washington State in a 69 55 Northern division basketball victory. WSC took Monday night's sea son opener 63-56. The smoother Ducks grabbed 50 rebounds with Forward Jim Loscutoff and Center Max An derson taking 11 each, while the Cougars could snag only 31 from the backboards. Oregon took an early 4-0 lead same opinion of the bonus rule "The game has become a free throw contest," says Krause. Stan Watts of Brigham Young Utah, is another one who thinks the bonus rule should be elimi nated. "We lost to Colorado and Western Kentucky strictly be cause they won the foul shoot ing contest," says Watts. But Woolpert doesn't have any solution to the bonus rule or any other plans that would alter the foul method of penalty in the game of basketball. Neith er do the other coaches. Growing Pains Basketball, the youngest and fastest gaining of all American sports, is going through growing pains. It probably will have to continue to experiment with the rules for another decade or so before it settles down so that the spectators know what to ex pect . when they go out to the gymnasium at the start of each year. Football, much older, still makes an occasional change such as limited and unlimited substitution. Baseball, older than either, now is pretty much standardized. But the cage game lacks something in the way of rules stabilization something that tan come only with age. THE ALL NEW 1955 Only "2 ((S It's Flair Fashioned and Alive With INCLUDES That Price Heater and Defroster Overdrive 2-tone Paint Air Foam Seat Cushions (front and rear seats) Gas Tank Fuel Filter Full Flow Oil Filter Electric Wipers Large Wheel Covers Stone Shields Tubeless Tires - Safety Rim Wheels - Coat Hooks Oil Bath Air Cleaner Cigar Lighter Prestone Anti-Freeze and Many Other Extras. On Display Now LEEVER MOTORS, Inc. 315 EAST 5TH STREET Your Local Dealer for - DODGE PLYMOUTH & DODGE TRUCKS fc iii iimm Jli ' ' ' ii i i linn i and three minutes went by be- fore WSC got started. Then, while the Ducks piled up points, the Cougars couldn't hit the bas ket for another four and a half' minutes when the score finally reached 14-4. Then WSC pulled within six points of the Ducks and the half time score stood Oregon 32, WSC 26. As the second half opened, the Cougars got within four points, but two quick baskets by Loscutoff and one by Guard Howard Page gave Oregon a 10 point margin. WSC came with in six points once again before Oregon lengthened its lead first to 10 points and finally in the last half minute to 14 points. Page was high point man; for the game with 22. Ron Derfnick was high man for WSC with 20. THE BOX: WSC 55 Bennink f Olson f Beck King f Render c .. Kamps c .. Klock g Carton g .. Perry g Foisy g .. G . 6 . 0 . 2 . 2 . 5 . 1 . 2 2 . 0 . 1 F 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 T 20 2 '5 : 4 10 , 2 4 6 0 2 Totals 21 13 19 55 Oregon 69 Ross f Lostcutoff f Bell f Moore f McClain f M. Anderson c Page g Sherman g - McHugh g B. Anderson g Costig G . 1 .. 7 .. 3 .. 0 .. 0 .... 4 .. 8 0 2 . 1 0 F 3 4 0 0" 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 T 5 18 6 0 0 12 22 0 .4 2 0 Totals 26 17 14 69 Halftime score: Oregon 32 Washing ton State 26. " LIMIT'S SET Olympia (U.R) A limit of 10 pounds and one fish on bass and 25 fish on all other spiny rays was established yesterday by the State Game commission. Nine lakes are affected. They are Cow lake in Adams county, Silver in Cowlitz, Killarney in King, Long in Kitsap, Deer and Twin in Lincoln, Cranberry in Pacific and Silver in Pierce. 75 f.o.b. Medford Beauty The Following Grid Deaths Highest in Five Years New York 0J.R) Fnnthnll fatalities in 1954 took their largest toll in five years as 25 players lost their lives in grid iron accidents, according to a survey conducted by Dr. Floyd B. Easterwood of Los Ancrplfs State College. Dr. Easterwood, chairman of the Committee on Injuries and Fatalities of the American Tnnt- ball Coaches Association, report- ea to tnat group Tuesday night that the 1954 death total was al most 7 per cent higher than the average lor the 23 years during which he has been keeping rec ords. The yearly average for that period is 17.8 fatalities. There were 19 direct and six indirect football fatalities during the past season, he said. The most disturbing figure was the increase from six to 12 in high school direct fatalities. The 1954 overall total compares with 17, 10, 20, 19 and 26 going back to 1949. Two of the direct fatalities came in college football games, two in professional or semi-professional contests and three in unsupervised or saqdlot play. Sixteen of thejl9 direct fatalities resulted from blows to the head. The indirect deaths were caused incidentally by football, such as heart attacks. One of . these claimed Dave Sparks, Washing ton Redskins' lineman, last Dec. 5, after a game against the Cleveland Browns. Sparks' death was attributed to a cor onary thrombosis. In accordance with the reoort. Dr. Eastwood's committee made its strongest recommendations yet with the aim toward reduc ing injuries and deaths. Six of the seven recommendations dealt with physical examinations and medical matters. Here are the committee's rec ommendations: 1. That every football player be required to have a complete physical examination before the season starts and again in mid- season; 2. That no boy with a history of heart abnormalities be allow ed to play; 3, That every concussion be X-rayed immediately; 4. That every serious concus sion be studied with the ence phalogram; 5. That players suffering seri ous concussions be barred from further play; 6. That no institution be allow ed to play a football game unless a physician is on duty ' at the field; " , 7. That continued and increas ing emphasis on tackling and blocking practice throughout the season be maintained. Coleman New President Of Baseball Mentors ; New York (U.R) . Ralph Coleman, baseball coach at Ore gon State college, yesterday was elected president of .the Ameri can Association of College base ball coaches. He succeeds John Kobs of Michigan State. ; Medford's Finest Recapping WINTER 6.00x16 6.50x16 $95 7.60x15 1) 8.00x15 $11 oo u DOWN PUTS ON A SET TODAY 1H h Missouri Shatters Kansas1 Win Streak on Home Court By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer Kansas, three-year king in the Big Seven's hoop contention, saw its coveted 33-game home court winning streak shattered last night by heir-apparent Missouri. Missouri, which stamped itself the league's title favorite by win ning the pre-season tournament last week, opened the official conference season Tuesday by walloping Kansas, 76-65, for the Jayhawks' first loss on their home floor at Lawrence, Kans., since 1951. Kansas, champion or co-cham pion of the circuit for three straight years and in 16 of the league's 26 seasons, made a des perate effort to show its old power and ripped to an 18-10 lead in the first seven minutes. But the sceptre seems to be passing from the men of famed Coach Phog Allen; Missouri spurted to take the lead with 11 straight points and never was headed. At one point Missouri led by 16 points in the second half and breezed home as Bob Reiter's 21 points and Medford Park's 20 led the attack. Eighth in Ten For Missouri, ranked sixth in the nation by the United Press Board of Coaches, it was the MHGrapplers On Thursday Medford high school's first home wrestling match of the sea son is scheduled here Thursday, The tussle will be at 7 p.m. at the high school gymnasium. Il linois Valley is the foe. Tornado Coach Paul Evensen said that 20 or more matches are planned. Twelve of them will count m team scoring. Others will be exhibitions. Medford defeated Illinois Val ley 48 to 10 before Christmas. Evensen said that about the same boys who took part in the previous match will appear Thursday. Paul Eckel, who worked during the Christmas rush, is slated to appear in his first tussle of the season. Others who may appear on the regular card are Fred Baker, Ray Hilton, Ron Lingren,- Cal vin Dalton, Ray Williams, Les Walch, Larry Frazer, Melvin Morgan, Ken Dunlava, Bob Nipps and Bill Dyer. Emeralds Seek Dapp er Services Eugene (U.R) Dick Rich ards, general manager of the Eugene Emeralds of the new Class B Northwect baseball league, said today the club was dickering with Cliff Dapper for the job of manager. of the team. Dapper has been manager of the Billings Mustangs of the class C Pioneer league for the last three years. He piloted the Eu gene Larks to a first division finish in the now defunct Far West league in 1951. TRACTION 11 95 $1195 11 6.70x15 14 95 JOHNSTON STORES 112 SOUTH RIVERSIDE - 01ffi(ScMxftp8slh eighth win in 10 starts and for Kansas the third loss in ' nine games. ,. . Two other games marked op- , ening night action in the Big C . Tt- J a seven as iNeorasKa ouwaea iowa : Stat. 7R.7S.' and Kansas . P.tat ' beat Oklahoma, 90-82. . The Southwest conference also opened with three games Tues-. day night Texas Christian, win ner of the league's pre-season tournament last week, invaded Arkansas and scored a 67-62 vie- ' tory, while Rice trounced Texa$-v A&M, 61-41, and Southern Meth odist routed Texas, 74-51. But a single shot in a game at Tuscaloosa, Ala., was the shot heard around the basketball, world for it traveled 88 feet" and swished through the basket. Paul Bunyan Shot' George Linn, forward on Ala bama, was the author of the "Paul Bunyan basket" in the Crimson Tide's surprisingly easy 77-55 victory over North Caro-' Una. A split second before the ' halftime buzzer, Linn grabbed a rebound under his own goal and fired it one-handed, a la Willie Mays, the length of the ; court and cleanly through the ' cords. It was, figured as the longest basket in the history of any Southeastern team, topping a 63-foot, 7-inch shot by Cliff' Barker of Kentucky in 1949 against Vanderbilt. Linn led Alabama with 21 J points. Lenny Rosenbluth had 26 for North Carolina, but Ala bama never was in serious trou-. ble as it led, 42-29, at halftime and sank 49.3 per cent of its shots including the shot of the century. - . ;- New. Series , OBEDIENCE TRAINING For Pure Bred Dogs Children and Adult Classes Starting JANUARY 6 SOUTHERN OREGON KENNEL CLUB Phone 2-9333 MOVING? Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U - DRIVE o Vans o Stakes and Pickup Trucks Also Avis RENT-A-CAR 'jjumps: SIGNAL TUNE-UP V & REPAIR & Grip Phone 3-361 6th RECAPS New, First Grade Tire Quality at Half the Cost. Here Is a Tread that will do the job in mud or snow yet run quietly on pavement. FULLY GUARANTEED 12 9J 7.10x15 EXCHANGE PRICES OR ON YOUR OWN TIRES.