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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.
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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
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Wendt 25
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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.
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HE BOUNCES! Ernie Durando of Bayonne, N. J. (right), '
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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.
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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 ..
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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
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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
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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.
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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. - . ;-
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