riCHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
TORNADO SIZZLES TO 86 TO 37
OT OVER GRANTS PASS QUINT
TO GAIN LEAGUE LEADERSHIP
SOUTHERN OREGOV
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
V
Med ford . 2
Ashland .. , . 1
Klamath Falls 1
Grants Pass 0
V Vet
0 1.000
1 300
1 .500
2 .000
The roaring gale, better known
is the Black Tornado and ai
readv regarded ' as .Medford
high's best basketball aggrega
tion in many, years was perched
on top the Southern Oregon Con
ference standings today, the only
unmarred quintet in the league.
Whipping up its biggest scor
ing storm in many seasons, the
powerful Tornado flattened the
Grants Pass Cavemen for a two
game series sweep Saturday. The
score was an astounding 86 to
37. It made the 63 to 44 Friday
night Medford hurricane seem a
oaltrv breeze.
So far as can be recalled,, the
bulging total was largest run up
in Coach Frank Roelandt's five
seasons at the Medford helm and
. I t L - - v.. ...... HA4
Xne Dlggest m ycaia uy ii j
ford team. It was the worst
pasting suffered by a Grants Pass
high club in a good long time., -
. Victory for Medford came as
Klamath Falls was - trimming
Ashland 63 to 41 to earn a series
split with the Grizzlies, who won
-' Friday' 49 to 48. Result was to
tie Klamath and Ashland for
second place in the . first week
end's standings and to nush the
defending champion Cavemen
into the cellar.
Proficient and. more than suf
, ficient in most every department,
Medford found the "going hard
for most of one half of the Satur
day encounter as Grants Pass
seemed sharper than on the prev
ious night. The Cavemen gaye
every appearance of making it
a battle all the way.
Count was knotted twice and
the lead switched hands three
times before Medford garnered a
20 to 16 quarter lead. The Cave
men were within .striking dis
tance until the last two min
utes of the half when jump shots,
long and 'close by "Bud; Kastner,
fast break -buckets by Frank
Rector and -Larry Copple arid a
pair of free heaves by.Glenn Pet-
erson . pulled Medford, to a,15-
point 42 to 27. halfway, margin.
Shots Missd y' ; v
Aieaiora missed a good num
ber of shots in the third quarter,
a number of them tip in flurries
under the bucket but still had
command sufficient to outscore
o the Cavemen 17 to 8 .for a 59
Ft 4 Off 3 : . i 41 1 -J r . I
I period. F . r , . .
Final quarter 'saw, the "boiling
.Tornado run up' 27. points on
seven field goal's and -13 free
1 4 L "I . n J . .
uui5 wmie iranis jrass got a
meager : two markers on free
heaves, both in the closing min
utes. - Reserves of both teams
Ss finished out the fracas. Med
ford had four reserves in' with
4V minutes yet to play in the
mix and a complete, reserve unit
the last three minutes. -' Grants
Pass substitutes saw "duty the
last half i of the final auarter.
. Fifteen Cavemert andt 12 Med-
fordites played.
The Tornado's ; higher. . degree
of polish, great SDeedf ine ball-
i in i ' , . .
xidiiuiiug, snarper snooting ana
control of the ball paid off in
the ' triumph. Medford's fast
break sizzled at times and, when
Eagle Point
Slaps Talent
agle Point Eagle Point
high basketeers evened the score
for a previous setback" Saturday
night with a 47 to 30 triumph
over; a cold Talent Bulldog
crew. .
The clubs were even in back
board work with 35 retrieves
each but from the field the
Eagles shot 20 in 51 attempts
for a .392 average while Talent
flipped in only nine in 50 tries
for a J 80 record.
Nelson was high scorer for
the Eagles with 17 and Bill Cald
well got 12. Jack Greb of Eagle
Point and George Zickefoose and
Mel Wallace of Talent each put
in 10. - -
in the previous meeting . at
Talent in December, the Bull
dogs won 57 to 37.
Eagle Point also won the Sat-
urday junior varsity mix, 37 to
28.
tlNE-UPS:
Eagle Point 47
Nelson 17
Christian 3 .
Caldwell 12
Greb 10 .
Tuttle '
.30 Talent
10- Zickefoose
10 M. Wallace
4 McAbee
f
t
c
K
It
3 Wood
3 Thoreson
Substitutions-:-For Eagle Point: Bit
terling 1. Cave. Mason. Wyatt. Friend
4; for Talent: Ron Weinhold. Hoffman.
Grade Leagues
Open This Week
Medford grade school -basket
ball teams begin league activity
this week. Both junior varsities
and varsities will contend.
Junior, varsity play, starts first
with games on Tuesday. Roose
velt will go to Lincoln and Wash
ington to Jaekson. " c
Varsity games will be on
Thursday through the season.
This week it will be Lincoln at
Roosevelt and Jackson at Wash
ington. '
Dead line for Sunday Classified lj
at noon Saturday. 1
MAIL TRIBUNE
the Cavemen defense was set,
the pear city gang was able to
hit from long range or work the
ball in deftly for close in shots.
Glenn Peterson witn 14 re
bounds and Jerry Kalapus with
13 helped Medford clear the
boards 39 to 23 and the Tornado
had possession of . the ball the
biggest percentage of the time.
Discounting tip in misses, Med
ford sans Detter tnan 50 per
cent of its field shots, 31 out of
60. Grants Pass got only 14
field goals and Medford was tops
at the free line, 24 to 9.
Balance in scoring was an
other feature. Copple got 18 and
Kalapus 17. Kastner, not usual
ly a heavy scorer but highly ef
fective as a feeder and defender,
picked up 13 counters,-as did
Rector.- Raleigh Burr, more ef
fective with his whirling iumo
shot from -the -key than on Fri
day, led Grants Pass with 12
poims ana iouiea out witn six
minutes left to play. Reid scored
11 for the Cavemen.
Reid got the first point of the
game on a free shot but Kalapus
hit close in and Rector from far
out for a 4 to 1 Medford lead.
Jay Reese cut it to 4 to 3 but
Medford worked the ball in close
to Kalapus for 6 to 3. Copple
added a fielder on a break fol
lowing a dump ball and Rector
put in a free one for 9 to 3.
urants rass tied it with a
hook by Burr and longies by
Reid and Don James. Rector
sank a long jumper for Hi to 9
for Medford." Reid hit from far
out to deadlock. the mix again.
Reese got a charity1 toss for a
12 to 11 Caveman advantage but
with 2V2. minutes left in the
quarter- Kastner flipped in a
long one-hander for 13 to 12.
Medford led the rest of the way.
When reserves took over in
the fourth quarter it was Bob
Tisdel who was the Medford
cog as the Cavemen had trouble
even with 'their ! free shooting.
Tisdel picked up two field goals
and three free shots to head the
finishing crew in scoring.
, Copple and Kalapus each had
Red Raiders
Defeat OCE
By UNITED PRESS
With a total of 31 points piled
up by Don Porter, Linfield col
lege Saturday night downed Wil
lamette university 72-69 in
Northwest conference basketball
play. That gave Linfield a split
series with the -Bearcats who
won Friday night 80-69.
In Caldwell, Idaho, the Col
lege of .Idaho made it . two
straight over Lewis and Clark
in another conference game,
beating the Pioneers 60-41. The
College of Idaho cagers were
victorious over the invaders the
night before, too downing the
Pioneers 84-69. -
Badgers Roll On
In the Oregon collegiate con
ference. Southern Oregon spilled
Oregon College of Education, 87-
78, for its fourth conference vic
tory."
In Seattle, despite a late rally
Eastern Oregon College of Edu
cation was taken by .Seattle Pa
cific, 72-69.
The unbeaten Pacific Badgers
made a sweep of their Northwest
conference series with Whitman
in Walla Walla, Saturday, 76-64
It was their 11th straight victory
of the season. Friday the Badg
ers downed Whitman 68-55. .
BASKETBALL
SATURDAY COLLEGE GAMES:
East
Temple 58 Lehigh 43
. LaSalle 102 Brandeis 56
Pennsylvania 83 Princeton 75
Dayton 59 Villanova 52
Niagara 85 St. Bona venture 61
Notre Dame 93 NYU 74 -Boston
Univ. 73 Army 70
Holy Cross 102 Boston College 63
Harvard 59 Brown 55,
Colgate 77 Hobart 63
Columbia 72 Yale 56 -
Cornell 70 -Dartmouth 66
St. Francis Pa.) 82 Duquesne 72
l Fordham-71 Rutgers 65 .
Penn State 84 Navy 64
Seton HaU 84 Loyola (Md. 71" "
Manhattan 84 St. Peters 75
Syracuse 92 Sampson AFB 77
South .. ..
Georgia Tech 59 Kentucky 58
Alabama 70 Mississippi 59 -
.Carnegie Tech 70 West Virginia 69
.- Maryland 71 Clemson 63
N. Carolina State 96 Duke 91
Tulane 35 Florida 74
Furman 154 The Citadel 67
. Richmond 72 .George Washington 67
lieorgla 76 LSU 70
North Carolina 95 Wake Forest -78
Vanderbilt 73 Tennessee 69 -
Virginia 106 VMI 84
Western Kentucky 71 Murray St 70
Midwest
Marquette 97 Bradley 73
. Kansas State 78 Iowa State 77
Minnesota 81 Iowa 80
Michigan 88 Ohio State 81
Missouri 69 Nebraska 57 .
." Purdue 78 Northwestern 77
Detroit 62 Oklahoma A&M 5 .
Southwest
Wichita 78 Houston 67
- Texas-A&M -62 Arkansas 59 - - -- - --
Southern Methodist 76 Rice 67 '
. Tulsa 71 Oklahoma City. 68. . .
. Colorado 61 Oklahoma 55, . . .
Utah 69 New Mexico 39
Baylor ,85 Texas 67 ' . ' J '
West
Brigham Young 90 Denver 68
Idaho 52 Washington 44
Colo.-Western 85 Colo.Coll:-53
Idaho State 71 Montana State 57
UCLA 91 Stanford 75
USC 81 California 65 :
Pepperdine 95 Portland 74 "
Oregon State 56 Wash, State 52
Wyoming 65 Utah State 60
Colorado St. 92 Colo. Mines 43
Colorado A&M 75 Montana 58
Col. of Ida. 60 Lewis and Clark 41
OSC Rooks 70 LCJC 53
Linfield 72 Willamette 69
Pacific 76-Whitman 64
Oregon -Teeh - 50 Shasta JC ' 45 - -
S. Oregon 87 OCE 78
Seattle-Pacific 72 OC 68 -
Monday, January 10. 1955
eight, field goals for Medford,
Copple getting his on a variety
of fast break, hook, long and
jump - shots. Kalapus potted
three on feeds, three on tips
and one on a pusher. Rector,
like Copple gox his six with
variety. Peterson put in seven
out of 10 free shots. ..
While to some fans the GP
victories could have seemed the
Tornado ultimate; Coach Roe-
landt indicated that the Med
fordites will .work on continued
improvement. Defense work this
week will be toned toward meet
ing Ashland's anticipated of
fense. The Tornado goes against
Ashland here Friday, and there
Saturday.' . -,
BOX:
Medford fg
Kastner. f v4
Foust, f .... . . 1
Kalapus, c x . ... 8
L Copple. z 8
Rector, g .. 6
Peterson . 1 '
McCull'ough i 0
McLaughlin . ... 0 ,
ft pf tp
a
1
1
2
1 :
7,
2
3 13
0
2
4
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
Tisdel . 23
Cochran 0 0
Ueakins
Reinking ...
31 24 86
Grants Pass
Reese, f
Drews, f
fg ft pf tp
2
.... 0
.. 5
.. 4
1
2
1
3
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
5
1
3
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
Burr, c .
Reid. g
James, g
Eriekson
Mendenhall .'
Hayes 1
Winger
Bernet : ,
Davis , ..
Nevi
Henderson
Hermann ...
Brickel
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14 9 21 . 37
Trojans Eye
Tiffs With
UCLA Crew
By NORMAN RITTER
United Press Sports Writer
Southern . California looked
forward to a rugged series with
UCLA and Oregon State started
preparations for Washington, to
day, after an opening weekend
of Pacific Coast Conference play
that saw both defending division
champs make strong bids to re
peat in 1955. -
'Forrest Twogood's Trojans,
last year's; NCAA reeional
champs but only mediocre per
formers in preseason play this
year, started fast with a pair of
wins over highly rated Califor
nia. They move into Westwood's
roundly criticized "crackerbox"
Friday for a crucial series with
the Bruins, who split with Stan
f ard over the weekend.
Feature Engagements .
The feature engagement in the
Northwest finds . Oregon State
hosting the dark horse Huskies
Friday and Saturday in Gill
Coliseum. The tall Beavers, with
Wade (Swede) Halbrook back in
action but scoring only modest
ly, appeared to. have recovered
from their disastrous Decem
ber as they hammered, out a
twin win over Washington State
in their inaugural loop series.
Huskies-Idaho Split
The Huskies have a 1-1 league
mark after splitting with, Idaho.
Other PCC action this week
end finds Stanford and Califor
nia in a two game home-and-home
series " that opens . Friday
in Berkeley and Oregon at
Idaho. - .- ,
A fast week of California Bas
ketball Association play begins
tonight with St... Mary's, " loser
in two league starts, tangling
with Santa Clara (1-1) in the San
Jose Auditorium, and University
of - San Francisco playing San
Jose State in San - Francisco's
Kezar Pavilion. -". : -
Court May Rule
Today on Boxing
. Washington ' (U.RX.-- The Su
preme Court may decide today
whether big time boxing can' be
regulated by the federal govern
ment; ::..,.v-;i..
The high court meeting at
noon,- (EST) after a one-month
recess, may hand down a ruling
in the government's anti-trust
suit against the International
Boxing clubs of New York and
Chicago. Boxing czar James D.
Norris, Arthur M. WirtzY and
the Madison Square Garden
Corp.,. own 80 per cent of the
two clubs. -; - .
The ruling would decidewhe-
uier Doxing. uniiKe nroiessionai
baseball is in ' interstate " com
merce and, subject ... -to federal
laws against monopoly and re
straint of trade.
High School Scores
SATURDAY GAMES:
, Central Catholic 55 Lincoln 38
" Wy'Sast 51 White Salmon 35
Klamath falls 63 Ashland 41
. Culver .60, St. Marys (The, Dalles) 47
. Roseburff 49 Reeds port 42
Richland 38 Huntington 26
Moro 47 Cascade Locks 38
' Tillamook 58 Parkrose'50 ,vV
Stanfield! 60 Pilot Rock 43
: Hood' River 66 The Dalles 65 :
Medford 86 Grants Pass 37
La Grande 34 Mac-Hi 25 v
Trout Lake 65 Condon 60
- Bend 51 Madras 40
Burns 72 Grant Union 67
. Bandon 69 Pleasant Hill 65
Harrisburg 41 Monroe 40
. Sisters 48 Maupin 35
' North Bend 64 Marshfield 57 .
Lakeview 70 Alturas. Calif. 37
---Springfield 60 St. Francis-54 '
St. Helens 75 Franklin 68
K. Salem 52 Cleveland 60
MEDFOaiviiTRlBUMI
SLPCDDBTTS
OSC Sweeps WSC Series;
Webfoots Take on Cougars
Eugene u jj The Univet-
sity . of Oregon takes on Wash
ington State's ' Cougars tonight
in their first meeting of the 1955
Northern division basketball
season at McArthur court. The
two teams will meet again to
morrow night. ,
Washington State took a two
game beating by Oregon State
Friday and Saturday nights and
Oregon earlier split with .the
Cougars 1-1 at Pullman. . t
. Corvallis -4U.R) The ; Oregon
State Beavers pulled a close
game out of the fire in the sec
ond half Saturday night to de
feat the Washington State cage
squad 56-52. That made it , two
in a row for the Beavers who
Friday night had a ; 7058 edge
over the Cougars.
The Cougars had the defend
ing Northern : Division champs
tied up three times in the' first
Collegians
Thump Pros
In Hula Bowl
Honolulu OJ.R) - The all
around performance of Colora
do's winged footed Carroll
Hardy received most of the cred
it today for the College football
All-Stars surprisingly easy 33
13 victory over the pro-studded
Hawaii All-Stars in the - ninth
annual Hula bowl.
Carroll gave way to his back
field ' mates in the scoring de
partment. But his faultless run
ning "through the weak Hawaii
line and his long range punting,
which averaged more than 50
yards in four boots, earned him
the Governor's cup as the game's
outstanding player.
Larson' Pilots
California's 7 stellar : quarter
back, Paul Larson, piloted the
collegian attack and accounted
for three touchdowns to lead
the scoring parade. He set up
another touchdown with a 40
yard pass to Berkeley teammate,
Jim Hanifan. UCLA's Primo-Vil-
lanueva ploughed over from the
three for the score.
.Dick Moegle of Rice put the
college stars out in front in the
opening period with a -"scoring
plunge from the one yard line.
The play was set up by a 24
yard run by Hardy. - -
Villanueva scored in the sec
ond period and then Larscn took
over. ;
SNEAD TRIUMPHS
Miami Beach, Fla. i (U.R) ,
There was bad news today for
all the . professionals on golf's
tournament trail . Sammy
Snead's back is better. The
veteran'White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va., long-ball hitter proved
it by winning first prize in the
one-day McNaughton Pro-Ama-
ture Golf tournament Sunday. ;
PATTY WINNER
Paris, France (U.R) Budge
Patty of Los Angeles turned
back Wimbledon champion Jaro
slav Droby of Egypt, 11-9, 6-2,
12-10, yesterday to win the men's
singles crown in the Pierre Gil-
lou tennis tournament. Angela
Buxton of Great Britain defeat
ed France's Susan Chatrier, 6-4,
6-1, in the -women's final.
6,000 AT HOOD ;
Government Camp (U.R)
More than 6000 snow enthusi
asts enjoyed the clear skies and
two inches of fresh snow in the
Mt. Hood winter sports area for
the second straight weekend, ac
cording to Forest Service Rang
er, Jim Ralph. . ' ,
Bowling
ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE
Standings , W
Royal Club ......... 3
Hoopers Radiator Service 3
Star Body Works . 3
Shoe Dogs 3
Lamport . 2
Continental Lumber Co. 2
Lorenz Co. j
Pine Tree Market 1
Kom-Pak. Trailers 1
State Forest Patrol ' 1
L
1
1
1
1
2
' 2
3
3
3
3
Shoe Docs 3 .
W Eberius 443"
D Kline . 413
B Wright ...; 360
E Floate 460
D Wunderlich 473
Handicap 135
2284
Kom-Pak I
A Andrew .. 388
C Birchfield ..532
B Thornton 365
L Moser 401
H Frye 559
2243
Forest Patrol 1
B Van Hoy 376
H Smets 378
H Brock 466
J B radish 436
T Maul 411
Handicap 141
Star Body J
T Mitchell 557
H Gegner 468
C Emery . 452
D Graham 441
L. Graham 453
2198
2371
Pine Tree 1
L Bex
F Martin
J Henkle
S Mallon
D Kreer
Handicap
Royal CIna 3 .
B Fehl 553
L Smith . . 440
C Hampson 549
I Bollinger 442
F Knox 419
501
, 441
383
390
474
.141
.2330
2403
Hooper's
D Lewis
D Burns .
B Slead
G Dayoa
H Vallee .
Lorena c. 1 ,
- 454 C McWhorter 452
- 462 J Mathes 464
- 441 ! W Gottfried 338
-- 523 D McCormack. 502
- 571 B Tye 408
Handicap 144
2451 ; . 2308
Lamport's 2
B Piche .., 567
B Meyers 493
B Coy . 442
S Van Dyke ..473
J Farrar - 480
Continental 2
; H AUeri 486
- S Van Sickle 506
- E Isaacs . 437
L Knapo 504
. V Allen 479
Handicap -..-.-9
3435
half and worked up a lead which
they kept until half time when
the score stood at 31-26.
Cougars Lead'" .' 4- 'v-'.
Starting the secopd half, the
Cougars piled up a 38-30 lead
when Ronnie Bennink made two
free throws on a foul by . Jay
Dean. Then Oregon State start
ed whittling : down the margin
and finally took the lead, 46-45,
when Larry Paulus " went ." the
full length of the floor for a
lay-in. "
High point. man for the game
was Washington State's Ronnie
Bennink with 14. He was fol
lowed by Oregon State's tall
Wade (Swede) Halbrook with 13.
Gene Littler
Triumphs in
LA Golf Open
Inglewood, Calif. U.R)
Little Gene Littler, voted by
fellow professionals as "the man
most likely to succeed," today
credited exceptional luck with
his chipping irons for his vic
tory Sunday in the $32,500 Los
Angeles open golf tournament.
.. Gene, 24-year-old former na
tional amateur champion from
Palm Springs, Calif., whipped
the best, the world has to offer
in. the way of golf competition
as he shot his, third consecutive
sub-par round Sunday and came
in with a 276 total for 72 holes.
"I chipped in three shots from
as far away as 60 feet during
this tournament," said Gene.
"That's more than I chipped in
all last year."
Kroll Second ,
How important those . chips
were is shown in the final stand
ings: Gene - won by only two
strokes over veteran Ted Kroll
of Bethesda, Md. 1
Following Kroll in the money
standings came veteran Johnny
Bulla of Pittsburgh, Pa., who
made one of his best showings
as he came in with a.279. Kroll
collected $2780 for second and
Bulla S2100 for third;
There was a three-way tie for
fourth place at 280 between Ul
rich, Rochester, Minn., Johnny
Palmer, Charlotte, N.C., and
Doug Ford, -Kiamesha - Lake,
N.Y. They each collected $1,300.
Los Angeles: (U.R) Ore
gori's amateur entries in the Los
Angeles Open golf tournament
finished well down the line with
a 76 yesterday for a total of
307. ::r'--:-i,y,::.,.
Ralph Dichter of Gearhart
wound up with a 308.
JV Cagers
Skid By GP
Junior varsity ' hoopmen of
Medford high still had their un
blemished record intact today
but - only after a " close call at
Grants Pass Saturday night.
The junior Tornado which had
sailed over the Grants Pass jay-
vees with comparative ease on
Friday, found the going rough
er Saturday and skidded by with
a 30 to 26 decision in the pre
liminary to the varsity battle in
the climate city. It was the 10th
victory of the year for the Med
ford quintet.
Stalling Helps
Medford utilized a stall the
last five minutes of the mix-up
to stabilize and achieve the
win. The jayvees from Medford
had a 24 to 20 margin at one
time but saw GP pull in front
26 to 24. Richard Puhl put
tnrougn a shot that knotted the
game. Larry' Gober put Med
ford on top 28 to 26 and, after
the Tornado had lost the ball
once and then recovered, Puhl
passed into Larry Perkins who
dunked in the clincher. -
urants Pass was on top at
half time 16 to 15.
Charles Inskeep and Gober
for Medford and Brown for
Grants Pass each got seven
points for the scoring honors.
LINE-UPS:
Medford JV 39 -26 G. Pass JV
D Copple 2 f ' 7 Brown
Inskeep 7 f 6 Haugen
Slessler 2 e - 5 Weller
Puhl 4 g 3 Cannon
Perkins 4 g 5 Taylor
Substitutions For Medford. Hawley
4. Gober 7; Sides; for Grants Pass:
Green.
USE THE SERVICES OF
"Safe Repair
Experts and
Consultants"
The Portland
Safe Company
332 S.W. 11th Ave., Portland
Will be doing bank work here
SATURDAY, JAN. 8th
Through TUES., JAN. 11th
Contact: Mr. Clifford Hunt,
eo First Nat. . Bank of Port
land, Saturday and Sunday.
Either new or old branch.
Monday and Tuesday, old
branch only! - -" .--.
Rogue Loop
Will Start
This Friday
i Play opens this week in south
ern Oregon's newest high school
basketball conference and con
tinues in two others.
It's the Rogue League- 'which
has its inaugural with Illinois
Valley at Phoenix and Eagle
Point against Crater at Central
Point on Friday; Crater will go
to Eagle Point on Saturday while
Phoenix travels to Cave Junc
tion to meet Illinois Valley
again. , . .
, The " four schools were mem
bers of the JDJ league which
disbanded at the end of last
school year. Myrtle Creek and
Glendale, JDJ members, went
into the Umpqua league. Eagle
Point . is-the favorite as the
Rogue circuit opens. Crater, Il
linois -Valley and Myrtle Creek
knotted for the JDJ toga last
year.: - '"
Schools of the' Rogue league
technically are members of the
Southern Oregon conference
which includes the Big Four,
Ashland, Medford, Grants. Pass
and Klamath Falls. All eight
plus Henley and Brookings are
in Class A, .District 4. Rogue
loop tussles, as now set up, have
no bearing in the district title
race. A Little Six tourney, in
cluding Brookings and Henley,
and set for March 24, 25 and
26, will determine the division
winner which will play the Big
Four champion. Details of the
Little Six play-off are to be set
up at a meeting Wednesday at
Central Point. J '.
Crater, idle since December
30, warms up for the conference
with a non-league game against
Rogue River at ' Central Point
on Tuesday night. The Comets
won 'an earlier, fray from the
Chiefs.
; In the. Southern Oregon con
ference Big Four this week end
Medford s powerful Black Tor
nado plays Ashland. Tussles will
be here on Friday and at Ash
land on Saturday. Grants Pass
will go to Klamath Falls, i .
Jackson County B- league
struggles are Prospect at Jack
sonville, St. Mary's at Talent and
Butte Falls at Rogue River.
Ashland Ashland's Grizzlies
without the services of back
board ace Jim Sutherline were
a match for Klamath Falls for
only one quarter Saturday" night
and the Pelicans won the South
ern .Oregon , conference-. . prep
hoop encounter 63 to 41 to split
the series.
The Grizzlies won 49 to 48 oh
Friday. . -.. ";-'
Sutherliri suffered a locked
knee - getting up off a daveno
Saturday afternoon and was un
able to 9 play; He was at ; the
game on crutches. : Without him
the Ashland defense couldn't
stand up to the Klamath attack.
; The Pels had quarterly: spreads
of 17 to 16, 30 to 20 and 48 to 32.
LINE-UPS:
Klamath 63
Munsell 16
YarneU 2
D'Ollvo 20 ,
Sunitsch 8 '
Causey 8 .
41 Ashland
6 Baker
2 Sword
12 Parent
9 Johnson
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4 Mickle
Substitutions
For Klamath: Todd 4.
People 1, Perkins 2. Blanchard 2; for
Ashland: Carter 2, Schultz 1. Lemley 6.
GARCIA FAVORED
New. York (U.R) Muscular
Rudy Garcia - of, Los t Angeles,
fourth -. ranking"; featherweight
contender, ; starts his drive - to
night for a 1955 shot at the 126
pound crown by meeting slick
Bobby Bell of Youhgstown, O.,
in a TV 10-rounder at Brook
lyn's Eastern parkway arena. .
Green Bay, Wis. U.R)
Clay to n - Tonnemaker,, 1954
Green Bay ' Packer captain and
line backer, has retired from
professional ball.
(pro)
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Kentucky V Streak Ended
By Upstart Georgia Tech
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United, Prfss Sports Writer
To a . basketball world com
pletely flabbergasted by Ken
tucky's streak-smashing loss to
Georgia Tech in one of the great
est upsets of all time, ; disap
pointed Coach Adolph Rupp ad
mitted today, "It was no fluke."
Nothing could have amazed
court fans any more than Sat
urday night's final score at Lex
ington, Ky. Georgia Tech 59,
Kentucky 58.-
Joe Helms, smallest man on
the Tech team, pulled the trig
ger on the upset when he stole
the ball' with only seconds left,
dribbled in and let fly with a
push shot that swished through
the basket with three seconds
left to play. At one stunning
stroke, the basket smashed Ken
tucky "records of 32 straight vic
tories over a two-year span, sev
en short of the all-time record;
129 straight home victories over
an 11-year span; and an unbeat-
Yellow Cab;
Trims Yreka
74-61
Medford's Yellow Cab bask
etball quint, " with some . scoring
zip at the finish and much need
ed at that, defeated the Yreka
All-Stars 74 ; to 61 in an inde
pendent scrap Saturday night at
the St. Mary's gym here.
The Cabbies were ahead at
every intermission but their
margin was only a slim 60 to 59
at one time in the fourth quar
ter. Then Ed Hummel, Don Har
ris and Johnny Foster clicked
to help the Medford team pull
away.
. The members of the Medford
Independent league hope to ex
tend their conquests further to
night at Myrtle Creek where
they plav the Firmco team. Yel
low Cab has a league encounter
with Skinners here on Wednes
day night and next Saturday will
vie in what may be the top scuf
fle on the local independent
scene this season. Martin Bro
thers Sign, company, . Eugene,
will meet the Cab team at the
St. Mary's gym.- - -l :1
A good many, fans here saw
the Eugene crew win the state
AAU title two years ago when
it carried the Everybody's Drug
standard. The club successfully
defended its title last year.
, Playing before a crowd of 80
to 100 people, Yellow Cab had
margins at the quarters of 13
to 6, 33 to 23 and 48 to 43 in
the Yreka brush. MacGregor of
Yreka piled up 32 points. Fost
er , got 22 and Hummel 21 for
the Cabbies.
LINE-UPS:
Yellow Cab 74
Hummel 21
Foster 22 . kV-1
Stacy 4
Wendt 11
1 Yreka
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5 Clark
Bradbory
10. Sherman
32 MacGregor
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Werner 2
' snaveiy
Substitutions For Yellow Cab:
Hite' 5. Johnson. Harris' 9. Bernheisel,
Moore: for Yreka: Parham.14. Faso-
letti, Hodsen. r -.
Northwest Loop
Now Organized
Yakima (U.R) The North
west Baseball league, successor
to- the defunct Western Interna
tional league, has been officially
organized.
The league was tentatively or
ganized Saturday -as a seven-
team circuit. 'President Arthur
H. Pohlman of : Wenatchee was
instructed to attempt to obtain
an eighth team within the next
two weeks. ' ; r
Opening date of the Northwest
league is scheduled for April 26
to run through Labor day. .
Teams in the league include
Wenatchee, ' Yakima, Tri-City,
Salem, ' Lewiston," Ida., and Eu
gene. -,
ATT HTHIIE
LLfL
en string of 70 games over a
15-year span at home against
Southeastern conference foes.
Tech Record Poor :
The Engineers had a 2-22 rec
ord last year, 2-4 this year, and
only two nights before had been .
beaten by Sewanee.
Moved Jo Early Lead
Kentucky moved to an early
seven-point lead but Tech
caught up at 16-16 and led at
halftime, 26-23. Tech led through
most of the second half but
Kentucky gained the lead with
less than two minutes to play,
setting the stage ' for the stun
ning climax.
Kentucky's downfall over
shadowed two other surprises
that would have been "shock
ers" on another night Duqwes
ne's 82-72 loss to St. Francis of
Pennsylvania,,: and Richmond's
72-67 triumph over George
Washington. v
Kentucky's 1 o s s also stole
the - headlines from Furman's
154-67,- victory over Citadel
believed by the NCAA to be the
greatest score ever run up by
one; major, college against an
other. Darrell, Floyd, Furman's
"new Frank Selvy," scored 50.
ix Tips
Rogue River
Phoenix Phoenix high
scored its second verdict of the
season', over the Rogue River
high basketball club, tripping
the Chieftains 50 to 43 here Sat
urday. The . Pirates had won -a
Tuesday tilt 56 to 50.
It was a slow starting game
and both teams shot poorly.
Phoenix was in front throughout
with quarterly spreads of 10 to
6, 29 to 19 and 43 to 30.
Charles Wall, a led "without
a great deal of experience, play
ed an outstanding game for
Phoenix. Clete Daily stood out
for his rebounding; ;andi floor
game for the Chiefs and'; Ted
Stanfield and Gary" Johnson
came through in good style, al
though Johnson -was . rather ef
fectively guarded by the Pirate's
Jim Korth., ; . ,- -
Phoenix shot at a .211 average
from" the field and the Rogue
River mark was 1245 I
LINE-UPS: :
Phoenix 51
Bean 10 ,.
Madden 10
43
Roma River
12 Stanfield
: - 9 Johnson
- 10 Daily
" Stinchcomb
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I Wall 11
Dahl 6 '
Korth 9
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3 Moore
Substitutions -For Phoenix: Oldham
2, Cocks. Vreeken 3: for Rogue River:
Tweist 8. Morrow, Phillips.
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