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Newspaper Page TextI V t; roftD (diusfidit) mail TWtmi: SOUTHERN OREGON j? CONFERENCE STANDINGS W. 1,. Pet. Medford , .4 . 0 1.000 J 1 .750 Klamath Falls I Ashland Grants Pass .X ,3 .250 .0 4 00 The idea that environment "makes" a team may have some basis. But, those who. may ad here to the theory can put down Medford's basketball Black Tor nado as a notable exception. When Medford wound up its preconference slate with a 7-1 record, there was specula tidn that the Tornado's fine showing was the result of having played six of its games at home. Then along came conference games to prove that Medford is not just ; a home court team. The Black Tornado's most imposing victor les have been in rival gymna siums. And, the latest was on the floor of the Ashland Griz zlies. , ' , Medford thundered over Ash land 85 to 38 in the Lithia city on Saturday night to run up its f econd highest score and second widest margin of the season. The 47-point triumph gave Medford two straight in its week end Southern Oregon Conference series with Ashland and kept the Tornado at the head of the loop with a spotless record in four games. Medford won Fri day 71 to 46. 1 ' -Crucial Coming Meanwhile, Klamath Falls re mained a game behind the Tor nado. The Pelicans, paced by Dave D'Olivo's 25 tallies, whip ped Grants Pass 41 to 29 Sat urday after a 53 to 41 Friday decision over the Cavemen. Weekend results put a crucial label on the Medford-Klamath series here Friday and Saturday. A sweep by Medford would put the Tornado in the driver's seat for the second half of the loop campaign. First half of play ends with the Pel -series. Klamath can take over first place by win ning both games. ," v.v , The Tornado got off to sput tering start Saturday night, Ash land held the Medford fast break in check to a fair degree and Tornado reserves were in the fracas much of the way. But the Medford score mounted with the same ease as it did in the 86 to 37 win over Grants Pass the pre-, vious week.' The loop leaders worked the ball in well for close shots and controlled the boards. Ashland got a four-point jump in the tangle but the Tornado Settled to the task and, after the lead switched three times, was ahead for keeps. Medford tan away to a 22 to 10 margin at the end of the first quarter. It gained one 24-point 40-18 spread in the second period and led by 19 points, 42 to 23, at the half. The lead was stretched to 33 points in the third quarter which ended 68 to 35. .... Reserves Play Full Quarter Medford reserves played the entire final quarter holding Ash land, which also concluded with subs, to three points, all on free shots. The? got 17 counters them selves.' The Tornado reservists finished out the second and third stanzas for Medford, see ing action for a total of about lb quarters. Thirteen men were in the tiff for Medford and At for Ashland. All but one Med f ordite got into the scoring col umn and Dick Mclaughlin got his first points of the 'season for the Tornado. '. . -J7 ; - Buckets by Jerry Mickle and Harry Johnson gave Ashland its jump at the beginning. But Glenn Peterson got a free goal, Frank Rector counted from the field on a fast break and Larry Copple hit from a corner, for a 5 to 4 Medford edge. . Gene Par ent put Ashland back in front with free tosses but Copple UO Squeak By JVandqls Moscow, Ida. U.fi) The: Uni versity of Oregon Ducks narrow ly scored a 41-40 victory over the University Of Idaho Vandals in1 a northern division basket ball session here Saturday. . At one point in the first half, Idaho held the ball for seven minutes without attempting a shot : when . Oregon went into zone defense. In the second half, Oregon stalled so long that Idaho forward Harlan Melton and Oregon center Jim Loscutoff began playing Tic-Tac-Toe hear the sidelines. r-'.- -. ? : j The half ended 19 to 15 for Idaho. - b -;? .. j Tip In's Pay. ,; 77 In the second half, Loscutoff s ability to tip In missed attempted field; goals began to pay off. With two and' one half minutes gone, he1 scored the first Oregon field goal in 12V4 minutes and, moments later, put Oregon ahead 22-21. --. . .. -. . e Idaho went ahead 23-22 with five minutes gone but a field goal by forward Ray Bell put Oregon ahead for a . lead that was never lost. - ' Buhler was high point man of the game with 16. High scorer for Orjsgon was Loscutoff with 15.. . U ieiiBraniBB ft found the range from the corner again for a Medford advantage of 7 to 6. The Tornado led there after Medford was able to get in close for the bulk of its shots. That fact and a 56 to 32 margin in rebound retrieving were big factors in' the Tornado victory. With 32 field goals in 63 tries Medford averaged over the .500 mark for the third straight time. In individual scoring Copple rolled up 24 and Jerry Kalapus 17 for Medford and Gene Par ent 15 for Ashland. Kalapus controlled 16 rebounds for Med ford, McLaughlin nine and Pet erson eight. Bud Kastner and Sword pulled down seven and Bill Cochran got five each. Phil Jack Tobiasson five for Ashland. Stone, DeVore, Eckel On Sh rine Grid Sq uad Halfback Rocky Stone, Center Mike ;DeVore : and . Guard Paul Eckel, all of Med ford. high, were named Sun day to the 'state squad which will play , the - Metropolitan learn next summer in the an nual Shrine all-star football; game at Portland. -, Medford coach Fred Spie gelberg wil Nbe an assistant coach for the stale squad. Portland (U.R) Teams for next summer's Shrine all' star high school , game in Portland have been chosen and the bal ance of . football power.;: has swung from Portland to the outlying areas on the Metro politan team. ;; " Oh Metro Coach Tom DeSy Ivia's 24-man squad, only nine players are from the Portland Interscholastic League, biggest league in the state, population wise. Bob Signer of Lincoln, and Andy Kmidsen of ; St. Helens helped DeSylvia choose his men. Beavertoh and St. Helens heads the out-of -Portland bunch with i three players each. Port land " champion and ruhner-up Jefferson .and Lincoln landed three men each on the all-star squad. Gresham, Milwaukie, and Lake ; Oswego took two spots each and Oregon City, Estacada, West Linn, and Franklin and Grant of Portland atll got one man on the Metro squad. " State' Co-champions . Marsh field and South Salem, along with Medford, dominated the state team with three players each selected by head coach Lee Hustafson of South Salem and Fred Spiegelberg of Medford and Dutch Kawasoe of Yale. North Bend, Roseburg and Vale placed two men on the state squad and. one each were were picked from Dallas, Klam ath Falls, Prineville, La Grande, Stayton, Pendleton, Corvallis, North Salem and The Dalles. The state' squad has been vic torious five times in the seven West s East In Pro 87 TOM MARLARKEY 7 ;i LOs Angeles (U.R) The 60 best football players in the na tion returned to their homes and off-season jobs, today after a hip and tuck fifth annual Pro Bowl game which saw the favored West squad come from behind in the final period for a 26-10 win. '-But the game left many ques tions unanswered With San Francisco's Y. A. Tittle throw ing for two touchdowns, Joe Perry scoring another, and end Billle Wilson catching a phenom enal 11. passes for 157 yards, the 43,972 fans filed out of Mem orial' Coliseum wondering Why the talent-laden 49ers have never won a division title. -I They were puzzled also by the vagaries of Lou Groza's famed toe. The big Cleveland tackle missed two field goals and two but of three conversions for the East. vr- - .And Cleveland's Otto Graham, playing in his fifth and last Pro Bowl, passed for a touchdown in the . first quarter, but there after could complete only three of 16 passes. "y - ; ' " 7-7 But the most tantalizing ques tion was how Billie Wilson time and again filtered into the open to catch Tittle's passes. He re ceived the Halas trophy as the game's imost valuable player. - High School Scores SATURDAY GAMES - -Medford 85. Ashland 38 Bend 32. Redmond 43 , , Central Catholic 45. Astoria 41 La Grande 73, Hermiston 59 . Warrenton 37, Tillamook -30 Grant Union T2, Prairie City 35 -, Star of Sea (Astoria) 53, Gaston 45 Klamath rails 41. Grants Pas 29 Elgin 52. North Powder 40 Burnt 71, Prinville 65 Baker 88. The Dalles 65 Corvallis 56. Springfield 43 Maupin 88, Cascade Locks 34 : Irrigon 29, Stanfield 25 Sisters 74, Mosier 47 North Bend 97, Rosebur 53 V WiUamette 56. CreaweU 44 . ood River 59. Wv'east 55 srrisburf 63, CoBurc 58 -Marshfield 68. Myrtle Point 37 Coquille 49. Bandon 39 Ukeriew 71,MadrMf4 k Squad Monday; January 17,'ISSS mm mm BOX: v j Medford Kastner. f Peterson, f Kalapus; c -L. Copple. ( Rector. K McLaughlin oust McCullough Deakins Retaking Tisdel Cochran Cearlep . 33 21 21 8J Ashland Baker, f . Parent, f it ft Pf 2 - 2 4 tp 1 15 0 1 3 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 - 4 0 0 0 0 sword, e . Mickle. g -Johnson, g Carter 9 0 1 3 ID 3 3 Lemley Schultz Taylor . Green Woods 0 0 0. Locke Tobiasson o- 0 13 12 IT SS year history of the Shrine game, which is played for the benefit of the Shriners Hospital for crip pled children. . ROSTERS: : :; " - Metropolitan ; . v Ends Bob Grant. Beaverton: Don Schmeiser, Oregon City; Bob Sturgls, Milwaukie; Ron Leverett, Jefferson. Tackles Gene Grosse, Beaverton; Jack Stone, Gresham; Walt Burgher, St. Helens; Buzz Randall. Estacada. Guards Lee Steiner, Lincoln; Cliff Fahey, West linn; Jerome Simpson, Jefferson: Ferry Bogardus. St. Helens. Centers Gary Stickler. Lincoln; Mickey Gray, Roosevelt; Dick Knight, Oswego. Quarterbacks Ted Miller. Milwau kie; Scotty MacDonald. Franklin. Halfbacks Duane Marshall, - St. Helens; Gene McMulleri, Lincoln: Jim Sinnerud. , Beaverton: Grant Jackson, Jefferson; Gene Schutzler. Oswego; Larry Hoffman, Grant; Don Lauden slager, Gresham. SUte . . . ' ' . Ends Al Van Leuven. North Bend; Frank Ye iter, Marshfield; Rex Domt schofsky. Dallas; Elvis Mitchell. Klam ath Falls. , Tickles Freeman Cross. Prineville; West, La Grande; Darrell Gobi, Stay ton. Guards Larry Newsom. South Sa lem; Glen Evins. Vale; Paul Eckel, Medford; Douf Mln thorn. Pendleton; Gary Jones, Corvallis. - Centeirslike DeVore. Medford; Dennis Brundage. Roseburg. Quarterbacks Herb Juran. Sduth Salem;' Tony Arana Vale. . Halfbacks Neal Scheidel. South Salem, John Johnson, Marshfield; Al ton Stone, Medford; Willard Reeves, North Bend; .Terry Salisbury. North Salem; Nub Beamer, Roseburg; Dave Jones, The Dalles. BOWLING ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE Standings: Star Body Works Hooper's Radiator Service Continental Lumber Co. W. L. ........7 1 ...6 5 4 JKoyal Club State Forest Patrol ..4 ..3 Lamport s Pine Tree Market .3 ...3 Kom-Pak Trailers ' Shoe Dogs 3 Lorenz Co. Results: ' Lorenz Co. (1) Continental fS) C. McWhorter 438 Hal Allen 584 John Mathes 483 T. Van Sickle 480 D. McCormack 408 E. Isaacs 444 Burr Tye . 443 Lloyd Knapp 54i Fritz Kunz 477 Vern Allen . 504 Handicap . 27 , ' 2276 ' 2553 Forest Patrol (3) Homer Smets 360 -John. Bra dish 502 -Bud Van Hoy 456 D. Stockton 426 Ted Maul 460 Handicap . 198 .w.' 2404 Royal Club (1) BUI- Fehl 421 Lin Smith . 523 Dan Uchytil 336 Ira Bollinger 408 Frank Knox 523 2211 Shoe Don (Forfeit) () StarBodyWki. (4) T. Mitchell 548 H. Gegner 425 Cecil Emery 438 Dale Graham. 455 . - Lee Graham 455 2321 Hoopers (3) Dick Lewis 561 Dave Burns' 476 Bernal Slead 439 Jerry Hooper 471 Herb Vallee 540 Lamportf ' BiU Piche 477 Bill Meyers 528 Bill Coy "349 S. Van Dyke 493 Jim Farrar 510 Handicap 12 ' V. 2369 3487 Kom-Pak - (2) Andy AndreV 479 C. Birchfield 522 B. Thornton 414 Les Moser '342 Harry Frye 484 Pine Tree 2) Lee Bex, 514 Sam Mallon 383 Frank Martin 427 aiff Curl 476 Dave Kreer- ' 400 Handicap 54 2254 2231 ROGUE ROLLERS LEAGUE Standings:: W. t. Christ Drugs . 4 l Ralph's Green Lantern 3 1 OX. Market -. . 3 1 Women of the Moose Burelson's R Ar R - AtiittnA 1st National - Bank Rogue Sportsman -Clave Construction Brooks Electric Results: Clave Const. D. Hickson F. Clave M. Boyd A. Hoffman J. Tresham ' Handicap (1) Green Lanteni (3) 424 V. Knox 458 347 O. Hens on 358 575 M. Pierce .348 328 K. Smith . - 433 316 F. Doty 443 105 1895 2040 B and B C2) 1st Natl Bank (2) V. Corby 414 V. Abbott 339 O. Wyatt 372 H. Read - 375 V. Childers 850 D Christiansen 478 A. Zenor 369 . D. Scholev 311 G. Riggs - 489 C. Selleck 453 1 Handicap 48 1994 2006 Brooks Elee. , , (4) Christ Drat (4) E. Asher 363 B. Minger 421 V. St. Hill 375 B. Hensoa 430 E; Sessions - 389 v I. Foffa ,407 G. Hayse ' 389 R. Cabler 399 M. Durham . 347 C. Lowd " 480 Handicap .. . . 99 . : - - - - 1962 2137 O K Market ; (3) E. Baker 453 LSummerfield 259 D. Monroe : - 250 Rerne Sptsma (1) A. Wilson 337 L, Keener 285 D. Webster 328 -N. Robert -" 305 D. Ricks 386 Handicap ' 10S ' , 1749 L.. Calhoun i E. Lenz T 475 1791 WOTM " M. Snyder S.. Coulter . D. Finlev J. Jordan E. Olsen Handicap (?) 343 . : 308 ' 283, 303 410 201 1848 Burelsont : (I) V. Findltv - 386 D. HaU (ahi.) 338 O. Chase : 316 A. Hoochin , 384 3. HcCready 417 1839 High team series Chris Drugi, 2137. 4sHigh Ind. series Gertrude Bif 8. ..High Ind. genu Colleen -Mtock. ITS-.'- U ft pf tp 1 2 2 4 j. 3 1 4 T , 6 5 3 IT . 9 S 0 24 6.0. 1 12 - 0 3 2 3 -. 1 0 3 2 . 0 2 12 1 0 1 , 1 1 0 3 u 3 1 2 7 -0 0 10 1 " 0 1 2 a- 2 M 0. 4 llEIroMTRIBUNE SIPdDflBTrS Comets Head IV Cougars Down Phoenix lOBDI CKAGUB STANDINGS W. L. Pet Crater V- " :- - ': ' 2 0 1.000 Phoenix - : .1 1 500 Illinois Valley 1 - 1 -500 Eagle Point 0 2 .000 Crater high's Comets were front-runners after the first week end of the Rogue League basketball campaign. Jhe Comets got by Eagle Point on Saturday 39 to 34 to sweep their series with the Eagles. Illinois Valley took 49 to 38 measure of Phoenix to split week end action with the Pirates. Crater won 58 to 38 Fri day, over the Eagles while Phoe nix tipped the Cougars 50 to 44. Oh the Eagle Point court Sat urday night, Crater had to come from behind in the last four minutes. The Eagles were in front 33 to 32 at the midway mark of the final stanza. . The Comets were ahead at all intermisisons, 8 to 4, 20 to 15, and 32 to 29. Jim Higinbotham of Crater counted up 14 points for high of the night Jerry Cave tossed in 11 for Eagle Point. Eagle Point had a better field goaling average than the Comets but did not shoot as often- Cra ter made 13 out of 56 tries while the Eagles put in 12 for 39. Both clubs had 20 free shots, Crater making 13, the Eagles 10. Sams Hot. -,v. Gene Sams was hot from the field of Illinois Valley at Cave Junction as the Cougars took a big jump at the start on Phoenix. The Cougars collected 10 points before the Pirates scored and Sams swished in 10 points. He fired four field goals from long range. Sams had 21 points for the night and Bill Madden fol lowed with 19 for Phoenix. . Gold Voted America's Top Athlete of Year Philadelphia (U.R) ' Tom Goia, LaSalle College All-America rated by many as one of basketball's all-time greats, has been voted the outstanding athlete in America by the Phila delphia Sports Writers Associa tion, 'v.: " K Gola, who, will receive the association's award, at its 51st annual banquet Jan. 31, beat out New York Giants centerfield Willie Mays by a vote of 165 points to 162. .s IW ,; . 'r a"1 JsdUJL-,.. . mmm... ' .7 . . , . "isi" '' '" ' "" ' ' '' ' ' '"' ' " 1 '' " "' A One look at the '55 Mercury tells who's setting the pace! , You recognize it instantly as America's most advanced Hew car! Here's a dramatic Full Scope windshield, v forward-canted headlamps and a silhouette that' s three inches lower! And here's where superb 7 styling is matched with sensational per- fonnance! New Super-Torque 188. and 198 h.p. Mercury engines turn up jet-like power at the speeds you use most in traffic as well as on the highway. Has your "'7 head been turned lately? Roadtest the new 198 h.p. MontcMfuxy'-) ; lowest and mightiest' See how ball-joint front suspension gives you sports car control in a car with family-size comfort! V. 7 ; ... Rogue Loop; Illinois Valley had a halfway margin of 27 to 20. Phoenix cut the -disadvantage to five points early in the third quarter but that was as close as the Pirates got. . 'V-':v- ' : r---- . Ron -Bean of Phoenix suffer ed a shouldef injury in the third panel and was removed from the game. Seriousness of the in jury was not known yesterday but Coach Jack -Woodward fear ed that the forwafu will be "out for a while." ' Eagle Point defeated Crater 46 to 41 in a Saturday junior var sity mix-up. At Cave Junction, Illinois Valley won a prelim be tween freshman teams. LINE-UPS: , Crater 39 34 Eagle Point Hogue 9 f 11 Cave Higinbotham 14 f 2 Christian Gray 9 c 9 Caldwell Tonn 2 g 4 Greb Parent 5 g 8 Tuttle Substitutions For Eagle Point, Bit tei ling. Friend. AbernathyV 111. Valley 49 Maurer 5 Pickle Krauss 12 Sams 21 38 Phoenix 3 Bean 19 Madden 4 Wall f f c e 1 Korth R. Dahl Harrison 7 Substitutions For Illinois Valley. Pullen . 1, King 3. Hemingway, Pres ton, Smith, Camp. Piersall; for Phoe nix, Vreeken 9, Oldham, Wallace. Sim monds 2, D. Dahl. Beavers Rap Washington Corvallis (U.rY The Ore gon State Beavers came up with their fourth conference win here Saturday night beating the Uni versity of Washington Huskies 70-63. i Oregon State scored first, but the Huskies took , the lead and kept ahead all through the first hafl. Twice in the first frame Washington piled up 10 point leads. Oregon State's Tony'Vlastelica and Wade (Swede) r, Halbrook made all 32 . of the Beaver's points in the first half 16 apiece. But the University of Washington still led at half time, 33-32. Score Tied ; Oregon State snapped out of its slump in the second half and a zig-zag game followed with the score tied up twice at 40 and 42 High point man for the game was Oregon State's Tony Vlaste lica with 33. Dean Parsons led the Husky team with 20. 6th & Jdyvcos NdB ' 12th Victory Medford high school's junior varsity,; the crew f r on which varsities of the. future are built, wrote another entry , into the black side of its ledger Saturday night. The junior Tornado club bed, the Ashland Gri2zly jayvees 52 to. 38. r :;,;; -;v:,v& It was the 12th win. this sea son for the Medfordites whd have yet to taste defeat. .. After, one quarter -of activity the score was 18 to 8 and half- time the advantage was 32 to 11. Ashland had the better of it, in the scoring, during the. third quarter which ended 40 to 21 and again in the fourth but the junior Tornado never was in any danger. ; r:' w " Medford's total was practical ly all on field goals. It made Only two free shots. There were 25 Tornadobuckets from the field. Ashland ' put together 16 free shots and 11 fielders. , . .Tornado scoring was well -distributed. Chatles Inskeep Was high with 10. ; Lance Locke got 12 for Ashland and Woods 11. Medford JV 52 38 Ashland JV D. Copole 6 I l 2 Gray Inskeen 10 Xberhart Gober 3 c i Green Hawlev 8 g 12 Locke Perkins 8 . g 11 Woods Substitutions For Medford. Stearns 6. Puhl 4, Slessler 2, Sides 3. Flumley, Larson, Black, Doe, Lewis. Morris, Knips; for Ashland, ' Busch. Cotton, Fitch 1, Clemens 5, AUep 6. Dally 1. BASKETBALL SATURDAY COLLEGE GAMES East - : ; ' ' : . St. Joseph's (Pa.).85. Furman 76 - - Canisius 76, St. Bonaventure 59 - - Army 63. MYU 59 - i ) ' Holy Cross 58. Bostoit U. 45 ; ' Pennsylvania 96, Brown 70 - ! Pittsburgh 76, Penn State 66 f ; t Villanova 96. Xavier (Ohio) 73 i SOUth - - :.-!.: s J-'.?. Alabama 99. Auburn 78 . ' W North Carolina 96, Clemson ' 87 Duke 109. Virginia 89 Mississippi 81, Georgia Tech 68 Kentucky ; 58, Tulane 44. Tennessee 76, LSU 68 Missi. State 72. Vanderbilt 52 N. Carolina 8U 75. Wake Forest 73 Midwest St. Louis 98. Bradiey-75 '. ' - Wisconsin 77. Indiana 66 ' ? : -Iowa State 105; Oklahoma 76 Missouri 94. Kansas State 85 ' Nebraska 68. Kansas 62 r ; , Michigan State 84. Michigan 82 ' Minnesota 102, Purdue 88 Arkansas 73, Baylor 63 .Southwest.'-"- , - . v- Tulsa 67. Wiohite 65 -' Texas Christian 77. SMU t3 -" ' -' Okla. A&M 79. N. Texas St. 52 Wyoming 72, New Mexico 56 Houston 107. Texas A&M 66 . Colorado State 94, Omaha 71 ? . - West - .7 ?is- Utah State 62, Brigham Tounf 51 V i Idaho State 75. Nevada 73 u -. i . Colorado A&M 65, Denver 57 Utah 81 Montana 58 ? r t a , -Seattle 89. Regis 78 r - -: " Oregon State 70, Washington 63 -UCLA 76, Southern CalifomU 64 . Gonzaga 95. Portland 78 , San Fr'sco St. 57. Sacramento St. 54 Calif; Tech 75. San Diego St. 70 ' Pepperdine 89,- Redlandt 46 - 4 Chico, State 75. Calif. Aggies 60 :; Oregon 41, Idaho 40 ; . v Stanford 74. California TV -' v " Oregon State 70, University of - OCE 69. Portland State 66 - Pacific University 62, Lewis and laarit ay College of Idaho 83. Willamette 75 The Car th West Like Catti' MEDFORD ;MOTOR- Ivy.. - . Ehsng Sfiofs After Buzzer Bcav Yellow Cab; two Meazora indepettdent lague baskflbill gimts are Slat4 tonight it the junior high school. The Campus Five will play Skinner's Buick . at ' 7 O'clock. At 8:30 o'clock it Will be Hawkhuon Tires against Ji Company A of the National : Guard. u V'. : Tuesdiy tilts, both ? on the Medford floor, are Bureltoa's versus Headquarttrfc company of the Guard at 7 o'clock said YMC A against Sacred Heart church' in the second fracas. Douglas Talbot, who was the major scoring gun of a second half comeback, added to his Middlccoff Winner in Golf Pebble Beach, Calif. (U.R) The youngsters today had an other lesson to paste m the hat bands regarding the touring golf professionals: Never write off an old pro. Dr. Cary VMlddlecoff. 34. who has been on the circuit for years, picked up a $3,500 check today for his efforts in the $15,000 Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur Golf tournament which ehd ed yesterday.; - Middlecoff tanked putts of 30, 30 and 12 feet when the going was roughest at Pebble Beach to fife a 'Ohe-under-nar 71 on one of the toughest courses in the world to post a 54-hole total of 209 and spread-eagle the field in the pro division by four strokes. That was worth $2,500. Finish With Rush - The pro-amateur division was won by another team of veter ahs, Byron Nelson and auto mogul Ed Lowery of San Fran cisco. They finished with a rush when the going was toughest to post a best-ball of 64 on Pebble Beach and a 54-hole best ball of 185. --..- '.: Second-place , finishers in the pro division were Paul McGuire. 28-yearold star from Wichita, Kan;;, and Julius Boros, former National Open champion from Mid Fines, N. C. iThey had 213 totaisi v.. . !:; TOP PROSPECT V H .. Los Angeles-r-U.P) Sid Gill mah, football coach at the Uni versity of - Cincinnati, was re ported here Saturday as the "No 1 contender" for the vacant head coaching job with the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams. - - i Crosby - 'III I - .'.it &01DZ; Andy's VJ'm sw starring role with twd free shots after the final buzzer Saturday night as Martin Brothers Sign cpmpany of Eugene nudged YeK low Cab of Medford 70 to 68 la the finale of an independent bas ketball doubleheader at the St. Mary's school gymnasium. In the first game Andy's Jew elers gave Medford one victory for the evenihg. The; Jewelers rapped Hal's Sport ' shop of Klamath Falls 74 to 56.. The scuffles drew one of the best crowds in recent years for an independent cage presenta tion. . , :7- . Talbot collected 25 points for the -: defending - Oregon AAU champs and 17 of them, includ ing the game winning . free throws were in the second half, Yellow Cab, spurred - by Ed Hummel with 20 points and by Johnny, Foster with 11, fought to a 40 to 28 half time lead. In the third quarter, however, Martin's matched its whole . first half score and the Cabmen got only 10 counters. That put the Euge nians on top 56 to 50. Talbot got 13 tallies during the period. -Jewelers Rally : : The Cab outgunned Martin's 18 to 12 before the buzzer of the concluding quarter but Talbot's two gifters robbed the Medford ites of an overtime opportunity t Foster scored 10 for Yellow Cab in the last stanza. - Hummel with 24 and .Foster with 23 followed Talbot in the point" totals; Brad Fullerton was second high for Martin's. - . - The Jewelers, like the Martin Signers, had to rally in the sec ond half. They ' trailed -38 to 34 at the midway pause. Jack Boardman of Andy's was right up among high scorers of the evening with 24. Loren Soder luhd was second high for the Jewelers with 13. Gary Dawes had 16 and Ed Whitney 15 for the Klamath Falls club. ' - Neither Yellow 7 Cab ' ndf Andy's have a league game this week but the Cabmen will en- tertain Firmco of Myrtle Creek Thursday at the St. Mary's gym. They lost 85 to 81 last week to the strohge Myrtle Creekers. Martin's U S Yellow Crt t - 14 Hummel f.v S3 Foster 7 .V .6 Stacy ;s-- -7-7 S Wendt g ; 4 Werner For Martin's. Clausen, Streeter 11 Reynolds. 2 McElravv it Talbot 25 Fullerton 14 , SubsUtuUo I, Poole; for Johnson, . Andy's 74 ' Shores 9 Smith 10. Woo ton 8 " LUly 7 Yellow Cab. Hit . It Hart 7 16 Dawes 11 Anderson S Shortgun t f e K 4 Brown Kramer 2 g Substitutions For Andy's. Faael I. Soaerlund 13, Boardman 24: tor slal'e Abener, Brockman. Beard I.