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Newspaper Page Text3s TEN MEDFORD (OBEGOIT) MAIL TRIBUNE PitflilSi Will the big basketball aeries this week end between Medford high and Klamath Falls quin tets be a battle of defenses? Not entirely perhaps. But reports from both schools point up that defense may play a prominent role. - v :vv:..:;-f; Medford's high rated; and Southern Oregon' Conference leading Black Tornado is host in the Pelicans Fridav and Sat' urday nights. Varsity - contests are billed for 8:15 p.m. follow ing 6:45 p.m. preliminaries. Fri day action will also have ninth grade teams of the two commu nities meeting at the junior high here. . : - . "v J-"- Coach Frank Roelandt- said early in the week that, the em phasis in drills would be on de fense and that department -of the hoop sport got concentra tion yesterday as the Tornado drilled against the anticipated Pel offense in the last real heavy workout of the week. . Pels Labor At Klamath Falls, the new mentor, Don Peterson told the newspaper, Herald . and' News, that he is working the Pels hard to find some way to halt the Black Tornado which has aver aged 63.8 points per game so far this season. Peterson didn't elaborate but said only , that he was trying to work upV'some thing." The Pels have the prob lem1, of stopping the Tornado both inside and out for, if Med ford is "on" as it has been so far this season, it can score well from both close and far away against both zone and man-toman defenses. ; . ', . Defense against height and the scoring of Dave D'Olivo and a struggle for rebound control is Medford's - problem ' The Klamath --. coach i. has indicated that hell start the same gang he did last week against uranis Pass in hopes of taking board control away from Medford. That means four starters of Tiger Victor Over By ED SAINSBURY Chicago (U.R Ray Rob- 1 inson's comeback ; .- campaign. came a cropper because he "fought like an amateur," win ner Ralph (Tiger) Jones said to day, but he-wouldn't call the; ex champion a "dead" fighteir.yet. "I fought for the Police Ath letic League," Jones said, "and he fought for the Star and Cres cent That's in the' amateurs. But he fought the same way. A jab and a one-two. "That's why I beat him. I never lost to a SAC. fighter yet." Jones won "easily Wednesday ninM Vfnra T OQO fYinaof start. ium fans. - He was quicker with his hands and with his feet. He was hitting more sharply, with(more accur acy. Ana JWOIUSUU, uuw W11U in the past held both welter weight and middleweight cham pionships before he retired un beaten ; with the 1 160- pound crown, couldn't stay with "him.-. ' I just didn't have any timing" Robinson said. T knew my.tim- - ins iwas bad. but I' thought I had. some." -Bled From Eye Robinson bled from the right eye 'after the second round and from the nose, after the third. Jones never was cut, and Rob inson' bleeding never completely stopped. ; "He hurPme," . Jones 1 said, Willi a lCXb UJ UC Il(Ut,MUC,Vl . my face in the eighth. I thought my eye was coming' out." , : And ' Jones had no .answer to the question whether he thought he would "do as well against Robinson, if the ex- champion had another five or. six fights and they should meet again in nvti or six inunms. p - Robinson said flatly that, his loss , io jones, ms iourui-'o.eieai 'in 143 pro fights, did not mean the end of his comeback cam paign aimed at regaining the middleweight title he once held from Carl (Bobo) Olson. "I never thought I'd win them an, ne saia. i guess my assoc iates were right when they said hewasitob tough for a second comebackfight." ' RobinsonV first comeback ap pearance: resulted- in a sixth round knockout of Joe Rindone in Detroit two weeks ago. BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAMES East ....--.-,.--.'. Army 78. Penn Military '70 f" Geneva 101. Pittsburgh 96 -" Andrews AFB 84. Duquesne 70 Niagara 99. Assumption 55 Penn State 81. Lehigh 75 Sooth t . Florida St 91. Mississippi St. 7S Louisville 99. More head Ky.) 62 Xsvier (O.) 7; Murray (Ky.) St, 6t Wash. (Mo.) 64. Southern El 44 ? Kansas State -78. Missouri 67 p Dil 65. Bradley 62 ' Dayten 91, Western Kentucky 73 Seattle 70.- Begis 54 .- - ; Dead iine Soaday . ClassUtod at noon. Saturday : 10 mjn.. MorulaT for Moodajr; Uac 4bts SM fimiiov dayCorbett U. Cascade: Lodu. sa sste'll!l 6 feet 2 inches ' or better with D'Olivo topping the -four at 6-4. The other tall boys -are Larry Yarnell and Guy MunselL ; 6-2 each," and , Marlin Causey, ' 6-3. Jack ; Sunitsch at a tiny 5-6 rounds out the. line-up. Sunitsch Takes Charge , D'Olivo, in ; particular, and Munsell are the scoring aces of the Klamath five and Jack Sun itsch, despite his small stature, is the "take charge", guy of his team. ; ; .;';; X-J Roelandt is expected to .open with i: his usual ' starting : five, Stan Kalapus and Glenn Peter son, 6-4 Vfc each, and Frank Rec tor, Larry. Copple and Bud Kast ner, all 5-11. The mentor report ed that Rector , has been pester ed by a cold all week.' It isn't expected : ; to slow him j down, however. X Another argument in the out look for a defensive . battle is the fact that both clubs have held down opponents . pretty well for this year. Medford. foes have , averaged only- 43.25. tal lies per game while Pelican ri vals have hit-at a rate of about 49 per game. '-"-, ' 1 Tornado Favored . Medford, on the basis of sea son record, comparative scores and ratings of No. ;1 and No. 2 in Oregon,-goes into the game a definite favorite. .But records scores and ratings easily could go -out . the. window - when the two. clubs take the floor. , The Tornado got a 19 to .12 "win" over Klamath in the Southern K-State Rips Alissourians In Big Seven By JOHN GRIFFIN i ;;. United Press Sports Writer Basketball's new wave: of up sets claimed still, another: big name . victim today, knocking mighty -Missouri i out .of r jfirst place in the Big Seven. Confer ence I '; Kansas State, beaten twice by Missouri . in! previous meetings this season, suddenly turned on the Tigers Wednesday . night and beat them, 78-67, on their own home court at Columbia, Mo. The defeat smashed a six-game Missouri winning streak and left Colorado alone in first place in the league. . Before the -game Missouri and Colorado had been tied for first place eacn with ."a 3-0 league mark. ; :;v:.:;' t:t Missouri beat UK-State on a neutral ' court,' ": 89-71, in last month's Big Seven tournament and also on State's home court, 94-86, only last Saturday But this time Missouri was "stone cold," sinking only 33.8 per cent of its shots, while Kansas State was '. "red hot" with a 51 per cent shooting percentage.' . Puerto Rican Sparkplug - Pachin Vincens, a 5-foot, 9- tnch sophomore from Puerto Rico, wsa -the -sparkplug pf the Kansas State team, leading the scoring with 21 i points and playing a j brilliant floor- game. Roger Craft aided with 15 points, but Bob Reiter of Mis souri took high Scoring honors for the game with 32 points. For Missouri, currently i rank ed, the nation's lo. 8 team, ' it was' only the third loss in 13 games and its first home court loss since bowing to Kansas State last Feb. 27. Missouri's defeat marked the third straight -night that upsets had r; stunned league-leading teams. ,On Monday, Illinois lost a . share of the Big Ten lead and Vanderbilt a share of the South eastern Conference lead in sur prise defeats. And Tuesday, Tex as Christian lost undisputed con trol of first place in the South west Conference, dropping back into a tie. Dukes Bow To Andrews Duquesne, the nation's sixth- ranked team, also tasted defeat Wednesday night but the loss was to a non-college team. Un defeated "Z Andrew's Air Force won its 22nd straight game by beating the Dukes. 84-70. In cluded on' the Andrews team are such graduated college stars as All-America Cliff Hagan and Lou Tsioropoulos of Kentucky and Dick Knostman of Kansas Stated v ' ::-J-::S However, three ; other "high ranked teams that played Wed nesday night ..scored easy wins. La Salle, ranked ' second nation ally, romped to its 13th win in 15 starts, 85-50, over West Ches ter, Pa. State as All-America Tom Gola scored 22 points. Day ton, ranked ,.15th, impressively defeated Western Kentucky;' 91- 73, for its 12th win in 15 games. And Niagara, ranked 16th, sank 62.9 per cent of its shots to beat Assumption College f Wind sor, Oni, 99-55, for its 12th win in' 14 games. WEDNESDAY GAMES : St. Mary's (The Dalles) 67. Oufur 31 xsewport 43. Tart 41 Thursday. January 20, 1955 Prime Oregon ..Conference jamboree. That, however, was long ago and far away. . .There are three things that can happen thjis week. Medford can sweep' --the series, and strengthen its league league, it can split and maintain the stat us quo or Klamath can win both games and take over the lead. While the loop championship would be far from clinched, a series sweep would : be a big boost to the - Medford cause. Such outcome would give the Tornado a clean mark for the first half of the loop season and only a split in each of the second haif series would be needed to wrap up the mantle. Firmco, (Yellow Cab Vie Tonight; City League Scuffles Postponed A non-league game between . to 10 aV the quarter and 32 to Firmco of Myrtle Creek and 22 at the half and the' score was Yellow Cab of Medford tonight I knotted 36 to 36 after three will wrap up the week for inde pendent basketball lin Medford. The two clubs, among the top independents in southern Ore gon, clash at 8:15 pirn, at the St. Mary's school gymnasium. Firmco holds a previous 85 to 81 victory, scored at Myrtle Creek, over , the Cabmen. . v ' Two Medford city" loop scuf fles had been slated for Friday but Bill Singler, president of the MIBL, said that both had been postponed until the end of the season because of inability to line up game officials. Eagle Point . was scheduled against Hawkinson Tires and Prospect against Sacred - Heart church. Singler said that tangles are tentatively set fqrFebruary 15. Company A Victoif Originally the two frays had been set for tonight. However, the junidrj high, gym will ; not be available, Singler was advis ed. ;. ' '. - . . I . ." . ..- y,:' In loop engagements last night Company. A won the battle of National 'Guardsmen, . defeating Headquarters company, 48 to 45, ' and '"i Campus Five topped Eagle. Ppmt; 76; to 49.. Earlier this ,week the Campus team set back Skinner's Buick to main tain its third place position. . Headquarters had leads of 12 Steelhead Luck Fair on Rogue, - egate Riyeri Portland (U.R) The weekly report on fishing conditions pre pared by the State Game Com mission: - ;13r'5;;.:; 3'i- . SOUTHWEST: Steelheading slow; Smith river high but may clear; north, fork of Smith river clear; striped bass fishing - in Isthmus slough poor to fair; live bullheads ' best bait; Coquille river high and muddy but with three days of clear weather angling with bait should be good for week end. Jan.. 15 was opening date on Rogue - river, exclusive of - tribu taries, below the mouth of Apple- gate river for trout -not less than 12 inches;- Applegate river, ex clusive : of ' tributaries,' - below mouth of Williams creek,ralso opened Jan. 15 for, trout not less than 12 inches; "bag limit is 3 fish in any one day , but not more than 6 fish in any .7 days or in possession. : . ,. 7 s Opening week ' end' on.r Apple gate and Rogue Only' fair; most catches made on bait in deeper eddies; prospects" far weeks end should improve; Rogue "'muddy below-Galice creek;" lowet Ump- qua river muddy and all streams in upper JUmpqu'a area falling; water temperatures low and few fish moving; prospects fairk . : - i . -, j : m Braves' Forsee Good Attendance Milwaukee, Wis. . (U.R) By all indications, the Milwaukee Braves today were off and run ning to a new National League attendance, record," their third in three "years.' "Ift the weatherman is good to us we're on a good start to ward a new record," ticket man ager Bill Eberly said. "Of course there are a lot -of contingencies, but every indication is that we're going to have a very Dig .yean ; .-."There is no waning of "inter est and many persons are buying season tickets to be assured of AU-Star ame seats Jf he said, i 2.000 Better , i, u iJi I? .'Eberly said about 11,350 sea son tickets : had ; been sold : by today, more than 2,000 better than the 9,045 season books in 1954.- -fWe're -stopping sale on other 'grandstand tickets Satur day night," he said, , "and will continue to sell upper deck sea son tickets until a 12,000 maxi mum-is reached. Milwaukee's boisterous Braves set their second league home at tendance record last year, their second at Milwaukee, with 2, 13188 paid admissions. ; That figure was reached - an average of nearly 31,000 fans on ta home dates. MEM03IU3TRIBl Police, Firemen Practice Hard For March of Dimes Hoop Tangle Medford's policemen and fire-. men are supposed to play in the preliminary when they vie next Wednesday, January 26, in the special March of Dimes basket ball program at the senior school gym. But the two aggregations, now seriously at practice, hope to steal the . Jimelight from Andy's Jewelers and Yellow Cab, unbeaten city league clubs which are slated for the. main event. The police . haven't actually said so but they are secretly hoping that rain will fall every day at the right time up until the opening whistle at the game. Firemen ; have:; been practicing around a basket-set up at the tennis court at the main station. stanzas.- Gene Snook of Comp any A, and. Bruce Bateman and Kay Bateman of Headquarters all had 13 points. Tonight Yellow Cab is expect ed to start with Ed Hummel and Johnny Foster; forwards; 6-8 Chuck ..' Stacey . at center, and Don Wendt - and Bill .Werner, guards Firmco may use Bob Stiiempges, ' Wally1; Richardson, Bob Strout, Ron Gillispie and Len Weber. At last report Firmco had won 10 straight .conflicts. It will be one of the top independent clubs to appear in Medford this season. Dominqte ND Statistics Los Angeles Oregon ""and Oregon State, 'Which- meet "in a Northern Division "showdown" series this ! weekend, dominated the weekly statistics released to day by the Pacific Coast Confer ence "cohimissioner's office. Each team 'was atop two in dividual statistical , departments, while Oregon State headed four team columns and Oregon one. :a Heading the; parade is . fori ward-c e n t e r Jim Loscutoff, whose rebounding has been one of the , highlights of Oregon's play this year. He has nailed 97 rebounds for an average of 16.2 per game and also leads in scor ing with 119 points and-an aver age of , 19.8. That puts him well in front of washmgton's t Dean Parsons, who has a 16.8 scoring average followed by Ron Ben- mnk, , Washington State, - 15.3; Wade Halbrook,1 Oregon State, 15, and Jay Buhler,, Idaho, .14. Trailing Loscutoff -in rebounds are t teammate Max - Anderson, 11.8, and Parsons, 8. - . Halbrook, displaying the same high percentage on field goal at tempts which won him the title last year,: has averaged 56.1 per cent on 23 goals in 41 shots. Har lan Melton and Buhler, both of Idaho, have 50 per cent. Oregon State's Reggie Halli- gan heads the free. throw .column with 83. per icent on ; 10 points in 12 tries. Bill Bauscher, Idaho, has 81.8 and tBennink and Jay Dean, Oregon Slate, r 80 per. cent. . - Oregon State ifeadr in team scoring with a 65.5 game ; aver age, in free throws, 68.8 per cent in two defensive. : departments, scoring, 52.8 points, and lowest opponent shooting 'percentage; 31.2 per . cent. Oregon has the best rebounding game with 287 to--its opponents 117,. ; while Idaho has the best team mark on field goals, 42.7 per cent. Oregon and Oregon State tangle : at Eugene Friday. night and Corvallis Saturday night, while j Washington ; State enter- tains Washington,. , the i. same nights at Pullman. ; 4 ' ' Charlie jPowelL Fights Friedncli oLs Angeles J(U.R) Charley Powell returns ' to boxing- to night when he", squares off against German ""heavyweight Hans Friedrich in. a- 10-round main .event bout at .Olympic auditorium. ; : , Powell, who has been side lined with an injured right hand which he suffered last Nov. 7' when he lost by a' seventh-round TKO to Charley Norkus uvSan Francisco expects to rate as a 3-1 favorite. -Hand . Use Questionable . However, the outcome of the fight is .apt to rest on how ef fectively the former star defen sive end for the San Francisco Forty Niners can use his ques tionable hand. Powell has flattened 10 of his 13 opponents while the German fighter has flattened only six out of 19. Friedrich: has had only two fights in this country and lost both. Last Aug. 21 he dropped a close decision to Jack Sche berries, former, national AAU champion. Later he .bowed to Rex Layne. ' L.Xbc-ighwilliioi.bCL.teJjsd The Sleuths, on the other hand, have a cozy place to work out, thanks . to the - courtesy of the YMCA. .v . , A: -Ir itis expected that the Smoke Eaters and police will put teams of about ; equal ability on the floor. There apparently are not any ex-college stars among them but there's some ex-high school, ex-independent and ex-service ball players on both squads. Davis, Lacy in Charge Capt. Dale Davis, a 6-foot 5- inch ex-Medford high junior var sity player,' is whipping up .the firemen into scrapoine frenzy. He's the tallest on the club and the height scales down to Doug Dawson at 5-5. t Others on the squad are Bob Schwinder, Otis Johnson, Ralph Moore, Joe' Jen sen, ' Vera : Ritchie, Mitchell Milich, Ted Marcisz, Hack Ca; ter. Norm Nelson. Jim Minnis. Gordon Shelton and Gene Wil liams. .:. Sgt. C. W. Lacy is directing the fortunes of the Flatf oot cag- ers. Milton Hanson. 6-2. Delaire Tuso, 6-1, and Harold Sliger, 6-1, are the tall men on the police squad. Other players are Ted Whisler, Frank . Lengele, Wallace Bowen, Don Lady, Lee Rice and Orlow McGee. The police in particular have reported discovering some mus cles which they forgot had ex isted. ' : ' ' :. " In addition to the basketball games, intermission entertain ment is planned. v Tickets are available - at Lamport's and Sam's Sporting Goods Stores, Andy's Jewelry and Yellow Cab and from police, firemen and of ficials of the Medford Independ ent basketball league. Proceeds go for the fight against polio. Pelican Mat Crew Bests MHS Team Medford : j high's wrestling team suffered its first setback of the season' yesterday, a 35 to 8 defeat at the hands, of the Klamath Falls Pelicans. ; v y Larry Frazerj Paul Eckel and Bill Dyer picked up the only points for Medford in the regu lar matches." Medford - collected four wins in the 19 exhibitions. Frazer won a 3 to 1 decision hvthe 166-pound class from Bob Ropp and Heavyweight Bill Dyer edged Reese of the Pels 7 to 6. Eckel, 177, drew with El vis Mitchell, 1 to 1. Ken Dunlava, 96, arid Calvin Dalton, 140, lost by pins, and George. Flannagan, 114, Gordon Owsley, 123, Ray Hilton, Ron Lindgren, . 136, Ray Williams', 147, and Les Walch, 154, by de cisions. Medford forfeited the 105 pound class. ' Hilton and Lhigren were beat en by state champs. Ron Conner beat Hilton 4 ; to 2 , and Larry Dearing tipped Lingren 6 to 3. Coach Paul ' Evensen ' felt the Medfordies did well despite the losses. ' . vv; -;;;";;. i Fred White, Lyle Daun and Mel Morgan by decisions and Gordon DeArmond by a pin, won exhibitions for Medford. Medford's' next , scheduled match is here February l against Roseburg. . r--',;,:v Read, Meunier Prep B Shrine me Selections ' Stan Read and Laval Mun ier of St. Mary's high of Mad ford were named to backfield berths (and Jim McAbee of Talent io an end spot for the East-West Shrine all-star foot ball game at Pendleton next, summer. ; V But it appears unlikely that Meunier will be a participant. Seniors, boys who have fin ished their prep football el igibility, "are picked for the 4 squad. Meunier, however, is just a junior and has one more year of high school eligibility left. Unlau there has , been some change . in policy, hell have io rest , en the honor of ' being selected. Read, 'married since the SL' Mary's football season con cluded, is how" at Medford high. He turned out for bask etball but bowed out of the You'll Always Find o Reliability 6 Uniformity b Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TR0-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Min Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY MeAntfrewt Road Phoa .25271 Rogue, Jackson B Leagues Have Maplecourt Tussles While Medford high and Kla math Falls are battling over the loop leadership and Grants Pass and Ashland -over the' cellar in the Southern Oregon Conference this week end,' Crater and Rogue River are expected to keep their places, respectively," at the .top of Rogue League and Jackson County; B -League Basketball standings., ", T ' - ' In the Rogue League, Crater travels to Cave Junction to op pose Illinois Valley on Friday nighe. The two clubs will have Oregon Eyes. Series With Oregon State Eugene (U.R) Coach Bill Borcher of Oregon had little to say today on the suspension of Oregon State ; basketball ace Swede Halbrook. "We feel we are faced with a very tough job . . .-regardless of whether Hal brook plays or not," the Duck hoop mentor said. ' University of Oregon, Eugene A team voted as unlikely, .to succeed,-, meets Oregon ; State, a team .voted;- very likely to suc ceed,, this weekend in -a series which will just about decide the first place position at the half way mark in the 1955 Northern Division championship race." ')'. The series opens Friday night at McArthurg court and then moves to Corvallis Saturday for the second encounter of the an nual "Civil War" series. The Ducks,, who. have suddenly dis covered a respectable shooting eye, come, into the games with a record of five wins in six starts as the result of a winning streak which-, ran up three ; triumphs over, Washington State and two over Idaho. . : Oregon state stm has a per fect mark for its efforts against Washington State and Washing' ton in the first four games on its home court. The Beavers, need only to split these two games to stay in first place while .the Ducks are. faced with sweeping the series to take over first.' OSC needless to say, is heavy favor ite. T The Webfoots must dream up a way to stop Tony Vlastelica, Jay Dean, Ron Robins and the other talented Beavers, includ ing Swede Halbrook,' if his sus pension is lifted. - X- oregon's ; offense will once again be built around the shoot ing and .Tebounding of Jim .Lus cutoff, the. big forward Who has quickly reestablished himself as one of. the league's best since he returned from the Army, plus the efforts of Max Anderson, Howard Page, Phil McHugh and the much-improved Ray BelL Webfoot chatfees of a victory in either game ' seem to hang on a hot-shooting night plus some excellent defensive, work. Oregon has been hitting at better than a .450 clip for the past three division games after get ting off to a poor; start in the early part of the season..' - ' In addition to the five game winning streak the Ducks have run tip in conference play, Coach Bill Borchers's crew 'pushed its overall victory string to six in a row with a win over Gonzaga on the tag end of the final In land Empire trip, l Loscutoff still leads the Ore gon conference scoring with 119 points and is followed by Page (56), Max Anderson (51), Bell (50), McHugh ' (42), Jerry Ross (24), and Ed Bingham (13). All five of the starters are hitting at better than .370 from the floor and: the total team average is now at .375 for six games. - The Oregon v Ducklings also open their annual series -with the Oregon State Rooks on Fri day in a preliminary game which is set for 5:45 p.m. The Duck lings will probably - open with Dave Wanaka of Portland and Paul Tuchardt of Oakridge: at forwards, Hal Duffy of Portland at center and Wimp Hastings of Bandon and Bob Ayre of Cobs Bay at guard. The original, fund for the No bel prizes Was $9,000,000 with the prize money to come from the interest on the principal. sport in order so work. He's -expected to be out for track. '. Bob Gamaelich, ' Jackson ville, was named an alternate lineman in the selections. Other alternate linemen . from : - Jackson : county ' are : -Jack Herburger, Rogue Riv er, and Lyio Tycksen, Talent. Joel Walls, Prospect is a back alternate.".' --'V- r5 t another session at Central Point on Saturday. Phoenix , will go to Eagle Point on Friday and will be. host to the Eagles on Saturday . .?'.- Rogue River, whic took lone lead in the B circuit ton Tuesday. will play St Mary's in Medford on Friday night while Jackson ville is at Butte Falls.- Talent goes to s Prospect '? this evening for a tussle moved ahead at Pros pect's request.; j y Comets Coming ' . I S?: Crater, which lost a consider able amount of talent by gradua tion last year, is coming right along this season and took com-, mand of the Rogue loop with . a ; pair of wins over Eagle Point last week end. The Comets have twice trimmed Rogue' River in non-league frays and the Chiefs in pre-conference action won twice .from Illinois Valley. The IV cougars last week gained a split in their series from Phoe nix. " Injuries have plagued Eagle Point this season- and may r not be at strength until i the Little Six tourney at the end of Febru ary. Latest regular to be side lined was Harvey Nelson with broxen hand. Eldon Mason reportedly was "knocked out'' in practice this week. Coach Jer ry Mosby indicated a line-up to start with this week may include Ed Abernathy, - Bill Caldwell, Jerry Cave, Jack Greb and Ter ry Tuttle. v. Phoenix hopes' suffered a blow when one of the regulars, Ben Bean, . who contributes . consist ently to the scorng, received a shoulder injury in the mix against Illinois Valley last Sat urday. . , ;' ... Crusader's Order Large . . Both Eagle Point and Phoenix have won over. Rogue, River, the Eagles by wider margins. : St. Mary's will have a large order on its hands in its attempt to stop Rogue River here Friday. The Crusaders have dropped .a tangle to Talent who in turn lost Tuesday to the Chieftains, St, Mary's will have to play more consistent ball than it did against Jacksonville Tuesday if it. is to intensify the B. league chase , withTa win over Rogue Kiver. , if the Chiefs are "on1 they'll be tough to stop. Jacksonville will try to repeat its success of the Southern Ore gon college . tourney in Decem ber. The Redskins took third place in that event . with a win over Butte Falls. .;-? Talent -was expected? to .run along in second place by taking rrospect tonight Pifots' MfcLa7hey Granted Leave; ; Resit Required :' r Portland U.R) Art McLar ney, head basketball coach of Portland University, was grant ed a leave ox "absence yesterdy because of ill health. His place war be taken by Mike Tichy, freshman coach.. - ;';; . The Rev. Michael J. Gavin, president of the university, said that a severe attack of influenza, aggravated f by i complications, had so impaired -' McLarney's health that ; his doctor : advised him to take an extended rest. I McLarney was ' serving : his first season as head hoop coach. He came to the Pilots in 1952 as head baseball coach. In the fall he was named assistant to bas ketball coach Mush Torsoh. When Torson resigned at the end of last ' season, McLarney was elevated to bis job. ' i C i Mike Tichy will be with the team this week-end when. they take on Gonzaga for a two-game series in Spokane. Bill iild AltciL Refuge Set-Up Salem U.fD. Permanent, year-around wild life refuges in Oregon would be abolished by a bill introduced in the House to day at the request of the State Game Commission.1 ; As an alternative to present refuges, the bill would empower the game commission to set up refuges . as ; the need: for ' them, arose and in areas and for types of game needing temporary pro tection. .7 . )' . I: MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Carrigan Shines For OSC Rooks Vancouver, Wash.., (U.fi) Oregon State's Rooks, led by Dave Gambee of Corvallis and Gordy Carrigan ' of Central Point, headed Clark Junior col lege a 66-63 basketball setback here last , night. - Gambee ; and Carrigan; scored 22 points each, while Fletcher Frazier hit 17 for Clark. Cai G0110 Wlen. To DcaJ : At San Diego San Diego - (UJJ The $15.- 000 San Diego Open got under . way today with the finest erop ' of golfers in the world compet ing and Dr. Gary Middlecoff and ; defending, champion Gene Lit - tier favored as the inen to beat to ; take home-the " first place ! check of $2,400. An international field, featur ing the open champions of Eng land, Canada, and United States; the PGA champions of United u States, Canada and Mexico; and the U.S. . National Public Links champion are among the 135 pro ' fessionals and nine amateurs competing.;, -, , ' , l However, i off .their form in . . winning the two major tourna ments held so far this year, the ' favorites have to be Middlecoff and Littler.- " - , Middlecoff was vthe ' star of ' the international matches that ended Wednesday as he led the U.S. team to a 17-10 victory ov er Canada. Middlecoff got credit for rounds of 70 and 68, although on the . latter, he did not play . -out one hole and was given' a double-bogey six. ; - . .. ; -.t- - ? Littler, won the Los Angeles Open. He annexed this event last - year-, as an amateur and couldn't collect the money. This year he'll take everything they offer? him in the way of coin of . ' the realm. . , , The .open champions compet- ing are Ed Furgol of the United . states, Peter, Thomson, who won ... the British crown: ; and: - P a t - Fletcher; Canadian r title-holder. The PGA champs are! Chick ; Harbert of .the United States, . Stan Leonard, V , the ; Canadian,. champ; and Red Bost, who holds -the Mexican crown. ; :-y- f ' f ' The final tune-ups Wednesday for seven stars were in the in-7 ternational ; competition with-' Canada. The American team won i 17-10, but some of the Canadian . stars gave promise of providing: excellent competition today. " - Hawkinson's Tips uo Hawkinson Tires of the Med ford Independent Basketball ' League pulled an upset, last night when it turned back the Rogue River Merchants - 57; to , 43 in a non-loop .cdmbat at the -Washington school gymnasium.-: Rogue River is leader in the -Grants Pass circuit Darrell Johnson - led the Hawkinson attack - with 14 points and Fuz McCay had 12. " Jim Rhoteh and Carl Martin each had 12 for Rogue' River. 1 UNE-UPS: v- r,-7- Hawkinson's 57 43. Rente Unr MeCey 12 f " : Black- D. Johnson 12 "8 Lehrmsm ' Wallace. 8 e 13 . Rhoten .- R. Spinas t : " 9 Hatfield Lo. Johnson 4 -. " 2 Howel, Substitutions For Hawkinson's. La. Johnson. Mvera. J. Johnson 8. John ' son 2; . for Rogue Rivwr. Martin 12,1 snaw. - -i JAN UAQY 3-31 7: KEHTBCXT - STOUSXTteBXttX :;WIK J wmm.