Yellow Cab
Wins 74-56
Over Firmco
Who is the independent bas
' ketball power of southern Ore-
gon? Could it be Yellow C3b or
Medford?
The Cabbies, unmarred co
leader in the Medford Independ
ent league, lashed Firmco of
Myrtle Creek 74 to 56 here last
night and the victory was more
decisive than the unai xaouia
tion indicated. ! v .
Tirmm ram tn Medford rid
ing on the crest of 11 straight
victories this season, only lasx
week' the Douglas county quint
was ballyhooed as the court ti
tan in this area. That was right
after Firmco tipped the Cabbies
85 to 81 at Myrtle Creek. '
Yellow Cab, spurred by the
hnntincr of Ed Hummel, Don
Wendt, Johnny Foster and Bill
Werner and the backooara wore
f Vnster. Hummel and Chuck
Stacy, won last night on its 28
point outburst in the third quar
ter. The Mediord team neaaea
only 32 to .31 gomg into .the
imnH half..-.-. . -s ...
While the Cabbies were r on
their scoring binge, Myrtle
Creek got only six tallies. That
made the count 60 to i ior
three periods. , , -
k Wendt Hits 10 ,
1 rtnn Wendt formed the soree
' with 10 points, Ed. Hummel got
eight, with six on tr ee snoxs.
The Medford margin mounted
in as mints, at 72 to 39. in the
closing panel. With the score 74
to 43, reserves took -over com
nieteiv in the Cabbies. Firmco
whittle down the margin with a
free shot and. six field goals...
The came was tied seven times
in the first half and. the .lead
switched four times although
Yellow Cab once had a bulge of
seven markers. Medf ord's strong
indeoendents had an 18 to 14
gap at the end of the first stanza
but lost their lead when hod
Stuempges'shot made it 29 to
2fl for Myrtle Creek? Hummel
. tied up the game "with "a -gift
throw and put tne wawnes on
top with another. From that
- point Yellow Cab kept the lead.
Cab. Andy's To Play
Hummel was high scorer with
21 and Bob Strout rolled up 18
ior Firmco. - -'
Andy's Jewelers, who share
the lead in the MBIL, with the
Cabbies, get a crack next week
at the Cab's mythical title. The
two clubs meet in non-league
play next Wednesday, Jan. 26.
in a March of Dimes benefit
clash at the senior high. It will
' be the first meeting of 'the two.
A means of pre-game compari
son will be provided Saturday
night when Yellow Cab" 'plays
Hal's Sport shop at Klamath
Falls. Andy's whipped Hal's last
week end here.
In a preliminary fray last
night Talent grade, school
bounced St. Mary's 29 to 14.
LINK-CPS:
Yellow Cab 74
Hummel 21
roster 14 -Stacy
9 .
Wendt 19
St Firmco
f
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14 Richardson
A StuemnffM
18 Stout
9 Gfflitpie
Werner 13
9 weber
Substitutlofia For Yellow Cab.
Moore, Hit 2. Jahnaon, Harris. Knut-,
on, Kline; for rum uuiDranaon.
Harold. Jank-'n. -
ONE OF WORST ; ....
The 66-38 loss to Oregon State
last Friday goes down . as " the
worst defeat -a University of
Washington basketball team ever
suffered : in Northern Division
, play and the thirds worst in
Washington history. Only two
t beatings were more one-sided
a 76-39 loss to Gonzaga in 1944
at Spokane and a 41-9 loss to
Oregon State in 1918 at Seattle.
That was before Edmundson pa
vilion was constructed,: though,
and the worst the Huskies have
been beaten on the ' Pavilion
floor is by a 22-point margin.
The Alumni . in 1940, the Coast
Guard in 1945 and Oregon State's
Coast champs in 1947 are co
holders of the Pavilion mark.
REMATCH LET '
San Francisco (U.R) Floyd
Patterson, top - ranked light
heavy-weight contender from
New York will meet Esau
Ferdinand of San Francisco in
a rematch at the Civic Audi
torium, Feb. 28, ; it, was an
nounced today.' Patterson out
pointed Ferdinand several
months ago in New York.
STOLHANDSKE SIGNS ,
- San Francisco (U.R) Tom
Stolhandske, a 215-pound offen
sive end and linebacker, has
signed his 1955 contract with the
San Francisco Forty Niners, it
was announced today. He cur
rently is stationed at Ft. Bliss
in 1 Paso, Tex., but is expected
to be released from the Army
next summer.
BEAVERS CLAIM SULLIVAN
Hollywood (U.PJ Russ Sul
livan purchased by the Holly
wood Stars of the .Pacific Coast
League for Little Rock of the
Southern Assn. last month, has
been claimed on waivers by the
Portland Beavers of the PCL,
it was announced today.
SANTEE RUNS
Philadelphia (U.R - Wes
Santee, America's greatest miler,
makes his eastern bow on the
boards tonight and the Kansas
record, holder is eyeing a 4:06
clocking for the distance at the
Philadelphia Inquirer Charities
11th annual indoor meet.
California's honey production
in 1953 was 23,000,000, 52 per
cent under that of 1952.
MedforivCTribunb
STOWS
Participation By Halbrook
Aaainst UO Seems Doubtful
Corvallis U.R Wade
(Swede) Halbrook had a confi
dential discussion with Coach
Slats Gill yesterday and an
nounced he planned to remain
at Oregon State but it seemed
doubtful if the seven-foot, three-
inch basketball star would play
in the. crucial Northern Division
games with Oregon tonight and
tomorrow night. ..
Halbrook was suspended from
Gun Club Slates
February Action
Members of the Medford Gun
club will hold their first regis
tered event of the year, the early
spring trapshoot on February 26
and 27, club officials have an
nounced.
The club will also participate
in the Pendleton East Oregonian
trapshoot"' This'lO-weekevent
will .start on February ,13 and
will conclude ' on April 23 and
24 with a shoot-off in Portland.
' Practice in skeet, 16-yard and
handicap shooting is scheduled
Sunday, January 23 at the Med
ford club. Shooting will start
at 10" a.' to; rPractice" will get
members sharpened for the an
nual Red and (Blue team shoot
on January 30. That shoot is a
preliminary to the annual -din
ner and meeting on Wednesday,
February 2." ' - '
Jim Horn Jhad high gun last
Sunday in 16-yard practice with
49 out of 50. Other scores in
cluded Ray Coleman 48. Martin
Clogston . 48, George Jantzer 47,
Bill Thomas 46 and Paul Culbert-
son 46.' -Horn also, was 'tops in
handicap action with 44 out of
50. 7 '
Card Contract
Signed by Larson
Berkeley, Calif. (U.PJ Paul
Larson, ... the . .nation's leading
passer, for the ,1954 collegiate
-football-' season revealed today
he had signed a one-year, $13,000
contract with the professional
Chicago Cardinals.
Larson, quarterback last sea
son for California, said he mailed
the contract to Cardinal officials
last night.
Mountaineers Hosts
To OCE Hoop Quintet
By UNITED PRESS ,
League-leading Eastern Ore
gon College of Education hosts
Oregon College of Education at
La Grande in the top Oregon
Collegiate Conference series this
weekend.
Portland State meets Oregon
Tech at Klamath Falls tonight
and tomorrow night, in the only
other OCC games " on tap this
weekend.
UO TEAMS COMPETE
, University, of Oregon,' Eugene
(Special) Oregon's varsity
and freshman wrestling teams
travel to Washington State this
week end for their stiff est com
petition of the season and : the
Duck swimming team will be at
home for a non-conference meet
with the Multnomah . Jtthletic
club as part of the heavy : winter
sporis schedule.' ' ' i
MICKEY WRIGHT. LEADS V
Tampa,x "Fla. (U.R) Veterans
of the - women's " goft circuit
trailed 19 - year - old Mickey
Wright of San Diego, Calif., to
day as she teed -off in the- sec
ond round of the $5,000 Tampa
Women's Open tournament with
a two-stroke lead.
i in '
OUT FROM UNDER That's what Boston s Bffl Sharman
is doing as he steals the ball literally from two West
players during the fifth annual East-West All-Star game
in New Yort Jim Pollard (17) of Minneapolis is West
. player with hack, to c?"" Fart won. 100-91,
the team Tuesday for failure to
attend classes: Reports circulat
ed yesterday that he was going
to join Buchan Bakers, a Seattle
independent team composed of
former college stars. He had a
reservation to fly to Seattle yes
terday evening and had received
faculty signatures to class with
drawal slips. --v " "
Not Reinstated .
Then came the talk with Gill.
Afterward, Halbrook , said that
he planned to remain at Oregon
State but said Gill had not re
instated him on the team. f
Halbrook told his mother on
the telephone yesterday he was
out of the Oregon series, but he
said later, "Maybe I'll be in Se
attle next week." Oregon State
meets 1 Washington in; Seattle
next week. - - '
Yesterday was Halbrook's
22nd birthday. He admitted he
was - tired and . missed a class
Monday afternoon.
Carmen Basilio '
Tussles Mueller ;
v Syracuse, N. Y. (U.R)
Crowd-pleasing Carmen Basilio
risks . both a 10-bout unbeaten
string and a promised shot at
the welterweight championship
tonight in a. battle with madcap
Peter Mueller, the German mid
dleweight slugger who once
kayoed a referee. '
Odds-makers figure Basilio a
3-1 favorite for the nationally
televised and broadcast 10
rounder at War Memorial Audi
torium. It was sold out last Mon
day. ......
But it's a mighty dangerous
night for the hatchet-faced onion
farmer : from nearby Canastota,
N.Y. A defeat could easily wipe
out Basilio s tentatively sched
uled title bout with welter cham
pion Johnny Saxton at Syracuse
April 1, for Saxton admittedly
would rather risk his newly won
crown at Los' Angeles against
Ramon Fuentes.
Beau Jack Beats Green
In Comeback Starter
Columbia,' S. C. (U.R) Even
as Sugar Ray Robinson's come
back was threatening to col
lapse, former lightweight cham
pion Beau Jack was safely em
barked on his comeback today
with a victory and started look
ing for more fights. .
l Jack, 33-year-old former shoe-
shine - boy from Augusta, Ga.,
who retired three - years ago,
shook off the cobwebs Thursday
night and scored a crowd-pleas
ing, unanimous decision over
Eddie Green . in a 10-rounder
here.
Roy Hewitt - Takes Top
Spot in Rifle Shoot
Roy Hewitt, the perennial first
among ; the pistol " shooters,
reached the top spot in the regu
lar rifle shoot Wednesday night
of the Medford Rifle and Pistol
club, leading all of the regular
rifle hot shots. .
High men were Hewitt .386,
Lew Conger, 385, Harry Heiden
reich, 385; Jim Bolton ,380 and
Clinton Charley 379.
BASKETBALL
THUBSDAY COLLEGE SCORES V
East - -
Colgate 63. Cornell 57
Midwest . -
Wichita 74. Seattle 71
- Omaha, 92. Simpson 62
DDUvnwnt . -
Texas A&M 58. LSU 47
Tulsa 48, Oklahoma City 42
till
11
5&
Bulldog, Pointer
Quintets Divide
At Central Point
Medford and Central Point
basketball crews split two games
at Central Point last night with
Central Point nabbing the
eighth grade ruckus 39 to 30 and
Medford taking the- seventh
grade brush 25 to 16." -r
Wayne Allen with 19 points
and Jerome McQuade with 12
sparked the Pointer eighth grad
ers. They were standouts in all
around play as were Fred Funs
ton and John Harvey of the Med
ford squad. Punston was " Med
f ord's top scorer with nine. ' s
Halftime scored favored Cen
tral Point 23 to 15. Medford's
Don Peek contributed to the
Pointer cause with one field
goal..
The Medford seventh headed
the Pointers 16 to 8 at the half .
Jerry Anderson and Lynn
Knighf, Medford, were high
scorers with eight each.
LINE-UPS:
Med. 7th 2S
Hamilton -Deakins
2
Knight 8
Anderson' 8
CP 7ta 16
2 Michael
3 Woods
3 Cote
Pfaff
f
f
c
8
Olson
9
6 Bartley
Substitutions For Medford. Kono-
pasek, Quinney, McGill 7, Moore,
Frohnmayer. Dunn, Durkee. Morris;
for Central Point, Anhorn 2..'-
CP 8th 39 ;
McQuade 12
Beach '
Barnes 2 -.
Allen 19
30 Med. Sth
: 7 Rassmussen
' 4 Peek
9 Funston
8 llarvey
2 Koch
Central Point,
Medford. Fond,
t
t
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ft
Clark 6
Substitutions For
White, Legler; for
Monroe. Lyons. . -
Charlie Powell
Earns Decision
1 Los' Angeles -ftJ.R)- Fcrmer
professional football star Charlie
Powell pounded out a. unani
mous : 10-round decision over
Germany's Hans . Friedrich last
night at Olympic Auditorium. .
- Powell, fighting for the first
time since he suffered a seventh
round technical knockout against
Charlie Norkus, won every
round' but failed in a desperate
attempt to score a knockout. '
The i former San Francisco
Forty Niher staggered Friedrich
in the second, third and 10th
rounds with hard left jabs and
hooks to the body, but was un
able to down his lighter and er
ratic opponent.
Pacific Badgers Face -Willamette
Bearcats .
By UNITED PRESS ,
Pacific University cagers clash
with Willamette's Bearcats at
Salem tonight and at : Forest
Grove Saturday night in the top
Northwest Conference basketball
series -this weekend.1 " "
In the only other league ac
tion scheduled,- Linfield meets
Lewis & Clark at McMinnville
Saturday night. " .
. Pacific, with a 4-1 conference
record, has lost only to College
of Idaho this season. The . Badg
ers have won 11 out of 12 games.
Willamette nas lost - three con
ference games. . - -
NO BITE ''' ; .
Hartford, Conn. -U.PJ--State
Police Major George Remer was
pleased ' when officers ' caught
the thief who swiped his rain
coat. But his elation turned sour
when he reached into the pocket
of the coat and ' failed to find
the false teeth he had left there.
The thief "couldn't remember
what he did with them.
OFF-SEASON HITS , ' ;
Augusta, Me. N (U.R) -Wait
Dropo. ' American 1 League ' first
baseman, is a member of Maine's
"Biggest Bucks Club." Walt
bagged .a ' 234-pound : buck deer
in the Allagash wilderness ; and
also shot a bobcat that brought
him a $15 bounty.
. ' -Tr2Sr3 end , -
- , .
Whan you mak your next "
' tractor a John Dmx (,40," you
'rf trill know thai you can find just t;
tha matching aqunmcnt yon i
-' need at any tuna throughout 1
tha tractoz's long hit. Right ' : i
now you have mora than iorty ;
pick-upnd-go tools to chooM
ham, eaoh one built to the ' '4
same high standards as the (
' tractor. Come in. Get fall in- J
I formation. .
IIUBBARD-UnAY
COLTPiUlYi
25 So. Riversid
4-H Club Hews
Central Point Club' r.'r'" :
Kandy Kids 4-H Cooking Club
met January 4, at the home of
Margaret Taylor who gave a
demonstration on how to bake
an angel food cake.
We discussed getting a 4-H
and American flag for the club.
Our leader gave us our assign
ments and we discussed them. ,
Next meeting will be on Fel
ruary 1st at the home of Sandra
and Cheryl GhelardL
Prospect 4-H Canyon Club
The 4-H Canyon cooking club
had their second meeting Jan.
19. Helen' Janzer did the meas
uring demonstration for the first
year' groups. Sally and Jill did
a demonstration on setting the
table. Both of the demonstrations
were very good. .We have three
new members,4 .Linda - Paten,
Deane Ells, and Donna Ells. .
We played one game . then
went home. Our meetings last
from 4 to 5 p.m. The next meet
ing will be held at 'Jill Hedge
peth's Feb. 2, after school. -xt
Reporter, Laura - Bean.
LOSING FOOTING while trying to stop Rochester's Bob Wanzer,
West All Stars, Bob Cousy, famous Boston basketballer playing
with East, almost falls during spectacular, game won by East
100-91 at New York's Madison Square Grd (Iitterrtattonel)
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Salem U.R) A bill to ban
the prohibition of the emergency
clause on revenue measures was
introduced in the Senate yester
day, with the signatures of more
than two-thirds of the senators
and 50 ' per cent of the house
members. " ' , ,
i Sen. Lee Ohmart, who intro
duced the bill, said both Repub
licans - and Democrats have
signed the .measure.
Can Fire Referendum
; Sen. Ohmart said that under
the present - law no revenue
measure can become effective
before 90 days after it is enacted
In that period, a referendum
petition with some 20,000 signa
tures can be filed in which case
the measure is held up until the
following general election. -'
;;, Ohmart ; . said" "this measure
hits right into the" heart of the
tax problem v of ? Oregon.'. Over
$100,000,000 in; the present
budget ; has been voted by the
people and yet we do not have
the - tools . to work with.' Under
the present, constitutional pro
hibition, the Legislature is un
able to work out an orderly tax
program with any assurance that
the measure passed or amended
will become , effective during
the following biennium..
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r Should the emergency, clause
be "removed, a sales tax could
be passed, by the Legislature de
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would go into effect immediate
ly if the governor should sign It
That way Oregon would have a
sales tax for at least until,, the
folio wing general election. Sev
eral legislators . feel that . if the
people "lived with the sales tax"
for two years they would not
reject it. . -. k t
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