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Newspaper Page Text4 IIX MKr01U (ORZGOH ) MAIL TRIBUNE :Ta(to Drubs fflairiath WMlnMi SOUTH ERV OUOOK CONFERENCE STANDINGS - i, w. i. ;pct. Med ford 0 1.000 Klamath Tails 3 3 300 Grants Pas . . , 2, . .333 ' Ashland 1 .167 - Talk of a Medford high jaunt to the state basketball tourna ment at Eugene it has been go ing on ever since the start of the season could buzz louder and stronger , today in the wake , of the 70 to 43 victory here Satur day night over the Klamath Falls Pelicans. " I And the Black Tornado, as it paused to renew vigor for the remainder of the chase, could look forward with-confidence. The same success- that marked the Tornado's progress through the first half of the conference race, if repeated in the second half and in. the district playoffs, will get the Medford cagers s- to the big tourney in a. breeze. The Southern Oregon confer ence championship isn't clinched but the : Black Tornado is well out in front of the pack with its record of six wins and no set backs. It will take mammoth ef fort on the part of conference members to calm the blistering breeze. - - . ; Three Gam LtaA , Medford ' took a full three game lead in the circuit as the Pelicans dropped their third de cision. Grants Pass Saturday re tained a ray of hope in the loop with its second win; 42 to 32, over Ashland, all but eliminat ing Ashland from contention. "We'll beat you the first time .l linV VTA. A 41 A r-AAA.J" uiu J vsia wuisc tuc anuiiu seems to be a silent motto in the league for Medford. It was that way over the week end as the Tornado added the Saturday triumph to a 64 to 51 Friday win, running its victory string to 12 and season record to 13-1 for the season. . -:- ,-. .. J Saturday night's impressive verdict was a tribute and credit to, the versatility and -fine bal ance of power in Coach Frank Roelandt's 1955 -hoop edition. It showed " that height, while mighty necessary, isn't all that Willamette tips Pacific "By UNITED PRESS Willamette - university edged out Pacific university in Forest Grove Saturday nigkt, 41 to 39, to split a two-game series. The Badgers won Friday night 66 to 64. The late ' rallying Badgers cut a 16-pomt. -Willamette lead down to 2 points, but couldn't get any closer,;,.: y - i'-.i . t In another Northwestern con ference, game, at ' - McMinnville, Lewis and Clark Came up with its v first conference,, victory, downing Linfield 64 to 57 Sat urday night. The Pioneers over came the high scoring of Don Porter who nailed 4 down - '30 points for the Wildcats. : !In Spokane Saturday night, Gonzaga dropped the University of Portland for the fourth time this season by a score of 90 to Portland's Dick Bartel took scoring honors with 28 points, : In an Oregon Collegiate con ference tussle in La Grande Sat urday night, Eastern Oregon College of Education . shaded Oregon College - of Education 110 to 104, shattering the con ference scoring record. BASKETBALL SATURDAY COIXEGC GAMES East . Temple 72. Muhlenberg 62 ' . Pennsylvania 91. Yale 71. . Duquesne 57, Bonaventure SO Canisius 79. Siena 44 Army 79. Lehigh 78 - Villanova 84, Seton Hall SI Navy 71. Penn Military: 48 . South Georgia 88. Auburn S3 Kentucky 84. Tennesee 68 N. Carolina St 78. La Salle 73 West Virginia 101. VMI 77 Alabama State 84. Alabama A&M 68 i Vanderbile S3, Georgia Tech S3 "' Midwest . - --. v Kansas State -79, Iowa State 67 Northwestern 93. Iowa 73 Michigan St. 87. Minnesota 75 Purdue 93. Ohio Stat 82 St. Louis 73. Wichita 71 A Washington (Mo.) 70, Regis 84 Pittsburgh (Kan.) 65. Omaha 59 -Cincinnati 86. Miami Ohio ( 80 Bowline Green 77, Ohio U. 69 - Southwest - - ' Tex. Western' 73, Ariz. (Tempe) 37 New Mexico 66, Denver 58 E. Tex. 79. Miss. Southern 56 ... , Seattle 67. Oklahoma City 64 - Texas Christian 71. Tex. A&M 53 - West . Utah 70, Columbia A&M 69 Idaho State 82. Colo. State 70. . Oregan State . 56,- Oregon 54 Washington State 74, Washington 73 Wyoming 68. Brigham Young 60 Chico State 106, Southern Oregon 94 - . - -f- - San Jose 75, LoyoU (Calif.). 63 . San Diego 74. Los Angeles St. 69 Occidental 82, Pomona Claremont 70 ----- -v . Whittier 51, Calif. Poly 41 High School Scores ; SATURDAY GAMES jv ; v High School - - Junction City 48. Sweet Home Hood River 4. WyXast 42 Astoria 31. Tillamook 24 Lakevi"5w 69, Bnd--49 Moro 61, Mosier 48 - Springfield 76, Roseburg 47 Maupin 49. Culver 47 . Medford 70. Klamath Falls 43,, Crater 72. Illinois Valley 31-" Mac High 74, Hermiston 71 " : Korth Bend 61, Myrtle Point 3T Marshfield 99. Coquille 53 - -Hempner 65, Arlington 39 ' Grants Pass 42. Ashland 32 Phoenix 34, Eagle Point 33 Redmond 61. Burn-47 Grant Union 71. Baker 69 Pendleton 61. The Dalles 59 Bandon 77, Fort Orford 33 44 is important.' Klamath Falls, ' which more than matched the Tornado in over-all altitude, was "in" - the game for the first half Saturday night but couldn't keep pace for the whole route with the blister ing, fast-breaking ait; and the slick, sharp passing and shoot ing of the Tornado. :? . r. . Both Keyed Up Both - clubs. turned in .'keyed up high spirited good perform ances ., in the first half. Both fought all-out fort the. ball. And offensive failures were due more to fired up aggressive defensive play than to flaws in- the re spective attacks. ; -:- v ' Medford went ahead to stay in the "last minute of the first quarter ' but . the lead .switched four times and the count . was deadlocked on three occasions before':the Tornado, could get tabbies Rap KF Quintet ; Ed .Hummel amassed a bulg ing 35 points and Johnny Foster recorded 19 Saturday night as Yellow Cab, Medf ord's strong independents, plastered 'Hal's Sport shop at Klamath Falls.; - The Cabbies dominated all the way iwith quarterly gaps of 16 to 9, 25 to 18 and 55 to 32. - Next Yellow Cab action is against Andy's Jewelers . in the March of Dimes benefit Wed nesday at the senior high. They face Company A of -the National Guard in a city loop mix . on Thursday and on : Sunday will bring a strong Longview" club here. The Washington independ ents' boast several ex-college players. LINE-UPS: Yellow Cab 79 4$ Hal's Sport 8 Dawes ' , Anderson 7 Whitney IS Beard Hummel 35 ., . Hite 2i Stacy 8 " f f c wenat s S S Foster 19 8 D. Nuebert Substitutions' For Yellow Cab. Harris 2, Knutson 5; for Hals, Fletke 2, R. Nuebert 2. Palmer 6. BOWLING INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Standings . W -.25 . 21 " 19 18 . 16 -15 ..15 ..15 14 -...14 ...12 . 8 : L .1, 14 19 17 17 17 18 18 20 24 Hunter & Best Medford Steel Co. Telephone Employees Barnards : Stevens Kaiser Willys Sno Boys Richfield Oil Co. Cumnungs Agency Hwkinson'm Tire Td Co Austin King i , Padghams Millwork . Junior Chamber of Com. . Pac.-T-T 1 J Strobel , D Bates H Parrott R Rogers - L Brown Handicap Cummings Accy 3 :..47i -.334 379 467 432 ....99 2182 D Swan , 452 D Prvor .-..A...399 D Schlacter 488 H Dungey . .430 H Russell .. 489 :?. 2258 Padgham's 1 A Keith 431 J Milhoon ..407 J La us man 417 C Hunter ...373 H Wilson ........465 Austin King .3 A King ..........412 P Prince J.;427 B Cook ... 347 (Absentee), -...375 L Bovtl 523 Handicap . 114 2095 2198 Sno Boys 3 - - " F Couch ..495 ; E Dwight 457 . F Davis .422 J .Russell 438 Stevens' 1 ' 1 B Steveils 478 D Kenner 402 C Owsley 424 R Hutchison; -..459 J Henderson ..522 D Poling 483 Handicap . .... 24 ?358 2246 Hawklnson's 1 ' H Baker ..48 K Chtianson 486 G Goodrich ...515 L Carr .......417 (Absentee)' 423 Handicap 48 H and B 3 Joe Cabler .532 J Cabler ...505 J Hunter 438 H Tavlor ...406 B Cabler .333 2297 2414 Jayeees 1 B Foster . J Walsh . .... M DeHeart . J Asher .. K St. Hill . Medford Steel 3 474 L Smith . ..516 .356 B Chriss .368 389 L Close .. ....362 ..459 R Edwards 425 -478 (Absentee) .423 .- Handicap 87 2156 ". 2181 Barnard's 4 G Lowe 519 J Monroe 523 B Jones 472 D Morehouse ..607 H Frye 563 Richfield Oil V Painter -.510 G Anderson 370 E Kennedy , 466 B Kennedy ...422 D Kreer i..427 Handicap ..231 2684- ' 2426 ROGUE VALLEY LEAGUE Standings W Hoopers Radiator Service 10 Royal Club i 8 Continental Lumber Co. 7 Star Body Works 7 Kom-Pak Trailers 6 State Forest Patrol 6 Pine Tree Market 5 Lamports 4 Lorenz Co. 4 Shoe Dogs 3 L 2 4 "5'. 5 6 6 7 . 8 8 9 Star Body T Mitchell H Gegner C Emery D Graham L Graham Handicap . Hooper's 4 D Lewis D Burns B Slead G Davon .. H VaUee . .304 -468 -491 396 423 .440 .447 ...108 2318 442 -489 -J37 2427 Lamport's 1 B Piche . 510 B Meyers 440 B Coy a ..397 S VanDyke '479 J Farrar ,.....-.633 Kom-Pak 3 A Andrew -.- 530 C Birchfield ..555 L Moser ..461 B Thornton 382 H Frye ... 556 Handicap -, - 39 2523 2459 Pine Tree 2 L Bex 546 C Curl , 516 S Mallon 390, F Martin .432 Lorenz Co. 2 C McWhorter 471 J Mathes . 484 D McCormack 481 W Gottfried -442 B Tye . ,-.-..,, ,..,486 Handicap . .... 12 1-'.':.- --- ";2376 D Jfjreer 460, 2344 Cantiaental 2 - Forest Patrol t -B VanHoy 440 H Smets 392 t Bradish .528 D Stockton 452 T Maul i.u.466 Handicap 204 .-' 2482 H AUen -.542 T VanSickle ..515 E Isaacs . 438 L Knapp .467 -V Allen ... 468 2430 Royal Club 4 B Fehl . 483 L Smith -4JH0 Shoe Dogs a W Eberiu....423 (Absentee) 411 C Lasher " 406 E Floate :..5l6 EtWunderlich 479 IBollingcr F Knox Handicap A. 457 12 3303 : 2233 Monday, January 24, 19SS ill mm permanent upperhand. - ' ' Larry Copple dribbledin off the. tip off for the first field goal of . the game. Dave D'Olivio whirled in a" shot fop the Pels to even .it at 2-all. Bud Kastner came through with a long jump er for Medf ord.;But D'Olivio got a gift point and Jack Sunitsch a bucket from far out for a-Klamath - edge of 5 to 4. Kastner's jumper next made it 6 to 5 for Medford.' ' : ' 'f"': U'y'K: . Guy Munsell tied the fracas at the free line.; Jerry Kalapus scored " in' close "for Medford but Sunitsch : hit . again ,to : make it 8-all. Copple connected.; on a fast break. Then D'Olivio-netted a free marker and tallied from the field on a rebounder for 1J to' 10 Pelican advantage. ' ' ' Tornado Goes Ahead ; Kalapus came back with a re bound shot 'for 12 to" 11 and the Tornado was' in front for good. Lanky Jerry made the first of two free attempts.' On his miss of the second, Kastner intercept ed the Pelican tip out and. flick ed in a basket from the- side. Medford- lead at the quarter close was 15 to 11. r , i, -t. . Klamath never again gotnear er. The Medford margin through the second quarter varied from six to 12 points. It was 31 to 19 with 50 seconds left in the pe riod. D'Olivio made the first of two free shots. Munsell tipped in' the rebound oh the missed second attempt and the halftime situation was 31 to 22.. D'Olivio swished a corner heave as the third cbukker be gan "but Frank Rector retaliated in kind for Medford. Copple drove in after a steal and popped in another drive in shot and the Tornado was on its way. The score was 37 to 24. Points. from two .free shots by 'Johnny Foust and a field goal by Rector were matched from the field by Larry Yarnell and : D'Olivio but Med ford made five free shots to get an 18-point bulge of .46 to, 28. 20 Point Lead - T-W.'-i? Goals by Kastner and Glenn Peterson and two- gifters by Kastner while Danny Lowe and D'Olivio fielded for Klamath gave r Medford 52 to. 32 rcom- mand. Medford outscored ;- the Pels 21 to 10 in the panel. The --Tornado added 18 to Klamath's 11 in the last quarter. Widest Medford spread before the final buzzer was 31 points, 70 to 39. - r - .V Frank Rector, with five field goals and two free shots for 12 Mary's ; Tips Troians .-. Laval Meunier's. long ;( push shot with 4 VS - seconds to play got . St. Mary's high of Medford a 45 to 43 basketball victory over the Sacred Heart i'Trojans in a tight see-saw skirmish yes terday at Klamai FaUs, With 1 rmnuteandO Seconds left '; in ; the . mix'4md.! the. -score, knotted at 43-alL the 'Crusaders elected to stall with the ball to make a last second goal try.vThe strategy paid off . as Meunier came through from about 30 feet out.. ' v ;. . 'if'i S Lead in the conflict switched hands often and never more than six points separated th e clubs. Sacred Heart headed 16 to 12 at the quarters and St. Mary's 26 to 22 at halftime and 35 to 33 at the third quarter. St. Mary's won the jayvee game 33 to 32. LINE-CPS: St. Mary's 45 Walsh 10 Hassler 4 Miksche 8 Dugan 9 Meunier 10 " v : 43 Sacred Heart 8Wickline . 3 Thill 14 Siebert . 3 Reglnato - 13 Michael is For St. - Mary's, for Sacred Heart, t c t S. 'Substitutions-- Paup 2. Bobbett 2; Depuy 2. - Jackie Puscas Scores 2 Kayocs Tacoma 0J.R) Jackie Pus cas of Eugene, Ore., knocked out two opponents here Satur day night to win the 132-pound division championship of a Gold en Gloves, tourney. Puscas knocked out Louie Ca pelano in the . semi finals and Anderson Fair in the title bout. Both kayoes were made in the second round. . - Abraham Linnear of .Ft. Lew is defeated Phil Mover of Port land in the 156 pound division. Robert Wiltse of EverettWash.; took a decision from Ronald Gonzales of Portland in their 147 pound contest. Rogue Chieftains Play-Glendale:; Rogue, River high will keepjn tune ;for defense of its Jackson County B league basketball lead by playing a non-conference con test on Tuesday night. t - - i ine cnienains wiu be host to Glendalehigh. : League frays are all set for Friday Hwith Rogue River at home for Jacksonville and fav ored - to . stay unbeaten. Butte Falls goes to Talent on Fridav with Talent favored . and St. Mary's of Medford is nicked to succeed on, a trip to Prospect. in the last quarter led Medford scoring with 20 DOints. Good balance in' the point making de partment for Mediora was evi dent -in-the scoring as Kastner got 18, his tops for the 'season, and Larry Copple 16. Kastner made all six of his. free shot tries, Rector all four of his and Copple four out of five. ; " D'Olivio with 22 . points on seven field goals and eight gift ers, was high man xor the game. Pollowin? him for KF were Lowe . and 'Sunitsch with six tal lies. each.-.; .: . -j " Medford with 48.1 per cent didn't keep up to its usual i50 per cent on field goals.. It put in 13 poals in each half, shooting 33 times' in the'firsrportion and seeing its percentage ouua up as onlv 21 tries were made in the second half. Medford got the ball down the court fast and worked it in. well in the first half just the same. iThe j-bulk f of : Medr ford's successful shots were: in close and were collected on fast breaks, - drive-ins, feeds, ' jumps, hooks and rebounds. ' ; 13 Out of 14 -. -- Medf ord's appearances at the free throw line evidenced Klam ath sag in the second half. The Tornado" got 14 gift attempts in thatiR minutes and made all but one of' them. Eighteen of 23 free chances were canned oy mea tnvA far the distance. Medford plunked in nine gifters. in the third quarter, all but onserang ffw Klamath field goals. wiffher Medf ord percentage from the field helped give it backboard control m the second half and gave Medford a ;re hnund edee of 34 to 25. Jerry k alarms, desnite sittine out more than a quarter because of four fouls and hot finishing the final stanza, cot seven boards His - third quarter replacement, Johnny Fousty,and Kastner each got seven. But Peterson topped th list, with eight. D'Olivio paced Klamath with six: rWh Roelandt said the Tor nado will work ou only twice this" week, probably Tuesday and Thursday. When theret is drill, the concentration, will- be ohl the reserves.; BOX: -Medford Kastner. f .. FG FT PF: .. 6 6 - 1 18 Kalapus, f .... ... 2 3 . 6 i ... 8 i 1 1 5 7 L. Copple, g Rectof, si Foust 4 4 16 20 4 0 ' o : o 0 2 McCullouen -McLaughlin Cearley -. ..... 0 : 0 o;A o- o ; 0 O , 0 0 ,0 coenran Reinking,.. v0 : 0 ueaiuns - 4 26 . IS 12 J Klamath . FG FT PF TP MunselL f . '. 1 1 1 ,3 Causey, t .,. - 2 i 2 D'Olivio. eV .7. 8 Lowe, g -r 3 .2 Sunitsch,- K . uj.-. 3 -0 YarneU 1- 1 rJ MeCarty 0 0 0 22 . 6 - 6 2 0 0 : o 0 Todd : .u-i..- --s :f 0 Barker : ' 0 Pepple U..L.-...- 0 Perkins: '-i. .......0 0 0 i-o : o '0 V 0 -4 eriuns i- r-rj Blanchard c.Jn.. 2 16 11 13 43 Medf orcl Steel Goes In front; Huge Sh vTwo teams outaia tne previous -week's- leader and another team tied it as actio continued over the week ncl in the city tourna ment at Medford Bowling lanes. 5' Medford Steel took over team lead with 2930 and was followed by Pine Tree market with'2914. Swift and company got .a 2906, matching the score of Tru-Mix Concrete Construction the open ing week end of play. Other high teams now are Crater Lake Motors 2858, Dar rell Miller company 2851 and Sherwin Williams Paints 2843. Retain Spot Gale Culy' and Frank- Martin saw their previous score of 1244 in the doubles withstand the second weekend assault. High Shaw took over singles lead with 674. .All-events scores were not yet tabulated. Other top doubles teams now are Fred Anderson and Ray Wise 1223, George . Russell and Ed Dwight 1179, Jim Roberts and Earl Lenz 1172, Dawson and Preston 1167 and Hammer and Sprinkle 1163. Following Shaw in singles are Ken Christianson, previous top man, 651 Darwin Morehouse 633, Bill Howell and Dave Kreer, each 632, Bob Find ley 622, Max Ament 617 and Sonny Hein 613. f Washingtort Graders Hope Ta Widen Margins V Washington rteamT will be out to stretch their leads this 'week in Medford grade school varsity and junior ; varsity, basketball circuits", : Both- are unbeaten, in two games:', ' In jayvee' tussles Tuesday Washington 'will be on its home court against Roosevelt. .Jackson plays at Lincoln. , ... ; Varsity games on Thursday are Lincoln at . Jackson ' and Washington at Roosevelt... - -s In varsity tilts last week Jack son downed Roosevelt 30 to 18 and Washington. beat Lincoln 38 to 10. Dead Jina for" Sunday CLaadfimt Hm ItoFOMVwTRLBUNS Comet, Pirate Quints Win Again; Set Loop Showdown ROGUE t LEAGUE W. 4 1 1 -.. 0 . L. 0 1 3' 4 Pet 1.000 .750 .250 .000 Crater .. . Phoenix Illinois Valley Eagle- Point Crater and Ashland high schools, which have.devtloped spirittd sports 'rivalry, en gage in a basketball ruckus ; Tuesday night. Ashland -will be scene of the brush. It will be" a non-league affair. A re turn scrap will be at Central Point on February 8.' ; i . Crater ; and Phoenix high schools are. getting ready this week for showdown battles over the leadership ; in the Rogue Basketball League. Props for the showdown drama were put in place ..Saturday night as Crater smeared Illinois Valley 72 to 31 and Phoenix sneaked by Eagle Point 34 to 33, The victories completed week end sweeps, for .both the Comets Medford J V Five Victor In Thriller . For a tense, heated, , rough thriller finish the Medford and Klamath Falls prep junior var sities outdid the varsities on the hoop floor here Saturday night. Medf ord's jayvees overcame Klamath 48 to 44 after lagging for the -biggest portion of the game. ; It was the junior Tor- naao s ixn victory . ot tne -sea son.: .The team is unbeaten. . : Klamath's jayvees, spurred by big Earl Tichenor, held the up per hand 15 to 10 at the quarter and 23 to 15 at the half. Two free shots by Larry Gober with dVz minutes gone by in the third quarter, gave Medford it's first lead of the game, 26 to 25. The Tornado expanded to .30 to 25 and . 32 to. 27 but was' on top only 32 to 31 at the end ol the quarter. ' . - ;r .;-:A : Field goals were even at four apiece in .the last period. Med ford won out . ori' the ; basis of eight free shots to. five. - . ;v -Pels ;Lad - Again'-"' : ? Tichenor hit for a 33 to 32 Klamath ' lead as " the stanza opened. Charles Inskeep's long shot gave the edge back to Med ford 34 to 33 but Tichenor got a gifter for a deadlock. Gober of Medford and McGill of Klam ath traded free shots for 35-all and John Hawley got two char ity throws iand Larry-Perkins one for a 38 to 35 Medford ad vantage. Perkins swished a shot from behind the "key for 40 . to 35. Buckets by Tichenor and' Mc Gill, ' however, cut it to 40 to 39. Inskeep got a free one and a field shot for 43 to 39 Tor nado lead. Gober; flipped in two free chances and Perkins scored from afield while Tichenor 'got a gift shot. That made it 47 to 40 for Medford. McGill shot twice from the bonus. line and Hawley once for 48 to 42 and Tichenor ended the scoring with a field goal. ;'- Tichenor, who stands ; well over .the six-foot level, ' had 25 points for the evening. Medford lost some matching height in the fourth quarter ; when Mike Stearns fouled out but his re placement, Perkins, made up for the disadvantage in scoring and flobr play. Hawley and Inskeep tallied 13 each for Medford. y . - LINE-UPS: Medford IV 48 . Hawley 13 D. Copple S '- Gober 5 . Stearns -7- -.v-: 44 Klamata JV 5 Hamblin ' 2 'Williams ' 35 Tichenor ,. ' Taucher f f . S Inskeep 13 s. 4-Kimpton Substitutions For Medford. Per kins 5: for Klamath. Hannon 2. Merk lin. McGill 6. Berke. NottfyearslNotSjearj! Syearsolfj! Straight BOURBON Wtiskey 1 1 'V lt I UV oi7 .... . , , Olp QUAKER -OiSTiLUNG CP and Pirates. Crater .-is still un- marred in the loop while Phoe nix is in second place with one loss in four gaaies. Phoenix will be host to the Comets this Friday and the clubs clash again at Central Point on Saturday. Illinois Valley will play at Eagle Point on. Friday and the-Eagles and Cougars have Saturday action at Cave Junc tion, '' ,' Crater played " exceptionally good ball to breeze by ' Illihois Valley last Saturday. Jomet first stringers were , used for only about half the game. They didn't see duty in he third per iod at all. Every Comet player who saw " action got into . the scoring - column'. . V;.: . The Comets put in their, first nme field goal tries - as they rolled up a 23 to 4 first 'quarter spread. Scores at the end of the other . quarters were 38 . to . 14 and 49 to! 22. Crater hit a .390 average on field goals and .500 on free- shots. Harvey Tonn, Crater, was high scorer with' 20., Phoenix came from behind -in stirring fashion - after trailing until the fourth quarter. Eagle Point, had period leads of 10 to 6, 23 to 15 and 29 to 23. " Two free' heaves by Bill Mad den gave the Pirates the lead at 30 to 29. The count stretched to 32 to 29 on Charles Wall's field er. Frank Reich of the Eagles closed the gap to 32 to 31. Wall and Ron Vreeken got free buck ets for a 34 to 31 count. Then Reich' dribbled in for a field goal. The Pirates stalled but the final seconds. ' . : " : " ". Crater won from the Cougars easily Friday also, with a, 70 to 45 score while the Pirate's Fri day t win over the Eagles; was almost as whisker thin as on Saturday. The final was 41 to 39 LINE-UPS: -Crater 72 Hogue - Higinhotham Gray 3 Tonn 20 ' 31 XU. Valley 8 Maurer :-; Pickle . 4 Krauss 7 Sams f -f c g Parent - 10: 6 Harrison . Substitutions For Crater, Keuey 3. Johnson 5. Tidwell 5. - Douthit 2. Shama 4, -Anderson' 2,- Bailey- 3.- Von Burkirk. 2; for. Illinois valley, fien au, Hemingway 2,- Smith 2. Camp, Phoenix. 34 : Madden 10 Korth 5 r Vreeken 10' WaU 7 -Dahl 2 33 Eagle Point - 2. Christian .:- -- 5 Cave .3 Caldwell 12 Greb v 7 Beich Substitutions For. "Phoenix. "Old ham for Eagle' Point, Friend, TutUe, Abernathy 2. Tuttle 2. ' Y. Gets Chance To Gain In MIBL ; Campus Five and the' YMCA scrap ,at- 7 o'clock tonight , to start out the week in the Med ford Independent Basketball league. , . - - Eagle -Point tackles Company A of the National Guard in the second brush of the: night at 8:30 o'clock. Both, games are at Medford junior high.-- . Campus , Five is ; third' in : the loop standings and YMCA fourth. The .Y has a chance to pull within- half a game of the Southern Oregon collegians. -Tuesday skirmishes are Hawk- inson Tires against Skinner's Buick' at ' 7'; p.m. ;and Campus Five against Prospect at : 8:30 APPEALS TO TED - . Hoboken, N.J. U.R) A Boston Red Sox pitcher, speak ing' in behalf of "all.the fellows on the dub," today appealed to Ted Williams to "come back and play another year,? said R e d Sox southpaw Leo Kiely, ''and I'll guarantee you that everyone else on our ball club feels the same way."- v .-..jwexv. i LAWRENCEBUR6, IN0.-8S PR00F4 FCC STANDINGS . Northern Division Oregon State Oregon Washington State Washington 1 IdlthO- Southern Division UCLA ' , Stanford . Southern Calif. California . L 0 3 1' ) PF 374 ,499 501s 369 393 270 275 343 t PA 318 343 ,576 353 -303 167 271 .267 : 378 ALL GAMES " ,- . Northern JlylaWa ' : ! , W L PF Oregon State .10 6 . 878 - PA -832 1027 1147 921 r 883 - 789 883 941 Oregon" t. S : ' 8 r 1038; Washington, state 9 . . io3 Washington . ... 8 : 7 999 ' souuiern - uivmon. s UCLA ; 11 , 3 Stanford - ..r: 9 3 Southern Calif. 9 6 California : 8 7 . 1049 847 1015! 947 r: Corvallis (U.PJ The Oregon State basketball squad swept its two-game ''civil war" series with the University of -Oregon here Saturday night by oeating the Webfoots 56-54 in a hard fought overtime game. ' ; Oregon State's giant center Tommy Bolt - aiit At San Diego .By HAL WOOD San Diego, ; Calif. (U.R)His putting was off and his tee-shots were bad,. but TerriblO Tommy Bolt, the - thunder-man of 'the fairways, picked up a check for $2,400 today 'after winning the $15,000 San . Diego .Open golf tournament for the second time in three years. . Despite Ihe fact that he clipped 14 strokes from par as he fired a 274 for 72 holes. Bolt was- dissatisfied 'with his . game as; he -headed for1 ; the $15,000 Palm Springs, - Califs Invita tional starting; on Thursday, VI couldn't Tiit a good wood all during the tournament," he said after he had accomplished the victory ; by ' a ; two-stroke margin over. Johnny Palmer of Charlotte, N. C. But the main thing was that lommy's famed explosive tern' perament was in complete cori- trol. Not once did he throw a ciub; or- indicate .in. any, way that he was ;jbrkedexcept :for a f few ,wordSvjWith -; some , jovery zealous r cameramen . the -- first day. - r,r'yr Sam Count h;Bcilt, Jwho says", he is -36, al though the: ' official' books s list him as only 34 won this tourna ment in: 1953 with the same 274 score. . This . time he - had ; rounds: of 64-7-72r71 In;; that-rdcrop of sharphobtin were vtwo " eaglesl Besides) the? $2,400 " first; pri2e money. Bolt picked 115 $100 for low round the first day and $25 each for the eagles. Sunday he went out in 33 f with an eagle and two birdies and a bogey on -the front nine and then played it careful coming in for a 38.. Ted Kroll, Bethesda,' Md., and Fred Haas, New, Orleans, .each had 87s- on the1 final day. and that got them.aHie for third and $1,300 each for their 277s. . ' :: Jackie Burke, Kiamesha Lake, N.. Y., who - started the final round only three strokes behind Bolt, had a . 72 in- the last round and finished, in , a - tie : for ' fifth .with Bo . Wininger, who had a 67 with a 278, good for $900 each. ' Tied with Leonard at 280 were Bud- Holscher,- Santa -Monica, ' Calif., and E. J. Dutch Harrison. St.; Louis! :;-J ' : 1 XilSHsSSS' r-il OFF lS0RACG 0S?S passongor auto insuranto from -and got m bxfra 10 dircpunt if ybii haven't 12 FCLICYKXIX c Wade Swede Halbrook played for-, the firsts time since - being suspended by coach Slats Gill last Tuesday for disciplinary reasons. But he got in less than five minutes' in 'the first half and collected, only; one . freo throw. ,J . - -W;; - vs iV- - . Friday night the :-- Beavers edged -by- Oregon without Hal brook's help, 56-53. ,4 - In the first half,: Oregon took the lead; fort the first five min utes, but -the Beavers caught up with them at 14 all. The Beavers piled up an eight point lead, but the. Ducks -.cameo back to edge them at the half,: 34 to 33. "The "second half was a tense see-saw battle with the score all tied up tliree times. The game went into overtime at 52-52 after Oreeon's Bill Toole missed n two free throws with only 56 seconds eft ' Orppon'a' Jim' Ltiseutoff tied ' up the game agairi at 54 all, but Oregon .tate;gbt ;,control of the ball and a push ".shot . by Ron Robins put the Beavers out in front and gave them their sixth - Northern Division- win of the season. - Vr'". " . " Oregon , State t took a firmer - grip on ; the , Nortnern Division lead-in:-tee -Pacific Coast Con- ference , basketball race. - - : ' In the weekend's, only other PCC . action,! Washington .State split with , Washington -. to put the r Cougars ' and the , Huskies in a tie for third behind the Beavers and the- Ducks. The Huskies -walked away with the Friday affair, 69-38, but fell, i 74-73, the next night as Doug -.King,. Cougar substitute forward, calmly sank a free throw after the final buzzer for the margin of victory. This week - v the conference fight goes on. without a break. - Washington, State and Idaho meet in a weekend home-and- home series and Oregon State goes - to Washington for two. Chico Blasts Red Raiders :ijhico, Calif. i"UD ' Chico State1 college broke its own school scoring record Saturday night, walloping Southern Ore gon college .106-54. ' The Chico second string play ed abbut 20 minutes of the game and continued . to ' pile up : the score. If was Chico 44, Southern Oregon 29 at intermission, y Chico - s c 0 r e d 102 points against the same team two years agq at- Ashland Ore. Darrell Tyberg, a guard,, was high scor- -er .; for., .ihe .visitors with 15 markers. Center George Made ros of Chico tallied 22. ; BEAVERS GET CXTCHER Portland U.R) Joe Ziegler, general manager of the Port land Beavers,' announced Satur day that the team had acquired -catcher Sam - Calderone from the Milwaukee Braves. Calde rone played Out last season with Toledo in . the American associa tion.' He is a -former New York. Giant -who last v year appeared in 29 garr.s for. Milwaukee, hit ting;.3i9.-'; V.r '-.' CdMINO SOON v owor t nvtcc ' VEmi COJ2" mado a claim months! i: ova LI ASSETS at noon Saturday.- . 1.