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. ) r ( t SDt -MEDFORD. (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MHS Given First Place - Portland U.R) Medford today xankad as the No. 1 nigh school basketball team in the staia in tha Oregon Journal Coach's poU. . The Black Tornado was the - unanimous choiea of all aight coachas ' Mxiicipaiing in she . . voting. ' Daf anding staia - champion '. Mllwaukia was in second plaea and Eugana was third. ' Unbaatan St. Halans advanced - to fourth. :-. - Tha first 10 rankings: , 1. Medford. 2. Kilwaukle. . I ' 3. Eugana. ( 4. St. Halans. . 5., North Band. 6. Cleveland ' ".'! ' . 7. Astoria. v 8. Albany. i 9. South Salam. ' 10. Beaverton ton iio. and - Fendle- Mays Gets Hickok Belt Rochester, N. Y.0J.R) Dap per Willie Mays, a fellow with a flashy wardrobe, had a 810,000 diamond-studded belt to go with it today as bis reward for being named the Professional rAthlete of the-Year by the Hickok Belt Company. : j w ' . J- . Mays, the happy-go-lucky cen ter fielder of the New York Giants who won the National League batting title and Most Valuable Player award for 1954, received the belt at the annual Rochester Press and Radio Club dinner Monday night. - ; In the voting for the gold buckled and bejeweled belt by sports writers and .broadcasters, Mays received a total of 214 points with 4 57 first-place .votes. Otto Graham, veteran quarter back of the Cleveland Browns, was runner-up with 75 points, iri-4 eluding 10 tirst-plaee ,"V votes, while Mays, teammate, "south paw Johnny 'Antonelli; finished third with 67 points and;13 first place votes. '.. - ', : ' ; v Eagle Point Girls : Help March of Dimes With tiay at School Eagla Point Three third grade students in tha Eagla Point school have tha spirit of the March of Dimes. ? Tha students. Donna Lynn Garen, Linda Whaatman and Marsha Puller, planned, pro--duced and directed a play which thay eaHad the rVaria ty Show.7 Thay presantad their program . before first, second and third grade pupils and teachers during and after noon recreation period" at -the schooL " . ' "T''- Admission was- a penny fori students and ; fi -e cents for teachers. The girls proudly, turned ever $1.23 to the cam paign for funds to fight infan tile paralysis.- -y BOWLING" . ROGUE ROLLERS LKAGUS Burelson's a: s a 5 5 .'5 ; 4. ;s, i . i Chris Drugs '. : Ralph's Green Lantern. 'S . 3 -3 3 -. 3 4 s 5 ' 7 7 B. & B.. Auction First National Bank Clave Construction Women of the Moose OK. Market i BoRue Sportsman Brooks Electric Results: O.K. Market () L. Cross 270 . Summerfield 330 D. Monroe 314 L. Calhoun 319 E. Lenz . 429 Handicap 215: i -1928. Burelson's (4) V. Findley 44S V. Corby . 418 D. Doty -y 445 A. Houchin "371 J. McCready 441 2121 Rome SBtstnn Cktve Const. (4 A. Wilson v -323- D. Hiekson - 353 L. Keener 292 T. Clave 438 T Webster 397 M; Bovd f -332 N. Roberts v 328 A. Hoffman '377 D. -Ricks .v 357 J. Jesham -. 419 Handicap ..' S3 .1760 .1909 Ist NaU Bank (3) V. Abbott -; 272 H. Read 382 P. Benton 320. D. Scholey ' . 285 C. Selledt 450 ' Handicap - " 324 . . 2033 Chris Druci fl) B. Minxer 419 B. Henaon 426 I. Foraa 390 R. Cabler 340 C. Lowd 438 2013 B & B Auction (3) H. Hobbs 339 i O. Wyatt ' 386 A. Zenor 344 V. Childera 351 G. RigC 489 : Handicap 129 2038 Brooks Elec (l M. Snyder 382 V. St HOI" . 359 E. Sessions : 367 G. Havse ' 405 M. Durham - 390 190. W.O.TJ. ) C. Thorson S. Coulter D. Findley J. Jordan E. Olson Handicap Green Lantern (2) V. Knox 492 O. Henson 398 315 305 292 M. Pierce 285 289 381 318 1900 K. smita F. Doty 387 384 1926 i FIGHTS irMTTT.n PRESS ' Kmar VnA- Pete AdUE. 155 'x Newark. N.Y, stopped Anjrelo Brisd, .155. Italy (9). - - - -RmnVlvn- TrMv TOUM. 1681 New York, stopped Tony Johnson, 170.. New York. (5). PmriHnw. R I Gordon Perry, 149. Providence, outpointed. Bobby Barnes. 147. Buffalo. N.Y. 8. , BASKETBALL MONDAY COLLEGE GAMES Kaiith . . Miami (Fla.) 84. Georf etown. (DC) 81 Georgia 70, Georgia Tech 66 . Memphis St. 104. Ark. St. 79 - West Vir. 64. Vlr. Tech 61 W. Kentucky 83. Tenn. Tech 71 -- Southwest (La.) 70. Centenary 68 Vanderbilt 88, David Lipscomb 61 Midwest Colorado 78. Iowa State 71 : Iowa 79. Ohio State 68 - -" Minn. 102. Northwestern 82 Wichita 80. Drake 78 - l .Southwest - , Tuba 67. Houston 64 ' -. Miss. Sou. 73. N. Texas St. IS , ,. Lul Soss 7X Texas Aecl CI Fanfare Speed Prescott of the Ashland Daily Tidings has made mention of a new club in the Southern Oregon Conference. We were hesitant to say anything about it until we were sure Klamath high was a member. The basket ball organization Speed spoke of . is called the- "we-got-clob-bered-by-Medf ord club." Seems that, while" the Black Tornado is ineligible for membership, it conducts the initiation. " HOME NEXT FEB. 12 .: It w i 1 1 be approximately three weeks . before Medford high's maplecourt . scorching cagers meet . an adversary on their home court. Idle entire ly this. week, they have their next r 1 va 1 r y in ;non-conf er , ences brushes , against Marsh '. field at Coos Bay on February "4'and 5. The Tornado resumes Southern Oregon " Conference campaigning on ' February 11 at Grants Pass. 1 Only the fol-' lowing night,' Medford and the : Cavemen, tussle here. . SITTING. PRETTY : Right now, Medford is "sitting pretty" in its guest for the con zerence banner. All of its vic tories have been by ' convincing or 'substantial margins and only a complete reversal of form,' ap parently, could keep .the . Torna do from keeping the bunting. It's the hope that the long break between' c o n f e r erice halves proves just a breath catcher and doesn't break the winning charm. v ; borne victories stilly are ne cessary. Klamath Falls cannot be counted out. The Pelicans have four (two with Medford) of their six-remaining games 'at home, while Medford will play four away. The Tornado has scored its most decisive tri umphs this year, on rival courts but Medford clubs, often in the past, have encountered trouble at Klamath Falls, n - v ., .,. As the situation s t a n d s .at present, Medford needs four 1 1 Gals Grapple At Ashland -t- Five matches of prof essional wrestling are sched uled for the Armory; at Oak and sts. here - tonight. ' The pro gram is sponsored by. the Ash land Junior Chamber of Com merce vand all profits will go to the : March of , Dimes cam paign. . ; Teatured -on. the card will-be four of the?, country's top fem inine wrestlers. Jerry Hunter, said rto Irule" the world's, femi nine , middleweights; will clash with' Jeanne -Wilson,- Miami, Fla. The- other: ladies' mate h pits Louise Taylor, ; Redmond, Ore. against .Tiny. Kim, Hawaiian Judo expert. ', Following the regulation mat ches, the : girls will return ' tor tag team : affair, set for an hour or- two out of ' three falls. The main event will see action between- Yogi-: H u s s a n e, 207- pounder .f r o m Instanbul, Tur key, and Johnnie Dobbs, 218, Omaha.. Neb.-- ,; ' ' - Tickets will "be on- sale at the door, which; opens at 8:30 p.m Spring Meet; Springer Okayed r Portland MM Officials of the ; Oregon Collegiate Confer ence yesterday awarded the 1955 spring sports weekend to Oregon Tech at Klamath Falls. The , OCC presidents and coaches, at -their; annual winter meeting . here, also completed football -schedules for 1956 and 1957 and the basketball sched ule for 1956. : . The OCC track, baseball, ten nis and golf titles will be deter mined at Klamath Falls on Sat urday, May 21 with first-round baseball games the previous night ? Each of the five schools will continue - to play four games against each other in basketball. The OCC ruled that partici pants in game-conference or non- conference must . be eligible under conference rules. Previ ously, ineligibles sometimes ap peared in non-conference games. , Another ' season of eligibility was granted LeRoy. Springer, SOCE football end. He took part in two games played before the start of school at SOCE several years ago and then did not en roll until the following fall. Nagy, Wene Champions In Bowling Tournament Chicago (U.PJ Steve' Nagy, who nearly missed - qualifying for the finals in the 16th annual All Star bowling tournament, reigned as the national match game . bowling champion - New holder of the women's national match title, meanwhile. was Sylvia Wene, tiny fireball from Philadelphia, where she owns a grocery.. Hie two emerged as the coun try's best : in 4 match - bowling early today after week-long play, which V was marked by Nagy's slow rise from the 14th place where he landed after the first round. , i Dead Una for Sunday CTasglflad is soon aaoraay - Tuesday, January 25, 1855 Br dick JEwrrr Mail Tribune Seerta Editer wins to pick up the pennant al though it can do it with three if it only splits each series with Grants Pass, Ashland, and Kla math. , : :, .VV-VV. : INJURIES WORRY : There was soma- gritting of loath before the Klamath Falls sarias opened last week be eausa of tha injuries to . Bud ; Kastner, Glann Paiarson and Bob TisdeL Kastner, who had a cord slippage behind his knee on Thursday, had 7 trouble staying tha game on Friday but on Saturday came through' with , probably his top all around . performance of tha year and with his bast scoring.: Peterson, who turned an ankle ; in practice, was nevertheless ' able to claim seven rebounds , one night and aight tha next. Tisdel, who also had a turned ankle, was held out of action. ' STATISTICS PLANNED : We plan to have some statis tics' on the Black Tornado later this week. They should help show what makes the Big Wind blow. FOUR ON 1949 TEAM ' Selection - of Rocky Stone Paul Eckel and Mike DaVora to the State squad for the Shrine high .. school , all-star football game ,nexl August won't be the bait representa tion Medford has had after all. Our recollections were wrong, we were informed by a reader. Medford has had four men on a. Shrine squad, he said. .' He was right about the num ber but wrong about the year. It was 1949 not 1950 and the four" were 'Rich Riggs, Chuck' Romine; : Frits' IBrewar and: Bill Mills. They were members of - Medford's ' 1948 state semi final team- coached by Lee Ragsdale, who ' helped -coach tha 1949 State Shrine dub. ' SCORERS LISTED Results of all Medford Inde pendent 'Basketball' League games haven t been turned in to League Secretary Don Wendt. But here are the top scorers from records he has received as of ast week end: Ed Hummel, Yel low. Cab, 157: -Wendt, ... Yellow Cab, 121: Bruce Bateman, Head quarters Company, 119; Johnny Fosters Yellow Cab, .102;. Don Mintz, SsYMCAj y 97; Richard Knutson, Yellow Cab, 84; John Drews; Headquarters, 81; ! Jun Linderman, Prospect, 71; Tom Rodgers, YMCA, 70; Stan Read, Sacred Heart Church, 66, LOGGERS COMING r f " ; Members of the Longview Wash., Farnandes Loggers, who will play the Yellow Cab basketball - team next Sunday at the St. Mary's gym include Doug Logue, ex-Willamette Bobby Ball, - ex-Oregon State Rooks; Fred Wilson, ex-Lewis and Clark;; and Phil Brown, ex-Washington Staia. ,: ; - : ; i ; ; NEWLAND SHINES r ; Dave Newland, ex-Medford high athlete and how a i wrestler and; trackman at : University of Oregon, was the only Oregon grappler to win against Wash ington State on Saturday. Scrap ping in the 147-pound class, the sophomore won Dy a pin. He also picked up a decision last week over . a Multnoman Ath letic club foe. .-.; 3 ' ' i 1 CARRIGAN STARTER Gordon . Carrigan. ex-Crater high star; has been in the start- ing line-up for the Oregon State college Rook basketball team After scoring 22 points against ciark junior college last week he .went scoreless against the Oregon Frosh on Friday. On Sat urday, when free shots were not taken but a. point awarded, on every foul. Carrigan was cred ited with 19 counters. Plavine for . the- Frosh was Ted Tenney, ex-Asniand nigh. Larry Bigham, ex-Crater mate of Carrigan's has been a starter for the Linfield college fresh men, Rollie - Hartley, ex-Talent high and Southern Oregon col lege noopman counted un 25 points the other night for George x ox couege. Club Team Shoot on Sunday : One of the highlights of Med- ford Gun clubs shootinff year is scheduled next Sunday, January 30, when members divide for the annual Red and Blue team shoot ' ; Paul Culbertson and Wilton White, Red : and Blue captains respectively will:e h o ose "up sides from .among f members on the grounds with every paid up memDer on . nana - participating, The B l"u e s. won last vear Members of the losing team will serve the annual dinner on Wed nesday night, February 2, at the, clubhouse. Competition Sunday will be prizes J or members of the winning team - In activity last . Sunday Ever rtt Gibson, tied, for top honors in two events. Gibson, Culbert son vand Maritn Clogston broke 47 out of 50 at 16 yards and ' Gibson and Harry Elden had 45 scores for handicap high. Clogston with 47 out of 50 was high . skeet .gunner. ; ' Ray Coleman, Charles Bend- ell and Ed- Henselman posted 46's at 16 yards' and Coleman and Bernard Henry had 43'a fcl xjantucap aaoou&4 - ; OSC Slates UW Series; UO at Home By NORMAN RITTER ? United Press Sports Writer San Francisco's cavernous Cow Palace provides the main course this week, on a Facme coast basketball menu that is spicy and appealing despite the semester-end vacations on most campuses. Feature clash in the two nights of doubleheaders in the mammoth pavilion this weeK end brings together University of San Francisco, currently ranked fourth in the nation, and hot-shooting Stanf ord, tied with UCLA for the leadership of the Pacific Coast conference. South ern division. and fresh irom a victorious Hawaiian .-tour; Preceding the USF -Stanford encounter Friday will be a game between California and 'Santa Clara. The- airings - will'- be switched Saturday when the In dians tangle with the ' Broncos and USF meets CaL ' . In' the . Northwest, - Oregon State will be aiming to run its Northern division victory ; skein to eight games when the Beavers journey to Seattle for a pair with Washington.- : .-. Beavers Take- Two - The Beavers - put down the biggest challenge to the success ful, defense of their division crown when they . swept a two- game: series with second1- place Oregon last , week end. - Washington State's Cougars, who split with -Washington in their week end series and there by remained in a third place tie with the Huskies, travel across the state line for a two-game se ries with last place Idaho. i Oregon - looks for trouble in a two game set-to with Brigham Young on the Webf oots' court. Southern Cal opens ' play in the Hawaii i Invitationtal Wed nesday while San Jose plays host to Cal Poly,: in the only .signifi cant, mid-week .action, v UCLA is counting on a pair pi breathers before jumpmg' .back into the thick of the PCC fight next week. In the ? hosts role both nights, the Bruins meet Santa Barbara Friday and Cal Poly Saturday..' In other , games this week end San . Francisco State, plays Mof fett- field, Los Angeles State meets Cal Tech; Gonzaga opens a two-game series with Idaho State and : Loyola : invades the Northwest for ' action against Seattle U and Portland y. Challeng In MOD Hoopy Encounters Andy's' Jewelers challenge the southern. ; Oregon basketball; su premacy of Yellow Gab, the city ' policemen, and firemen settle a dispute about their , athletic abil ities, Mayor' Earl Miller and City Manager Robert Duff test thier respective . eyes for the basket and the March of Dimes fund, to aid the fight against infantile paralysis; -will receive the bene fits i Wednesday I night ' at ; the senior high school gymnasium. The '. evening's program has been arranged by Charles E. Jones, special events chairman for the March of Dimes, and by Bill Smgler, ' president of the Medford Independent Basketball League. V; -:..., ' ; ; .. Main J; game '. of the night matches the Jewelers and . Cab men at 8:30 o'clock. The two, each - unbeaten in the . MIBL, have won $even . games apiece and have yet to meet' in the cir cuit. This will be a non-league encounter while bringing i- to gether the best the city loop has to offer.- , v..t r;. : i - Out To .'Show Cops .;. s Toe police and firemen, while relegated to premammary status at 7:15 pjn .', will be out to make a real double feature of the eve ning. "We're out to show the cops we can ' play i better basketball than they can," Capt Dale Davis of the fire department reported. He added, "It might be a better game than people are figuring on." ;: : -: ' r r-.. b , Duff and Miller do their nart in a free throw contest with the loser to give $5 to the March of Dimes. Some ping pong is also planned '- - The Jewelers may pick their starting line-up from among Der aid .Wooton, Jack Boardman, Bob? Shores, Loren Soderlund. Bill Kramer, Willard Lillv. Bob Fasel and LaRue Smith. All are ex-Medford . high cagers. Yellow cab may call on Ed Hummel, Johnny Foster,' Chuck Stacy, Bill Werner and Don Wendt. Don, Harris, Max Hite and Dick Knutson are among leading re serves. i. i-.-:.--i-.i'-'" - - ' ' -"- ' ' -j V"'. - A You'll: Always Find o Reliability r o Uniformity . O Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX , Tru-Mre FAST, PROMPT MeAiAmBsti WesS TTeaoflas UdDve Up Dod Ml By NORMAN MILLER . 1 New York 0J.R)- Kentucky and North Carolina State, ranked 1, 2 by the United Press Board of Coaches, were joined today by George Washington; among the top 10 teams to emphasize South ern college - basketball ascend ancy.;-. : ' ;. . Northwestern, which took over the Big Ten conference lead last weekend, was another newcom- New York 0J.R) Oregon State's Bearers, who lead the Northern Division with a 6-0 ; mark, rank in 19 th place in this week's United Press na tional basketball ratings. Oth er coast teams in the top 20 include ; San Francisco, third; UCLA, seventh; and Stanford, 18th.;-:1; -;:: : er among the 10 leaders as the teams below top-ranked Ken tucky were drastically shuffled for . the first tune in the past four weeks. ' Kentucky, with 11 victories in its first 12 games, was ranked No. 1 for the fifth week in a row, and North Carolina State 16-3 . jumped three notches to second place.' ' : v r .-. ,. . George wasmngton, with . a 1-3 record,' advanced 10. places to eighth, while Northwestern 8r 4, .unranked the week before, moved all the way to a tie for ninth place with Ilhnois. . i The coaches, basing their, rat ings : on games played through Saturday, night, Jan.; 22, ranked San Francisco 12-1, Utah .13-2, Duquesne 9-3, LaSalle 13-4,' and UCLA 113 third to seventh in that order. - Wildcats Get 24 of 35 iHt Coach , Adolph .Rupp's : Wild cats received 24 first-place votes from the 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press rating board and a total of 333 but of a possible 350 points. N. C. State had one first-place vote and 250 points. ":";;' . The South, which not many years ago produced college bas ketball pushovers, thus was rep resented this week . the nation's No. 1,, 2 and 8: teams, .tand had eight . schools among the 38 which - received ?: points in ' this week's voting, :; -- ' -; y S Three other'- teams " attracted first place votes' this week, one nf thfm mirsine th fnn 1(l; San Francisco; which ranked not far behind vN; C.i State with 238 points, -' was . the top choice of seven - coaches, while fourth- ranked Utah ' was . the pick -of two.. Holy Cross,tied for. 14th this " week, received the other first-place ballot v - : f ;;V . ban Francisco advance one Dispute Lt. C. W.J Lacy, in charge of the police brigade, indicated that, because of lack of .conditioning he may use a platoon : system. Speaking of the fire eating ad versaries, he said tne u iaueet have some stuff worked out and "I think we'll -give them -some trouble." Likely- starters are Frank Lengele, Ted Whisler, Milton Hanson, Delaire Tuso and Wallace Bowen.: Lee . Rice and Harold Sliger may see quite .a bit of reserve duty. All members of the squad probably will see some action. Ralph Moore, Otis - Johnson Bob Swindler, Davis and Joe Jensen may get opening call for the firemen, all of whom also are expected to see action. .Davis in dicated that his club is not so likely !..to use platoons. Among top reserves are Doug Dawson Ted Marcisz, Hack Caster ..and Gene ; Williams.- :': ', s-S-; ' Tickets -are v'on sale at -Lam port's and Sam's Sporting; Goods stores,' at Yellow Cab and at Andy's Jewelry store. The fire and police department?" ; also have them -as to officials of the basketball league. ' ' deer:trouble M m Hartland, !Ni H.s-(U.f?) After shooting , a deer .'on Hurricane Hill here,: iirry Sabin lost his way and didn't emerge from the woods until four hours, .later. While making the trip to safety he left behind his gun and ihe deer and ' lost a shoe. All were recovered the next morning. KRAUSE SIGNS ; ' W Salem s- XU-R) rMel Krattse. former .University of Oregon basketball and baseball star and now a hoop , coach at Franklin high -hi Portland, became 'the first player, to sign with: Salem for the 1955 season in the new Northwest league Krause . is an infielder v. , : y ;- . -, ; The Arjny. j Fld Band-. Jias traveled more , xnan ; aow.uuu miles durmg: Vthe Tast -v eight years. -;- CONCRETE OELIVERY ? C . Phone) :2-5271t? f notch over last week, ? Utah moved up three places, and UCLA, three. ; f LaSalle Tumbles To Sixth LaSalle, the; coaches' pre-sea- son-choice; for . the mythical na tional - championship,, fell, .from second to sixth place after losing to' North Carolina State. This was the Explorer's lowest rating this season. Illinois, third last toFonrvO&TRiBUK - By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer . Minnesota : and Iowa , took over as the new co-leaders of the frantic' Big Ten basketball race today, largely on the efforts of two very different players- huge " Bill ' Simbnovich, basket ball's behemoth from the 1 iron range - country,' dumped in 28 points and hogged rebounds at Minneapolis Mondays night as Minnesota blasted Northwestern out of the league lead in a ' 102 82 rout y : - ' tzlswi Cain, . who " leaps " so ; high.' be gets his hands above the basket level, popped in 20 points and did plenty of rebounding in Iowa's 79-66 conquest of - Ohio State . at Columbus, Ohio. . These ; two games made the Big . Ten .. chase ' a wide-open scramble, for ;r now "Minnesota and "Iowa are "the best at 4-2, four with three - losses, and only one, Ohio State,' apparently out of it with four losses. . ' Minnesota ; equalled its all- time scoring record in beating Northwestern as Simonovich's 28 points were backed up -by 24 from. Dick Garmaker . and -20 from Chuck, Mencel. Garmaker, usually, the team's high scorer, switched tactics and concentrat ed on feeding; tricky passes ,to Simonovich " for : short-r a n g e Simohovich coll ec tie d 20 points in theirst half as the Go phers rolled to a 52-37 lead that virtually clinched ' the contest. Northwestern looked - better j in the second : half but . couldn't menace ' this lead.' Frank' Ehr mann of Northwestern salvaged top ' scoring honors with . 32 Iowa ; found Ohio State badly VALDES-FLOOD BATTLE , Huntington, W. Va. . U.R) ; Nino - Valdes, Cuba, top-ranking heavyweight ;S contender,;--a n d Battling Jack" Flood,. Spokane, Wash meet here tonight! in the 10-round feature, of the first pror fessional boxing card here since May, 1953. , KF DEFEATS ROOKS ' Klamath Falls . U.R) The Klamath Falls high school wres tling team defeated the Oregon State Rooks 27-25 yesterday. 'The Chippewas and Potawato- mis each have 42 treaties with the United States. - r" Its the favorite .3 K V' - lip r':. f S V.:i ': I : - ' .. J.iJ' i f w -;';- -' .? ' x -ii: ; '"When' sny prodtiet4 enjoys the popsJsrity that has Motaged r fee 7 &own for as loatg. there has t ; be; good reason. '.i'-Evertastc T Ofo?,;Tb-'yo lamrWUM is! - -' ;-'';FeBee .yo taste Seagnms;7 Crown.that name is homd te reniain; there ;everytone suczatsniss esstar, pay week, tumbled all the way to. a tie for ninth, a Big Ten setback. The week's two newcomers among the top ,10 replaced Mis- souri and .Minnesota. Missouri, Minnesota, 10th last week, fell into a tie for 14th with Holy Cross .:" and Niagara. Dayton, Stanford, Oregon State and St. Louis completed the second 10 group. ' ' og 1 pBM crippled by the absence of Robin Freeman, the league's highest scorer and the nations second highest, .who was out with an ankle injury. After the opening three minutes, Iowa led all the way against a nucKeye - xeam that seemed a little lost without its ace. v Cain paced all Iowa . scorers with his 20 points and assisted six-six Bill Logan and Bill Sea burg in dominating rebound play. John Miller ol Ohio State, however, was : the game s . top scorer with 26 points.- While the Big Ten was under going this upheaval, other games saw- current conference leaders in the Big Seven, Southern, and Missouri -Valley loops retain their rankings. ; ... Colorado ran its . perfect- Big Seven record to 4-0 with a 78-71 over; Iowa ' State, thus1 staying ahead of second-place Missouri 3-1. Iowa State, with a 1-5 league mark, threatened only in the closing minutes when it narrow ed the gap to five points with 23 seconds left before bowing. Six seven Burdette Haldorsonof Col orado was overwhelming scor ing oh nine field goals and nine of 13 free throws for 27. points and grabbing 17 rebounds.' Mountaineers Hold Lead ?: M Rod (Hot Rod) Hundley; high- scoring sophomore, led 1 West Virginia to a 64-61 , victory over Virginia Tech, ; extending its league record ?.to 6-0 .when a loss would have turned over the lead to Richmond 6-1. Tech led West Virginia, 59-54. with three min utes left buf Hundley . hit six points to take the lead and drib bled the ball lor a one-man freeze for the last 45 seconds. to clinch the victory.' He had; 17 points, but West Virginia's high scorer was Pete White with 25. . Tulsa eked out a 67-64 victory over Houston : to' push its Mis souri: Valley Conference record to 3-0. Tulsa had gone into the game tied vith' St. Louis at 2-0 for the league lead. In other games: Georgia beat Georgia f Techs 70-66, " in the Southeastern Conference to con tinue the downfall of Kentuck'8 surprise conqueror; Wichita nip ped Drake; 80-78; Miami (Fla.), Shaded Georgetown D.C.,' 84-81; Western Kentucky beat Tennes see Tech, 83-71; and Vanderbilt beat David Lipscomb, 88-61. s say -vuuiuuus s than any other brand of miOiWV .fyjmiBiew -nf--. ' if- ; kZ m kcw ycx err. acca irsr. t$j proof. es cati ram; Tickof Salo BeosObld By UNITED PRESS - 1 Twelve of 16 major leasus clubs report " substantial in crease in their ; advance tieket sales and thus indicate an at tendance boom in baseball this year, a c c o r ding to a United Press survey. .-;--r:v-.v " v;;.', ' None of the big league dubs reported a decrease. The remain ing four clubs' announced that advance ticket sales were about the same as a year ago or that they had not cheeks d their books. :f--ri:?:-:-: ; Milwaukee club officials said the Braves might top the all time National league attendance mark they set in 1954. Ths Braves already have sold 11,307 season tickets for their Dark which seats 44,091 and. are get ting ready to cau a , halt when the 12,000 level is reached. Giants Tickets Going Fast For the first time In several seasons, .the .world; .champion Giants report a: heavy run on season tickets while the Dodgers ' report more than $100,000 in the till. - ' ..-V - ... 'i ' The : Phillies are numing 8 to 10 per .cent . ahead of last year without any special ticket promotion cam p a i g n and ad vance' sales are up 12 per cent at Cincinnati. Advance ticket sales in St Louis are "moving better than a year, ago" with ar total advance, sale expected to better $500,000. - ,:-r"'r Pittsburgh's advance so 'far is $308,053, an i n e r e a s e of $2,195 from a year ago: even , though the Pirates finished - in eighth place for the third straight season in 1 9 5 4. The Cubs had 'no figures 'because they : do not start their tabula tion until. March 1.-". ;; ;';v Athletics Going Strong - ' " In the' American. League, the Athletics, recently moved to Kansas City; already have sold $600,000 worth of season boxes,' Business manager Parke Carroll said "we're a cinch- to. top 1 mil lion douars in Advances befors the season opens." '.. , The Orioles sty "thers ii much more money in the bank '; so far, even though tickets have been on sals just since Mondsy The Yankees, ; with their usul long waiting list, are doing weU on combination plans for reser ved - seats; Washington's ticket department -also claims sesson ticket sales are "well over last' , Cleveland, Detroit and Boston each reported their advance sales ;" "about .the same - as last'' year." :-;;vv :;'-. : ' ,. :- --. PrplcstLeMcr ' Onrvallis (U.R " A letter ? which protests ' Albany high : school's ; 57-55 double-overtime ! basketball victory over Corval lis last Friday night was en route to the Oregon School Acti vities Association today. ; X -iv - The letterwa written by. Ray ? Hartman, principal at Corvallis" high school with a copy sent to Albany high school officisls.4 v Corvsllis protested thst' It scored the first two points in the, second overtime snd under OSAA rules should have been awarded the victory. a viumu of botOe . r I? n . 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