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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MTOrORD (OREGOrT) sipcranrs cans mmm at - TB-irM Slip What makes the Medford high school Black Tornado click this season on the basketball court? What's behind it fine record of 13 victories : in 14 ; games and what's the reason it's -.- been ranked No. 1 in the state in two statewide polls? , Part of the answer ' is in the Tornado hussle and drive and its ability to work the ball. Sta tistics on Tornado shooting pro vide further evidence. - Statistics brought' up to date last week by Joe Raabe, sports editor of the Medford Hi Times, show high ' averages from .the field and from the free throw line for the Tornado. , .429 Team Average &1?- From the field Medford has made 335 out of 782 shots for a .429, which is well above aver age if not a high degree of ac curacy for a high school team. In free throws Tornado -players have made good on 228 of their 380 attempts for an even .600. Jerry Kalapus, second high scorer on the club heads in in dividual field goal accuracy with .602 while Johnny Foust, who has seen less regular action, is next with .524. Larry Copple, Medf ord's scoring leader, has hit at a .503 clip, Glen Peterson at .467, Frank Rector at .395 and Bud Kastner at .313.' " -v''-' Among the starters it's Frank Rector leading at the free lane with .778, Copple has hit .642, Peterson .627, Kastner J622 and MIDFOKD HIGH INDIVIDUAL SCOB m 12.4; 123 7.3 13 ? 2.7 . 2.3 IS 1.0 03 .4 Larry Copple ' Jerry Kalapus . frank Bactor Bud Kastner Clean Peterson John Toust it 14 14 14 14 9 la 13 12 - a n ! 233 173 171 102 102 38 : 21 19 l 11 I Bob Tisdel MA McCuUough BUI Cochran Uoyd Cearlay XA Rainkins , Dick McLaughlin Warren DeaklnaJ. Stan Bead Named on Walker Cup Team New York uP Four: vet erans of the International play and five newcomers were named Saturday to the UJS. Walker Cup team which will meet Great Brit ain in the bi-annual amateur golf match at St. Andrews, Scotland, May 20-21. : .: ' .y' -.;William C Campbell of Hunt .lxttton, W. Va., one of , the vet erans, was named captain of the team. The others who were on the U.S. team which beat Britain Gavilan Meets Durando Friday Ih Title Climb ;New York (U.R) Kid Gav ilan, who claims he was 4rob bdd" of his welterweight crown thVee months ago, starts his cam paign to regain it next Friday nfeht in a 10-round ' bout with middleweight Ernie Durando at Mjadison Square Garden, U i ' - jTheir boxer-slugger fight will feature the week's leather-tos-aihg. .i ?'-,'-...' i . ' . jGavilan of Cuba is favored at 12-5 over Slugger Durando of Bayonne, N. J. But it's a danger oils assignment for the "Keed," wpo appeared to have lost some of his speed in his last two bouts, bqth defeats.4 - y . LAnyone Durando can hit, he can floor. He's a terrific puncher, bdt he lacks skill and stamina. In Ernie's latest fight, he had Peter Mueller on the deck three times but couldn't keep him thjere, and was stopped himself in the seventh round. That was at Milwaukee on Dec 28. jGavilan hasn't fought since Oct. 20, when he lost his 147 p4und title to Brooklyn's John ny Saxton on such a question able Philadelphia decision that Gjkwy has been yelling "fix" ever since. Meanwhile, he also split up with his long-time man ager. Angel ' Lopez. ' . I -? Sports Bulletin Boston (U.R) America's incomparable miler Wt S an te of Kansas established a new world's indoor record for ih mil last night whn he raced to a 20-yard victory when h beat arch-rival Gunar H ilsn of Denmark in - ih Mm of 4:03.8 minutes. i The Kansas streak, holder of th American outdoor mil rcord in 4:00.6, brsd horn in a magnificienlly run rac. Th tall lean Olympian was in second plac for th first six if ps but moved out to stay at tji seventh lap; ' T , , ' Santee's tim at ih quarter pras 574 .seconds.,. 2:08.3 . ai ih half and -3:02.1 at ih three. - quarter mark. Thos times compared to his outdoor MAIL TRIBUNE Kalapus .534. Best average on the whole squad is owned by Ed McCuUough with 11 out of 13 for .846. - - - . Copple Has 232 Total '-' In actual scoring, Copple has rolled up 232 for a -per game average of 16.5 points. Kalapus has pushed in 173 for a 12.4 mark. ; Rector is a shade behind with 171 total and 12.3 per game. Kastner and Peterson have exceeded the 100 mark with 102 tallies each, r- Copple has ; made the most goals from the Ifield - with 99, followed by Rector's 68. Kalapus has scored the most free tosses, 55. Rector has 35 and Copple 34.'' ..' . Copple is the Southern Oregon Conference scoring leader with 140-counters in six games for a 23.3 average per contest. Rector is third high in the conference with his 81. Dave D'Olivo, Klam ath Falls, is second with 114. Fourth high man in the Big Four race is Kalapus with 69. Kast ner's 52 ties him for ninth among the 10 top scorers in the loop, if; Medf ord's 4 two biggest men have been guilty of the most Tornado fouls this season. Kala pus has been whistled for 42 and Peterson for 34.: As might be ex pected, they ,are also the- re bounding leaders. ; . Kalapus has cleared the boards 124 times. Peterson has 89 to his credit. Copple and Kastner . each have hauled in 5 rebounds. fit fun fca ftt ftm fta if tb 197 ' 99 .503 53 34 .642 25 65 - 98 65 V.602 103 55 334 42 124 172 68 ? 395 45 35 . .778 20 29 118- 37 313 45 28 .622 25 65 I 75 35 .467 -- 51 32 .627 34 89 il 11 .524 26 16 .615 IS 41 , 23 8 .348 V 9 '. 5 .556 .V 7-9 16 . - 4 .250 13 11. 346 . 6 1 11 5 .455 6 3 3300 4 23 13 5 365 ' 5 -,r 0 .000 .- 4 4 20 , 3 .150 6 4 . .667 3 ; 9 . 14. : 0 .000 10 3 .300 13 19 '..:a ' 1 : 300 6 1 :.167 -3 - .5 " ; i 2 : i 300 a 9-3,. in -1953, are Don Cherry, Wichita Falls, Texas; Jim Jack son, Glendale", O.; and Harvie Ward, Jr., of San Francisco. Playing on . the. team for, the first time will be Lieut. Joe Con rad, San' Antonio, Texas; Bruce Cudd," ' Portland, Ore ? Dale Morey, Indianapolis; Billy Joe Patton, Lumberton, 'N.C.; and Dick Yost, Portland, Ore. ' Three alternates were chosen for the team v which -will leaven here May 5 on the S. S. America. They are Rex Baxter, Amarillo, Texas, No. 1; Hillman Robbins, Memphis; No. 2, and Ed Meister, Cleveland, No.; 3. : "' : s Coryallis Gains f Disputed Ga me ' From AI bany - (rvallis--.PJ The Corvallis High School Spartans have been declared official winners of last week's disputed basketball game with Albany. v? The Oregon- School Activities Association Friday informed Corvallis principal Ray Hard man that its board of directors had voted unanimously - to de clare the contest a 55-54 victory for the. Spartans. . Coryallis filed a formal pro test with,, the OSAA following the ' contest, .which game offi cials said was won by Albany 57-55 after a double overtime period. The score at the beginning of the period was tied at 53-53, and Corvallis contended the game should have ended when the Spartans led 55-54, since rules state ."sudden -death" is in effect when one team scores two points. - ' Officials, who later admitted their error, had the game con tinue until, one. team was. two points, ahead. ' - , OSC Basketeer Football Choice New York" (U.PJ An Ore gon State athlete who 1 hasn't played college football was one of the players drafted in the National Professional Football League draft Friday. " -.The New York Giants picked speedy Bill Toole,: a basketball player. Toole starred in football as a halfback at Klamath Falls high 'school but hasn't played for OSC. l BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT v San Francisco . flJ.PJ Pm. fmoter Behnie Ford Saturday an nounced that Raton Macias of Mexico and Mario d'Agata of Italy would meet here March 9 in a 15-round fight for the ban tamweight world ' championship. . t- J. -Vi n . ... Sunday January 30, 1953 Final Trout ; Regulations Get Approval Portland XU.PJ ' The trout season in Oregon will open on Saturday, April 30, and close on Sunday, October 9. The State Game Commission, after a final public hearing'that lasted only 18 minutes, set final regulations Friday evening with only a couple of major changes from tentative regulations set two weeks ago. The commission decided to re establish the rule requiring that fish over 14 inches in length be returned to the McKenzie river. This regulation- will remain in effect at least through 1955. J McKenzie river guides and businessmen had asked the com mission to do away with the rule and allow fish '. over 14 inches to be 'kept This was done in the tentative regulations but the commission decided Friday to keep the old rule in effect at least for this year. ; Cascade Lakes - " -" " - Lake o' the Woods in Klamath county was made to open on May 28 with the rest of the Cas cades lakes, instead of April 30. The season for lakes, reser voirs and their tributaries within national forest boundaries in the Cascades is from May 28 to Oct. 9. The commission decided this year- against . opening coastal areas sooner.1 The bag limit at East and Paulina lakes was made the same as the general bag limit, which is 10 trout. , The eight inch rule on the coast remains in effect. - - - - - It will be legal to take white fish in any water open for trout, steelhead -or salmon angling. There will be no bag or length limit on whitefish. High School Scores FRIDAY GAMES Jefferson 56. Cleveland 54 - " Grant 62, Washington 61 Franklin 55, Benson 41 - ' -v Lincoln 59, Roosevelt 44 . Eugene 95, Oakridge 50 1 -. Astoria 50, Gresham 34 '- Albany 65, banon 34 ' : North Bendi 80, Bandon 58 ' . Klamath Fall 48. Roaeburc 44 - McMinnville 82. Wert Linn 34' : Central Catholic 54, Tillamook 37 Oregon City 65. Newberg 49 Vale 57. .Ontario 52 i .. Beaverton 56. Hillaboro 32 - Willamette 57, Cottage Grove 56 .! Coquille 46, Myrtle Point 43 Forest Grove 41. Tigard24. . . St. Helen 69. Vernonia 53 La Grande 55. Baker 47 . Corvallis 46, Sweet Home 33 Seaside 61. Warrenton 40 Harrisburg 76, Shedd 49 Clatakanie 43. Scappoose 35 : ! Prineville 58. Bend 57 -Mac-Hi 62. Pendleton S ' - r Yoncalla 52. Riddle 35 MyrUe Creek 48. Drain 4T Elkton 63. Canyonville 31 - - Glide 58. Days Creek 53 - .., - Oakland 60. Camas Valley 28 : Talent 75. Butte Falls 32 Phoenix 45. Crater 38 . St. Mary's of Medford 65. Prospect Grant Union 62, Prairie City 58 . Mapleton 37. Mohawk 2 Lorane 47. Westfir 4F Coburg. 59, Lowell 34 - Elmira 64. Sutherlin SS .. McKenzie 67. Triangle Lake1 30 ' -: . McKenzie 67. Triangel Lake 30 ' Eagle Point 64. Illinois Valley 32 x Arlington 50, Irrigon 48 Heppner 65. Fossil 13 Stanfield 56, ' Boardman 29 . YamhiU 39. Banks 37 Taft 30. Reedsport 48 : Colton 105. Hill Military 29 i MiU City 57. St. Paul 47 - Nyasa 57, Enunett. (Ida.) S3 Lake Oswego 60. Columbia Prep 39 Star of the Sea 35. Jewell 26 Gervais 46. Stayton 41 : Alsea 39, Monroe 35 Condon 73, Rufus- 32 ' North Marion 63, Dayton SI r Sdo 37. Jefferson 32 , . Knappa 54, Rainier 37 . ' Central 55. Cascade 52 ' Verboort 62. McLaren 30 ' ; Mt. Angel 54. St. Francis 49 ' Culver 63. Mosier 55 BrownsviUe 42. Halsey 39 (overtime) : Sheridan 73. Willamina 57 St. Francis 46, Richland 43 SATURDAY COLLEGE RESULTS Drexel Inst. 80. Susquehanna 35 : Ohio State 91. Northwestern 90 St. Lawrence 84, Queens 82 West Virginia 88. Pittsburgh 74 ' North Carolina College 74. Winston Salem Tchrs. 64 - - Florida State 84. Stetson 73 Akron 71, Juniata (Pa.) 66 -. Mt. Union 87. Capital 84 , ' Ehskine 88. Newberry 77 . South Carolina 90. Virginia Tech 73 Davidson 82. Charleston 71 Virginia 87. VJU. 72 - St. Francis (Pa.) 95. St. Bonaventure 93 Baldwin Wallace 94, Kent. State 83 Colgate 92, Rutgers 70 Kalamazoo 98, Hope 70 - Ban State 75. Indiana. State 71 . f , FRIDAY COLLEGE GAMES ?i ''M South--. " - - r-- Furman 123. Virginia Tech 87 ' Marquette 90. Loyola (La.) 88 . PhiUips Oilers 82. Florida State 63 Southwest . SMU 96. Baylor 14 --V. - .-: i wOklahom City 67. Wyoming 4T - Montana 71. Montana State 81 ' Idaho State 88, Gonzaga 78 -Utah 60. Utah State 52 UCLA 91, Santa Barbara 6S - - Idaho 75. Washington St. 73 , Oregon St. 55. Washington 31- Oregon 82. Brigham Young 71 - Santa Clara. 66, California? 89 ' Seattie U 70. Loyola 58 - San Jose State 59, San Diego State 48 San Francisco State 83. Moffett Field 72 UFS 76, Stanford 80 , Central t Washington 80. Eastern Washington 67 - Whitwprth 97.v College of VPuget Sound 37 - - i-v.;..,:-...... USC 76. Hawaii 43 f - ' Southern Oregon 100. Eastern Ore gon 93 w , Martin Sign 60. Oregon Frosh 54 Oregon Tech 66. Oregon College 54 (overtime) - - - . Chico State 61; Humboldt State SS Your Old Battery Batteries for all makes of cars and industrial equipment New, Battery Sale 695 Exchange ' With a Year's Guarantee TSs Is not eld srockl f fM0T rs: baker r ; -USE"' V BATTERIES - --.r- 1 V i ' - why ' ' - - tS h-M A-1 K A . Mri ti If : '' !M Ai $.&,-x& ELECTED BY NEWSPAPERMEN, these four players are newest additions to baseball's Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N. Y. From left, top: Catcher Gabby Hartnett and Joe Di Maggio. Bottom: ; Pitchers Ted Lyons and Dazzy Vance (right). (lntrnatumal)4 ENTRY BLANK (Medford Police Athletic League Amateur Novice Boxing Tourney. PAL Club Gym, Saturday Evening, February 5) - ' Name of Contestant Weight City Age " "i Height T ; ; v. i . . . '. : ? - i Boxing Experience ! - Number of Bouts I hereby give my permission for my son or my ward to engage in the Medford PAL Club Novice Boxing Show on February 5, 1935. : . Signed.. - , (An entries must be received at the or before Friday evening, February Polio Fund Drive From PAL Boxing : juarcn ox uimes win Denetit from the Medford Police Athlet ic league, boxing tourney sched uled . Saturday, February 5..- The tournament for novice am ateurs will be held in the Pal club gymnasium over the Acme Hardware store, , 3 West Sixth st. Boys 12 years of age or over may enter. ' PAL" officials said that the George Johnson, Nudges Fuentes r- Philadelphia 0J.PJ George Johnson of Trenton; N.J. issued a challenge to top middleweight contender; Joey. Giardello today after winning ; a split ; decision over, ranking welterweight Ra mon Fuentes of Lbs Angeles Fri day night by six 'inches. ... . ..The six; inches was' flietdis tance traveled by a right to the jaw that floored Fuentes midway in the' 10th and final round and carried middleweight Johnson to victory. C ' -' The blow proved decisive be cause it prompted 'Judge Nick Spano to tip the scales in favor of Johnson although scoring five rounds for each man. v . V ;! Expanatory Score . "j If Spano had not added his. ex planatory note, the bout - would have ended in a draw because Judge Jim Mina had given it to Johnson, 6-3-1, and Referee Wil lie Clark had tabbed it 6-4 for Fuentes. 'y r.-' :-y f--y ! The -29-year-old Fuentes sag ged to his knees, got -up at the count of three and was herded into a neutral : corner ; by the referee for an automatic . eight count. The hard hitting Johnson, however, was unable to kayo his strong stubby opponent as he registered, his . 29th ' triumph against five defeats. - Ski Conditions Good skiing conditions ai ; Crater lake were reported yesterday - afternoon by - Ihe national park ranger's office. There was a breakable crust on the surface of 6$ inches of snow. Highway 62 was open to the lake rim. The road was reported in good shape but motorists were still advised to 'have chains e: mow tread tires. The warming hut was to., be open today. Maximum lem peraruze Saturday , was 48. de grees and the sky was cloudy. Is Uorth 55 00 - .,. Trade-in BAKER'S BATTERY SERVICE On e' mile north at Big Y Market on Hwy. 99 corner ... Mace . Rd. Phone 2-8373 Address Phone School or Club -- Parent or Guardian r v; police station or Pal club gym on 4. Will Benefit Tourney fact that a boy has never, had a pair of gloves on or has -never taken part in any boxing won't keep him but of the tournament. Any .boy, who would like to see what ability he'possesses, may sign up. Many top ranking box ers found out they had talent in shows like the forthcoming one, the PAL leaders pointed out.- : Hughey Jennings and r t Ji m Zack, coaches . at the -club, will pair .contestants, matching them according to ability and, exper ience. - Entry is not limited to boys In Medford. Any youth interested who. resides in the Rogue river valley ? is ; invited to fill out an entry blank; A blank, which may be used, appears . elsewhere : to day ; in . the Mail Tribune sports section.- . ? . , . a-yy: Friday Deadline -: ; All entries , must be received at the city police station or at the Pal club gym by Friday eve- rung, February 4. : f y,- i Trophies will be awarded tb both, winners and losers in the bouts. y . 'ls:: ; y . -4 i.y .. Main purpose of the tourney, PAL officials said, is not just to promote boxing, but is to stim ulate the interests of the , boys to ' use : the club, keeping them off the streets and out' of mis chief. That aim is in line with club policy. . ; fAU leaaers nere issued a special request to ; officials ; in other towns of the area who have watched development ;of the Medford organization and have expressed hope of forming clubs in their own communities. These "city fathers" were urged to or ganize groups of citizens ; to transport the boys of their com munities to the Pal club gym. Some 300 seats only will be available for the show next Sat urday. Each seat will be reserv ed but with separate adult and student prices. The . card will start at 8:30 p.m. ; y j, ; ' :.., BENEFIT GAME FOR ST TODAY -Sun.", Jan. 30 " 3 p.m. ; Longview, Wash. FERNANDEZ LOGGERS ,YELL07 CADDIES Co-leader of the Medford y ; Independent Basketball League, . mm T-STi I1F mm MEDFOXO, Junior High 7th, 9th tip Grants Pass . Medford - junior high , basket ball teams were victors m two out of three games at i Grants Pass on Friday. : The Bulldog ninth .kept its slate unmarred with a 38 to 33 win over the Cavekids Seventh graders made it eight decisions in a row by a 28 to 15 win and the eighth grade bowed 49 to 31 to Grants Pass. - ,E - - Return scraps are set for next Friday on Medford floors. " The Medford' ninth graders got off to a slow start but played good ball , once they got going. They were cold in their, shooting. Medford bad the size on Grants Pass but the Cavekids made up for it in speed. Mike Russell with 14 counters was high ior: Med ford - and : Zweigart with . 12 topped Grants Pass. -Big GP Team Jn the eighth grade mix it was Grants Pass which had the height and it helped considerably. Put man got 14 points and Dean and Hayes each 12 for Grants Pass and Harvey had 11 for; Medford. The local seventh graders, un beaten; since. Lone Pine tipped them m their opening fray," had an 18 to 13 edge on Grants Pass at the half after lagging 9 to 8 at the ; quarter. - Score was in creased to just 22 to 13 at the third -quarter pause. ' Jerry Anderson was big gun of the game with 14 points. ' Coach' Niles Smith reported that one . : of the ' outstanding seventh y grade . regulars, Paul Moore, has been out of action three weeks and may be lost fot the season because: of illness. : LINE-UPS: . - " Med. 9th 38 ' 7 33 GP 9th Hamlin 4 ' t , . u zweigart J. Funston 8 , f ' . . 2 Spaiine Albert --' - 'i c . - 7 Putman Bergman 2 '"i s i 10 CocheU Brauner 7 . - ; v S - - . ? -Smith Substitutions For Medford. Har rington, Russell 14. Niles 2; for Grants Pass. Bembret, ManseU, Mainbourg. , GP 8th 49 31 Med. Mh Putman 14 Sabni 5 o;i Dean 12 . : Entrxkan - f-r.r;;, u Harvey ti-ii-- 4vPeek .1 c t. .-. 2 r. Funston i.u g i - 8 Rasmussen e. - -Koch Haves. 12- SuhctituHnniTor . Medford: Koch. Barr, Lyons. Pond 4, Monroe 2; for Grants Pass. Leonard.: Groves, Bar. rett 2. Fox 2, Winning ham. Johnson 1. Med. 7th 28 ,.? - ? Deakins 4 : ' - f McGill - ; T C f Knight 6 - v - e 15 GP 7th 2 Erickson ; 1 Mannan : 2 Ray ' Wvland Anderson, 1 - K Olson 2 .: :, : t ' 3 Patterson suhntitiifinnmTnr Medford. Hamil ton. Kujawski, Konopasek. Quinney 2, Frohnmayer. -- Durkee. Dunn: for Grants Pass, Neabv Davis 2.JWUtrout, Harvey,- McDonald. Case. . . ' Lesser, Romack Gain Golf : Final . . - Miami : (U.R)r-Pacif ic Coast Stars Barbara and Pat Lesser- two of amateur golfs prettiest- fought their way through a chill ing Florida rain Saturday to gain the finals in. the-,23rd ; annual poherty. Women's: Goutourna; inent.' . . i . , -' ...I Showers J of .. sunshine, they meet today in the 36-hole final, over . the . s waterlogged I Miami shores Country .Club course, s .- Miss Romack, a : petite 22 year-old national amateur cham pion of Sacramento, Calif., re covered on the back nine to beat Chubby Joyce Ziske of Water- fordr Wis.,. 4 and .2. Miss Lesser, a , University -s 'otf Seattle ; coed, eliminated Cookie Swift Berger of Buffalo, N.Y., 4 anfl 3. t Si ,5 y-i-:f :y--r-r ' : ?- -'ys - Snowmen Plan Activity:: Af Crater Lake Toddy Rogue Snowmen, the local ski ing club,, anticipated a good da at . Crater, lake,' today. Persons, interested in skiing with ,t h e group are invited to contact club officers on Garfield slope, at the park. East Sunday skiing was good for a time in the morning. There was. "shirtsleeve' weather at the park and approximately 35 people used the snowmen's kl fatiesi:;?! FIGH15iiiig FKIDAT ' NIGHT " '''-'.- ; ' '''' " Stanford, Conn.: Chleo Vejar. 189, Stanford. Conn., stopped. Ricde Alot tt 164. New York y: MARY'S ATHLETIC FUND ; . nnn . . aw . . : i - "" - 7 "' "'-. f- .".'. .. OIESON Phoen ix Knots Rogue Race; Eagles Top D V ROGUE LEAGUE Crater Phoenix Illinois Valley" An underdog Phoenix high bas ketball team rose to the occasion Friday .night, smacked Crater . 45 to 38 and gained a deadlock with the Comets in the Rogue League standing. At the same time Eagle Point jecorded its first' victory in 1 the circuit" in five tries by waxing Ulihois Valley 64 to 32. Thei Pirates and Comets had identical .' records " of I four ' Wins and one loss in:.the league after, their? encounter "at' : Phoenix. Ulihois Valley, like Eagle Point; had posted only one win through Friday . ;y y'. Phoenix, -surprise, club, of . the league, - earned its i triumph ; by moving the ball better, getting better shots and making a higher percentage of its field goal casts,' At Eagle Point the Eagles, look ing betterithan' they "have in a number of games, outclassed the IV Cougars all the. way around.' They had control - of ; the ball much of the time and never were in danger after taking a t sub stantial lead in the first quarter. 10-Point Hop '.;' :yy y : Ability, of the Pirates to get the ball in' close for shots 'and make . them 'm "the -fourth quar ter enabled Phoenix to get a big jump . which broke , up , a ' tight game Score was knotted at 31 all when' the -third quarter con cluded. Bill Madden, dribbled; in for a goal on the fourth, stanza tip-off and Charles Wall and Ron Vreeken each, got two field goals to give the Pirates a,10-point, 41 to 31 bulge; with" four .minutes played. That was too. much- for the Comets to overcome. '-. : ' ' Jim Higinbotham got ft fielder for Crater and Vreek- a free shot for Phoenix. Then Vern Parent put in two field buckets "and a free heave ftp i round; out . the Crater count. Vreeken from the field and Jim' Korth at the foul line. Drougnx tne f noenix margin to 'its final; status. Lead ih the tussle switched nine times and the game was. tied twice before Phoenix, got on top tb'stay. " : . :.. See-Low Fight After i a Crater-margm of ; ft to .6 in the first quarter, Phoenix pushed to a 13 to 9 spread at the end- of canto. The Pirates con tinued on top by four ahd six noints until'; Crater cut the de ficit to only 19-20."Verh Parent's free baskets .next: put Crater ahead 21 to 20. Wall hit from4he field for22 to 21, Phoenix, but Parent retaliated f or 23 to , 22, Crater.-. Vreeken's. two free throws had the Pirates leading 24 to 23 at the half. y.y ..Parent at the free line gave the Hon snot back to Crater,. 25 to 24 but Korth got h goal for .29 to 25, Phoenix. Harvey Tonn and Higinbotham hit for a 29 to 26 Crater advantage; Vreeken nar- rowed the gap to 29 to 28. Parent added from the field for 31 to 28, Crater. Korth hit from the gift stripe and Madden from the field to knot the mix at 31-alL & Higinbotham and Parent were the game's high; scorers with 15 Get tho BEST STANDINGS W. L. Pet A . t : ann 4 -. 1 finn ; . l 4 300 , 1 ,:r, ;4 y 300 !IS(!OD(!QIiraTOilv': aneiJS)ajrsi-aTl v e-A:AX"'lfcSMWM',-e' GQ1P TRED 123 South RiversicU c ' -.---1- . - - You'll Always Find y o Reliability j O Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF I rnu-Mix COWetlETG . . -a,. . fXST, PROMPT . ? McAidVtws toai 1- each. Wall and Vreeken had 11 each. HU 41.8 Per Cent Phoenix , made 17 out of 43 field goal attempts for 41.8 per cent and. Crater shot 14 for 69 for 20.3 per cent. . There was a brief tie of 411 : in the Eagle Point-Illinois Valley tussle. Eagle Point headed 20 to 8 at the end of the first quarter." Jerry Cave plunked in the first ' eight points for the Eagles on . field goals. By halftime the EP- -advantage was 32 to 16. In the' - third quarter . the Eagles rolled 30. points ahead, 50 to 20. The lead -slipped briefljr. to 28 point fn -the third quarter.' Bill Caldwell, of Eagle Point, A who saw action most of the first half but only three minutes of- , the second; half,: collected -15 "' points and 11 rebounds. Hot Ions; shooting by Jerry ; Turtle of EP was the feature of the second half, f He made six field -soals for 12 points and had few misses.- cave also; Jiad,12 pomts. Dennis Krauss and Gene Sams IV's best efforts with, eight each, --.c j 1 . UNE-UPS: , - , Eagle Point C4 . ! ' ' 32 m. Valley gf2 v- -v f- !..!-. Maurep ' Bi"frtin Ji. - t, , ,-,v r a Pickle Caldwel 15 . e 1 u ' , Ja Krtuss Reich . g S Sama. trreb 5 - g- . ; Harrison - . Substitutions For Eagle Point. Tut- : tie 12. Abernathy 2. Christian 3. Wy att. Friend 2. Mason. Veatch: for fi linois Valley, Piersall 2. Hemingway 4, Kins. Camp,: Smith. Pullea. 2. . ; Phoenix 4S 38 Crater 2 Hogua IS HiKinbothsm. 2 Gray : - 15 Parent Madden 10.: Wall 12 Vreeken 12; Korth 9 , ' Dahl 2 4 Tonn Substitution For Phoenix. Kelso. Three lirTbumeyi Palm Springs, Calif. : (U. . Shelley Mayfield and M&e Sou- chak came ' roaring down -the home stretch to catch front-run -ner Johnny Palmer on the 18th:' hole ? Saturday - and the r result ;: was a three-way: tie for the lead ; ' in the $15,000 Thunderbird In- i vitational gplf tournament at the ' 544iole-: mark,--. y y::4' i v i . The trio is deadlocked at .201 each 15 under par for the dis tance, with the final . 18 : holes to be fixed today.. ..v . . ; ':As great as. has been thVshot, ' making of this trio, 13 are with, v' in. four. strokes ' of the front--. so it's a wide-open battle. V' i - -v - While Palmer, who led for th first 36 holes, faded to a one under-par 71r Saturday, Souchak checked jn with a 69 . to go with previous rounds of 66-66; and Mayfield ..added - a 68 to . his ' earlier 63-70.. Painter had a 62 ' his first round and- a 68 Friday. Right on their heels, with 202 totals are youngsters Bobby Roe " burg,, s&n Francisco and-Bud. Holscher, Santa Monica. Calif 4' -; along, with Bo Wining er of Okla ' homaCity andWallyXJlricliJ? Rochester, Minn. Wininger and -j Holscher had 69s Saturday, Ho ' burg 67, and Ulrica a 64V :r ; CUBS LOSE $72,000 - Chicago --UJ?) - The. Chicago ; Cubs reported a loss of $72,000. for 1954. ' ' V - The report flven to stock--. holders Friday showed a consid- ' erable improvement over 195S ; when the Cubs lost $400,000. ' : Winter Tiro NBttfltM and performance as th eMi..ii;fa Vint Ktsilt lo.. f: jt- SVIA fy: smV .a.-firrrtintf AVAIU&LE W KHS; UPT0TJ0zI7m PhorM 2-6314 t . r-3 - ( Jca, I DtllVt2Y. - - . . - fits - - .- I: r lue wui wui oe siaRed in iods of 58.7, 2:00.0 and 3:W.U San Francisco's Cow. Palace.