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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Tnny f Corvallis, Ore. U.R) Tommy Prothro, 34-year-old first assistant coach at UCLA, began his new duties today as head coach of Oregon State college. Athletic board Chairman Glenn " Holcomb said Prothro's appointment, announced 1 a st night, will have to be formally approved by the state board of higher education. The contract will be signed later today, Holcomb said. Prothro emerged from a three hour meeting last night with theboard to say: To Do Everything "I will do everything to bring Oregon State to the front in football. If I didn't think I could do it I would not have come." The board interviewed its top four prospects Monday and Tues day, including Hampton Pool, former Los Angeles Rams coach, Skip Stahley, head coach of Ida ho, and Herm Meister, line coach for USC. CorvaUis 1U.R) It's six of one and half a dozen of the .other. Tommy Prothro, newly named head football coach at Oregon State college, left the smog of Los Angeles for some times not-so-dry Oregon. He prqmply caught a cold. Prothro said the freshman coach: Dick Twenge will be re . tained but refused comment on the rest of his four-man staff. He added that he intends to bring ;'the UCLA single wing system !' to Oregon State to help put it on ! the PCC map. Saturday Cage League Leaders' Scalp Sought LEAGUE STANDINGS ' W. Jj. Pet. 1.000 1.000 .750 .750 .750 .250 .250 .250 .000 .000 Gold Hav Salmon Backs 4 0 Tweakers . . . 4 Senior Wieners 3 Cotton Pickers 3 riubbin' Five '. 3 Mountain Boys 1 Screwballs ,, 1 Beany Boys -1 Thunderbirds Nico-Quint The Cottonpickers and the Screwballs take a crack at the unbeaten leaders of ; the Med- ford senior high Sautrday recre f ation basketball ' league this week. I The Screwballs draw the Tweakers for an 11 a.m. tussle ' while the Cottonpickers play the Gold Ray Salmon Backs at 1 I p.m. In other, hassles the Flub ; bin' Five and Nico-Quint.yie.al ; 10 a.m. and the Thunderbirds 1 and Senior Wieners at 2 p.m. I Byes were drawn by the Beany i Boys and the Mountain Boys. ' In last week end's action the i Salmon Backs licked the Moun- ; 4; Pmrc rT 91 tha THiraalr. ers thumped the Thunderbirds 50 to 9, the Flubbin' Five nudg j ed the Screwballs 26 to 23 and i the Beany. Boys won by forfeit t from the Nico-Quint. . A pack horse can carry up to I 120 pounds, a full-sized burro ' 250 pounds, and a mule even more. ; High School Scores ' TUESDAY - GAMES - - By UNITED PRESS Jefferson 70. Washington 32 Cleveland 78. Benson 29 . X ' Lincoln 47. Franklin 41 Central Catholic 62. Milwaukie 54 Eugene 43. Springfield 41 CorvaUis 59. North. Salem 46 Albany 61. South Salem 44 Beaverton 80. Oregon City 59 Ashland 61. Roseburg 56 McMinnville '42. Hillsboro 32 Willamette 60. Oakridge 54 Cottage Grove 72, St. Francis 66 ' Ontario 45. Emmett, Ida, 43 Newport ,41, Toledo 38 (overtime) ', Estacada 69. Mt. Angel 61 Dallas 73. Molalla 31 Wyeast 50. The Dalles 49 " ' Reedsport 55. Waldport 33 Creswell 61, Harris'ourg 54 : Silverton 34. Woodburn 33 -Newberg 31, Tigard 28 bweet iome 29, Central 26 r Lebanon 47, Junction City 44 seaside by. wesnKattme 31 Hermiston 58, Grant Union 34 1 Taft 54, Nestucca 34 Corbett 41. Verboort 37 t .' Colton 66. Perrydale 32 i Concordia 68, Hill Military 19 Scio 55, Philomath 30 St. Paul 49. Chemawa 48 Elkton 75, Drain 46 Rogue River 70, Prospect 54 Canyonville 54. Oakland 53 Myrtle Creek 50. Sutherlin 46 , Douglas 60, Glendale 54 Talent 51. Jacksonville 35 ! St. Mary's of Med ford 72. Butte Falls 46 - Scappoose 51, Rainier 46 McKenzie 56, Mohawk 55 ' i Sheridan 64, North Marion 48 i Canby 39. . Sandy 34 ? Evergreen, Wash., 58. Oswego 36 . Dayton 47. Yamhill 36 Knappa 61, Star of the Sea 40 St. Mary's of The Dalles 67. Cascade Locks 49 Cascale Union 71, Gervais 66 Amity 67. Willamina 36 ; Gaston 33, McClaren 36 (overtime) j BASKETBALL-" I TUESDAY COLLEGE GAMES f East , Holy. Cross 82. St Francis. (NY) 56 . South , Presbyterian 92. Clemson 56 s Dayton 73, Western Ky. St. 67 ; N. Carolina State 98, Virginia 91 i Midwest Wichita 80. Detroit 75 I Missouri 84, Iowa State 6T J Southwest Baylor 88, North Texas St. 73 1 Texas Tech 72. Hardin Simmons 59 I Kansas State 71, Gislahoma 60 ; West .... Santa Clara 57. San Jose State 45 j Fresno State 71, Sacramento State 50 .? Pacific Lutheran 77. Eastern Wash ; Ington 62 San Diego State 44, Redlands 31 Southern Oregon 38. Oregon Teeh 57 ' Portland State 97. Eastern Oregon 81 NW Nazarene 68, Whitman 58 . MAIL TRIBUNE nrthro taei Ooaeh at IregiBi Beginning his coaching career at Western Kentucky, Prothro moved to Vanderbilt in 1948 as freshman coach. He joined the UCLA staff in 1949 as a backfield coach under Red San ders, rising to first assistant.. Prothro said he will return to Los Angeles to clean up his affairs as soon as the contract is signed, and will return to OSC in a week or two. He add ed, "I hope to be a permanent fixture there. Prothro replaces Kip Taylor, who resigned last November af ter a dismal season of one win and eight losses. Prothro is a graduate of Duke and played against Oregon State in 1942 as quarterback in the transplanted Rose Bowl game His father is Doc Prothro, form er baseball star who once man aged the Philadelphia Phillies and played in the late 1920's for Phoenix Open Entries Tune In Pro-Am ; Phoenix (U.R) The na tion's leading tournament golf ers have an opportunity today to test the Arizona Country Club golf course - in a pro-amateur event serving as a warmup for the $15,000 Phoenix Open. While the professionals were looking ahead 'to Thursday's opening round, the galleries de voted particular attention to baseball's Leo ; JDurocher, and Stan Hack, and comedian Phil Harris. The play-for-fun contin gent joined ace professionals for today's play only. 70 Automatic About 70 golfers automatical ly were eligible for the Phoenix tournament, but the remainder of the 150 places were claimed by the top 80 from 200 who com peted in qualifying action yes terday.. ; National Open champion . Ed Furgol, of Clayton, Mo., is de fending' titlist in the Phoenix event. He will join other entries in making an initial appearance in competition on- the Arizona Country Club course. George Harrington, manager of Rogue Valley Country club is a participant in the Phoenix Open golf tournament. He is de fending his h-onors .as low amateur last year. Pioneer Pitcher Gets' Pan-America Game Bid .East. Lansing, Mich. (U.R) A squad of '16 amateur-baseball players, mostly- collegians, was named today to represent the United States in the Pan-Ameri can! Games '. at Mexico City, March 12-13. '.-:- John . Kobs.v Michigan State college baseball coach who will manage the United States team in the games, chose his club after consulting with college, amateur and service baseball coaches throughout the country. The squad includes Ray Hyde, Portland, Ore., left handed pitcher at Lewis & Clark Col lege at Portland. Pennsylvania Governor Backs Probe of Boxing Harrisburg, Pa. (U.P) A resolution backed by Gov. George M. Leader will be intro duced in the state Legislature next Monday to investigate box ing in' Pennsylvania. The action was announced by Leader's press secretary after the governor and State "Atty. Gen. Herbert B. Cohen conferred Tuesday with state Sen. Benja min R. Donolow of Philadelphia', who described state boxing as "racket-ridden."; BOOSTS WIN. TOTAL New Orleans (U.R) Ray Broussard, the nation's leading jockey, booted home three more- winners at the fair grounds Tuesday to boost his 1955 total to 45.' COMPLETE CHEVROLET This is a guaranteed, top-quality overhaul using 'genuine Chevrolet parts . Gives your engine new power, greater -economy. : WI WILL Tune meter Grind valves fottall piston rings end pins Clean and reface rocker arms Adjust main and connecting rod bearings Clean carbon. . Clean oil pump and breather - - WE FURNISH Piston rings and pins Pal nuts Pan gaskets Oil seal gaskets Oil line 5 quarts oil ' All head and valve gaskets NINTH AND BARTLETT Wednesday, February 2, 19S5 SM the Portland Beavers. Chairman Holcomb said the athletic board was pleased with caliber of applicants and felt it had picked the right man for the job. He said he felt sure college president A. L. Strand and school alumni felt the same way. ' Missouri, NCS Classy In Clutch By JOHN GRIFFIN ; United Press Sports Writer Showing their class when it counted most, in the final five minutes of play, high-ranked North Carolina State and. Mis souri continued their bid for con ference championships today after registering impressive vic tories. State's Wolfpack, tangled in a tie with 5V6 minutes left, and threatened with a second straight upset, suddenly displayed -its true;, power and' defeated Vir ginia, 98-91, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Raleigh, N. C, Tuesday night." j . At Ames, la., Missouri shook off a late rally by. Iowa State io win, 84-67, in an importani Big Seven Conference clash. North Carolina State, trying to rebound from a surprise de feat by Villanova, found itself trailing by 49-48 at halftime and no better than tied, 81-81, with 5Vz minutes . remaining. Then flashy guard Vic Molodet, who took top scoring honors with 34 points, whirled in for a driving layup that gave State the .lead for keeps and touched off the closing surge. ' . Molodet had four more points during, the . winning rally that gave State, ranked No. .6. in the nation, its 17th victory against only four losses.-: - The -win also - moved State,' with a 6-2 record, into a tie for third place in the ACd and kept the pressure on first-place North Carolina and second-place Mary land. . Missouri Gets Hot . Missouri hit on 48 per cent of its first-half shots and, with a 36-29 .lead at -intermission, seemed headed for a comfortable win. But Iowa State rallied stub bornly and still had a chance to win with only five minutes left, trailing by only 67-61. That's when Missouri, ranked No.' 12 nationally, turned on the power in a closing burst that outscored Iowa State, 17-6. Big center Chuck Duncan led Iowa State with 27 points while his pivot rival, Bob Reiter, paced winning Missouri with 17. Z The victory gave Missouri a 4-1 mark 4n the Bib Seven to stay on the heels of ' Colorado (4-o). : , : v , ) Two of the nation's highest ranked independent teams also scored impressive victories Tues day night. Holy Cross ranked No. 15 romped to an 82-56 vic tory over St. Francis, N.Y., and Dayton, No. 17, defeated Western Kentucky 73-67 on the loser's court. Holy Cross' record now is 12-2 and Dayton's 14-3. Borcher Drills Ducks on Boards By UNITED PRESS Coach Bill Borcher drilled his Oregon Ducks in rebounding and free throw shooting 'today as they prepared for a weekend in vasion by the Washington Husk ies, while Slats Gill at Oregon State warned his Beavers against overconfidence. Oregon State, unbeaten in 8 straight league games, travels to Moscow, Ida., for a pair of games Friday and Saturday with the Vandals. OSC hasn't met Idaho this season and Gill warn ed the Vandals are tough on their home court. Borcher said he was counting on Jim Loscutoff and Max An derson to grab at least their share of rebounds in the back board battle with Dean Parsons, Jim Coshow and Karl Voetgtlin of the Huskies. . , . ' All This For Only $750 gasket This special offer good during the month of February only. ; i -.. t W fp f CROSSING FINISH LINE in 4 minutes 3.8 seconds, Wes Santee, Kansas, breaks old world record for indoor mile, 4 minutes 5.3 seconds, set by Gil Dodds in 1948. Santee's record was made at sixty-sixth Boston A. A. Games. , (International Soundphoto) Med Roseburg High Grapplers Defeat Medfordites 30-12 Roseburg high's grapplers whipped Medford 30 to 12 here last night 'in a. team wrestling match. Medford matmen' nabbed only four of the bouts among the 12 which counted in . the scoring. Three of the wins were in the heavier weights. Roseburg won seven actual individual contests and took another by forfeit. The Black '.Tornado had no enrty in the 106-pound class and that cost Medford five points. : '. . ; i - Gordon Owsley, competing in the 123-pound class, Les Walch, 157-pound participant, Paul Eckel, in the 177-pound bracket, and Bill Dyer, in the unlimited division "were the Medford win ners. J;?x' ' ' Close Nds " Owsley got a close 5 to 4 nod over Larry Lane. Walch man aged by the same count over Charles Palmer. Eckel piled up Racing Group Merger Master Plan Proposed ' New York V (U.R) The Jockey Club's "master plan," calling for the merger of New York City's four thoroughbred racing associations into one or ganization, was in the hands of state Legislature today with its approval the only remaining obstacle. "The Jockey Club's special committee, composed pf John W. Hanes, chairmari; Harry F. Gug genheim; Christopher T. Chen ery, George D. Widener, James Cox Brady and J. H. Witney, has been working for more than a year on the plan, which has been devised with an eye to wards bringing better racing to New York. . "Consolidation," the commit tee explained, "is expected to bring better thoroughbred rac ing with 1 greatly improved fa cilities for the public along with financial benefits to the state and its subdivisions." BURRIS RELUCTANT Oklahoma City U.R) The Cleveland Browns today hoped to make All - America center Kurt Burris a . "good enough deal" to get him to change his mind and sign a pro football contract. So far, Burris has been reluctant to the idea of playing professional football, saying he preferred' an offer to become an assistant coach at Miami univer sity in Florida., where he , also would get a job with a private sales firm. . Front End Safety Special Align Front End .Reg. 6.50 ..Reg. 3.50 Balance Front Wheels Adjust Steering Gear....Reg. 2.50 Repack Wheel Bearings, Reg. 1.75 Reg. $(5)95 $14.25 V PHONE 2-6115 an 8 to 3 advantage almost pin ning Larry Jacobs several times. Dyer got a 4 to 1 count over Jim Shaeffer, scoring one near pin. Ray Williams, Medford, near ly got a draw but his 148-pound rival, vevai i orsee, got a re versal in the closing seconds for a 4 to 2 verdict. Larry Frazer, 168, Medford, lost 2-0 to Mel Thomas. In exhibitions, Medford took three of the eight tussles, Fred White, , 141, pinned : Kinmon, Maury Butts,' M,- decisioned D. Turner and Larry Cranston, heavyweight, got the nod on Landers. ; RESULTS: 98 pounds Dick StellinRS. R, pin ned Ken Dunlava, M. third round. 106 Jack Rone. R. won by forfeit. 115-rJohn Dunnihoo, R, dec. George Flanagan, M, 4-0. 123 Gordon Owsley, M. dec. Larry Lane, R, 5-4. 130 Gil Harvey. R. dec. Ray,Hil ton, M, 4-0. - 136 Bob Moore, R, dec Ron Lin gren, M, 5-0. 141 Jim Hicks, R, pinned Dennis Walker, M. third round. 148 Veval Forsee. R. dec. Ray Wil liams, M, 4-2. 1S7 Les Walch, M, dec. Charles Paulmer, R, 5-4. 168 Mel Thomas. R, dec. Larry Frazer. M. .2-0. ; 177 Paul Eckel, M, dec, Larry , Ja cobs, K. 8-3. Unlimited BUI Dyer, TkL dec. Jim Shaeffer. R, 4-1. - EXHIBITIONS: 115 pounds Courtney, R, Leroy Knight, M. 129 Houston,- R, pinned . pinned : Shuck Finch, M. 134 Pippin, R. dec. Bob Welch, M. 141 Fred White. M, pinned Kim mons, R. 148 Hett, R, dec. Dick Swinney, M. 168 Maury Butts, M, dec. D. Tur ner, R. 177 King, R, dec. Mel Morgan, M. - Unlimited Cranston, . M. dec. Lan ders, R. " . . . Distillers MHS Cagers ing For Court Return . Defense was to get the stress today as the Medford high Black Tornado drilled for its return to action on the maplecourt. The Tornado goes' to : Coos Bay. to oppose ;Marshfield on Friday and Saturday, nights. Medford's No. 1 ranked cagers yesterday had their first hard going workout since their . Jan uary 21 and 22 Southern Oregon conference series with Klamath Falls. Coach Roelandt felt that the drill and scrimmage was a rather good one... . " ' " .. The Tornado players showed some raggedness as might be ex pected from a long, lay-off but as the evening wound up the crew was hitting ; stride. - . Only two -drills, and neither of them hard for the regulars, were held last week when the Tornado met no opponents. Then Monday's practice was aimed at fundamentals and. at unlimber ing the kinks. In addition to; the defensive emphasis tonight, the Tornado . is also ; honing its of fense this week. .. , Gridders are Cagers . ' Yesterday found Jimmy. Foust fighting a cold and Bud Kastner pestered by the ailing cojrd be hind his knee'. But both' are expected- to. be ready for : the Golden Pirates. r - Single out , some of the stars on the Marshfield high football aggregation of last fall. They form the Pirate power on the hoop court, too. And the Marsh field gang is reportedly a rug ged club around the backboards. The squad roster includes Sandy Frazer, Roger Johnson, Gene Tankersly, Ted Fischer, Denny Baker, Jim Carlile and Johnny Johnston. Latest available information on the Pirates shows them with a record of 12 wins and 6 loss es. They suffered one defeat at the hands of Eugene with which Medford split lost twice to North Bend, which Medford beat, and have two wins over Grants Pass, which lost to the Black Tornado. Hardin-Simmons ' Picks Sam Baugh Abilene, Tex (U.R) Har din-Simmons university had one of the all-time great professional stars with the Washington Red skins today as its new head coach in the person of Slingin' Sammy Baugh. . '' ! , v Baugh was hired . Tuesday night and given a five-year con tract at unspecified terms, the longest contract ever given , a Hardin-Simmons coach. ' Baugh had been serving as an associate coach at Hardin-Simmons for the past two. seasons. He retired after the 1952 sea-' son with the Redskins. It - was his 16th with the Washington team. He set many passing rec ords during his long career that thus far have been unequalled. Forty-year-old Baugh gradu ated from - Sweetwater high school and Texas Christian Un iversity where he was an All American player. He joined the Washington Redskins after grad uation and never played with another team. - Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon - Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other-days 5:30 oreviousday of the worlds finest bourbon for 160 years. oHV OF YOU Tl, Worthy of Your Trust for 160 Years . . . Beam pM fash ioned Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisktiy is distilled and aged under a formula passed on from generation to generation for over 160 years. Only Beam tastes like Beam - only Beam tastes so good. ' KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY II PROOF JAMES B. BEAM 0ISTILIIN6 CO CLERMONT. KENTUCKY txss sues Of y . ivb sy a vie Meek and Meek in OCC By UNITED PRESS Portland State and Southern Oregon were making a. two-team race out of it today for the Ore gon Collegiate conference bas ketball crown.1 ; . ; Portland State drubbed East ern . Oregon 97-81 in Portland last night for the Mountaineers' fourth straight loss, while SOCE took a narrow 58-57 decision from Oregon Tech at Klamath Falls.-- ; .: -;-:- Vikiags Remarkabl Portland State turned in a re markable field goal shooting average. The Vikings hit 36 field goals in 50 attempts for a mark of .720. EOCE had 27, out of 64 for .421, enough . to ' win most games. ... .' v ':";; Larry Pryse of the losers hit 34 points, while Jack Viskov led Portland State with 24. . Southern Oregon led OTI 58- 52 with less than a minute and a half to play and had; to fight off a last-ditch rally. Lloyd Hof fine hit 30 points for SOCE while Gary Dorn had 15 for OTI. .It" was Chu.ck Dorn who spurred the OTI , Owls in the second half and enabled them almost to catch the Southern Oregon , college hoopmen at Klamath Falls. He scored all his 16. points in the second half. SOC after a 32 to 21 count at the halfway rest led by nine and 10 points for eight minutes of the last half. With six minutes left to play the lead was whit tled to 50 to 44 and with four minutes to go the count was 54 to 50; After the 58 to 52 count it was Dorn .who .stole the ball twice and made a free shot to Women's Place On Court, Too v Ashland The fellow who said a woman's place is in the home was nearsighted, or at least was not personally acquainted with Olson . All-American Red Heads, world champion professional girls' basketball team. They make the battle of the sexes a. battle. They : play ' men teams only and come out the winner more ofteh ilian the loser4 '" The All-American Red Heads, glamour girls of the big time exhibition basketball circuit are strictly a tough foe for an "aver age men's team. Not only do the Red Heads play a highly com petitive and furiously contested game, but add entertainment, amusement and plenty of zip. V o.They play, the Rational Guard All-Star men's team af 8:15 pJin. on Thursday, February 10, at the Ashland high school gym nasium. Ashland Junior : Cham ber of Commerce is sponsor. CARNEY INKS PACT Minneapolis -U.R) Bob Car ney, former Bradley university basketball star, has signed a Na t i o n a 1 Basketball ' association contract with the Minneapolis Lakers of the Western division. Carney, a 22-year-old, 6-foot, 1 inch guard, was picked up from the Ada Oilers of the National Industrial league where he has been playing since his college days. -i "DURBOII WHISKEY X v IV Vv A establish the final score. . There - was , tenseness as 6-3 Dennis Eckert of OTI and 5-9 Dick Lillebo of SOC got tan gled in a held ball and jumped in the OTI circle with three sec onds left . and with tall Owls waiting under the basket for Eckert's tip. But the shorter Lillebo outjumped the OTI man. Hoffine made 16 of his tallies in the first 16 minutes of play. In that time the Red Raiders had rolled up a 32 to 13 lead. . There'll be a real battle for loop leadership this week end. Southern Oregon and Portland State play Friday and .Saturday in Portland. : ; . " LiNE-urs: SOC 58 Smith 8 Hoffine 30 Titus 5 Johnson 11 57 OTA 7 McCutcheon 11 James ' 6 Fahigren 8 Eckert f c Bates 2 4 Cole Substitutions For SOC. lowranp 3. Springer, Lillebo, Tyberg; for OTL Dorn 16, Anderson 5, Hubble. Tracticn Full Treads 82520 900-20 1000-20 $2J95 1000-22 Top Grade v B. Goodrich Camelback v Modern Lodi Equipment CASH PRICES Off the Wheel JOHNSTON STORES 112 S. Riverslds FIRST IN RUBBER 51095 $1095 ?2295
