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TEN MEDFORD (OREGOK) MAIL TRIBUNE lack Tornado Outlasts Tough Pirates, 67-62 O O o ' ' . Rector and fn Close Fray Coos Bay It was lucky 13 for thi Medford high Black Tornado here Friday night. Overcoming spirited opposition, Oregon's No. 1 rated basketball aggregation surged with the aid of free shots in the final 4Vfc minutes of a rugged, rough struggle to spoil the upset hopes of Marshfield high s Cioiaen Pirates, o xo o. sIt was Medford's 13th straight victory of the season. Thp nnnJpanie skirmish Was ' furiously contested through the second half and Marsntieia pulled up into three deadlocks in the final quarter before suc cumbing to the Rogue River valley powerhouse. Marshfield's rugged Pirates, their hoop talent drawn from last fall's state co-champion foot ball team, had the overall ad vantage on the backboards. But the Black Tornado won out by superior ball-handling, by more accurate shooting and by jam ming the Pirates' plays with tight defensive maneuvering. Two Foul Out Medford came through in the closing moments with two regu lars missing from the line-up. High - scoring Larry Copple fMiiori nut with 4V& minutes yet " to play and tall Jerry Kalapus bowed out With his Iiitn mirac ion with' 67 seconds left. But Frank Rector proved the take charge guy as time ran out. ne got one field goal and four gift pointers as the Tornado broke the final tie and forged ahead to stay. The teams entered the con cluding stanza with Medford leading 50 to 47. Copple made it 52 to 47 and then exchanged goals with the Pirates' Roger Johnson for 54 to 49 count. Denny Baker's free heave and big Gene Tankersley's tip cut the Medford margin to 54 to 52. Then with 2V4 minutes of the quarter gone Roger Johnson came through again and knotted the fracas at 54-all. Bud Kastner's pusher made it 56 to 54 for Meaiora Dut lanx ersley's hook brought another tie, 56-all. Rector and Frazer got gifters for 57-all and in the meantime Copple had been re tired. With three minutes left Rect or's eoal made it 59 to 57. Kala- ms added another for 61 to 57. Marshfield called time out but. when olav resumed, the Tor nado got possession of the ball and stalled for a. lull minute. Then Rector got a pair of free shots and made both for 63 to 57. Score 65-59 Tankersley canned a charity shot but Rector made good on two free chances for a Medford margin of 65 to 59. Ted Fischer of the Pirates snppea in a lay in but it was off set by two Kastner free shots." . Baker whished in a' fielder from mid court at the buzzer for the final 67 to 62 recording. Score with 5Vi played in the first quarter was tied up at 13 apiece. Kalapus put in a lay up, Kastner a 20-footer, Copple one from the base line and Rec tor a pusher from the key for a Medford 21 to 13 spread at the intermission. The Tornado fluc tuated from three to eight points 5 through the second period and at half time it was 36- to 33. Marshfield squeezed the gap to - 48 to 46 once in the third period. "Rector and C?pple were cogs c in noiaing aown me ruaies wim their jamming defensive work ana Dau sieaiiug. xucjr nac 1 . 11 41 MTrt aisn me ion suuieis uj. mc eve ning with 18 each. Medford's fast '' 1 1. ..n 1 i.ml 1 tt..4 Tint : Dtcdiw iauvcu wcu uui .vt contribute extensively to the scoring as tne .riraies Diucneu me lanes, xiie luiuauu iam icu to a variety of ways to gets its field goals5 and managed 26 in 59 shots for a .441 mark, above its average. Fischer and Roger Johnson, with 17 each, were main guns of Marshfield which collected 22 c of 64 field attempts for .344. i While Marshfield headed in i r an ? Q oe a Team 1CUUUUUU15 W W Medford's Kalapus was the top individual with 19 retrieves. 'Sandv Fraser and Tankersley each had 15 for. the home con tingent. 'j Rough play resulted in a num ber of pile ups on the floor. Medford was charged with 21 fouls to 16 by Marshfield. The Pirates lost Fraser on infractions. Glenn Peterson of Medford and Fischer were charged with four each. BOX: Medford Peterson, f . "Kastner, f Kalapus. c -. Rector, g Copple. 1 g Foust o-. McCullougho Cearley FG FT PF TP .3147 3 6 5 8 1 . 0 . 0 2 2 8 2 0 0 0 8 14 18 18 2 0 0 26 15 21 67 Coos Bay Fraser. f 0. Fischer, f Tankersley, FG FT PF TP .4159 5 4 1 7 0 0 17 12 Baker, g 7 17 R. Johnson, eg Carlile J. Johnson 0 0 22 18 16 62 The American and English 1 1 J...... JIi'maI c rnr k pr j-ia nip s 34 i p l w u uia lxii i and different breeds; they have iffor-ont nViicinal " rharaptpris- VUMb.Vli, r --v ice hut sparr-h for and handle game the same. jlllUIIIIMM.IMIMM,MIMIU Wis: ' W -U HOLDING SHINY PLAQUE, Tom Gola, LaSalle University, helps Kurt Burris, Oklahoma University, adjust necktie, at 51st annual dinner of Philadelphia sports writers. Gola was named nation's outstanding athlete; Burris the lineman of year. (International) Joe Brown To Speak at Sport Dsnner Portland Joe E. Brown, popular and colorful film com edian will be featured speaker at the Oregon Sportswriters annual "Banquet of Champions" on Thursday, February 11, at Columbia Athletic club. The Hayward trophy will be presented at the dinner to Ore gon's outstanding sports figure in 1954. A secret committee is now screening a group of 45 candi dates down to 12. The. 12 names will not be revealed before the banquet. Among the 45 are George Shaw, University of Ore gon gridder; Duane Marshall, St. Helen's high athlete; Swede Halbrook, giant Oregon State college basketballer; Ron Hyde, Norgan s Beavers baseballer; Bob Dellirlger, U of O miler; Carole Jo Kabler, Roseburg golfer; Wayne Sturdivant, for mer Milwaukie high coach now at Lincoln of Portland; Pete Su sick, Marshfield high football coach; Lee Gustafson, South Sa lem high football coach, and Jackie Puscas, outstanding Eu gene boxer. The trophy is named in honor of Bill Hayward, late U of O track coach. High School Scores By UNITED PRESS Jefferson 69, Grant 57 i Franklin 64, Roosevelt 44 Washington 64, Benson 44 Cleveland 47, Lincoln 41 Central Catholic 50, Tillamook 42 Astoria 44. Gresham 39 McMinnviUe 67, Ueaverton- 5ST La Grande 57. Mac-Hi 42 Milwaukie 48. South Salem 44 Medford 67. Marshlield 62 Albany 69, Pacific JV 47 Junction City 61, Willamette 44 Grants Pass 63, Roseburg 47 Reedsport 50, Newport 41 Bend 65. Prineville 57 Lakeview 69. Burns 61 Springlield 60, Cottage Grove 54 St. Helens 66. Rainier 54 Corvallis 54, Lebanon ol Eugene 75, Oakridge 34 Oregon" City 57, HiilsDoro 36 Coquille 66, North Bend 64 Parkrose 59, Scappoose 36 Ontario 60, Meridian 32 Nyssa 59, Payette. Ida. 52 Wy'east 64, Concordia 46 Oswego 59, Hood River 45 Sherwood 53. North Marion 43 Maupin 63. Moro 44 McLaren 30. Corbett 28 (overtime) Central Union 49, Serra 43 Newberg 44, Forest Grove 41 Sheridan 69. Banks 62 , Amity 59. Dayton 35 Scio 67. Detroit 50 Clatskanie 49. Vernonia 41 Camas. Wash. 52, Columbia Prep 48 Verboort 54, Gaston 46 , Estacada 55. Sandy 52 Knappa 58. NehaJem 39 Tillamook Catholic 51. Jewell 50 Mapleton 44. Westfir 37 Molalla 54, Woodburn 36 Shedd 54. Halsey 45 West Linn 63. ligard 50 Elgin 59. Wallowa 50 Harrisburg 65. Brownsville 52 . Irrigon 61, Boardman 43 Silverton 72. Canby 55 McKenzie 70. Crow 42 Siuslaw 59. Toledo 57 (overtime) Rogue River 64. Butte Falls 40 Mohawk 64, Lorane 44 Eagle Point 50, Crater 44 Jefferson 61, Gates 36 Monroe 44. Albany JV 27 BASKETBALL SATURDAY COLLEGE RESULTS: Iowa 76, Purdue 67 Navy 77, Pittsburgh 65 Army 84, Yale 72 Hamilton 70. Union (N.Y.) 53 Trenton Tchrs. 83. Paterson Tchrs. 78 Occidental 89. Westmont 64 Dartmouth 66. Princeton 56 Drexel Tech 72, Penn Military 60 Birmingham Southern 95, Mary ville' 83 Michigan 92. Lcs Angeles State 39 FRIDAY COLLEGE SCORES East Cincinnati 83, Siena 63 Lemoyne 82, Boston College 73' Rhode Island 87. Colgate 86 (OT) Syracuse 74. Holy Cross 70 South Wake Forest 120. Clemson 65 Washington & Lee 83. Davidson 56 Duke 91. North Carolina 68 San Francisco 65.' Loyola (Cal.) 55 West UCLA 83. California 64 Oregon State 59. Idaho 52 Wyoming 61. Oklahoma City 56 Wash. 54. Oregon 52 (OT) Seattle 98. Portland 83 i Stanford 92. Southern Calif. 78 Humboldt St. 76. Calif. Aggies 67 Pac. Lutheran 67. Central Wash. 60 San Jose St. 72. Col. of Pacific 62 Pacific Lutheran 67, Central Wash ington 60 Chico State 88, Nevada 70 San Francisco State 90. Fort Ord 54 Santa Clara 71, St. Mary's 51 Pepperdine 61, Redlands 57 San Mateo 77. Modesto J. C. 56 Portland State 75, Southern Oregon 63 Oregon State Rooks 65. North Sa lem High 47 Oregon Frosh 68. Marion Motors 50 St. Martins 58. Oregon Tech 54 Lewis and Clark 77. Linfield 75 College of Idaho 90, Whitman 76 Sunday, February 6, 1955 Solon Seeks Navy-UO Game Washington U.R) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) asked Naval Academy offic ials Saturday about the chanc es of scheduling a Navy foot ball game with the University of Oregon at Portland in 1959 or 1960. He said he had acted on be half of Oregon officials and that the University athletic director, Leo A. Harris, was "extremely interested" in a game with Navy. "As far as I can recall, the Naval academy team has nev er played in the Northwest," Neuberger wrote the Academy officials. "I am sure you are famil iar with the caliber of foot ball played by the University of Oregon, the high prestige the university has in the na tion's football circles." Ski Conditions Skiing at Crater Lake Na tional park was reported fair to good yesterday afternoon. There was a breakble crust on 69 inches of snow. Highway 62 was open into the park. Chains were ad vised. Chains or snow tires were required for driving to the rim. The warming hut at the park will be open today if weather permits skiing. A tow, reportedly, is op erating at the ski area near Union Creek but snow con ditions there were not learned here yesterday. Four inches of new powder snow were on the ground Friday. Thfc marthateffop k The 1955 WILLYS Models have all these famous features..; ECONOMY Low price; high gas mile age; low repairs make this the thrift boy. VISIBILITY ? 4-fender visibility; you can see road just 10 feet ahead of bumper. Stevens Kaiser-WillyS Inc. 505 NORTH CENTRAL o MEDFORD PHONE 3-3655 MedforivTribune SLPdDIMrS Heberf, Littler and Palmer Tied; Harrington Qualifies Phoenix, Aris. - (U.R) -George Harrington of Med .ford. Ore., shot a 76 Friday to go with his 74 of the day before to qualify as an ama teur for the final two rounds of the Phoenix golf open. Bob Duden of Portland picked up after, a 76 Thursday. Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) Jay Hebert and Gene Littler forged into a three-way tie with John ny Palmer at 204 for the 54-hole lead in the $15,000 Phoenix Open Golf tournament Saturday when Palmer bogied the 18th hole. Palmer, Charlotte, N. C, need ed only a par five on the final hole of the third round Satur day to continue in the lead, but Palmer's tee shot was out of bounds and he needed six strokes in all for the hole. Hebert, Long Island, N. Y., was the hottest entry Saturday as he shot a five-under-par to deadlock the two leaders. Lit tler, Palm Springs, Calif., the Man Held on Threatening Letters Charge Philadelphia (U.R) The federal government held John Joseph Hannigan, 23, Saturday on charges of sending threaten ing letters to heavyweight cham pion Rocky Marciano before the champion's successful title de fense against Ezzard Charles last June. Hannigan was arrested by FBI agents and postal inspectors Fri day and arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Henry P. Carr. Norman McCabe, agent in charge of he Philadelphia. FBI cfice, said two letters were sent to Marciano's training camp in the Catskill Mountains last March. McCabe said the letters warned bodily harm would be fall Marciano's wife and child unless he "threw" the title bout. The same day, Marciano's fa ther received a letter in Brock ton, Mass., which threatened to "bump off your son's wife and child" if Marciano failed to lose to Charles. Marciano turned the letters over to the FBI and then went to out-point Charles in the June fight and knock him out in a return bout last September. SAFETY Low gravity center; aero frame; big glass area com bine for safety. ; BEAUTY Its individual beauty is matched only by its beauti ful performance. first-round leader, sank a six foot putt on the 18th hole for a birdie and a two-under-par 68. He had compiled a 136 at the half-way mark. Refuses to Yield Littler, 24-year-old Los An geles Open champion, refused to yield to pressure. He birdied the first, seventh, eighth and 18th holes Saturday. He bogied the second and 16th. His birdie on the 18th before a gallery of about 5,000 got him the tie. Ed (Porky) Oliver, of Lemont, 111., went four under par with a 66 that put him two strokes behind the leaders with a 206. Arnold Palmer, LaTrove, Pa., third Friday with 137, scored three birdies on the first four holes Saturday but was erratic and had to settle for a one-over- par 71. That gave him 208. A gallery of 7,000 watched the third round Saturday. The tour ney will be concluded today with the final 18 holes. Etomack Out Of Tourney Hollywood, Fla. U.P.) A hometown girl and a Wisconsin visitor burned up the Orange Brook golf course Saturday to shove their respective twosomes into the finals of the Women's International Four- Ball golf tournament. Vonnie Colby of Hollywood, Mia., shot sub-men's pax on the first nine to give her and Cookie Swift Berger of Buffalo, N.Y., an easy 5 and 4 victory over Polly Riley of Fort Worth and Bee McWane of Birmingham, Ala. In the other semi-final match Joyce Ziske of Waterford, Wis., and Wiffi Smith of Los Angeles eliminated Barbara Romack of Sacramento, Calif., and Dot Kir by of Atlanta, 2 and 1. Miss Colby and Mrs. Berger, the de fending champions, meet Miss Zfeke and Miss Smith in the 36 hole finals today. HOT FOOT RACE Adelaide, Australia (U.R) Seven competitors in the Aus tralian six-mile championship refused to run at the appointed time Saturday because the tem perature stood at 102 degrees. The races were postponed till the cool of the evening. pticeeffot you. . . m. m $011089 includes Oil Bath, Oil Filter, jww7 Air Cleaner, Directional Sig nals Heater and Defroster, White Side Wall Tires, 2 Tone Paint, Large Hub Caps and Overdrive. (Hydro. Trans, slightly higher.) SEE THE 1 955 WILLYS 4-D00R SEDAN $2269.89 Medford Delivery Price Includes Oil Bath, Oil Filter, Air Cleaner, Directional Signals, Heater and Defroster, White Side Wall Tires, 2-Tone Paint, Larbe Hub-caps, and Overdrive. (Hydromatic Transmission slightly higher) EAGLES CLIP PHOENIX PIRATES PLUNDER IV, 62-53 ROGUE LEAGUH (Friday Night) W. Cratur Phoenix 5 Eagle Point 3 Illinois Valley 1 L. 2 2 4 6 Pet .714 .714 .429 .143 Eagle Point, now fully man ned and clicking like the pre conference form charts said it should, continued its upward climb in the Rogue league maplecourt Friday night while Phoenix high school, with help from the Eagles, regained the Oregon State Win Spurred By Halbrook Moscow, Ida. (U.R) Oregon State kept its Northern Division basketball record unblemished Friday night by defeating fourth place Idaho 59-52. But the val ient Vandals didn't give up with out a scrap. It was seven-foot, three-inch Swede Halbrook, who towers al most a foot above Idaho's tallest man who made the difference as the Beavers were forced to come from behind twice in the second period. Dominated 1st Half Oregon State dominated the first half easily as Ron Robins made good on five out of six field goal attempts although Idaho held the lead once briefly. At one time, OSC led by 12 points, but the Vandals closed the gap to 33-25 at halftime. With nine minutes remaining in the game, Idaho pulled ahead 44-43. A Halbrook free toss tied it. Bob Falash put Idaho ahead again with a field goal a moment later, Then Halbrook sank a layin and Reggie Halligan scored an other field goal with six minutes remaining to give Oregon State its final lead. BOX: Oregon State FG FT PF TP Dean f 1 2 Vlastelica f 2 Jarboe f 2 Paulus f . . 0 Halbrook c 8 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 Robins g . Halligan g ... Fundingsland S 4 0 22 15 17 59 Idaho 52 Melton f . Buhler f . Mcnson f Sather c . Falash g . Bauscher ; FG FT PF TP 2 2 5 6 -.. 3 .... 0 3 2 .... 4 2 0 2 2 3 14 24 14 52 Preliminary Schedules For NW League Mailed Wenatchee, Wash. (U.R) President Arthur H. Pohlman of the new class B Northwest base ball league Saturday mailed pre liminary schedules for 1955 to the seven member teams. The schedules call for an 18 week season beginning April 26 and ending Sept. 5 with each team playing 113 games, about 66 of them at home. WILLYS Bermuda MEDFORD DELIVERY PRICE CRATER COMETS, 54-44; 4 league lead deadlock it held briefly last week end. The Eagles, their fast break working the best it has this' sea son, squelched the Crater Com ets '50 to 44. Phoenix, also in top form, contributed to its own cause with a 62 to 53 verdict over cellarite Illinois Valley. The Pirates and Crater were knotted in front position after the Friday actions. Winning its third straight loop conflict, after four succes sive losses, Eagle Point had a fairly tight battle with Crater for three quarters. At the start of the fourth panel the Eagles got four consecutive goals to make a bulge that the Comets could not close. Phoenix, taking advantage of free shots, was never behind. 16 Out of 19 The Pirates, starting out with a pair of gifters by Bill Madden, worked to a 19 to 11 first quar ter spread and headed 34 to 21 midway in the game. They made 16 out of 19 free shot tries in the first half. Third quarter score was 49 to 33. The tussle saw the Pirates driving in for shots and making them or get ting fouled in the attempt. Mad den made 11 out of 13 gift tries and Jim Korth flipped in seven out of eight. Coach Jack Woodward cred ited the Pirates with their best game of the season, saying they did everything well. Madden ran up 25 points. Larry Mauer and Dennis Krauss sparked a hotter shooting by the Cougars of IV in the second half. Maurer, mostly on long shots, got 18 counters for the night, and Krauss, with pivot c Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. 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Standing at the end of the chuk- ker was 38 to 35 in EP favor.. Then as contention swung into the fourth quarter, the Eagles stretched to 46 to 35. the mix, Harvey Nelson and Carl Christian of Eagle Point and Fred Hogue and Jim Higginboth- am of Crater. Christian played his outstanding game of the year0 for the Eagles, rebounding and ballhawking as well as scoring." Crater had the edge in re bounds 40 to 34 and only six fouls to Eagle Point's 16 but the Eagles took their chances at some sacrifice to get the ball.5 EP was hotter in shooting with 23 out of 56 for .411 average.' Crater also shot 56 times and made 14 for .250. C Crater won the junior varsity opener 53 to 40. 0 i, LINE-UPS: Eagle Point SO 44 Crater 14 Hogue 14 Hieinbotham 13 Gray Tonn Nelson 14 Cave 1 Caldwell 9 Reich 8 Greb 4 2 Parent Substitutions For Eaele Point, Christian 14, Tuttle: for Crater. Kel ley, Johnson 1. Phoenix 62 Madden 23 Korth 11 Vreeken 7 Wall 10 53 m. 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