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Kentucky's
Hold Ended
3 By NORMAN MILLLER
New York U.R) San Fran
cisco, the surprise team of the
college basketball season, cli
maxed a steady rise in the Uni
ted Press national rankings to
day by taking over the top spot
with an overwhelming margin
over Kentucky.
. Coach Phil Woolpert's Dons,
whose 1954-55 prospects were so
lowly regarded that they did
New York (U.R) Oregon
Slate's Baavers retained 15ih
position in this week's United
Press college basketball rat
ings Three of the candidates for
for a western regional NCAA
playoff berth at Corvallis next
month are in the first 10. They
are San Francisco, first this
week; Utah which is fourth
and UCLA, in seventh position.
not even receive a single vote
in the coaches' pre-season sizeup
of the national race, were the
No. 1 choice this week of 27
members of the 35-man United
Press Rating Board.,
J San Francisco thus ended six
straight weeks of Kentucky
' domination by extending its un
beaten string to 14 and its over
all record0 to 16-1 with two
triumphs last week while Coach
Adolph Rump's men faltered. The
wildcats were beaten by Georgia
Tech for the second time, giving
them a 14-2 record at week's
. ml TTT i. a ItMIC
a end. lne west uuaav uuLia
joyed a wide 327 to 228-point
margin over Kentucky.
They've Been Climbing
The Dons, unranked for the
first two weeks of this season
and placed only 23rd the third
week, maae ineir urst uis im
pression on the coaches by win
ning the All-College Tournament
at Oklahoma City during Christ
mas vacation week. That
triumph earned Woolpert's team
cthe No. 6 ranking and it has
made steady progress ever since.
One of the most important fac
tors in the Dons' rise from re
lative obscurity this season has
been a remarkable defense that
has yielded an average of only
49.4 points a ; game-r-the best
record in the nation. San Fran
cisco's only defeat this season
was by UCLA, by a 47-40 score
rat Los Angeles, Dec 11. One
week later, in San Francisco, the
Dons reversed the outcome, 56
c44. Their next opponents are
College of Pacific and San Jose
State, on Wednesday and Fri
day of this week.
Illini Bounce Back
Illinois 11-3 represented the
only change in the identity of
this week's top 10 teams, replac
ing Marquette in 10th place. Be
sides this and the order of the
two teams at the top, the only
other alteration in the top 10
was La Salle's advance from
"fourth to third, with Utah re
versing the process. La Salle had
'a 16-4 record and Utah 17-3.
Duquesne 12-3, North Carolina-
State 18-4, UCLA 15-3,
George Washington 15-3 and
Minnesota 10-5 all retained the
previous week's ratings, from
fifth to ninth in that order.
The coaches based their rat
ings on 'games played through
Saturday night, i eD. 5.
Marquette, dropping back one
vlace. headed the second 10
group with 56 points. Next in
order came Iowa. Missouri. Day
ton, Oregon State, Villanova
and Cincinnati. Niagara and
Maryland were tied for 18th and
Stanford 20th.
FIGHTS
By UNITED PRESS
Brooklyn: Eastern Park way Chi
co Veiar. 152. Stamford, Conn., out
pointed Joey Klein. 149. New York,
(10).
New York:- St. Nicks Holly Mims.
157 'i, Washington. D.C.. outpointed
Milo Savage. 160Vj. Salt Lake City,
Utan. (10).
Rochester. N.Y.: Jimmy "Martinez,
149 'i. Glendale. Ariz., outpointed Joe
Kuceli. 154, New York. (10).
o Providence. R.I.: Lou Campanelli,
165, Providence, outpointed Jose Con
treras. 163, Taunton, Mass.. (8).
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Wildcats Gain Loop
Lead With 61-56 Win
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
Kentucky, though forced to
the limit by a winless foe, gained
solace today for its loss of the
No. 1 national basketball rank
ing by seizing first place in the
Southeastern Conference.
In other major conference
changes as a result of Monday
night's court action, Minnesota
took over undisputed lead of the
Big Ten by a half-game and Mis
souri backed into a tie for first
place in the Big Seven, thanks
to a surprise defeat handed Colo
rado. But Kentucky's 61-56 triumph
over Mississippi State at Stark
ville, Miss., topped these other
changes for tension and drama.
The Wildcats went into the
fray anxious to show they really
are the nation's best team, a rat
ing they lost to San Francisco
as a result of last week's sur
prise loss to Georgia Tech. But
instead of the easy win that was
expected, Kentucky was forced
to go all the way with only five
players and fight off two late
rallies by a state team that hasn't
beaten a league club this season.
Kentucky trailed, 56-55, with
1:49 to play when Bill Evans'
basket put them ahead to stay.
Two free throws and a basket by
Phil Grawemeyer clinched the
victory as State tried desperately
for another rally. Sophomore
Game Commission
For Improving Camp White Area
Planting, fencing, pond-making
and pheasant liberation
plans for the Rogue Valley Game
Management area at Camp
White during 1955 were outlined
today by C. R. Shepard, district
game biologist who at the same
time warned against rubbish
dumping in the area.
Two more ponds are planned
this year in the area which was
formerly part of the military
Jade Wins
Open Stake
Jade, a black labrador female
retriever, does all right despite
the fact that she is minus a leg.
The three-legged dog, owned
and handled by Tom Rickard,
won the only place given Sunday
in the open stake of a picnic trial
conducted by Rogue Valley Re
triever club north of the Mili
tary bridge on Rogue River. She
was the only retriever, among
six which started, to complete
the stake.
Belle, owned and handled by
Earl Wescott, took the qualify
ing stake and Tar Baby, owned
by Hugh McAdams, Grants Pass,
and handled by Carl Newell,
Medford won the derby.
26 Dogs Entered
There were 12 entries in the
qualifying test and 10 in the
derby and 26 dogs in all were
entered in the day's competition,
including some brought by non-
club members. All dogs which
picked up awards, with one ex
ception were black labradors.
A sizable crowd was on hand
for the event.
Some Rogue Valley members
plan to enter dogs in picnic trial
at the game commission grounds
south of Klamath Falls next Sun
day.
KESULTS:
Qualifying stake First. Belle, own.
ed and handled by Earl Wescott: sec
ond, Pete, owned and handled by Sid
Manaco; third. Happy, owned and
handled by Hugh McGinty; fourth.
Jade, owned and handled bv Tom
Rickard; certificate of merit. Tar
Baby, owned by Hugh McAdams and
handled by Cart Newell: CM. Rosie,
owned and handled by Mrs. Hugh Mo
Ginty; CB, Betta, owned and handled
by Charles Miller, and CM. Buck,
golden retriever, owned and handled
oy faui SKmner.
Derby stake First. Tar Babv: ,ee.
ond. Coaly, owned and handled by
Ira Parish; third. Smoke, owned and
handled by Hilman Miller: fourth.
ip, ownea ana Handled by Gene
Hunt, and CM. Rogue, owned by Dr.
namoie, ana Handled by Wescott.
Gonzaga Downs
Cougars, 71-61
Spokane (U.R) "Coach
Hank Anderson used the pla
toon system to good advantage
last night as his .Gonzaga Uni
versity basketball team defeat
ed Washington State, coached by
Jack 'Friel who invented -the
platoon system, 71-61 in a non
conference game.
The Zags, led by forward Jer
ry Vermillion with 18 points,
were ahead all the way and
were never in real trouble. They
led 32-27 at halftime.
Forward - Ron Bennink was
high point man for Washington
State with 14.
New York (U.R5 Davis
cup stars Tony Trabert and Vic
Seixas today were named co
winners of the Tennis Writers
of America Award as 'the per
sons who rendered ' distinguish
ed service to tennis in the Un
ited States in 1954. '
Tuesday, February 8, 1955
Gaom Top Team Spot
UJieji tt
Jim Ashmore of Mississippi State
took scoring honors with 19
points, while Jerry Byrd led
Kentucky with 15.
The triumph gave Kentucky a
7-2 league record to go ahead of
Alabama, which dropped all the
way to third place at 5-2 by los
ing to Vanderbilt, 78-57. Vander
bilt took over second with a 6-2
record.
Minnesota went a half-game
ahead of idle Iowa in the Big
Ten by crushing Ohio State, 82
56, and Illinois tied Iowa for
second place by beating Michi
gan, 81-80, on Hiles Stout's last
minute basket.
Feature of the Minnesota tri
umph was the duel between the
Gophers' Chuck Mencel and Ohio
State's Robin Freeman, the Big
Ten's leading scorer. Mencel out
scored Freeman, 18-17, and,
meanwhile, flashy Dick Gar
maker of Minneapolis eclipsed
both with 27.
Colorado, unbeaten in five
previous Big Seven games, was
upset by Nebraska, 84-77, at Lin
coln, Neb.
Tulsa retained first place in
the Missouri Valley conference
by beating Detroit, 77-72, in a
game that featured a magnificent
scoring duel between Tulsa's Bob
Patterson and Detroit's Guy
Sparrow. Patterson had 37
points, most ever scored against
Detroit, and Sparrow had 35.
Outlines Plans
reservation, Shepard reported.
He stated that 50 acres along
Little Butte creek have been
leased to the adjoining land
owner for cooperative farming.
Part of the grain planted on the
acreage will be left standing
for game bird use. Two other
grain plots will be put in, one
on the Agate slough and one on
the military slough.
Test plots will be planted on
the desert area to determine
what grasses are best adapted.
Cooperation Fair
Some permanent fencing will
be done, Shepard said, to allow
future grazing leases. Spring and
fall pheasant liberations are
planned this year from game
farm stock. .
Public cooperation in keeping
the area clean has been fair,
according to Shepard, but rub
bish dumping is still a prob
lem. He pointed out that the
Medford city disposal area is
more conveniently reached for
dumping of refuse. And it's
cheaper."
The area is heavily posted
with signs stating that rubbish
is not to be disposed of in the
game management area. Seven
persons have been fined in dis
tract court for violation of the
regulation. Average fine and
court costs in the cases was $25.
Shepard said there will be not
let up in enforcement of the reg
ulation. Snowmen Meet
To Swap, Sell
Rogue . Snowmen will swap
and sell skiing equipment
Wednesday at an 8 p.m. meeting
at tne ymca.
It is hoped to have a ski film
to show at the meeting. All per
sons interested in joining the
group are invited.
The Snowmen the past two
Sundays have conducted novice
skiing classes on their hill at
Crater lake. They make no
cnarge to club members and
some of the better skiers of the
club are volunteer instructors.
Members, who have initiated
the new tow on the slope at the
lake, indicate that it is operating
well. it nas three times the
power of the old tow and handles
more skiers faster.
LONG TO GET BACK TO THOSE
OLD SNAKE TRAILS? Have you felt
inferior . hate to look the fel
lows in the eye? Now you can
lift your head again, be back on
the snake-path with your friends.
Barker's Wednesday-at-nine Tele
vision program builds confidence,
gives an appetite, puts snap in
you. It's GOOD for snakes.
G. Johnson
Top Scorer
In B League
Garv Johnson, Rogue River,
scoring at a rate of 20.3 points
ner eame. and Jim McAbee,
Talent, hitting at a 17 per game
clip, pace the individual statis
tics in the Jackson County B
High School Basketball compe
tition while unmarred Kogue
River is offensive leader and
second place Talent is best m
team defense.
All six member schools are
represented among the top
eleven individual scorers.
Johnson has a total of 142
counters and McAbee has 119
for the seven league games.
They are the only cagers to ex
ceed the 100 mark but J. .Lloyd
Wood. Talent, running in third
place, is close on that total with
98. Ron Couser, of cellante
Prospect is fourth ranking scor
er with 93.
Bill Irwin is the Butte Falls
noint leader in conference ri
valry and is fifth in the loop
with 87. Ted Stanfield is the
second Rogue River player
anions the leaders with his 83
for sixth place. Jacksonville is
paced by Bob Gemaehlich, who
didn't Dlay last week. He has 80
for seventh spot. Sid Peterson,
Prospect, has 77 for eighth and
Lee Abbott, Butte Falls, Laval
Meunier, St. Mary's, and Clete
Daily; Rogue River, are tied for
ninth with 76.
As a team Rogue River has
run up 461 points and a 65.8 per
game average. Talent has second
high total and average, 428 and
61.1. .
Onnosine teams have scored
nnlv 270 ooints against Talent,
an average of 38.6 in seven con
tests. St. Mary's ranks next in
defense, allowing rivals 324. or
46.3 per game.
INDIVIDUAL SCORING:
1 Gary Johnson, Rogue River 142
2. Jim McAbee, Talent 119
3. J. Lloyd Wood. Talent 98
4. Ron Couser, Prospect 9a
5. Bill Irwin, Butte Falls 87
6. Ted Stanfield. Rogue River .. 83
7. Bob Gemaehlich, Jacksonville 80
8. Sid Peterson. Prospect 77
9. Lee Abbott, Butte Falls 76
9. Laval Meunier, St. Mary's 76
9. Clete Dailv. Rogue River 76
12. D. R. Smith, Butte Falls 74
13. George Zickefoose. Talent .... 68
14. Tim Dugan, St. Mary's 67
15. Dick saniora
16. John Walsh, St. Mary's ... 53
IB .Tnol Walls Prosnpct 53
18. Pat Conley, Butte Falls 52
19. Tonv Miksche. St. Mary's .... 50
20. Don Ellis. Butte Falls 49
21. Gordy Thoreson. Talent to
22. Gary Stinchcomb, Rogue River 41
ot Haruov Hoiinprs Jacksonville 37
24.' Bill Weaver, Rogue River 35
25. Hon JYLOintyre, jacKsravme
TEAM SCORING: '
PF APG PA APG
Rogue River 461 6S.8....354 50.6
Talent .'. 428 61.1....270 38.6
St. Mary's 350 50.0....324 46.3
Butte Falls 345 49.3.-427 61.0
Jacksonville 326 46.4....380 55.6
Prospect 312 44.6....449 64.1
Quaker State
Solons Study
Boxing Probe
Harrisburg, Pa. (U.R) The
state Senate Law and Order
committee studied today a reso
lution demanding the investiga
tion of an alleged "strangler's
hold" on professional boxing by
racketeers in Pennsylvania.
The resolution, - principally
sponsored by Sen. Benjamin R.
Donolow of Philadelphia, charg
ed that "there is evidence that
racketeers and crooked gamb
lers possess a strangler's hold
on the profession."
It added that "evidence of
fraud and fixed fights, and many
of the decisions of fights recent
ly held, show the incompetence
of some referees and judges."
Four other Democratic sena
tors co-sponsored the resolution
with Donolow Monday. It had
the backing of Gov. George M.
Leader, who announced his sup
port of a boxing "clean up" last
week.
SKI ENTRIES POUR IN -
Eugene (U.R) Entries are be
ginning to pour in for the two
day national cross-country ski
championships to be held at the
Willamette Pass ski area next
weekend. Meet officials said the
entry , list to date is topped by
Sven Johansson, Anchorage,
Alaska, winner of the North
American Ski championship at
Minneapolis last weekend.
High
Conferences
Slate Action
Two non-loop frays tonight
start off a week of high school'
basketball in this area which
will wind-up with action in all
three conferences.
Tonight's encounters put Ash
land against Crater at Central
Point and takes Rogue River to
Glendale.
League contention will see
the Southern Oregon Conference
Big Four launch their second
half. Phoenix and Crater, tack
ling different foes, will try to
break their Rogue League dead
lock while Talent has its last
good chance for successful title
defense in the Jackson County
B league.
Mighty Medford with six wins
and nary a loss in the first, half
is favored to sweep on to the
Big Four title. The Black Torna
do has a three game lead over
second place Klamath Falls and
interest will be aroused by the
strategies other conference
teams will impose in efforts to
calm the Big Wind.
At GP Friday
Medford will play Grants -Pass
there on Friday and here on
Saturday in the second series
this season between the two
schools. Ashland scrapes at Kla
math Falls on Friday . and Sat
urday nights.
In the Rogue circuit, Crater
encounters tail-ender Illinois
Valley at Central Point on Fri
day and at Cave Junction on
Saturday. Phoenix is host to
Eagle Point on Friday and goes
to EP. on Saturday. Crater will
be heavy favorite to dunk the
Cougars while Phoenix battles
with the Eagles are rated toss
ups. Taient, 1954 champ, is trail
ing unblemished Rogue River by
a game in the B circuit. The
Bulldogs' meet Rogue River on
Friday and must win if they
are to retain ambitions of an
other state tourney jaunt. The
Chiefs handed Talent its lone
loss so far in the loop and the
Bulldogs can tie up the race
Friday. Both! are favored -over
other remaining rivals
Butte Falls at Prospect and
St. Mary's at Jacksonville com
plete the Friday B program.
GIANTS TO FLY
New York (U.R) The
world champion New York
Giants will travel by air almost
exclusively during the 1955
season, it was announced today,
The team will make 24 differ
ent chartered plane trips, but
will travel by train for short
hauls betwen Chicago and Mil
waukee and between Philadelph
ia and New York.
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Eugene 10
Points Back
Portland (U.R) The Oregon
Journal's high school coaches'
poll today again picked Medford
as the top prep basketball team
in the state. The selection was
unanimous.
Two newcomers made the top
10 this week. Jefferson, which
leads the Portland International
Scholastic league, appeared in
seventh spot with 28 votes. Cen
tral Catholic, tops in the Valley
Coast league, was in 9th spot
after beating Milwaukie, which
slipped from second to third
place.
Eugene, with only two defeats
against 14 victories, assumed
undisputed possession of second
place.
The Ratings:
1 Medford 80
2. Eugene ... ..... ...... 70
3. Milwaukie . . . . 63
4 St. Helens . 52
5. North Bend ..... 38
6. Astoria 37
7. Jefferson .. . 28
8. Albany ..... 1... ....... 25
9. Central Catholic ..... 16
10. Beaverton and Jefferson
tie 10
Others: Lakeview 6, Cleve
land 4, Redmond 1.
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In Saturday Loop
IJEAGUE STANDINGS
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Gold Ray Salmon Backs 4
Mountains Boys 1
Beany aoys l
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The Tweakers were left the
only undefeated team in the
Saturday recreation basketball
league at Medford senior high
when the Gold Ray Salmon
Backs tumbled last week end
Cottonpickers edged the Sal
mon Backs 27 to 25 while the
Tweakers plastered the Screw
balls 53 to 23.
In another contest the Flub
bin' Five beat Nico-Quint 30 to
16. Senior Wieners won by for
feit from the Thunderbirds
The Tweakers will keep their
position this week since they
and the Salmon Backs both
draw byes.
Games this Saturday are Sen
ior Wieners versus Flubbin' Five
at 10 a.m., Thunderbirds versus
Mountain Boys at 11 a.m
Screwballs versus Nico-Quint at
1 p.m. and Beany Boys versus
Cottonpickers at 2 p.m,
A "dependent re-survey" is a
cadastral survey which identifies
re-establishes and re-marks the
land boundaries that were set
up by a prior cadastral survey.
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Mims Unpopular Winner;
Falls for Shoelace Trick
By JACK CUDDY
New York (U.R) Middle
weight contender Holly Mims,
an unpopular winner and a near
victim of the ancient "shoelace
trick," will meet slugger Milo
Savage in a return fight at St.
Nicholas arena, March 14.
Mims of Washington, D. C,
third-ranking contender was giv
en a majority decision over un
ranked Savage of Salt Lake
Brave Seeks
Wage Boost
By UNITED PRESS
Slugging Eddie Mathews gave
the Milwaukee Braves . fair
warning today that he intends
to hit 'em up for "a substantial
increase."
Mathews, who received an es
timated $25,000 last season, will
have a number of talking points
including 40 homers and 103
runs batted m when he con
fers with General Manager John
Quinn about his 1955 contract
later in the week.
"The club made a lot of mon
ey last year," Mathews said,
and I think the players should
share in it."
Elsewhere around the majors,
players were .signing their con
tracts in brisk fashion.
The Chicago White Sox ad
ded third baseman Stan Jok and
outfielder Ed White, both up
from Memphis of the Southern
association, leaving outfielder
Minnie Minoso tneir only un
signed player.
Floyd Baker, 33-year-old ut
ility infielder, and rookie sec
ond baseman Gerald Claycomb
became the 14th and 15th mem
bers of the-Phillies to agree to
terms while the Boston Red
Sox signed rookie catchers Guy
Morton and Joe Buck.
Veteran Steve Gromek, who
posted an 18-16 record with
Detroit, signed his 1955 pact
after receiving what General
Manager Harold (Muddy) Ruel
called "a well deserved salary
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City at St. Nick's Monday night.
However, all six boxing writers
at the ringside voted unani
mously for Savage. And the 900
fans booed the verdict.
Promoter Tex Sullivan an
nounced today that the manag
ers of both fighters had agreed
to the return bout because of
the protests that greeted the
verdict after Monday night's tel
evised ten-rounder.
A Real Laeing
Mims said, "I beat him last
night. I don't know what the fuss
is about. Sure, he pulled the old
shoe-lace trick on me, and I
fell for it. But the next time,
I'll givs him a real lacing."
It happened in the third
round. Savage, scaling I6OV2,
to Mims 157V, suddenly point
ed with his left glove at Mims'
shoe. He said, "your shoe lace
is untied." As Mims stopped and
glanced down at his shoe
wahm! Milo hit him on the chin
with a straight right that knock
ed him backwards four steps.
And then Savage swarmed over
him in a corner.
Mack Lillard
Plans Wrestling
Card on Feb. 19
Mack Lillard, Medford box
ing and wrestling promoter, said
yesterday he is planning on pre
senting a wrestling card' at
Merrick's arena on Saturday,
Feb. 19.
Lillard said that if a sufficient
attraction can . be secured, he
will present the . nroeram on
that date. He is seeking the serv
ices of Jerry Hunter, blonde
bombshell, of the feminine grap
plers, for a spot on the card.
Some boxing cards are also
in the wind, Lillard hinted.
GAVILAN BOUT
New York (U.R) Former
welterweight "champion Kid
Gavilon of Cuba today was
matched for a 10-round bout
against . Hector Constance of
Trinidad, B.W.I., at Miami
Beach, Fla., Feb. 23.
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