Yellow Cabbies Take E3IBL Toga;
Play Alsea Lumber on Saturday
Two former Oregon State col -
lege varsity basketball players,
two former OSC Rook perform
ers, an OSC varsity football and
three former Alsea high school
hoopmen, including an all
stater. That is the roster of the
Alsea Lumber company team
which opposes the Medford in
dependent champ, Yellow Cab,
in a special game here Saturday
night at St. Mary's gym.
The two ex-college varsity
courtmen are Jack Orr, from
Grants Pass, and Ted Romanoff,
6-10 giant. Gary Lindell and
Dick Humble are the lads who
have played for the Rooks and
Wes Ediger is the right flank
man who co-captured the Beav
ers on the gridiron last fall.
Del Stone is the ex-Alsea
eager who won all-state recog
nition. It came two years in a
row. The other Alsea boys are
Loren Sapp and Keith Atickson.
.Ron Siegrist, ex-OSC, is coach.
Strong Crew
They add up to a strong ag
gregation in independent play
strong enough to have an un
blemished record so far this sea
son. And the Lumbermen are
expected to give the Cabbies
their most severe test so far
this season. They have a win
over Martin Brother's Signs,
Eugene, which downed the Cab
bies here.
Just what will be the starting
line-up for the Alsea gang has
not been reported here. Yellow
Cab i likely to open with Ed
Hummel, Johnny Foster, Chuck
Stacy, Don Wendt and .Bill Wer-
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, ner, its usual five.
Game time is 8:30 p.m.
Yellow Cab's high-riding hoop
contingent, recognized as the
independent power of southern
Oregon, picked up its first of
ficial championship of the year
last night by thrashing Andy's
Jewelers 78 to 48.
Victory gave the Cabbies the
Medford Basketball League
bunting. They wound up the
MIBL campaign with an un
defeated record and inflicted on
the Jewelers their first and only
loss in an 11-game league slate.
Last night's championship
contest wound up the season for
the MIBL and did so because
plans for a play-off next week,
matching the top four teams in
the regular slate, were aban
doned. Play-off cancellation ac
tion at a Wednesday night loop
meeting was the result of a de
pleted treasury.
G P Champ Next
Yellow Cab will play the
Grants Pass League champion
on February 24 at Grants Pass
for the AAU district mantle.
The winner will go to the state
tournament at Hermiston.
With Andy's beginning with
a slow, deliberate confident
game, the Cabbies got off to a
cold start last night, missing
many shots. But YC slowly
warmed and by halftime was
showing that its previous 102
to 61 non-league verdict over
the Jewelers was no fluke.
Score at the midway pause
favored the car jockeys 38 to
20. By the end of the third
quarter , the count was broad
ened to 61 to 27 as the Cabbies
had a warm canto and the
Jewelers were cold.
Andy's had brief leads of 2
to 0, 4 to 2 and 6 to 4 as the con
flict got underway and there
were ties of 2-all, 4-all and 6-all.
Bill Werner then drove in for
a bucket after a swipe. That
gave Yellow Cab ihe upper
hand for the first time and for
good with four minutes having
been played.
Knuison Spurs
The lead hopped to 16 to 6
but the Jewelry five on five
gifters hacked the margin to 16
to 11 by the quarter.
In the next stanza, the Cab
bies' built a 25 to 12 command
with five minutes gone by. The
advantage was cut from that 13
point bulge to 11 tallies on
three occasions, the last at 28
to 17. From there the Cabbies
moved to their 18-point halftime
spread.- Reserve Dick Knuts6n
spurred this half-end push with
three field goals.
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shots to lengthen the advantage
to 34 points.
Andy's had the edge in scor
ing, 21 to 17, in the fourth quar
ter, which had some roughie
spots. And rugged Derald Woo
ton provided some of the spark,
driving in nicely for three goals.
Hummel Score Leader
. The mix was marked by
some rugged scrapping under
the boards. .
Ed Hummel in particular for
Yellow Cab had trouble finding
the hoop. Nevertheless, he
wound up high scorer with 17
markers. Cabbie scoring was
well distributed with Johnny
Foster getting- 16, Werner 14
and Don Wendt 12. Wooton was
high for Andy's with 12 and
Loren Soderlund picked up 10.
In the preliminary fray last
night, also a city league tussle,
Prospect blasted Headquarters
Company of the National Guard
61 to 38. Jim Lenderman count
ed up 28 points for the winners
and Wes Stauffer got 18. Kay
Bateman and Mills were best
for the Guard with 10 apiece.
, Prospect broke a 16 to J. 6
first quarter deadlock to get a
30 to 19 halftime margin. Third
quarter score was 41 to 26.
LINE-UPS:
Yellow Cab 78
Hummel 17
Foster 16
Stacy 5
Wendt 12
48 Andy's Jewelers
f 12 Wooton
f 2 Lilly
c ' 9 Clark
g 10 Soderlund
Werner 14
g 2 Kramer
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Knutson 6, -Moore. Harris 7. Johnson
1, Hite: for Andy's, Boardman 3. Fa
sel 6. Smith, Trautman 4.
Prospect 61 38 Headquarters
Lenderson 28 f 9 Br. Bateman
Snyder 6 f 3 Drew
Sullivan 3 McCandliss
Stauffer 18 g 6 Bud Bateman
Knudsen 2 g 10 K. Bateman
Substitutions For Prospect. Peter
son 1, Robertson 3; for Headquarters,
Mills 10.
LaSalle, St. Louis
Gain "Insurance"
With Victories
By JOHN GRIFFIN
United Press Sports Writer
Flashy victories in the big
town provided La Salle and St.
Louis today with some "tourna
ment insurance."
Just in case they should miss
out on NCAA tournament berths
in their respective conferences,
La Salle trounced Manhattan,
76-62, and St. Louis razzle-daz
zled New York University, 87-
66, Thursday night to virtually
assure themselves a bid to the
National Invitation Tournament.
But coaches of both teams em
phasized after the double-header
at Madison Square Garden that
their teams would go first to
the NCAA tourney, if possible,
La Salle, the nations' third'
ranking team with an overall
record of 17 wins and four
losses, seems almost certain to
be picked by the Middle Atlan
tic Conference for the NCAA
classic. But St. Louis, with a
3-1 league record, still trails
Tulsa 5-1 in the Missouri Valley.
Manhattan To NIT
Meanwhile, it is believed that
Manhattan, with a fine 14-3 rec
ord despite Thursday night's
loss, is in line for a bid to the
NIT. Already in the NIT field
are Duquesne and Dayton.. No
teams have yet qualified or been
selected for the NCAA.
OSC Win String
Best in History
Oregon; State College, Corval-
lis As the Oregon State college
cagers rest this week end after
running up 10 straight North
ern Division victories, a check
of athletic news bureau records
shows that never before have
Beavers posted that many con
secutive wins in the circuit.
The win string in the loop has
notNbeen matched by the great
clubs of 1933, 1947 and 1949,
all of them Pacific Coast Con
ference champions.
Oregon State resumes ND
contention next Monday and
Tuesday here against Idaho and
anticipate trouble from the Van
dals. Last week end OSC had to
come from behind twice to beat
Idaho. -
OSC SCORING IN ND
ND All
ft tp Season
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Swede Halbrook 49
Tony Vlastelica 41
45
143 143
106 239
76 145
69 159
48 127
36 39
35 60
34 68
31 52
21 31
8 36
7 17
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Kon KODins
Jay Dean
Bill Toole
John Jarboe
Tex Whiteman
Larry Paul us
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Ron Fundsinpslnnrf
Ralph Carroll
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Dick Wilson .
OSC Totals .226 162
Opponents 174 179
616 1118
527 1041
Syracuse Gives Assist'
To Fort Wayne Pistons
. By UNITED PRESS
The Fort Wayne Pistons cred
ited the Syracuse Nations with
an "assist" today as their lead
in the Western Division of the
National Basketball Association
was ballooned to seven full
games..
With six players scoring in
double figures, the pistons drub
bed the Philadelphia Warriors,
105-97, Thursday night while
the Nationals squeezed out an
85-81 triumph over the Minne
apolis Lakes. The results left
the Lakers seven games behind
the Pistons in both the "won"
and "lost" columns.
Ed BingKam
Might Start
Eugene U.R) Coach Bill
Borcher told his Oregon basket
ball team to be ready for either
a running game or a slow-em'-up
contest tonight as his Web
foots meet Idaho in the first of
a two-game Northern Division
series.
Idaho has used both the fast
break and the deliberate offense
under new coach Harlan Hodges
this season. Oregon won the first
game at Moscow 82-59 and the
second by only 41-40.
Borcher said that Jerry Ross,
who hurt . his ankle against
Washington last week, was ex
pected to start. If he doesn't, Ed
Bingham sophomore ' from Med
ford, may get the call.
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Group and individual instruc
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Central Pointers Win '
2 Games From Talent
Central Point Central
Point ' grade cchool basketball
five won two games last night
from Talent!
The seventh grade won 14 to
11 after an 8 to 6 halfway lead.
Eighth graders didn't ramble
until the fourth quarter but
wound up with a 48 to 27 ver
dict over Talent. Central Point
headed 22 to 12 at the half and
30 to 20 after three stanzas.
. Jerome McQuade made 16
counters for the CP eighth, and
Paul Beach and Wayne Allen
each 10. Ron Welburn had 13
for Talent. Jerry Michael got 8
for the ' Pointer seventh while
Jacobs picked up seven for Tal
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San Francisco (U.R) Jimmy
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Sgt. J. B. Reed, Travis Air Force
Base, in the 10th round of a
liminary fight here last night.
Headline bout at the Winter
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Renteria lightweight
match. Chavez, of San Jose, won
a 10-round split decision over
the Los, Angeles fighter.
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Forest Grove (U.R) The eyes
of the Northwest Conference
will be on Forest Grove this
week end as College of Idaho
brings its unbeaten league rec
ord and its star, Elgin Baylor,
to town for an important two
game series with Pacific.
A crowd of 2500 each night
is expected in the local high
school gymnasium. Pacific has
lost two conference games and
needs to win the week end con
tests to stay in the, title race.
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action sends Whitman to Lewis
and Clark for a week end series,
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