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Newspaper Page TextBIX MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE lack .-.Tornado Quint Jumbles To 4th iet of Year Over avemen, 68-39 mm SOUTHERN OBEGON CONFERENCE STANDINGS W. L. Pet Medford ...... . 8 0 1.000 Klamath Fall 5 3 .625 Grants Paw -,.., . 2 e .250 Ashland 1 1 -125 Two was the magic number today for the Medford high school basketball, quintet.. Two victories in its four remaining league combats were all J the Black Tornado needed to sew up its second Southern Oregon con ference Big Four crown in three seasons. -; " 1 "' 5 . Medford made a clean brush of its week end series with Grants Pass high on Saturday night by adding a 68 to 39 wal loping to the -51 to 44 defeat it inflicted on the Cavemen on . Friday. Week end triumphs ; marked the third and fourth Black Tor nado successes with the Cave men this year, ran the Pear City team's loop record to eight wins against no losses and brought lUerifnrH'a full sMsnn standing in 1 1 urine onH nnp spthar-k. Med- .L ' . . ..j w. ford has won its last 16 encoun ters. While the Tornado' was dis posing of the Cavemen, Klam ath Falls cracked the Ashland I Grizzlies twice to keep three sames behind Medford m sec ond olace . in the circuit. The Pels, playing on their home floor 1 A. Xl A .(.ImJaxi a Wntnr. day 43 to 21 after a 73 to 35 outcome on Friday. Even For Half It was an even ball game for one half here . Saturday . night as the flashy speedy, back men moved the ball well and with speed and gusto and the Torna do was off its passing game. In the second half, however, it was pretty much all Medford. The Tornado slowly, began to widen the gap in the third period. Grants Pass .was 'sorely hurt when its big backboard men, Mel Drews and Raleigh Burr fouled out. And the Medfordites spurted out of danger. the mix switched hands six times. Medford headed 13 to 11 10 tie scores in "the contest be fore the Tornado went ahead to stay. A jump shot by Frank Rector nut Medford in front 23 to 21 with 3V2 minutes played in the second stanza. Rector got anoth er jumper. Larry Copple drove in for a goal and added two free shots for a 29 to 2l advan tage but Mel Drews once and Burr twice hit from the gift line and the half score was 29 to 24. Medford hopped to nine point leads of 33 to 24 and 35 to 26 in the-third panel and the mar gin was seven points, 35 to 24. and 35 to-26 in the .third panel and the margin was seven points, 35 to; 28 when rugged NIT Three More Cage Crews By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Spoilt Writer . The. National invitation tour nament, seeking to - jump far ahead of the NCAA Tournament in the battle for big-name bas ketball teams, was expected to add three teams to its field to day. ' Today's nominees were ex-: pected to come from the follow ing group of possibilities: de fending champion Holy Cross (15-4), North Carolina State (21 4), Manhattan (14-3), Connecti cut (17-5), .Canisius (11-4), Vil lanova (13-6), and Niagara (14-5). That would half complete the NITs 12-team field, since Du quesne, Dayton, and Cincinnati already are in the fold. , 1 The NCAA, on the other hand, Jbas signed up only Marquette and still has eight "nlember at large" berths to fill. Unlikely Combination Several : major conference championships could be clinch ed this week, but each' would require an unlikely combination of victories and defeats. - Minnesota, Colorado, Utah, and UCLA scored the Saturday .'nin.: 41 i. . i XI .n4- iviuiica ilia L . iucailb luc in conference races and, as a result, found themselves in good position today for the final drive to the wire. : Minnesota clung to a ' half game lead in the Big Ten with its double-overtime, 78-71, vic tory over Illinois. The Gophers' (7-2),Mowa (6-2), and Illinois (5-3) each face two league games this week. . - . Colorado's 80-71 upset of Mis souri' Pi me Suffices one game ahead of - the Tigers with sanies each left to play. Utah took' a two-game stranglehold u on the , Skyline ronference as a re?"" of "s 7- tf ctory over Bngham oung I Utes rebounded from a .?W4ta the same .team on Friday. - ' -; Tt takenbloT k!a- ter to generate one Kiiow-. of electricity. Seeking Mel Drews of the Cavemen foul ed out with two minutes played in the quarter. GP then lost Burr at the four-minute mark and with the score 38 to 30. Med ford then shot to 47 to 30. The score at the end of the period was 47 to 32. Grants Pass got only 15 points altogether in the second half, MDFt)RDvTrlIBUNE SrPflDMTS CRATER, PHOENIX KEEP PACE IN ROGUE LEAGUE ROGUE LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. Crater 8 2 Phoenix 7 3 Eagle Point . 4 6 Illinois Valley ,1 9 Pet. .800 .700 .400 .100 Crater and Phoenix posted Rogue League basketball deci sions Saturday night to put the "championship decider" , label on their twe game series com pleting league rivalry this wek end. The Comets of Central Point made it a two game sweep over Illinois Valley by dashing the Cougars 54 to 34 at Cave Junc tion. Phoenix won just about as handily, 52 to 34, at Eagle Point. That gave the Pirates a week end split with the Eagles and kept them , one game behind Crater in the standings. Eagle Point nicked Phoenix 39 to 37 on -Friday as Crater squelched IV 68 to 37. The Comets had an 18 to 14 edge after the' first quarter of PAL Boxers Cop Fights In Portland Larry Lewis, 105-pound dyna miter of the Medford Police Ath letic league gave away 10 pounds to Dawson Carlyle, Golden Glove champ from Portland Air Base, and scored a unanimous decision over his older rival on an ama teur boxing card in Portland on Saturday night. Junior McDonald and Bobby Lyons, also of Medford PAL, won scraps. McDonald knocked out Louie Johnson, Portland, AAU champ, to climax . the 12-bout card at Multnomah club. ; Lyons got a unanimous win over Rod Potter, Portland. Scoring sensationally with combinations' of hooks and crosses, Lewis dropped Carlyle in the closing seconds of the first round and had him hanging on the ropes in danger of a knock out when the final bell sounded. The capacity crowd gave Lewis a tremendous ovation. Right Cross Ends It In the first round, McDonald and Johnson boxed qn even terms. However, in the second stanza the Medford redhead'9 fists proved too much for John son. After staggering his man with a left hook to. the jaw, Mc Donald dropped his opponent with a thunderous riaht cross. The Portland champion was flat on bis face as the bell ended the round. Carried to his corner hv his handlers, Johnson was unable to return to action and a TKO verdict was handed the Medford battler. In a blazing disDlav of sneed punching, Tiger Lyons, Med- ford's state champ, fired leather hard for three straight rounds. Lyons staggered his man in every round and was denied a KO vic tory only by the fighting heart and boxing skill of his opponent. Grapplers Go To Roseburg Medford high school's varsity wrestling learn will journey to Roseburg for Tuesday night con tention. Coach Paul Evensen stated that about 30 grapplers will make the trip. - - The Black Tornado will be out. ' to better the showing it made recently against the strong Indian crew. Roseburg won the matches here by; a 30 to 12 count. Medford took only four "of the bouts among the' 12 which counted. Gordon Owsley, Les Walch and. Paul Eckel were the Medford victors. High School Scores . SATURDAY GAMES Hood River 41. Wy'east 35 Astoria 75, Rainier 35 La Grande '66. 'Hermiston 49 " ' ? Baker 55. The Dalles 38 Klamath Falls 43. Ashland 21 - - -North Salem 36, Springfield 33 Condon 64. Mt. Vernon 38 ' Reedsport 73. North Bend 59 V - ' Sweet Home 41. Junction City 32 Arlington 73. Boardman 46 SvaT?lde Union 71. Prineville 61 McKenzie 54. Mapleton 46 Medford 68. Grants Pass 39 ' ' Phoenix 52. Eagle Point 34 k .r 4. Illinois Valley 34 Dayville 43. Spray 35 Even v! leasa"t Hill 42 . .. Bend 69. Lake view 67 Monday,' February 14, 1953 adding seven in the final period to its eight of the third. Medford, after picking up 18 in the third ran up a big 29 in the "closing chukker. Tornado regulars left the game with the score 57 to 34 and three minutes to play in the last ' quarter. Reserves contin ued to mount up the points their Saturday night hassle with the Cougars and after a low scoring second period had a half time margin of 29 to 19. Another low score canto put the standing at 38 to 25 at the third rest pe riod. Close In Shots Crater got the big share of its shots close in which helped to a .396 field goaling average. Free throw mark was .762. Vern Parent looked sharp driving through the key on offense for Crater and his effectiveness was indicated by his 25-point total, best for the night. The Comets had a 49 to 30 backboarding ad vantage. Phoenix again demonstrated the ability to work the ball well to get good shots. The Pirates outgunned the ragged Eagles from the 345 to 234, bbth shoot ing more often and making more. They had 42 to 30 re bounding edge over EP and were helped by misfiring pass es of the Eagles. ; , Eagle Point obtained . an , 11 to 8 first quarter lead but got only f oiir points in the second quarter and Phoenix was in front 22 to 15 at the half. After an even third stanza, the score favored the Pirates, 33 to 26.' , RonVreeken hit. .15, Ray Dahl 13 and Bill Madden 11 points for Phoenix and no Eagle man aged double figures. Harvey ' Nelson of EP, weak ened by the flu bug didn't suit down until , halftime of the game. Illinois Valley freshmen nudged the Crater frosh 42 to 40 on Saturday. XINE-UPSi Phoenix 52 Madden 11 Korth 7 Vreeken 15 WaU 4 34 Eagle Point 2 Christian 2 Cave 7 Caldwell 7 Greb ,f f c g Dahl 13 e 6 Reich Substitutions: For -Phoenix: Bean 2. Kelsoe; for Eagle Point: Bitterling 4, Tuttle 2. Nelson 4. Wyatt. Mason, Friend. . i - : - Crater 54 Hogue 2 Higinbotham 10 Gray 8 Parent 25 Tonn 8 34 Illinois VaUey f 6 Maurer f 6 Pickle c 5 Krauss e -' 8 Sams g 9 Harrison Substitutions - For Crater: Kelley. Johnson 1. Shama. Tidwell: for Illi nois Valley: Hemingway. King, Camp, Smith, Preston. - Reedsport Quint Upsets North Bend - By UNITED PRESS St. Helens continued to pace the Oregon high school basket ball race Monday with a perfect record of 17 victories. The Co lumbia county quintet, kept its slate clean with a 55-48 win over Warranton during the week end. Medford brought its mark ,to 17-1 with double wins, 51-44 and 68-39, over Grants Pass, and Mil waukie with a 15-3 record scored a 57-45 victory over Tillamook. Astoria, another of the state's 1955 court powers, defeated Ranier 75-35 and Parkrose, 60 47, to run its string to 19-2. However, the going was rough for three other of the states top fives with Reedsport upset ting North Bend, 73-59, to give the . Bulldogs an 18-3 season record. Eugene, also suffered its third defeat by dropping a close 53-51 contest to Marshfield. Eu gene now has a 15-3 record. ,. Lakeview, which took over the Central Oregon league lead Fri day with a 59-56 victory over Redmond, dropped a 63-67 game to Bend Saturday night to give the Honkers a 12-3 mark.. Patty Berg Leader Into Final ' Tournament Round - St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R) Patty Berg, the redhaired golf er who is noted for getting out in front and staying there, nurs ed a one-stroke lead into today's final round of the St. Petersburg Women's Open championship. Miss Berg, St. Andrews, 111., clung to the lead and celebrated her 37th birthday Sunday by sinking' an eight-foot ' putt on the. 18th hole. That putt gave her a 73 and a 218 at the 54 hole mark. The nation's other leading wo men players are strung out be hind the good-natured dean of ladies' golf. Bev Hanson, the defending champion from Indio, Calif., is close behind - with a 219. against the subs who also fin ished out 'the fracas for the Cavemen. Coach Ray Davis of the Cavemen alternated play ers frequently through the has sle and Coach Frank Roelandt of Medford sent in Lloyd Cear ley, Johnny Foust and Dick Mc Laughlin in efforts to settle the Tornado machine during the first half. Hopes Damaged While Medford appeared clearly on the road to victory, the Grants Pass loss of rugged Mel Drews and tall Burr defin itely damaged Caveman hopes of rally. But Medford came pre cariously close to losing a couple of its regulars on infrac tions. . ' : ' When Drews fouled out it was on a double personal with Glenn Peterson of Medford be ing charged with his fourth in fraction. Copple and Jerry Kal apus each had three fouls by halftime. Kalapus was accused of a fourth in the last quarter. Although the Cavemen hand led the ball well, they made a minority of their 11 field goals at real close range as the Med ford defense played tough, us ing both zone and man-to-man protection of the bucket. A couple of the. GP close ones were on steals. Medford got "in" for the big share of its buckets with a lot of the closies coming in the final half. Free Shots Aid v Free shots contributed sub stantially to the scoring in the first half. In the first quarter, each club got three field goals and Medford had a seven to five edge at the. foul line. Medford picked ,up 11 points on gifters in the first half and GP 12. . Kalapus put in 13 out of 17 free attempts for the Tornado and these with four field heaves gave him 21 points, high for the night. Copple scored 13 and Recr tor 12. Mel Drews, despite early retirement, was tops for GP with 12 counters, with eight out of 11 successful charity shots. " The Tornado hit 23 out of 52 field casts for a .442 average and 22 out of 31 free attempts for almost .710. It outrebounded Grants Pass 37 to 27. Peterson got- nine boards, Kalapus nine and Bud Kastner seven for Med ford. Burr and Drews picked off six each for GP and Henderson, Burr's replacement, five. BOX: Medford Kalapus, f ... Kastner, f .... Peterson, c . L. Copple, g . Rector, g Foust McLaughlin . McCullough . Cochran Cearley Tisdel Deakins fg ft pf ' tp 4 .13 4 21 2 2 3 6 2 5 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 5 3 13 0 12 0 0 23 22 16 68 .- fg ft pt tp Grants Pass ; Reese, f M. Drews, f' Burr, c Reid, g James, g A. Drews . .1. Erickson Henderson Hayes Bernet Davis . 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 11 17 16 39 Al Dark Winner In Links Tourney Miami, Fla. (U.R) The flew York Giants whipped Cleveland again 'Sunday when. Captain Al Dark of the Giants won the Base ball Players' Golf Tournament by defeating Manager Al Lopez of the Indians, 1 up, on the 22nd hole of the final round. The Giants crushed the Indians in. four straight games in the 1954 World ' Series but Lopez made Dark trudge four extra holes for his second victory in the. tournament. BASKETBALL SATURDAY COLLEGE GAMES East LaFayette 93 Rutgers 75 . LaSaUe 91 Richmond 80 Dartmouth 78 Pennsylvania 70 St. Bonaventure 75 Niagara 71 : Manhattan 66 Canisius 59 Duquesne 55 Westminster 53 ' - Holy Cross 85 NYU 69 ,.' St. Francis (Pa) 85 Temple 69 V '. Villanova 100 Boston College 75 ;' South Maryland 63 North Carolina 61 Tennessee 93 Mississippi State 67 W. Kentucky 85 Murray, Ky. 80 ' Tulane 62 Vanderbilt 58 Auburn 70 Florida 66 LSU 72 Georgia Tech 69 Louisville 90 Ky. Wesley an 88 Midwest St. Louis 80 Detroit 68 Kansas 78 Kansas State 68 Northwestern 56. Michigan State 54 ' Nebraska 75 Oklahoma 67 . Wisconsin 86 Ohio State 63 DePaul 82 Bradley 70 Southwest -Ariz. (Tempe) St. 90 Tex. W. 77' Arkansas 86 Rice 75 Baylor 76 SMU 72 Oklahoma City 59 Drake 52 Tulsa 66 Hardin-Simmons- 51 Houston 82 Wichita 79 ' ' , Texas 80 Texas A&M 76 ' Arizona 60 New Mexico A&M 49 West College of Idaho 91. Pacific' 76 . Willamette 74 Linfield 62- " , Lewis and Clark 54 Whitman 52 Portland State 94 Seattle Pacific 80 EOCE 73- OTI 65 Oregon Dental 75 Reed 51 . Colorado 80 Missouri 71 Oregon 70 Idaho 44 Utah 78 Brigham Young 71 Wash. 63 Wash. State 49 Wyoming 68 Utah State 48 Montana St. 69 Colorado St. 67 - Fresno St. 84 Los Angeles St. 82 Occidental 107 Chapman 68 Portland 107 Seattle 80 San. Fran. St. 88 Calif. Aggies 58 USC 80 California 62 UCLA 72 Stanford 59 Humboldt State 1 Nevada 42 -Adams St. 82 Colorado College 71 Colorado A&M 54 Montana 48 SUNDAY'S RESULTS Seattle 73 Gonzaga 67 Dayton 84 Loyola (La.) 79 si I ft' rV V r ML M FACES BOMBSHELL Ella Kowalsk', a red-haired Polish lassie, above, ' has been named to oppose Jerry Hunter, the blonde bombshell, in the feature match of. the wrestling card at Merrick's arena . Saturday night. Two other matches will r com plete the program, with tickets on sale at the Rogue restaurant, 42 South Central ave. Yellow Cab Hands Alsed First Loss Medford's Yellow Cab, the in dependent power of the Rogue valley, was looking for ' more teams to conquer today. The Cabbies bowled over one of the state's top hoop aggregations here Saturday night by outscor- ing Alsea Lumber, company's tall crew from Corvallis 78 to 67. . '' Victory by the Medford, team meant the end of a long win skein by the Lumbermen. Alsea was unbeaten and had won 19 straight before coming here. Cab accomplished its feat by being blistering hot in the third quarter and still plenty "warm in the fourth. . The Lumber gang held a first quarter lead of 16 to 12 and was nine points on top, 36 to 27 at the half. But from there on the Cabbies blazed. They began working the ball in fine fash ion and through the third canto poured in 31, markers. That gave the Medfordites a 58 to 50 mar gin at the third intermission and broke the back of the visitors. Yellow Cab got another 20 counters - in the last quarter while the Corvallis team manage ed only 17. Good ball handling by the Cabbies marked, the fourth stanza and they were get ting "perfect" shots. Johnny Foster of the Cabbies was top scorer of the night with 30 tallies and his teammate, Ed Hummel, collected 25. Gary Lin- dell was high for Alsea with 22 and Wes Ediger picked up 16. - The Cabbies have . a ' game scheduled on .Wednesday with Camp's Electric of Grants Pass. LINE-UPS: Yellow Cab 78 Hummel 25 -Foster 30 Stacy 9 Wendt 4 ' ... 67 Alsea Lbr. 22 LindeU 6 Romanoff 16 Ediger 4 Humble IK Sarin f f c g Werner 2 g Substitutions . For Yellow Cab: Hite, Harris 2. Knutson 6: for Alsea Hendnx, Atkinson, btone 4. Waltonians Hold Session Tonight Ken Wonderly will direct a discussion on the "land restora tion" proposal this evening at the meeting of the Jackson County chapter of the Izaak Wal ton League of America. . The meeting will be at 8 o'clock in the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel.. A .film "Fabulous Fishing," taken in South America, will be shown after the business meet ing. The land restoration matter comes before the national con vention of the league on March 31. For the first time the league is injecting itself into the sub ject of farm price supports and surplus commodities. For two years league members have been studying aspects of the matter. Its proposal is that the United State Department of Agriculture lease from the owners'' and re move from all agricultural pro duction a sufficient acreage of cultivated land to bring produc tion back into line with current demand. ' The film tonight will show fishing for huge .rainbow trout in Chile, will show the fighting dorado and will present blue marlin and swordfish pictures off the coast of Chile. More than;50,000 World. War II tanks and trucks furnished to NATO nations by the United States have been rebuilt by Ger mans working for the -U.S. Army in. Europe. Tommy Bolt Triumphs in Tucson Open Tucson, Ariz. (U.R) Tommy Bolt of Houston, Tex., pocketed $2,000 prize money today after winning the $10,000 Tucson Open Golf Tournament in a whirlwind f inish.- Bolt closed with a , dazzling 31 on the back nine Sunday to win first place with a 14-under-par 72-hole total of 266, three strokes better than his nearest rival. . - Bud Holscher of Santa Mon ica, Calif., who led Bolt by one stroke going into the final round, dropped into a second place tie with Art Wall, Jr., of Ponco Manor, Pa., at 269. Barber Fourth , Jerry Barber of Los Angeles pulled up from 10th spot in the home stretch to grab fourth place with a tourney total of 272. Bob Rosburg of San Francisco, who was in third place at the start of the final round, tied with Tony Holguin, of Midloth ian, 111. Rosburg and Holguin had 273s. Next came Stan Mosel, San Antonio, Tex., who turned in the low amateur score of 274, and professional Bill Nary, Reno, Nev., who also carded a 274. . Gene Littler, the tourney's early favorite, didn't even break par. He. had 290. ' Medford Eyes Two Loops Will Conclude Medford high schpol's Black Tornado will be . out to clinch the Southern Oregon Confer ence Big Four and sub-district basketball championships this week while regular schedules conclude in the Rogue League and Jackson County B league. The Tornado goes to Ashland on Friday and encounters the Grizzlies, here on Saturday while, in another Big Four ser ies, Klamath Falls vies both nights at Grants Pass. As the standings are at the moment, Medford will get the Big Four toga if it sweeps its series and will have at least a tie for the mantle if it splits with the cellar team. With Kla math Falls still three games be hind Medford, a split series at Grants Pass will be a big boost to the Tornado. Friday games in the Rogue league are Phoenix against Cra ter at Central Point and Eagle Point against Illinois Valley at Cave Junction. On Saturday Il linois Valley will be at Eagle Point and Crater at Phoenix, Two In Running Only Crater, and Phoenix are left in the Rogue title running. bince crater has a -one-game lead on, the Pirates, the Comets need only to divide the week end action to , capture the crown. Phoenix must win both conflicts if it wants the laurels. No tie for the championship is possible. bix tangles tms week com plete the B league schedule Butte Falls contends at Jack sonville and St Mary's of Med ford at Rogue River in Tues day games. Prospect goes to Tal ent on Wednesday. Friday hassles are Talent at Oregon State Seeks 11th Corvallis - (U.R) Oregon State's Beavers will be going after , their 11th straight North ern Division win tonight when they face Idaho in the first of a two-game basketball series at Gill coliseum. A preliminary is scheduled be tween the Oregon State Rooks and ; Toutle ' Lake, Wash., high school. REPLACEMENT SOUGHT San Francisqo ..- (U.R) Matchmaker Benny Ford said to day he has added '.the name of Leo Espinosa of the Philippines to his list of possible replace ments for Mario d'Agata in a fight with Raoul Macias for the world bantamweight title here March 9. Ford said he was try ing to contact Espinosa in Man ila to see if he would be avail able to replace : d'Agata, who was shot and seriously wounded in Italy Saturday. ' Harness-broken moose are be ing tried as farm animals in the Siberian Arctic. RICH CARBURETOR ROBS MOTORIST Car owners- who " are wasting money and not getting proper gas mileage due to over-rich mixtures will be pleased . to learn of a Wisconsin inventor who has devel oped a very clever unit that helps save ( gasoline by Vacuimating.' It . is .automatic, and operates on the- supercharge principle.- Easily installed in & few minutes. Fits all cars, trucks and tractors. The manufacturers, the Vacu-matlo Carburetor Co., 7617-700 W. State St, Wauwatosa, Wis., are offering a Vacu-rhatic to anyone who will Install it - on - his ear .and help introduce it to others. They will gladly send full free particulars if you write; them or send your name nd address oa a post card today. Week for Clinching Titles In Coast Hoop By NORMAN RITTER United Press Sports Writer This is' the week for clinch ing titles on the Pacific Coast basketball fronts. High-ridirtg University of San Francisco, the nation's No. 1 team, can insure itself no worse than a tie for the Calif ornfe Basketball Association title by winning its pair of loop contests this week. The Dons, winners of 16 straight and 7-0 in league, play, take on Santa Clara tonight and St. Mary's Wednesday. Victories over the Broncos and the Gaels would give the Hilltoppers a 9-0 league mark, which would mean second place San Jose (4-3) could come out with no better than a tie even if USF dropped its last three games, hardly a likelihood. The UCLA Bruins, fresh from a twin killing of Stanford in the week end Westwood series, hope to wind up the southern division Pacific Coast Conference race Friday and Saturday against California. Johnny Wooden's men have a 7-1 league record, as compared with second place Stanford's 5-3, and need salvage but one of their remaining four .games tp cinch a tie for the title.. The Indians, who also have four to play, return to the south land for a series with unpredict able University of Southern Cali fornia. After a week of idleness, Ore gon State 10-0 opens a week of Cage Toga; Butte Falls, Rogue River at Jacksonville and Prospect at St. Mary's in Medford. With Rogue River and defend ing champion Talent now dead locked in the chase, the best guess is that the two will still be tied at theend of the week, forcing a play-off on a neutral court on February 25. Howev er, St. Mary's is rated some chance of upsetting Rogue Riv er.- , -" -" ' Outcome in the Rogue circuit will have no bearing on district contention. Crater, Phoenix, , Il linois Valley and Eagle Point .of the loop . are . members of the Little Six sudivision of the dis trict along with Henley and Brookings. They will vie in a tourney at Eagle Point on Feb. 24, 25 and 26. Winner will play the Big Four champion for the right to enter the state Class A tournament. Jackson County B league vic tor will play the Klamath cqurity titlist for a state B tournament ee Five Grabs 16th Medford high ' junior varsity basketeers ran their season rec ord to 16. straight without a loss Saturday night with a. 47 to 36 win over the Grants Pass junior varsity here. The local jayvees found the going a bit easier than on Friday night when they outlasted the Cavemen juniors 42 to 39 at Grants Pass. Tornado margins were . 14 to 13, 25 to 18 and 39 to 25 at the quarters. Medford saw its 14- point spread slip , to six points, to 42 to 36 in the final quarter but picked up five more count ers in the final moments. John Hawley with 15 tallies was high scorer lor Meaiora. He made seven out of 10 tries at the free line. Dick Copple, for Medford, . and Cannon, for Grants Pass each had 10 points. LINE-UPS: Med. JV 47 D. Copnle 10 Inskeeo 8 Stearns 6 36 GP JV 2 Haugen 4 Marks 5 Weller 7 Brown f f c g Hawley 15 Puhl 2 10 Cannon Substitutions For Medford: Gober S, Sides. Plumley; for Grants Pass: Taylor 8. Walker. Austin. 1 t?( years old! W , . Straight BOURBON Whiskey - f IMP" , 1T7 ill OLD QUAKER.D1ST1LLING C0.lAWRENCttU8Q INIX..86P800& Campaigns heavy play that should bring th Corvallis campus its second straight northern division crown. The Beavers meet Idaho to night and tomorrow and travel to Washington State for a two game week end series. Just one win will insure them of at least a tie with the Oregon Ducks, trailing well behind with a 7-5 mark and only four contests left on their schedule. The Ducks, who spent the week end dividing a series with the Idaho Vandals! travel to Se attle for do-or-die game with Washington.'- , , Police Probe Threat To Dayton Cager Dayton, o. KU.R) Police be gan an Investigation today to de termine whether a crank or. an organized gang was ' behind a phone call to Dayton's Billy Uhl hinting at a $20,000 payoff or serious consequencess unless he threw Sunday's game with Lo yola of the South. ' Dayton scored a 94-70 victory with Uhl hitting for 31 points to take scoring honors for the evening. - Two detectives kept Uhl un der constant surveillance and saw that he was escorted home safely after the game. The offi cers were called in after the seven-foot sharpshooter notified Coach Tommy Blackburn. Uhl said the mysterious caller contacted him Saturday after non. "This fellow told'jne I had better foul out of the game and better not score more than 10 -points," said UhL Got Huffy " "He said something about a $20,000 payoff figure," Uhl add ed, "and at first I thought he was drunk. I kidded him along but later he got huffy.", i A man whom police say might have been the same mystery caller kept calling Coach Black burn's home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lib by Blackburn,, the coach!s wife, said she told the caller several times her husband was not at home. . . After a while, said Mrs. Black burn, the caller seemed "a little desperate" and told her he had to talk to Blackburn. Finally, she . said, he told her he was "one of a gang of four" and that "the others had guns." She quot ed him ' as saying that because of the guns he was "pulling out" but thought Blackburn should know that "this is no joke,". She said he referred to the call to Uhl and urged her to notify Blackburn that an at tempt had been made to coerce the player into throwing . the game. ' ! T College of Idaho Capture Series , . By UNITED PRESS The league-leading College of Idaho basketball team swept a Northwest conference series -with Pacific university Saturday Dight in Forest Grove by, drop ping Pacific 91-76. Elgin . IJaylor . rung up 33 , points to lead the Idaho scoring parade with Pacific's Norman Hubert hitting 27 points. :"; In Salem' Willamette univer sity downed Linfield 74-62 to hit the .500 mark in Northwest conference standings. ' Out of Cellar Lewis and Cfork climbed out of the conference cellar Satur day night in Portland with a 54 52 win over Whitman. The Pif neers are now just one game be hind Linfield. , - - - In an Oregon Collegiate coiA ference clash at La GrandeJ Eastern Oregon College of Edu- cation edged by Oregon Tech 73-65 Saturday night to retain l their grip on third place in con ference, standings.