BIX MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
lack .-.Tornado Quint Jumbles To 4th
iet of Year Over avemen, 68-39
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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
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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
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Hawley 15
Puhl 2
10 Cannon
Substitutions For Medford: Gober
S, Sides. Plumley; for Grants Pass:
Taylor 8. Walker. Austin.
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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. ' !
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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.