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EIGHT MEDrORD (OREGON) BEAVERS CLINCH AT LEAST A TIE; MINNESOTA RETAINS BIG 1 0 LEAD By JOHN GRIFFIN United Preii Sports Writer : season's first . "clinching in a major conference, while, Minne sota and West Virginia were simply happy they're still on top in tight league races. By walloping Idaho, 80-65, .Monday night, the Beavers clinched at least a tie for the Northern ' Division title in the Thus took the first step toward a berth in the : NCAA Tourna ment. ' ' ' " " "' ' If State unbeaten in league action with an 11-0 mark can beat the same for again tonight, it will clinch the divisional crown outright. ; And , that will qualify the Beavers to meet the eventual . ; Southern ; Division champion in a two-of -three play- ' off for the conference title and a tourney berth.' - 5 ' ' ' Minnesota's , beefy Gophers stayed a half-game :ahead in the hot Big Teh race , by trouncing, Indiana, 80-70, as dashing. Dick uarmaKer Diazeaine irau, wn 29 points. It was a vital victory, because second-place Iowa kept the pressure on by rallying to beat Ohio State, 79-68. Ohio State jumped out to an fi.4 Ipad over Iowa, but then the Hawkeyes surged back to a 26- 14 lead and breezed home as Deacon Davis led the attack with 19 points. Mountaineers Retain Lead West Virginia clung to the Southern Conference ' lead with a 95-81 victory . over William and Mary, as second-place George Washington kept pace with an 82-57 conquest of Vir ginia Tech as Joe Petcavich set a G. W. record with 44 points. - If George Washington - can beat Washington and Lee to night, then the stage will be set for a title showdown between West Virginia and G. W. on Sat urday West Virginia's final game of the : regular ? season. However, the NCAA -Tourney berth, hinges on the outcome of the league's post-season tourna ment. - The nation's two longest win ning . streaks were extended .Monday night as Marquette scored its 19th straight, 100-81, over .Detroit," and San, Francisco tallied its 17th straight, 66-52, over Santa Clara. Marquette, the only team so far -accepted for the NCAA Tourney, led all the way as Rube Schulz led the attack with 24 points. San Fran cisco, the nation's . top-ranked team, rallied from; nineint half-time deficit to win as 6-iO Bill Russellregistered 30 points. Wilkinson Gets 45 : ' In other leading games, Ken tucky, the nation's-No. ,2, team, whipped Xavier ; (Ohio), 66-55, despite 21 points ,; by Xavier's Franny Stahl; ' Ron n Kramer's layup with four' seconds-' left gave Michigan a 72-70 - victory over Northwestern; . Purdue downed Wisconsin, 75-63, de spite 23 points - by: Wisconsin's Dick Miller:; Illinois came from an eight-point . half time ., deficit to beat Michigan State,; 99-72; Lloyd Aubrey's 30 points led Notre Dame toah81i71. victory over Butler; Missouri held sec ond place in the Big Seven by beating Nebraska,76-73, despite 27. points by Nebraska's Willard Fagler; Si Green's 3 points led NIT:bound Duquesne to an 81 67 Win over Cincinnati, also NIT-bound; yBeloit 'scored its 15th straight victory, 64-62, over Washington (Mp.); ..--Wyoming took sole possession of second Junior High Hoop Tiffs Wednesday Medf ord junior ' high seventh and eighth grade . basketball teams are hosts to Central Point on Wednesday afternoon. The local fseventh will be out to repeat previous success while the eighth will be out to even the count, with the Pioneers.. Medf ord seventh beat Central Point 25 to 16 last month while CP eighth won "39 to 30 from Medf ord. t: . BASKETBALL- MONDAY " COLLEGE RESULTS " s Boston U. 72, Boston College 58 Bucknell 95, -Susquehanna 67 Duquesne 81, Cincinnati 67 Westminster 85, Youngstown 77 , Mt. St. Mary's 134, Catholic U. 81 Fairfield 76. New Britain 59 Panzer 97, Rider 73 ' ' South ": ' r - - " :) W. Va. 95.' William &' Mary 81 ' . Alabama 89, Florida 80 Virginia 100. Clemson 68 - Florida St. 88, Georgia 79 G. Washington 82,- Va. Tech 57 - - Tulane 64. Georgia Tech 48 Kentucky 66. Xavier (Ohio) 55 LSU 66. Vanderbilt 59 , , . Stetson 89, Miami (Fla.) 85 Tennessee 84. Mississippi ' 78 Morehead 105. Transylvania 72 Midwest . - - , Beloit 64, Washington (Mo.) 62 Notre Dame 81. Butler 71 Marquette 100. Detroit 81 ' Illinois 90, Michigan State 72 . Minnesota 80. Indiana 70 . Iowa 79. Ohio State 68 Kansas 50. Oklahoma A&M 42 Michigan Normal 63. , Wayne 60 : Michigan 72, Northwestern 70 Missouri 76. Nebraska 73 tr- . -Purdue 75, Wisconsin 63 Kansas Wesleyan 106. Friends 93 Southwest. 1 .. . .;.," E. Texas St.' 66,' Sam . Houston 50 ' Wayland 96, McMurray 69 .: . Howard Payne 86, Trinity (Tex.) 84 West' - - 4 . Wyoming 72. Montana 37 Montana Mines 78. N. Montana?! Oregon State 80. Idaho 65 7f San Francisco 66, Santa Clara 52 College of Idaho 89. lewis & Clark 51 r ' ' Pacific 89. Whitman 73. r -Oregon Tech 93. Lassen JC 55 OSC Rooks 57, Toutlc Lak..Wah., high 48. MAIL' TRIBUNE place in the Skyline Conference by beating Montana, 72-37; Bos ton U. downed Boston College, 72-58;Alabama moved within a half -game ' of the Southeastern Conference lead by beating Florida, 89-80," and Tennessee did the same by beating Missi sippi, 84-78; Tulane beat Geor gia Tech, 64-48; Virginia follow ed Buzz Wilkinson's - 45 points to a 100-68 win over Clemson; LSU shaded Vanderbilt, 66-59; MedfordUSwTribunb ' MID-AIR STRUGGLE, for possession of ball is. won by USC!s Chet Carr over California's Bob Blake! (white) in last hectic moments of game at Berkeley. California,! however, gains possession and; scores' in last second to win 58-57. (International Soundphoto) Portland Bewers M In the Multnomah Stadium Portland KU.R) The Port land Beavers of ,. the - Pacific Coast League may play baseball in Multnomah Stadium7 instead of 54-year-old Vaughn ' street park this season, a club director said today.- -:"; Carl Souther, oresident of the Multnomah Stadium 'Association and a member of the board of directors: of Portland Baseball Club, Inc., emphasized that all talks are in the preliminary stage Such a move would mean that doe races, now held at the stadi um during the summer , months, .... : " . ... ' Syracuse Keeps East NBA Lead By UNITED PRESS The Svracuse Nationals' abili ty! to come from behind enabled them to cling to a 2Vz game lead in the Eastern Division of the National Baske&air Association today, but the Fort Wayne Pis tons found their Western Divi sion lead cut tb five games.; The Nationals rallied in ; the last three minutes to beat -'Milwaukee, 82-81, at Toledo; Ohio, Monday night and thus stay well ahead of the second-place New York Knicks who beat . Fort Wayne, 92-88, at Miami Beach, Fla., for their fifth straight vic tory. J, ,..2 In the only other game Mon day night, the Philadelphia War riors beat Bochester, - 79-72, at Toledo. ' J Scoring champion Neil John ston tallied 21 points to pace Philadelphia and ;his ' three straight hook shots turned the tide after Rochester had taken an early 29-23 lead. C of I Unbeaten In NW Loop Race ' By UNITED PRESS Elgin Baylor scored 39 points last night at College of Idaho remained unbeaten in the North west conference basketball race with an easy 89-51 victory over Lewis and , Clark at Portland. But. his loop scoring record, set last' Friday, -was broken in-another game. ; . - ::: y ,. ..' Baylor and his teammates hit 37 out of 87 shots "for a .425 average as they took their 10th straight conference victory. ; . Pacific, which is in second place with a 9-4 conference rec ord, walloped Whitman 89-73 at Forest Grove as . Norm Hu bert scored 44 points. Hubert's total , broke the record of 43 set Friday night by Baylor against Pacific. : Baylor sat out the last four, minutes last .night, .or probably, would have bettered . Hubert's mark. Tuesday, February' 13,: 1953 and Florida State beat Georgia, 88-79. ' ..First ? place in the Southwest and Atlantic Coast conferences will also be at stake in feature games tonight, v - Texas Christian 6-2 risks its Southwest leadership against Texas while in the ACC,. co leaders North Carolina State and Maryland each 9-2 clash respectively with Duke and Clemson. - would have to move some place else, :- : . ', t. . Souther said the .stadium group "and the Multnomah Ken nel Club have not been able, thus far, to reach agreement on rental for .this season I 1 1 He said the stadium needed A tenant cthissumm.er,' but that so far no definite proposal had been" submitted by the new own ers of the baseball club. Souther said, he would step, aside in any future1 negotiations. I The' Vaughn ' street' park has had structural changes 'in recent years to' comply with iire regu lations..; ,f 1 j There - also has been talk of including a baseball park in the new sports center voted in last year,. but not even. a site for the center has been chosen as yet. " . ' Boxing Card Here Slated March 5 Medf ord boxing fans will have a chance to watch some of the top talent of the northwest on March 5..- ' .;) . i i'-.-.-i.vf' f Medf.ord: Police , Athletic league will' stage its .most am bitious card, !so 'far; 'The' Pal club hopes -to match: outstand ing sluggers in about all .weight divisions. ' j Feature : billing will go to Tommy..ThQmas, .who recently beat : Joe Bathea, national wel terweight champion, r and to Jackie: Puscas, , Carlton-Lincoln, Bert Singer'and Phil and Denny Moyer.. Battlers from" California, Washington and Canada, as well as Oregon, will appear. Tickets, will go on sale: this week. - ' ' v ' St. Mary's Plays Yreka Quintets f St. Mary's grade school 'bask etball, eams will oppose;-Yreka, Calif.,- elementary quintets here Wednesday. ; -Seventh - graders - will -vie - at 6:30 p.m. with the eighth grade contest to follow. -j Yreka; was second place in an elementary, school tournament it sponsored, and- the - St. - Mary's grader aggregation took' fourth. ; St. Mary's ' will - have two games with Phoenix on Thurs day at Phoenix. , . FIGHTS ' By UNITED PRESS . : New York: Kenny - Lane. -135, Mus kegon.; Mich., outpointed Jackie Blair, 135, Dallas,- Tex," (10). ' Brooklyn: Gene Fullmer. 156. West Jordan. Utah, outpointed Paul Pen der.159, Brookline. Mass. (10). . .New Orleans: Jimmy Hackney, 135 Vi, Philadelphia, stopped .Law rence Armstead, 135i, New Orleans. (10): ' ' - - " - Providence. R. I.: Burt Whitehurst, 191 Va . New York, outpointed - Willie Wilson.. 206. .Providence, . (8).- Fanfare Medford High Track Coach Bob Newland, who recently wrote great miler John Landy for information on training methods and got a reply saying the 'info' would' be forthcoming, has received a 12-page hand written letter from the miracle runner. And, Newland says the letter is a "real masterpiece really a dandy." .1 . i Landy gave Newland a few of his -ideas, told the program he trained under and outlined a pro gram he thought would be good for high school milers. Amaz ingly modest, the Australian, who ran the world's fastest mile, commented that there are "un doubtedly" better training pro grams. The missive was scholarly and one of the finest he has received from outstanding coaches or ath letes, Newland reported. LIKELY OPEN ENTRIES ; Add Bob Duden, unattached Portland pro, and Eddie Dra per, Seattle amateur and Northwest Open champion, to in list of probable entries in the Oregon Open Golf tourna ment to be contested next month at Rogue Valley Coun try club. Johnny Bulla, Phoe nix, Ariz., longtime touring pro, is another possibility. Two other Washington pros ar among those who have ap plied for entry blanks. Chuck Congdon, Tacoma, and Jim Russell. Walla Walla. The Oregon tourney is slat ed for March 25, 26 and 27 on the Medf ord links with a pro amateur tussle planned on the 24th. ..Commitments to play have been received by Bill Johnson, Provo, Utah, champ of the open in his state, and George Schneiter. Salt Lake ..City, Utah, who was on the pro circuit io years. A good num ber of entries' are expected also from the San Francisco bay area and all indications re for a strong field with a good number of west coast "name"; players. ai'-Copies of the tourney pro gram will be mailed out prob ably about the first of March o various clubs in the coun try. 11 advertises Oregon and the Rogue river valley in par ticular. Because of the funds derived from publication of Pease Will Head Gun Club Again au las omcers o Medf ord Gun club have been reelected for 1955. The president is E. .W. Pease. Others are Ed Webber, vice president; Sam Samson, secre tary; S. Weldon Kline, assistant secretary, and Billy Youne. treasurer. " ' :' ": ' Scores of 23 by Martin Clos- ston, 22 by Bert Peck and .19 by reasewere sent m by Medf ord club: on Sunday in the Pendle ton East Oregonian telegraphic skeet -shoot which will be in progress for several weeks. In 16-yard activity on Sun day Ray Coleman and Frank Clogston broke 47 out of 50. each, and Martin Clogston and Pease shattered 45 aniece. Mar. tin Clogston had a 44 out of 50 handicap score. A few new shooters were on hand Saturday for the club's school for beginners. Members reported a successful afternoon. The Medf ord scattergunners will participate in the Oregon Journal telegraphic , trapshoot starting March 6. SKATING TOURNEY w Moscow (U.R) Ken Henry of Chicago, 111., Don McDermott of Englewood, Cliff, N.J., and John: r Werket of Minneapolis, Minn., arrived hefye Monday to compete in the world ; speed skating - championships. ' MP BADE IT TKF WDStO'S LARGEST MAKER Of 4-KZ2L-D&IVE VERIQIS '' WttlTS MCTOtS, WC, ToftUe 1, OUe . - COME IN AND SEE ! THE AIX-NEW 'JEEP Stevens Kaiser-Willys, Inc. - 505 N. Central Medford By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor the program, there will be no charge made for admission to the tournament galleries. Much of the tourney prepar ation is currently "behind the scenes,'" but ii is progressing. ' WATSON HAS BEEN COACHING j Bob Watson, ex-Medford high school gridiron star named back- field coach at Oregon State col lege last week by new coach, Tommy Prothro, has been in the mortgage and loan business for a logging firm since finishing his college athletic career as a back and end at University of Cali fornia at Lbs Angeles. But he has kept a finger in football, helping out with some coaching and scouting for the Bruins, accord ing to his father j Dan Watson, Medf ord. Bob has been living in at Manhattan Beach and work ing out of Los Angeles. He is married and has a two-year-old daughter. GRIZZLIES STALL Will the Ashland Grisslies try the same tactics they used on Klamath Falls last Satur day, when they oppose the Southern Oregon loop pacing Medford ; high basketball ag gregation this week end. The Grizzles reportedly stalled for more than 15 minutes of the 32-minute fray with the Peli cans. They held the ball for better than four minutes twice and for almost six minutes once. Ashland had a S io 4 edge . at the end of the first quarter but trailed by 14 to 5 -at the half and by 43 to 21 at the end of the scrape. FIGHTERS INVITED ; Medford Police Athletic league boxers, Larry Lewis, Junior Mc Donald and Bobby Lyons were so impressive in the card last Saturday at Multnomah club that the AAU has invited the three of' them and three other members of the Medford organ ization, to meet the cream of Portland PAL on that group's annual show on February 26. The other Medf ordites are Loren Christean, Jimmy Evans and Don Wolfe. CHILOQUIN WINS Chiloquin high's strong Panthers have won the cham pionship in the Klamath Coun ty B League but yet must sur vive a tourney if they are io face the Jackson county titlist for .the District 5B basketball mantle. The Klamath tourna ment opens Thursday with the Panthers seeded No. 1 and Malin in No. 2 spot. Chiloquin rapped Sacred Heart 55 to 41 Friday to end its regular loop slate unbeaten. Jackson's champion is being decided on regular league play with Rogue River and Talent now tied. They may be forced into a play-off on February 25. Plans for the play-off be tween the two county repre sentatives have not yet been worked o u t. Arrangements may be made this week by dis trict committeemen, Leonard ' Walsh, Rogue River, chairman, Roy Parr, Talent, and Charles Steber, Bonanza. DATE CORRECTED Concerning the regional NCAA basketball tourney at Corvallis March 11 and 12: February is the date ticket application will be accepted at Gill Coliseum and applications bearing postmarks prior to February 19 will be re turned to senders. A typographic error in a story last . week re sulted in listing a wrong date. Tom MacLeod, sportscaster of radio station KYJC, Med ford, has been named for the -third consecutive year by the Oregon State Broadcasters as sociation as one of the men who will broadcast the Oregon Class A high school basketball tournament from Eugene. Phone 3-3655 a Firairacisco" Heais OSC Holds 14th Spot By NORMAN MILLER New York (U.R) San Fran cisco, which -smothers its oppo sition with defense and wraps its offense; around AU-American candidate Bill Russell led the United Press college basketball ratings . today by a wide mar gin , for the second, week in a row. ) " The 35-man board of coaches which rates the teams weekly for; the United Press : moved up LaSalle (18-4) to within a single point of runnerup Kentucky (16 2) and returned Marquette (18-1) to a spot among the top 10 teams after an absence of one week. .. Thirty coaches cast a No. 1 ballot for San Francisco, which ran its undefeated string to 17 games and its overall record to 19-1 by downing- Santa , Clara 66-52 Monday night.! These first place votes com bined with two for second and one each for third, eighth and ninth places, r gave the - West Coast Dons 331 of a possible 350 points. Wildcats Edge LaSalle That total represented a mar gin of 110 points over Ken tucky. Kentucky, with two first place ballots, barely edged La Salle for second place, 22i points to 220. Utah, ranked fifth this week, North Carolina State ranked seventh and Marquette 10th were the only other teams that attracted first-place votes, with one each. ' ' " " " "" . Marquette, the first "at-large" selection for this year's NCAA championship, regained its spot in the top 10 at the expense of Illinois which dropped to 11th place. The Warriors from Mil waukee won 18 straight games after dropping their season's op ener. - v.:s 7'vm v Duquesne, with a 15-3 rec ord and a berth in the National Invitation tournament moved up one notch to fourth place, swap ping last week's ranking with Utah (18-3). Two other pairs among this week's top 10 also followed that process. UCLA (17-3) advanced to the . No. . 6 rating as North Carolina State (21-4) dropped to the next notch; and Minnesota' (12-5) took oyer eighth place with George Wash ington (17-3) dropping to ninth. Illinois No. 11 -- The coaches based their rat ings on games played through Saturday night, Feb. 12. '' Here is how the teams ranked by points behind La Salle: Du quesne 172, Utah 163, UCLA 147, North Carolina State 143,! Minnesota 121; George .Washing ton 98 and Marquette 79. Following Illinois in the seer ond 10 group came Missouri, Iowa, Oregon State, Dayton, Cincinnati and Maryland in that order. St. Louis and Holy Cross were tied for 18th and Colorado was 20th. SOCCER FAN KILLED Rio De Janeiro1 U.R) An enraged soccer fan . shot and killed a supporter .of a rival team Monday in the, midst of a heated argument about a recent championship game. ' . 480 ttte reasons why yoiir next drink should be Seagram's 7 Grown , 666666 666666 6666666 66666 66 111 fev IA 1 1 . 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