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;
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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. '
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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.
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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. ' .
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