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Newspaper Page TextSIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE North .Carolina, State Loop Title; opheirs Br JOHN GRIFFIN -United Press Sports Writer Mighty North Carolina State, ineligible for the big post-season tournaments despite a glittering 23-4 record, at least owns the regular season championship of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Wolfpack, rated seventh in the nation, was presented the title Monday night when Mary land the only team with a chance to tie, suffered a 75-71 setback to a Wake Forest team led by .a pair of brilliant Bopho mores. North Carolina State, which concludes its league season to night against North Carolina, is barred from the NCAA Tourna ment as a punishment for re cruiting violations. And the Na tional Invitation Tournament has agreed to ignore teams barred by the NCAA. An NCAA berth will go to the winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference's post season tourna' ment, March 3-5. But if State wins that, too, the runner-up team will get the bid. Sophs Turn Trick Ernie Wiggins and Jackie Murdock were the sophs who sparked Wake Forest after Mary land led, 68-63, with 4:20 left. Wiggins scored one basket, stole the ball and set up another, then scored a third to put the Deacons ahead, 69-68. Murdock added two , baskets and two free throws for the final Wake Forest total. Bob Kessler of Maryland took scoring nonors with 29 points as Wake Forest ace Dick Hemric was held to 11, his lowest total of the year. A basket by Chuck Mencel with two seconds left gave Big Ten leader Minnesota, a 72-69 victory over Wisconsin Monday night's most dramatic finish. The vic tory kept the Gophers a half- game ahead of Iowa, who trounced Illinois 89-70. Kentucky and Alabama each scored easy victories to remain tied for the lead in the South eastern Conference, but Ten nessee was virtually knocked out of the race by an 83-77 loss to Georgia Tech". Kentucky, the nation's No. 2 team, routed Vanderbilt, 77-59, despite free use of subs as Bob Burrow led the attack with 31 points. Alabama romped to a 71- Harlem Clowns Here Next Week Laugh Clown, Laugh! How true when the Harlem Clowns, those crazy cool comics of the basketball court, come to town to stage their hilarious show before local fans on Wed nesday evening, March 2, on the senior high floor. These mirthful magicians of basketball have been playing be fore jam-packed crowds along the barnstorming circuit and their sleight-of-hand ball hand ing, lightning-like passes and comical antics, have kept fans in fits of laughter night after night. Play Jewelers The Clowns will play Andy's Jewelers, second place team of the city league. "These 'cats' keep me laugh ing on the bench every night," says Al Pullins, veteran manag er of the Harlem Clowns. "I've seen them all," , says Al, "but never basketball comics like lit tle Shorty Buckner and Howie Rand. They're the greatest." This year the Clowns will play a schedule of 140 games, seven nights a week,, with jumps from 50 to 250 miles between games. When the Harlem Clowns play here, fans can expect not only an exhibition of fancy ball hand jing, accurate snooting, but a tomedy show unequaled in bask etball today. "I believe we got the best," says Manager Puluns "our boys are young, enthusiastic and have fun playing it's really fun to make people laugh-" TRUCKERS. LOGGERS And MILL OWNERS We Have Leased the Repair Shop of General Truck Sales, Inc. (formerly Lilenquist Motor Co.) AND NOW OFFER REPAIR SERVICE On Trucks Cats Construction and Mill Equipment Of All Kinds and Makes Howard 1016 N. RIVERSIDE 51 decision over Louisiana State as the Tide's George Linn and State's Don Sebastian tied for scoring honors at 19 points. Tulsa Closes Gap Tulsa drove within a half game of first place in the Mis souri Valley Conference by whipping Houston, 69-59, as Bob Patterson outscored Houston's 7-foot skyscraper, Don Bolde buck, 28-25. The stage now is set for Tulsa's payoff meeting with league-leading St. Louis in Tulsa Saturday. In other leading games: Notre Dame edged Kansas State, 76-74, on Jack Stephens' two final minute free throws; Oklahoma nicked Nebraska, 78-76, on Les ter Lane's 25-foot basket with five seconds left; Loyola of Chi- MEDF(DM,RIBUNB SIPCDIMFS Cabbies To Plywood for Mantle Yellow Cab of Medford will face Southern Oregon Plywood in Memorial gym at Grants Pass on Thursday night for the AAU District 10 basketball flag. The Plywood five captured the Grants Pass League cham pionship last night by defeating Rogue River, 58 to 49 in a play off. The two clubs had tied in regular season standings. Yel low Cab previously earned the Medford Independent League crown. District 10 representative will meet Economy Drug, McMinn ville, District 5 victor in the first round of the state AAU tournament at Hermiston. The SOC or EOCE To Get Tourney Bid at Portland Portland (U.R) Committee members of the District 2, Na tional Association of Intercol legiate athletics, will meet here Thursday evening to decide a site for the district playoffs, to bp held Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Chairman Eldon Fix, Lewis and Clark basketball coach and athletic director, said two sites new under consideration are the Milwaukie high school gym and the University of Portland. Likely to be entered in the tournament are Pacific Univer sity, Portland State College and Willamette. Another probable is either Eastern Oregon or South ern Oregon, with the choice apt to be decided by the results of conference games scheduled for this week. Winner of the two-night tour ney will represent the district at the NAIA national finals in Kansas City the week of March 7. Pries Chosen Tri-City Head Pasco, Wash. (U.R) Don Pries, 27, manager of the Victo ria Tyees of the Western Inter national league last season, was signed yesterday to manage the Tri-City entry in the new class "B" Northwest league. Pries, an infielder who usual ly plays third base, hit .322 for Victoria last year. He succeeds Edo Vanni who will manage Wenatchee. Pries announced the signing of Milt Martin, a catcher, who was player-coach with Victoria last year. The two were the first players signed by the Braves for the coming campaign. 1 s lyjiesei .bemce AVE. Howard L Lehman, Owner PHONE 3-4883 Tuesday, February 22, 1953 Woods Dm Lead cago beat Indiana State, 58-57; Indiana beat Perdue, 75-62, as Wally Choice scored 29 points; Michigan State beat Northwest ern, 71-69, despite Frank Eh mann's 21 points for Northwest ern; John Miller's 29 points led Ohio State to a 72-68 win over Michigan; Tulane downed Au burn, 90-79; Toledo upset De troit, 73-69; and Virginia Tech ended an 18-game losing streak by beating The Citadel, 88-53. First place in the Big Seven and Southwest Conference Will be at stake tonight. Colorado 7-1 risks its Big Seven lead against Kansas and Texas Christian 8-2 risks its Southwest Conference lead against Baylor. Co-run-ners-up Arkansas and SMU each 6-3 also clash. Face SO tourney is scheduled March 5 through 8. Southern Oregon dis trict winner opposes Economy at 10 p.m. on Saturday of the tour nament. Medford's Cabbies have added Don Reese, ex-All-Southern Ore gon Conference prep player. Reese has been playing for Camp's Electric at Grants Pass this season. He'll be with the Medford club for the Hermiston trip and possibly for the Thurs day tussle. OTI Scheduled Yellow Cab has scheduled a game with Oregon Technical in stitute here on Wednesday night, March 2. The encounter will be at St. Mary's gym. Tourney plans were announc ed from Hermiston during the week end. Charles Walker, state AAU basketball chairman, said that no college player, from big school or small, will be eligible to play in the tourney. Coaches will be allowed to vie in the Oregon play-offs only. They will not be eligible for regional com petition. There are 14 Oregon districts. A team from southwest Wash ington and the host Hermiston team will round out the bracket. Henley, Brookings In Little Six Cage Crater, Eagle Point, Phoenix, and Illinois Valley high Schools will be known quantities this week when the Little Six sub district basketball tournament is held at Eagle Point. Henley and Brookings, to fans of this area, are pretty much of unknown caliber. The tournament opens on Thursday with the team which collects the top trophy on Sat urday entitled to meet Medford high next week for the Class A District 4 diadem. Henley, a small A school in Klamath county and not figur ed big enough for competition with Klamath Falls, had con tented itself with conflicts with B schools of the area this sea son. Its record is 11 wins and five defeats. The Hornets losses were two each to Malin and Chiloquin and one to Bly with which it split. Malin won the Klamath B tour nament and Chiloquin the coun ty league title and both are con sidered on about par with the Jackson County B league's top clubs, Talent and Rogue River. A possible starting crew for Henley is Dale ' Searcy and Randy Montgomery, forwards: Lou Zarosinski, center, and Joe Local Five Keeps Top State Spot Portland (U.R) The weekly prep basketball poll of the Oregon Journal showed two Portland teams Cleveland and Jefferson moving up. But the lop three, Medford, Milwaukie and Eugene, were proving durable. The Journal's board of eight coaches put Medford on top unanimously. Cleveland ad vanced from seventh to sixth spot and Jefferson jumped from ninth to seventh place. Milwaukie polled 71 out of a possible 80 points for sec end place and Eugene got 62 points for third spot. The rankings: Place Team Points 1. Medford 80 2. Milwaukie . 71 3. Eugene 62 4. St. Helens 52 5. North Bend 41 6. Cleveland 40 7. Jefferson 27 8. Astoria 22 9. Beaverton 18 10. Albany 17 More Men Sign Pacts By UNITED PRESS With only a week remaining before the official March 1 open ing date for spring training, most major league clubs were trick ling out news of late signings today. The Milwaukee Braves an nounced that centerfielder Bill Bruton had come to terms for an estimated $15,000. Bruton, who hit .284 and stole 34 bases last season, gives the Braves 36 signed and 7 to go. The Philadelphia Phillies re vealed the signing of three rookies, giving them a total of 30 contented players on their roster. The additions are second base man Ben Tompkins, up from Syracuse; first baseman Jimmy Westlake, up from San Francis co and first-baseman Spencer Robbins, up from Schenectady. The Chicago Cubs signed right handed pitcher Sam Jones, for mer Cleveland Indian bullpen sunbather who posted a 25-8 rec ord with Indianapolis last season. Jones' signing left outfielder Hal Price as the only unsigned Cub player. The Pittsburgh Pirates an nounced the signing of pitcher Calvin Hogue, 11-7 for New Or leans in 1954, while pitcher Floyd Wooldridge, 15-13 at Houston in 1953, signed with the St. Louis Cardinals. "Unknowns Tournament Arant and Gary Cunningham or Tom Wright, guards. Bob Axel is a possible starting forward. Montgomery and Zarosinski pretty well carry the load. Arant and Searcy are good floor men. Coach of the team is Al Fair child. There's no full report thus far on Brookings. Early in the season it barely beat Illinois Valley and may have improved since then. : Phoenix and Eagle Point are rivals in the 7 p.m. game on Thursday with Illinois Valley and Henley in the second game. Winners of those two scuffles are contestants in the first scrap on Friday. Crater and Brook ings contend in the second Fri day battle. Friday winners play for the championship Saturday night af ter consolation and third place games. The tournament is single el imination. BASKETBALL MONDAY COLLEGE RESULTS East . Kings Point 87. New York U. 66 Moravian 88, Wilkes Coll. 79 Susquehanna 85, Hartwick 75 South Alabama 71, LSU 51 Tulane 90, Auburn 79 Florida St. 102, Mississippi St. 86 Georgia Tech 33. Tennessee 77 Kentucky 77, Venderbilt 59 Wake Forest 75. Maryland 71 Centenary 68. Miss. Southern 49 Virginia Tech 88, The Citadel 53 Florida 78. Mississippi 72 Davidson 72, Catawba 70 S. Carolina St 64, Allen 53 Midwest Toledo 73, Detroit 69 Iowa 89, Illinois 70 Loyola, HI., 58. Indiana State 97 Indiana 75. Purdue 62 John Carroll 108. Youngstown 95 Notre Dame 76. Kansas State 74 Michigan State 71. Northwestern 69 Minnesota 71, Wisconsin 79 Wayne. Mich., 70. -Valparaiso 60 Ohio State 72, Michigan 68 Illinois Tech 88. Chicago Tchrs. 70 Arkansas Coll. 77, Ozarks Coll. 74 Southwest Tulsa 69. Houston 59 S. F. Austin 71, LaMar Tech 65 E. Tex. Baptist 102. Pan Amer. 69 E. Tex. State 58. Sull Ross St. 53 N. Texas State 93, Austin Coll. 92 Oklahoma 78, Nebraska 78 West - Whitman 76, Linfield 72 College of Idaho 104. Willamette 67 EOCE 92. Portland State 79 FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS New York: Rafael Merentino. 158, Argentina, stopped Rinzi Nocero, 159 'x, Brooklyn. (8). - Brooklyn: Carmelo Costa. 130',;, Brooklyn, outpointed Bobby Bell, 126, Youngstown, Ohio (10). Providence. R. I.: Tommv Tibbs, 136 ',4, Boston, outpointed Irish Stan ley Smith, 133 ',2, New Haven, Conn., (8). Butte, Mont.: Ramon Tiscareno. 146, Los Angeles, outpointed Walde Fus caro, 146, Chicago. (10). San Francisco: Maurice Harper 149 a, Oakland, Calif., outpointed Italo Scortichini, 1531a, Italy, (10). j AND AWAY WE GO! UCLA's Johnny Moore switches his ' playing position to take this rebound and squelch a po ! tential upset of the league-leading Bruins in game against California at Berkeley. Bruin teammate and captain (52) ! at left is Don Bragg. Bears are Bob Brown (5) and Gabe Arrilliaga (8). Moore scored 15 points as he led the Bruins to a 55-48 victory. Tally Ho, Lamport Kegling Fives Win From Redding Aggregations Two Medford teams defeated Redding, Calif., quintets and Hawkinson Tires edged Central Point Veterans of Foreign Wars on Sunday in matches at Med ford Bowling lanes. Tally Ho team of Medford took its first tussle with Bas sett Buick of Redding 2749 pins to 2561. In the second series the Californians won two games and rolled a 2785 but Tally Ho aggregated a 1027 game pushing it to higher total pins, 2858. Lamport's Sporting Goods took the other Redding five 2600 in the first match. In the second the Oregonians squeaked by with a two-pin edge, 2526 to 2524. Hawkinson's won two of its three games with the Vets and took the match by 11 pins. Ray Wise was high for Tally Ho in the first contest with 568 and Jerry Burroughs followed close with 562. Fred Anderson, Bill Hawley and Karl Johnson rounded out the crew. Dick Por terfield headed the visitors with 564. His teammates were Walt McDonald, Dan McRae, Gerry Conlee and Bob Weldon. Porterfield Has 603 Wise was also tops for the restaurant with 601 in the sec ond ruckus, but was outdone by Porterfield wah added 20.4, 232 and 194 single games for a big 630 series. Johnson rolled a 224, Johnson a 203 and Burroughs a 215. Conlee had a 578 series. Tally Ho was a consistent quint with games of 903, 926 and 920 in the first series and 940, 891 and 1027 in the other. Jim Morgan carded a 558 high series for Lamport's and Har old Schroeder got a 209 game. Others on the team were Nels Florey, Sam Van Dyke and Buzz Green. Curt Erbes had a 589 for the Redding foe. On the club were Jim Creadon, Sylvester Bui, Theo Bassett and George Hubbard. Hawkinson's team was Jim Knapp, Andy Kalker, Howard Safely Checked USED CARS 1953 CHEVROLET 1950 PLYMOUTH 5 Pass. Cpe. DeLuxe Suburban model - One owner car. Low mileage All steel body $1395 $975 1952 CHRYSLER V-8 1 951 DE SOTO New Yorker. Must be seen . 4 door sedan to be appreciated Nice family ear $1795 $1050 Work Gars and Cheap Transportation For Anyone! $100 or Less! TERMS TO FIT THE BUYER HAMLIN'S cTr? 908 NORTH RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-851 6 Your Chrysler-Plymouth Dealer , Baker, Lloyd Baker, Lloyd Carr and Ken Christianson. Al Bohannon, Phil Holy, Ben McManama, Del Nei myor and Bob . Monsey were their rivals. Knapp had a 561 Monsey a 540 and Bohannon a 503. K. Penman's Kip Places in Trial Dogs entered by Rogue river valley residents picked up hon ors Saturday and Sunday in the Redwood Empire Retriever club's second sanctioned trial at Freshwater estates east of Eu reka, Calif. - First place in the qualifying stake went to Menasco's Black Pete, 'male labrador . owned by Sid Menasco, Grants Pass, and handled by Carl Newell, Med ford. Kip of Geneva, male labra dor, owned and handled by Ken neth Denman, Medford, was fourth in the open all-age stake. Tar Baby, male labrador, owned by Guy S. McAdams, Grants Fass, and handled by Newell, won a judges award of merit in the derby stake. Kline Judges Rogue Valley Retriever club members attending, in addition to Denman and Newell, ' were C. Weldon Kline and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skinner. Kline was a derby stake judge. Mt. Joy's Mallard, a Chesa peake male, owned by E. C Fleischman and handled by Snuffy Belivean, won open hon ors. Dairy Hill Profligate, male labrador, owned by A. A. Jones, San Mateo, Calif., and handled by Mrs. Jones, was derby win ner. Rip of Humboldt, another lab male, owned by John Hines was puppy victor. High School Scores By UNITED PRESS Sandy 59, Silverton 53 Star of the Sea 54, Astoria JV 47 W -a Central Pointers Play GP Crews Central Point Central Point seventh and eighth grade bas ketball teams will be hosts this evening to Grants Pass aggrega tions. Seventh graders will play at 6:30 o'clock. Previous engagements at Pass were won by the Central Point teams. The eighth grade needed an overtime. 117 S. 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