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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Johnny Dobbs, Hahn Meet on Mat Card at Merrick's Saturday Joe Hahn, Portland fireman who beat Yoggi Hussane '-on fouls last week, will have an other tough opponent at Mer rick's arena Saturday night Vihen , he goes against Johnny Dobbs, roughhouse expert from Omaha. They will mix for 45 minutes or ; for two falls out" of three. Y j Dobbs, thoroughly versed in the" rough stuff, proved himself an excellent crowd baiter in his debut last week and gives Hus sane a close run for the meanie champion. Hahn, however, has the ability , to take punishment while waiting a chance to .close iri and figures to give Dobbs. a run for his money. . . i ; p . Hussane's request for a chance to get revenge . over Harold .Buck) Davidson comes in the middle match when they clash over the same distance. Hussane . took exception to Davidson's refereeing job last fweek and got himself punched J5outhwest loop Chase In Scramble By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer : i A senior one - two scoring punch kept Colorado's stamped ling. Buff aloes on top of the Big 'Seven race - today, but some sophomore rhijinks by a lad named Jerry Mallett threw the Southwest conference race - into a tangle- . . . : i, , .. . . ' Seniors Bob Jeangerard and Burdette Haldorson racked- up 30 and 27 points, respectively Tuesday night to give Colorado its eighth league win in nine "starts, 80-69, over Kansas at -Boulder, Colo. 2 - Colorado thus stands "one full 'game ahead of Missouri, each 'having three games to play, and ."the two teams are headed to ward a dramatic clash on Mis "souri's court next Monday. 'Scores 32: Counters . ' I ' But at ,Waco, Tex.,v Mallett ".tallied 32 points, mostly on driv ing layups, to lead Baylor in a ?79-68 upset of .Texas Christian. ?The surprise cut Texas Chris itian's league lead to a half game ttover Southern Methodist, which Jtrounced Arkansas, 83-69, and threatened to make the South -west conference race; end in s I The NCAA added Seattle uni- jyersity, with an 18-4 record, .to gits field Tuesday as a "member Jit large." The Chieftains, who rviaira wnn mna erraiffnr cramoc land will be going to a post-season tourney for the fifth straight prear, will meet Idaho State; the Rocky Mountain, conference Scnampion, in a preliminary ound game, March 7 or 8 at a mutually agreeable site and the . . . J.1 T- 14' : winner win meet me racwc Poast conference champion pitherTJCLA or Oregon State-i 3March 11, at Corvallis, Ore. -i In another leading game North Carolina State, regular season Schampion of -the. Atlantic Coast conference, ' finished its - league Reason with- a "revenge" 79-75 ."victory over ; North Carolina. t As it comes from the ground, Jiquid petroleum .appears in Various forms. Sometimes it is Ihick and sticky like a syrup, pnd other times it emerges light $nd volatile like gasoline. . JL Shinning nw fabrics eelor-keyad to bland with paint schema. JL Smart new Conti nental styling." ." JL Five beautiful body style. JLWtda choice of solid , or two-ten colors. ISIS ffllSPKI ffi LOW PRICES START See Them Front & Jackson Streets MAIL TRIBUNE JOE HAHN Faces Tough Omaha. Matman around by the Klamath Falls handyman for his efforts. How ever, Hussane says things will be different this time and has promised Davidson a beating he will long remember. , Ella ;.. Kowalski and Gerry Hunter, who went to a draw on , the inaugural card, return for an encore over the no-time- limit route with two falls de ciding. Miss kowalski claims David son's refereeing interfered with her best efforts and claims she; can defeat the blonde bombshell with another official in the ring. Tickets are on sale at Rogue restaurant, ' 42 South Central ave. Lopes Gets TKO Over P. Bassett Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) Joey. Lopes of Sacramento split open the left eye. of Percy Bas sett of Philadelphia last night to win a ' surprising third round technical knockout over ' the featherweight contender. : Lopes, 132, changed from his usual aggressive tactics to counter-punching from the inside to stop Bassett's sharp opening at tack in the scheduled 10 rounder. The California fighter slammed the- laovs-pound Bassett with a vicious series' of left and right uppercuts. One hard, r i gh.t opened Bassett's eye midway in the first round and 'ring phy sician Max Isword halted . the bout at the close of the second.'. Jarring Blows ' ; Bassett," former interim feath erweight champion and number two contender for; the , crown, smacked Lopes with several jar ring - blows during the first round. But he was no match for the quick-footed Calif ornian. : . Prior to the fight Bassett claimed a record of 40 knockouts in 73 fights. He has been a con stant threat to titlholder Sandy Saddler. ; POINTS HIS AIM Greenwood Lake, N. Y.--J(U.R) Featherweight challenger Teddy (Red Top) Davis today admitted he hopes to win Friday night's title fight Ayith champion Sandy Saddler on points. "I'm not go ing to try to knock, but Sandy . . . I m going to try to outpoint him," Davis said. KIOTJ AVAIL AH IL Foi? EmmitimedlSaCe HDeBSyepy WITH THE LOVELIEST INTERIORS EVER CREATED! Wednesday February 23, 1955 Portlanders Dominate in Mitt Hassle Seattle (U.R) Portland box ers dominated the 20th annual Northwest golden gloves cham pionships here last night, taking titles in 6 of the 10 divisions. Fred Robinson, University of Washington, took the heavy weight title when he knocked out Keith Hanson, University of Washington, in 40 seconds of the first round. Rod Graddon, Seattle, scored a major upset by decisioning Jack Puscas of Eugene, Ore., in the semi-finals then going on to win the . featherweight crown with a decision over Burt Singer Ramblers, Portland. In the bantamweight class, Lloyd Dupas, Vancouver, B. C, topped Max Ableman, Seattle, and in the flyweight division George Hobson of Everett de cisioned Al Richardson Of Paine field. Lightweight Jim Cassidy, Multnomah , A. C, Portland, started the Portland parade with a title victory over Louis Cap- pellano of Fort Lewis. Denny Moyer, Ramblers, Port land, decisioned Wardell Jack son, Fort Lewis, to cop the light-welter-weight crown while Tom my Thomas, Portland Air Base, knocked out Bob Wiltse, Everett, in the first round for the welter weight title. " .Phil Moyer, Ramblers, Port land, decisioned Bill Miller, Cen tury A. C. Seattle, for the light- middle-weight title and Chuck Lincoln, PAL, Portland, de cisioned Charley Hays, " Fort Lewis, to win the middleweight crown. The sixth Portland winner was Don Murray who knocked out Harlan Harrison, Tacoma, in the second round to take ; the light- heavyweight title. Texas Cow Girls Promise Rare Treat for Fans Medf ord basketball' fans will be given a rare treat on Friday night, March 11, when the world-famous .Texas Cow Girls basketball team meets Yellow Cab of the Medf ord Independent league at St. Mary's gym. , The same two teams will play at Crater high school gym in Central Point on Saturday, March 12. The Cow Girls travel through out the United States and Can ada each year playing top men's teams and have compiled an en- vzaDie record, iney nave ap peared on most of the top bas ketball courts in the nation, i Gavilan Warms For Constance Miami Beach, Fla. ,(U.R) Cuban Kid Gavilan warmed up his bolo punch today and promised to make Hector Con stance of Trinidad the second victim in his "bid to regain the world welterweight crown. f.The 92-year-old "Keed" was rated a 2 to 1 favorite to whip Trinidad's welterweight king in tonight's 10-round nationally televised bout at the Miami Beach Auditorium.; A sellout crowd of 3,700. fans is expected. ; Gavilan 's trainer, Mundito Medina, said his fighter con siders the bout a "stepping stone back to the title" and would go all-out to . win. Gavilan lost tfye welter crown to Johnny Saxton via a decision in Philadelphia Oct. 30. nulBIL AT $1995 Now At mm, MR)FKaCSM,RIBUHB Tornado Cagers In Series With Ashland Quintet Medf ord high s rip-roaring basketball aggregation boosted its per-game point making aver age and its field goal and free throw shooting marks in its two- game stand with Ashland last week end. Its defensive average, however, slipped a notch.- The Black Tornado's 84 and 82-point productions oyer , the Grizzlies brought its season toal to 1331 counters and upped the per-contest ? scoring figure to 66.55 compared to 64.7 before the two games. Defensive aver age for 20 games is now 46.4. Before the, Ashland series it was 45.9. Opponents have scored 928 points against Medf ord. ' In the second Ashland game the Tornado was off its season average in field goaling with a .407 result but Medf ord had fired .515 the night before and that upped the season mark to .434. It had been .431. The Tor nado has made 501 of 1153 field goal tries, At the free line the average is .602 up from .597 the week be'fore. A total of 329 free 'shots have been made out of 546 at tempts. . Ashland's 57 points Saturday were the most that have been INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Larry Copple Frank Rector Jerry Kalapus ..... 1 . Glenn Peterson .. Bud Kastner .... John Foust .- Bob Tisdel .. Ed McCullough ......... .... Bill Cochran ................ ... : i -. .. .:. . ....... Uoyd Cearley 1M Keinklng Dick McLaughlin . . Warren Deakins District 5 B Committee Meets; Talent, Rogue River Vie Friday District 5B -basketball com mitteemen and the principals and coaches of three interested schools met at the Elks club in Ashland : today to formulate plans for the play-off which de cides the district's representa tive in the state tournament at Salem. ;-. f ; l Talent and Rogue River high school play-off this Friday for the Jackson county champion- Idaho Slaps WSC 77-59 Moscow, Ida. .(U.R) Last place Idaho outclassed Washing ton State last night for a 77-59 Northern Division basketball victory..' ."- '- ; ; ' , , ; i Idaho still , could climb to a tie" for third place if the Vandals defeat." Washington in both games here this weekend. f Idaho made- use of more ac curate shooting and sharper ball handling to lead all the way after forward : Harlan .Melton scored on two free throws in the first three seconds. . , - Forward , Jay Buhler scored 26 points to spark the Vandal victory while Ron Bennick with 14 paced WSC. , ' EXTENDS TRAINING 1 ; Summit,' N.J. U.R) Boxing experts wondered today- if feath erweight champion Sandy Sad dler is , having weight-making difficulties for his title ; fight with Teddy (Red Top) Davis. Saddler announced Tuesday he plans to continue boxing . until Thursday,, the eve of the fight. Davis has concluded his training at Greenwood Lake, N.Y; 3. JL Record breaking fuel economy, - up to 30 mHes per gallon. JL Safer tubeless tires on all models. v JL Safer rattle-frea dou . bl strength single body unit. ' JL Ntw 2-door and 4 door station wagons. Deliwfed in Medford.' In cluding all federal taxes, if 'any. State and local taxes, if any, extra. Dltqc Phone 2-6281 Boost Averages scored on Medf ord in the con ference. Copple Tops List .In individual statistics it still is Larry Copple leading the team in total points, averag per game and field goals. He has 338 markers for the season; an aver age of 16.9 per scuffle. Copple has put in 140 field shots. Frank Rector ; still ranks as second high scorer with 257 and has a 12.85 game average. Kala pus is on Rector's heels with 251 and a .12.55 standing per game. Kalapus is the top free tosser with 81. He also has the most personal fouls with 64. -. Also among the regulars Glenn Peterson has .169 points and Bud Kastner. 150,, l. The Tornado, which plays Klamath Falls this week in its final . Southern Oregon confer ence series, was worried yester day when Kalapus broke his glasses and got glass in his eye. The particles were cleaned out, however, and the 6-foot 4V-inch hoopman was pronounced okeh. Except for a squad meeting, Monday was a day off for the Tornado but Coach Frank Roe- landt had his crew back at it last night. TP 338 257 251 169 150 42 31 ' 29 19 11 12 13 6 APG FG FT PF 16.9 140 58 40 a2.85 102 53 30 12.55 85 81 64 8.4 60 49 52 7.5 57 36 39 2.33 13 16 23 2.38 12 7 ' 9 1.7 8 13 9 1.06 8 3 4 .61 5 1 '8 1.2 4 4. 5 .88 4 5 21 .54 2 2 5 20 20 20 20 20 18 13 17 18 .... 18 10 15 11 ship and the winner will play Malin of Klamath county the following week end for the dis trict bunting. District committeemen are Leonard Walsh, Rogue River, chairman; Charles Steber, ; Bo nanza, " and Roy : Parr, Talent They are principals of their schools. Also at the session were Andy Street, Malin principal, and Ray McClain, George Bray and Jim Conroy, coaches, respec tively, at Rogue River, Talent and Malin. Game in Medford The Talent-Rogue River play off will be. at the St. Mary's gym in Medf ord. The two clubs tied in the regular season, losing only to each other. Main game Fri day will be at 8 p.m. after a j ay vee prelim at 6:30 p.m. : Coach Bray indicated that his Talent club should be intact for the Rogue River mix. He report ed that Jim McAbee, all-stater in 1954. turned ms aniue in practice yesterday but likely will be okeh for the game. J, Lloyd Wood, out with flu last week end, is back and is expect ed to be in top shape on Friday. APPOINTED Portland (U.R) The State Racing commission yesterday appointed Cecil Edwards, who serves as presiding steward at the major horse and dog race meets in Oregon, on a year round basis. The commission also named Herman S. Chapman to succeed John Abbett as sec- retary. Abbett resigned last week. High School Scores TUESDAY GAMES j By UNITED PRESS , Cleveland 68, Jefferson 59 Grant 56, Washington 55 , . Lincoln 65, Roosevelt 48 Franklin 76, Benson 54 ' South Salem 56. Lebanon 43 Eugene 100, Willamette .33 . ; Dallas 76. Canby 48 Albany 53, Springfield 50 , Milwaukie 65. Parkrose 38 ; Ontario 66, Payette. Ida, 48 Pendleton 70, Hermiston 51 St. Helens 75. Neahkahnie 37 Newport 66, Nestucca 53 Linfield Frosh 62, Oswego 37 Oregon State Rooks 54. North Sa lem 38 Colton 115. Hiu Military a Columbia Prep 53, Serra 43 Junction City 58, Elmira 46 St. Paul 62. Gates 41 . Sao 66, Oregon Deaf School 82 Woodburn 43, Estacada 25 Seaside 69, Clatskanie 51 , Mt. Angel 64, Molalla 46 . Maupin 75, Dufur 56 Snb-District 2A The Dalles 70. Wy'east 54 Beaverton 73. Tigard 39 Forest Grove 63, Yamhill 45 HiUsboro 82, Banks 50 District 3B Tourney McKehzie 69. Crow 59 Lowell 40, Mohawk 37 Mapleton 46, Westfir 44 (overtime) Polk-Yamhill . B Tourney 1 Perrvdale 36. Falls City 53 ' Amity 51, Valsetz 34 , . BASKETBALL TUESDAY COLLEGE SCORES East " ' ' - . Army 75, Swartitmore 35 Boston Col. 69, Providence 6T -Dartmouth 84, Columbia 63 'Connecticut 93, Mass. 75 Tufts 66, Harvard 58 : Princeton 92. Yale 54 - Seton Hall 88. St. Francis (NY) 76 Navy 74. Dickinson 42 Rhode Island 101, Maine 93 Boston U. 97. Brandeis 84 Sontii' " : K. Carolina St 79. N. Carolina 75 Clemson 105. Georgia 94 Duke 106. Virginia 92, Richmond 79, Fur man 73 Southwest " ' Baylor 79, Texas Christian 68 SMU 83, Arkansas 69 Texas 74, Ttexas A&M 64 West ' ' rviinrarfn 80. Kansas 69 . . Montana Mines 46. N. Montana 35 Mexican All-Stars 78. Portland University 66 . . Triahn 77 Washington State 59 - Eastern Oregon 96, Portland State 87 Southern Oregon 69, - Oregon Tech 59 Pirates, Eagles Await For tittle Six Opener On EP Court Thursday Eagle . Point high cagers, hampered some by the flu bug,' were shaping up today; and Phoenix pondered the effects of lack of practice as the two clubs look toward their Little Six con flict, -'.--r; The Eagles and Pirates open the Little Six subdistrict tourna ment at Eagle Point on Thurs day with a 7 p.m. game. Second conflict of the first round will match Illinois Valley and Hen ley at 8:30 p.m. Single-elimination tournament nlav con tinues through Saturday : night with Crater, the Rogue League champ, and Brookings also par ticipating. I .. . :'. :. : ' Winner will play Medford the following week for the District mantle and a" state Class A tourney berth. ' . " " Jerry Cave missed the Eagle Rogue League concluders last week end because of the flu and Harvey Nelson missed Monday practice because of illness. Both were back with the sauad on Tuesday. Coach Jerry Mosby said that probable starters Thursday are Nelson, Carl Chris tian, Bill Caldwell, Jack Greo and Frank Reich. -Threo Regulars Miss At Phoenix Coach Jack Wood ward, said the Pirates had some shooting practice but that three regulars missea worKouts yes terday and would , miss again today because of county student government day. The three are Ray Dahl Bill Madden and Ron Vreeken. Ron Bean, . also, has been sick .'this -week. . Likely Phoenix P starters are - Madden, Jim Korth, Vreeken, Dahl and Charles Wall. ".Winners of the Phoenix-Eagle Point and IVrHenley battles mix Friday evening and in the sec ond scrap Crater and Brookings vie. The latter two drew Thurs day byes. , Crater, Eagle Point and Phoe nix are the top-rated quints in the - tourney and either EP , or Phoenix will be eliminated Thursday.' Crater's C o m e t s downed the Eagles and Pirates each in three out of four scram bles. But either is ' still capable of "turning, back the Comets of Central Point. Scores of all but one of the Crater-Phoenix 'games were close. Higinbotham Tops" Crater had four among the top 10 scorers in the Rogue League. Jim Higinbotham won the title with 167 points, Vern Parent was third with 141, Bob Gray, seventh with 102 and Fred Hogue eighth with 99. Bill Madden, Phoenix, was runner . up to Higinbotham with 164, only three tallies behind. Vreeken, Phoenix, 135; Bill The .longest bridge in the vorld, now under construction, will span the Straits of Mackinac on the Great Lakes, a distance of about five miles. , . SHOTS OF GREAT TRACK MEN IN ACTION FROM BOWERMAN'S OWN FILM COLLECTION .M2i&, St Others" in the top ten were Ron Caldwell, Eagle Point, 118, Larry Maurer, Illinois Valley, 114; and Dennis Krauss. IV, and Frank Reich, EP, each 50. The Comets also had the best offensive and defensive records in the loop, piling up 657 points in 12 games and allowing foes 478. Second - place ; Phoenix scored 549 land permitted 503. Third-spot Eagle Point accumu lated 534 and gave, up 527. IV's figures were 447 and 707. 1. Jim Higinbotham. Crater-. 2. Bill Madden, Phoenix . 3. Vern Parent, Crater 4. Ron Vreeken, Phoenix 5. BUI Caldwell. Eaele Point ..167 -164 ..141 135 .118 6., Larry Maurer, Illinois Valley 114 - 7. Bob Gray. Crater ; . 102 8. Fred Hogue, Crater 99 9. Dennis Krauss. Ilinoia Valley 90 9. Frank Reich. Eagle Point 90 11. Harvey Tonn, Crater .... . .. 89 12. Gene Sams, Illinois Valley 86 13. Jim Korth, Phoenix ....... 83 14. Jack Greb, Eagle Point 75 15. Howard Pickle, Illinois Valley 68 16. Charles Wall, Phoenix .......... 64 17. George Harrison, Illinois- Val. 63 18. Carl Christian, Eagle Point . 60 19. Jerry Cave. Eagle Point . 58 20. Harvey Nelson, Eagle Point 54 . 21. Ray Dahl, Phoenix .... ; 44 22. Jerry Tuttle. Eagle Point 43 23. Ron Bean. Phoenix 42 24. Jim Hemingway, Illinois Val. 25 25. Ken Bitterling, Eagle Point - 1? 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" - Miss Connolly, who has been sidelined since breaking her leg in a horse riding accident 4ast year said she plans to marry Norman Brinker, 23, a member of the U. S. Olympic Games eq uestrian team, in June. . - The three . times " Wimbledon champion and the youngest play er to ever win the U. S. title denied that the leg injury promp ted her decision, and indicated she would not give up her wo men s prerogative of changmg her mind at some later date. Miss Connolly vaulted to the top of women's amateur tennis ranks in 1951 at Forest Hills, N.Y., when she won the U; S. title ! with ' the; devastating strokes that earned her ih e nickname , "Little Mo.' In suc cessive years and until her ac cident, Maureen won nearly ev ery tournament she entered. ' SPARTANS . SLATE NINE San Jose, Calif. (U.R) - San Jose State college announc ed today it will play a nine game football schedule this fall, including Washington State and the University of Hawaii." Bourbon Whiskey M55 PROOF COMPANY. 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