EIGHT 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ................
... :
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.......
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;
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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
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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
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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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Southern Oregon boys now
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Track as a sport
MAIN AT-CENTRAL
Mo Connolly.
Will Retire
f San Diego, ' Calif. (U.R)
Maureen Connolly, 20 years old
and already one. of the all-time
tennis greats,, said today she is
retiring from the courts 1 be
cause "that old spark" is gone
and because she wants to get
married. " -
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. '
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