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Red Raiders Defeat OTI By UNITED PRESS ; Eastern Oregon again post poned Portland State's title clinching in the Oregon Colle giate Conference basketball race with a 96-87 victory at La Grande last night. The victory still leaves EOCE a mathematical chance to tie for first place. Southern Oregon, meanwhile, kept right "on the heels of East ern Oregon winding up OCC play with a 69-59 win over Ore gon Tech. Either SOCE or EOCE will gain a berth in the regional NAIA playoffs. SOCE has com pleted its conference season with a 10-6 .mark, while EOCE has two left to play. Larry Pryse led Eastern Ore gon last night with 19 points, while Paul Poetsch had 28 for Portland State. Mexicans Defeat Portland Pilots Mexico City (U.R) - A red- hot Mexican All Star quintet rallied back in the second half to down the towering Portland University team, 78-66, - before . some 3,500 hysterical basketball fans at the National auditorium here last night. Dick Bartel was top scorer for the visitors with 19 points. Bob Altenhof en was second in the scoring list with 11 points. TO HEAD STARS i New York U.R) Coach Ray Meyer of DePaul university will direct the College All-America basketball team on its nation wide tour with the Harlem Globetrotters this year, it was announced ' today. - Bowling CLASSIC LEAGUE Standings: Oak Knoll Golf Club . Henry's Drive-In Hight Heal Estate Walker Real Estate Stevens Kaiser-Willys E. H. Mann Co Sierra Cascade Pine Co. Sam's Sporting Goods . valley Music Co. W. L. 3 0 2 . 1 2 1 -21 ... 2 1 2 1 1 2 - 1 2 1 2 Hammer's Soortine Goods 1 1 2 Medford Furniture Ctore . 1 2 Ffaff Sewing Center . 0 3 Results: Hammer's C. Dawson C. Hammer V. Sprinkl P. Peden K. Preston . 546 492 513 568 491 2610 Hen -y'a G. Barr C. Leonard P. Morgan A. Sacchi W. Hawley Ttttt (0) E. Lens 453 A. Klatt 521 B. St. Hilalrt 466 C. Smith 412 C. Tennant 417 2269 Oak Knoll J. Collev B.. Curtis , . G Sikes J. Kufner JV DriscolJ Med. Furn. N. Hilly er A. Williams F. Boone . C fi 1- 0. O tdl IV S. Van Dyke (l) 567 480 466 467 503 2483 Highfs J. Morgan B. Howell B. Wilson P. Paterson J. Burroughs 495 (2) 512 557 491 514 539 2613 (3) 518 . 527 504 452 516 2517 (2) 533 493 491 491 Yellow abPlay-Off Rival Looms Strong It'll be a strong and also well reinforced Southern Oregon Ply- Chiefs Take Hoop Offer Seattle (U.R) Seattle Uni versity announced today it ac cepted an at-large bid to the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Asso ciation basketball playoffs. Jack Gordon, the university's athletic publicity director, said Idaho State College, Rocky Mountain conference , champion, also "had accepted an at-large berth that would match the two schools in a playoff opener. Gordon said officials of Seattle University and ISC would con fer by long-distance telephone to set a site and date for the game. The contest would be played March 7 or 8. The winner would advance to the western regional playoffs, to be played March 11-12 at Cor vallis . Knicks, Celtics Keep Up Struggle By UNITED PRESS The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, 'only a half -game apart in their red-hot battle for second place in the Eastern divi sion of the National Basketball association after hair-raising vic tories, continue their struggle on foreign courts tonight. The Celtics gained a tempo rary tie for the position by beat ing the Syracuse Nationals, 97- 95, on Bob Cousey's basket in the first game of a twin bill at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night, but the Knicks went ahead again by nipping Phila delphia, 103-102, in the second game. In the only other league ac tion, the Rochester Royals snapped a nine - game losing streak by drubbing Milwaukee, 87-71. ,The Knicks tangled with Phil adelphia again tonight at New Haven, : Conn., while. Boston meets Milwaukee at St. Louis. The only other games finds Min neapolis at. Fort Wayne, as Fort Wayne defends its three-game Western division lead.' - Walker R. Brock R. DeVora T. Little T. Knox R. Wise (2) 533 541 527 539 466 2606 2503 Valley Music 1) T. Mitchell 519 M. Cannon R. Sneer G. Clark 550 479 470 L. Schneider 516 Barn's (1) D. Lubbers 582 J. Kantor 491 W. Whit 559 S. Straus 495 H. Schroeder 518 2645 Stevens' Spaunhorst D. Wilson . D. Koblik J. Harris F. Stevens 2534 (2) 589 523 562 589 571 2834 Mann's (2) T. Anderson 541 Z. Kreer 515 T. Beck 464 G. Schult . -553 K. Johnson 605 . . 2678 Standings: Short Circuits Delta Stars . . Hn Tension Grounded Wyes Hi Voltage Atom Splitters Hot Spots Sierra Cascade (1) H. Green 511 J. Cabler .. 474 D. Spain 508 B. Dyer 465 H. Vessey 587. 2545 W. L. ..23s 8!i 18 13 '2 18',a 13x -17 15 -14 18 13i 18 '2 Circuit Breakers -13 10 19 22 Results: Atom Splitters 1 B. Kight 412 G. Guilev 372 O. Hanson 446 1230 Hi Tension 3 L. Duff 409 J. Thompson 444 V. Buseman 433 Handicap 9 1295 CireuItBreakers 2 R. Smith 490 T. Anseth 386 R. Brock 577 Handicap 24 1477 Delta Stars 2 O. Phelan . 479 ,R. Rolls 510 WV Bish 477 1466 Grounded Wyes 2 H. Fisher 476 E. Green '406 L. Stinson 470 Handicap 45 I n 1397 Short Circuits t D.- Ross - ; 436 R. Barbee - 499 R. Sterton 494 1429 Hot Spots , .0 Hi Voltage - 4 D. Harper 417 F. Brewer 474 C. Norris 406.. H. Dugan 491 B. Schroeder 486 E. Barry 474 Handicap 54 1363 1439 LADIES VICTORY. LEAGUE -Standings. . W. Keith Brothers ...15 Beatty & McDougal ,, , is Starks Finance i Pick's Apparel 13 Trowbridge & Flynn , i U. S. National 11 Town Beauty Shoppe Davis Transfer - Results: Davis Transfer 1 ,. Keith' Bros. B. Chase 347 J. Runtz 337 M. Herman 318 L. 9 9 10 11 12 13 15 17 3. Mahoney W. Jenkins M. Dyer O. Huston Handicap L. Keith 367 J. Crosby 293 N. Keith 81 1743 3 335 299 368 405 392 ; T and F IB and M H. Frye 384 A. Harris R. Blaylock 316 L. Vogel R. Dean J. Withrow J. Russell . Handicap 1799 483 311 312 340 J. Dean 331 I. Pfaff fabs.) 264 389 L. Cabler 388 144 1904 1758 Stark's Finance 3 R. Vessey 367 J. Howard . 353 F. Corliss ' 303 M. Simmonds 410 J. Godden 358 Handicap 240 I . ; 2031 U. S. Bank 1 I. . Schroeder 491 G. Ingle 330 J.Off'nbacker 329 J. Ingle 362 J. Wilson 490 2002 Pick's - 3 M. Puett - ,- 339 J. Coffeen 298 O. Maggenti 354 : J. LeCuyer 381 M. Lou White 349 Handicap 53 1784. Town Beauty 1 D.' Webster 402 Lou 3ill 247 N. Roberts ' 286 M. Howe , 391 V. Corby 389 COMEBACK Maureen Con nolly, formerU. S. tennis champ and Wimbledon title holder, practices at San Diego, Calif., for her first comeback tourney next month. She in jured her leg last year in a horseback riding accident f wood maplecourt quintet which Yellow Cab of Medford meets Thursday night in the play-off for the AAU District 10 champ ionship. The tussle between the Grants Pass City League titlist and the Medford Independent Basketball league victor is set for action on the Grants Pass high school floor. . Manager Keith McLean of the Plywoods has announced his starters Sherman Heater, Jerry Overen, Gordon Prehm, Jack Yosten and Jack Endicott. Heater and Yosten are ex- Grants. Pass high players, Ov eren was on Klamath Falls' state tourney team in 1951. Prehm, assistant varsity hoop coach at Grants Pass, played college ball at Washington State. Endicott played at Prineville. Healer Paces Heater led the Plywoods to a play-off victory over Rogue River in the GP loop on Mon day, scoring 27 points. He is around 6-5 and Prehmr who's been on the Plywood roster, just in case, is 6-6. McLean, ex-Southern Oregon college, who is a reserve player, has also recruited a couple of other top players for the Cab bie tussle. These are Don Reese, from Camp's Electric, and Tink er Hatfield, from Rogue River. Hatfield is the GP loop's lead ing scorer while Reese, a "late starter, has had the best aver age, around 25 points per game. Reese, according to , reports here, is to join Yellow Cab for the state tourney if. it wins Thursday. , Plywood has a 14-3 season record and was 10-3 for the city loop. Possible Cabbie starters are Ed , Hummel, Johnny Foster, Chuck Stacey, Don Wendt and Bill Werner. . Tony Trabert Captures National Championship New York (U.R)- Tony Tra bert regarded by many as Amer ica's vbest tennis player but for a long time without a title to prove it, now owns a title as the national indoor champion. , . Trabert gained the crown by defeating his Davis Cup team mate, Ham Richardson of Baton Rouge, La., in Tuesday's final round, 11-13, 7-5, 9-7, 6-3, in a match- that lasted, three hours but proved dull because of the similarity in styles. The State of California paid bounties ' on 10,558 mountain lions from 1907 to 1950. Wedneiday, February 23. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE LORAS NAMES COACH Dubuque, la. U.R) Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. Toole, 33, was named head football . coach at Loras college Tuesday. A graduate of Boston college, Toole has coach ed football at the-Newport, R.I., Naval station for the past two years. .; ' "V...""--- - . SAXTON ASKS GUARANTEE Philadelphia XU.PJ Welter weight champion Johnny Saxton wants a $100,000 guarantee to defend his title against Carmen Basilo, 'the No. . 1 contender. Saxton's manager, Frank (Blin ky) . Palermo, - made the an nouncement in reply to a Basilio clamor which reached, into the halls of the New York legisla ture. "We'll fight Basilia any where he chooses, but we want $100,000, Palermo said Tuesday. Dead line Sunday 'Classified is at noon Saturday : 10 am. Monday for Monday: other days 5 -30 orevlous day. Mike JVtoran Sets Record Eugene ,(U.R) Mike Mor an, six-foot-eight-inch center, scored 59 points last night for a new season's high in Oregon prep circles as his Eugene team drubbed Willamette 100-52. Central Pointers Victors Over GP Central- Point 'Central Point graders took Jwo . basketball wins from Grants Pass . last night. ; The seventh grad won 26 to 12 and the eighth grade kept its unbeaten slate intact by barely outlasting the Cavekids 28 to 26. CP seventh led at half time 16 to 2.N Jerry Michael scored eighth 1 tallies for ' the Pointers and Manan six for GP. Wayne Allen with 13 was high for the Pointers in the eighth grade scuffle. Billy White was a power on the boards and got six points. Hayes, a GP scooter, picked up 12 counters.' , Central Point winds up regu lar s a s o n play Thursday against St Mary's. Seventh graders vie at 4 p.m. and eighth graders at 5 p.m. : Grants Pass eighth was with out services of its big center, Dean, who was ineligible schol astically. , - BEAVERS ADD . ' ' Portland U.R) Three more regulars were in the fold today as . the Portland Beavers pre pared, to open spring baseball training next month. 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