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. Shortstop
Frankie Austin, Pitcher Lee An
thony and Outfielder Duane Hel
big have signed up according to
General Manager Joe Ziegler.
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