Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 24, 1955, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Little Six 'Openers This Eveeiin Class A basketball attention In this area focuses tonight on Eagle Point where teams of the Little Six begin their tourna- . ment to determine who plays Medford for the District 4 championship and a state tour ney berth. Single elimination play continues through Satur day night. : Two of the leading contenders collide tonight in the tourney opener. Phoenix, runner - up in the Rogue League, and host Eagle Point' mix at 7 p.m. Their game will be followed by an Illinois Valley - Henley engage ment at 6:30 p.m. Two games are scheduled ;Friday. Tonight's winners play then at 7 p.m. Crater and Brook- ings will be rivals at 8:30 p.m. The Comets of Crater rank with Eagle Point and Phoenix in the contender role since they won the Rogue title. Interest High Interest will be high in the opening brush tonight. Phoenix beat Eagle Point three times out of four in loop play but two of the margins were very close and tonight's fray is considered a toss-up. Eagle Point may start with Harvey Nelson, Carl Chris tian, Bill Caldwell,' Frank Reich and Jack Greb. For Phoenix it may be Bill Madden, Jim Korth, Ron Vreeken, Charles Wall and Ray Dahl. ; Illinois Valley probably will Grow Stops Teddy Hail Klamath Falls Jimmie Grow, Boise, Idaho lightweight cham pion, knocked out Teddy Hall, Seattle, in the eighth round of a scheduled 10-round main event boxing match here Wednesday nigh before a capacity crowd. The fast-stepping and hard punching Grow had Hall on the floor in the sixth round and finished the fight with a short but terrific left smash to Hall's head. It was Grow's third vic tory over Hall here and the sec ond by a knockout. Solve Your Rotary FEATHER-LIGHT 1 J PORTA-SPADE WEIGHS 35 LBS. (Carry it like a suit case) . 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The Com ets have stressed defense 1 and fast break this week. Against Brookings tomorrow, Fred Hogue, Jim Higinbotham, Bob Gray, Harvey Tonn and Vern MedfordjJTribune SIPCDIFirS Med f o rd H oop Q u i n ts Journey To Klamath Three Medford basketball aggregations travel to Klamath Falls tomorrow and all three could have their hands full. Medford senior high and Klamath Falls varsities will top off the Friday program with a regular Southern Oregon Con ference ruckus. Jayvee teams of the two schools scrap in the preliminary. In the afternoon ninth grade teams of the two cities will have at it. Black Tornado varsity and junior varsity clubs stay over for Saturday night action. All three Medford crews came out on top in earlier games in Medford but the junior varsity in particular had a close call. The Pelicans are expected to be tougher on their home floor. They almost always are. Two Clubs Unbeaten Medford junior varsity and ninth grade clubs go to Klam ath with unbeaten records. 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There will be separate game prices for adults, high school students and grade school students with somewhat higher prices for the Saturday night program of three games. 10 in the conference and is rated No. 1 in Oregon in two press polls. However, so far as the var sity is concerned, Klamath Falls is rated as the club most likely to succeed in this area in knock ing the Medf ordites off their pedastal. It has a bign rugged club which has improved through the se:ason and which is expected to make a better show ing against Medford than in two previous losses here. Medford has the taller men but Klamath has more all around height and that is ex pected to be more an evening factor than in the first series. Klamath with its size can run and shoot, also. Another indication of a close Medford-Klamath series ' is shown in the Klamath Falls Grants Pass series of last week. The two clubs split at Grants Pass and only the week before the Cavemen had thrown a ter rible scare into Medford, the Tornado winning finally by seven . points. GP then beat KF by seven but lost the following night by four. Starter Told Likely KF starters are big Dave D'Olivo, Guy Munsell, Marlin Causey, Jack Sunitsch and Larry Yarnell or Dan Lowe. For Medford it may be Glenn Peterson, Bud Kastner, Jerry Kalapus, Fank Rector and Larry Copple. Coach Frank . Roelandt said that he'll take his full Tornado varsity crew of 13. Eight boys from the regular jayvee squad will make the trip and some of the underclassmen on the var sity likely will see junior var sity action. Prestige only is at stake for the Black Tornado. It already has sewn up the conference championship. Medford leads KF by four games with only two to be played. Records Likely In South Division Los Angeles (U.R) The final weekend of play in the Pacific Coast Conference Southern Di vision should see three new loop records set, statistics showed to day. While UCLA' has clinched the title and leads in every team de partment, California's big Bob McKeen and Stanford's little Ron Tomsic are waging a furious battle for division scoring hon ors and one of them is sure to break" the 238 mark set in 1950 by: Bill Sharman of University of Southern California. McKeen Has 219 McKeen has scored 219 points in 10 games and Tomsic 208. The California center already has scored 627 points in three years to break the division record of 612 points formerly held by Hank Luisetti of Stanford. UCLA's junior center, Willie Naulls, meanwhile, has collect ed 123 rebounds, just 11 short of the record set by Stanford's Ramstead in 1952. Dick Welsh of SC and Don Bragg of the Bruins are sporting shooting percentages of 55.8 and 52.3 respectively and both ap pear certain to break J. ; Rick sen's 47.9 record set with Cali fornia in 1953. Steelhead Luck Poor In Illinois Portland (U.R) The weekly fishing report prepared by the State Game Commission: SOUTHWEST: Smith river and Tenmile lakes outlet clear but steelhead angling slow; few anglers out;" steelhead fishing in south coast streams slow with Chetco and Elk rivers producing best catches; steelhead success in Illinois river poor. Regulation changes adopted this year for the Rogue and Ap plegate " rivers do not become effective until 1956. Dead line Sunaay Classified is at noon Saturday ; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. 9 lillil j 41 BACK WITH CLOWNS Sgt. Howie Rand, late of the- U. S. Army, and now back again with the Harlem Clowns, cuts up a bit. This is an action shot of Howie biting his finger-nails as he. looks at a basketball. What to do? Generally Howie does something to . get a huge laugh from the crowd. The Harlem Clowns play at Medford senio. high on Wednesday, March 2. A rarin' to go Medford Yellow Cab basketball team, anticipat ing a hard battle but hoping to maintain its superiority over southern Oregon competition, invades Grants Pass tonight. The Cabbies oppose the South ern Oregon Plywoods and the prize for the victor is the Dis trict 10 championship -and a trip to the Oregon AAU tournament at Hermiston. Game time to night is 8 p.m. . " Both teams won their city championships. . With each team boasting ex high school and ex-college play ers, George Curtis of the Grants Pass Daily Curier has reported: "Probably the finest group of amateur players ever to appear in an independent basketball game at Grants Pass will be in the two line-ups." Jimmy Vernon, skipper for the Yellow Cabbies has reported the Medford Independent Bas ketball League champions in top shape. Probable starters for Cab are Ed Hummel, ex-Portland U.; Johnny Foster, ex-Central Cath olic high all-stater; Chuck Stacy, independent ball veteran; Bill Werner, ex-Medford high and city loop vet, and Don Wendt, ex-Jacksonville all-stater. Among the top reserves will be Don Harris, ex-Jacksonville high all-stater, Max Hite, ex Phoenix high all-stater, and Dick Knutson, ex-St. Mary's. The Cabbies have, lost this season only to Martin Sign of Eugene and to Firmco of Myrtle Creek, with which they split. They defeated . strong Alsea Lumber of Corvallis and the Fernandes Loggers of Vancouver the southwest Washington AAU champs. Question on Reese The Plywoods with a 14-3 rec ord likely will open with Sherm Heater, ex-Grants Pass; Gordon Prehm, ex-Washington State; Jerry Overen, ex-Klamath Falls; Jack Yosten, ex-Grants ' Pass, and Jack Endicott, ex-Prineville. Keith McLean, ex-Southern Oregon college is a reserve and We have it! 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Wrestlers making the trip for Medford are Ken Dunlava, George Flanagan, Gordon Ows ley, Jim Nipps, Ron Lingren, Ray Hilton, Dennis Walker, Bob Welch, Jim Owsley, Ray Wil liams, Fred White, Les Walch, Gordon DeArmond, Larry Fras er, Paul Eckel, Mel Morgan, Bill Dyer and Larry Cranston. The manager is Marwin De Spain. If the Tornado holds to form, its main contenders are the heavier boys, including Dyer, Eckel, Fraser and Walch. High School Scores WEDNESDAY GAMES Subdistrlct 3B Coburg 55. Lowell 33 McKenzie 52. Mapleton 38 Mohawk 47, Lorane 44 Westfir 49. Crow 40 manner the manager. Grants Pass reports said that the Plywoods have .recruited Don Reese, from Camp's Electric for the play-off. But Vernon of the Cabbies said that Reese, who is to join the Medford team if it goes to the state tourney, is not eligible for tonight's contest. JOHNSON, McABEE PACE B LEAGUE ALL-STAR CHOICES Gary Johnson, Rogue River, and all-star Jim McAbee, Talent, the leading scorers of the circuit, were . the only unanimous choices, in the poll of coaches snd teams, for the Jackson County B League All-Star team. Others name to the team were Ted Stanfield, Rogue River, J. Lloyd Wood, Talent, and Tim Dugan, St: Mary's. Each got six out of a possible 10 points. Coaches and squads of the six schools each picked all-opponent teams. They did not name their own players. Seven players received hon orable mention. George Zicke foose, Talent, with five points, barely missed selection to the lop line-up. Others polled four votes or less. They were Bob Gemaehlich, Jacksonville, (4), Ron Couser, Prospect (4), Lee Abbott, Butte Falls (4), Laval Meunier, St. Mary's (3), Clete Daily, Rogue River (1), and Joel Walls, Prospect (1). Johnson scored 201 points in 10 conference games to head all scorers. McAbee followed with 197 and Couser was third with 165; Abbott scored 152 and Stan field and Wood each 129. LEAGUE LEADERS: - 1. Gary Johnson, Rogue River 201 2. Jim McAbee. Talent 197 3. Ron Couser, Prospect . 165 4. Lee Abbott, Butte Falls 152 5. Ted Stanfield, Rogue River.. 129 5. J. Lloyd Wood, Talent ..' 129 7. George Zickefoose, Talent .. 118 7. Bob Gemaehlich Jacksonville 118 9. Laval Meunier, St. Mary's 113 10. Bill Irwin. Butte Falls . 110 11. Sid Peterson. Prospect 109 12. Dick Sanford, Jacksonville.. 106 13. Clete Daily, Rogue River .... 102 14. Tim Dugan. St. Mary's 98 15. D. R. Smith. Butte Falls 90 DUAL-PURPOSE 4 -WHEEL-DRIVE ALL-STEEL BODY Fanfare Another step in preparations for the Oregon Open Golf tourn ament here March 25, 26 and 27. Rogue Valley Country club has organized a "rock detail" for this Sunday. Members of the club have been asked to report at 8 a.m. The club will provide breakfast. Then the members will go out to , the three new holes on the course and pick up rocks. A golf tournament will fol low. Club officials are hoping for a large turnout in order to get a lot done in a short time. The three holes have been closed to play during the winter months as insurance against wear and tear. They will be opened for play on Thursday, March 3. WHAT ABOUT ROSEBURG Are officials of the South ern Oregon Baseball League over-optimistic about the pos sibility of Roseburg being in the loop this season. At the meeting in the Umpqua valley metropolis last Sunday it was decided that Roseburg persons at the session would contact the best leaders it could and try to organize a group to handle baseball. Only a small story on the session appeared in- the Rose burg News-Review. It said: "Although the league ex pressed a desire that . Rose burg field a team in the cir cuit next year there was no indication given that the city wculd do so." NOT ORDERING TICKETS Frank Roelandt, Medford high school basketball coach has this answer concernmg inquiries on posible local sale of state Class A basketball tournament season tickets: "Medford high is. not or dering a block for local sale. The reason is that the school has to purchase the tickets and can get no refund on unsold tickets. The high school doesn't want to take the chance of a possible loss. -There's another angle, too ; 16. Tony Miksche. St. Mary's 17. Joel Walls, Prospect 18. Gordy Thoreson. Talent 19. John Walsh, St. Marv's 20. Pat Conley. Butte Falls 21. Ron Mclntyre. Jacksonville 22. Don Ellis, Butte Falls 22. Harvey Hueners. J'ville 24. Joe Hassler. St. Mary's ' 25. Gary Stinchcomb, R. River TEAM TOTALS: ' PF Talent t 649 Rogue River . 630 St. Mary's 518 Butte Falls 523 Jacksonville 505 Prospect 469 PA 403 523 469 669 580 637 Dead line Suncay classified is a noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Mondav for Monday: otherdays 5:30 previous day A FAMOUS MAKE ALL WOOL JACKET WE'VE STOCKED AT 18.95. PLAIN COL ORS AND GABARDINES TOO. LONGS AND REGULARS. PERFECTLY CUT, ROOMY POCKETS, A MALE BEAUTY TREAT MENT. $9.99 WHILE THEY LAST.' SENSATIONAL SPECIALS FOR SAGACIOUS SLICKS TO ; SATISFY AND SATIATE THEIR By DICK JIWETT Mail Tribune Spoilt Niter While everybody, or almost everybody, expects the : Black Tornado to be performing in the state hassle, it's not certain yet that Medford will be there. Med ford must, yet meet and defeat the winner of the Little Six tourney. The Tornado, of course, is a heavy favorite in the dis trict play-off and only stunning upsets or some other unforeseen serious blow, apparently can keep it away from Eugene. ORDER FROM EUGENE Season tickets for the state tourney may be ordered from Ted Bouck, tournament busi ness manager, MacArihur court. Eugene. Money must accomoany all orders. The Mail Tribune sports depart ment can furnish information on the prices for both students and adults of season, general admission and reserved seat tickets. Prices of single ad mission tickets on Friday and Saturday nights differ from those of the earlier days of the tourney. Other informa tion' can be obtained in Eu gene by telephoning 5-1511. extension 288. MAKE GROUP ORDERS Coach Roelandt has suggested that local people planning to go to the state tourney and wish ing to sit together, should order their tickets as a group. PLAY-OFF TICKETS Season tickets will not be good on March 5 for Medford high district hoop play-off with the Little Six champ. However, holders of season tickets will be given through Friday, March 4, to purchase their same seats for the Sat urday night fray. Friday game of the play-off will be on the smaller school's home floor. It will be iwo-out-of-three play-off with a site to be set if a third game is necessary. Jim Martinez Beats Bob Jones Spokane, Wash.-U.R) Jim my Martinez, 157V4, Phoenix, Ariz., took a unanimous decis ion over seventh-ranked Bobby Jones, 155V4, Oakland, Calif, in a 10-round middleweight bout here last night at the Coliseum. Jones, who seemed sluggish and ineffective, said after the fight he had suffered a broken hand early in the match. There were no knockdowns and neither fighter began to open up until the sixth. Jones never was able to take command. It was Mar tinez' third victory of the month and reversed an earlier loss to ' T . v , JOnes. . ; THree Still In Race PCC Scoring Los Angeles -(U.R)--Althov!gh Oregon State wrapped up the Pacific Coast Conference North ern Division title two weeks ago, it appeared today the in dividual scoring race won't be settled until Friday , and Satur day's final division games.-.; OSC's seven-foot, three-inch Wade " Swede Halbrook, Ore gon's Jumping Jim Loscutoff and Dean Parsons of Washing ton all were in the running for scoring, shooting and rebound ing honors, this week's statistics showed. Halbrook has averaged 19.8 points by scoring 258 points in 13 games, and the young giant has sunk 48 per cent of his floor shots. Loscutoff has scored 270 points in 14 games for a 19.3 average and Parsons' 258 points in 14 games gives him an 18.4 average. . Loscutoff Near Cinch Parsons has averaged 45.3 per cent of his floor shots to threat en Halbrook in that departments while Loscutoff has nearly clinched the rebound title with a game average of 18.1 to Hal brook's next best mark of 14.5. Oregon State dominated all but one team statistic, taking second to Washington in per centage of free throws com pleted, 69.1 per cent to 68.5. The Beavers led in total scoring with 64.2 points per game and in shooting wit ha creditable 38.7 percentage. They took over the rebound lead from Oregon, hav ing collared. 182 more rebounds than their opponents while Ore gon has collected 174. In defense, the Beavers allow ed an average of 55.5 points per game while Washington gave up 56.4. OSC also held their oppon ents to 31.6 per cent of their floor shots. ; Number of families in the U.S. increased by 6,100,000 units during the 1940's, a gain of about, 19 per cent. mm . mJ I L4 V KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURION WHISKEY mjt aH.. 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