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Kid Gavilan Loser, Says Fight By CHARLES TAYLOR Miami Beach, Fla. (U.R) Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan, again yelling "fix ed fight," was scheduled to file an official protest today against Wednesday night's decision-de feat by West Indian Hector Con stance. Young Constance, a profes sional chemist of Trinidad, BWI, threw acid on Gavilan's come back campaign by winning a unanimous, upset, 10-round de cision over the Cuban "Keed" before a sellout crowd of 3,905 in the Miami Beach auditorium. Constance was a 4-1 underdog. The tree ring officials agreed that 24-year-old Hector's iast foowork and speedy counter punching had beaten 29-year-old Gavilan in his second comeback fight. But there was no agree ment among 13 sports writers at the ringside. Six favored Con stance; six had Gavilan ahead, and one scored a draw. -Worse Decision Gavilan declared, "This deci sion was worse than the one in the Johnny Saxton fight at Phil adelphia." Saxton won the title i 41 i HI Ulctl, UIIC. Manager Yamil Chade said to day, "We don't like to make trouble, but this decision was very dishonest. Gavilan defin itely won. And I know all the television fans in the United States will agree. We will file protests immediately with the National Boxing association and the Miami Beach Boxing com mission.". Constance said his victory in spired him to seek a fight with top contender Carmen Basilio or champion Saxton. "I thought I won last night by a good mar gin," he said. "Gavilan never hurt me once, and I knocked him back on his. heels several times." The three officials favored Constance on the "10-point must" system as follows: Referee Cy Gottfried, 96-95; Judge Morris Feingold, 99-97; Judge Gus Jac obson, 97-95. The United Press favored Gavilan 97-95. Preacher Roe Ends Career By UNITED PRESS Ol' Preacher Roe called It a career today because, at 39, it's "too darn rough to pitch even once a week. fSThe skinny southpaw from West Plains, '- Mo., who helped pitch the Brooklyn Dodgers to three pennants and was sold last fall to the Baltimore Orioles, telephoned the Orioles Wednes day night that he has decided to retire and added there was "no chance" he'd change his mind. An Orioles official said that, since Roe never even reported to the team, the Dodgers will have to refund a "proportionate amount" of the $75,000 the Ori oles paid for Roe and infielder Billy Cox in the fall sale. Orioles "Shocked" Although the Orioles indi cated Roe's announcement caught them by surprise, Roe insisted it. shouldn't have been a shock because "I kept' telling . them all last summer at Brook lyn that it was my last year. And then, after the season, told them I wasn't going to play anymore. Roe, officially listed as 36 years old, admitted late last sea son he was then 38 and thus his birthday this Saturday will make him 39. He had a 17-year playing career, 11 in the Na tional League, with a lifetime major-league record of 127 vic tories and 84 defeats. , A bulk grain terminal at the Port of San Francisco has a ca pacity of 500,000 bushels." MedfordTribunb Swede Halhrook Holds Key To Oregon Staters7 Hopes For Pacific Coast Honors By HOWARD APPLEGATE Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) Ore gon State has the best "bench" on the Pacific as far as college basketball teams are concerned and observers believe they would have won the Northern division title without seven-foot, three-inch Wad (Swede) Hal- brook. But it's doubtful if Coach Slsts Gill's Beavers would be a ton contender for regional or even Pacific Coast honors with out the big junior center. In pre-season competition, without Halbrook, Oregon State won only four while losing six. After he regained his eligibility, Oregon State copped 13 m a row in the rugged Northern div ision. True, in two of those games Halbrook was suspended for not attending classes and Oregon State won anyway, but only by the slimmest of mar gins over Oregon. Improving Steadily Halbrook has been looking bet ter all the time. In one recent game he bagged 32 rebounds for a new conference record. The next night he plucked 35 off the backboards. He's been scoring between 20 and 30 points a game. Gill naturally has his of fense built around him. Gill has been sticking pretty much to a regular starting line up, but it's open to change at any time. For instance, Bill Toole, the senior guard who was drafted by the New York Giants' pro football team, got hot against Washington after this was announced and has been a fixture since. Incidentally, Toole, a speedboy, never play ed college football. Outside of Halbrook, Gill pro bably could close his eyes, point his finger four times, and come up with a winner. The regular lineup has been Tony Vlastelica and Jay Dean at forwards; Halbrook at center, and Toole and Ron Robins at guard. Vlastelica, when hot, is one of the deadlist hook shot artists in the country. He got 33 points in one game this winter. Dean is the team captain and a great rebdunder and feeder; Rob ins is a deadly two-handed shot who pulls the defense out when it crowds around Halbrook. Strong Reserves "The man Toole replaced is Larry Paulus, a 6 foot 3 inch sophomore who played guard but can play forward. He's a good rebounder and feeder and has great potential. When Slats wants more speed he injects Reggie Halligan, a good shot, who plays forward or guard. Halligan came off the bench to pace a victory over Washing ton. Tex Whiteman, at 6 foot, six inches, is another reserve who BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY COLLEGE SCORES East Penn. 87, Syracuse 86 (overtime) Villanova 54. Mulhenburg 51 Cornell 60, Brown 59 (overtime) Pittsburgh 81. Bucknell 74 Buffalo 98. Rochester 62 Boston U. 64, MIT 50 Carnegie Tech 79. W&J 67 LaSalle 64, Fordham 49 Holy Cross 84, Springfield 71 LaFayette 49, Lehigh 48 Penn State 83. Rutgers 64 South Louisville 92. Xavier (Ohio) 52 - VMI 88. Citadel 62 Midwest Dayton 98, Toledo 63 St. Louis 82. Bradley 74 Southwest Texas Western 70. Arizona 45 West San Francisco 64, San Jose 40 An anti-rabies vaccine for cat tle was developed in 1954. Is every ounce your best bourbon buy. .. because : ill Sbewotum is bottled at frtk 1 p ; jg the peak of perfection! gg nrr it's emyoante 1 . J gig a man's whisky! g played regular most of the last season. He can play center or forward. Johnny Jarboe, a sen ior guard, sparked a win over Idaho. Ron Fundingsland is an other veteran guard who has speed, drive and scoring ability. Also on the bench is Bob Allord, a sophomore who was on the starting five part of the season. He, too, can play forward or guard. Halbrook's substitute is seven foot Phil Shadoin, a sophomore, who has promise but lacks ex perience. There seems to be little ques tion, though, that Halbrook is the key. There's no substitute for that scoring abaility which Oregon State needs if it is to de feat UCLA and then go any place in the NCAA tournament. P res ne! I To Be Referee Of Mat Card Larry Presnell, Portland r po liceman, has been named by the Medford State Athletic com mission as referee for Saturday night's wrestling card at Mer rick's arena, it was announced today. Presnell's selection met with approval of both Gerry Hunter and Ella Kowalski, feminine grapplers who clash in a finish match on the three-ply card. Miss Kowalski, who held the blonde bombshell to a draw last week, complained that the ref eree favored her opponent, thus hampering her in the match. She expressed confidence that she can defeat Miss Hunter with a "non-partisan" referee. Promoter Mack Lillard point ed out that Presnell is a traffic expert with the Portland Police department and "should be able to direct traffic in the ring." A match which is rivaling the girls' fracas for the fans' in terest sends Yoggi Hussane against Harold (Buck) Davidson in a grudge affair. Hussane was "man-handled" by Davidson, ac ting as referee, last week and Thursday, February 24, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Shoot inq To Be Chief Forte in B Plav-Off M Rogue River high will have to depend on its shooting and will have to be "hot" to win. That was the comment of Chief tain Coach Ray McClain today as his club awaited its Jackson County B League play-off skir mish with Talent high. The game will be on the St. Mary's high floor in Medford at 8 p.m. Friday. There will be a .6:30 p,m. prelim. Talent and Rogue River tied in the regular season standings. Winner of the Friday game will play Malin for the District 5B toga. That series will be two-out-of -three with tussles Thurs day and Friday, March 3 and 4 at Klamath Union high. Third game, if. needed, will; be on a Jackson county court yet to be named, the following .Saturday. McClain indicated that . the Chiefs were, working out strate- wants a chance to square ac counts. Joe Hahn and Johnny Dobbs square off in the opener, set for 8:30 p.m. Arena doors open an hour earlier. gy for the Bulldogs but naturally declined to elaborate. He said that RR is looking the best it has this season and is in good shape mentally and physically. The Chiefs are capable of hot shooting. If they're not, it may be tough. McClain pointed out that the Rogue River quint lacks the outstanding backboard pow er displayed this season by Tal ent's Jim McAbee and George Zickefoose. Talent has rolled up scores too. The Bulldogs have record ed 649 points in league play to Rogue River's 630. Talent al so has the best defensive rec ord, allowing 408 counters to the Chief's 523 in 10 games. Likely to start for Rogue River are Gary Johnson, Bill Weaver, Clete Daily, Ted Stan field and Gary Stinchcomb. For Talent it may be Zickefoose, Mc Abee, Jack Barrett, Gordon Thoreson and J. Lloyd Wood.- Residential consumers use only about 25 per cent of the total electrical energy produced in the U.S. IE WLLLIMCG LADIES CLASSIC LEAGUE Eloda Ludwig of Craterian Beauty shoppe rolled a 235 high game this- week in the Ladies Classic Bowling League. The Beauty shoppe, itself, had high team game, 835. Irene Schoeder of McDuf fie's Coffee Pot had individual series with 538. Thelma King of Jorgensen's dairy picked a 6-7-10 split. LADIES CLASSIC Results: McDuffie's (2) I. Schroeder 538 V. Corby 360 A. Wilson 338 M. Dyer 355 N. Burroughs 423 Handicap 27 2041 LEAGUE Kachina Room (2) L. Ericson 444 R. Shama A. Monroe Pennington V. Coates 334 403 451 362 1994 Medford Feed 1 M. Little M. Tennant D. Hawley L. Sacchi R. Barr Handicap 390 450 387 428 530 27 2212 Craterian Beauty V. Cummings 500 R. Eberius 410 E. Straus 412 E. Ludwig 497 M. Clark 453 2272 Mornine Fresh 0 J. Long 428 S. Beck 405 L. Ambuehl 384 V. Bateman 390 K. Jennings 452 2059 Elk Lumber 4 H. Norwood 406 D. Royce 425 V. Florey 390 A. Tamney 503 D.Christ'nson 523 .Handicap 6 2253 Fashionette V. Knox P. . Mathes D. Klein F. Doty 1 472 410 453 417 Trail Creek L. Bevens G. McKiUop D. Jantzer L. Jantzer 3 490 306 441 355 E. Baker' Marys Cask F. Piatt V. Floate T. Tolles H. Wright M. Wright Handicap Jorgensen's C. Lowd T. King I. Forga J. Wilson F. Willett 41T" E. Goods' Handicap 2169 , I . 389 449 416 365 362 240 2241 Crater Inn A. Gebhardt J. Hamnsoa T. Farrar G. Riggs C liter "463 196 2253 it-3 510 "427 408 509 445 2299 4 Anderson Thrift 523 NJIollenbeck 475 458 N. LittreU . 386 412 B. Hamm 375 . 471 A. Carbiener 396 468 A. Swoape 441 Handicap - 99 2332 . 2172 25 Portland Players Sign Baseball Pacts Portland (U.R) General Man ager Joe Ziegler said today 21 out of 34 players on the roster of the Portland : Beavers . had signed 1955 contracts. Among the latest to ink con tracts were pitchers Royce Lint and Dick WaibeL ; outfielder Granny Gladstone, and second baseman Ron Jackson. New York U.R) Wes Santee, Kansas mile ' king, - withdrew from the U. S. team for the Pan American games in Mexico next month because he cannot spare the time away from his studies. n KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY 16 PROOF EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY COMPANY LOUISVILLE U KENTUCKY r UU LrQ LkU wOaUJLc!) A.-fo) D W THE-:PEPILE-OF TOE MGUE RIVER MMJLEV PENT n? tip H7 n? 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