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
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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. ,
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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
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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.-
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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.
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