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TCT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORJvSt&JTRIBUKB rater, Obtain Finals of Little Six Playoff Phoenix won the consolation trophy last night by downing Illinois Valley 62 to 25 in the District 4 Little Six division playoff at Eagle Point. Phoenix lead at quarters, 14 to 3. 25 to 9 and 46 to 16. Ron Vreeken was game high with 24. Henley took third place in another fray, stopoing Brook ings. 52 to 32. The winners held quarter margins of 12 to 11 28 to 18 and 44 to 23. Louie Zaxosinski hit 20 for game honors. Eagle Point The Eagle Point Eagles and the Crater high Comets turned back their oppo sition as expected in semi-finals here Friday night and blasted into the Saturday night finals of the District 4 Little Six division basketball tournament. Crater, Rogue League titlist and the biggest little school in this Class A district, squelched ine nopes oi me suumaii uic- . . it- - Ai gon coast entry, Brookmgs, 68 to 43. Eagle Point, regarded in pre-season forecasts as the team most likely to succeed in the sub district, spurned Henley from Klamath county 56 to 44. The Eagles overcame a Hor net starting lead, fought on even scoring terms with the adver sary in the second quarter and built up an insurmountable mar gin in the third and fourth cantos. Crater scooted off to a wide early lead, faltered, al though not to the danger point, in the second stanza and early third then pulled away to an easy triumph. Loose, Rough, Wild ; Both encounters were loosely controlled and there were streaks and spots and roughness and .wildness, particularly so in the Eagle-Hornet brush. Henley, entirely on free shots, got a 5 to 0 jump on the Eagles. .But the home team knotted up 'the fracas at 7 to 7, 9 to 9 and 11 to 11 and went into the lead :for keeps, 13 to 12, on a long jumper by Jack Greb. Bill Caldwell got buckets on a rebounder, a hook and a close in shove for the Eagles during ; the quarter while Nelson hit a -driver. Frank Reich and Greb scored on fast breaks and Reich put in a long one. EP headed 18 to 12 at the end of the period. In the second quarter EP man aged a 10 to 9 edge in point pro- ' ducing and was in 28 to 21 con trol at the half. Dale Searcy, Louie Zarosinski and Randy -Montgomery kept the Hornets in ; pace. A hooker by Caldwell, long shot by Greb, a longie, close jumper and drive-in goal by Nel son and Nelson's free toss gave the Eagles an 18-point lead be fore the Hornets could get start ed in the third frame, 39 to 21. Henley was limited to just six points, two field and two free shots during the period and EP's . margin was 46 . to 27 when it 9 ended. With reserves filling most of the positions through the last " quarter, Eagle Point failed to ,'add another field goal in that stanza but picked up 10 more .tallies on free shots. Six of those 'points gave the Eagles their big- 'gest lead of the contest at 52 to tieniey wnn 10 more free t; heaves of its own and three field : buckets whittled away their di- - licit. EP went scoreless for about jf our minutes of the panel which saw a lot of wild shooting by both clubs. t Zarosinski, a rugged boy un- der the boards, was high scorer : in the hassle with 19 and Sear- ;."cy a quick, scrappy floor man, -added another 12 for Henley. Nelson, a fine driver, topped i!.agie Point gettmg most of his -snots irom close range. Cald swell, strong boy under the Sboards, had his hook shot whist Sling and got 12 counters. Frank iReich, another driver and ca pable shooter at both long and ; snort range, had 10. 3 Crater, with Jim Higinbotham isizzling hot and, rolling in 11 of jthe markers, zoomed to a 23 to 9 advantage in the initial quart er against the Bruins. Higin ibotham dunked in two fielders Jas the second quarter started -while Ken Russell shot one for Brookings. Bob Gray added two ;gifters and the Comet lead was :29 to 11. I The Bruins then rallied to gain some lost ground. In the mean time, Higinbotham was charged witn nis lourth foul and was call. - ;ed to the bench. Frank Fadling, 5-7 driving 'guard, was the shining light of .-the Bruin flare up. Brookings -outscored Crater 16 to 15 in the ?;chukker and Fadling got 10 of ;rthe points on five field - coals. fthree driving in and two from -a distance. : ; Bruins "Cut Gap . Z. Comet margin was 38 to 35 at half time. It shrank to nine, "noints. 40 tn 31 and 49 fn 5? a .Dennis Graham, Russsell, Fad- Eagles ling and Jerry Anderson scored Bruin goals and Vern Parent got a pair for Crater. That was as close as Brookings could come and the Comets got back in swing. Tall Bob Gray got two field goals and two free shots Harvey Tonn, Parent and Fred Hogue al so countered to give Crater 56 to 37 third quarter command. The Comets maintained a 19 to 23-point lead through the closing session and reserves finished out the scrap. Nathan Douthit, last reserve to get in, entered with 10 seconds left and got two gift tosses to bring the Comet count to its final 25 point margin. Crater height was a big factor over the shorty Bruins and the Comets had a backboard retrieve total of 54 to Brookings' 24. Gray cleared boards 15 times. AH five Crater starters scored in double figures and riigin bothan was tops with 19. Fad ling had 18 for Brookings. LINE-UPS: Eagle Point 56 Nelson 16 Christian Caldwell 12 Greb 8 Reich 10 44 Henley f f c e e 3 Montgomery 4 Cunningham 19 Zarosinski 2 Arant 12 Searcy Substitutions- -i or Eagle Point, Ma .Bitterling. Tuttle 8, son. Cave 2 Easteate. Wvatt. McDonald: for Hen. ley, Axel, Blofsky 4, Buckingham. Crater 68 43 Brookings 13 Russell 4 Gribble 2 Graham 18 Fadling 6 Anderson Crater. Kelley, Shama. Bailey, Hogue 11 f Higinbotham 19 f Gray 10 , c Parent 16 g Tonn 10 g Substitutions lor Tidwell, Johnson,- Douthit 2, Lefler; tor Brookings, Holmes, Ingle, Blair, Weaver, Bullock. Golden Glove Entrants Begin Boxing Monday Chicago U.R) The 28th annual Western Golden Gloves tournament will open a four-day stand in the Chicago Stadium Monday with first and second round bouts in the four lighter weight divisions. A total of 264 fighters from 33 centers was entered for the spectacle. All of the , entrants won Golden Gloves titles in el- minations in their home areas. First and second round bouts in the four heavier weight div isions will be held Tuesday night while Wednesday the field in all weight classes will be re duced to the four semi-finalists. Fighters represented 24 states and included teams from such cities as Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Memphis, Cincinnati, Columbus, O., De etroit, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Louisville, Minneapolis, Nash ville, Milwaukee, Tulsa and Den ver. Nashua Races To Stakes Win Miami U.R) Nashua, the 1954 King of the Colts, renewed his fame and favoritism for the "Kentucky derby Saturday with a smashmg victory in the $141,- 800 Flamingo stakes before a record throng of 37,282 at Hia- leah. Famed Eddie Arcaro had to drive the big bay champion all- out to whip Montpelier's Sara toga by a length and one-half and then survive a foul claim by Ted Atkinson, who was rid ing Saratoga. Fittingly, it was these two famous jockeys each seeking his third Flamingo victory - who locked in a slambang stretch duel for the purse of $104,600. Atkinson claimed Nashua bore out in front of his mount during the last sixteenth of a mile. In the last few strides Atkinson appeared to take up on Saratoga and cut into the rail to lose all chance of catch ing Nashua. You'll Always Find Reliability O Uniformity e Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST, PROMPT DELIVERY McAindrewt Road Phone 2-5271 Sunday, February 27, 1955 Clowns Will Have Antics Plus Power Comedy, plus power! The Har lem Clowns have it this season as they barnstorm about the country making people laugh and staging marvelous basket bair exhibitions. Residents of Medford and vicinity get to see the Clowns in action this Wednesday. They oppose Andy's Jewelers at 8 p.m. at the senior high gymnasium. Basketball fans come out to see a fancy exhibition and to laugh at funny stuff when the Harlem Clowns are on the pro gram. So Manager Al Pullins coaches his boys to give the fans what they want. "We play strict- lv for laughs!" says Pullins. "But we have a basketball team don't forget that" cau tions Manager Al. "This year's team is the greatest. It is the first time we have had really nationally known performers such as John Barber and Cleve land Harp" he stresses. Barber is the AU-American lad from Los. Angeles State, seventh highest scorer in the na tion last year with 848 points in 32 games for a 26 plus average. Barber stands 6-6 and weighs 220 pounds. Cleveland Harp is the leading scorer on the Clowns this year with a 27 plus average to date. He came to the Clowns, after one season with the Harlem Globe trotters and another with Mar quis Haynes' All-Stars. Harp is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 195 pounds. Cleveland Harp, also known as "The Deacon," plays center and the pivot spot. His hook shots out of the pivot are tremendous. EO Chosen Over SOC For Tourney Portland (U.P.) . Eastern Oregon was chosen Saturday to become the fourth team in the Oregon NAIA basketball play off s this week at Milwaukie high school gym. The selection was announced by tournament director Eldon Fix. EOCE defeated Oregon College of Education Friday night to assure itself of no worse than a tie with Southern Oregon in the Oregon Collegiate Conference race. Fix said East ern Oregon got the bid on basis of a better season record. Eastern Oregon will play Pa cific of the Northwest Confer ence in the first game Tuesday night and Willamette meets Portland State in the second game. The winners meet the next night for the right to enter the NAIA tourney in Kansas City. Non-High Crews To Begin Hoop Tangle March 7 Medford again will be nost tor the annual basketball tourna ment among grade schools in non-high school districts of Jack son county. The event will be conducted on March 7, 9 and 11, according to Lee Ragsdale, supervisor of physical education for Medford public schools. Eight teams will take part. Entries included Shady Cove, Howard, Oak Grove,l Lone Pine, Griffin Creek, West Side and Elk Trail. Either Ruch or Applegate is being sought to fill out the eighth spot. If one of those schools does not accept, Team X will fill the spot in the bracket. The team, with players drawn from four schools, will be coached by Harold Boner. This arrangement will prevent a bye for any club in the bracket. . First, second, third and fourth places will be decided. A principal's cup will be given for sportsmanship. Mexicans Take Third Tussle From Portland Mexico City (U.P.) A fast- moving Mexican all-star team de feated Portland University 64-56 for the third consecutive time to clinch a four-game international basketball series at the National Auditorium Friday night Cleveland High Cagers Cinch Tourney Berth Portland (U.PJ Cleveland high school clinched a 6tate tournament berth and tie for the Portland prep title Friday night by whipping Benson 68-50. CD o Ml ROOKIE'LL COOK WITH COOKIE Harry (Cookie) Lava cetto (left) gives instructions in the art of bunting to rookie Al Griggs of Hickory, N. C, as the Washington Nationals . begin their spring training workouts at Orlando, Fla. J PAL Club Lines Up Puscas, Thomas For March 5 Card Jackie Puscas, thrill fighting bombadier from Eugene, has been signed to battle in the top half of the double main event at Merricks arena March 5 when the Medford Police Ath letic League presents what it hopes will be one of the most sensational AAU boxing shows ever held in Medford. Nationally - rated Puscas will be up against highly regarded Eureka, Calif., lightweight chaVnp, Manny Fernandez. The Californian is rated as hard a puncher as Puscas and in addi tion is a master boxer. In the other half of the main event, Portland Air Base Tommy Thomas meets the Eureka welter weight champ' Jim Wilson. Thomas is rated one of the truly top men in the national ' AAU boxing picture. He holds vic tories in many tournaments and recently captured the North west Golden Glove title. His most impressive victory to date was a TKO triumph over the national welterweight champ Joe Bathea. Thomas is consider ed simply amazing by those who have seen him in action. McDonald, Lewis Fight Medford's lightweight chal lenger, Jolting Junior McDonald, who has been regaining his old time punching prowess, gets a chance for revenge when he sets his sights on Maxie Green, Eureka. Green scored a decision over the local star on the last PAL show. They meet in the semi windup. Local railbirds will also get another look at their flyweight pride when Larry (Dynamite) Lewis meets Dawson Carlysle of Portland Air Base for the second time. Lewis scored a decision over the Air Base cham pion in their first meeting in Portland last month. , Twelve top bouts are billed in a Battle, of Champions. The boxing show is aptly named for fourteen champs will appear. Profits go to the Medford Police Athletic League for its maintenance. 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Travel was not advised to the park while the storm lasts and the highway from Annie Spring to the rim was closed temporarily yesterday. Rangers said, however, that if the storm has abated and trav el to the lake area is possible, skiing on trails should be . good to excellent. Persons desiring informa tion may call the Crater lake park ranger's office. Good skiing at Union Creek appeared possible if no rain falls. There was six inches of new snow and a total depth of 36 inches. Snow was falling heavily at noon yesterday. Packed snow was on the high way and chains were advised. Annual Hudson river shad catch totals 2,000,000 pounds and brings $350,000. . 4-WHEEL-DRIVE STATION WAGON reported by Phone 3-3655 TALENT GAINS 'B' LOOP CROW! Mantle Twins Want to Be 'Just as Good' as Brother By MILTON RICHMAN Si. Petersburg, Fla. (U.PJ The mercurial Mantle twins, Ray and Roy, said Sat urday they'd like to be "just at good" at their big brother Mickey, but Yankee Manag er Casey Stengel declared "They could even turn out to be better." Stengel, moving out of the' dugout and squinting down toward the sliding pit in right field where the 19-year-old Mantle boys were kicking up dirt . and sawdust, said . both "have looked top-notch" since they entered the Yankees' pre liminary training camp two weeks ago. . "People who have seen 'em before tell me the two kids are faster than Mickey." Sten gel said. "Well, sir. that Ray can fly but I still think Mickey is the fastest guy in baseball.' Jerry Barber Tourney With Houston, Tex. (U.R) Lit tle Jerry Barber of Los Angeles pulled to the front of the pack at the end of 54 holes in the $30,000 Houston Open Golf Tour nament Saturday with a sizzling nine-under-par 63, a new record for the Memorial Park course. The 38-year-old Barber, one of the smallest men in the pro fessional ranks at five-feet-four 17 Qualify For Rich Play Las Vegas, Nev. u.R) Sev enteen golfers have qualified to play in the $35,000 Tournament of Champions, slated April 28' May 1 at the Desert Inn course, Director Wilbur Clark said Sat urday. Only winners of major tourn eys during the preceding 12 months qualify for the west's richest golf competition. Win ners of the current Houston and upcoming Baton , Rogue, St. Petersburg, Miami Beach, Wil mington and Masters' tourna ments will qualify provided they are not already qualified. All Qualifiers for the Tourna ment of Champions automatical ly, receive a $1,000 guarantee, regardless of finish. .. Qualifiers to date include Mike Souchak, Art Wall Jr., Julius Boros, Bob Toski, Lloyd Mangrum, Pete Cooper, Ed Fur gol, Tommy Bolt, Cary, Mid dlecof f , Chick Harbert, Wall Ul rich, Jerry Barber, Doug Ford, Bud Holscher, Marty Furgol, Bob Rosburg and Gene Littler. Nothing New Concord, N. H. (U.R) The New Hampshire Supreme Court took judicial note Fri day of something a lot of men already know women are slow golfers. The court ruled that it was legal for a municipal golf course to bar women during busy hours because their slow playing was hazardous en crowded links. letter Blowout Prelection t Better Puncture Protection letter Performance Longer Mileage Triple-Tempered 3-T All-Nylon Cord Construction plus Goodyear's exclusive Grip-Seal feature make this tire amaangly strong completely airtight Get far stronger, safer, quieter Tubeless All-Nylon Cord Super-Cushions by Goodyear NOW! mis 123 South Riverside "I'll tell you this much. They're gonna be ballplay ers all right. How good? It's too early to say yet. They could even turn out to be bet ter than their big brother. But that's a big order." Roy, a left-handed hitting right fielder, batted .324 for McAlester of the Sooner State League last season, while bro ther Ray, a right-handed hit ling left fielder, batted .325 for the same club in their Joint professional debut. "Mickey has been out to the ball park to see us play a coupla days," said Roy, "and he gave us a lot of encourage ment." What Roy means," said Ray, "is that Mickey came out here, took one look around and said, 'They can just about make a ballplayer out of anyone out here." Leads Golf Red Hot 63 and 140 pounds, broke the mark of 64 set by Jim Deal of Houston in the 1951 tournament, The little slammer ended the day with 141-63-204, one stroke ahead of runner-up Julius Boros of Mid-Pines, N. C, who shot a 66 Saturday. Barber birdied No. 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9 and bogeyed No. 6 for a four-under par 32 on the front nine. On the 32-par back nine, he birdied No. 11, got an eagle on No. 13, missed a 20-foot putt that would have given him a birdie on No. 76, then climaxed his day with an eagle on No. 18. On the last hole, he holed out a 125-foot eight-iron shot. The ball hit the green about eight in ches from the cup, took two bounces and went into the cup. About 2,000 spectators stood up and cheered, and the grinning Barber picked up his ball out of the cup and tossed it into the packed gallery, Barber used but 22 putts in the 18 holes for his 32-31-63. Youngsters Lead Skiers Iron Mountain, Mich. (U.R)- Youngsters grabbed . the spot light as qualifications continued Saturday for -the 1956 U. S. Olympic ski team. The full-scale youth move ment threatened to derail sev eral of the nation's top veteran jumpers. Forty of the nation's best skiers participated in the sec ond round of the trials Satur day in the wake of first day action which saw teenagers cap ture the first three spots. Leader at the end of Friday's action was Rudy Maki, Ishpem ing, Mich., who is just 19. He leaped a flat 300 feet, the first 300 foot ski jump ever recorded cast of the Rockies. The leap also cracked the Pine Mountain Hill record of 297 feet. Maki's two other jumps were 295 and 268 feet. mm Mai in Series Opens Fr Talent high's Bulldogs wear the Jackson County B League basketball crown for the sec end consecutive year. The Bulldogs held off a last half Chieftain challenge to sub due Rogue River 63 to 53 Friday night at St. Mary's gym in Medford. They broke a deadlock for the B school banner. Rogue River and Talent knotted dur ing the regular loop slate with 9-1 standings. With the victory, Talent's third in three games with the Chiefs this year, went the sub- district championship. The Bull dogs will encounter Malin. Klamath county B tourney win ner, for the District 5B laurels and a trip to the state tourna ment in Salem. First games of the two-out-of- three series will be next Friday and Saturday in Klamath union hight school gymnasium. Third game, if needed, will be on Mon day on a Jackson county floor, possible the Southern Oregon college court. Backboard Power Talent didn't shoot as hotly as did the Chieftains in the sec ond half but over the whole game route it edged Rogue River from the field 26 goals to 24. And the Bulldogs lived up to their reputation for strength on the boards with Jim McAbee, George Zickefoose, J. Lloyd and Jack Barrett all performing jeoman service. . -After a 13-all first quarter in the scuffle, the Bulldogs earned a 29 to 20 halfway lead. During the third quarter Talent ran up a 19-point, 47 to 28, advantage but didn't keep that wide mar gin long. Rogue River's Gary Johnson started hooking shots in with both hands and his teammate, Ted Stanfield, started swishing the net from outside. At the end of the third quarter the Talent spread had dwindled to 49 to 38. Near the end of the final panel it was only 58 to 52. Talent, nevertheless found the staying power and widened the gap at the finish. Johnson and Stanfield each got 20 points. Zickefoose had 16, Wood 15 and Barrett and Mc Abee each 14 for Talent. The' four Bulldogs contributed just about as evenly from in the re bounding. McAbee plucked 15, Zickefoose 13, Wood 11 and Bar rett 10 from the backboards. . Talent shot from the field at a .295 clip. ' LINE-UPS: Talent 63 Barrett 14 Zickefoose 16 McAbee 14 Wood 15 53 Borne River 20 Johnson 8 Weaver 3 Daily 20 Stanfield t t e t g Thoreson 4 1 Stinchcomb Substitutions For Talent. M. Wal lace; for Rogue River, Moore. Towse. Phillips, f Oregon State Matmen Defeat Californians Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Ore gon State's wrestling team swept to its eighth straight victory Fri day night by blanking University of California 28-0 in a match here. 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