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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-
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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
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3 Montgomery
4 Cunningham
19 Zarosinski
2 Arant
12 Searcy
Substitutions-
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.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.
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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.
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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. '
Tickets are now on sale at
Sam's Sporting Goods, Lam
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The action starts promptly at
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Ski Conditions
Skiing, if possible at Crater
lake today, will be limited to
trails because of avalanche
conditions, the national park
rangers office reported.
"Rough" weather existed at
the lake yesterday afternoon.
Snow was falling hard and
there had been 21 inches of
new snow in deep, light pow
dery form.
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
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and brings $350,000. .
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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.
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"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.
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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
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Substitutions For Talent. M. Wal
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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. Oregon State wen all eight
events with the only close con
test being a 177-lb clash in which
Ron Hicks of Oregon State won
over Robert Hill of California in
the closing moments.
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