Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 27, 1955, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextStaling Bedford SOUTHERN' OREGON CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Friday Nieht) W. L. Pet Medford 11 0 1.000 Klamath Falls 6 5 .545 Grants Pass 4 7 .364 Ashland 1 10 .091 Klamath Falls Reputed might of Medford high as Ore "eon's No. 1 rated basketball pow er was little in evidence during the first half here Friday night, But the Black Tornado swirled out in the second half to over come the Klamath Falls Pelicans 55 to 45 and record its 11th tri umph, against no losses in the Southern Oregon conference. Medford's 19th straight vic tory of the season came hard. The Tornado lagged 19 to 27 at halftime then pulled even at 34-all in third quarter and then burst in front to stay in the fourth. Klamath's Pels, with no chance left for conference title s nonors duu siui gunning lor an upset, outhustled and outback Vinarrtert th Wind from Pear City m the first half. Medford ites found their passes often in- "tercented and they were not up ,-to usual defensive standards. Dave D'Olivio, the Pels' tallest man at 6-4, wasn't hitting the 3 hoop for his team well but he was the power under the boards in the first half and had help from Guy Munsell. Begin to Click Then in the second portion of the fracas, Medford's fine floor working combination of Larry Copple, Frank Rector and Bud Kastner began to click and the Tornado began to climb. It was the old story of Medford being a second half ball club and be coming stronger as the game progressed. The Medfordites faltered in the3 first quarter after holding a 6-1 edge. Larry Yarnell with a field goal and free shot and Danny Lowe with a lay-in en abled Klamath to catch up at 6 all. Yarnell put in two gifters and Lowe laid in another goal ' for a 10 to 6 KF count. Rector's longie made the score 10 to 8 at the quarter. A rebounder bucket by Jerry Kalapus put Medford on top briefly at 13 to 12 in the second quarter but jumpers Jack Sun itsch and D'Olivio gave com mand back to the Pels at 16 to 13. After two free heaves by Copple and a field goal by Lowe the score was 18 to 15. Then a rebounder by Yarnell and a free toss and two tip-ins by D'Olivio surged Klamath to a 25 to 15 advantage. Medford Goes Ahead Copple and Munsell exchang ed field buckets and Copple got two gift points for the halftime 27 to 19 score. With slightly more than two minutes left in the third quar ter Klamath still had a 33 to 28 lead. Kalapus plunked in a re bound and Kastner two charity throws and Medford headed 34 to 33. Sunitsch got a free mark- . er to knot the count just before ihev period buzzer. '-'l ml . .n-i 3. 1 1 4 J. lie J. Uiilduu uiuas anaj ui the earlv part of the closing chukker and the Klamath cause wasn't aided when Yarnell foul ed out lVz minutes into the per iod when Munsell suffered a hip injury four minutes into the "stanza. a Jlector got a neia goal ana a High School Scores FRIDAY GAMES ' By UNITED PRES8 , Cleveland 68, Benson 50 Jefferson 72. Washington 56 Grant 69. Roosevelt 55 Franklin 56. Lincoln 51 Milwaukee 72. Central Catholic 44 ' Gresham 63. Parkrose 53 i Grants Pass 74. Ashland 58 Pendleton 81, Mac-Hi 64 Eugene 69. Springfield 47 Baker 62, La Grande 46 Redmond 67, Bend 62 Medford 55. Klamath Falls 49 St. Helens 64. Scappoose 35 Vale 57. Grant Union 47 Columbia Prep 57, Hood River 28 Junction City 58. Oakridge 43 Cottage Grove 58, Willamette 56 (Overtime) Philomath 58. Jefferson 42 Mosier 91. Dufur 53 West Linn 60. Canby 57 Lebanon 50. Sweet Home 49 Prineville 65. Madras 53 : Concordia 57. Colton 54 JBubdistrict 5 -A Marshfield 54, Bandon 42 Subdistrict 4-A .Eagle Point 56, Henley 44 Crater 68, Brookings 43 Eastern District 5-A Roseburg 56. Drain 52 Myrtle Creek 54, Sutherlin 49 District 8A Tourney McMinnville 70, Salem Academy 47 Central 63, Dayton 45 District 9A Tourney Tigard 53. Yamhill 48 Beaverton 57. Forest Grove 47 ' Hillsboro 54. Sherwood 48 District 10-A Tourney Astoria 76, Neakahanie 28 Seaside 75, Nestucca 50 District 11 A Tourney Cascade 45, Stayton 48 (double overtime) ,;Silverton 40, North Marion 39 Lane Subdistrict 3-B ; ?Vestfir 54, Lorane 46 "Manleton 53. Lowell 51 Mohawk 41, Triangle Lake 32 Coburg54, McKenzie35 (first place) South 4-B Tourney Powers 74. Langlois 38 Gold Beach 67, Port Orford 58 ' Subdistrict 5-B Talent 63. Rogue River 53 North 7B Tourney Maupin 41, St. Mary's (The Dalles) 35 McEwen 83. Pilot Rock 71 Stanfield 49. St. Joseph 47 Irrigon 71. Echo 55 lone 47, Umapine 40 South District 8B St. Francis of Baker 51. Adrian 31 Huntington 54, Halfway 44 Pelicans Wins 19th pair of free heaves within 30 seconds for a 38 to 34 Medford count. D'Olivio got two free throws for KF but Kalapus and Rector collected two in retribu tion and Rector picked up a basket on a steal. The Tornado gap was 44 to 36 with less than six minutes to play. A bit later it was 46 to 37 but Klamath cut the margin to 46 to 40. Solo buckets by Rector and Copple, on a steal and pass interception were involved as Medford extended to 51 to 40. After a KF free shot by Kalapus got two for 53 to 41. Copple picked up two gifters and Lowe fot four to round out the final margin. Below Average Figures on the Medford field goaling average were not avail able but the Tornado reportedly was considerably below its stan dard : for the season. Medford, however outdid Klamath in field goals, 15 to 11. The Tornado got 25 of its counters on free at tempts and the Pelicans 23. Copple added up six field goals and eight free shots for 20 points and high scoring per formance. Rector got five from the field and six from the gift stripe for 16. Eight of Kalapus' 12 point swere on gift throws. D'Olivio put in 13 points , for KF best. A pair of varsity reserves pac ed the Medford junior varsity club to a 58 to 47 win over Klamath in the preliminary. Ed Reinking tallied 18 and Bob Tisdel 16 for Medford. Earle Tichenor and Donn Taucher col lected 13 apiece for KF. Half time score was 31 to 12 for Medford. It was the 19th straight win also for the Tornado junior var sity which is undefeated. BOX Medford Kastner, f . Kalapus. f Peterson, c Rector, g L. Copple. e FG FT PF TP 13 4 5 3 12 4 2 2 4 Foust 2 0 McCullough . 15 25 19 55 Klamath Falls FG FT PF TP Yarnell. f 2 6 5 10 Munsell. f - l D'Olivo. c 3 Sunitsch. e 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 Lowe, g 3 Todd 0 McCarty 0 Pepple. . 0 11 23 18 45 Duck Maimer. Wallop Cal; Newland Wins Berkeley, Calif. -4U.P.) The University of Oregon's wrest ling team soundly thumped Uni versity of California in a meet here Saturday by a 24-7 count. The results: 123-lb Roy Schlesser (O) dec. Henry. Stone, Jr.; 130-lb Joe Ross (C) pinned Darryl Klampke, 4:48; 137-lb Robert Prindle (C) and Robert Williams (O) drew; 147-lb -Dave Newland (O) dec. Wayne Loucks; 157-lb Rowland Wil son (O) dec. Clarence Siemens; 167-lb John Woyat (O) won on a forfeit; 177-lb Ken Kesey (O) pinned Robert Hill, 7:10; heavyweight Dick Barber (O) dec. Phil Short. Dave Newland, whose par ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. New land live at Gold Hill, is well known in Rogue valley athletics. He also participates in UO track. Pat Lesser In 3rd Spot Sarasota, Fla. . (U.R) Betty Jameson of San Antonio, a vet eran of 20 years on the golf links, grabbed the lead in the $5,000 Sarasota Open Saturday with a three-under-womens par 71 for a 54-hole score of 212. Young Joyce Ziske of Water- ford, Wis., who shared the lead with Miss Jameson Friday, fal tered on the third round with a 76 to drop back into fourth TRUCKERS, ; 1((Sl1E And MILL OWNERS We Have Leased the Repair Shop of V General Truck Sales, Inc. (formerly Lilenquist Motor Co.) AND NOW OFFER REPAIR SERVICE On Trucks Cats Construction and Mill Equipment Of All Kinds and Makes Howard's- Diesel Seraee 1016 N. RIVERSIDE AVE. Howard L. Lehman, Owner PHONE 3-4883 Propped MEDFORDtTRIBtmE llftiiigT-f-i M,Lrrj.S.i.uMSMmmmi I r iiiubMa J REDS MAIL PHOTOS OF CAPTIVES Communist pho tographers of American airmen held prisoners in Red China were mailed to their families and made public by the De fense Department in Washington. In photo above of men grouped around a tennis net, the individuals appear to be, left to right: 1st Lt. Lyle Cameron of Lincoln, Neb., Capt Harold E. Fischer of Swea City, la., and 1st Lt. Roland W. Parks of Omaha, Neb. , Van B roc Id in Pass Leader Philadelphia U.R) Norm Van Brocklin, the big Dutchman of the Los Angeles Rams, led the National Football league pas sers while his team won the league passing title in 1954, of ficial statistics showed Satur day. Defending champion Otto Graham, who led the Cleveland Browns to the championship, finished second in the individual race while the Browns in turn finished behind the Rams in the team standings. Rookie Edmund (Zeke) Brat kowski, former Georgia star in his first year with the Chicago Bears, finished in third place with Tom Dublinski of the De troit Lions fourth. Freshman Bobby Clatterbuck of the New York Giants finished fifth. The top 10 was completed with Adrian Burk of the Phila delphia Eagles, whose 23 touch down passes 'was high; Y. A. Tittle of San Francisco, Bobby Layne of Detroit, Jack Scar bath of Washington, and Bobby Thomason of the Eagles. JANSEN LEAVES Forest Grove (U.R) Larry Jansen, who hopes to again be come a member of the New York Giant pitching staff, left here Saturday for spring train ing at Phoenix, Ariz. Jansen was made a coach last year after a groin injury at the start of the season. place. Jackie Pung of Cincinnati shot a five-under-par 69 for the best round of the day on the 6,282 yard Bobby Jones course here and moved up to second place with 213. Mrs. Pung used only 1 putts andholed out two long ones for birdies, one from 25 feet out and another from 40 feet away. Amateur Pat Lesser of Seattle, Wash., went out in a sparkling 34 and came' in with a 37 for a 71 215 to take third place away from the veteran pros. 55-45 fis traight lame Poona II Wins SA Handicap Arcadia, Calif (U.R) Willie Shoemaker and the Irish-bred Poona II raced to a decisive vic tory by about two lengths Sat urday in the 18th running of the $140,300 Santa Anita Handicap. The speedy Poona II, given a superlative ride by the silent lit tle jockey, took the lead going into the stretch and then as Joe Jones closed with a powerful rush he urged his foreign-bred mount on to open up a margin of two and a half lengths at the wire. , - - . - . Porterhouse, the juvenile champion of two years ago, ran a great race as he finished third and the top-weighted Determine with 129 pounds was fourth in the field of 15 contenders. BASKETBALL SATURDAY COLLEGE RESULTS: Navy 67, Army 45 Iowa 96, Michigan 84 Penn Military 62, Delaware 54 Oklahoma A&M 63, Kansas 49 Penn State 77, Pittsburgh 71 North Dakota 72, Univ. of North Dakota 64 Loyola (Md.) 66, American Univ. 54 C.C.N.Y. 81, Brandeis 73 Dartmouth 52, Brown 41 Lafayette 94, Gettysburg 74 Fordham 67, N.Y.U. 56 Dayton 67, Duquesne 58 Colorado 63, Kansas State 60 Albright 100, Scranton 76 Tulsa 76, St. Louis 62 Boston Univ. 83, Springfield 52 Northwestern 80. Wisconsin 72 FRIDAY COLLEGE GAMES East Dartmouth 77, Harvard 54 South Duke 96, N. Carolina 74 Wake Forest 84, S Carolina 73 Virginia 78, Virginia Tech 72 Washington & Lee 63, Davidson 52 Midwest Duquesne 68, Cincinnati 60 Southwest W. Texas St. 75, Hardin-Simmons 67 Missouri 91, Oklahoma 78 West Col. A&M 94, Brigham Young 65 Montana 67, Montana St. 60 Oregon St. 53, Oregon 44 Utah 75. Wyoming 57 UCLA 66, Southern Cal. 65 Seattle 90, Gonzaga 77 Mex. All-Stars 64. Portland 56 ' Washington 84. Idaho 76 S. Francisco St. 73, Chico St. 72 Stanford 90, California 84 San Jose St. 68, St. Marys (Calif.) 58 Oregon State Rooks 68. Oregon Frosh 67 Portland State 94, Oregon Tech 47 Eastern Oregon 95, OCE 86 College of Idaho 93,- Whitman 64 Willamette 64, Lewis and Clark 34 Linfield 68, Pacific 67 Yellow Cab7 Firmco Mix Here Today Medford Independent bas ketball fans get a preview of state AAU tournament action today. Yellow Cab of Medford and Firmco ef Myrtle Creek tussle on the SL Mary's school maplecourt at 4:30 p.m. Both rlubt have won their AAU - area championships. Yellow Cab in District 10 and Firmco in District 9, and are awaiting the opening of the state tournament next week end. Today's scuffle is a tuner-upper for both clubs for tourney action. It will also be the rubber game between the two clubs this season and might be termed the southern Oregon independent "c h a m pionship" game. Firmco tipped the Cab bies 85 to 81 in their first meeting but the Medford team powered oyer the Myrtle Creekers 74 to 58 the next time out. Possible starters for Firmco are Wally Richardson, Bob Siuempges, Bob Stout, Ron Gillespie and Len Weber. Richardson is ex-Pacific uni versity. Stout is ex-University of Oregon and Stuempges is ex-Santa Clara. Ed Hummel, Johnny Foster, Chuck Stacey, Don Wendt and Bill Werner are the prob ables for Yellow Cab. The Medford team has a game lined up for Wednesday here with Oregon Technical institute but is trying to shift it to Tuesday night. UO Webfoot Wrestlers Win Twice in One Day San Jose, Calif (U.R) The University of Oregon wrestling team whipped San Jose State 17 13 here Friday and then Friday night defeated Stanford 28-8, knocking both California schools from the unbeaten ranks. ra When You Need Tires -Think of SERVICE JLtjL , vr.-. ir JtT EASY I AMY. iliilXiliS TriKiiSAAlli TIME WHERE SEIWHSH PAYMENTS II 0 A GENERAL TIRE Dealer THE FINEST PASSENGER CAR TIRES Walt Says Bud Says Carl Says "EVERYONE SHOULD USE GENERALS!!" We Have Re -Capped Casings In All Sizes Ready To Go ALL RECAPS AND CASINGS GUARANTEED SALESMEN To Help You rcith Your Tiro Problems 204 N. Riverside Medford Sunday, February 27, 1955 O antes peifl Sprag By LEO H. PETERSEN Tampa, Fla. (U.R) Major League spring training gets underway next Tuesday and the frustrated ball players and their legion of fans think it is about time. Because cf Commissioner Ford Frick's edict against any conditioning prior to March 1, the training period will be shorter this year than at any time since World War II. The players themselves, through their club representa tives, asked for the later re porting date but it developed that once it was imposed most of them didn't - like the idea after all. Most of the major league athletes already are on hand in Florida and Arizona where they have been limbering up on the beaches and golf courses. But except for officially-sanctioned rookie camps, there has been no activity at any time of the spring I training parks. Blum Wins 'A' Shoot George Blum shot a 99 out of 100 yesterday to take Class A honors in the fifth annual early spring shoot at the Med ford Gun club. The shoot will continue today, starting at 9 a.m. Shooting will include 16 yards (100) and open optionals, 100 handicap and op tionals, 25 pair doubles and op tionals. Other winners Saturday were as follows: B Ervin Grubbe, 95; C Weldon Kline, 96; D Wanda, Blum 83; junior Larry Horn, 96; ladies Lila McMullen, 94; handicap five tied at 95, shoot off won by Forrest Solomon, and, doubles Class A, George Blum, 46 out of 50, and Class B, E. N. Willetts, 44. Your Rubber Men "MOST LOGGERS USE GENERALS!" "MOST TRUCKERS im (PAUTY SIB" TUBELESS TIRE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVTlf This year an all-time high of 13 teams will train in sunny Florida but the world champion Giants and the American League champion Indians are operating as usual in equally sunny Ari zona. As the teams gathered for first workouts, all had problems to be resolved. The Giants stood pat with their champs and Man ager Leo Durocher must be pre pared to find pitching reinforce ments if Sal Maglie or Marv Grissom have recurrence of old ailments. Did Willie Mays wear himself out playing winter ball, is Monte Irvin "over the hill," is Davey Williams' back sound, and will catcher Wes Westrum show even a little improvement at bat? Those are some of the Sec. Dulles Arrives In Rangoon, Burma Rangoon, Burma (U.R) Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles arrived here Saturday on a swing through Southeast Asia before returning to Washington from the SEATO conference in Bangkok, Thailand. He was met at the airport by Burmese Foreign Minister Sao Khun Hkio and U.S. Charge d' Affaires R. Austin Acly. He was expected to confer with Burmese Premier U Nu before heading fcr Laos. Prices Reduced San Francisco (U.R) Shell Chemical Corporation an nounced Saturday it has reduced the price of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer by one cent a pound in eastern Washington and Ore gon. 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