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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Oregon Tech Cagers, Cabbies Mix Tonight Yellow Cab, the power of southern Oregon so far as in dependent basketball is con cerned, tries its hand at college opposition this evening. The adversary will be Oregon Technical institute of Klamath Falls. Time and place for the ac tion is 8 p.m. at the St. Marys school gymnasium here. It will be the first appearance of a college varsity club in a good long time on a Medford court OTI's Owls are members of the Oregon Collegiate Confer ence. While they finished well down the list, fourth place, in the loop with a record of four wins and 12 defeats, their show ing tonight will give fans some idea as to how well the Cabbies measure up to college clubs in the state. To Head For Tourney The Owls, who have complet ed their college slate, dropped four games during the year to Southern Oregon college with margins ranging from one to 20 points. Yellow Cab tonight has its last action before leaving Friday Baker Takes Layne in 10 New York (UP.) Big Bob Baker, who licked Rex Layne Monday night, said today, "I hope to beat Ezzard Charles in June and get a shot at the heavyweight title in Septem ber." Meanwhile, Pittsburgh Bob will grant a return bout to Layne in Salt Lake City as soon as a three-stitch gash in Rex's upper lip is healed. Layne suffered the reopening of an old cul on the left side of his upper lip in the eighth round while losing a unanimous 10-round decision to Baker in their widely televised bout be fore 1,228 at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway Arena. Baker, the fourth-ranking heavyweight contender who scaled 214Vi pounds to 206 for Layne, the seventh-ranker, was disappointed that he had not knocked out Rex. Talent Benefit Talent The Talent PTA and Band Boosters club will battle each other tonight in a benefit basketball game at 7:30 o'clock in the school gym nasium. Mayor Keith Thoreson will head the list of dignitaries irodding the court. Several other members on both clubs include George Zickafoose, Wilbur Wood, Dean Dorman, Jerry Stephens, AI ' Grabner and Allen King. Gam officials will be Coaches George Bray and Gene Farthing, who have promised , "a strictly one-sided game," but would not dis close which way they would call them. Funds from the game will go half and half for the two organizations projects. Dead line Sunday Classified to at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5 JO orevioui day r Solve Your Rotary FEATHER-LIGHT PORTA-SPADE WEIGHS 35 IBS. (Carry it liko a suit com) REVOLUTIONARY Built to last Mulchus Hard Ground Clean Action 22" Wide-Adjustable EWric Model alia available SEEING IS BEIIEVINO No Job Too Tough or Too Hard For This Rotary Tiller! We Can Prove It - Let Us Demonstrate One to You, on Your Own Ground or at Our Salesroom COME IN, WRITE OR PHONE FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION! Southern Oregon Equipment Co. 3540 No. Pacific Hiway MAIL TRIBUNE for the state AAU tournament at Hermiston. The Cabbies are hoping for a big crowd of well wishers tonight. For tonight's duty Johnny Foster, Ed Hum mel, Chuck Stacy, Don Wendt, Bill Werner and Ron Reese are likely to see most call. Possible starters for the Owls are Don Hubble, Denny Eckert, Johnny James, Ritchie Perkins and Blair. NCAA Play Opens on 8th Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Western division playoffs for berths in the NCAA basketball tournament will begin with a double-header in San Francisco's Cow palace March 8, Reaves Pe ters, chairman of the western playoff for the NCAA announc ed last night. San Francisco university, the nation's number one team, will vie against the border confer ence champion either Texas Tech or West Texas state in one game. In the other, Seattle university and Idaho State will meet. Peters ' said the winners of both ames will go to Corvallis, Ore., to complete in the region als. The Seattle-Idaho State win ner will meet the Pacific Coast conference champion and the winner of the San Francisco- Border conference champ game will play Utah. Getchell To Vie in RV Delays Reopening New Holes A week's extension for quali fying in the spring golf handi cap tourney, a week's delay in reopening the three new holes of the course and the entry of Phil Getchell in the forthcom ing Oregon Open tournament here were announced today by Al Williams, professional at Rogue Valley Country club. The new holes at the links are to be reopened on March 10. Of-1 , - x, 1 1 t l x TIT 1- ' ficials of the club had set March date but said that frosts had not allowed the grass to grow sufficiently. The holes have been closed since last fall to prevent winter wear and tear. The delay enabled extension of handicap qualifying through next Sunday, March 6. Last Sunday was to have been the final qualifying day but the snowy weather discouraged linksmen from playing their rounds both Saturday and Sun day. Williams hopes to increase. the number -of tourney entries from the present 68 to 96. Snow last Sunday also forced postponement of the "rock de tail'" on the three holes until this coming Sunday. Golfers will convene for 8 a.m. break fast "on the club," will have a program of golf rules from 8:30 to 9 a.m. and then will go out and pick up rocks. A best-ball partnership tourney will fol low. The club has received the en try for the Oregon open of Getchell, ex-Medford high links- Tiller Problem with Porta-Spade Individually rep iace oble self sharpening 'Spade' tines, uncondi tionally guar anteed for life. Precision ball bearings throughout. Factory lubricated for life. Rugged two - cycle en gine. Rcpe- starter or (op tional) retractable ca ble starter. 149 50 EASY TERMS Medford Phone 3-3633 1 J Tuesday, March I, 195S MHS Rated Best Team 8th Time Portland (U.R) As far as the eight members of the Journal's board of coaches were concerned, Medford was still the No. 1 prep basketball team in the state today. The southern Oregon Black Tornado was unanimously chosen for the top spot for the eighth week in a row. Likewise, Milwaukie and Eu gene retained their grip on second and ihird place. North Bend replaced un beaten St Helens in the fourth spot as St. Helens slid down to fifth. Cleveland cagers hung on to number six berth, but Jefferson stumbled from seventh to ninth. Albany got out of the cellar to take up Jefferson's number seven spot. The ratings: Pos. Team 1. Medford 2. Milwaukie Points 80 70 66 51 48 42 32 19 13 8 3. 4. 5. Eugene North Bend St. Helens 6. Cleveland 7. Albany 8. Astoria 9. Jefferson 10. Beaverton The Associated Press poll of Oregon sportswriters put Medford in the top spot for the sixth consecutive week. The selection was not unani mous, however, with Eugene, Milwaukie and Albany each picking up one first place vote. Oregon Open; man now on the Stanford uni versity team. Tourney dates of March 25, 26 and 27 fall during the Stanford spring vacation. Fourteen professional, 23 am ateur and four senior entries now have been received for the Open. Moose Clembaugh, Bon neville, oldtime baseball player is one of the seniors. Profession als include Ed Oldfield, ex-Med- ford high teammate of Getchell's and now pro at Roseburg Coun- . - try club and Leo Galloucher, Olympia, Wash. An amateur is Eddie Duino Jr., son of the pro at San Jose, Calif., Country club. 'B' Pairings Are Listed Portland (U.R) The Oregon School Activities Association today announced pairings for the state high school class B B basketball tourney in Salem March 10-12. , First-round pairings include: District 8 vs. district 5; district 4 vs. district 2; district 6 vs. district 1, and district 7 vs. dis trict 3. Officials will be Jake Leicht of Roseburg, Cliff McReynolds of The Dalles and Carl Kiiegel of Pendleton. The first round pairings will match the winner of the Talent Malin series this weekend, who will represent District 5, and the winner of District 8. The latter includes Baker, Union, Malheur and Wallowa counties in eastern Oregon. WHITWORTH WINNER Spokane U.R) Whitworth College downed Gonzaga Uni versity 76-58 here last night in the first of a best-of three bas ketball series for the district 1 NAIA championship. FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS Paris, France: Charles Humez. 161, France, stopped Pierre Langlois, 151 a, France, (5). New York: Pat Lowrv. 149. Toledo. Ohio, outpointed Pete Adams, 154,, .Newark, JN.J., uu). Brooklyn: Bob Baker, 214Vi, Pitts burgh, outpointed Rex Layne, 206 !3, Salt Lake City, Utah, (10). Providence, R. I.: Rocky Sullivan, 139 '.i, Boston, stopped Jimmy Corti, 135 . Trenton, NJ. San Francisco: Billy Lanza. 167 'i. Sacramento. Calif., knocked out West Echols, 157'i. Merced. Calif. (6). BASKETBALL MONDAY COLLEGE RESULTS: East Providence 70. Tufts 55 Boston College 98, Brandeis 91 Seton Hall 83. Villanova 79 Westminster 86. Juniata 65 St. Michael's 80. St. Lowrence 70 Williams 72, Middleburv 55 Clark 88, Assumption 74 St. Francis (N.Y.) 63. St. Peters 55 Panzer 72, Iona 64 South Kentucky 66, Alabama 52 Tennessee 86. Auburn 77 Georgia Teachers 96. Mercer 79 Georgia Tech 88. Florida 68 LSU 68, Mississippi 65 Loyola (La.) 85. Spring Hill 81 Tulane 78. Mississippi State 59 Atlantic Christian 107. E. Caro 98 Florida State 86. Stetson 77 Midwest Kent St. 74, Bowling Green 70 Bradley 69. Wichita 67 Colorado 66. Missouri 57 Drake 87. Oklahoma City 70 Illinois 81. Michigan 75 Michigan State 93. Indiana 77 Iowa 72, Minnesota 70 Ohio U. 67. Toledo 59 Wisconsin 75. Purdue 73 Heidelburg 73, Ohio Wesleyan 62 North Central 67, Augustana 64 Southwest Texas Tech 94. Hardin-Simmons 68 Sam Houston 78. Texas A&I 64 West San Francisco 67, Coll. of Pacific 57 MedfordTribotce SIPODIMrS MARLAND (SHORTY) BUCKNER 5-5 Clown To Play Here Harlem Clowns To Cavort At Senior High Wednesday Shorty Buckner and . Howie Rand, two of the greatest basket ball comedians on the road to day, will lead the Harlem Clowns into, action when the famous court comics play Andy's Jewel ers here Wednesday. " The "game" will be at the senior high maplecourt at 8 p.m. With the strongest lineup in Grade Basketball Tourney Begins At Central Point Central Point Eagle Point plays Sams Valley at 7 o'clock and Phoenix takes on Central Point at 8 o'clock in contests completing the first round of the annual Jackson County grade school basketball tourney here. Tussles this afternon matched Talent against St. Mary's of Med ford, Prospect against Rogue River and Butte Falls against Gold Hill. The tourney contin ues Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Consolation frays are set for 4 and 5 p.m. Wednesday and the second round battles in the championship flight will be at 7 and 8 p.m. Winner and loser in the Butte Falls-Gold Hill match were both to draw second round byes. The tourney involves teams in high school districts out side of the Medford and Ashland public school systems. Coast League Prexy Declares Needs of Loop Portland (U.R) "Baseball is an industry which must sell itself," according to Claire V. Goodwin, new president of the Pacific Coast league who is making his first visit in that ca pacity to Portland. Goodwin said that improve ment of all league parks is a necessity and that from what he had heard as far as Portland is concerned "almost anything . . . would be an improvement over Vaughn street." Goodwin said the PCL would employ a league scout who would cover 11 western states and try to hunt talent that may help clubs with weaknesses. The scout, he said, would recom mend the players to the league. Coaches Release Raider Schedules Ashland Schedules for track and baseball this spring at South ern Oregon College have been released by coaches Dan Bulkley and Alex Petersen Jr. The track schedule, as re leased by Bulkley: April 2 Interclass meet; April 8 Shasta Junior College, here; April 23 Oregon Tech here; April 30 Humboldt State, here; May 6 Chico State at Chico; May 13 Oregon Tech and Ore gon College at Klamath Falls; May 21 Oregon Collegiate Con ference meet at Klamath Falls. The baseball schedule as re ported -by Dr. Petersen: April 5 Oregon Tech, double header, here; April 9 Humboldt State, doubleheader, here; April 22 Oregon Tech, daubleheader, at Klamath Falls; May 3 Ore gon Tech, doubleheader, at Klam ath Falls; May 7 Oregon Tech, doubleheader, here; May 13 Humboldt State at Areata; May 14 Humboldt State, double- header, at Areata; May 20 Ore gon Collegiate Conference tourn ament, Klamath Falls. Scientists claim 16,000,000 tons of water are evaporated per second from the earth. the 20-year history of the team, the Harlem Clowns have received rave notices all along the barn storming route this winter. Howie Rand comes back to the team this season after two years in the U. S. Army twice Howie had furloughs from Fort Ord last season, and each time he caught a plane to join the Clowns, once at Seattle, Wash., and another time in southern California. Rand is rated by some the greatest ball handler in the game today and along with it a fine player and a leading scorer and to top ii off, Howie is a com edian one of the best. Shorty Gives Spark . Buckner and Rand started to gether playing clown basketball with the Negro Ghosts from the Ghosts they came to the Harlem Clowns but Uncle Sam had them both on his team for a time Shorty was in the U. S. Navy and Rand in the U. S. Army, Shorty, or Buck as some call him, spark-plugs the Harlem Clowns comedy show with his continual line of chatter and wisecracks. He is a little ball of fire and takes his hat off to nobody when it comes to playing the game. Shorty, a fine scorer from outcourt, asks, "Who says little guys can t play basket ball?" This year Manager Al Pullins has added a great dribbler to the team, Charles (Red) Young, out of Sacramento, California junior college. Watch Red's dribbling act when the Clowns play here, It's one of the highlights of their show. Joey Giardello 3 to 1 Favorite Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) Joey Giardello, a slugging East erner hoping to get back on the track toward a middleweight title shot, was a 3 to 1 favorite today to whip a worried Peter Mueller in a 10-round battle to night. Mueller, normally a happy-go-lucky battler from Cologne, Germany, was perturbed for this battle because of a wrangle be tween American and German representatives over his con tract. Joseph Thelen, who handles Mueller's interests in Germany, arrived to watch the bout with Giardello and vowed he would take his fighter home, "win or lose." Romack Choice To Cop Tourney Ormond Beach, Fla. (U.R) Barbara Romack of Sacramento, Calif., was the heavy favorite as play got underway today in the South Atlantic Women's Am ateur Golf tournament. The National Amateur champ ion has won this tournament twice in the last three years. She was looking for her third straight title here last year when she was upset by Pat Lesser of Seattle, Wash., in the quarter finals. Miss Lesser want on to win the 1954 tournament and has returned this year to defend her title against a field of about 80 golfers. , x Eighteen holes of medal play was scheduled today. The top 32 scorers then will launch the match play Wednesday, with the 36 hole title round scheduled for Saturday. There are more than 14,000, 000 automatically-fired central heating plants in the U.S., about half of which burn oil. " McDonald Kept From Victory By Cut Over His Eye A cut over the eye from an accidental head butt spoiled a sensational main evc.it boxing performance by Mediord's Jun ior McDonald on Saturday night on a Portland amateur card which saw two members of a seven-man Medford Police Ath letic league delegation score de cisions. Burt Slinger, Portland Ram blers, rubber-legged and groggy, got a TKO win in the second round over McDonald when the bump from his head during a clinch opened the slight cut. McDonald, who has really blos somed as a fighter, had Singer just about ready for a knockout at the time.- He was way ahead of his foe. Larry Lewis, Medford, earned a decision over Darrell McQuar ry, Portland, in the 108-pound mix in the PAL benefit at the Labor Temple. Larry Christean, 160, Medford, got the verdict over Al Ross, SCAL. Lewis Imoressive Medfordites on the losing end were Jimmy Evans, 100, to Mike Ames, Portland PAL, Bobby Lyons, 116, to Jerry Franklin. Ramblers; Don Wolfe, 126, to Dawson Carlyle, Portland Air Base, by TKO, and Billy Wright, 165, to Don Johnson, Tacoma.' Lewis was impressive over a foe rated as the best man he has met. McQuarry is connected with Multnomah Athletic club lthough he was listed as un attached for the fight. MAC fol lowers were a bit shocked by the outcome : of the matoh.. Lewis staggered the Portlander in every round. Christean dropped his rival three times, once for a nine count. McDonald's injury, although slight, cast doubt on his avail ability . for the Medford PAL card here this Saturday. Kane To Referee PAL Mitt Card Saturday Night Officials for the Medford Po lice Athletic League boxing card on Saturday night, March 5, at Merrick's arena were announced today by officers of the organ ization. They said that State Police man Don Kane will be referee. Judges will be Ben Harris, Port land, Oregon AAU boxing com mitteeman, and Warren Lesseg, Medford attorney. Paul Haviland will be the an nouncer, and Bob Kyle, Jr., the timekeeper. The card will have 12 bouts, including a double main event. Jackie Puscas, Eugene, will face Manny Fernandez, Eureka, Cal., in one of the top scuffles. Tom my Thomas, Portland Air Base, will meet Jimmy Wilson, Eu reka, in. the other. Fourteen champions are to appear on the card and proceeds will be used for the operation and maintenance of the Pal club. Tickets are available at Lam port's and Sam's Sporting Goods stores, the Bohemian club, the Union club and the city police station. and be SEAGRAM-DISTILLERS COMPANY, NEW SF DONS STILL FIRST OSC JUMPS TO 1 2TH .... By NORMAN MILLER .... New York (U.R) San Fran cisco's NCAA-bound Dons were the No. 1 choice college basket ball team of the United Press Board of Coaches for the fourth straight week today with only cne week left to determine the season's national champion. North Carolina State, Utah and Marquette all made ad vances among this week's top 10 teams while Iowa made its way back into the select group in 10th place. The Dons, who won 21 of their first 22 games and clinched a berth in the NCAA Tourna ment which begins next week, received first-place votes from New York (U.R) Oregon State has moved up from 14th to 12ih place in the latest United Press college basket ball ratings, while three po tential entries to next week's NCAA regionals in Corvallis are in the first 10. Utah, which has clinched a Corvallis berth, is ranked sixth. San Francisco, which meets the Border Conference champion for a spot, still is first. And UCLA which plays Oregon, State for a berth, is seventh. Seattle U.. which is favored over Idaho State for the fourth position at Corvallis, is un ranked. 28 members of the 35-man Uni ted Press Rating Board. With an additional four votes for second place and one each for third, fifth and seventh, San Francisco had a total of 334 points for a 95 -point lead over runner-up Kentucky. San Francisco played College of Pacific Monday night and winds up its regular season Stadium and Bevo Club Owners Slate Meeting Portland (U.R) The Port land baseball club and represen tatives of Multnomah stadium scheduled another meeting for later this week after a talk last night which broke up with no progress reported toward . pos sible use by the Pacific Coast league team of the stadium this year. GOLF ENTHUSIASM Freeport, 111. U.R) Five times as many voters tdrned out yesterday to approve a golf course bond issue as voted in the city primary three weeks ago. barker television guests this Wednesday! CRATER HIGH'S A-2 CHAMPIONS . Coach Leonard Warren Vern Parent Harvey Tonn Jim Higinbotham You can of Seagram's 7 Crown t by the drop, by the drink, by the YORK CITY. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86.8 PROOF. 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