MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NIKS
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Friday, March 4. 1955
Court Fives
Vie Tonight,
Saturday
This is a week end of decision
or near decision throughoutOre
gon for prep basketball teams
who aspire for and still are in
the running for berths in state
high school basketball tourna
ments. On the local scene attention
of high school cage followers
will be focused tonight on Cen
tral Point and Saturday night
on Medford where the Crater
high Comets and Medford Black
Tornado collide. Victor in the
two-out of three series will get
the District 4A bid to the big
school tournament at Eugene.
Junior varsities provide pre
liminary action for the titular
games at 6:45 p.m. Varsity at
tractions, the big ones, start
about 8:15 p.m. If the two clubs
divide tonight and Saturday,
there will be Monday night ac
tion on a neutral floor.
Tornado Favored
Medford, favored strongly in
the play-off and rated No. 1 in
coaches and sportswriters polls
for Oregon, will be shooting for
its second state tournament trip
in three years. The Tornado
went in 1953 and bowed out
after three games. -Crater,
with actually nothing
to lose and the most to gain in
the play-off so far as prestige
and honor is concerned, has
never entered a state basketball
tourney. The Comets, neverthe
less, have been on the threshold
numerous times. They are sub
district champions for the fourth
consecutive year. Last year the
Comets missed the tourney by
one game when they lost the
third tilt in a two-out-of three
eries with Grants Pass.
Medford won two straight
from Crater in 1953 in the dis
trict play-off.
The Black Tornado of Med
ford has indicated it is all set
to go all-out this week end
against the Comets. Coach Frank
Roelandt said that the Tornado
gang always wants to play Cra
ter and figures that in the dis
trict "series is the best place
to meet the Central Point school.
They are not thinking of losses
to Crater or Central Point teams
in former years but have their
minds on the opportunities of
the present.
Starters for Medford tonight
are expected to be Bud Kastner,
Glenn Peterson, Jerry Kalapus,
Frank Rector and Larry Copple.
For Crater the opening five is
Jim Higinbotham, Bob Gray,
Fred Hogue, Harvey Tonn and
Vern Parent.
Crater will yield some but not
great height advantage to Med
ford. Peterson and Kalapus are
6-4V4 and G r a y and Higin
botham 6-3.
GIARDELLO SIGNED
Chicago (U.R) Joey Giardel-
lo of. Philadelphia has been sign
ed to meet Al Andrews of
Superior, Wis., "in a return 10
round bout in the Chicago Sta
dium, M a r c h ; 23. - Giardello
outpointed ; Andrews in their
first meeting on January 26.
MEDFORD PAL CLUB
BENEFIT FUND
Battle of Champions
SEE IN
Tommy Thomas Jackie Puscas
BOTH NATIONALLY RATED
. and MANY OTHERS!
Saturday, Mar. 5
8:30
Merriclk's Arena
BIG FOUR CHAMPS AIM FOR TOURNEY SPOT Members
of the Medford high basketball crew, Oregon's No. 1 rated
contingent, will be out to clear the last hurdle in the way of
a state Class A tournament berth when they oppose the Crater
high Comets this week end for the District 4 championship.
Medfbrd won the Southern Oregon Conference Big Four ban
ner. The Black' Tornado and Comets meet at Central Point
4 Unanimous
Choices for
ND Star Five
Corvallis (U.R) One player
from each of the five Northern
Division schools was named to
day on the 1955 all-star team
selected by the coaches and an
nounced by PCC Commissioner
Victor O. Schmidt. '
The team includes four seniors
and one junior with Wade
(Swede) Halbrook of Oregon
State and Ron Bennink of Wash
ington State unanimous choices
for the second straight year,
Dean Parsons of Washington also
was named for the second
straight - year.
Rounding out the first five
were Jim Loscutoff of Oregon
and Cliff Melton of Idaho. Par
sons and Loscutoff were unani;
mous choices this year. All but
Halbrook are seniors. . '
Second team: Jay Dean, Ore
gon State, F.; Tony Vlastelica,
Oregon State, F.; Bill Rehder,
WSC, C; Ron Robins, Oregon
State, G.; Jay Buhler, Idaho, G.
Fisherman Sees Pole
Skyborne Going East
Eros, La. (U.R) Fisherman
Clark Fuller lost his fishing pole
and a nice catch of fish to a
thief when he left them lying
on a bank as he set out more
lines upstream.
Fuller returned to find a hawk
tangled in the line devouring
his catfish.
" The hawk set its claws fast
and took off. The last time Fuller
saw his fishing pole it was sky'
borne' in an easterly direction.
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Swede Problem For Bruins
In Scuffles With Beavers
Corvallis, Ore. U.R) The
problem of bottling up the ex
pert shot-making of seven-foot.
three-inch Wade (Swede) Hal
brook of Oregon State faced
powerful UCLA in the opening
game of the Pacific Coast con
ence playoffs tonight.
Lady Docker Claimant
To World Marble Title
Castleford, England U.R)
Fun-loving Lady Docker won a
marble shooting world cham
pionship last night while kneel
ing on a gold satin cushion so
she would, not. dirty her $1000
peacock blue ballgown studded
with diamonds and emeralds.
She drove to this Yorkshire
factory town just below the
Scottish border in her gold plat
ed Daimler limousine and took
on 10 factory girls wearing fril
ly dresses for the occasion. She
won seven matches, drew one
and lost two.
Her victory was proclaimed a
world championship by the hun
dreds who had flocked into Cas
tleford for the charity match be
cause there had never been any
thing like it. She confirmed it
by trouncing Pauline Phillips.
17-year-old laundry worker, in a
playoff.
Walt Dropo To Forget
About Power Walloping
Tampa, Fla. U.R) Big Walt
Dropo is going to forget about
the long ball this season and con
centrate in driving in runs.
Noted as a power hitter, al
though he banged pnly four, out
of the park last season while
with Detroit, the new Chicago
White Sox first baseman figured
today that, he would be more
valuable to the club by going
for singles and doubles.
"After all," he reasoned, "I'm
going to have a lot of men on
the bases when I go up to the
plate this season and that's a lot
different than it was at Detroit.
VWith the Tigers I had to go
for the long ball because we had
so few runners on but I know
it will be different with the
White Sox.
Knickerbockers, Royals
Tighten Grips in NBA
Br UNITED PRESS
The New York Knickerbock
ers and the Rochester Royals
took tighter grips on third place
in the Eastern and Western divi
sions, respectively, or me na
tional Basketball association to
day.
'The Knicks moved two full
games in front of the idle Phila
delphia Warriors in the battle
for the last playoff spot by
cruising to an easy 103-89 tri
umph over the Milwaukee
Hawks, while the Royals moved
comfortably ahead of the Hawks
by downing the Minneapolis
Lakers,. 83-76. .
In the only other game played
the Syracuse Nationals defeat
ed the Fort Wayne Pistons,
83-81.
BASSET SETS FIGHT
Paris, France (U.R) Percey
.Bassett of Philadelphia, "inter
im" featherweight champion
while title holder Sandy Saddler
of New York was in the Army,
has signed to , meet Seraphan
Ferrer, the -French lightweight
champion, in a 10-round bout at
the Palais des Sports April 4.
tonight and here on Saturday. Medford squad is, left to right,
front row, Manager Jerry Couch, Bob Tisdel, Frank Rector,.
Larry Copple, Bud Kastner, Ed Reinking, Lloyd Cearley and
Ed McCullough and from left, back row, Manager Don Gray,
"Warren Deakins, Johnny Foust, Bill Cochran, Glenn Peter
son, Jerry Kalapus, Dick McLaughlin and Coach Frank Roe
landt. (Landis-Shangle photo)
Halbrook has been the differ
ence between a dismal and a
very fine season for the Beavers
and he has averaged 19.6
points per game in helping OSC
to victory in 15 out of its last 16
games. ,
The PCC playoff series is a
best two-out-of-three affair to
night and tomorrow night, with
a third game Monday, if neces
sary. The games, to. be played in
Gill basketball pavilion, are ex
pected to be witnesed by sell-out
crowds of 11,000 each night.
There will be a coast-wide radio
broadcast, but no television.
Off their respective records
this year, UCLA has to be fa
vored to win. The Bruins have
lost only three games one each
to top-ranked University of San
Francisco, LaSalle and Stanford.
They have won a total of 18
against some very stiff compe
tition. For OSC Halbrook is the key.
Without him, the Beavers are
very ordinary. Prior to Jan. 1,
when he was ineligible, OSC
won only four while losing six
games. Since he rejoined the
club, it has won 15 out of 16
tilts. So he is not used to defeat.
Vejar Favorite .
In-Graham Mix
New York (U.R) Young
Chico Vejar expects to lick ex
welterweight challenger Billy
Graham tonight at Madison
Square Garden because it's open
season on ring veterans right
now.
The odds-makers agreed mild
ly with him; for they made 23-year-old
Chico a slight favorite
at to 5 to beat 32-year-old
Graham of New York in their
nationally televised and broad
cast 10-rounder at 10 p.m.. EST.
New York (U.R) By a strange
coincidence, Billy Graham, the
evangelist, appeared at Madison
Square Garden Thursday night;
and Billy Graham, the fighter,
performs there tonight.'
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Grade Finale
Central Point Its Central
Point afainst Rogue River Sat
urday night in the finals of the
Jackson county grade school
basketball tourney. The tourna
ment for graders in high school
districts is being conducted at
the junior high court here.
There will be no games to
night because of the C r a t e.r
Medford liigh play-off game at
the Crater gym.
Central Point last night de
feated Gold Hill 55 to 16 and
Rogue River drew a bye through
the semi-final round. In another
scuffle Phoenix won a consola
tion final berth by beating Butte
Falls 42 to 23. Phoenix will play
Talent on Saturday. Talent got
a bye last night.
Final at 8 p.m.
Consolation game tomorrow
will be at6 p.m. St. Mary's of
Medford and Sams Valley will
scrap at 7 p.m. for third place.
Championship game will be at
6 p.m.
Central Point was on top 23
to 16 , at the half last night.
Wayne Allen scored 14 and Je
rome McQuade eight for the
winners. Huntly got 12 for Gold
Hill. ,
Phoenix led Butte Falls 23 to
12 at halftime. Ed Ellis got 14
for Butte Falls and Korth'and
Floyd each 10 for Phoenix.
Romans Leader
At Baton Rouge
Baton Roige, La. (U.R) A
heavy field set out today to
catch leader Walter Romans in
the $12,500 Baton Rouge Open
and it was still anybody's tourn
ament with 20 pros four strokes
or less off the pace.
Romans, on his vacation from
the Baltimore, Md., Country
Club, turned in superb putting
Thursday to birdie eight of the
last nine holes and take a one
stroke lead on the field. of 65.
One stroke off the pace at 66
were Bud Holscher, Apple Val
ley, Caiif., Paul McGuire,
Wichita, Kan., and Marty. Fur
gel, Lemont. 111. "
HUSKIES CHOICE
Eugene J (U.R) Washington
was a heavy favorite to win
the Northern Division swimming
title here .today and tomorrow.
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W. Halbrook
On All-Coast
Hoop Crew
By HAL WOOD
San Francisco (U.R) A quin
tet of men who average six feet,
nine inches in height today was
named on the 1955 United Press
All-Pacific Coast team.
It took the stars of five teams
to produce that amazing altitude
record with the : shortest man
being Johnny Moore, the veter
an UCLA sharpshooter who led
his team to the Southern divi
sion , Pacific Coast conference
crown. Moore is practically a
midget on the squad at six feet,
five inches.
The others on the club, picked
by coaches and sports writers,
are Bill Russell, of the nation's
No. 1 University of San Francis
co team; Wade (Swede) Hal
brook of the Oregon State dub
that walked away with the
Northern division PCC ' crown;
Ken Sears of Santa Clara and
Bob McKeen of California.
Second team Morris Taft,
UCLA; K. C. Jones, USF; Jim
Loscutoff, Oregon; Ron Tomsic,
Stanford; Ron Bennink, Wash
ington State.
Third team Anthony ' Vlaste
lica, Oregon State; Dean Par
son, Washington; Roy Irvin,
Southern California, Dick Welsh,
Southern California; Jerry. Mul
len, usf. . 'r:
Little Hope for Martin
To Return to NY Yanks
In Forthcoming Season
Fort Carson,' Colo. (U.R)
Billy Martin, New York Yankee
second baseman now sweating
out his final year of military
service, apparently has no hope
of playing "with the American
League club this season. ' .
Early this week, a Fort Car
son public, information officer
told United Press that with ac
cumulated leave, and an early
discharge, Martin ought to be
free to join the Yankees before
mid-summer.
But Martin - then said . he
didn't intend to report to the
Yankees until his actual dis
charge. He hoped this would be
in July, because the Army is
now discharging draftees as
much as three months ahead of
schedule.
But Lt. Charles L. Snyder,
the public information officer,
said Wednesday that Martin's
record had been checked and he
could not expect discharge be
fore Oct. 6.
Beavers Schedule
Multnomah Use
Portland (U.R) The Port
land Beaveis of the Pacific
Coast League will move from
ancient Vaughn Street park to
Multnomah Stadium next year
and may use the 30,000-seat
stadium this year, it was report
ed today.
Joe Ziegler, new general man
ager of Ihe Beavers, commented
that it "means moving from the
worst ball park in the country
to what promises to be the best."
A decision on whether the
move will be made . this season
is likely next week.
TEAMS CERTIFIED
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R)
Seven more teams were certified
today for the annual National
Intercollegiate Basketball tour
namet, which starts here Mon
day. Latest to be named for the
32-team event were Loyola of
Los Angeles, Regis ; of Denver,
Geneva of Beaver Falls, Pa.-,
Evansville of Indiana, Whit
worth of Spokane, Wash., Mis
sissippi Southern, and Atlantic
Christian of Wilson, N.C.
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Talent, Malin Open
B Title
Talent Talent high school's
basketball team, seeking its sec-'
bnd straight B tournament trip,
headed this morning for the Dis
trict 5 play-off at Klamath Falls
and Coach George- Bray re
ported that the Bulldogs are the
strongest physically that they
have been; since early in the
season.
Malin, Klamath county tour
ney winner and Talent, Jackson-
County B League titlist, jangle
tonight and Saturday night in
the Klamath union high gym In
the first two ' games of a two-cut-of-three
play-off. A third
game if needed will be on Mon
day at Southern Oregon college
in Ashland.
The Bulldogs left here about
a.m. and had a 30-minute
shooting practice this noon at
the Klamath court. Aim was to
familiarize themselves .with the
surroundings as well as loosen
up. Talent aid not work out at
home yesterday. -
Bray reported that 10 players
would be 'in uniform for the
Malin series. Forwards will be
Jack Barrett, George Zicke-
f oose, Ray Weinhold and Mel
Wallace. Centers will be Jim Mc
Abee and Harold Bartol and
Gary Combs and guards will be
J. Lloyd Wood, Gordy Thore
son, Bob Hoffman and Freddie
Helm. "
The coach ; reported that the
Bulldogs have recuperated from
injuries and illness and are in
their best shape since Barrett
injured bis knee on December
15 in game with Phoenix. Bar
rett 'has been back for only the
most recent tilts but his knee is
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Malin will have a consider
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