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KD COREaOW) MAIL TrHBUHS Monday, March 7, 1955 ( 'HI a GH hoopmeh garher mswm TO 0RE3EY" BERTH Comets Fail Second Time To Tornado District 4A championship hon ors being celebrated today had Medford high school in a festive mood but the mighty Black Tor nado still was seriously looking ahead to greater glory and a greater challenge to cap off one of the finest basketball seasons in the history of the school. Medford, the favorite in the area throughout the year, tucked away the district bunting here Saturday night with a 77 to 43 triumph over Crater high of Central Point. The victory, second straight in a play-off with the small schopl subdistrict champions, sends Medford in into the Class A prep tourna ment at Eugene opening March 15. There are a number of prep conflicts to be played between now and the tourney opening. But the Black Tornado, rated No. 1 in two Oregon press polls for many weeks, will undoubted ly carry that reputation and bur den into the tournament where some of the keenest, toughest rivalry of the whole year is an ticipated. Medford has 23 vic tories, 22 straight, in 24 games. Eeelandl Rides Enthusiastic but taunting chants of "Medford's going to State" swept up from the Tor nado cheering section Saturday right in the fourth quarter as another cheering section Sat urday night in the fourth quar ter as another win over Crater seemed certain. And, when the final buzzer sounded and well- wishers and players surged onto the floor, the jubilant Medford jtes gave their coach, Frank Roelandt, the traditional ride to the dressing room on their shoulders. The Saturday Tornado vic tory followed much the same pattern as the Friday night 96 to 49 win over the Comets at Central Point. Crater was, how ever, more stubborn and scrap py, particularly in the early portion of the game. Medford came through again with torrid shooting, averaging .508 for the night while Crater, cold as well as being unable to penetrate Tornado defense much of the time, shot a frigid .192. Rebound control also went to Medford, two to one. The Tor nado advantages was 47 to 28 and it was combination of hot ter hitting, board control and smoother, sharper, more aggres sive playing that won a gain for Medford. The Comets got only 10 field gcals in the game, only one each in the first and second quarters and two in the third. Rector, CoFple Hit The Southern Oregon Confer ence Big Four titlist never trailed on Saturday but didn't get a field goal, itself until the fray was 3Vi minutes old. Then the incomparable guard com bination of Larry Copple and Frank Rector began swishing 'em and Medford had a 14 to 7 margin at the quarter. Rector got seven field goals, Copple six and Kalapus three to spur Medford to a 36 to 18 halfway lead. Fred Hogue got the only fielders for the Comets in the half. In the third quarter with Glenn Peterson, Kalapus, Cop ple and Rector all aiding, the Tornado ran up 16 points while Crater went scoreless for four minutes and pushed its advant age to 52 to 18. Medford picked p four more points during the period and Crater managed eight for a 56 to 26 count. Roelandt began feeding re serves into the inix in the third quarter and they played almost the last period as a unit. The Medford margin slipped once to 25 points at 64 and 39. But Eob Tisdel, Ed McCuUough, John Foust, Bill Cochran, Ed Reinking and Warren Deakins got in on the scoring for the final 34-point bulge. Kalapus on Boards Medford made 32 out of 63 field tries and Crater 10 out of 52. Crater made 23 points on free shots with Bob Gray getting eight, Harvey Tonn seven and Vern Parent five. Kalapus was in his usual role as top Medford rebounder with 10. Bud Kastner picked off seven, as did Foust. Copple was high gunner with 18 tallies, Rector got 16 and Kalapus 12. Gray headed Crater with 10. Medford players were to rest today. They may or may not have a workout luesaay. ii mey do, it will be light. Heavier drills will resume weanesaay. BOX: Medford Kastner, f Kalapus. f Peterson, c fr ft df tp 2 0 3 4 4 4 3 12 0.60 6 A O i IS L. Copple. 8 Rector, g Foust McLaughlin . McCuUough . Ccchran. Tisdel ! Reinking Cearley Deakins 8 0 1 IS o 1 O l J O 2 4 3 0 2 6 2 0 0 4 10 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 37 13 15 77 Crater Hcgue, dg it pt tp .a a a 6 Malin Wrests 5B Basketball Flag From Talent Bulldogs Klamath Falls Malin high annexed the District 5B basket ball championship and a state tournament bid Saturday night by nicking the Talent Bulldogs 44 to 40 in overtime here for its second consecutive win in a two-cut-of three title series. It was another heartbreaker loss for Talent, Jackson county champ and 1954 district winner. Malin tipped Talent 49 to 47 on Friday here after the Bulldogs had lead most of the way. Saturday night's struggle was a thriller .throughout and close almost all the way. The Klamath and Jackson county subdistrict victors were knotted 12-all at the quarter and 21-all at the half. Malin held a 31 to 29 margin after three cantos but at the end of their regular playing time the quints were locked at 38-all. The Mustangs worked to a 35 to 31 advantage in the final quarter but Talent fought on top 36 to 35. Malin regained front spot at 37 to 36 but the Bulldogs climbed ahead again 33 to 37. With 30 seconds left in the fourth stanza Norm Oliva made one of two free heaves to tie up the tangle. Oliva, Dokken Tally In the overtime Ray Johnson got a fielder for Malin and J. Lloyd Wood two free shots for the Bulldogs. Oliva scored a lay in for a 42 to 40 Mustang count with half a minute to go. Roger Bend Team Accepted by SO League Bend was admitted as seventh team in the Southern Oregon Baseball League and a 24-game loop slate was adopted Sunday in a meeting at Roseburg. Opening series will be on .May 28 and 29 and the season will close with games on August 27 and 28. Other clubs in the circuit are the Medford Cheriey Studs, Brookings Beavers, Drain Black Sox, Coquille Loggers, Grants Pass Cavemen, and Bandon. Loop officials expressed strong desire for entry of Rose burg in the circuit but no com munity interest or support in a club there was indicated at the meeting. Although the session was held at the Roseburg city hall, only one resident of that community attended. The league season will span 14 weeks. Each team will face each other one four times, twice each at home. No dates were left for making up rained out games. Directors voted, how ever, that such contests should be played on or before Labor Day week end if they have any eiiect on the final standings of the league. Matters of speeding up games, securing competent umpires and arranging news coverage and publicity were discussed. Making the trip from here were Don Faber, Central Point, president of the league, Bill Ask with, Central Point, business manager of the Studs, and Dick Jewtet, sports editor of the Mail Tribune. Faber has suggested that men interested in umpiring in the SOL should contact him. SOFTBALL REMINDER President Herb Vessey ha issued a reminder concerning ihe Medford Softball associa tion meeting at 8:15 o'clock tonight at the YMCA. Repre sentatives of all of last year's MSA teams are asked to at tend. Representatives of Med ford Independent Basketball League teams are invited. High School Scores SATURDAY GAMES Baker 63 Ontario 43 fl-A) Medford 77, Crater 43 (4-A cham pionship) North Bend 61, Hoseburg 30 (5-A championship) Springfield 98 St Francii of Eu gene 40 (6-A) Albany 41 Corvallis 38 (5-A cham pionship) Dallas 61 McMinrnville 31 (8-A championship) Central Monmouth 69 Sheridan 56 (8-A third place) Astoria 59 Seaside 41 (10-A cham pionship) North Marion 34 Cascade 38 (11-A subdistrict) Franklin 46 Jefferson 45 (Portland) Mill City 48 Corbett 40 (2-B cham pionship) Concordia 39 Scio 37 (2-B third place) Harrisburg 43 Coburg 27 (3-B cham pionship) McKenzie 62 Alsea 61 (3-B third place) Malin 44 Talent 40 (5-B . cham pionship) Heppner 51 Maapin 26 (6-B cham pionship) s Moro 56 Culver 46 (6-B third place) Prairie City 79 Irrigon 62 (7-B championship) " - Enterprise 50 St. Francis of Baker 46 (8-B championship) Franklin 46 Jefferson 45 Higinbotham. f . Gray, c Parent, g Tonn. g Kelley Tidwell Johnson Douthit Lefler . Anderson Bailey 0 8 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 - 2 0 1 0 0 1 JO 23 12 U Dokken poked in another Malin goal from under the bucket with a second to play. Widest spread in the conflict was eight points on Malin's 29 to 21 gap at the start of the third quarter. tJim McAbee and Wood of Talent were high scorers with 16 and 14, respectively. Dokken led well spread out Malin point making with 10. Malin was second in the Klam MedfordWTribuke ADDITIONAL SPORTS ON PAGE 11 Medford Boxers Win Five Out of Eight On Amateur Program A fair-sized crowd which made up in noise what it lacked in numbers watched a slam-bang action-filled amateur boxing card at Merrick's arena . here Saturday night. It was the first full-scale promotion effort of the recently-formed Police Athletic league and fans were unanimous in their opinion that they would welcome another card. Medford entries won five out of the eight contests in which they participated, Portland en tries won four out of seven, the Seven Loop Champs Gain NCAA Spots By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer Seven newly-crowned confer ence champions all but complet ed the, huge 24-team field for the . NCAA Basketball tourna ment which starts Tuesday, while St. Louis became the 12th and last team to enter the National Invitation tournament. Duke, West Virginia, Ken tucky, Iowa, and Oregon State all clinched conference champ ionships and NCAA berths by winning their final games Satur day night. And Tulsa, which finished in a tie with St. Louis, was picked Sunday to represent the Missouri Valley Conference. St. Louis received the NIT bid, which was being saved for one or the other. NCAA Pairings Listed r So the NCAA tournament will open Tuesday night with these pairings:' At New York tripleheader: Williams - Canisius, Duke - Villa nova, and La Salle-West Vir ginia. Winners go to Philadel phia regionals, March 11. At Lexington, Ky., double header: Miami Ohio-Marquette and Penn.St.-Memphis St. Win ners go to Evanston, Jll., region als, March 11. At Oklahoma City single game: Bradley-Oklahoma City. Winner goes to Manhattan, Kans., regionals, March 11. At San Francisco doublehead er: Idaho St.-Seattle and San Francisco-West Texas St. Win ners go to Corvallis, Ore., region als, March 11. The surviving team in each of the four regionals will go to Kansas City, March 18 and 19, for the semi-finals and final. Eight conference champions have drawn, automatic byes for Tuesday night's opening round and go directly to the regional tournaments. Seven of these are Kentucky, Iowa, Southern Meth odist, Colorado Tulsa, Oregon State, and Utah. Jayvees Win 21st Tussle Completing a 22-game season with its 21st victory, the Med ford high junior, varsity basket ball crew defeated Crater 56 to 47 here Saturday night. The Medfordites won more easily than on Friday, when they sneaked by 53 to 51, but the Comets did threaten in the final stanza, slimming the Medford margin to seven points on a couple of occasions. A wide lead in the early por tion of the fray was a big rea son for Medford victory. The junior Tornado headed 9 to 3 at the quarter and 24 to 9 at the half. Its third quarter spread was 13 points, 40 to 27. Don Goyette, Crater, was high point man with 14 and John Hawley had 13 for Medford. JAYVEE LINE-UPS: Medford 56 D. Copple 4 f Inskeep 8 f Steams 6 c Hawley 13 g Reinking 9 g Substitutions For 47 Crater 8 Herrmann 5 N. Greene 4 Greb 6 Juveland 10 Harsh Medford: Cear- ley i0. Puhl 3. Gober 3. Plumley. for crater; Qoyette 14. S. Greene. Barnes. ath County B League regular season and won its county tour nament for the subdistrict laurels. Talent tied Rogue River in the 10 game Jackson B slate and then beat the Chieftains in a single game play-off. LINE-UPS: Malin 44 40 Talent Stevskal 8 f 2 Zickefoose Dokken 10 f 2 Barrett Oliva 7 c 16 McAbee Johnson 8 g 1 Wood Travis 7 g 6 Thoreson Substitutions For Malin: Bajnus 4; for Talent: Helm. G. Combs. lone Eugene entry won, and Eureka boxers failed to get a decision in three matches. Larry Lewis Scores KO While it would be difficult to pin-point any particular bout as the standout of the evening, probably the action which brought the greatest shouts and screams from the fans was Larry Levis' second round knockout over Lane Lowden, Eureka. The little Medford dynamiter caught Lowden in a -corner in the sec ond stanza, trapped him there for keeps, and kept flailing away until his opponent slump ed to the mat. Lowden was stretched full length on the can vas -and didn't move until his handlers dragged him to his cor ner. He probably would have gone down sooner had Lewis' quit punching long enough to let him fall. Time was 1:52 Jackie Puscas, Eugene, North west AAU welterweight cham pion, wasn't too impressive in gaining a unanimous decision over Tucker Spot, Eureka. Spot was content to get in a corner and wait for Puscas to come to him. He protected his head pret ty good but took a sound pound ing to the body. Puscas' best licks failed to wipe the smile from Spot's face although body punching slowed him to a walk early in the second round. Outstanding Exhibition Opponents for Denny Moyer, Portland, Northwest light-welterweight champion, and Tom my Thomas, Portland Air Base, middleweight king, failed to ap pear so Moyer and Thomas went three rounds in an exhibition match. While they obviously were "pulling" their punches, the fans "oohed and awed" throughout the bout at the cleverness, weaving, slipping and all-around outstanding box ing skill dipslayed by each boy. Aubrey Henderson, Portland Air Base, didn t do much punch ing but when he did open up Dan Tuggle, Medford, was knocked out in 1:15 of the first round. Tuggle was dumped on his pants for a nine count from a flurry to the head and was dropped again with a straight left to the head. Referee. Don Cain of the Oregon State Police didn't even bother to count. Loren Christean, Medford, ran out of gas in the second round and took quite a beating from Harvey Rice, Portland Air Base during the last round but man aged to go the distance although losing a unanimous decisiori. Wright's Decision Booed 1 Billy Wright, Medford, drew to boos of the crowd when he won a split decision from Wayne Miller, Portland. While Wright did most of the chasing, Miller seemed to be landing the heavy artillery but Wright apparently was the most impressive Maxie Green, Eureka, showed a lot of class when more than arm's length from Burt Singer, Portland, in the finale but didn't like to get hit well enough to stand up and take it. Green was in bad shape at the end of the final round from body punching and lost a unanimous decision. Bobby Lyons, Medford, 'Ore gon AAU flyweight champion, lost on a technical knockout to Dawson Carlisle, Portland Air Base, in the first round. Referee Cain stopped the match, which promised to be a duly, when Lyons suffered a scalp cut. Jimmy Evans, Medford, got off to a slow start but picked up enough steam to outpoint Larry Snodgrass, Portland, on a split decision. Bobby Little, Medford, threw lots of leather to gain a split nod over Mike Ames, Portland. A good third round piled up enough points for Little to squeeze .out the verdict. Don Wolfe, Portland, won a unanimous decision over his sta blemate, Larry Nord, in a lively bout which, opened the card. Bahler Fires Record High Rifle Score Adrian A. Bahler, a teen-age shooter from Coos Bay, Oregon won "over a field of 59 competit ors in the 1955 National Rifle association indoor sectional rifle tourney held by the Medford rifle and Pistol club Saturday and Sunday. Bahler's score of 785 out of a possible 800 was the highest ever to be fired here in a sectional tournament. He also won the in dividual matches in kneeling and standing and was top master in the sitting match. Virgil Hamlin, Oregon State college and Haril Newton, Cor vallis", both only two points be hind Bahler, were in "the second and third spots with 783. Ham lin's standing score of 188 over Newton's 186 broke the tie. The Oregon State college Master team held a wide lead over the other 10 teams with 1553. Members of the team were Hamlin, Newton, James Rice and Tom Ebner. Four shooters who shot a per fect score of 200-20x in the prone match continued to shoot until the winners were determined. Final results of the shoot off were Jack King, Ashland, 200 45x; Rose Van Buskirk, Ashland, 200-41x; Roy Hewitt, Medford, 200-3 lx and Daniel Cross, Klam ath Falls, '200-23X. RESULTS: Match 1 (20 shots prone) Winner, King 200-45x, 2nd, R. Van Buskirk 200-41x, 3rd, Hew itt 200-3 lx. Masters, 1st, Cross 200-23x, 2nd, John F. Rush, Grants Pass, 200-19x. Experts 1st, D. J. Bolton, Med ford 200-1 9x, 2nd Rice 200-1 9x. Sharpshooters, 1st Donald Clapp, Corvallis 200-19x, 2nd Steve Washburn, Klamath Falls 200-17x. Marksmen, 1st Ernest Brazil, Yreka,' Calif., 200-18x, 2nd Mrs. Frances Smith North Bend 198. Match 2 (20 shots Sitting) Winner, Newton 200-1 9x, 2nd Cross 200-17x, 3rd Rice 200-15. Master, 1st Bahler 200-17x, 2nd Harry Heidenreich Jr., Med ford 199. Expert, 1st Fritz Thoelcke, Klamath Falls 200-13x, 2nd Hugh Washburn, Klamath Falls 200 lOx. Sharpshooters, 1st Paul Robin son, Roseburg 199, -2nd Hewitt 199. Marksmen, 1st Eddie Desjar din, Crescent City, Calif. 194, 2nd Robert Carter, Roseburg 192 Match 3 (20 shots kneeling) Winner, 1st Bahler 197, 2nd Newton 197, 3rd Archie Haskins, Ashland 197. Masters, 1st Hamlin 197, 2nd Howard Trivelniece. Yreka. iQd Experts,- 1st R. F. Taylor, ttogue .Kiver, 194, 2nd, Marvin Hansen. Corvallis. 194 Sharpshooters, 1st Jack Carl son, Corvallis, 193, 2nd Edwin uraDtree, Coos Bay, 191. Marksmen, 1st Brazil, 197, 2nd Jim Parsons, Ashland, 178. Match 4 (20 shots standing) Winner, 1st Bahler 189, 2nd Hamlin 188, 3rd Westley Van Buskirk, Ashland, 188. Masters, 1st R. Van Buskirk, 186, 2nd Newton, 186. Expert, 1st Rice 182, 2nd Clin ton Charley, Medford, 181. Sharpshooter, 1st, Carlson 182, 2nd Terry Foster, Medford 181. Marksmen, 1st Brazil 164, 2nd Desjardin 163. Match 5 (Sectional champion ship) Winner, Bahler 785. Masters, 1st Hamlin 783, 2nd Thoelcke 772. Sharpshooter, 1st Carlson 773, 2nd Kina 764. Marksmen, 1st Brazil 734, 2nd uesjarain 721. Bevos To Use Stadium in '56 Portland U.R) The Mult nomah Kennel club said Satur day it would exercise its option to hold dog races at Multnomah stadium here this year which means the Portland baseball club of the Pacific Coast league will move into .the 30,000-seat stadium in 1956. BASKETBALL SATURDAY COLLEGE SCORES East Princeton 65 Pennsylvania 47 Niagara 80 Canisiua 63 Columbia 79 Brown 68 Dartmouth 74 Cornell 62 Temple 87 Delaware 62 Harvard 68 Yale S3 . South Kentucky 101 Tenneaiee 61 Alabama 84 Auburn 80 Mississippi State 39 Mississippi 96 Atlantic Tourney (Championship) North Carolina St. 87 Duke 77 Southern Tourney (Championship) WVU 58 George Washington 48 Midwest Illinois 81 Northwestern 69 Indiana 84 Ohio State 66 Missouri 90 Kansas 71 Notre Dame 85 Marquette 64 Michigan St. 83 Michigan 68 - Wisconsin 78 Minnesota 72 St. Louis 71 Oklahoma A&M 98 Southwest Tulsa 77 Wichita 82 Iowa State 84 Oklahoma 71 Texas Western 79 Texas Tech 71 West Utah 99 Denver 70 Wyoming 69 Colorado A&M 4 - Oregon State 83 UCLA 64 ' - Colorado 77 Nebraska 66 Brubsm Young- 74 Ntw-lfextco 44 BEAVERS TRIP UCLA 2ND TIME FOR COAST CONFERENCE TITLE COW GIRLS COMING The Texas Cow Girls basketball team, which meets Yellow Cab at St. and at Crater High school gym are shown above. From left to Shirley Dorow, Florence Holder, Rupp and Pat Cramer. Eugene Tops Bedford In Oregon AAil Tiff; Cabbies Lace Carlton Hermiston U.R) Martin Sign of Eugene meets the Hermiston Merchants and Alsea Lumber of Corvallis plays the Condon Elks tonight in the semi-finals of the 1955 Oregon AAU basketball tournament. The Eugene club whipped a strong Yellow Cab team of Med ford 81-57 yesterday while the Corvallis five was beaten Fer nandez Loggers of Longview 79-55. Condon took Firmco of Myrtle Creek 57-44 and Hermis ton downed Quality Shoe of The Dalle 81-57. Medford earlier had downed Carlton 91-62 in a first-round game. The first round action came Saturday with The Dalles downing Bend 76-75; Longview beating Salem 78-60; Condon Pointers Get Grade School Hoop Mantle Central Point Central Point, spurred by Wayne Allen, won the Jackson county grade school basketball championship for teams in high school districts Saturday night. The Pointers subdued Rogue River 43 to 23 in tournament finals here. Allen accumulated 26 of the the CP counters. First half of the scuffle was fairly close. Central Point ran away in the rest of the contest. Half way tally favored CP 19 to 13. Shaw was high scorer for Rogue River with 10. Sams Valley won third place in the tourney with a 42 to 33 verdict over St. Mary's of Med ford. Talent tipped Phoenix 31 to 28 for fifth spot. The -county non-high districts grade hooo tourney opened at Medford junior high this after noon. Two first round hassles are set for this evening. Semi finals will be on Wednesday and finals on Friday. Applegate played Shady Cove and Howard met Oak Grove in today's afternoon skirmishes. Lone Pine opposes Griffin Creek at 7:30 o'clock tonight while West Side meets Elk-Trail at 8:30 o'clock. Golden Gloves Tourney Set Portland U.R) There will be a Golden Gloves boxing tour nament, here next year, it was announced Saturday. The event, to be called The Oregon Journal Golden Gloves Tournament, will be a two-day show, probably late in March. It is sponsored by The Oregon Journal Public Benefits, a Inc., which will disburse proceeds to charities. Part of the proceeds also will go to the Oregon AAU to provide money to "send cham pions to the nationals at Kansas City. WIHHLE ET ILAS1TS! Planer Lumber Trim Peeler Pine Long Ends (Split) 1V4 Cords Mxd. 50-50 SPECIAL PRICE $10.50 (Regular $14.59) Dent Delay TIMBER PRODUCTS CO. Where Sag and McAndrews Meet, en tnV Curve WE MAKE PROMPT DELIVERIES, OR YOU . HAUL AT YOUR CONVENIENCE ' Yards Open Saturdays to 5 o'clock Mary's gym here Friday night in Central Point Saturday night, right they are Frances Holder, Leeona Evans, Ellie Banas, Joan taking Hillsboro 62-60; Eugene drubbing Baker 99-49; Hermis ton beating Heppner 80-55; Cor vallis knocking off Portland Out door Store . 86-53 and Myrtle Creek taking Pendleton 69-56 Hot Firing ' Torrid shooting earned Martin Sign of Eugene its quarter-final victory over Yellow Cab of Med ford yesterday in the state AAU basketball tournament at Her miston. That was the report this morning from Cabbies who had returned home. Martin's, made up of players who won the championship in two previous seasons as Every body's Drug, shot .670 average in the first half and about the same in the second. Quarter counts all favored Martin's 10 to 15, 39 to 28 and 60 to 43. Johnny Foster, Yellow Cab, was high scorer with 20 points. Barney .Holland had 14 for the Eugene Club. - Cab really stormed in its has sle with Etter's grocery of Carl ton on Saturday , with period scores of 22 to 12, 47 to 28, and 66 to 50. Foster got 30 tallies and Ed Hummel 27. Hanville and Beard each had 16 for Et ter's. LINE-UPS: . . . Martin's XO " 57 Yellow Cab Sowers 6 f 10 Hummel Fullprtnn 2 f 20 Foster McElravy 11 c 5 Stacy Holland 14 . g 2 Wendt Talbot 9 g ' 3 Werner Substitutions For Martins; Clausen 11, Duncan 4. Reynolds 10. uye u; for Yellow Cab: Hite, Reese 13. Moore, Harris 2. Knutson 2. Johnson. SATURDAY LINE-UPS: Yellow Cab 91 62 Etter's Grocery Hummel 27 f 2 Leonard Foster 3 f 4 Sehroeder Stacy 11 c 16i Hanville Wendt 11 g Hammond Werner 2 g 16 Beard Substitutions For Yellow Cab Reese 8. Knutson 2, Harris: for Etter s Smith, Krueger 10, Hearing 14. Bracket Full For B Cage Tournament By UNITED PRESS. Two more class A state high school tournament berths are at stake tonight with the five other entries to be decided later in the Week. Nine teams are in the tourney now, and the field for the class B meet, opening at Salem Thurs day, is full. Beaverton plays Hillsboro to night at Hillsboro for" the dis trict 9 crown, and Baber and Ontario meet at Nyssa for the district 1 flag. North Marion meets Cascade tonight at Salem with the winner to meet South Salem in a playoff for the dis trict 11 title. Already in the A meet are Medford, North Bend, Albany, Astoria, Mac-Hi, Redmond, Dallas, St. Helens and Cleve land. Among the favorites in other districts are Eugene, Mil waukie, Central Catholic, end Grant or Franklin of Portland. Entries for the B. tournament are Powers, Enterprise, Prairie City; Heppner, " Malin, Harris burg, Knappa and Mill City. : Phone 2-8086 Today . By UNITED PRESS Oregon State college basket ball enthusiasts had their eyes ' on San Francisco today as they waited to see who their Beavers will have to battle in the West ern NCAA Regional playoffs this week. " OSC fought its way into the playoffs, and simultaneously won the 1955 Pacific Coast con fence championship, by handily defeating UCLA in two straight games over the week end. " The Beavers, led by 7 foot 3 inch center Wade (Swede) Hal brook, clobbered the Uclans 82- 75 Friday night and 83-64 Satur day night at Corvallis. The big Swede dumped in a total of 60 points, 35 in the first game and 25 in the second, to secure the unqualified admiration of OSC fans. The NCAA regionals, also fea turing Utah, the Skyline confer ence titleholder, will be played at Corvallis this coming Friday and baturday nights. Utah Meets USF OSC will play the winner of the Seattle university -Idaho State -game, booked into San Francisco's Cow Palace Tuesday night. Utah will meet the winner of the University of San Francisco-West Texas State game, scheduled for the same night. ' A tremendous second-half ral ly Saturday night gave Oregon State its second straight win over UCLA, 83-64. The Beavers piled up 12 straight points to break a tie and the backs of the highly-touted Bruins. Coach Johnny Wooden , of UCLA said that the Bruins play ed as well in the first half as they had all season. UCLA led 36-35 at intermission. Swede Halbrook was the big hero, scoring 60 points in the two games and playing a tre mendous rebound' and defensive game each night. Another hero was Tex Whiteman who came off the bench- Saturday night to score 19 points. Oregon State players agreed that UCLA was the toughest team they have played all sea son. Since the return of Halbrook, Oregon State has now won 17 out of 18. The big Swede has a 20.8 scoring average and ' 249 rebounds. 3 Bruins Named On SD All-Star Corvallis (U.R) UCLA placed three men on the 1955 all-Southern Division basketball team selected by the coaches and announced here by Pacific Coast Conference Commissioner Victor O. Schmidt. The first .team consisted of six men, with Willie Naulls and Don Bragg of UCLA tieing for a forward berth. Bob McKeen, California's out standing center, was selected for the third straight year. Others on the first team included John Moore, UCLA, forward; Ron Tomsic of Stanford; and Dick Welsh of Southern California at guard. Dead line Sunday Classified te at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 oreviou day. CHILDREN TAKE CHANCES . . .DON'T YOU! CHECK YOUR BRAKES TODAY BRAKE SPECIAL Here's What We Do... Wheal f 3. AM MiFbM A. Tail Irak. STORES NINTH & S. RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-7119 A 350 Value If ANY CAR
