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TErTMEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE OregesD Beavers Get Finals Berth Against USF CorTallis (U.R) The University of Utah Redskin outclassed Seattle university last night and set a new NCAA tournament scoring rec ord by defeating the Chief tains, 108 to 85. The previous high score occurred earlier yes terday when LaSalle scored 99 points against Canasiu. Utah gained third spot in the tour ney. Corvallis. Ore. (U.R) Two giants of Pacific coast basketball, mighty University of San Fran cisco and a tough, resilient Ore gon State college Beaver squad foueht their way into NCAA tournament Saturday quar ter-finals by downing other top squads from the west here Fr day nieht. San Francisco mopped up the Utah Redskins 78 to 59 and Oregon State took an easy 83 to 71 win over1 Seattle university. It was 6-foot 9-inch Ail-Amer ican Bill Russell who spelled the difference for USF against Utah, although he scored a meager 13 noints. Russell's defensive tac tics in cleaning the backboard demoralized the Redskins. Utah was unable to get started with Russell and the halftime score read 41-20. Coach Phil Woolpert pulled Russell from the game at the half with a fluttery stomach, and the Redskins went back into play with a full head of steam. The Dons played it cozy, try lng to control the ball, but Gary Bergen led Utah on a five mm ute scoring spree that brought the tally to 46-38. Russell went back into the game and that ended Utah's threat. Woolpert pulled his star aeain with eight minutes left to play, but by that time Utah was finished. Top score of the evening was made by Jerry Mullen, Don for ward who wound up with 24 points. Art Bunte, the Redskins' big threat, was off form and ended with 12. San Francisco shot an even .600 per cent in the first half, as compared to .188 for Utah. Beavers Show Strength There was little serious doubt about the outcome of the earlier game between Seattle and the Beavers. Oregon guard Bill Toole sank the first basket as the game opened and Seattle came only within four points of tying the score. Oregon, Pacific Coast Confer ence champions, swarmed all over its game but outclassed op ponent, as some 10,000 Beaver fans cheered and shouted lustily. Seven-foot 3-inch Wade (Swede) Halbrook showed his EBflD WILIIMCE CITY LEAGUE Norton Lumber Co. of City Bowling league held first place by splitting 2 to 2 with Ross Lumber last week. Top Notch cafe dropped to fourth place by falling 4 to 0 to Central market. Red Blanket Lumber Co. moved into third by a 3 to 1 win over Darrell Miller Co. Bill Hawley of Ed's Barber shop had high game with 243 helping in a high team game of 985 and high se ries of 2630. Harold Allen of Crater Electric tied 234, 219, 170 for high series of the eve ning. Standings: W. L Norton JLumber Co 27 i 12 Vi Ross Lumber Co 23 15 Red Blanket Lumber Co. 25 15 Too Notch Cafe 24 18 Ed's Barber Shop 22 18 White City Sales 21 19 Darrell Miller Co 20 , 19 , Mogan Lumber Co. 19 21 Central Market 19 21 Crater Electric 16 24 Ind. Order of Foresters IS 24 Cirri p White S 35 Results: Camp Whits J. Duane W. Codv R. Findiev R. Ruffin M. Ament Handicap 440 356 433 Mogan Lbr. D. Chapman 436 J. Veal 423 N. Henson 535 408 467 198 2338 2 401 494 366 441 B. Dyer 531 J. Burroughs 509 2434 Norton lbr. M. Morse E. Olsen C. Pfnister M. OUsen J. Boetcher Handicap Ross Lbr. C. Heim F. Martin G. Culy B. Forrest R. Wise 2 821 499 421 543 509 522 258 2482 3493 494 Fd's Shop F. Couch E Paschke 3 B. Fehl 514 .White City 548 L. Smith 1 480 473 S14 T. Van Sickle 456 V. Calhcun F. Knox J. Henson Handicap B. Hawlev 551 K. Johnson 561 503 87 2556 2630 Central Mkt. H. Sullivan B. Hayman E. Sommer J. Keener G. Schultz Handicap Top Notch H. Shaw T. Jantzer T. Mitchell 443 481 539 494 478 504 478 490 497 D. Harmon 505 J. Laden 132 2597 2444 T. Miller Co. B. Wilson J. Roberts F. Lens B. White L. Webster 1 425 4i5 5ns 420 465 Red Blanket J. Logan C. Erms Ed Hill S. Murrev M. Harvey Handicap X 368 408 408 487 326 297 2294 2261 Forester 2 Crater Elec. C. Morrison 499 H. Allen J. D. lubbers 451 L. Knapp . V. Simmons 433 P. Dorff V Lubbers 38 C. Hamoson H. s5ev Jr. 529 V. Allen Handicap 192 2542 623 488 532 502 2571 State deadly offense by making 19 points in the first half of play for OSC and two more In the second half. He was benched for a rest with 17 minutes left in the game. Halftime showed the Beavers in front by a 50-36 margin. Se attle failed to come within 10 points during the second period Halbrook was top scorer with his 21 points and Tony Vlaste- lica, also of Oregon State, was second with 14. It was the Bea vers' 18th win in their last 19 games. Retriever Nabs First Place in Obedience Trial A golden retriever owned by Mrs. A. V. Jones scored 178 to win a competitive trial last Wednesday for obedience train ed dogs. The trial, held by Southern Oregon Kennel club, a Medford group, at Phoenix community hall, had an entry of 26. Dogs and owners had just completed a 10-week training session in obedience work. The trial was run under the same conditions as a regular show. Donald Day, YMCA physical director, was judge. Second place went to a mem ber of the Junior class, Karen Johnson, with her collie, "Babs, scoring 175. Third was Margaret Jones' pomeranian, "Sissy, with 173V4. Fourth was taken by Billie Clark, another junior, with his Irish setter, scoring 169. Junior Class member Ron Kirsher with his black Labrador, "Sky," already holding a com panion dog excellent degree, took first place scoring 192 in the honorary non - competing class. Class Filled Companion dog "Blacky," a black Labrador belonging to Joyce Stockstill, took second in this group with 184. Class instructors, Mrs. Caryl Gibbs, in charge of the junior class, and Wally Kirsher, of the spectators. Enrollment for the next train ing series starting March 23 is already complete and closed. For those interested, the next class open to enrollment will be that of June 8. Interested per sons may contact Mrs. Frank Catalano, 385-62401. CORBETT NAMED Baton Rouge, La. (U.R) Jim Corbett was named athletic director at Louisiana State uni versity Saturday to complete the school's change over to a new look" in athletics. Chickens in the United States produce upwards of 100,000,000 pounds of feathers a year, in dustry reports claim. INDUSTRIAL BOWLING LEAGUE Standings: W. Stevens Kaiser Willys 9 Richfield Oil Co. 8 Medford Steel 7 Padghams 7 Cummings ... 6 Telephone Employees 6 Bamards 5 Hunter & Best 5 Hawkinsons Tire Tread Co 5 Junior Chamber of Commerce 5 Austin King 5 Snoboys 4 Results: Padghams A. Keith C. Hunter J. Milhoan J. Farrar H. Wilson Handicap Total 3) Bamards (1) 442 G. Lowe 464 516 J. Monroe 453 441 B. Jones 424 455 D. Morehouse 521 444 H. Frye 504 129 Handicap 2427 Total 2366 Snoboys F. Couch L. Bogener V. Lowe E. Dwight (2) 480 325 405 467 Hunter A Best (2) Joe Cabler 444 Jim Cabler J. Hunter H. Taylor Bob Cabler Handicap 472 442 375 528 J. Henderson 495 Handicap 99 Total 2271 Total 2264 Hawklnson 3) A. Bohannan 505 G. Goodrich 520 B. Shangle 421 H. Baker 450 L. Carr 474 Handicap AusUn King Austin King J. Fletcher P. Prince O. Caster L. Boyd Handicap 1 396 444 438 411 382 183 2254 (2) Total 2370 Total Cummings (2) D. Schlachter 477 Herb Dungey 438 John Austro 390 D. Swan 420 H. Russell 484 Handicap 60 Jayeeet Bob Foster Joe Waish Mac Deheart K. St. Hill J. Asher Handicap 513 447 425 484 386 Total 2269 Total 2255 Telephone Emp (4) Medford Steel m J. Martin 418 402 505 477 432 57 L. Smith 460 D. Bates J. Stroble R. Rogers L. Brown Handicap Total R. Chriss R. Eastgate R. Edwards H. Sorenson Handicap 440 444 428 447 2291 Total 2217 (11 471 Stevens B. Stevens D. Kenner C. Owslev (3) Richfield V. Painter G. Anderson E. Kennedy G. Culv D. Kreer Handicap 482 454 373 372 492 435 468 R. Hutchinson 461 D. Poling 441 Handicap 54 Total 2265 Total 2238 LEWIS KEGLERS WIN Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Fort Lewis, Wash., won the 1955 Sixth Army team bowling title here Friday and placed .three men on the squad which will represent Sixth Army in the All- Army tourney later this month. The three men were Cpl. Dick Hoover, former match game champion from Akron, Ohio, who rolled 2,869 for 15 games to cap ture the all-events crown; Cpl. Ernie Price, Seattle, Wash., 2.837 and Cpl. Dick Bembenek, Chi- cago, 2,756. Sunday March 13, 19SS Whacks Seattle by SIPdDn&TTS DISCUSS OREGON OPEN TOURNEY George Harrington, left, manager of Rogue Valley Country club, and D. Scott (Scotty) Chisholm, Ocean Park, Calif., discuss plans for the Oregon Open Golf tournament which will draw some of the leading pros and amateurs of the west to Medford on March 25, 26 and 27. Chisholm, native of Scotland where golf origi nated, will be announcer on the course during the tourney. He has served as announcer at a number of the big open tour neys in California and Arizona and is associate editor of "The Golfer." Ke dresses in the garb of his native land, and has a Scottish brogue and deep, booming voice. Chisholm will serve here in honor of a golfing pal, the late H. Chandler Egan, well-known Medford golfer and links architect. ' x i if? pj'S? OREGON OPEN ENTRY Wen dell Wood, above, Eugene Coun try club professional, is among entries in the Oregon Open Golf tournament which will be staged for three days, starting Friday, March 25, at Medford's Rogue Valley Country club. A pro amateur event on Thursday, March 24, will get tournament activities .underway. Fishing Bill, Land On Agenda of Waltonians Monday A heavy agenda is scheduled for members of the Jackson County chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America at their meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at Medford Gun club. Four bills before the legisla ture, the Waltonian land restora tion proposal and blossom fes tival queen candidate selection are matters to. be discussed by members. Action may be taken on pos sible support of four house bills before the Oregon legislation. The bills are 460 to ban fish derbies, 461 to limit importation of salmon, 462 to permit Issuance of SI per day salmon angling li censes and 463 to reduce the non-residence fishing license fee from S15 to S10. In the case of Bill 460. sportsfishermen taking salmon beyond the three-mile limit would be permitted only to bring into port the state limit of two salmon. Board of directors of the chap ter approved the measures last week. The land restoration-price sup port farm program proposed by the Waltonian national land use committee would have the Department of Agriculture lease from owners and remove from all agricultural production suffi cient acreage of cultivated land to bring production back in line with current demand. The land would be conditioned and plant ed to assure highest practical degree of fertility stabilization and restoration. The plan will be a major subject at the IWLA ' UNE I bx.'i j - 1 TO PLAY HERE Harold West, above, professional at Laurel wood Country club, Eugene, will be one of the leading entries from the state in the Oregon Open Golf tourney which will be held at Rogue Valley. Coun try club here on March 25, 26 and 27. Restoration national convention from' March 31 through April 2. It is expected that the chapter will select a queen candidate for the Rogue Valley Blossom festival. Stat Director Duke Guile will report concerning se lection of Medford as site for the state director's conference on July 16. A motion picture will show Tony Acetta, one of the national fly casting champions, putting ms art into practical use in catching trout and bass. Dale Flowers has charge refreshments. of Smith Wins Golf Open St. Augustine, Fla. (U.R) Mrs. Grace Demoss Smith of Miami chopped two strokes off men's par to defeat National amateur champion Barbara Ro mack 4 and 3 and win the Flori da East Coast women's cham pionship Saturday for the sec ond straight year. The defeat was a keen disap pointment for Miss Romack. The National amateur champion from Sacramenta, . Calif., had said she was going to make an extra effort to win one tourna ment before leaving the Florida circuit. The loss made it four in a row in Florida forIiss Romack. who will now go to Pinehurst, N. C, to enter the North-South tour ney, i Oak Grovers Grade School Hoop Victors Plankenhorn's field bucket in a sudden death overtime Friday night gave Oak Grove the cham pionship among grade school basketball teams in non - high districts of the county. , Oak Grove edged Griffin Creek 37 to 36 in the champion ship mix on the Medford junior high school floor. Shady Cove took third in the Medford Invitational tourney with a 34 to 32 nod over- West Side. Elk-Traii was fourth by winning another tussle that start ed out the evening of close con flicts.' It beat Howard 28 to 27. Sportsmanship awards went to West Side. The Grovers and Griffin Creek tied 35-all in the regular playing time. Terry Hamilton, who had 23 points for the night, missed two free shots for Grif fin after buzzer ending the f our the quarter. Rules for the over time made the first team to score two points the winner. Hamilton got a gifter before Plankenhorn came through. The Grover was second high scorer for the night with 17. Lee Ragsdale, tournament di rector, presented the trophies. LINE-UPS: Elk-Trail 28 27 Howard Branson 6 D. Peterson 6 F. Peterson 6 Ashinhurst 2 Schuder 8 t Gillespie f 3 Samples c 10 Shults g 4 Fowler g 4 Feldman For Elk - Trail. Substitutions Cooper; for Howard. Brown 2. Painter 4. Shady Cove 34 32 West Side Waggner 10 f Frahnmayer ureer 4 t 8 Johnson Casey 10 c 14 G. Winetrout Collins 6 g 3 J. Winetrout vanderlip 2 g 7 Clark Substitutions For Shady Cove Walters 2. Piel: for West Side. Hum phries, Barry, J. , Griffin Creek 36 C. Eckel 2 Wirth 7 Hamilton 23 Fields 2 37 Oak Grove 6 Boyer Laura nee 17 Plankenhorn Thompson B. Eckel 2 14 Reich Substitutions For Griffin Creek Bates, Goodrich, Allen, D. Hamilton; for Oak. Grove, Meier, Champion. Patty Berg Holds Lead Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Long driving Patty Berg of St. An drews, 111., cooled off to a 74 Saturday after setting an 18-hole tournament record score but still clung to a one-stroke lead at the three-quarter mark in the 16th annual titleholders tourna ment. The veteran Miss Berg, who fired a sensational four-under-men's par 68 Friday, ran her 54-hole total to 218 to remain one stroke ahead of Mary Lena Laulk, Thomasville, Ga., who also checked in with 74. Chunky Patty is seeking a rec ord sixth titleholders' champion ship and can also crack the 72 hole record score of 293 set by defending champion Louise Suggs of Atlanta with another 74 today. Pat Lesser, Seattle, Wash., amateur star, had to take eight strokes on the par five fifth hole after she hit into the woods and finished with 80 for 229, still good enough to lead the am ateurs by five strokes. GERMAN CHAMP . Hamburg, Germany (U.R) Wilhelm Hopener won the European and German light heavyweight championship Fri day night on a technical knock out when defending champion Gerhard Hect was unable to an swer the bell for the third round because blood was pouring from a gashed eyebrow. W G3 vhsh MADE IT THE WOOD'S IASGEST MARK Of 4-WHEa-DRIVI VBflOB WILLYS MOTOtS, INC, Totede 1, Ohi COME IN AND SEE THE ALL-NEW 'JEEP' Stevens Kaiser-Willys, Inc. 505 N. Central Medford Ski Conditions Snow was falling hard yes terday afternoon at Crater Lake National park. Skiing was fair on wei surface snow. The park rangers office re ported four Inches of new snow at the lake. Snow closed the road from Annie Spring to the rim yesterday but the route was to be open today if weather allowed. Highway 62 into the park was open but narrow and chains were required. The warming hut for skiers will be open if weather permits the road to be open to the rim. There were 88 Inches of snow on the ground compared to 133 at this time last year. Course Should Be in Fine Condition for Oregon Open Rogue Valley ; Country club course should be in excellent condition for the Oregon Open Golf tournament.. That is the prediction of Club Manager George Harrington. Th- tournament is scheduled here on March 25, 26 and 27 and will draw some of the top professional and amateur talent in several western states. Entry list is growing daily. Oregon branch. of the Profes sional Golfers association and the Rogue Valley club are co sponsors. They have arranged a number of sidelight golfing and social activities in addition to the 72-hole tournament play. Harrington reported that, aft er recent light rains and some what warmer days and nights, the gass tees appear to be in grand shape. Grass on the three new holes has started to turn green and is coming along bet ter than had been anticipated. The three holes, closed during winter months, were reopened to play last Thursday. 79 Entered So Far Last reported count showed 79 entries already filed for the medal event which is only two weeks away. The tabulation showed i 24 professionals, 48 amateurs and seven seniors. Among most recent entries was that of Ralph Dichter, As toria, amateur and runner-up for the 1954 Oregon Open title, Another amateur to file was Bob McReynolds, Riverside, Portland, twice runner-up for the Oregon Golf association match play mantle. Latest pros to file include Larry Lambert, Portland Golf club; Joe Greer, Yakima, Wash., and Mel Babica, Eureka, Calif. Bruce Cudd, Portland ama, teur and defending champion and Eddie Hogan, Riverside Portland, professional, leading money winner in the tourney last year, were among the earliest to get their entries in for 1955 tussle. $2,000 Purse A purse of $2,000 plus $400 lap money is being offered for professionals in the tourney. A total of $750 worth of prizes will go to amateurs in low net and low gross divisions. Seniors . (men over 50) will play only the Friday and Saturr day 36 holes unless they declare for amateur division and qualify for the Sunday 36 holes. Ama teurs must have handicaps of 12 or under and will play only 36 holes unless they qualify for Sunday. After Saturday the field will be cut to the low 60 and ties. An amateur must be among the low 60 in the field or one of the 10 low amateurs to continue. Tournament committee men for the host club, headed by General Chairman Russ Heysell has announced a number of activities in connection with the open. A principal event, official ly starting out the week end, will be a pro-amateur affair on Thursday, March 24. Each pro will have three amateur part ners. Also on Thursday there will be a professional clinic near the i I BC3 Phone 3-3655 V . . . - FranKDIiB UoMs C-HeBgEit Advantage Its best height in many sea sons has been a big boost to the Medford high school Black Tor nado in a great basketball year but the Southern Oregon Con ference and District 4 cham pions will be at a disadvantage altitude-wise when they take on Franklin high of Portland this Wednesday night. Six-footers likely will pre dominate in the tourney squads of both schools but Franklin will have more of them. And clubhouse. It will be followed by a driving contest for distance and accuracy in which any golfer over 15 years of age may enter. A special hole-in-one contest on practice hole No. 1 will be conducted each day of the tour ney. A $3,000 auto will be giv en for any hole in one. , There will be dancing at the country club each night. Ama teur shows are set for Thursday and Saturday nights. A local dixieland band will play on Fri day night. Publication of a pictorial pro gram advertising southern Ore gon has provided funds for the tournament. Therefore specta tors will be able to follow the play without charge. Cuban Kid Fined $100 Miami Beach, Fla. (U.R) Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan and his trainer were fined $100 each Saturday for some heated remarks made after the Cuban boxer lost a de cision to Hector Constance here Feb. 23. The Miami Beach Boxing Commission levied the fine against Gavilan and trainer Mundito Medina and reprimand ed them for "bad sportsman ship." Chairman Flamen Adae warn ed that any further outbursts will result in a suspension and would take effect in all NBA territories, adding, "We mean business." "Your action was unsports manlike and detrimental to box ing," said Adae. "Two courses are left open to us suspension or a fine." But the commission did not attempt to interfere with Gavi lan's scheduled bout with Bobby Dykes next Wednesday night across Biscayne Bay in Miami. Adae said the match was "made in good faith and we don't want to interfere with it." "I know that everybody that night talk a lot . . . but I wasn't mad," said Gavilan. "I remem ber everything I say and I don't call nobody crooks and robbers." TILLERS! GREATEST ROTARY for Home Gardening Small U Sift TO'Ucc'Eut Outperforms any other low-priced rotary tiller greatest ever made lor home gardeners! Tills, culti vates, weeds, mulches easy to handle in small plots, corners, close to shrubs. 2Vi HP engine, M-E's famous universal non winding tines (guaranteed " gainst breakage), attachments available. Ask for free demonstration on your own soil! So Easy to Handle 1695 $17.00 DOWN yhoe Rotary Tifer Bole Knife ROT Aft Adjustable cutting widths Unbreakable bolo knife hoes Automatic clutch control TRY IT! The Easiest Handling Tiller on the Market! WE GIVE S&H Green Stamps O OPEN Cascade (Garden 1228 N. RIVERSIDE the Quakers undoubtedly will have four or five 6-footers to Medford's two in starting aggre- gations. The state basketball tourna ment reference guide just re ceived in the mail shows nine of the Franklin squad members at 6 feet or better. Coach Frank Roelandt hasn't named his Tor nado traveling crew but as many as four of the players may be under the fathom level. Leading the list of probabl Quaker starters is Bjarne Jen sen, 6-9 sophomore. Possible for wards are Bob Matthews. 6-3. and Dave Smith, 6-4. At the guards may be Ernie Spagur, 6-1, and Jack Luhrs. 6-0. Shorty for Franklin is Al Jensen, 5-9. Glenn Peterson and Jerry Kal- apus, both 6-4V2, are the tall regular Medford starters. The others, Frank Rector, Larry Cop pie and Bud Kastner, are all 5-11. Franklin, despite its height advantage, will go into the fra cas the underdog. It lacks the im pressive record of the Tornado. The Quakers won only two of eight pre-conierence conflicts. They finished tied for second in the Portland Interscholastic lea gue and won over Grant in a play-off mix for a state tourney spot. But, while Franklin hasn't been rated among the tourney favorites, yet, there is indication that it may play its best ball of the season in the classic at Eu gene. The Quakers turned in their top performance of the season against the Generals and their rise through the season shows they have been gaining momentum. Among the sidelights to Med f ord-Franklin mix is the fact that the two clubs met in a tourney opener back in 1925 and the fact Roelandt, mentor of the Med fordites is a Franklin alumnus. Franklin beat Medford 32 to 16 in the 1925 contest. two more drills are in store for the Tornado before the Wednesday fracas. They have a heavy workout here Monday and a light one at McArthur court in Eugene on Tuesday after noon. The Medford club did not practice yesterday. Roelandt said that the players so far are In top physical shape. Governors Join In Baseball Week Columbus, O. (U.R) Minor League President George M. Trautmean said Saturday that 32 of the nation's 48 governors have officially proclaimed the week of March 19 to 26 as Na tional Baseball Week. "We've never seen anything like the cooperation this move ment is receiving," Trautman said. About five-million persons are spearheading the observance, which is aimed at a nationwide rededication to basebalL 1 TILLERS! TILLER EVER MADE - Wling - Cultivating suburban lawi-iardee ceejbieetle On power anit opite 11 -inch TIL LER. 20-toch REEL-TYPE MOWBP or 20-inch ROTARY MOWER. Attach, mentt chanced in momenta with xdu nr Easy-Lock coupler. You hao attachments to suit yrmr needs. A lot of Ma chine for ONLY 129 50 $13.00 DOWN TODAY Lawn & SuppBy MEDFORD fcP edCefcsGftQS rW4fls)4s) 1
