TWELVE MTOFORD (OHEGOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, Noremb 80, 1955
San Francisco Overwhelmingly
Bated Nation's No. 1 Cage Team
By NORMAN MILLER
few York iCUR) The Univer
sity of San Francisco's defend
ing NCAA basketball cham
pion!!, led by All-America Bill
Russell, were picked today by
an overwhelming vote of the
United Press Board of Coaches
to win the national title once
again.
In f near-unanimous display
of sentiment, 33 of the 35 out
standing coac;s who will rate
the college basketball teams
weekly for the United Press dur
ing the coming season voted
Phil Woolpert's Dong as the best
bet for 1955-56.
North Carolina State was the
top pre-season choice, of one
coach and St. Louis university
was selected by another. Of the
two coaches who did not vote
for San Francisco one picked
the West Qtast Dons third and
the other0seventh. On a point
basis, that gave San Francisco
342 out of a possible total of 350.
Picked Top Team
San Francisco was picked as
the nation'f)No. 1 team last sea
son after winning 23 out of 24
gamj during the regular cam
paign. The Dons then lived up
to their top ranking by winning
the NOfkA cbampionshiD at Kan
sas City, beating LaSalle in the
final 77-63.
Kentucky, which has a peren
n!nl haskptball Dowerhouse wi
der CoSch Adolph Rupp, was
picked as the No. 2 team in me
coaches' pre-season sizeuii. fol
lowed by Utah, North Carolina
State and Iowa. Dayton was
picked No. 6. Illinois aeii UCLA
were tied for seventh, with Du
ouesne's 1955 National Invita
tion tournament champions
ninth and George Washington
10th.
Accordit to these pre-season
ratings, here are the teams tne
coaches expect to win the major
conference championships:
Southeastern Kentucky.
Skyline Utah.
Atlantic Coast North Caro
lina State.
Big Ten Iowa.
Pacific Coast UCLA.
Southern George Washing
ton. Missouri Valley St. Louis.
Southwest Southern Meth
odist. Big Seven Kansas.
- Ivy Princeton.
B Loop Clubs Await
Thursday Jamboree
M
West .Shrine
Grid Squad
Announced
San Francisco (U.P.) South
ern California and Stanford each
placed three men on the West
team named today for the Dec.
31 Shrine East-West football
game at Kezar Stadium.
End Leon Clarke, guard Or
lando Ferrante and quarterback
Jim Contrato were the Trojans
named to the team, which will
be coached by USC's Jess Hill.
Tarr Picked
Stanford will be represented
by guard Tony Mosich, center
Joe Long and fullback Bill Tarr.
However, Tarr is being carried
on the roster as a halfback.
Two players each from South
ern Methodist, Arkansas and
College of the Pacific also were
chosen. The Mustangs named
were quarterback John Roach
and tackle Forrest Gregg. Half
back Preston Carpenter and full
back Henry Moore were selected
from Arkansas and end A. D.
Williams anf guard Gene Cronin
from COP.
The Complete Roster
Ends: Leon Clarke, USC: Hen
ry Gaeminger, Baylor; Lamarr
Meyer, Colorado; Menan Schrie-
ver', Texas; A. D. Williams, Col
lege of Pacific.
Tackles: Forrest Gregg, South
ern Methodist; Lon Stiner, Ore-
gon; . John Jankans, Arizona
Tempe State; Reed Henderson,
Utah State.
Guards: Orlando Ferrante.
USC; Tony Mosich. Stanford;
Vaughan Hitchcock, Washington
State; Gene Cronin, College of
Pacific.
Centers: James Furey, Kansas
State; Joe Long, Stanford.
Quarterbacks: John Roach,
Southern Methodist; Jim Con
tra tto, USC.
Halfbacks: Bill Tarr, Stanford;
Preston Carpenter, Arkansas;
Herb Nakken, Utah; Dick James,
Oregon; Rex Fischer, Nebraska.
Fullbacks: Henry Moore, Ar
kansas; Earl Lunsford, Oklahoma
A&M.
The 1955-56 high school bas
ketball season in southern Ore
gon will be heralded in Thurs
day night on the bt. Marys
court here.
Occasion is the Jackson Coun
ty B league jamboree. It will
start at 7 p.m. with all six mem
bers of the league participating.
The affair will give an idea,
although not a too conclusive
one, on how the clubs should
fare in the regular season play.
Participants will be Talent,
Jacksonville, Rogue River. Butte
Falls, Prospect and host St.
Mary's. Each will appear in two
quarters of play.
As was done last year, the
Darks will face the Whites with
aggregate team scores to be
kept. Talent, Butte Falls and
Prospect will team on the white
jerseyed side. St. Mary's, Rogue
River and .Jacksonville will
wear their colored jerseys. The
Darks won in 1954.
The teams will appear against
each other in this order: Talent
versus Rogue River, Jackson
ville versus St. Mary's, Pros
pect versus Butte FpUs. Talent
versus St. Mary's, Rogue Riv
er versus Prospect and Butte
Falls versus Jacksonville.
Six Contests
There will be six separate.
contests or quarters of basket
ball for fans of the B schools to
witness.
Talent, the defending B league
champion, Rogue River and St.
Mary's go into the jamboree the
best fixed with returning letter
men. The Bulldogs have eight
and the Crusaders of Medford
and Chiefs of Rogue River each
five. Prospect has two lettermen
back and its hopes are bolstered
by three transfers.
Jacksonville has only one let
terman presently out and eyes
the return of two others late in
the season. The two were injur
ed during football. There is no
report yet from Butte Falls. '
Actual league play does not
start until January. The clubs
will depend on a number of
games through December to gird
for the loop chase. Most of the
clubs have full games this week
end and several will meet loop
foes this month in non-conference
play.
Teams were engaged in final
practices this afternon in prepa
ration for the jamboree.
Lon Stiner
Shrine Pick
San Francisco (U.R) Two
Oregon players were named to
day on the West Shrine team
which meets the East team here
Dec. 31.
They are Halfback Dick James
and Tackle Lon Stiner Jr.
James' selection had been re
vealed after Oregon's 28-0 win
over Oregon State.
Vaughan Hitchcock of Washing
ton State was picked at a guard
spot. No one from Oregon State
or Washington was named on
the squad. Only seniors are eligible.
CLOCK OUTSTANDING
Portland (U.R) Lewis and
Clark football players yesterday
chose Tackle Mike Clock, a jun
ior, as the outstanding player of
the season for L&C.
Transfers
Aid Cougar
Hoop Cause
Prospect Two Cougar letter
men and three transfers from the
backbone of the Prospect high
basketball squad at this stage of
the season.
Darwin Bean is the only re
turning regular from last year
and Lyle Pope is the only other
Cougar hoopman who has won
a basketball letter previously at
Prospect.
The transfers who figure in
Coach Wes Stauffer's plans are
David Gardener, from a school
in Washington; Don Vannice
from.Halsey, and Jim Daniels,
from Butte Falls.
Stauffer reported that Cougar
reserve strength will be limited
in experience and talent. Like a
number of other prep clubs of
the area. Prospect will have fair
speed but will not have much
height. According to the mentor,
the club looks stronger on the
backboards than last season's edi
tion. Scoring ability is more
evenly divided. 1 -
The Cougars have not played
together much as yet, Stauffer
stated. However, he "said indi
cations point to a hard working
squad.
On the Prospect roster are"
Bean, Pope, Don Andresen and
Ray Shafer, seniors; Daniels, Jim
Davidson and' Vannice, juniors;
Gardener, Jim Valentine, Bud
Gillespie, Carl Spencer, Richard
Robinson, Steve Hoag and Leo
Daniels, sophomores, and Mel
vin Yorton, Tom Davidson, Jerry
Gaines and George Lycett, fresh
men. Jim Hansen is hoop man
ager. Dick Price, elementary coach
and eighth grade instructor, will
tutor the freshman and sopho
more team. He graduated from
Southern Oregon college last
year.
SCHEDULE: -
Dec. 1 Jackson County B
League jamboree at St. Mary's
(Medford). Dec. 2 At Butte
Falls; .Dec. 10 Canyonville
home; Dec. 16.. ..At Jacksonville;
Dec. 17 At Canyonville. Dec 20
Butte Falls home. Dec. 29 At
Chiloquin.
Jan. 6 St. Mary's home; Jan.
10 Chilquin home; Jan. 13 At
Rogue River; Jan. 17 Jackson
ville home; Jan. 20 Butte Falls
BASILIO, DEMARCO EVEN
RATING FOR TITLE MIX
TONIGHT BRINGS QUERY
Boston (UP) Here Is the tale-of-the-tape
for tonight' Carmen
Basilio-Tonv DeMarco welterweight
title fight: "
, DeMarco Basilio
Age 23 2
Weight 147 147
Height 5-5 i S-6'
Reach 7?H 67
Chest normal 37 J 4
Chest expanded 39
Waist -.291-4
Neck . 16
Thigh - 204
Calf ..14li
Ankle 914
Biceps 1414
Wrist 7U
Forearm 15
36U
39
29
15
2(P4
13:!4
10
134
6I4
15"j
Spokane, Wash. (U.R) Pro
moter Gus Cozza has offered
S80,000 to the winner of to
night's welterweight champion
ship bout between title holder
Carmen Basilio and Tony De
Marco to defend here against
Vince Martinez.
Boston (U.R) Handlers of
welterweight champion Carmen
Basilio were suspicious of a bet
ting coup today as "even money"
was surprisingly quoted for his
first title defense against ex
champ Tony De Marco in their
return bout tonight at Boston
Garden.
Co-managers Johnny De John
and Joe Netro asked the Massa
chusetts Boxing commission for
reasurrances of a square deal
for 28-year-old Carmen.
"I simply can't understand it,"
said De John. "Last June, Car
men was favored at 9-5 for their
first fight at Syracuse, N.Y., and
he took the title from De Marco
on a technical knockout in the
12th round. Yesterday morn
ing he was favored at 8-5. Now
it's even money. What gives?
Commissioner Henry Lamar
told De John, "No news about
the referee or judges could have
leaked out of the commission be
cause we haven't yet made up
our minds about who will of
ficiate tonight."
Rumor Basilio Weakened
Bookies said the swing to the
23-year-old De Marco was caus
ed by rumors that rangy, raw
boned Basilio had weakened
himself paring down toward the
147-pound limit. Also because
stocky young Tony should be in
much better condition than for
their first fight on June 10.
The champion, seeking his
12th straight victory, had been
favored because his savage
hooking attack wilted De Marco
after the seenth round. Tony
was on the floor twice in the
10th.
The dynamic,- black-haired
son of a former Boston shoe
maker had one bout since he lost
his crown in June. On Sept. 14
he knocked out Chico Vejar in
the first round. That victory
brought his record to 41-5-1, in
cluding 26 knockouts. He was
stopped three times.
Basilio fought twice since he
won the title, outpointing Gil
Turner and Italo Scortichini. His
career list of 47-11-7 includes 21
kayoes. He was never stopped.
Sacramento Gets Risley
Columbus. O. (U.R) The
Sacramento club of the Pacific
Coast league opened the annual
minor league draft yesterday by
selecting infielder George Ris
ley from the Augusta, Ga.,
team of the Sally league.
He was the first of six play
ers chosen by the eight Pacific
FIGHTS
home; Jan. 27 At Talent; Jan.
31 At St. Mary's.
Febr 3 Rogue River home;
Feb. 10 At Jacksonville; Feb.
14 Butte Falls; Feb. 17 Talent
home.
By UNITED PRESS
Miami Beach, Fla. Rex Lavne.
209 2. Salt Lake City, Utah, "out
pointed Mike Hammer, 189 li. De
troit. 10.
Tampa, Fla. Willie Pepp. 127,
Hartford. Conn., outpointed Papny
Gault, 124, Spartanburg, S. C, 10.'
Junior High Home Room
Cage Winners Reported
Champions in recent home
room basketball and pep tour
naments at McLoughlin junior
high school have been announced
by the school.
Winning rooms in basketball
and the room supervisors are
the ninth grade, No. 18, Mrs.
Dorothy Sutter; eighth grade No.
34, Mrs. Gertrude Holmes, and
seventh grade, No. 23, Mrs.
Hazel Bosshard.
Champs and the room super
visors in the pep competition
were ninth grade, No. 5, Darrell
Davis; eighth grade, No. 35, Mel
Boldenow, and seventh grade,
No. 27, Ray Lewis.
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Jess Hill
Los Angeles (U.R) He was
laughed at when he quit coach
ing track to take over his first
head coaching job in college
football four years ago.
He was laughed at again only
two weeks ago when he was
hanged in effigy on his own
campus.
But Jess Hill, the United
Press Coach of the Week, got
the last laugh when his Southern
California Trojans sprung one
of the season's biggest upsets
last Saturday by mauling Notre
Dame, 42-20.
Southern Cal never had beat
en the Irish in their annual
windup game since Hill took
over the coaching reins from
Jeff Cravath in 1951. This sea
son, the Trojans reached the
Notre Dame battle with an un
distinguished 5-4 won and lost
record, while the Irish had an
8-1 mark.
Coast league clubs.
Hollywood chose infielder
Robert Ruck of Birmingham,
who hit .285 playing with Win
ston - Salem in the Carolina
league.
. Los Angeles, in 'the first
round, selected George Freese,
a third baseman, from New Or
leans and in the second round
chose John Goril, a third base
man from San Antonio of the
Texas league.
Freese Hit .302
Freese, who was with tha
Pittsburgh Pirates early in the9
season, wound up hitting .302 at
Hollywood in the Pacific Coast
league. Goril hit 3.01 for Wich
ita of the Western league.
Seattle also selected two play
ers. drafting pitcher Arnold At
kins from Shreveport of the
Texas league and first baseman
Kenneth Landenberger from
Colorado Springs of the West
ern league.
As an open classification
league, putting it just a step
ahead of the Triple A American
association and the International
league, the Pacific coast circuit
had the first choice of the minor
league players left after the ma
jors selected 10 playeri Mon
day. ,
Portland (U.R) Portland U.
and Portland State open their
1955-56 basketball season tomor?
row nigSt by meeting each other
at Howard Hall here.
Oregon Staters
CTEdge Grad Five
Corvallis (U.R) Oregon
State's basketball team finally
edged an alumni group in a
gs?ne-type scrimmage here yes
terday,! 59-54. It was the first
varsity victory in three tries
0 or the ex-stars who included
Tony Vlastelica. Tex Whiteman,
Bill Toole and Ron Robins from
last year's team.
Post 8 Wins Explorer
Boiling Tournament
Post 8 won a recent bowling
tourtffcy in competition with two
other Explorer posts of the Big
Pines district of Boy Scouts.
Scoreaj of 529, 589 and 554
were chalked up by Post 8 roll
ers. Post 14 was second with
scores of 446, 597 and 495 and
Post 15 rolled 523, 504 and 479.
Wayne paced the winning
team with 389 for three games.
Clark had 319 for Post 14 and
Rinn carded 899 for Post 15.
The tourney marked the first
bowling for most of the boys.
Wyoming Named
For Sun Bowl
El Paso. Tex. XU.R) The Uni-1
versity of Wyoming Cowboys, I
winners of seven of nine, games
this season, have been selected
to play Texas Tech, Border con
ference champions, in the Sun
Bowl game.
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