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MEDFORDfe&TRIBUNE St. Mary's Romps Over IV Cougar Hoop Quintet 78-27 for 39 to 36. Dick Hayes scored The speedy St. Mary's high Crusaders, their siehts set on Jackson County B League bask etball laurels, opened their pre- conference tune-up slate with a pleasing display of strength Fri day night in a 78 to 27 rout 01 A-2 Illinois Valley on the Med ford parochial school's floor. Showing streaks of a potent ially strong fast breaking at tack and playing a heads-up, aggressive, driving, ball-stealing game, the Crusaders went in front in the first quarter, took a commanding lead in the sec ond canto and were never ser iously challenged after that. The Crusaders started slow and picked up momentum. They went on top to stay after 5V2 minutes of play. Tony Miksche dropped in two free shots for a 10 to 8 SM count. By the end of the period the spread was 17 to 3 0. A St. Mary's spurt in the second quarter pushed the margin to 19 points, 31 to 12. Score at the half was 33 to 17.. After three quarters the gap was 30 points, 53 to 23. Final score represented the widest margin of the night, 51 points. Reserves Continue Coach Wes Peters of the visit ing Cougars substituted players more liberally than Mentor Mil lard Webb of St Mary's who made no wholesale changes un til the final quarter. But, when a flock of reserves did enter with about 6 minutes left to play, they continued to " widen the count over the IV aggrega tion. Illinois Valley suffered a blow when Forward; Howard Pickle turned his ankle in the second quarter. St. Mary's defense, after yield ing five field goals in the first quarter, gave way for only six more during the rest of the game, two in each of the re maining stanzas. The Cougars got only four points in the clos er ing chukker. Thirty field goals were dunkedoin by the Crusad ers who got 19 of them from close in and . most of the rest fros mid-range. Laval Meunier headed the shooters with 20 points for St. Mary's. Miksche followed with 15. He made 11 out of 15 free tries. John Walsh had 14 points and Dick Paup 10 also for the Sf. Mary's nine. Larry Preston and Darrell Smith were high for Illinois Valley with six each. Players Missing Walsh, Miksche, Paup and Meunier saw duty from the start until two minutes Into the last quarter while Pat Sullivan and Jim Darland saw service at one forward in that time. Sa. Mary's was without Gerald ' Darland and Ron Pruitt, a couple of its top players, who bave been in , Portland? this weekend end. Illinois Valley jayvee won a thriller of a prelim, 39 to 38. The game saw St. Mary's fight from behind and take over the lead in the final quarter. Bob Bechardt's bucket made it 34 to 33 for the Medford team and Ron Read 'hit for a 36 to 33 buldge. Clark England cut the gap with two free shots of IV and Fred Bliss hit tq give the Cougars a 37 to 36 edge. Dennis Hogan then got another fielder the final goal for St. Mary's Period standings all favored IV 11 to 8, 20 to 13 and 28 to 24. LINE-UPS: St. Mary's 78 27 Illinois Valley Sullivan 7 f 4 Pickle Walsh 14 f 4 Plumlee Miksche 15 c 6 Smitn Meunier 20 g 2 King Paup 10 g 3 Simington Substitutions For St. Mary's. J. Darland 2. Birmingham 4. Read 2 Hayes, Flakus 2, Clark; for Illinois Valley, Preston 6, Camp, Piller, Caroth fers, Spencer, Mellwo, Kennedy. Glendale 5 Tips Phoenix Phoenix Glendale high em ployed a pressing defense and a streak of hot shooting Friday night to nick the Phoenix Pirate hoopmen 51 to 49 in the season opener for both schools. Phoenix took a commanding lead in the early portion of the fracas at Glendale. The Pirates built up a 22 to 11 first quarter spread, stretched to 26 to 11 in the second quarter and headed 32 to 19 at halftime. Glendale used a full court defense from the start but did not rush Phoenix much until the third quarter. Then the tactics began to pay off. The Douglas county quint put the presesure on and was all over the Phoenix club. The Glendale shooting eye sharpened and enabled it to rally and go in front 42 to 39 by the end of the third quarter. Stein of the home club led scorers with 15 while Bill Mad den got 13 for Phoenix. Glendale won the junior var- lsty mix also 38 to 29. LINE-UPS: Glendale 51 49 Phoenix Borg I f 10 Dahl Munyon 7 f 5 Wall Brown 6 c 13 Madden Stein 15 g 11 Korth Hale 11 8 8 Brood Substitutions For Glendale. Rowe, Young 10. Miller 1; for Phoenix, Blankenship 2, Seitzinger. Loscutoff Sets Rebound Record Boston U.R) Jim Loscutoff, former University of Oregon star, set a new National Basket ball Association rebound record Friday night when he received 26 rebounds for the Boston Cel tics in their 94-81 victory over St. Louis. . The former record was held by Don Barksdale. 22 Wins Today Could Clinch Titles for Rams; Browns By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer " The Los Angeles Rams and Cleveland Browns can clinch the National Football League's division titles today if they win and get a couple of hefty as sists from the Detroit Lions and New York Giants'. The 12 clubs have only two more regular season games. The Rams and Browns can assure themselves of shares of the take from the Dec. 26 championship game if the balls bounce just right for them this weekend. Los Angeles, leading the Chi cago Bears by a half-game, is OWi Odds Given By UNITED PRESS Here are the early odds for the major bowl games, all of which will be played Jan. 2 except the "Gator Bowl," which will be held Dec. 31. Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.: Michigan State seven points over UCLA. Sugar Bowl at New Orleans: Georgia Tech seven over Pitts burgh. Cotton Bowl at Dallas: Texas Christian 6V2 over Mississippi. Orange Bowl at Miami: Okla homa 7V2 over Maryland. 'Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla.: Auburn 6V2 over Vander-bilt. Conn. Dog Takes Second Field Cup Marion, 111. (U.R) A dog from Connecticut became the first two-time winner of the Na tional English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Championship yes terday. International Field Trial Champion Ludlovian Bruce of Greenfair, owned by Joseph C. Quirk, Greenwich, Conn., won his second straight title in a hunting and retrieving test held at Crab Orchard Refuge near here. Whitworth Defeats Willamette U. 78-68 Spokane U.R) Whitworth defeated Willamette, 78-68, here Friday in a basketball game which was forced into a over time period by a late Bearcat rally. The regulation game ended in a 62-62 tie as Pete Reed of Wil lamette hit a field goal with one second remaining. Duke Defeats N. Carolina 6-0 Durham, N.C. '(U.R) Gang- tackling Duke used a perfectly executed 35 yard touchdown run by Halfback Oliver Rudy and a flawless defense Saturday for a 6-0 victory over North Carolina before 34,000 fans and a national television audience. Rudy, a surging ' 195-pound sophomore, sprang clear on a keyblock by End Buddy Bass and whirled around left end in the second period for the game's only score. BISONS BUY PLAYER Columbus, Ohio (U.R) The Buffalo Bisons of the Interna tional League bought right hand er Harry Nicholas from Min neapolis of the American As sociation Friday and announced the conditional purchase of Clint Hartung, former New York Giant outfielder and pitch er, from Havana. 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L1NINGER & SONS n to a 57-46 victory over a more ragged Oregon State team Fri day night. The non-conference game was the first of the season for both teams. Anderson, high point scorer for the evening with 23 points, staged his scoring spree while Oregon State was being held to only two free throws. The spree gave Oregon a 38-27 lead, which OSC was unable to overcome. -Oregon State, defending Pa cific Coast Conference champs weakened by. the loss of giant Swede Halbrook, got a 13-7 lead midway through the first period. Three Rallies But Oregon put on its first of three scoring rallies of the eve ning, scoring 12 points while the Beavers were held to 2 to take a 19-15 lead. The Ducks held a 21-19 margin at halftime. Best OSC performances were turned in by Dave Gambee, who got 12 points from his forward slot, and sophomore guard Ken Nanson, who scored 16 points. Anderson and Charlie Frank lin, talented Los Angeles junior college transfer who scored 13 points, led. the Ducks. OSC. crept to within three points of the Ducks late in the contest, but Oregon held an eight-point rally to obtain a lead that held up for the rest of the game. a seven-point favorite for its home game with the third-place Baltimore Colts. The Rams can take the Western Division crown by winning if the under dog Lions upset the Bears at Chicago. The Bears are 10 point choices, but were I6V2 point favorites last Sunday when they took a 53-14 whipping from the Chicago Cardinals. Hold Half-Game Lead Cleveland holds a half-game lead over the Washington Red skins in the Eastern race and is a 12 point favorite to defeat the Steelers at Pittsburgh. The Browns can clinch their sixth straight NFL division title by winning if the Giants defeat the Redskins at Washington. Washington is a three-point favorite. The Green Bay Packers trail Los Angeles by IV2 games and still have a slight chance in the Western race. But the Packers (5-5) are 5 point underdogs for their game with the Forty Niners (3-7) at San Francisco. In today's other game, the Philadelphia Eagles 3-6-1 are favored over the visiting Chi cago Cardinals 4-5-1 by seven points. Los Angeles (6-3-1) defeated Baltimore (5-4-1) by such adding machine scores as 45-2 and 48-0 in the past. But Coach Weeb Eubank's Colts have been pro viding tougher opposition for the Rams and all their other op ponents since late in the 1954 campaign. The Colts edged the Rams at Los Angeles last De cember, 22-21, and the Rams had to come from behind at Balti more two weeks ago to salvage a 17-17 tie. Prospectors Rap Loggers Butte Falls' Prospect high fought from behind in the sec ond quarter and went on to subdue Butte Falls 71 to 64 here Friday night in a non-league basketball engagement. It was the first full game of the season for both schools. . The Loggers of Butte Falls went well on both offense and defense in the first quarter and hot shooting got them an 18 to 11 first quarter lead. Prospect fought back in the second per iod, however, and was on top 30 to 26 at the half. In the third quarter the Cou gars boosted the bulge to 11 points at 55 to 44. With reserves playing reserves in the final panel, Butte Falls came within four points of the visitors half way through the quarter. Reg ulars finished out the tussle with Prospect widening the gap again. Don Vannice of the Cougars headed scoremakers with 22. Jim Daniels, who transferred from Butte Falls to Prospect this year, helped the Cougar cause with 20. Butte Falls pacers were the Irwm brothers, Bill with 19 and Jim with 17. Butte Falls jayvees won the opener 73 to JL7, once having a 41 to 0 advantage. LINE-UPS: Prospect 71 64 Butte Falls Pope 3 f 19 B. Irwin J. Daniels 20 f n p. Conley Vannice 22 c 9 Mattern gean 7 g 4 M. Conley Gardener 14 g 17 j. 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