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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, December 8, 1955
C Average
Set for PCC
Transfers
San Francisco !U.R) The Pa
cific Coast Conference wound
up its winter meeting today
after taking action to raise en
trance requirements for athletes
transferring from other schools.
In a move apparently aimed
at Washington, Washington
State and Oregon State, the PCC
ruled yesterday that all JC
transfers must have, or attain
a C average if they want to take
Fft in athletics.
Most of the nine conference
'schools have that rule. However,
the three northwest schools have
special advisory boards under
which 'certain students can gain
admittance with a lesser aver
age.
H. P. Everest of Washington,
PCC spokesman, emphasized that
athletes with a lower than C
average may still transfer to
inference schools.
Green Case Cited
"However, they cannot com
pete in athletics until they have
a cumulative C average, includ
in their JC schooling," he said.
Everest cited the case of Cre-
dell Green, sensational Washing
ton junior football player, who
transferred this year from West
Ccra Costa JC in California
with less than a C average. Un
der the new rule, he would be
ineligible to compete.
The conference also:
1. Appointed a special com
mitti of four to study the ad
visability of putting into effect
the "letter of intent" rule now
prevailing in the Southwest Con
ference. 2. Set the next conference
meeting for Victoria, B. C, May
18-23.
3. Set the conference baseball
playoff for June 1-2 at the site
of the northern division winner.
4. Continued its study of the
"cost of living wage" for athletes.
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Partners
Baseball
Sought for Pro
Club Operation
Here; Need Signers Soon
Given
Dull
Boxing Bout
Cleveland (U.R) That "Dance
of the Elephants" staged
Wednesday night by Bob Baker
and Vino Valdes seemed today
to have boosted another guy
Young Floyd Patterson,, of
Brooklyn into a June shot at
the heavyweight crown.
Baker of Pittsburgh, won an
other decision over Valdes of
Cuba in the Cleveland Arena,
but the fight was such a boo
provoking farce that both were
eliminated as potential chal
lengers. The cat-calls anoP strains of
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart,"
had scarcely echoed away in
,the arena's girders, when it was
learned reliably that 21-year-old
O Patterson, top contender for the
light heavyweight crown, has
now become the man most likely
to challenge Rocky Marciano for
the heavyweight championship
in June.
Fights Slated
Patterson is slated for an im
portant bout tonight inos An
geles against Jimmy Slade, a
"spoiler" who once wrecked the
hopes of Tommy (Hurricane)
Jackson.
Bak second-ranking heavy
contender and Valdes, number
three, not only eliminated them
selves Wednesday night, but
came close to being tossed out
of the ring by Referee Tony La
Branche.
"I threatened to throw them
out a couple of times," said La
Branche, who provided most of
the action during the dull 10
rounder that topped the 30th an
nual Cleveland Christmas fund
show. He was persistently cir
cling them like a terrier and
yelling: "Get in there and light.
Come on, you two, fight."
Backers of a plan to bring
professional Class B baseball to
Medford set out yesterday on
the task of obtaining signatures
for a partnership agreement to
finance the proposed team.
Those behind the venture feel
that the amount of signatures
obtained in the next few days
will determine whether or not
Medford will field a team. It
would be in the Northwest
league, which includes Salem
and Eugene in Oregon, Lewis
ton, Ida., and Spokane, Wenat
chee, Yakima and Tri-City in
Washington.
A meeting of league directors
will be held in Yakima next
Sunday at which time . Jim
Fleishman, league president, has
asked Medford to give an an
swer to an invitation to join
the circuit.
Under the partnership agree
ment, signers will share in the
profits or losses of the enter
prise to the extent not to ex
ceed 10 per cent. No one will
be permitted to sign for more
than that amount, it was pointed
out. Each signer will be asked
to select his' own percentage
figure below the maximum.
Partners To Operate
It will then be up to the part
ners to select a committee to
handle financial operation of the
club and to select a general
manager, who will oversee the
entire operation. Selection of a
team manager will hinge largely
on ability of the committee to
obtain a working agreement
with a Pacific Coast league or
TORNADO TO START HOME HOOP
SLATE AGAINST AXEMEN FRIDAY
major league club.
Some teams desire to name a
team manager when giving a
working agreement, it was
pointed out, while others ask
only to approve the manager
who will direct young players
being sent on the agreement.
After the partnership agree
ment has been signed and entry
of the Medford club assured, a
pre-season ticket campaign de
signed to provide immediate
working capital will get under
way. It was stressed that signers
are not expected to be asked to
finance any part of the opera
tion until the losses, if any, are
figured at the end of the season.
Persons desiring to become
partners in the venture may
telephone Harry Chipman, at
the Mail Tribune, 2-6141.
Unless sufficient signatures
are obtained by the end of the
week, it is doubtful that a pro
fessional team will be fielded
here this year, it was stated.
The committee which drew up
the partnership plan, the same
one used successfully at Eugene
last year, consisted of Hale
Greenman, Buzz Davies, Frank
Buchter, Bill Askwith, and
Chipman, who has been acting
as temporary chairman.
Coach Frank Roelandt dis-1
plays the 1955-1956 model of
the basketball Black Tornado
before hometown fans on Fri
day night.
The Medford high basketball
team opposes Eugene in the first
of eight games which will help
gird it for defense of its 1955
Southern Oregon Conference
championship. Friday's encoun
ter here will be the first' of a
two-game series. Tornado and
Axemen go at it again on the
senior high court on Saturday
evening.
Medford aims . for victories
over the defending state cham
pion school took an upward lift
with the report that Center Dick
McLaughlin's ailing leg is much
better. Roelandt said that Mc
Laughlin, who missed the con-
LUTES TRIUMPH
Tacoma (U.R) Pacific Luther
an of the Evergreen Conference
downed Pacific ofthe Northwest
Conference 84-66 fn a basketball
game Srere last night. Ron Ba
rendse led Pacific's scoring with
14 points while Chuck Curtis,
a freshman from Richland, hit
23 for PLC.
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Junior High
Hoop Quints
Vie Friday
Medford junior high schools
swing into basketball contention
on Friday afternoon.
McLoughlin's ninth, eighth
and seventh graders all will see
action. They will go to Grants
Pass. Only the ninth graders of
Hedrick play this week. They
will meet the Crater freshmen
at Central Point.
Coach Mel Boldenow of the
McLoughlin ninth said his prob
able starters are Bill Turner and
Bob Plankenhorn, forwards; Dan
Cuthbertson, center,- and Fred
Funston and George Koch,
guards. Terry Hamilton, Ron
Reich and Frank Peterson are
boys who may see a lot of duty.
The Bulldog ninth is on the
short side this year with Cuth
bertson of the likely starters.
tallest at a shade under six feet.
However two men on the squad,
Ernie Pathman and Dwight
Friesen. are 6-1 or better.
Bill Shepherd is tutor of the
eighth graders and Chick Quin
owski, student at Southern Ore
gon college, handles the seventh
grade squad.
Seventh and ninth grade will
play Grants Pass at 3:30 p.m.
with the eighth grade mix an
hour later.
Lack Shooting
Hedrick's ninth goes into ac
tion with only five nights of
shooting practice because there
are no permanent baskets yet in
the Hornet gymnasium. The club
has shot one at Lone" Pine and
twice at Roosevelt school and
last night fired at a basket set
up temporarily on the stage of
the auditorium-gym. One other
bucket was to be in service to
night. Possible starters for the 3:30
p.m. scrape are Pete Rasmussen,
center; Don Peek and Bill Maur
er, forwards, and John Harvey
and Tony Monroe, guards. Coach
Barney Riggs said that Gary
Winetrout could work in at
either forward or center. He re
ported that Monte Whaley has
developed into one of the best
defensive players on the squad.
The Hornets will play cagers
who were coached at Central
Point last year by Riggs.
Bernie Averill is eighth grade
coach and Bob Work is seventh
grade mentor.
Waterfowl Hunt
Conditions Still
Poor in Valley
Portland (U.R) The weekly
report on hunting conditions pre
pared by the State Game Com
mission.
SOUTHWEST: Rogue valley
waterfowl hunting remains poor.
CENTRAL: Duck and eoose hunt
ing should be good in northern Sher
man and Wasco counties if snow re
mains; Pleasant Ridge controlled deer
season opens uec. ii ior pernui
holders only: prospects very good;
all of the deer are down around wheat
fiplris but will move to the west alter
several days of shooting: best results
expected within two miles of the east
ern boundary and along Eight-mile
and Fivemile creeks.
SOUTHEAST: Summer lake man
agement area waterfowl shooting
poor; water partly frozen over; about
359 honkers and 4000 ducks in area;
Snake river fair to good in Malheur
county for jump shooting and fair
with decoys in early morning or late
evening; goose shooting in Jordan val
ley fair; Harney county poor for
waterfowl.
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Portland (U.R) The weekly
report on fishing conditions pre
pared by the State Game Com
mission: y
Southwest: Some steelhead be
ing taken in Tenmile lake; west
forks of Millicoma river fair to
good when water clear; Isthmus
slough fair to good for striped
bass.
Coquille river good for steel
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fishing several weeks away:
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ference jamboree, is a possible
starter against the Axemen. He
pulled a muscle or cord in the
lower leg and has it "taped up
like a mummy."
Starters Tested
The head mentor listed prob
able starters on Friday as Mike
Stearns or McLaughlin, center;
John Foust and Dick Copple,
forwards, and Lloyd Cearley
and Bob Tisdel, guards. Among
the reserves Neil Plumley and
Larry Slessler, the tallest play
ers on the squad, are coming
along very well, as is Larry Per
kins, Roelandt reported.
The Tornado went through
anther hard . scrimmage last
night and again worked at its
pressing game. Offense got some
more tuning and Roelandt said
that the club also drilled on
HAUNTING MEMORIES Middleweight champ Carl (Bobo)
Olson will climb into the ring in Chicago Dec. 9 the favorite
for the first time in his third tilt with the former
champ, Sugar Ray Robinson. The first time, in Philadel
phia in October, 1950, Bobo wound up flat on his back
(bottom), being counted out in the 12th round. The second
time he did a little better at San Francisco in March, 1952
(top), going the full 15 rounds, but dropping the decision.
This time, as . champ, he figures to remain so against a ,
Sugar Ray past his peak.
"some stuff we may encounter"
against. Eugene.
A possible starting combina-
tio of Hank Kuchera's Axemen
includes Don Lawrence, Dave
Powell, Charles Warren, Doug
Lundstrom and Melvin Olsen.
Lawrence, Powell and Olsen
were listed on the varsity ros
ter last year along with another
returnee, Craig Bushman. War
ren is a sophomore and Lund
strom is up from the junior
varsity.
Of the varsity holdovers, Law
rence saw the most duty last
year.
Moran Gone
The latest version ' of the Eu
gene Axemen is minus a tall
man like it had in the person
of Mike Moran on last season's
championship bunch. Medford
also lacks the height it had on
the club which was runner-up
to Eugene in the Class A. tour
ney this year. Both aggrega
tions, right now in the shadow
of great clubs, both possess a
quality of speed, however.
The Axemen come here with
victories recorded over Benson
of Portland and Albany while
Medford has been tested under
fire only in the jamboree with
one-quarter each against Klam
ath Falls, Ashland and Grants
Pass.
Medford and Crater high ju
nior varsities will be opponents
in the preliminaries.
Jack King High
In Ashland Shoot
Ashland Jack King with a
score of 771-50x was high aggre
gate winer Sunday in the Ash
land Gun club's fourth annual
indoor rifle match at the Arm
ory.
Archie Haskins with 771-47x
was second and Lewis Conger
with 769 third. Rose Van Bus
kirk totalled 758 for high la
dies' laurels. Jean Busenbark
was high junior. She fired a 706'
count.
Other top prizes went to How
ard Trivelpiece, high master,
766; Edwin Crabtree, high ex
pert, 769; Ernest Brazil, high
sharpshooter, 753, and Ted
Smith Jr., high marksman, 722.
Ashland Team Victor
Ashland's No. 1 crew won
the team match with 3063.
Conger won the prone match
with 200-20x and the kneeling
event with 195. King was victor
in the sitting position with 200.
Elmo Bron shot 185 standing to
take that match.
There were 47 shooters from
southern Oregon and northern
California with 15 juniors tak
ing part. Twenty trophies were
presented.
Rogue River
Victor Over
Tornado J V
Rogue River high varsity
splurged for 14 points in-a three
minute overtime last night to
turn back the Medford high jun
ior varsity 68 to 57 in a basket
ball fracas at Rogue River.
The Junior Tornado fought to
a 54 to 54 deadlock with, the
Chieftains in the regular playing
time of the fast moving mix
but folded and put in only three
points in the extra session.
The Medford club had a 43
to 37 margin going into the final
quarter. Rogue River caught .up
midway in the period. Each club
had several opportunities in the
final moments of the regular
time to win the fray at the free
tlirow line but could not make
the shots go in.
Rogue River was on top 14
to 12 at the quarter and Medford
led 28 to 26 at the half. Bilbee
Lane of the Chiefs rolled in, 31
points and his teammate, Gary
Phillips had 14. Tom Hamlin
had 14 for Medford and Jack
Poole 12.
BASKETBALL
WEDNESDAY COLLEGE GAME!
East
Villanova 100. St. Francis (Pa.) TT
Army 93. Ithaca 47
Boston College 97. Stonehill 41
Boston Univ. 79. Suffolk 48
Cornell 82. Colgate 76
Dartmouth 70. Vermont 37
Brown 58. Tufts 56
Yale 92, Connecticut 87
Pennsylvania 72. Swarthmore 60
St. John's (N.Y.) 89. Roanoke 62
Temple 74, Gettysburg 53
Midwest
Cincinnati 109, Tennessee 82
Dayton 73, Miami (Ohio) 50
Kansas 56. Wichita 55
Notre Dame 85. Loyola (111.) 84
West
LA. City Col. 88. Santa Monica 47
Baylor 62. Oregon State 57 -Eastern
Oregon 78, Whitman 72
Pacific Lutheran 84, Pacific 68
Clark Junior College 88. Monterey
Peninsula 63
LINE-UPS:
Rogue River 68 57 Medford JV
Towse 6 f 15 Hamlin
Moore 11 f in Mullpn
Wilson 3 c 10 Russell
Phillips 14 g 4 Bergman
Lane 31 g 12 Poole
Substitutions For RnmiA fliupr
Stinchcomb 3, Stewart, Vanscoter; for
Medford. Funston 3. Berteau Rrau.
ner 1, Payne 2.
Medfordite Takes Part
In Sooner Girls' Game
Norman, Okla. Jackie Cal
lan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Callan. Medford. Ore..
was a participant last Saturday
in a girls' football game at Uni
versity of Oklahoma. She was a
member of the Pi Phi squad
which played the Gamma Phi
Beta team in a Christmas bene
fit affair for the Cerebral Palsy
institute children. Tough tackle
rules were followed.
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Oregon First To Take
Positive Step on Plea '
For Physical Fitness
Portland Oregon is the first
state to take positive action in
responding to President Eisen
hower's request for improve
ment of the nation's physical
fitness, according to Dr. H. Har
rison Clarke, research professor
of physical education, Univer
sity of Oregon.
Clark explained that Oregon's
recent establishment of a phy
sical fitness testing program has
gained for it nation-wide prom
inence. He was the keynote -speaker
for last Saturday's (De
cember 3) banquet of the Oregon
Association for Health, Physical'
Education and Recreation.
One hundred seventy-five Ore- '
gon educators attended the 38th.
annual convention of the asso-'
ciation at Seaside.
Those participating included:
From Jackson county Ted
Schopf , Beverly Bennet, Ruth
Bebber, Alex Petersen and Dan
Bulkley, Southern Oregon col
lege; Lee Ragsdale, Medford;
Lewis Bertrand, Phoenix; Dea.
Cox, Jacksonville, and Vem
Bonebreak, Eagle Point.
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Webfoot Squad
Headed for Utah
Eugene (U.R) ' Oregon's
Ducks left here by plane today
for Utah where they meet a
Brigham Young's strong bask
etball team in games at Provo
Friday and Saturday night.
Coach Bill Borcher will take
an 11-man traveling squad.
GRAHAM QUITS
Brooklyn, N. Y. (U.R) Frank
Graham Jr., publicity director
for the Brooklyn Dodgers since
1952 and a former sports writer
for the New York Sun, is resign
ing his post with the baseball
team to take over as assistant
managing editor for Sport magazine.
Danny Kidd. Successful
In Orient Toga Defense
Manila (U.R) Danny Kidd
of " the Philippines, successfully
defended his flyweight champ
ionship of . the Orient Wednes
day when he scored a 12-round
decision over the rugged Vitich
ai Kunoi of Thailand. Kidd
scaled 111 pounds to his op
ponets 109.
OCE COACH CALLED
Monomuth OJ.R) Darrell
Davis, assistant football coach
at Oregon College of Education,
has been called for induction
into the Army. Davis was a three
sport letterman at OCE before
assisting Head Coach John Cham
berlain last season.
Gun Club Turkey
Shoot on Sunday
Rain or shine, there'll be
shooting open to all scatter
gunners Sunday at Medford
gun club.
The occasion is the first of
two pre-Christmas turkey
shoots. The event will last
throughout the day with hams
as well as turkeys to be prizes.
Participation is planned also for
non-shooters.
Lunch will be available at
the grounds. Central Point Lions
club will have lunch concessoin.
The gun club is on Central
Point Market rd. just west of
Crater Lake highway Four
Corners.
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the soil. We, here in Jackson County, owe much to the farmers for
their major contribution to the sound economy of this area. We, here
at Hubbard-Wray, have many contacts with Rogue River Valley
farmers. We recognize and appreciate their part in making this a
prosperous, growing community. Farm Bureau Week, now being
observed, affords us an opportunity to the important role of our
farmers in building a bigger and better Jackson Countyl
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Pre-Christmas
TURKEY SHOOT
Sunday, Dec. 11
RAIN OR SHINE
Medford Gun Club
Crater Lake Hiway at 4 Corners ,
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Visitors Urged To Attend
TRAPS OPEN 9 A.M.
LUNCH SERVED ON THE GROUNDS
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