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o o 0 MedfordTribune Iowa Upset By Buffs As Kentucky Escapes Another Loss, 71-69 By JOHN GRIFFIN United ress Sporls Writer Iowa, Big Ten title favorite and ranked fourth among- all the nation's teams, went from the unbeaten ranks today as the result of the second biggest up set of the college basketball sea son. Q Colorado, defending Big Sev en champ but overlooked in pre season dope sheets because graduation claimed four start- CTE, played host to the Hawkeyes Monday night at Boulder, Colo, and handed them a 60-57 defeat. The surprise is topped this cefQftn only by Kentucky's loss to Temple last Saturday night and Kentucky narrowly av erted another upset Monday night by nipping De Paul, 71 69. Colorado handed Iowa a 75 74 defeat during last season's NCAA tournament, but things were suppcd to be different now. And it seemed they were as Iowa seized a 33-31 halftime lSd. But Colorado surged to a 54-48 lead midway in the sec ond half before an Iowa rally led by Bill Seaberg narrowed the gap to 57-58 with 26 seconds left. Scores on Rebound ' O With 11 seconds remaining, IjgJI Peterson of the Buffaloes aargi a free throw to make it 58-56. He missed the second shot but George Hannah, Colorado's six-seven center, rocketed in to 0 BATTERY SALE! LIFETI&, 6 yr. 6 volt, any ear size. Reg. $29.95, to Christmas $24.00 LIFETIME, 6 yr. 12 volt. Reg. $34.95, to Xmas $28.00 STANDARD, 3 yr. 6 volt, any ear size, Reg. $14.95, to Christmas $12.95 STANDARD, 4 yr- 6 volt, any ear size, Reg. $18.95 to Christmas $16.95 Medford Battery Go. 1740 N. Riverside Ph. 2-6737 '1 now in tliis f E6, liandsome new t' Handsome outside, mellow inside Vst5?3'' n woner Century Club Straight Bourtoon. "WTiisStey es Proof National Distillers Products Corp. ST. V. slap in the rebound for a clinch ing basket. Kentucky came within a whisker of taking a second beat ing within three nights. The Wildcats trailed De Paul in most of the second half, but were even at 69-69 when forward Jer ry Bird scored the winning bas ket with only six seconds to play. Unmeaten St. Louis and un beaten Indiana, tied for the No. 14 national ranking, clashed at Bloomington, Ind., and St. Louis won convincingly, 86-75. Top Scoring Star Robin Freeman, Ohio State's five-eleven guard, was Monday nights top scoring star. He tal lied 40 points to lead an 89-69 rout of Oklahoma. In other leading games Mon day night; Southern Methodist took a 75-62 victory over Wis consin; Wake Forest took an 82 60 Atlantic Coast Conference game from Virginia; Drake downed Kansas State, 70-64; Bos ton College nipped Rhode Island 75-72; St. Joseph's (Pa.) trounced Penn Military 96-53; Miami (Fla.) edged Loyola (La.) 83-82; Rice routed Louisiana State 85-60; Wichita ripped Nebraska 71-46; Oklahoma A&M downed Baylor 59-48; and Texas A&M beat Tu lane 85-66. Seattle Pacific Suffers First Loss Forest Grove U.R) Seattle Pacific suffered its first basket ball defeat in five games last night as Pacific University came from behind for a 72-69 victory. Eddie Ramsdell led Pacific with 18 points but Nick DeWees of Seattle Pacific had 22 for high honors. SANTEE ENTERED New York (U.R) Wes Santee, the United States' premier mile runner, has been entered for three events in Thursday night's metropolitan AAU Handicap track meet. Santee will start from scratch in the mile event, but whether he runs in the 600 or 800 yard events depends upon the time schedule for the meet at the 102nd Engineers Armory. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 10 ajn Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 Drevious day Good Future Seen For PCL San Francisco (UP.) Direct ors of the Pacific Coast League met here yesterday bubbling with enthusiasm and predictions of a rosy future for PCL base ball for the first time in years. Most of the business was rou tine. The directors formally in stalled Leslie O'Connor as league president after accepting the resignation of Claire V. Goodwin. Jerry Donovan, new president of the San Francisco Seals was accepted as a director. Donovan was named to his new post by the Boston Red Sox, who re cently purchased the San Fran cisco team. The directors even made an amiable attempt to prepare a three-year schedule that would do away with the practice, of keeping Seattle, Portland and the new Vancouver team in Cali fornia the first three weeks be cause of the fear of rain. It was tentatively decided that the Northern teams would return to their home parks after two series in California, thereby permitting a better adjustment of schedules all around the league. Wollpert Worried About- East Trip San Francisco (U.R) Coach Phil Wollpert saw trouble ahead today for his University of San Francisco powerhouse which starts a crucial swing through the East this week. "It's in the percentages that we might lose," Woolpert said of the top-ranked Dons who have won 29 straight since an early season setback bv UCLA last year. "But even if we do, we won't be beaten too soundly and it won't mean the end of the sea son for us." The Dons play Marquette Fri day night in first round play of the DePaul tournament in Chi cago in which that university is entered along with eighth-ranked Duquesne. Woolpert added that "the kids have no illusions and will be taking the games one at a time." After the DePaul tournament, USF has dates at Wichita, Kans., and Loyola of New Orleans be fore moving into Madison Square Garden for the Holiday Festival tourney. Woolpert said he hasn't been able to get a scouting report on Marquette because his middle western contact had moved and left no forwarding address. WHITMAN IN OVERTIME Walla Walla (U.R) Whitman edged Northwest Nazarene 71-70 in an overtime basketball game last night as Del Klicker scored 25 points for the winners. Jay Dean, former Oregon State star, led the losers with 18 points. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads 6 YEARS OLID S135 45 QT. CLUTCHING ROPES as he goes down in fifth for nine count, Jimmy Slade is in bad way in Los Angeles bout with Floyd Patterson. He got up and lasted until seventh round when decision went to Patterson on TKO. (International) Robinson, Spaunhorst, Clark Cop Honors in City Bowling Tourney Rogue Sportsman won the team championship, Louise Rob inson nabbed the singles and teamed with Mildred Spaunhorst for doubles honors and Mable Clark captured the all-events prize in ladies' city tournament at Medford Bowling lanes com pleted on Sunday. The team titlist had a total with handicap of 2848. Members of the quintet were Doris Web ster, Amelia Frost, Dorothy Ricks, Jean Moss and Doris Paul. Mary's Casa was next with 2694. Ross Lumber company had 2672, B and B Auction 2651 and Crater Inn motel 2633. Score for Louise Robinson was 622 in singles which was also a handicap event. Doris Paul was second with 610 and Vera Boxing Guilds Meet in New York New York (U.R) Offic ials of the New York Boxing Guild and the International Guild met in secret session early today at a midtown hotel to map battle plans against the New York State Athletic commis sion's "Guild ban." Charley Johnston, president of the International Guild, was scheduled to return from San Francisco before nightfall and consider whatever plan is evolv ed. Not since their organization in 1951 have the New York guild and the parent internation al faced such a crisis as the one resulting from yesterday's an nouncement by Commission Chairman Julius Helfand that the guild was outlawed in New York State. At least four possible moves were being considered today by guild officials: (1) Order a gen eral boycott against New York state and permit their boxers to fight only in "friendly" states; (2) Fight the ban openly with a test case in court; (3) Go un derground and operate sub rosa in New York state while osten sibly accepting the commission's ban, and (4) junk the current New York guild and reorganize as a labor union. Managers of champions Rocky Marciano, Archie Moore, SugaTr Ray robinson, Carmen Basilio and Sandy Saddler are included among the 83 members of the New York organization. Trippi Becomes Coach With Chicago Club Chicago U.R) Charley Trip pi, former All-America halfback at the University of Georgia whom Coach Wally Butts called "the greatest athlete I have ever coached," announced his retire ment yesterday as a player to become assistant coach of the Chicago Cardinals. "I was looking forward to coaching," Trippi said, "but I wasn't expecting this job. It's a wonderful opportunity. - Trippi played in the Cardinal backfield for nine years after the late Charley Bidwell signed him. Several other football and baseball clubs sought Trippi. SQUAD NAMED Minneapolis (U.R) A 20-mem- ber United States Olympic hock ey squad will be named today, Robert Ridder, manager of the squad, announced Mdnday. The squad will be picked from candi dates who have been working out at tryout camps here and in Boston. The squad later will be reduced to 17. Use Tribune Want Ads For Best Results! Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fines Drain Tile V27 W. Mc Andrews Phone 2-4107 Bay At Cummings third with 588. Other scores included Frances Willett 587, Janet Crosby 585, Mildred Spaunhorst - 578, Ruth Eberius 578, Anna Dale Bohannon 577, Jean Moss 576, Aileen Tamney 576 and Ethel Goode 574 1176 Doubles Score The Spaunhorst-Robinson tally in the handicap doubles was 1176. Imogene Forga and Rita Cabler followed with 1140. In third place were two duos tied with 1123. They were Helen Frye and Jo Russell and Doris Paul and Dorothy Ricks and Cheryl Corwin and Charlene Pardee 1119. Joan McCready and Vi Corby 1101 and Clara Teeter and Eloda Ludwig 1096 and VilFlorey and Aileen Tarn ney 1095. All-events was a scratch event and Mable Clark had 1533, Lois Learning 1514 and Audrey Swoape 1512. Clara Teeter ran up 1501, Dell Christianson 1500, Pat Gardner 1492, Helen Culy 1481, Vera Cummings 1478, Viv ian Knox 1472, ' Dorothy Ricks 1460 and Evelyn Straus 1457. Tuesday December 13, 1953 Eagles Look For New Pro Coach Philadelphia (U.R) The Philadelphia Eagles of the Na tional Football League began shopping for a new head coach today and General Manager Vince McNally hoped to find his "Christmas package" in the high fashion department rather than the bargain basement. McNally, in announcing the firing of head coach Jim Trimble and three assistants yesterday, frankly admitted the club wants to hire a "name" coach from either college . or professional ranks. He said he hoped to land a new mentor before the NFL's annual meeting in January. The Eagles' general manager said he was after someone in the class of Orange Bowl rivals Jim Tatum of Maryland and Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma, or Navy Coach Eddie Erdelatz. Biggie Munn of Michigan State and Blanton Collier of Kentucky also were mentioned. Eugene Gets Ems Casting Rights Eugene (U.R) Eugene radio station KORE announced yester day it has gained exclusive broadcast rights to the games of the Emerald Empire Emeralds baseball team. Dick Richards, general man ager of the Eugene entry in the Northwest baseball league, sign ed the agreement for the club and Lee P. Bishop, president and general manager of KORE, signed for the station. The contract runs three years. Last year, the Emeralds were Northwest champs. READY FOR TITLE Paris (U.R) French mid dleweight contender Charles Hu mez said today he is ready and willing to fight champion Sugar Ray Robinson "anywhere" for the world title. Humez is the World Boxing Committee's No. 1 challenger for Robinson's crown. Skunks brought into close proximity to man at an early age rarely exhibit belligerence later, except occasionally to strangers, says the National Geographic Society. Thousands and thousands of Oregon people say... rOvSC when you belong to Zy m VyTffi First National's interest-earning Christmas Cli ' 'j 9 MEDFORD (OREGON) County Officials , s Touring Rural Roads County Engineer Paul Ryn- ning and members of the county court spent Monday inspecting roads in the northeast section of the county. They toured the Elk Creek, Butte Falls and Prospect areas, as part of the annual study of road conditions in preparation for next year's road work. Rynning said the county at tempts to complete the most im portant work needed in each part of the county annually, the amount done depending on funds available. GOLF AT 90 Salem, Mass. (U.R) Dis trict Judge George B. Sears, 90, dean of the nation's jurists, cele brated his SOth anniversary on the bench by playing a brisk round of golf. Yellowknife, In Canada's Dist rict of Mackenzie, is a booming gold mining town in the midst of one of the world's largest re maining empty quarters. Its 3,300 inhabitants are surround ed by 1,250,000 square miles set tled by only 13,300 people. WRESTLING WED. NIGHT December 14 GRANTS PASS Arena, Grants Pass Starting Time 8:30 p.m. MAIN EVENT The battle that the fans demanded to see!! Best 23 falls or no time limit no disqualification Kurt von Poppenheim, 208 The Proud Prussian vs. Wild Bull Savage, 218 Chicago At last Kurt is meeting a guy just as rough as he is. 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