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0 o TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Medford High Cagers At Roseburg Tonight Medford high school cagers aim for their fourth victory of theOseason this evening. The Black Tornado, which used height to beat North Bend and Its most brilliant perfor Omance of the young season to throttle. Marshfield in week end games, this time takes on the hoseburg Indians. Action will be i Roseburg with a return en counter here on Friday night. On the basis of its week end success, the Medfordites have the favored role for this eve BBSig's skirmish. The Tornado scored convincing triumphs over QNorth Bend and Marshfield, both of whom downed Grants Pass also over the week end. Grants Pasfs split with Roseburg previ ously. Roseburg took one game 46 to 38 and lost the other one 45 to 43 irf-'two overtimes. Will Progress The Indians don't have a lot tcf offer against Medford in the way of height and experience but the feeling of Roseburg backers is that the squad is one which will progress and become good competition for any oppo sition in its own district. Only lettermen are Jerry Dro- scher and Bill Oerding. Out standing reserves back from last year are Bill Johnston, Jim Coen, Fred Skeels, Tommy Bur gess, Marvin Fray and Brady Montgomery' Dick Woolsten hulme is a standout transfer let terman from North Bend, o Woolstenhulme is the tallest of the lot at 6 feet 3 inches, dikeels is 6-2 and other 6-foot- Lovelette Takes Over N B A Scoring Ne Yk (U.R) Clyde Lov elette of the Minneapolis Lakers led Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks by three points today in a National Basketball Association scoring race that already has seen as many changes as a ladies' - hat department. Lovellette had 503 points in 23 games against Pettit' s 500 in 20. When the huge Laker center grabbed back the No. 1 position from Pettit last Saturday, it was the fifth time they had traded it in as many days and the ninth cchange in I'D games. Pettit and Lovellette also ranked one, two in the vital re bounding department. Pettit led for the fourth straight week with 329 against Lovellette's 322. Pettit also led all NBA shoot ers in the scoring averages with a 25 points-per-game average. Bob Cousy of the Boston Cel tics and Andy Phillip of the Fort Wayne Pistons were locked in a close tussle for assist honors. Cousy had 166. Phillip, first or the past four weeks, was runner up with. 164. Dolpii Schayes of Syracuse re tained the lead in free throw ac curacy. He sato 35 of 38 fouls week and missed only six ofhis last 84. He made 152 of 168 for a .905 percentage. Dick Schnittker of Minneapolis was second with 112 of 129 for .868. O O Distillers o O 0 O 0 G o MAIL TRIBUNE ers are Droscher and Coen. A possible starting combina tion for the Indians is Woolsten hulme, and Johnston, forwards; Coen, center, and Oerding and Lee Burghardt, guards. Starters for the Black Tor nado may be picked out from among Dick Copple, Dick Mc Laughlin, John Foust, Neil Plumley, Lloyd Cearley and Bob Tisdel. Pierce Has AL Lowest Earned Run Average Chicago (U.R) Billy Pierce compiled the lowest earned run average in the major leagues since 1946 and Herb Score set an all-time strike-out record for rookies this year to highlight an otherwise drab campaign for American League pitchers. The 1955 season was the first in 'the history of the circuit which did not produce a single 20-game winner. Frank Sullivan of the Boston Red Sox and Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees shared the lead with 18 wins each. Pierce, 28-year-old southpaw curveball star of the Chicago White Sox, posted a 1.97 earned run average for tha best show ing in that department since Hal Newhouser's 1.94 in 1946. Pierce yielded only 45' earned runs in ZUb innings and em bellished his performance with 157 strikeouts. Score, the Cleveland Indians' brilliant fireballer, set a major league mark for rookies by striking out 245 batters in 227 innings. The 22-year-old Score's strikeout total eclipsed Grover Cleveland Alexander's mark of 227, set in 1911, and also was the biggest total in the big leagues since Bob Feller whiffed 348 batters in 1946. Tommy Byrne of the Yankees, the league's "comeback kid," led in percentage with a 16-5 mark for .762, while 73-year-old Billy Hoeft of the Detroit Tigers led in shutouts with seven. Ray Narleski, who had a 9-1 record, appeared in 60 games for the lead in that department but the Indians' relief specialist came up with a surprisingly high 3.70 earned run mark. Don Mossi, the Indians' southpaw re lief ace, made a much better showing with a 2.41 ERA. Pitching honors went to the Yankees with a 3.23 earned run mark. Fight Results Ttv TTVTTFD PRESS New Orleans Willie Pastrano, 185, New Orleans, outpointed Rex Layne, 208, Ogden, Utah (10). New York (St. Nicholas Arena! Carmine Fiore, 149 'i, Brooklyn, drew with Gene Poirier, 150 3,i, Niagara Falls. N.Y., (10). MedfwidTribune of the worltfs finest bourbon for 160 years Forthy of Y our Trust for 160 Years . Beam old fash ioned Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is distilled and aged under a formula passed on from generation to generation for over 160 years. Only Beam tastes like Beam ... only Beam tastes so good. KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY IS PROOF . JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING CO.. CLERMONT. KENTUCKY Tuesday, December 20, 1955 Southern Oregon Hands Humboldt 69-57 Defeat Ashland Southern Oregon college will try to make it two in a row over Humboldt State college of Areata, Calif., here tonight. In the first of the two-game series last night, the Red Raiders hit 50 per cent of their field goal attempts to hand Humboldt State a 69 to 57 basketball de feat. Bill Hollingsworth tallied 25 points in leading Southern Ore gon to its win, and Lloyd Haf fine contributed 18 to the cause. Predicts Crown For Pastrano New Orleans (U.R) Veteran Rex Layne predicted today that young Willie Pastrano will be come the heavyweight champion of the world in two or three years. "If he is taken along correct ly, he is one of the best prospects they have," said Layne who lost a unanimous, 10-round decision to the 20-year-old speedster Mon day night. "He hurt me a couple of times pretty bad and he was a lot fas ter than I thought he was," said the 27-year-old Layne who has gone up against the best of them, including champion Rocky Mar ciano. It was the second heavyweight appearance for Pastrano, the 5-1 favorite, who went in at 185 pounds compared to Layne's 208. "I like to fight big, slow men like Layne because you can move about without being hit too much," said the New Orleans fighter who now makes his home in Miami. "There was only one time I felt any of Layne's blows and that was a body blow." Pastrano set the Utah fighter back on his- heels in the 10th with hard rights and lefts to the face after Layne deliberately left himself wide open to draw Pastrano into a slugging match. Pastrano also jarred Layne in the seventh with a series of jolting rights. CASTER DIES Long Beach, Calif. '(U.R) George Caster, star pitcher for the Portland Beavers' Pacific coast League championship baseball team of 1936, died of a heart attack last night. He was 48. MUELLER SIGNED . New' York (U.R) The New York Giants announced today that outfielder Don Mueller has signed his contract for the 1956 season. Mueller, who reportedly signed for $20,000, batted .306 last season. New Britain, Conn. !U.R) Thieves knew where to look for the dough at the Glass Hat res taurant. They took $200 in cash from a kitchen oven where proprietor George Bialek had placed a portion of the day's receipts. , :JHut mi mm in i vu -i vi STRiinwT BOURBON WHISKEY Red Strader Ousted As 49er Coach San Francisco (U.R) The San Francisco Forty Niners started looking for their third coach in three years today after Presi dent Tony Morabito fired Nor man (Red) Strader. Blaming "incompatability" be tween Strader and the players for the ousting of the coach, Morabito said he would attempt to find a man who could bring the squad up to its potential capabilities. Blaming "incompatability" be tween Strader and the players for the ousting of the coach, Morabito said he would attempt to find a man who could bring the squad up to its potential capabilities. "The players played under Strader, not for him," said Mora bito. The club president listed these contributing factors: 1. The four games won, eight lost record of the team. 2. Incompatibility between Strader and the players. 3. Failure of the club to play up to its capabilities. 4. Resentment of the players against rules imposed by Stra der. 5. Strader's refusal to take Bruno Banducci, an all-pro guard who had been on the team since it's inception, on the squad. Strader revealed he had a j three-year contract, with two j years to go. "Morabito told me he would honor the contract," said Stra der. The red-head, who was hired at the close of the 1954 season to "give San Francisco a win ner," denied most of the charges levelled against him by the club owner. WILLAMETTE WINS Salem (U.R) Willamette win its third basketball game in five days last night with a 67-62 vic tory over Western Washington here as Pete Reed scored 26 points on 8 field goals and 10 free throws. Rod Schott led the losers with 14 points. RIDES 2 WINNERS Miami, Fla. 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