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0 CP 0 O Tornado Beats Roseburg 63-51; Clubs Vie Here on Friday Night O A hot scoring, tough defensive first half gave the Black Tor nado thf) protection it needed for a frigid third quarter as the Medford high hoopmen weath ered a strong Roseburg come back to trim the Indians 63 to 51 last night Roseburg. Medford took advantage of a combination of its own strong defense and Roseburg coldness " to manufacture margins of 13 to 7 at the quarter and 39 to 19 at e half. But the Indians, who couldn't get a field goal in the first quarter, warmed up and quickened their pace in the third stanza and outsoored the faltering Black Tornsdo 2i to 11. Tally at the end, of that period was 50 to 40. 0 Roseburg cgitinued to narrow te gap in tne fourth quarter and with IVi minutes left to play in the game had cut Med ford 20 -point midway spread down to ses?n points at 56 to 49 In that last portion of the mw however, Dick Copple, Bob Tisdel nd John Foust got field goals and Foust a free shot for Medford while Bill Oerding picked up only a pair of gifters -for the Indians. " Copple 7 Field Goals The Black Tornado shot .457 average from the field for te first half and was led by Copple with sevh field goals. In the third quarter, however, as Rose burg perked up, Medford hit only four for 20 from the field and the game average was .375. For the Indians, Dick Woolsten hulme, held to no field goals by Medford's McLaughlin" in the first half, managed to pop in fie in the second. Tisdel, who played a driving game all the way for Medford, collected 20opoints and shared rebounding honors with Neil Plumley with eight. McLaugh lin and Foust were close behind in backboarding with seven each. Copple was second high with 18 in scoring and Foust had 14. Woolstenhulme and Oerd- MedfordTrtbune Humboldt State Defeats Southern Oregonians 64-60 Ashland Humboldt State col lege squared its two-game series with Southern Oregon college on the Red Raider maplecourt here last night with a 64 to 60 decision. Southern Oregon won 69 to 57 on Monday. The Red Raiders followed their pattern of starting slow and, once the Lumberjacks had gained their advantage, couldn't cut the difference to less than six points until the closing mo ments of the struggle. Southern Oregon applied a full court de fense in the final portion and hacked the 'Jack lead to 59 to 56 O : Syndicate Wants Detroit Tigers Detroit U Walter O. "Spike" Briggs, president of the Detroit Tigers, said today he con sidered a reported "offer" of more than two million dollars for his ball club as an "inquiry" nd would not discuss it until after the first of the year. Briggs confirmed Tuesday night a report that a six-man eastern syndicate was ' "inter ested in the Detroit baseball team, a member of the Ameri can league. But he said he con sidered a letter received from tha syndicate an inquiry and not an offer. The syndicate, headed by New York insurance executive Cy Block reportedly offered more- than two million dollars for the team. The "offer" first was revealed by the Long Island Press. ing got 14 counters each for Roseburg and Jerry Drospher 12. Roseburg had the rebound margin 35 to 32. Oerding got nine boards and Woolstenhulme seven. Jayvees Loss Medford, after leading at the end of each of the first three quarters lost the junior varsity to Roseburg 55 to 53. It was the junior Tornado's 19th loss in 168 games under the nine-year helm of Coach Bob Newland. The Tornado junior club had 12 to 7, 24 to 23 and 43 to 39 quarter counts. Roseburg then went on top by seven points. The Medfordites rallied but not sufficiently to gain the upper hand. Medford and Roseburg varsity and junior varsity clubs collide again here on Friday night. The games will inaugurate action on the new Hedrick junior high floor. box: Medford FG FT PF TP Copple 8 0 5 16 McLaughlin, f 12 2 4 Plumley, c 2 13 5 Cearley. 2 2 0 3 4 Tisdel, g 7 6 4 20 Perkins 0 0 0 0 Foust 4 6 4 14 24 15 21 63 Roseburjr FG FT PF TP Woolstenhulme. f 5 4 1 14 Droscher. f I 10 0 12 Skeel. c 0 111 Oerdintr, g 6 2 5 14 Burghardt.'g ... 2 0 2 4 Montgomery : 12 0 4 Fray 0 0 10 Burgess 0 0 0 0 Coen 0 2 0 2 Johnston 0 0 3 0 Harp 0 0 0 0 13 21 13 51 ' LINB-UPS: Roseburg JV 55 Sloan 12 Jackson 8 Crawford 1 Hanson Hoenish 8 Substitutions For Hoseburs:, Bar- rong 11, Marsh 15, Eddy; for Med ford Perry 2, Payne 7, Bergman 8, Funston 3. King. Brauner. Berteau. f f 53 Medford JV 10 Mullen 4 Hamlin 10 Russell 4 Puhl 4 Wisely and 61 to 53 but the fouls in- curred enabled the visitors to stay on top. Ibarretta Gets 24 Leadership wavered between nine and six points fo rthe Cal- ifornians after their 26 to 20 halftime standing. George Ibarretta scored 24 points and Taylor 13 for Hum boldt and each got five free buckets in the concluding part of the contest. Lloyd Hoffine and Bill Hollingsworth each scored 18 for SOC and the Raider cause was hurt when Hoffine fouled out with fixe minutes to go. Southern Oregon out-averaged Humboldt in field goaling .360 to .344 but failed to get off as many shots as the Lumberjacks. LINErUPS: 60 SOC f 18 Hoffine f 18 Hollingsworth c 2 Titus g 4 Bates g 8 Crandall Substitutions For Humboldt. Wal lace 4. Baker 3: for Southern Oregon, Munsell 4, Biddington 6. Humboldt 64 Ibarretta 24 Taylor 13 Myers 9 Cooper 8 Shields 3 St. Mary's 88-44 Victor Jacksonville St. Mary's high of Medford swung into full stride in the second quarter and poured it on to overrun the Jack sonville basketball team 88 to 48 here last night. The Crusaders, winning their second non-league game from the Redskins, used their greater speed and experience to crush the Jacksonville quint. Quarter ly scores were 16 to 8, 42 to 19 and 74 to 35. Four St. Mary's men scored 15 points or better. They were Dick Paup '21, John Walsh 16 and Gerald Darland and Laval Meunier each 15. Tony Miksche, the other Crusader starter, also had double figures with 10. Jack Daley was high for Jack sonville with 11. St. Mary's won the- junior varsity game also, 66 to 44. LINE-UPS: - - ----- - St. Mary's 88 48 Jacksonville Walsh 16 f 10 C. Smith G. Darland 15 f 6 Allen Miksche 10 c 10 Pawlowski Paup 21 g 8 King Meunier 15 g 11 Daley Substitutions For St. Mary's. Read 2. Flakus 9. Pruitt; for Jacksonville, Driskell, Dowell, Muer. Branson 3. Chicago (U.R) Pitcher Harry Byrd, obtained from the Balti more Orioles last season, has signed his 1956 contract with the Chicago White Sox. Byrd had a 7-8 won-lost record in 1955. o o Before you do your Holiday Buying, here's... 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The home court Chieftains had a slim 12 to 11 first quar ter edge. Score at half time was 27-all and Illinois Valley was on top by 49 to 47 at the third intermission buzzer. Rogue River pulled even again with the Cougars with three or four minutes to play, shot ahead and staved off an IV attempt to rally. Harold Moore with 18 points headed scoring with 18. All Chief starters tallied in double figures. Bilbee Lane had 15, Gary Stinchcomb 12 and Bill Weaver and Gary Phillips each 10. Howard Pickle was high for Illinois Valley was 16 and Dar rell Smith 11. Rogue River won the junior varsity preliminary 48 to 40. LINE-UPS: Rogue River 69 Moore 18 f Lane 15 f Weaver 10 c Phillips 10 g Stinchcomb 12 g Substitutions For Roeue River. El ledge 2. Wilson 2. Vanscoter: for Illi nois Valley. Carothers, Kennedv 4 Piller 5, Mellow, Preston 6. Siming ton 4. 60 Illinois Valley 16 Pickle 4 Camp 2 King 8 Slaniger 11 Smith Talent High Turns Back Eagle Point Talent Talent high sagged in the third quarter but caught fire again in the fourth here last night to turn back the Eagle Point basketball team 59 to 44. The 'win gave the ' Bulldogs a split in their non-league play with the Eagles. Rubber game will be next Tuesday. Talent had a 14 to 4 first quar ter and 27 to 15 first half leads and built a 16-point spread in the third quarter but Eagle Point cut the bulge to 38 to 34 at the third intermission. Then the Bulldogs ran up 21 counters in the final frame. Greb Gets 21 Jack Greb, hitting 13 out of 14 free tries, collected 21 points for Eagle Point and with Gary Foran was strong on the boards. Mel Wallace scored 18 for Tal ent and combined with Gary Combs and 'Bob Hoffman with fine ballhawking. Ron Veach aided the Eagle cause by getting 13 points and made four out of five field goals on long shots. Jack Barrett, Ray Weinhold and Gary Combs were the Talent rebounding stars. Talent also won the jayvee game 31 to 17. The two schools' varsities en gage in doubleheader programs next Monday at Eagle Point and Tuesday at Phoenix. The first night Eagle Point will face Ar eata and Phoenix will play Tal ent. On Tuesday Eagle Pointers play Talent while Phoenix goes against Areata. LINE-UPS: Talent 59 41 Eagle Point Barrett 12 f 21 Greb Ray Weinhold 5 f Christian G. Combs 9 o 4 Foran M. Wallace 18 g 13 Veach Hoffman 11 g 4 Tresham Substitutions For Talent. Hazelton. P. Combs 2. McGarity. Thoreson. Ron Weinhold 2: for Eagle Point. Boren, Daw, Axtell, McDonald. Wednesday, December 21, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Connie Mack Released After X-Rays of Hip Philadelphia OI.R) Con nie Mack, the grand old man of baseball, was discharged from the Presbyterian hospital yester day after undergoing x-ray and general examinations for the past five days of the hip he broke in a fail last Oct. Mack, who will observe his 93th birth day Friday, is reported to have passed the examinations satisfactorily. Pacific Wins Fourth Straight Hoop Contest Forest Grove (U.R) Pacific won its fourth straight basket ball victory last night by trip ping St. Martin's 76-70 here. Gene Deshler led Pacific with 20 points while Ed Snell and Bill Kennedy "had 16 and ' 14 Fight Results Bv UNITED STATES Miami Bach. Fla. Al Andrews, 163. Superior, Wis., outpointed Luther Rawlings, 152 'i, Chicago (10). points respectively for the losers. Washington, D. C. 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