Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 23, 1955, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Tornado, Indians Postpone Tiff; Crater, Phoenix Entertain Foes The basketball tussle to have been played between Medford and Roseburg high schools here this evening has been postponed. Principal Les ter Harris and Coach Frank Roelandt of the Medford school reported this morning. It was 'indicated that the heavy rains and uncertain oO road conditions influenced the Roseburg decifgon not to make the trip. Harris was told that the Douglas county school did rot wish to send its players Tiere until the -gather had cleared and the roads are bet- ter- Q Ez Charles Winner Over Bob Albright By HAL WOOD San Francisco U.R) Ezzard (The Gizzard) Charles, just a O iell of the former world heavy weight champion, still wants an other shot at Rocky Marciano. After whipping Big Bob Al bright on a split decision here last night Charles asked: "Who else is there around to give Rocky a battle?" Manager Tom Tannis propos (JteftV that Archie Moore and Charles meet for the. right to tangle again with Marciano. "Although Ezzard has beaten Archie three times already, it appears they are the only ones on the scene right now who can give Rocky a battle," Tannis said. The manager pointed out that ' Charles has had 10 fights so far inJ955 and will have his 11th at L Angeles next Thursday, when he tangles with young Jack Johnson. '"This proves that Charles is farrom finished as a topnotch heavyweight," Tannis said. "He couldn't fight this often if he wasn't in fine physical condi " tion." Moves Slowly However, off his performance last night Charles doesn't look like championship material. He was slow afoot and once when he had staggered the 218V4 flatfooted Albright, his reflexes didn't react quickly enough to mnvs in for the kifc. Of his 10 fights this year, Charles has won six and lost four. He weighed a big 196Vi for last night's fight and admit tedly has slowed down. Albright, a powerful but slow bajiUer, tagged Charles several times with winging hooks that apparently caught the eye of O Referee Ray ?Tlores, who had him ahead on points, 57-52. But Judges Eddie James and Vern Bybee both voted for Charles, 56-54. United Press agreed with the judges. Charles bloodied Albright's nose in the second round and cut his left eye in the third. (Et'om then on, the Los Angeles battler's features dripped blood. After the ninth round, in which Charles had pummeled his heavier foe as both were drenched with blood, Referee Mriores loked over Albright's eve and decided to let the bout con tinue, o The first six rounds were very slow and there was con tinual booina and catcalline frpm the smal crowd of about 2500 fans. Ryff, Vasquez .. Battle Tonight New York U.P) Swift-mov ing Frankie Ryff risks his status as a lightweight contender to night against Mexican 135-pound king Baby Vasquez in a TV-radio 10-rounder at he Madison Square garden, but the oddsmen !gy he's only taking a 4-1 cnance. The long odds are being quot ed despite Vasquez' 13-bout un beaten streak and the fact that fs manager. George Parnassus, is highly-regarded as a tutor. (Vodka in orange juice) It leaves you breathless mirnoff ie qreaiest -name V0IWA 80proof . Mideftom 100ginnitral spirits. Sre PierreSmirnoffFU.Inc.Hirtford.Conn. MAIL TRIBUNE Two other high school frays, howeer, were to go on as scheduled, according to last available reports before the sports page deadline. Grants Pass will play Crater at Cen tral Point and Ashland will go to Phoenix. NEW DATE EYED February 4 has been set tentatively as date for making up the game. Roseburg was to have sent both its varsity and junior varsity clubs to Medford. Reports out of Roseburg mentioned water over high way 99 at Winston and slides MedfordTribune Statistics Indicate Rams, Cleveland Evenly Matched By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer The 1955 National Football League statistics indicate the Cleveland Browns and Los An geles Rams are fairly evenly matched for next Monday's championship game. Cleveland topped all teams in scoring with 349 points, getting 89 more than Los Angeles. But there isn't too much difference in the other figures. The Browns allowed fewer points than any other club, 218. The Rams had the best mark in Sports Broadcasts Television station KBES will will carry the California-Dartmouth college game, at 2 p.m. on Saturday. St. Mary's Nips Pilots Portland ,U.R) St. Mary's Gaels went into overtime here last night to edge University of Portland 70-68, to conclude a four-game road trip. Guard Mike Wadsworth hit on a push-shot with one minute and 24 seconds left in the extra period to put the Gaels out in front 69-68. Bill Sanchez wrapped up the game at 70-68 on a free throw with 51 seconds left. The St. Mary's forward was high scorer for the contest with 20 points. The game was tied at 61-61 near the end of regulation play on two free throws by Gene Kutsch of Portland. High man for the Pilots was Bob Alten- hofen with 17 points. Gault Takes Banty Title Spartansburg, S.C. KU-R) - Henry (Pappy) Gault of Spar tanburg, took the U.S. bantam weight title from Boston's John ny O'Brien Thursday night, leaving the defending champion a bruised face and a nearly closed left eye in return. Gault, who weighed 117 pounds, battered O'Brien's head with a stream of left jabs to win a unanimous 15-round decision O'Brien, who decisioned Gault at West Palm Beach, Fla., last December in their only previous meeting, scaled 117V4. There were no knockdowns. Gault,. a former North Ameri can bantamweight titjeholder, drew the only blood when he hit O'Brien's nose in the eighth. Eagle Grapplers Cop First Match Eagle Point Eagle Point high held its first interscholastic wrestling match this week and won it. The Eagles defeated Illinois Valley 32 to 30. Each of the two schools nab bed six actual tussles and one match went to Eagle Point, by forfeit. Doug Nelson, 95, Mel Arent, 127, Dean Tibbetts, 175, and Norm Hooper, unlimited, were victors by falLs for EP. Ron Nelson. 165, and Jim Bunk er, 191, took decisions. Neil Philliber and Bill Brad shaw won exhibitions for Eagle Point. Eagle Point is coached by Stan Smith who was Illinois Valley grappling tutor last year. McLoughlin Cage Tiffs Postponed Basektball games scheduled yesterday between Central Point and McLaughlin of Medford sev enth and eighth grade, teams were postponed. Central Point schools were closed yesterday because of the heavy rain and swollen streams. It is hoped to make up the tussles in January. Friday, December 23, 1955 and washouts elsewhere along the route. However, state po lice indicated that traffic was getting through all the way to Portland from the Rogue val ley. Postponement of the Tornado-Indian rivalry also de layed the formal opening of basketball at the Hedrick jun ior high school gymnasium. The Tornado worked out there for the first time last night. Phoenix tonight will have its first varsity basketball contention with Ashland. Cra ter and Grants Pass are old court rivals. the Western Division in that de partment, allowing 231. In total yards gained, Los An geles has a slight edge with 4,004 against Cleveland's 3,970. Quarterback Otto Graham of Cleveland won the passing title by completing 98 of 185 for 1,721 yards, 15 touchdowns and a 9.30 yard average per toss. He com pleted 53 per cent of his passes. Quarterback Norm Van Brock lin of the Rams finished sixth. He completed 144 of 272 passes for 1,890 yards, eight touch downs and a 6.95-yard average. He completed 52.9 per cent of his throws. Out Of Title Game Cleveland had the best 1-2 ball-carrying punch in the league this year in halfback Fred Morrison, 824 yards, and fullback Ed Modzelewski, 619. They gained a total of 1,443 yards. Ron Waller 716, and Tank Younger, 644, gained 1,360 for the Rams. However, Young er is out of the title game be cause of a neck injury and will be replaced bx Dan Towler, who saw little action this year be cause of injuries. Tom Fears, who combined with Van Brocklin on a 73-yard pass play which defeated Cleve land in the 1951 championship game, was Van Brocklin's main receiver this year and caught 44 passes for 569 yards and fifth place in the standings. Tie In Field Goals Cleveland's Lou Groza and Les Richter of Los Angeles had about the same field goal kick ing percentages this season. Groza made 11 of 22 and Richter clicked with 13 of 24. v Bill Sherman of the Rams won the pass interception title with 11 steals and rookie Don Burroughs of the Rams was tied for second with nine. Cleveland did not place a man among the interception leaders but boasted the league's best de fense against passes. Warren Lahr, Ken Konz and Chuck Noll of the Brownie secondary each stole five passes while Don Paul intercepted four. Van Brocklin won the punt ing crown with a 44.6-yard aver age. Horace Gillom of Cleveland wound up with a 41.2 average. The Browns (9-2-1) are picked to defeat the Rams (8-3-1). Women Bowlers Plan Benefit Masquerade A masquerade benefit, some thing new to Medford bowling circles, will be held Tuesday, Dec. 27 by teams of the Women's Classic Bowling league at Med ford Bowling lanes. Bowlers will begin at 8:15 p.m. The proceeds, to be raised by charging a small fee for spec tators, will benefit the Junior league, made up of young peo ple who bowl on Saturdays. Twelve teams make up the wom en's league and the players will be dressed in costumes in keep ing with the names of their spon soring firms. High School Scores THURSDAY BASKETBALL By UNITED PRESS South Salem 44. Eugene 37 Madras 66, Bend 55 Jefferson 75, Beaverton 72 (over time) Benson 47. Parkrose 36 Franklin 71. Hillsboro 37 Cleveland 54, Gresham 48 Grant 66. Oswego 53 Battle Ground 59, Estacada 33 Pacific U. Tourney St. Helens 63. Newberg 25 Banks 44, Knappa 42 (overtime) Warrenton 40. Sherwood 39 Mac-Hi 55. West Linn 41 Gaston 38. Cascade Locks 31 IT Builders Supply QtJALITT BLOCKS Bricks. Flues Drain Tile V27 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 Clown Gags easing to Fans at CP Antics of the Harlem Clowns, comedians of the basketball court, this season follow pretty much the pattern of former years, but the old gags and stunts with their-addedtwists, plus a few new capers, still provoke plenty of laughs. At least, that's the way it was last night when the cut-up quin tet played the Yellow Cab ag gregation at the Crater high gym nasium in Centrals Point. Quite coincidently the Clowns nudged the Cabbies, Medford independ ent team, 58 to 57 before a crowd of several hundred, large consid ering the weather. Led in their comedy routines and sleight-of-hand by George Moore and Bob Woods, the Clowns appeared to be able to score at will with passing, pass ing faking and dribbling which befuddled the Cabmen. But the Harlemites never ran up a mar gin of more than 13 points and to make the game more even they gave baskets away and let the 'Medford club occasionally break up their passes. The Cab bies' Don Wendt was allowed an easy chance after missing a bucket on a fast break. Moore Referees Moore took over the referee chores from Lee Flink and helped the Cabmen by calling fouls on the Clowns for such things as "traveling without a suit case" and "funny stuff." He even awarded free shots to the other arbiter, Joe Zarosinski, and the Clowns made sure the ref made one by lifting him up to the hoop. The old familiar games of football and pantomime baseball were played by the traveling quint and Woods almost made a drop kick. A "loaded" ball was injected into the action and proved a tricky sphere to handle. The old bucket trick, in which "water" (confetti) was thrown into the crowd, was also part of the entertainment. Woods found time to pile up 22 points while for Yellow Cab, Tiger Smith got 14 and Don Reese 12. Quarter scores favored the Clowns 25 to 12, 35 to 23 and 49 to 39. The Clowns, who drove over from Grants Pass reported the river road to Rogue River sur prisingly dry and Reese of the Cab team, who lives at Grants Pass, stated that ' there were about eight inches of water over the road near Savage Rapids dam. LINE-UPS: Clowns 58 57 Yellow Cab Sutton 8 f 12 Reese Woods 22 f 14 Smith Hayes 5 c Stacv Moore 9 g 2 Werner Cater 8 g 10 Wendt Substitutions For Clowns. Kennedy 6: for Cab. Effinbeck 9. Johnson 6. Newton 2, McLean 2. MANGRUM ENTERS LA Los Angeles (U.R) Lloyd Mangrum, who won the Los An geles Open golf tournament in 1949, 1951 and 1953, has decided to enter this year's $32,500 event, Jan. 5-9, because of his satisfactory recovery from a rib injury. Mangrum resumed com petitive play about a month ago. Basketball THURSDAY COLLEGE SCORES Conecticut 90, NYU 82 Manhattan 71, Geo. Wash. 63 South (Quantico Tournament) Championship Quantico Mar. 100, Mt. St. Mary's 71 Consolation Wabash 66. Iona 62 Lemoyne 94, Ga. Tchrs 90 Miami 80. Bradley 73 Tulane 91, Washington St. 52 Wake Forest 86, Brigham Young 80 Midwest Ohio St. 94. Washington (Seattle) 73 Indiana 82, Drake 79 Southwest SMU 85. Wichita 67 Colorado A&M 60. Colorado 58 Sou. Cal. 68. Dartmouth 50 St. Mary s 70, Portland U. 68 (over time) Stanford 62. Santa Clara 55 Chico State 65. College of Pacific 59 Howard Zink seat covers can do wonders for your car. Rich fabrics, durable construction . . . seams that are double-stitched and hidden. 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